Tranquillusionist: Australia's Big Things
The Allusionist
Helen Zaltzman
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
This is the Tranquillusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, say a load of deliberately boring words to distract your interior monologue from whatever dystopian stew it is in. Today: a list of the Big Things of Australia.
The Allusionist is on tour in Australia with the new live show Your Name Here, all about eponyms. Before you get too tranquil, visit theallusionist.org/events for dates and tickets to the remaining shows in Australia and the upcoming ones in Aotearoa New Zealand. Hurry!! OK, back to tranqullity.
Find a transcript and some photos of the Big Things I've encountered at theallusionist.org/big-things. All the Allusionist episodes - other Tranquillusionists and also ones that are actually about something - are at theallusionist.org.
The original music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin’s songs at palebirdmusic.com or search for Pale Bird Spotify and Bandcamp, and he’s @martinaustwick on Twitter and Instagram.
The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the tranquilusonist in which I, Helen Zoltzman, say a load of words over soothing |
| 0:14.8 | music to distract your interior monologue from whichever dystopian stew it is in. |
| 0:21.3 | These tranquilusonist episodes are deliberately boring. |
| 0:25.1 | If you want ones which are thought provoking rather than thought quelling go to the illusionist.org |
| 0:29.9 | and check out the normal episodes. |
| 0:32.2 | Also go to that website if you do want more tranquilusonist just hit the tab at the top that says |
| 0:36.6 | tranquilusonist and prepare to be loved. |
| 0:39.7 | Today, I will be reading a list of Australia's big things, which I've seen several of, most |
| 0:47.1 | recently the big wave, the big purse and the very controversial big potato because I'm |
| 0:53.7 | on tour in Australia. |
| 0:55.7 | Come and see the live show before you get to tranquilusonist.org slash events for dates |
| 1:00.9 | and tickets to the remaining shows in Australia and the upcoming ones in Erte-Roye, New |
| 1:05.9 | Zealand. |
| 1:06.9 | Now, compiling this list of big things proved to be surprisingly complicated and not without |
| 1:11.9 | its controversies. |
| 1:13.4 | I couldn't find a definitive list of the big things. |
| 1:16.4 | And what constitutes a big thing specifically? |
| 1:20.6 | Some of them are sculptures, some of them are essentially a three-dimensional billboard, |
| 1:24.8 | some are buildings, some are playground features, some are just there to be a big thing. |
| 1:32.8 | Some have been taken down, but I didn't want to have to adjudicate what is a big thing |
| 1:39.3 | and what isn't. |
| 1:40.3 | So I just put in as many as I could find and confirm the existence of even if it is not |
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