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24 alternatives to The Allusionist - WLTM part II

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Allusionist - WLTM part II launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Allusionist - Bonus 2015▲66
A melange of listener-requested etymologies
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The Allusionist - Toki Pona▲56
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2015 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
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Allen NLP▲72
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The Allusionist - WLTM part I▲1
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Murmur▲75
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Chatbots▲102
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2016 · its alternatives →
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Blinkist - 1: Is That Even a Thing?▲68
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2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists▲68
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Talking Machines - Solving intelligence and machine learning fundamentals▲56
Guest: Nando de Freitas (Oxford, Google DeepMind)
2015 · thetalkingmachines.com · its alternatives →
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Conversation with Alanis Morissette - 1: Katherine Woodward Thomas▲63
"Conscious uncoupling" and the subtleties of dating
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Deep Simplicity▲62
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Audiologs - 001: Welcome▲55
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2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Alice by Couple▲57
An AI companion from the folks who built Couple
2014 · couple.me · its alternatives →
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An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language▲60
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2015 · wolfram.com · its alternatives →
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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human▲63
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Slow to Fast - 01: On Diamonds and Happiness▲57
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2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age▲62
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2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Play Well - 7: Creating Your Own Narrative with Nina Freeman▲58
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2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Kerning Cultures - Finding Center▲54
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2015 · kerningcultures.com · its alternatives →
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Intuitive – A Rust crate for writing declarative TUIs▲5
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