16 Facts About Helen Zaltzman

In January 2015, Helen Zaltzman launched a new linguistics podcast called The Allusionist.

Helen Zaltzman was the first British broadcaster on the Radiotopia podcast network.

At the 2018 British Podcast Awards it was named 'Smartest Podcast' and Helen Zaltzman was awarded 'Podcast Champion'.

Helen Zaltzman is a regular on The Bugle podcast, hosted by her brother Andy, and has appeared on podcasts including The Bugle Presents.

Mann and Helen Zaltzman were internet correspondents on BBC 5 Live's Saturday Edition and on Steve Wright in the Afternoon.

Helen Zaltzman was a panellist on the third series of Charlie Brooker's So Wrong It's Right and won.

Helen Zaltzman has appeared on Woman's Hour, The News Quiz, The Richard Bacon Show, Transatlantic with Rory Bremner and Ian Collins's radio show, and was one of the contributors to discussions about the 2012 Olympics on BBC Radio Scotland.

Helen Zaltzman has guested on podcasts, including The Guardian's Media Talk and Maximum Fun's International Waters, Potterless, Judge John Hodgman and guest-presented a special edition of the Radio Academy's Radio Talk.

In September 2020, Helen Zaltzman hosted the Duocon 2020 Livestream, a world-wide live conference for the language learning platform Duolingo.

Helen Zaltzman is a comedy writer, with radio credits including The Now Show, The Milk Run on Radio 1, and Newsjack, and TV credits including Celebrity Juice, Keith Lemon's Lemonaid, Britain Unzipped, and Animal Antics.

Helen Zaltzman has written for The Observer, Classical Music Magazine, The Big Issue, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, and the BBC.

Helen Zaltzman is a crafter, and has painted numerous posters for comedians' Edinburgh shows.

Helen Zaltzman has created props, including a giant inflatable Boggle set; dinosaur costumes; and dolls of Tony Benn, Robert Plant, and Donald Rumsfeld.

Helen Zaltzman has acted in plays at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and will occasionally perform live comedy, most often with Josie Long and Robin Ince.

Helen Zaltzman is of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, and is an atheist.

Helen Zaltzman grew up in Tunbridge Wells and won a scholarship to Sevenoaks School, then studied English at St Catherine's College, Oxford.