This is the illusionist in which I, Helen Zaltzman, enter the apiary of language and attend the Scripps national Spelling bee.
Yes, our wordplay series has reached word sports, and today you'll hear how it feels to be at the bee from past and recent finalists.
Members of the Illusive also received b caps about how I felt to be at the bee each day.
So if you would like to read those, go to theillusionist.org donate to sign up.
The allusionist is available in the UK to listen to on BBC sounds, as is the podcast Uncharted.
I do love it when a podcast decides to take on very visual subjects and make them work in audio.
So hats off to mathematician Hannah Fry for making her BBC Sounds podcast Uncharted all about graphs in voice form.
She depicts the line rising against the y axis.
Not really, though I'm sure she has the vocal chops.
But she does something way more interesting looking into the human beings that lie behind the lines.
Because data doesn't just get there without humans.
In episodes just 15 tidy minutes long, Hannah packs in some huge stories exploring data and displaying discovery, like how a group of nuns might reveal the key to longevity.
Whether orangutans can teach us about midlife crises.
Hope so.
And what you can learn about gossip from a floor tile factory in Hungary.
All that and more on Uncharted with Hannah Fry.
Head over to the BBC Sounds app to listen.
Now on with the show.
The spelling bee year begins in September.
Schools across the US hold spelling bees, the winners progress to regional bees and the regional champions are eligible to compete in the nationals, which take place during the culmination of the spelling bee calendar.