The Watsonian Weekly

You never know when ghosts are going to show up, except when the podcast description forewarns you. What does John H. Watson have to do with Watsonville, California? Is Watson a slowpoke? Who might be rumored to having tried to recreate "The Speckled Band" on Halloween? There are secrets a-plenty in this episode, and you simply have to give it a listen! You have to!

Bullpup Calder only has a half hour to put together a podcast, and bull pups Buck, Roxie, and a mystery pup help him fill the time. Don't get your hopes up for this one!

Was Watson jealous of a certain U.S. president? And what's the deal with typewriters? And Mrs. Turner? It's a short but sweet episode of the Watsonian Weekly, so grab that Watson while you can!

It's a short show with what bull pup Buck considers a long letter in it. 

The John H. Watson Society is encouraged to be very superficial this week as they comment on the looks of three potential real Watsons. Ellie gets a second strike from our dear Buck. And why DID Watson take Holmes to Cornwall in 1897? You're going to want to know.

Between the end of the John H. Watson Treasure Hunt, Dear Buck's weekly feature, and a question from the last JHWS online gathering, a lot of questions are being answered this week, and we also get one opinion that no one asked for in a new editorial feature! 

There are a few little sound issues at the heart of this week's episode, along with some of that pawky Watsonian humor that might make you wish there were a few more sound issues. But we've got Alisha Shea on Wondering about Watson, and actual listener mail, with a Max theory on Watson's middle name . . . and we don't mean "Max" the streaming service!

Those travelling Sherlockians of note, Monica Schmidt and Greg Ruby, come to visit the studio of the Watsonian Weekly, and we just leave the microphone on . . . for a little while. It's not your normal episode, but when is it ever?

It's a slow week in the world of Watson, but we find a few reasons to keep talking for your weekly does of things somehow related to our favorite Victorian doctor/author. You might want to listen to this one in bed, as side effects make cause drowsiness.

A bit of a light week, but Watson's middle name comes up again, one more eternally unsettled questions of Dr. Watson's existence. There's a little new of the John H. Watson Treasure Hunt, a bit about Watson and a demon, and we're back to a "word of the week?" What's next, bees? (Inside joke for early, early, early listeners.)

We mostly hear about Holmes in the Heartland this past weekend, which was heaven for a lot of folks this weekend, but Bull Pup hits the opposite topic before we finish the show. Enjoy!

The John H. Watson Treasure Hunt's master of the hunt tasks the assembled bull pups with five questions to prepare for the annual August hunt, and then asks a question of our greatest answerer of Watson questions. This is a very Rich episode!

A smaller episode as most of the crew is trying hard to keep up with a busy July. Can you have a story discussion that focuses on Watson and not the other guy? Can a guy who answers Watson questions with a single word write a five hundred page book? You might find these things out in these eight minutes.

We barely made eleven minutes this week, but it's a good eleven minutes. The ramifications of trying to place Watson's birthday on a particular date are discussed, as well as an ingenious hybrid fic that gives us double the Watson. And bull pup Buck has a word that we might want to have a word with him about. Here you go!

After a little chat with Kristin Mertz, who will be speaking on Colonel Moran at the upcoming Holmes in the Heartland event, bull pup Buck sends the podcast down a whole rabbit hole by simply answering the question "What did Watson weigh?" It's a holiday week in America, so some of you have plenty of time to spend an extra fifteen with Watson!

This week, the John H. Watson Society had a whole lot of opinions about whether or not Watson had any enemies, which, due to a very busy weekend here at the Watsonian Weekly studio, winds up being most of the episode. But don't worry, bull pup Buck fans! You can listen to him first.

More talk of Holmes in the Heartland this episode, with some Sherlockian observations from Cindy Brown, one of the speakers at that conference. Bull pup Buck explains cigarettes, and a new discovery about Watson's own bull pup from . . . a Fox? All this and the usual Watson rambles, so call it: It's Watson time!

Buckle up, Watsonians, this one is not only three times the normal length, it's full of some very lively ideas as Ross Davies takes "Wondering About Watson" to all new heights, and we still take some time to talk to Steve Mason about an upcoming July evening. (And don't worry -- Paul's still here, too!)

Do you know who Dr. Lyndon Parker is? Well, if you don't we're going to explain it to you this week. And when we get done talking Praed (as in 7B Praed Street, where Parker lived), we might eventually get to our Watson's Word of the Week, "pride," but it's a long and winding road. Here we go!

The John H. Watson Society gathers to let us know what gifts they'd bring a pregnant Mrs. Watson at her baby shower, bull pup Buck tells where Watson got married, and bull pup Maddy asks Bruce Harris the five big questions all Watsonians must answer.

Three different famous writers about Sherlock Holmes get their birthday mentioned this week, and one of them is definitely still alive! Also, Vincent Wright, Sherlockiana's master chronologist, stops by for bull pup Maddy's Wondering About Watson intervew. 

This week, we celebrate the past weekend's Eurovision finals with a look into Watson fics, ridiculous limericks, and a John H. Watson Society discussion of Watson's birthday. Is this just the beginning of the "Eurusvision Limerick Contest" or a strange moment soon to be forgot? You just never know with the Watsonian Weekly!

It's an early review of Ken Ludwig's play Moriarty!  Of course, you have to deal with the rest of our podcast to get there, and our host is plainly not fully invested in the podcast at one point, but give it a listen anyway!

Reichenbach Day is coming and we have a little talk about that, an appropriate question for bull pup Buck, a fitting fic of the week, and bull pup Maddy interviews Naching Kassa about her Watson proclivities. Get to listening before Watson gets called back to the hotel for a sick patient!

It may sound like bull pup Maddie stayed at 221B Con, like bull pup Buck was affected forever by someone he met there, and that robots are replacing podcast cast members, but have no fear! We'll see if we can fix all that by next week's podcast, so enjoy this very special episode of the Watsonian Weekly. (But aren't they all?)