The Watsonian Weekly

The Watsonian Weekly episodes:

• 05.06.2024

  The Bull Pup Mooch Bonus Episode

  What can I say? We just kept talking after the Silver Blaze discussion on the May 6, 2024 episode. So if you really just want to hear bull pups Mooch, Maddie, Starlight, and Calder chatting about random Sherlockian things, including...

  
• 05.06.2024

  May 6, 2024 -- Watson Goes To The Races

  There’s a whole lot of horse race talk in this week’s episode as four Americans try to wrap their heads around a more fully realized adaptation of “Silver Blaze” at the Grand Nationals. If you’d like to see just the...

  
• 04.29.2024

  April 29, 2024 -- Too Tired for a Title

  Talk of the John H. Watson Society journal, a Watson we don't care much for, Watson having three of something instead of two, and the third part of Silver Blaze's latest modern adaptation is reviewed. And we might all still...

  
• 04.22.2024

  April 22, 2024 -- Waffles, Artists, and a Whole Lotta Watson

  Buckle up for a full hour of bull pup chatter, ranging from a new waffle based Sherlockian society, through artists we saw at 221B Con, to the usual goings on about the second part of "Silver Blaze" from Sherlock &...

  
• 04.15.2024

  April 15, 2024 -- Another Peripheral 221B Con Report

  While some podcasts use a venue like 221B Con to get some good content, The Watsonian Weekly once again just gets random audio that somehow is just a messy version of our usual show. But we got an episode out!

  
• 04.08.2024

  April 8, 2024 -- Watson speaks to us!

  The Valley of Fear, New Zealand, and household plumbing systems -- you never know what you'll find in any of them!  But we touch on each before we spend more time than the show we're reviewing lasts to discuss the...

  
• 04.01.2024

  April 1, 2024 -- Just Fools For That Watson!

  It's our April Fool's Day episode, where you just never know what to believe and what not to believe -- oh, wait, that's every episode. It's Watson news, reviews, and random possibly connected bits, as always. Good luck!

  
• 03.25.2024

  March 25, 2024 -- The One Missing Item on Watson's Breakfast Menu

  I hope you have a good breakfast before you listen to this one. And we talk about a sadder end for Professor Presbury than getting gnawd on by a dog. It's a pretty long episode for just those two thing,...

  
• 03.18.2024

  March 18, 2024 -- No Bonobos in this Episode

  We've got bull pups working out Watson's greatest characteristic, we've got bull pup Buck explaining Watson's final fate, we've got bull pups Starlight and Maddie going on about that Watson podcast in the middle of its Creeping. But we don't...

  
• 03.11.2024

  March 11, 2024 -- It's Watson Pizza TIme!

  Once bull pup Buck brings up pizza, we just can't stop thinking about it, at least until Sherlock & Co. does its weekly distraction. Hope you have pizza in your future.

  
• 03.04.2024

  March 4, 2024 -- Get Your Hat! It's March Fourth!

  Bull pup Buck is back to help us celebrate the most important day of the Sherlockian year, and it's not Hug a Holmesian Day on March 11th! Also, we get a note from bull pup Louie that leads us into...

  
• 02.26.2024

  February 26, 2024 -- Comics and Too Much Three Continents Watson!

  It's an extra long dose of Watson medicine this week, as bull pup Maddie interviews comics guru Joanna Draper Carlson, and then Bull Pups & Company takes John Watson to task for the revelations of his first part of the...

  
• 02.19.2024

  February 19, 2024 -- Watson is Mom!

  There's a new Sherlock Holmes fan community going on out there whom Watson has adopted as his own, and this week bull pup Evidently Harmless joins us with the details. There's a new TV show coming that basically puts Watson...

  
• 02.11.2024

  February 12, 2024 -- The Man Who Might Be Worse Than Gruner

  Our evolution into just becoming a "Sherlock & Co." fan podcast continues, as we spend a whole half hour talking about a single podcast episode that doesn't last that long -- the first party of their "Gloria Scott" adaptation. Hope...

  
• 02.05.2024

  February 5, 2024 -- Watson's Car and his Rants about the Rich

  It's another long commentary on Watson's podcast "Sherlock & Co." and its version of "Red-Headed League," but bull pup Buck still gets in some thought on Watson's Ford and Conan Doyle does something weird with A Study in Scarlet. Fill...

  
• 01.29.2024

  January 29, 2024 -- The Watson Show Pitch Meeting

  Who was Watson named after? What kind of TV shows could Watson have as the featured character? And where did Watson break into sixteen businesses over the last year or so? You can hear it all on the John H....

  
• 01.22.2024

  January 22, 2024 -- Canonical Cornerstones with Peter and Rob

  Rob Nunn is back on the pod, and bringing second-generation Sherlockian Peter Eckrich with him! Also, Watson's Patreon, Watson's Fingers, a Watsonian's New York weekend, and . . . isn't that enough? More than twice as long as our normal...

  
• 01.15.2024

  January 15, 2024 -- Watson, Sherlock's Birthday, and . . . Swingers?

  A little bit from New York and a whole lot from bull pups on the latest Sherlock & Co. adaptation. Johanna Draper Carlson sits in as our special guest!

  
• 01.08.2024

  January 8, 2021 -- New Year, New Watson Coming!

  Spoiler! Going to talk a little bit about the same news story on every entertainment site with no new information! Bull pup Buck lets us know about Watson's ongoing love of Chinese pottery, and that's about it. But we'll get...

  
• 12.31.2023

  January 1, 2024 -- A Watson Worth Fighting For?

  We start season six with a gangbuster of an episode because we can't stop talking about Sherlock & Co. and its amazing Watson -- and one of the bull pups is not afraid to offend Martin Freeman fans in praising...

  
• 12.25.2023

  December 25, 2023 -- The Twelve Days of Watson Begin!

  In the final episode of our fifth season, the John H. Watson Society does an a capella somewhat musical number, bull pup Buck ponder's Watson's favorite client, a goose poem is ready by bull pup Sherry, and Watson's Literary Agent's...

  
• 12.18.2023

  December 18, 2023 -- Pinching Noses. Arms, and Authorship

  What's up with Watson and statues? Well, the stone is unpinchable for one thing, but we're going to spend a lot of time talking about pinching or pince-ing this episode. "Golden pince-ing" to be exact, as we go one and...

  
• 12.11.2023

  December 11, 2023 -- We're Thorry Watson!

  There's news of the John H. Watson Society evolving, matters involving Watson's agent, and a lot of talk about Sherlock & Company's solving of Thor Bridge.

  
• 12.04.2023

  December 4, 2023 -- Watson's Wives, Be They Alive Or Dead

  A few thoughts on Watson's Wives and Watson's wives, still more thoughts on Watson podcasting the new Thor Bridge, and why January 6 is a day to toast a Watson. 

  
• 11.27.2023

  November 27, 2023 -- Watson, Mason, and Mason, Attorneys Not At All

  This week we have a little of the usual and a whole lot of two Texans talking about schoolboy John H. Watson, roaming the country, and a Sherlockian to admire. Buckle up!

  
• 11.20.2023

  November 19, 2023 -- Thurston, Archie, and Some Other Friends of Watson

  A bit of our usual news, bull pup Buck, and then three Watsonians go on about recent "Sherlock & Co." episodes for so long that we forget to give the Literary Agent his 10%. But in memory of Joss Ackland,...

  
• 11.13.2023

  November 12, 2023 -- Watson's Literary Agent Gets More Than Ten Percent

  A lot more talk with Margie Deck about writing Conan Doyle-ish works. And a moment on sausages. Maybe something else?

  
• 11.06.2023

  November 6, 2023 -- Watson With Remarkable Cunning

  Bull pup Gwen, a.k.a. Margie Deck, returns to the Watsonian Weekly to tells us about her new books, how both Watson and his Literary Agent have inspired her, and more. Meanwhile, bull pup Buck holds a mini dog show to...

  
• 10.30.2023

  October 30, 2023 -- Moriarty Makes Us Phone It In!

  In this episode, recorded from somewhere in the Detroit suburbs, bull pups Maddy and Calder attempt to do an entire episode just using an iPhone after seeing the Ken Ludwig play Moriarty at the Meadow Brook Theatre. (Someone packed every...

  
• 10.23.2023

  October 23, 2023 -- Watson Gets Robbed!

  Could Watson be a criminal? Could Watson be an elephant? Many questions get answered and Sherlock Holmes seems to hate Jungian analysis. All that and more, this week as we get our first "Watson Consultation" with Rob Nunn as the...

  
• 10.16.2023

  October 16, 2023 -- Forget This! Go Listen to "Sherlock & Co." Podcast Now!

  Having learned that John H. Watson is doing his own podcast about life with Sherlock Holmes, we've devoted a special triple-length episode to fanning on about Watson's work. Go listen to "Sherlock & Co." wherever podcasts are downloaded, then come...

  
• 10.09.2023

  October 9, 2023 -- Ghost Season and Watsonville

  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...

  
• 10.02.2023

  October 2, 2023 -- An Episode in a Watson-Brown Nutshell

  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!

  
• 09.25.2023

  September 25, 2023 -- John versus Teddy

  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!

  
• 09.18.2023

  September 18, 2023 -- Hope from Watson?

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

  
• 09.11.2023

  September 11, 2023 -- Three Watsons

  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...

  
• 09.04.2023

  September 4, 2023 -- Watsonians Answering Questions!

  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...

  
• 08.28.2023

  August 28, 2023 -- Pawky, Pawky, and How, Podcasters at Large

  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...

  
• 08.21.2023

  August 21, 2023 -- Monica and Greg Come To Call

  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...

  
• 08.14.2023

  August 14, 2023 -- So Little Watson, But Someone Needs To Get To Sleep

  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...

  
• 08.07.2023

  August 7, 2023 -- Watson's Middle Name Gets The Bird

  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,...

  
• 07.31.2023

  July 31, 2023 -- Holmes in the Heartland

  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!

  
• 07.24.2023

  July 24, 2023 -- The Full Kriscuinas

  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...

  
• 07.17.2023

  July 17, 2023 -- The July That Was Short On Time

  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...

  
• 07.10.2023

  July 9, 2023 -- A Killer Birthday and THIS Doctor

  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....

  
• 07.03.2023

  July 3, 2023 -- Weighing in on Watson

  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...

  
• 06.26.2023

  June 26, 2023 -- The Great Watson Arch Enemy Debate

  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...

  
• 06.18.2023

  June 19, 2022 -- Watson falls into a Brown study

  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 . ....

  
• 06.12.2023

  June 12, 2023 -- The Davies Thesis upon the Implications of a Boswell-model Watson

  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...

  
• 06.05.2023

  June 4, 2023 -- It's Praed Month, However You Wind Up Pronouncing It!

  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...