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The John H. Watson Society
The weekly podcast of the John H. Watson Society
January 17, 2022 -- A Whole Lotta Watson For Ya!
As Sherlockians and Watsonians gathered to celebrate Sherlock's birthday, the John H. Watson Society and friends got together to do some serious chats about John Watson. An extra-long episode to give you travelers a little more to listen to this week.
50:3216/01/2022
January 10, 2022 -- The Sorta Rugby-themed Watson Episode
Another new feature tests Watson's bod for rugby potential, then we look at his rugby friend, try to tie a limerick to the them, and find out how Watson's correspondent almost made rugby America's major autumnal sport. Here's the Weekly!
13:4109/01/2022
January 3, 2022 -- We've Got Watson's Number!
It's season four of The Watsonian Weekly! You want Watson news? We've got it! You want new features? We've got them! You want Watson's number? It may not be what you're hoping for, but we have that, too! It's 2022, and we're starting the year off with a bang!
22:2802/01/2022
December 26 or 27, 2021 -- The Second Day after Christmas?
Well, bull pup Calder seems very confused about which day the second day after Christmas is, but it's a Blue Carbuncle heavy episode to celebrate that day, along with Moriarty the Patriot's Watson, and Watson's last hat to finish up 2021. Compliments of the season, Watsonians!
18:0726/12/2021
December 20, 2021 -- A Watsonian Christmas Special!
Better listen closely this time around, kids, as the voices come fast and furious with a dozen guests from the John H. Watson Society. Some talk of whippoorwills and holly, and a little surprise visit from that jolly fellow we adore at the end of our little Christmas parade.
12:5920/12/2021
December 13, 2021 -- Irregular Goose Hat Episode
Yep, it's Blue Carbuncle time, and we've got a few takes, along with other Watson, hat, and goose work, along with a dash of Irregular activity for seasoning.
14:5512/12/2021
December 6, 2021 -- An issue, a whale, a Cali Watson, and the bull pup poet returns!
Did I just type the whole description in the title? Pretty close! Walking through the fall issue of The Watsonian, mispronouncing names, and wondering about a few things until the regulars come in and do the real work of the show. Enjoy!
16:3306/12/2021
November 29, 2021 -- Watson Cat in a Tiara with Fraud
It's a short but sweet episode with updates on the John H. Watson Society, a feline Watson of the week, the good doctor modeling some glittery headwear, and how the nineties almost corrupted our old friend. Take twelve minutes and catch up with Watson!
12:0029/11/2021
November 22, 2021 -- Tiger Watson, Space Watson, Books Watson . . . Watson!
We go on a bit this week as Watson leads us to NASA, Denny Dobry, and . . . Fratton? Well, there was a wrong turn there somewhere, but semi-regulars Rob Nunn and Tink the cat join us once again, in addition to Paul Thomas Miller and Madeline Quinones. I have got to finish these earlier.
20:2122/11/2021
November 15, 2021 -- Come for the fancy hat, stay for the bear pastichery!
Desperate times call for desperate features from two of our three podcasters this week, so we start pulling in Watson's from friendly sources. Bull pup Buck is well-prepared as usual, though, and has Watson trying on a certain single lady's hat. It's Watson time!
18:0515/11/2021
November 8, 2021 -- A whole lotta Ludwig, and a stoat?
This episode features a goodly amount of bull pup Maddie's first trip to see Ken Ludwig's "Baskerville," along with the usual tidbits.
17:3708/11/2021
November 1, 2021 -- Boater Andre Holmes-beater Watson
In which we talk about that upstart society of Watson's agent, a hat, a sonnet, a Hammer time Watson, and the woman who actually beat Sherlock Holmes, at least according to Moriarty. (Really!) Get you some Watson!
18:1001/11/2021
October 25, 2021 -- Squirrels, Vampires, and Other Watson Wives
It's an extra-long one this week, as we ad a little bit from the latest meeting of the John H. Watson Society (but not the part where a certain member allegedly plotted to kill Sherlockians just to get into an exclusive club . . . oops . . . that's not in this episode). All our regulars, no sea captains, just the way you like it.
27:0425/10/2021
October 18, 2021 -- A Dream of Queen Anne Street
We're all over the place this week: a Noble Bachelor's hat, a Priory poem, a Force-full Watson, and the end of a saga. All like something from a dream dreamt by a man named John.
17:0218/10/2021
October 11, 2021 -- The Answer to Watson's Wives
Wondering how many wives Watson had? We have answers! Which Watson was his Holmes's arms? We have that answer! Who do you get to do Clark Russell Corner when you can't get Captain Basil? That answer too! And something about squirrels gone bad that may be somebody's answer to something. Hang on, it's Watson time!
16:0111/10/2021
October 4, 2021 -- The Ritualistic Obi-Watson
Really short episode this week, as the host had some family functions to deal with, but you get a hat and a wannabe! Take a break and check in on the doctor.
05:0904/10/2021
September 27, 2021 -- Freeman, Mordhouse, and Rabbit-hat-tat!
I just blew through recording this episode so fast that I can't even describe it! It's last thing on Sunday night and the Watsonian Weekly rides again!
17:3327/09/2021
September 20, 2021 -- Three Continents of Watsonians
This week we pay tribute to some Watsonian winners a couple of times, hear a little about Empty House, John Rhys Davies, shipboard marriage, seals, and could a podcast crossover be coming? Listen and let us know.
19:1520/09/2021
September 13, 2021 -- The story where he IS the crime doctor!
This week we wander through Watson's reading, his wife, a certain hat, an Obiwatson Kenobi, and the case where Watson was really the brains of the operation. Don't believe it? Listen to this . . .
18:5712/09/2021
September 7, 2021 -- At the wire in the JHWS Treasure Hunt
Today was the deadline for the John H. Watson Society's annual month-long Treasure Hunt trivia quiz, and a certain podcast host waited until the final day to even start it when he should have been working on the podcast. The result? You get to listen to someone working on a trivia quiz while podcasting. (And the regulars, Paul, Madeline, and Sandy, who aren't distracted by the quiz.)
15:3306/09/2021
August 30, 2021 -- The Heirs of John H. Watson
All sorts of news about the John H. Watson Society, Watson puts on a panama, one Watson will we never get to see, Clark Russell might sink another ship, poetry, and a somewhat dramatic reading from a Saturday performance. This one's . . . well, better than a lot of them!
18:4730/08/2021
August 23, 2021 -- A Rat that's not Ballarat. And Watson!
Bull pups Buck, Maddie, Roxy, Beacon, and Calder bark up a . . . wait, you do remember that members of the John H. Watson Society are called bull pups, right? Anyway, rats, a vocal Watson, a classic CR storm, a Final poem, and books!
18:1323/08/2021
August 16, 2021 -- Oh, no, Clark Russell, oh, no!
Watson's doppelganger, the last of Doctor Who's Watsons, the anti-Watson's opera hat, a brandy verse, and then Clark Russell takes us down a pretty criminal sea lane.
16:0216/08/2021
August 9, 2021 -- A Scintillation of Watsoniana
In our longest episode in a very long time, we are joined by bull pups Roxie and Beacon for poetry and shopping. Regular pups Maddy and Buck hit their usual high notes. And special guest Tim Johnson joins in for a look at this past Saturday's online symposium of Sherlockian goodness. All that plus Clark Russell, an unpublished Watson that might surprise, and more! Join us, won't you?
46:3708/08/2021
August 2, 2021 -- A Very Special Watsonian Weekly
It's a very special episode of the Watsonian Weekly, at least it thinks it is. But who gets to define "special" anyway? Watson puts on an very surprising cap, bull pup Maddie has a very surprising hope for a Watson, and . . . well, it's a special episode.
12:3402/08/2021
July 26, 2021-- Watson missed the meeting
Well, no July meeting content from the Watsonians, but we finally finish that book by Watson's favorite writer. Also a potential Watson and what happens when animals date above their weight.
17:3126/07/2021
July 19, 2021 -- A Baker hat, broken bricks, and Back to the Fu . . . what?
We moust-ache you to bear with what the host thinks should go on a weekly podcast about John H. Watson. It's that kind of week!
17:3119/07/2021
July 12, 2021 -- A Watson quickie with monkeys
Short episode this week, but we manage to talk about monkeys, St. Bernards, the desire for a Star Wars actor to become a Watson, and Clark Russell still gets mentioned. You know, the author, Clark Russell? Watson's favorite?
10:4812/07/2021
July 5, 2021 -- Watson puts on the deerstalker ... and balloons?
Watson puts on a deerstalker, has a mind palace of a certain "cheese," and needs to get to Australia so quickly that it takes about twelve people to discuss it.
18:3705/07/2021
June 28, 2021 -- To Watsonians, Aussie Watson is like candy
The usual features, plus a whole lot of discussion from the latest meeting of the John H. Watson Society about Watson's younger days. And Mongooses. And washing machine noise. It's the WATSONIAN WEEKLY!
26:4628/06/2021
June 21, 2021 -- Two Watsons Who
This week's Watson of the Week takes an extended look at the two Watsons who spun off into their own series, but before that, you get Watson trying to put a too-small hat on, and more of his reading material. You could ask for more, but you'll have to come back next week to get it!
23:2321/06/2021
June 14, 2021 -- Watson Is Okay
It's an okay episode. Watson is okay.
11:3014/06/2021
June 7, 2021 -- The Coronet of Watson's Summer Place
Bull Pup Calder leans heavily on the rest of the Bull Pack this week, and you have to sit through Clark Russell right off the bat, but for you, our most loyal fan, here's your weekly dose of Watson!
13:3506/06/2021
May 31, 2021 -- A Recipe for Pickled W . . . atson?
It's a holiday weekend at Watsonian Weekly podcast studios, and things go a little off the rails. Recipes, bad science, grieving Watson, and Watson reads about the worst thing to do after you pick up a woman. You're a hearty Watsonian if you make it through this one!
29:3531/05/2021
May 24, 2021 -- Hats ON for Watson!
This week, it's Paddington, the Watson named Winslow, and an entirely new Watson wearing hats for bull pup Buck to go on about. All that, and news of the latest meeting of the John H. Watson Society, the current state of the ship Lady Emma, and more! (But not much more!)
19:4123/05/2021
May 17, 2021 -- Norfolk Mice in Emerald, Watson!
If you leave this week's podcast more Nigel Bruce than Ben Kingsley, we will certain understand. But we still love you anyway.
15:3816/05/2021
May 10, 2021 -- Lynxing Watson with Star Wars for Better or Verse
Thrawn's Watson, Scowrers, wild cats, and maybe even the name(s) of Watson's mother await you in this, the latest weekly Watson wanderings!
16:5109/05/2021
May 3, 2021 -- Lion about Oscar, Watson!
In these times when so little makes sense, why not tune into a podcast that pertains to nothing serious in the world at all and just think about Watson for a while, and those things somehow tied to him? (Which is about everything, really.)
20:0103/05/2021
April 26, 2021 -- On That Missing Watson Letter Like Guilty Jackals!
Beaches full of good-looking women come up, but not how you would expect . . . or would you? . . . in a Doctor Watson podcast. Peter Capaldi's Watson, a brief chunk of a long John H. Watson Society meeting, Watson news, and . . . well, it's only twenty minutes, what more do you want? Jackals? Okay, jackals.
21:5125/04/2021
April 19, 2021 -- Gorilla Hardwicke Strychnine
The title really says it all in this one, but there's also a bunch of Watson news, a shipwrecked couple, and the Canon's secret psychic all here as well. Enjoy!
21:0519/04/2021
April 12, 2021 -- The Hundredth Episode
It's long and it's live and there is a special guest we've been trying to get on the show for two years! (But he's very shy, so don't expect too much.) Bullpup Calder mixes the drink Watson invented, Bullpup Mopsy returns with Word of the Week, Bullpups Dawson and Maddie both do a Watson of the Week, and Bullpup Destiny joins in a game of Four Watsons. We're a couple of bullpups shy of a full house, and we had to miss a 221B Con panel to record it, but one hundred episodes!!!!
49:1512/04/2021
April 5, 2021 -- The foxiest Watson of them all
Someone was playing Sweet's "Fox on the Run" while uploading this episode, and you'll soon see why as we careen through a frozen sailors, pranks, convict-eating mammals, and inspire you to imagine a moustache-off between Royce Pierreson and Charles Prepolec, neither of whom appear in this episode. (What, you're expecting guests?) Yep, pretty much your average episode of the Watsonian Weekly!
20:2805/04/2021
March 29, 2021 -- Irregulars and Watson
For a podcast about Watson, you'd think we'd have a lot more content about the new Netflix Watson of the series "The Irregulars," but one of us was far too busy binging the thing to do much podcasting! But kill a dozen minutes with us anyway, just like every week.
12:4229/03/2021
March 22, 2021 -- Was Watson a Paddington bear?
We're one hand short this week, but we still get the scoop on body-less deer, what Watson is missing in Sherlock Holmes Year One, how long a makeshift mast lasts on the good ship Lady Emma, and that special place in Paddington where Watson was happy for a time.
16:5721/03/2021
March 15, 2011 -- The Dynamics of a Watsoneroid
Somebody is sneaking some Sherlock Holmes into this episode . . . or maybe another sibling for the fellow, but there's still that Watson data you crave. Have a medicinal brandy and join us, won't you?
13:5615/03/2021
March 8, 2021 -- Walker Weekly? Bird Box? Book Assassin?
All sorts of stuff going on with Watson this week, so just give it a listen!
17:4508/03/2021
March 1, 2021 -- Let's crow about Watson!
Plenty of news, a little bit more Shoscombe Old Place than you'd expect, a bit more Doctor Who-atson, and the good ship Lady Emma has a ghost problem. All over the place as always, but taking Watson there with us!
18:5401/03/2021
February 22, 2021 -- A Martian, a pig, and a cormorant walk into a podcast
It's a short one this week, especially for such a historic Watson occasion as took place this week, but here it is!
12:2322/02/2021
February 15, 2021 -- The Almost-All-Rodent Episode!
While no mentions of Doctor Dawson, there's a whole lot of rodents scurrying about this episode, including a Watson who once was called "Mouse." Even our Clark Russell moment has a Swedish seaman talking about shipboard rodents. The one thing you won't find mentioned, as we didn't know it was going to be a rodent themed episode, what that John B. Watson made the baby afraid of a white rat. What does that even mean? You'll have to listen and find out!
18:1915/02/2021
February 8, 2021 -- Watson's Superb Bowler? No.
We don't even mention British football this episode, as we bring the Watson to several other topics, and deliver a good bit of Watson news.
15:2108/02/2021