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The weekly podcast of the John H. Watson Society
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February 1, 2021 -- Be glad Watson stuck with brandy, you howling maniacs!

February 1, 2021 -- Be glad Watson stuck with brandy, you howling maniacs!

We've got the stock market, neck-ties, Jenny Flint, cheetahs, and Miss Marie Otway finally boards the Lady Emma before Watson goes to bed. Enjoy, you howling Watsonians!
19:5901/02/2021
January 25, 2021 -- Keep Watson Away From Horses!

January 25, 2021 -- Keep Watson Away From Horses!

Waiting for the U.S. president to talk about Watson again, murder ponies, more Clark Russell, Gnome Watson, canaries, and more! You don't have to love Watson to listen to the Watsonian Weekly, but what the heck is going on that you don't love Dr. Watson? Sheesh! Get on the Watson wagon, weekly!
16:2125/01/2021
January 18, 2021 -- Sea Watson's Literary Tomato Daughter . . . Elephant!

January 18, 2021 -- Sea Watson's Literary Tomato Daughter . . . Elephant!

Join Brad, Paul, Margie, Robert, and Madeline on a Watsonian cruise through unexpected waters this week. Keep your harpoons at the ready, because thar a whale of an episode blows, matey!
21:1718/01/2021
January 10, 2021 -- A Bureau of Certified Buzzards for Watson

January 10, 2021 -- A Bureau of Certified Buzzards for Watson

Recovering from the big Sherlock Holmes January Weekend and America's worst week in a while, the Watsonian Weekly still returns to being fully staffed with Margie Deck, Robert Perrett, Paul Thomas Miller, Madeline Quiñones, and guest toaster Sandra Little! (And Brad Keefauver, your fumbling-through-some-last-minute-recording host.) We're talking Watson here!
20:4111/01/2021
January 4, 2021 -- Canonical Camel, Clive's Cohort, and Coffin Cohabitation

January 4, 2021 -- Canonical Camel, Clive's Cohort, and Coffin Cohabitation

Watson is into all kinds of curious things as be begin our third year of reporting upon Watsonish things. A lot of subbing for regulars this week, but you still get the full Weekly.
16:4404/01/2021
December 28, 2020 -- Watson, merry and bitter-n at year end!

December 28, 2020 -- Watson, merry and bitter-n at year end!

It's a lazy holiday weekend episode with two regulars off and Madeline Quiñones stepping in for Watson's Word of the Week. Hear the bittern boom, find out what happened to the first bull pup, and how a four-in-one featured Watson of the Week works. It's the last episode of season two, and . . .  (That's your cliffhanger.)
15:2228/12/2020
Christmas Eve with John, a caribou, and Major Frampton

Christmas Eve with John, a caribou, and Major Frampton

In this Watsonian Weekly Christmas Eve special, we give you a bit of the usual and a little Christmas story that spins off of "Speckled Band." If nothing else, it might help you drift off before Santa shows up at your house.
17:1324/12/2020
December 21, 2020 -- Buffalo Nigel Bruce

December 21, 2020 -- Buffalo Nigel Bruce

Somehow, one member of the team going on Christmas break sends the podcast spinning into . . . well, just a shorter podcast. Just eleven minutes and thirty-six seconds, at which point it's definitely over and you should turn off your app, close the web page, or whatever your method of listening is. 
13:1721/12/2020
December 14, 2020 - Watson's Third Continent

December 14, 2020 - Watson's Third Continent

While we do hit Christmas, drunkenness in the Canon, and boars, there's a whole lot of chat about Watson's three continental "breakfasts" from the John H. Watson Society.
19:1714/12/2020
December 7, 2020 -- A Disputatious Ulster Full of Bees

December 7, 2020 -- A Disputatious Ulster Full of Bees

No on-the-scene reports this week, but some good, solid Watson work anyway, on his coat, classic Watsoniana, and the Watson with the most recorded monkey attacks. It's under twenty minutes, so what have you got to lose?
13:5807/12/2020
November 30, 2020 -- The 140th anniversary of Watson docking!

November 30, 2020 -- The 140th anniversary of Watson docking!

This week we have an astonishing live remote from Portsmouth where the 140th anniversary of Watson returning home from war on the troopship Orontes! Does it make up for some horrid sound editing on another part of the show? Well, you'll have to find out the hard way. Welcome to the Watsonian Weekly!
17:3329/11/2020
November 23, 2020 -- Robust, Coy, and Thankful Watson, O-tay?

November 23, 2020 -- Robust, Coy, and Thankful Watson, O-tay?

Really, I just want to write the description for the next "Sherlock Holmes is Real" right now, but here we are. Roll into one nation's Thanksgiving with a big scoop of mashed Watson.
19:0823/11/2020
November 16, 2020 -- A cat-fighting Watsonian!

November 16, 2020 -- A cat-fighting Watsonian!

You may enjoy hearing some toasts, a Irish John Watson, bisons, or the rising shade against the writer of "Watsoniana," but where else are your going to hear a podcaster that had to fight off a cat during the show? 
18:4616/11/2020
November 9, 2020 -- President Watson and the first Watsonian!

November 9, 2020 -- President Watson and the first Watsonian!

Some of us are subtle with mail and things said "joe-cosely," and some of us are not at all, but this is a good week to be bidin' your time with the Watsonian Weekly, if you catch my drift. And if you make it past everything else, you might even find out where the term "Watsonian" first appeared in reference to our friend John H. Watson. So pitter-patter . . .
24:5709/11/2020
November 2, 2020 -- Watson drinks Beaune and dies!

November 2, 2020 -- Watson drinks Beaune and dies!

Take a moment from your stressful week and enjoy talk of cesspools, shocking night creature revelations, and John Watson going out to the terrace to die. (We don't mention the terrace part on the podcast, but . . . yeah.) The Watsonian Weekly is here for you in numbing your time of political dread!
20:5201/11/2020
October 26, 2020 -- Sherlock Holmes is the weasel one, not Watson!

October 26, 2020 -- Sherlock Holmes is the weasel one, not Watson!

This week, we feature Denmark's capital city, its second largest land predator, Victorian liberalism, and dog policies of tenant housing. And yet, this is still the most entertaining podcast focused on that cutey John H. Watson that you're going to get this week!
20:2426/10/2020
Watson and the Baboon's Candy Bass

Watson and the Baboon's Candy Bass

Is it Holmesoween or Hallowatson? Either way, you're getting tricks and treats in this wildly fish-tailing episode of somehow Watson-related miscellanea, all presented in a lazy Sunday fashion.
19:4918/10/2020
October 12, 2020 -- We get to Left Coast Watson eventually

October 12, 2020 -- We get to Left Coast Watson eventually

Want to hear about sisters *COMMA* , asses *COMMA*, snackling *COMMA*, and a gathering of Sherlockians that didn't have any of those? It's our Left Coast Sherlockian Symposium follow-up episode, with special guests Phil Bergem, Heather Hinson, and the not-quite-as-special-because-he's-on-a-lot Rob Nunn.
24:4411/10/2020
October 5, 2020 -- It's a wild, wild Watson!

October 5, 2020 -- It's a wild, wild Watson!

Feeling a bit chaffered? A bit red in the head? Does Watson ape a few folks, and it that a fair assessment? Give us ten minutes or so and you can find out.
11:4305/10/2020
September 28, 2020 -- Hats on for John!

September 28, 2020 -- Hats on for John!

No twaddle, but some Twidle this episode as we also talk about Enola, hats, and not much else. It's a short one!
09:4728/09/2020
September 21, 2020 -- The Musical Watson Episode

September 21, 2020 -- The Musical Watson Episode

What kind of music did Watson like? What would people sing about Watson? What would Watson himself sing about? And can we have a Watson concert based on all this someday? Time to find out!
17:0621/09/2020
September 14, 2020 -- Watson Didn't Have a Lion in his Story Either!

September 14, 2020 -- Watson Didn't Have a Lion in his Story Either!

After a good bit of John H. Watson Society breaking news, some bits on Portland, Madrid, a menangerie, and Uffa, we present a reader's theater production of "Watson's Lion's Mane," with one of the most diversely voiced casts on a Sherlock Holmes play you will hear this year!
26:5313/09/2020
September 7, 2020 -- Labor Day Watson's chubbies

September 7, 2020 -- Labor Day Watson's chubbies

A little later than usual, but we've got winners, we've got pate de foie gras pie, and we've got those chubby little faces you want to see at your Labor Day festivities. It's Watson time!
14:4907/09/2020
August 31, 2020 -- Sturdy Chocolate Watson's Wind

August 31, 2020 -- Sturdy Chocolate Watson's Wind

This week, we find it hard to do Watson news without getting sidetracked on that old East wind. And for the love of Baker Street, somebody get Watson some chocolate!
14:0631/08/2020
August 24, 2020 -- Jamie, Bunny, Paradol, and Mary's Husband

August 24, 2020 -- Jamie, Bunny, Paradol, and Mary's Husband

Two new voices on the podcast this week give us a book review and a 1980s take on Watson as a husband, whilst the old familiars take us down some different alleys in Watsontown.
19:1724/08/2020
August 17, 2020 -- The Watsonian Chant of Doom

August 17, 2020 -- The Watsonian Chant of Doom

There's snakes, boxing, caganers, a disappearing Watson, and Watsonians attempting that which must not be attempted. Other podcasts may give you more detailed episode notes, but we . . . well, we don't.
16:3817/08/2020
August 10. 2020 -- Watson's "B" Reel

August 10. 2020 -- Watson's "B" Reel

Heavenly bodies align to flavor your wine. Only a fool could make a hunt so cruel. Some banter for the mendicanter. And, no, we weren't stuttering when we said this episode would be a lot like Sussexual Sherlock!  
23:0910/08/2020
August 3, 2020 -- Watson's dirty laundry?

August 3, 2020 -- Watson's dirty laundry?

The search for Watson's treasure begin, a cat Watson, a known Parker, an unknown Anderson, a rappin' Watson, the mystery of how Watson's clothes were clean, and the clients we really wonder about. Hope his red pants are clean enough for Monday, because it's here!
16:5703/08/2020
July 27, 2020 -- Excuse us, Watson, but it's Star Wars

July 27, 2020 -- Excuse us, Watson, but it's Star Wars

There's talk of Bertillon, magazines, the sun, a Watson that froze Sherlock, and somehow we find our way to Star Wars, and Watson's agent obviously stanning it. Oh, what a tangled web we weave when Watson comes tugging at our sleeve!
25:2427/07/2020
July 20, 2020 -- Milking Morstan Gloves LIVE!

July 20, 2020 -- Milking Morstan Gloves LIVE!

This week, the Watsonian Weekly regulars record the podcast together for the first time, and we learn about Richards, gloves, birds and lighthouses, Howard Marion Crawford, Jack Hawkins, and visiting Sherlockian sites (but don't get your hopes up -- we think "Chicago" counts). Actual human interaction this week, give it a listen!
36:4719/07/2020
July 13, 2020 -- Now with more Watson bull pups!

July 13, 2020 -- Now with more Watson bull pups!

What hath the second meeting of the John H. Watson Society brought to the podcast party? Why so many birds? Bad podcast organization, a good diary entry, and a mysterious movie that only one person is known to have seen? And we had to stop at a half hour for this one, because our Watsonian cup is overflowing!
26:5713/07/2020
July 6, 2020 -- The lead bull pup pulling Watson's sled

July 6, 2020 -- The lead bull pup pulling Watson's sled

Let's not bury the lead: Watson is Canonically naked, the exposed facts this episode!  Also, a pleasant conversation with Beth Gallego, the Buttons of the John H. Watson Society, many of Watson's words of the week, a slop shop deciphered, and can you really head down to Watsontown? It's all here!
35:1406/07/2020
June 29, 2020 -- My GOD, it's Watson! Or Don Hobbs!

June 29, 2020 -- My GOD, it's Watson! Or Don Hobbs!

Watson's word of the week may be "sour," but he still seems to have an interest in music halls and lintels. We get to hear a lot of things about foreign editions from Don Hobbs, Sherlockiana's foremost expert on the subject, and if you stick around to the end of this longer-than-usual episode, you might even get a happy little song shipping Doctor Watson with one of the best potential mates in the Canon. 
29:2229/06/2020
June 23, 2020 -- Watson or not, take a bull pup to work!

June 23, 2020 -- Watson or not, take a bull pup to work!

Bull pups, hounds, an almanac, and "My God! It's Watson!" Even if it's Watson, Oklahoma, you'll find a little tiger in your Watson. And this episode, we actually talk to each other!
23:0622/06/2020
June 15, 2020 - A Tin Dispatch Box Full of Zoom

June 15, 2020 - A Tin Dispatch Box Full of Zoom

A little report on this year's online Scintillation of Scions symposium, poetry, Canonical characters in their forties, a movie Watson in his childhood, Vicar Roundhay, and more! (Watson as a muskrat.)
23:3715/06/2020
June 8, 2020 -- Watson, Racism, and Me . . . or You

June 8, 2020 -- Watson, Racism, and Me . . . or You

Think a podcast about John H. Watson can't find a way to talk about racism this week? Have you read what he wrote? Some seriousness and some of the usual silliness as well this week, so buckle up . . . it's still not a very long podcast, in any case.
23:0108/06/2020
June 1, 2020 -- Watson's replacement?

June 1, 2020 -- Watson's replacement?

Breaking news on Watson being replaced by a younger man with a similar first name adds to the chaos of the world at the moment, and we turn to poetry, Violet Hunter, and Australia for comfort.
18:2301/06/2020
May 25, 2020 -- Pucker Up, Johnny Boy!

May 25, 2020 -- Pucker Up, Johnny Boy!

We range from the poetic to the pro wrestling in our praise of Watsons this week, and there's plenty of news and even Mycroft gets a bit, so join us, won't you?
17:5225/05/2020
May 18, 2020 -- The Watson School of Poetry

May 18, 2020 -- The Watson School of Poetry

The Watsonians met this week, so there's good news there! We've got Watson's education, his poetry, and even an alien encounter for the good doctor? 
18:5718/05/2020
May 11, 2020 -- The flower John Watson was not half human

May 11, 2020 -- The flower John Watson was not half human

The lower-case animal crossing gets a little weird in this one, and there's a Watson who isn't human (mammal) and one who isn't human (flower). How that theme got into this episode, I don't know, but at least there's none of that Dr. Moreau stuff going on here!
18:4811/05/2020
May 4, 2020 -- Quizzle me this, Wat-man!

May 4, 2020 -- Quizzle me this, Wat-man!

Is it the Wat-man's arch-foe, the Quizzler, showing up in this week's episode? No, we're not getting that silly, but quizzes are on our minds, as well as quacks, loafers, and a good Watsonian who has left our ranks. Stay 'til the end, and you might just get reminded what people are like!
20:4404/05/2020
April 27, 2020 -- Reasons to stay or leave 221 Baker Street

April 27, 2020 -- Reasons to stay or leave 221 Baker Street

The host gets very distracted this week, and some definite rabbit holes occur. Isolation, Watson's Google searches, landlady poetry, a rare pair that doesn't get enough attention (in one Pup's eyes), croquet, a Russian Watson, and acid bystanders? Here we go.
16:1527/04/2020
April 20, 2020 -- Moore Watson than goat cheese butterflies

April 20, 2020 -- Moore Watson than goat cheese butterflies

This episode says "View-halloo!" So do listen to it, won't you? It's on Dudley Moore, Prime ministers and lore, With perhaps a dirty limerick or two.
20:1020/04/2020
Watson House Calls: The Staff at 221B and Watson's Drinking

Watson House Calls: The Staff at 221B and Watson's Drinking

In this four-part special, Paul Thomas Miller leads off with an essay on the Baker Street servant class, then we get into a 1978 Peoria debate on Watson's drinking. By the time it's all over, things descend into something that might be tragedy, might be comedy, or might just be the sort of podcasting only a viral hermitage can produce.
29:5316/04/2020
April 13, 2020 -- Relics of Kindly Dr. Watson's Ardour

April 13, 2020 -- Relics of Kindly Dr. Watson's Ardour

John H. Watson is many things to many people, and this week, he's some very, very different things, one of which we couldn't even tell you on the podcast. (But watch for a clue in a "Watson House Calls" special this week.) Fifteen minutes or so of Watson fun ahead , step right this way!
16:5213/04/2020
April 6, 2020 -- Watson, Blank Pages and Barefoot Germans

April 6, 2020 -- Watson, Blank Pages and Barefoot Germans

Did Watson have a family member at Baker Street? Who was his colonial buddy? Was his pen firing blanks? And why didn't that guy have pants on? All these questions will be answered, and more, on the latest exciting episode of The Watsonian Weekly! Same Wat-time, same Wat-channel!
23:2505/04/2020
Watson House Calls: Baker Street Babies

Watson House Calls: Baker Street Babies

Double feature time! Was Watson an April Fool, with his sixty cases of Sherlock Holmes being the greatest April Fool's Day inspiration of all? And how soon after Sherlock Holmes left the womb was he doing detection?  Let Brad Keefauver lull you into drowsiness, and Paul Thomas Miller follow that up with a bedtime story in this Watsonian Weekly special about babies being born and more!
17:1201/04/2020
March 30, 2020 -- John "H for Hillerman" Watson

March 30, 2020 -- John "H for Hillerman" Watson

Can a color become intoxicated? Can a Victorian play a proper April Fool's prank? Does Watson have an echo . . . echo . . . echo? All that, another woman with the initials "M.M." in Watson's life, and nobody singing except our theme! What more could you ask of a weekly Watsonian podcast!
18:3830/03/2020
Watson House Calls: A Study in Toilet

Watson House Calls: A Study in Toilet

In this special episode, we get to hear a little tale for you to listen to in a room that doesn't often get much Sherlockian attention, even though some enthusiasts do decorate it appropriately. Paul Thomas Miller gets all the credit this time out, so fans of the Shingle of Southsea finally get a chance to see what a meeting of that Sherlockian society sounds like.
12:5525/03/2020
March 23, 2020 -- Watson, the Dictator of Brandy and Cheeks

March 23, 2020 -- Watson, the Dictator of Brandy and Cheeks

What is Watson on about this week? How about Thorneycroft Huxtable? We all like Thorneycroft Huxtable, right? Leave the world behind and wander Watsonland with us for a whole fifteen minutes or so. 
16:1823/03/2020