Episode 109: Behind the Canonical Screen
"Holmes crouched down behind the screen" [HOUN] Every four years, the Baker Street Irregulars host a conference of sorts. We shared with you some of our impressions from the Chautauqua conference in...
30 Nov 20161h 4min
Episode 108: Becoming a Sherlockian
"If a man has a hobby, he follows it up" [ILLU] One of the perennially favorite sets of episodes is the Sherlockian 101 series we did (originally Episode 4 and Episode 5). Many of our longtime listen...
15 Nov 20161h 15min
Episode 107: A Scintillation of Scions
"Excellent, Watson! You scintillate today." [ILLU] In 2017, we'll celebrate the 10th anniversary of A Scintillation of Scions, appropriately called "a family reunion for Sherlockians." In this episod...
30 Okt 20161h 6min
Episode 106: The Ebb and Flow of Sherlock Holmes
"now bright, now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned" [TWIS] After nearly 130 years in print, it seems like the phenomenon of Sherlock Holmes may have peaked. And yet, it's likely that every g...
15 Okt 20161h 3min
Episode 105: Echoes of Sherlock Holmes
"The detectives and I must have echoed it" [VALL] Laurie R. King, BSI ("The Red Circle") and Leslie S. Klinger, BSI ("The Abbey Grange") are no strangers to the mystery genre. Laurie is probably be...
30 Sep 201659min
Episode 104: Sherlockians at Chautauqua
"I had never heard of the institution" [GREE] Every four years, the Baker Street Irregulars, the New York-based literary society dedicated to studying Sherlock Holmes, arranges an excursion somewhe...
16 Sep 201657min
Episode 103: Coupling with Sherlock Holmes - Al & Julie Rosenblatt
"they were said to be a most united couple" [DANC] You might call them the first couple of the Baker Street Irregulars. Albert ("Inspector Bradstreet") and Julia ("Mrs. Turner") Rosenblatt have graced...
30 Aug 20161h 16min
Episode 102: Summer at Baker Street
"In summer it is a favourite resort" [VALL] How often do you think of hot summer weather when you read the Sherlock Holmes stories? According to our calculations, it should be about 25%. But it d...
15 Aug 20161h 1min
