Episode 94: News & Nonsense

"absolute nonsense" [VALL]      This episode is a little different. As you know, we alternate between interview shows and Burt and Scott discussing whatever comes to mind. In this case, we had a number of news-related items to stitch together, but we had help in doing so. This was something of a chowder, a goulash, a salmagundi, a boullabaise, a melange of content.   First, Bob Katz, BSI ("Dr. Anstruther") joined us again, but this time he told us all about  — the latest in the BSI's series of quadrennial conferences. This gathering at the Chatauqua Institution is not exclusive to Baker Street Irregulars; it's open to any Sherlockian who wishes to participate in a conference centered around art of all sorts. In this case, that includes theater, film, music and even podcasting (!). Plenty of food, drink, Sherlockian shopping, sightseeing and more.    is a research assistant at the , where she's conducting a study of Sherlockians and their organizations, called "Celebrities, Fans and Muses." She is interested in getting in touch with Sherlockians from all over the world. If you're involved with a Sherlockian society — particularly if you lead one — please to participate in the survey.   We subject Ron Lies to a Wait Wait Don't Tell Me-inspired quiz in which Scott does a mediocre  impression, and then we get on with the news.   The Editor's Gas-Lamp is "The Days We Envy" from Vol. 4, No. 3 of the Baker Street Journal from 1954. And our Easter egg contains some tales from Down Under and a surprise update on one of the earlier news items.   Finally, we discuss Episode 95 in which we'll interview Jamie Mahoney and Leah Guinn, authors of A Curious Collection of Dates. And we brainstorm what we'll do in Episode 100. If you have ideas for what we should do for our centennial show, .     Our special thanks go out to Mary Miller and Christian Mongaard for their Patreon support! Won't you join them by clicking on the button?   Notes 1:52 Welcome 3:35 First sponsor — which will it be? 6:01 Bob Katz joins us to talk about the BSI conference in Chatauqua 27:25 Second sponsor — including some trivia about Arthur Conan Doyle and the first speeding ticket in a small Connecticut town 31:15 Rachel Smillie from the University of Portsmouth 40:57 Mental Exaltation 51:20 Third sponsor 53:46 The news! 1:09:33 The Editor's Gas-Lamp 1:15:16 Closing comments 1:16:00 Our 100th episode   Sponsors This episode includes our two longtime sponsors and a special sponsor who is supporting us for the first half of this year:   The , featuring A Curious Collection of Dates,  , where you should get  in now to secure all four issues plus the Christmas Annual.  And Paula Berinstein's  series for young adults.     Would you care to become a sponsor? You can find .      [Save As] | File size 37.2 MB, 1:20:31   Links: The  Contact page for  The  page     Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard and Scoop.it sites at  and , as well as on the  on Google+ (now over 3,500 members), as well as through our accounts on , , ,  and .     Please , ,  or  and be kind enough to leave a rating or review for the show. And please tell a friend about us, in any fashion you feel comfortable.   Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).   --