The Baker Street Babes
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Introducing The Knights of Thorpe
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What adaptation of the canon do the Baker Street Babes consider the greatest Sherlockian film of all time? Which movie weaves the best villain and a l...
Episode 88: 10 Years of Sherlock Memories
25 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, it's been a decade since the airing of BBC Sherlock's "A Study in Pink." And while time has absolutely no meaning in the age of COVID, it has bee...
Episode 87: Holmes at Home
09 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world is a difficult place right now. A place where it's OK to not be OK. However, we do hope you're OK and that maybe some silly talk about "The ...
Episode 86: The Left Coast Sherlockian Symposium
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Curly chats with Elinor Gray about her new conference: The Left Coast Sherlockian Symposium. The Left Coast Sherlockian Symposium was created in the v...
Live & Local 7: Michael Sims
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our Live & Local series are our sit down with a fascinating Sherlockian one-on-one in person chats. This go round Lyndsay sits with Edgar Award nomina...
Episode 85: Cake Boss & Our Charity Ball
18 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We were on ! Yes, they gave us an amazing Sherlock Holmes cake for our annual charity ball for wounded veterans during BSI Weekend. And it was amazing...
Episode 84: The Many Faces of Irene Adler
07 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
BSB Amy and our good friend Chris Zordan discuss everything Irene Adler with a wonderful audience at 221B Con. Who was Irene Adler? Why is she so impo...
Episode 83: Nancy Springer Live at 221B Con
24 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for our live podcast at 221B Con speaking with the one and only Nancy Springer, author of the Enola Holmes series. Where did Enola come from? ...
Episode 82: Baker Street in LA
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's not every day you find an entire re-creation of 221B Baker Street... it's even rarer when that re-creation is in Los Angeles. Chuck Kovacic is a ...
BSB Live & Local 6: Bonnie MacBird and Unquiet Spirits
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Babe Ardy visits Bonnie MacBird for tea, shortbread, and a discussion of Unquiet Spirits, the second of MacBird's trilogy of Holmes pastiches. Join us...
Episode 81: The Whole Art of Detection - Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We interview one of our own this go around as Amy, Sarah, and guest extraordinaire Elinor sit down with Lyndsay Faye about her new short story collect...
Episode 80: Martin Powell Live at 221B Con
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! And with a live recorded podcast at 221B Con, our favorite Sherlock Holmes convention. This episode is with Martin Powell, whom you may kn...
Episode 79: The Final Problem
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join Lyndsay, Tiffany and Ashley as they break down the nerve wracking, adrenaline filled third and final episode of BBC’s Sherlock Series Four ‘T...
Episode 78: The Lying Detective
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sora, Sarah, Amy, Lyndsay, and Maria for an emotional reaction and discussion of the second episode of Series Four of BBC's Sherlock. 'The Lying ...
Episode 77: The Six Thatchers
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
(Please note that the episode contains extensive spoilers for The Six Thatchers.) Ashley, Lyndsay, and Amy react to BBC Sherlock Season 4's o...
Episode 76: Sherlock and Shakespeare
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Babes Maria, Lyndsay, Amy, and Tiffany take a look at the connections, overlap, and similarities of our favorite consulting detective ...
Episode 75: The Hillywood Show
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
From Pirates of the Caribbean to Supernatural , these ladies have wowed the internet with their incredible parodies. Join us in talking with Hilly and...
BSB Live & Local 5: New York Public Library
24 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome all to the latest edition of Baker Street Babes Live and Local: New York Public Library Edition! This June, Babe Lyndsay was honored to be a g...
Episode 74: Behind the Canonical Screen
09 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Baker Street Babes Episode #74! Babes Ashley and Lyndsay both were honored to have presented at the Baker S...
Episode 73: Paul Cornell
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
BSB Amy and friend of the podcast Kate chat with author and screenwriter Paul Cornell about his new book Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? and writing for ...
Special #15: 221B Con Live With David Nellist
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Once again we return to 221B Con for a live podcast, this year with BBC Sherlock's David Nellist! Join BSBs Amy, Ashley, Taylor, and Sarah as we learn...
Episode 72: A Study in Pink
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's the episode that started it all and launched a fandom and took over Tumblr. BBC Sherlock's A Study in Pink is more that the beginning of the mode...
Episode 71: Bert Coules
29 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Live from BSI Weekend! BSBs Curly, Lyndsay, and Maria got to sit down and chat with Bert Coules, head writer and creator of the BBC Sherlock Holmes ra...
Episode 70: The Abominable Bride
02 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
!!!THIS PODCAST AND FOLLOWING POSTING CONTAINS SPOILERS!!! If you have not seen the Sherlock special The Abominable Bride, do not read or listen beca...
BSB Live & Local 4: No Place Like Holmes
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
BSBs Ardy and Maria sit down with Ross K Foad, creator and star of the web series No Place Like Holmes. No Place Like Holmes was founded by in 2009...
Episode 69: Ken Ludwig & Baskerville
09 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
BSBs Lyndsay and Ashley chat on the phone with legendary playwright Ken Ludwig about the hilariously ridiculous and exhilarating Baskerville, current...
Episode 68: Unaired Sherlock Pilot Reaction
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
By popular request we are doing reaction episodes for the first series of BBC's Sherlock! But we couldn't just jump in with "A Study In Pink." Oh n...
BSB Live & Local 3: Bonnie MacBird and Art in the Blood
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Our third Live & Local comes to you from Baker Street! Babe Ardy chats to Bonnie MacBird, author of pastiche Art in the Blood, about Holmes, art, and ...
Episode 67: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
14 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a 7'2" NBA All-Star with a passion for history and his professional screenwriter partner-in-crime team up to write an early biograph...
Episode 66: Mr. Holmes Reaction Episode
17 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Holmes, starring Sir Ian McKellen and based on the book A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullen, has been a subject of tremendous excitement i...
Episode 65: Sherlock Prom
30 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In our 65th episode Amy, Ashley and Maria are joined by the initiator and director of the Sherlock Prom, Matthew Sweet. The currently sold out Sherloc...
Episode 64: The Lost William Gillette Film
28 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The lost William Gillette film: the stuff of legend for over a hundred years, it was found at the bottom of a box labeled “Sherlock Holmes” by an...
Episode 63: Robert Doherty
11 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Elementary creator, executive producer, and writer Robert Doherty joins BSBs Liz and Amy to discuss the upcoming finale of the third season of the hit...
Special #14: 221B Con Live With Ben Syder
27 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Asylum's Sherlock Holmes is the best Sherlock Holmes adaptation of all time. I mean, what other Holmes film has him battling a mechanical dragon while...
BSB Live & Local 2: Jeremy Strong
08 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Baker Street Babes Live and Local, coming to you from the University of West London! Most Sherlockians have picked up a pastiche or read s...
Episode 62: Parodying Sherlock with Vidar Magnussen
14 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What is the essence of a unibrow? How do you make a comedic hit? You get a director who doesn't understand English, a comedian who looks like Martin ...
Episode 61: Adam Christopher & The Ghost Line
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Baker Street Babes Podcast, Episode #61! Join Babes Liz and Lyndsay as they interview , the author of a new series of . A longtime...
Episode 60: Mrs. Hudson Appreciation
11 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, the ever patient housekeeper of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Mrs. Hudson has had to deal with these two for many years and its's about...
Episode 59: BSI Weekend 2015
19 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Every year in the cold depths of January, Sherlockians descend on Manhattan for Sherlock Holmes' birthday. This madness is referred to as BSI Weekend ...
BSB Live & Local 1: Laurie R King & Leslie Klinger
05 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome once again to Baker Street Babes Live and Local, this time coming to you from Bouchercon 2014 in Long Beach, California! You’re heard the ...
Episode 58: Curtis Armstrong
16 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
You may know him as Booger or Metatron, but we know Curtis Armstrong as a Sherlockian. Curly and Lyndsay sit down with the actor, writer, producer, a...
Special 13: From House To Psych
04 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of the From House to Psych panel at 2014. Panelists Lindsay D. Colwell (), Deirdre (, ), Mixie () and our very own disc...
Episode 57: Sherlock Series 4 Predictions
26 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sherlock Series 4 is coming and we have lots of theories, thoughts, and one hell of a wishlist. From basting turkeys at Christmas to John Watson dying...
Special 12: Emma Grant
22 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
When the Baker Street Babes went to Dashcon, little did we know what was in store! We are honored to have been asked, and we would like to thank our...
Episode 56: A Slight Trick of the Mind with Mitch Cullin
04 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Mitch Cullin, author of A Slight Trick of the Mind, which tells the story of a 93-year-old Sherlock Holmes' battle with his diminishi...
Special #11: From Baker Street to the Holodeck
15 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Spanning centuries of storytelling, the connections between 221B Baker Street as imagined by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the universe of Star Trek crea...
Special #10: 221B Con Live with Ashley Polasek
26 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Baker Street Babes want to thank everyone who was so very kind to us at 221B Con and introduce our newest Babe at the same time we give you our se...
Episode 55: Tony Lee
30 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Kafers and Taylor traveled to Birmingham to attend Starfury's Elementary Con and interview New York Times Best Selling author Tony Lee on one of the p...
Episode 54: The Detective, The Woman and The Silent Hive
18 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
BSB Amy has a new book! Silent Hive is a new story about Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler that ties into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original story “T...
Episode 53: Lars Mikkelsen, Jonathan Aris, Arwel Wyn Jones
16 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Kafers and Taylor traveled to Birmingham to attend Starfury's Elementary Con and got to have a brief chat with Sherlock's Lars Mikkelsen (Charles Augu...
Episode 52: A Finger Slip Webseries
31 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Fan fiction is being brought to the screen. You read that right. Curly chats with the team behind ‘A Finger Slip: The Webseries’ and finds out whe...
Episode 51: His Last Vow
14 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It seemed like Sherlock Series 3 only started less than two weeks ago... oh... wait. Yup, it's finale time, and what a finale it was! Sherlock Series ...
Episode 50: The Sign Of Three
05 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast contains spoilers. Major spoilers. Spoilers of the extreme. You have been warned. What a corker! The Sign Of Three has pretty much univer...
Episode 49 - The Empty Hearse
02 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast contains spoilers. Major spoilers. Spoilers of the extreme. You have been warned. It's been two years, but Sherlock is back. The Empty Hea...
Nick Briggs & The Ordeals Of Sherlock Holmes
23 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Briggs is the Executive Producer of Big Finish, the Voice of the Daleks, and most importantly... he's Sherlock Holmes in The Ordeals Of Sherlock ...
Episode 47: Sherlock- The Game (Is On!)
27 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know there is a Sherlock video game? Well, there is! And better yet, it's completely fan created. BSBs Curly, Maria, Taylor, & Ardy sat down w...
Episode 46: Moriarty Returns! With Daniel Corey
26 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Lyndsay, Melinda, and Sarah chat with the brains behind the Moriarty series from Image Comics, Daniel Corey. that flips the Sherlock Holmes un...
Episode 45: Sherlock Holmes After Dark Part 2
21 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Things are heating up! It's Part 2 of our Sherlock Holmes After Dark series. Join us as we talk female sexual empowerment, AUs, and tell you where to ...
Episode 44: Sherlock Holmes After Dark Part I
14 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Sex. Porn. Slash. The elephant in the room is no more. Babes Curly, Liz, & Lyndsay talk dirty with Les Klinger, Sketchlock, reapersun, and Madlori in ...
Episode 43: Charles Augustus Milverton Appreciation
16 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The worst man in London. The blackmailer. That guy from Jurassic Park that gets eaten by the shaky dinosaur thing. That douchebag. It's Charles August...
221B Con Special: Watsons Through Time
26 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at 221B Con, this panel was all about all the Watsons through ALL OF TIME! Well, as much as we could fit in just under an hour. Panelist...
Episode 42: Lestrade Appreciation
30 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Detective Inspector Lestrade doesn't get the credit he deserves, so we're here to fix that! Join Curly, Lyndsay, Melinda, Kafers, Ardy, & Sarah as we ...
Episode 41: Daniel Stashower and The Hour of Peril
19 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Amy, Lyndsay, Melinda, Sarah, and Taylor have a truly delightful chat with award-winning author and friend Daniel Stashower about Sherlock Holme...
The Revenge Of Sherlock Holmes Minicast!
25 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
A brief chat with some of those who star in the Hoxton Hall musical Sherlockian extravaganza! If you’re in or near London, go grab your tickets on E...
Special #9: 221B Con Live With Cara McGee
20 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded in front of a live audience at the fabulous 221B Con [], this interview plus Q&A with tea lady extraoridinaire Cara McGee is sure to please. ...
Episode 40: Morphic Graffiti and The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes
13 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Ardy and Kafers chat to Luke Fredericks and Stewart Charlesworth, whose company Morphic Graffiti just opened a production of The Revenge of Sher...
Episode 39: Interview with Roger Johnson & Jean Upton
31 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Curly, Kafers and Ardy chat to Roger Johnson and Jean Upton from the . We talk about the decades of their involvement with the Sherlockian world...
Episode 38: Free Sherlock
21 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
"A civil action was filed today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate by She...
Special #8: Lyndsay's Intro To Canon - Part IV
08 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
And we're back with the fourth and sadly last of 's four classes on the Sherlock Holmes stories at the . This time it's full of lots of Adventures! En...
Episode 37: The Detective, The Woman, & The Winking Tree
17 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Another BSB authored book is on your shelves! Amy chats with Sarah about her sequel to The Detective & The Woman, this time with a Winking Tree! Learn...
Episode 36: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes with Maria Konnikova
22 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
[] We're getting scientific this episode with Mastermind author and psychologist Maria Konnikova! Delving into the psychology of Sherlock Holmes, we l...
Episode 35: Watson & Holmes
23 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Lyndsay, Curly, & Amy chat with two of the team behind racebent comic Watson & Holmes. WATSON & HOLMES is a modern urban take on the tales of “...
Special #7: Lyndsay's Intro to Canon—Part 3
04 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
And we're back with the third of 's four classes on the Sherlock Holmes stories at the . This time: Hounds, Points, and Baker Street Irregulars. Enjoy...
Special #6: SHERLOPALOOZA
21 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
At SHERLOPALOOZA, Babes Curly, Kafers, Maria, & Ardy were joined by Sherlock composer Michael Price and blog writer Joe Lidster for a fun filled Q&A. ...
Episode 34: Fandom, Meetups & Fan Fiction
09 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 34, Babes Ardy and Maria get to chat it up with Amy, Maz and Trills, three fabulous ladies who, like many other Holmes fans, have written f...
Special #5: Lyndsay's Intro to Canon—Part 2
07 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second part of 's Sherlock Holmes class at the ! This time: Death! Below is Lyndsay's course description for you to follow along. SE...
Episode 33: Wear Sherlock
12 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
: A blog that revolves around the wardrobe and props department of the BBC show 'Sherlock', featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Mark Ga...
Episode 32: Elementary
30 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Contains Elementary Spoilers Elementary, the newest player on the Sherlock Holmes market, premiered on CBS on September 27th. A modern take on Holmes ...
Special #4: Lyndsay's Intro to Canon—Part 1
27 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a very special series of BSB podcast specials with our very own ! Lyndsay teaches and has kindly agreed to record it for posterity. So now...
Episode 31: "How Do You Feel About The Violin?" Meet the Sherlock Fan Orchestra!
09 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Fandom Summer, Babes Maria, Ardy and Sarah talk to Alicia, Elliot and Matt, who are the masterminds behind the Sherlock Fan Orchestra, a wo...
Episode 30: The Episode of Dubious Legality - Betsy Rosenblatt, the OTW, and Fanworks
09 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Fandom Summer is upon us! To kick it off, Babes Ardy, Lyndsay, Taylor and Amy chat it up with Betsy Rosenblatt, who works with the of the . The OTW r...
Episode 29: The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes
17 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 29, Babes Jenn and Lyndsay sit down with Susan Rice and Mickey Fromkin to talk about The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes and how ASH came ...
Special #3: Alistair Duncan - A Study In Bart's
28 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A Study In Bart's: Holmes, Watson, and England's Great Hospital. Recorded lecture by Alistair Duncan at St. Bartholomew's Pathology Musuem on 27/06/20...
Episode 28: Louise Brealey
23 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
[] Louise Brealey, who plays Molly Hooper on BBC's Sherlock, was at Collectormania Milton Keynes on a VERY cold Sunday in early June. Without too m...
Episode 27: Amanda Abbington
27 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
[]On New Year's Day 2012, a facebook post stopped The Baker Street Babes in their tracks. Amanda Abbington was asking how to become a Baker Street Bab...
Episode 26: Lara Pulver & Irene Adler
11 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In Sherlock she was the dominatrix that brought a nation to its knees. A far cry from the Adler of canon, but with the same essence of adventure and m...
Episode 25: Steampunk Holmes
24 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Jenn, Lyndsay, and Amy have a chat with three of the people behind the Steampunk Holmes project. Producer Richard Monson-Haefel, author P.C. M...
Episode 24: The Detective and The Woman
16 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Our very own Amy Thomas talks to Ardy, Jenn and Sarah about her pastiche The Detective and The Woman, originally written for 2011. A short summary: I...
Episode 23: New and Old Sherlockians
06 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Ardy, Amy, Jenn, Maria, Sarah and Taylor chat to Mattias Boström, a member of the Baker Street Irregulars, about “New” and “Old” Sherlo...
Episode 22: Michael Price & The Music of Sherlock
15 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Price is one half of the brilliant composing team behind BBC's Sherlock. That enough should recommend this episode as a must for any Sherlock ...
Episode 21: Gerry O'Hara & Tracy Revels
28 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Be prepared for old fashioned English humor, some Bram Stoker chatter, Southern twang, and lots of Sherlock Holmes love (as always). Holmesian authors...
Episode 20: Joe Lidster & Blogging Sherlock
14 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Lidster is the talent behind BBC Sherlock's blogs (John Watson's Blog, The Science of Deduction, Molly Hooper's Blog, & The Connie Prince website)...
Episode 19: John Watson Appreciation
05 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
It's John Watson Appreciation Hour (and a half!). This episode is dedicated to John Watson, the steadfast soldier and friend. To the man who is always...
Episode 18: The Reichenbach Fall
17 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
"It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Sherl...
Episode 17: The Hounds of Baskerville
10 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As you value your life or your reason keep away from the moor. It's Episode 17! 17 steps in Baker Street! This makes us happy. Anywho... join Ardy, Cu...
Episode 16: A Scandal In Belgravia
03 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a year and a half since The Great Game pitted Sherlock and Jim Moriarty against one another, and we finally find out how it was resolved... ...
Episode 15: A Game of Shadows
23 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Babes Curly, Ardy, Taylor, and Marie chat with Honorary Babe Lyndsay Faye about the Guy Ritchie sequel. We fawn over Jared Harris, applaud antithesis,...
Episode 14: Les Klinger
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for Game of Shadows, our interview with Les Klinger is a knock out. Sherlockian scholarship and Brad Pitt jumping his neighbor's fence, t...
Episode 13: Undershaw
02 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Never have we had a more important episode than this. Undershaw was the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle from 1897 to 1907, and the residence where he w...
Episode 12: Anthony Horowitz
18 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Anthony Horowitz in the author of The House of Silk, a book that has the Sherlockian and Holmesian world reeling. Endorsed by The Arthur Conan Doyle E...