🎙️ Listening to Sherlock & Co. podcast.
Meet Dr. John Watson, an army medic who had to leave military life after suffering an unfortunate field injury. He ends up joining the seemingly infinite hordes of folk who are trying to scrape a living together via becoming podcasters. Specifically in his case a true crime podcast.
Sure enough, soon a mutual friend introduces him to Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is bit of an odd-bod in the social realm but has uncanny powers of observation. They end up renting a flat from Mariana, who works for Hudsons estate agent. And suddenly Watson has a lot of stuff to podcast about.
These are the tales of Sherlock Holmes, each one acted out in radio play format, retold as though from the modern era. Gone are the letters of inquiry from Dukes. Instead we hear of the Insta posts from cringey male-feminist influencer wannabes. A little less reading through the day’s newspapers, a little more trying to geolocate a Facebook video, Bellingcat style.
Very fun, if you can tolerate the adverts. And a good excuse to read the originals again. So far they’ve re-done The Adventure of the Illustrious Client and The Noble Bachelor.
