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Hosted by Rachael Dosen and Ansel Johnson · arts · EN-US
Two lifelong Holmes maniacs accost various Minneapolis luminaries with all things Sherlock Holmes. Covering the canon stories, adaptations, and everything else you can imagine, your hosts Ansel and Rachael will get to the bottom of what makes a Holmes story good, what makes a Holmes adaptation work, and what the actual hell was going on with Arthur Conan Doyle's brain.
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Signup to Generate a PitchTwo lifelong Holmes maniacs accost various Minneapolis luminaries with all things Sherlock Holmes. Covering the canon stories, adaptations, and everything else you can imagine, your hosts Ansel and Rachael will get to the bottom of what makes a Holmes story good, what makes a Holmes adaptation work, and what the actual hell was going on with Arthur Conan Doyle's brain.
Sherlock Says is hosted by Rachael Dosen and Ansel Johnson. The show has published 114 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "E108 Rachael Rants: The Conspiracy Turducken of Jack the Ripper" (29 September 2026, 107 minutes), "E105 Sherlock Says: What's With the Wine Glasses" (11 August 2026, 72 minutes), and "E104 Sherlock Says: Doyle's Grave is a Gender Neutral Bathroom" (28 July 2026, 93 minutes).
Sherlock Says publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 89 minutes across 114 episodes.
Booking probability for Sherlock Says is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sherlock Says requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sherlock Says's contact route on record: public web form.
Rachael Dosen and Ansel Johnson hosts Sherlock Says, an arts podcast with 114 episodes published.
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Episode #108
This week on Sherlock Says, we gear up for a review of Murder by Decree (1979) by letting Rachael loose on the whole Jack the Ripper milieu for like two whole hours. There's a lot to be said, and now's as good a time as...
Episode #105
Hey ho hey it's Sherlock Says! This week, your hosts Rachael and Ansel are joined by Katie Grace Hennen to discuss The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, the best Sherlock Holmes story to feature the description of...
Episode #104
Seriously, don't read The Adventure of the Three Gables . Rachael and Ansel got Travonta back and she volunteered for this one, and we still feel bad about it. Content Warning: Racism! Like, an astonishing amount of...
Episode #103
Well, we did the con and it was fun, but we failed to record the audio correctly (we tried!) so this was what we got. It's going up for archival and schedule keeping purposes, but it's borderline unlistenable so don't...
Episode #102
Welcome back to Sherlock Says! This week, Ansel and Rachael are rejoined by friend of the pod Rob Ward to discuss The Adventure of the Priory School , a short story about estranged relations between fathers and sons...
Episode #101
Welcome back to Sherlock Says! In this episode, Rachael and Ansel are rejoined by friend of the pod John Bode to re-enter they Meyerverse with the 1976 film adaptation of The Seven Per Cent Solution . Get ready for...
Episode #100
Time to pop the poppers and open the weird confetti dispenser ball things, because it's our centenary episode of Sherlock Says! This week, Ansel and Rachael are joined by the Artistic Director of the Walking Shadow...
Episode #99
Welcome back to Sherlock Says! This week, your hosts Rachael and Ansel and guest Bridget Foy continue their discussion of season 1 of Young Sherlock except it really should have been about Moriarty instead. Check out...
Episode #98
Welcome back to Sherlock Says! This week, your hosts Rachael and Ansel are joined by Twin Cities thespian Bridget Foy to dive back into the Richieverse with a viewing of season 1 of Young Sherlock . Honestly? It's kinda...
Episode #97
Welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming! This week, your hosts Ansel and Rachael return with a vengeance to the canon Sherlock Holmes with his own grand return in The Adventure of the Empty House ! In this...
Episode #96
Continuing where the last episode left off, Rachael and Ansel are joined by friend of the pod Elena Stabile to conclude discussion of The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King. We talked about the creepy groomer...
Episode #95
Welcome back to Sherlock Says! This week, Ansel and Rachael are joined by local thespian and friend of the pod Elena Stabile to talk about the 1994 Holmes fanfiction novel The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King...
Episode #94
Listen. Stay with us on this one. This week, Rachael and Ansel are joined by local actor Robb Krueger to talk about George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion and its musical adaptation My Fair Lady , neither of which has...
Episode #93
Welcome back to Sherlock Says! This week, Rachael and Ansel are joined by Denzel Belin to discuss the 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes , a film in which Holmes plainly states he's gay for Watson. Sound too...
Episode #92
Welcome back from a longer break than we, Sherlock Says , anticipated! Your hosts Ansel and Rachael return with a vengeance to play the Frogwares video game Sherlock Holmes: Year One , a video game mostly notable for an...
Episode #91
Look out, Sherlock Says is going back to the Holmes at 3 AM for more Hound. This time, it's the Granada version with Our Boy Jeremy. Unfortunately, they didn't have the juice this time, but we have an idea who might...
Episode #90
Damn, we might have an all-new highest scorer on the HOUND scale, displacing the previous champion, the inimitable [DATA NOT FOUND]. Sherlock Says with Rachael and Ansel is back with friend of the pod John Bode to...
Episode #89
Hold your horses on those cocaine-bottles, folks, it's time for Sherlock Says! This week, your hosts Ansel and Rachael are joined by friend of the pod John Bode to discuss The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer...
Episode #88
Welcome back to Sherlock Says! This week, your hosts Rachael and Ansel read Roger Zelazny's novel, A Night in the Lonesome October , a delightfully Halloweeny tale of magical mystery narrated by [checks notes] Jack the...
Episode #87
How come this SHERLOCK HOLMES show has a HELLMOUTH in it Come see Rachael in The Neverland at the Twin Cities Horror Fest! https://tix.gobo.show/events/event/KYdyasvA1wtk7nBTKlVQ Contact the pod! Linktree at...
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