The Final Podblem: The Six Napoleons, Or: The Urban Crime-Tiger

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Eyyy, crimes-a-matta-for-you, eh?

In which Italians get more flack than even Casey thinks they deserve, the Lion of Napoli gets his melon-dome cracked open like a whole bunch of times, we ABSOLUTELY FREAK OUT about birds for a while, and the boys make every conceivable pun involving the word 'bust' except that soundbite from Pee-Wee's Playhouse because we couldn't get the rights.

The Detective Soup of the Week is: Mulligatawny Misdemeanor

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The Final Podblem: The Five Orange Pips, Or: Pro-Sasquatch Agenda

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Your favorite cheetah-dads and special guest star Dylan Spencer of Dice & Virtue fame embark on an adventure you never knew you needed until just now: SHERLOCK HOLMES VERSUS THE KKK.

Also, we learn about a missile mystery in Minsk, the difference between Uncle Florida and Florida Uncle and find some deeply unsettling historical truths in research that we kind of wish we hadn't done now!

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The Final Podblem: The Solitary Cyclist, Or: The Bastard Tax

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The boys read a story that tells you why you should always leave women the frig alone on their commutes and also never literally play cards for ownership of them, we learn the surprisingly interesting history of the bicycle and its role in modern feminism, and meet the newest member of the Podblem Posse: Fortunio, the Modern Chicken In The City! It's--there's a lot, you guys.

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The Final Podblem: The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, Or: A Fleet Of Security Turtles

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Holmes and Watson face off against their fiercest foe yet, a man who threatens to unravel the very fabric of Victorian society with a weapon against which they have no defense: evidence of things they absolutely said and did. Also: horrifying vintage postcards, the origins of the athletic shoe as crimewear, snorting your way to better night-vision, and an exclusive review of the new 1904 burgling kits!

The Detective Soup of the Week is: Three-Bean Blackmail

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The Final Podblem: The Adventure Of The Beryl Coronet, Or, Swanboat Adjacent Benihana

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 Sherlock and Holmes find a client who fell down and lost his crown, and Nick and Casey discuss swanboat logistics, lizard wizards, what it means to receive a mug declaring you World's Best Frenemy, the genetic configuration referred to as the Smaug Sequence, the holy symbol of the trickster-god Harold Hill, and HYPERVINTELUTION.

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