The Three Patch Podcast

Three Patch Podcast Episode 121: In this very special episode, Three Patch goes full musical theater nerd and invites you to join us for the ride (or at least find out why we're bursting into song in the hallways). In which we discuss musicals and musical episodes, peg the cast of BBC Sherlock to Disney characters, talk 5+1 beta tips with musicians to improve your fanfic, and talk about musical playlists as fanwork.

Episode 119A: Math FOI-Extended Cut. Finnagain and Emma share their squee about all things mathy, talking about how they got into math, what they love and hate about math culture, favourite areas of math, math education, and more about our math recs! Yes, it's math math and even more passionate math talk, extended cut of the original segment included in episode 119.

Three Patch Podcast Epidoe 120: Our ninth annual Sexpisode, in which we do some naughty baking, discuss RPF and tinhatting, read Slippery Creatures, and sing raunchy fannish drinking songs.

In which we share our love for The Pursuit of Love, Math, Loki, and each other as we reunite in Atlanta - at last!

In which we celebrate summer John Watson style with discussions of bisexuality, cocktails, Martin Freeman himself, and fandom crafting.

Sherlock fans gather to unravel the Chinese BL(-ish) drama, The Untamed, for the uninitiated, why you should stick with it, and all you have in store if you do. And, on the second anniversary of the airing of The Untamed in China (or close to it), we finally release the (very) extended cut of our original talk! In which we further talk favorite ships, favorite moments, other Mo Dao Zu Shi adaptations, new obsessions (...the actors...), and of course fic recs.

In which we discuss resilience and new trends in fandom. We hear from Sherlock fans who joined after Series 4, how fans use Discord to build community, consult with funny authors who write humor, and rec some new and recent fanworks.

Three Patch Podcast EPisode 116: In which we share 221B Con fun, talk pirate fandoms and threadfics on Twitter, and read some fanfic about the Ever Given. Yes, really.

Three Patch Podcast Episode 115: It’s a bright new morning on Baker Street, which means it’s time for your favorite morning show! Indulge your senses in the fierce competition of the Great Sherlock Bake Off, learn how to make edibles with the Consulting Culinarians, listen in as the pets of Three Patch answer burning questions about Sherlock, and enjoy a discussion of the cracky TV shows we binge-watched over the last year. Plus fic recs, top tens, and more!

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 114a: Rupert Graves Chat – Extended Cut On 2/21/21, Three Patch Podcast and many of our friends had a chance to talk with Rupert Graves and raise over $2500 for the Trevor Project! Here is the full edited version of the conversation. Shownotes, contact details, and […]

In which we sing sea shanties, chat with Rupert Graves, and reflect upon a year under lockdown.

In which we celebrate fandom’s love for science fiction, sex in space, animated series, and the glorious absurdity of Asylum Sherlock Holmes.

In which we celebrate our 8th(!!) birthday alongside Sherlock Holmes' of course, pay homage to Arthur Conan Doyle's love of all things spoopy, talk about and talk up Major Character Death as a genre, dive deep into Enola Holmes as a mystery story, and formally, finally, explore the Untamed as a Fandom of Interest.

In which we revisit The Great Game, celebrate our virtual community, and fan over BTS.

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 110A: Transcultural Fandom Roundtable – Extended Cut Candace Epps-Robertson, Bertha Chin, Lori Morimoto join finnagain to discuss transcultural fandoms and their joys and challenges from both personal and scholarly perspectives. This extended cut includes the comparison of transnational vs transcultural perspectives, transcultural challenges in fan studies, […]

Take a (virtual) trip with us as we explore fandom through an international lens!

  Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 107b: Fandom of Interest: Hamilton – Extended Cut As we edge ever closer to the election in the United States, you might enjoy listening to the extended version of our Hamilton FOI from episode 107, with political commentary that was cut for time in the […]

The air is crisp with oncoming fall and a hint of .... magic! Join us for a mystical dive into tarot, Wicca, and zodiac with our favorite Sherlock characters. Plus squeeful chats about Netflix's Enola Holmes, The Witcher, Lucifer and X-Files. We also continue our Tingleverse RPG with a level up and a new ~spooky~ boss. Happy Halloween month!!

It’s our 8th Sexpisode! Join us (from afar) as we enthuse about Pride, socially-distant sex, mental orgies, steamy letters, and glory holes. Oh, the glory holes.

In this extended cut of the Challenging Fandom Racism roundtable, fan studies scholars Dr. Rukmini Pande, Stitch, joan miller, and Dr. Samantha Close join finnagain to discuss transformative fandom's cyclical struggle to recognise racism, the skepticism and harassment faced by fans and acafans who speaking out against racism, why the AO3 and the OTW need to change, and ways fans can practice anti-racism in our fannish lives and online communities. 

In which the consulting fans talk about race and racism in the media we love and communities we create. We dig into the Blind Banker, discuss Imperialism in ACD, celebrate Hamilton and Avatar: The Last Air ender, read Sally Donovan fic Time After Time, and host a roundtable on Challenging Racism in Fandom.

A further VERY SPOILERIFIC conversation between Sunday, Hope, Chase & B. We dive into each season, Hannigram, and our thoughts on further seasons of the show.

Three Patch Podcast Episode 106: The Stage Is Set. In which we interview Arwel Wyn Jones and Davey Nellist, spread fandom love, and return to our BBC Sherlock roots—with a theatrical twist!

In which we celebrate Pride month with a discussion of chosen family, queer-themed fandoms of interest, a chat with fan author JM Frey, and finally, we sort Anthea!

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 104B: Slash: Romance Without Boundaries Card Game – Extended Cut Listen as some podcasters giggle and plot while playing the card game Slash: Romance Without Boundaries together. Shownotes, contact details, and credits below. SHOW NOTES Consulting Fans: Alexxphoenix42, Chase, Emma Grant, SundayDuck Producer: SundayDuck Editors: Alexx […]

How do you balance child care, work, and time for your own fannish hobbies, all while isolating at home? We discuss the challenges of fandom life under quarantine, along with the joys of watching our kids discover their own love of fandom.

In which we celebrate parenting in fandom and fanworks, learn how fans are dealing with the current timeline, play a game of Slash, and reminisce about 221B Cons of yore. Segment timestamps: 0:00:25 - Host Opening 0:23:41 - #TPPSuite2020 Recap 0:39:03 - PSA 0:41:43 - That’s My Genre: Parentlock 1:09:15 - Top Ten Favorite Bonding Moments Between Sherlock and Rosie 1:10:51 - Virtual Con: 221B Con Memories 1:46:58 - Fandemic Check-in with Cumbercookie 1:59:00 - Mandalorian FOI 2:20:03 - Top Ten Things That Aren't Toys in 221b  2:21:20 - Slash: Romance Without Boundaries card game 2:41:40 - Fandemic Check-in with Qui 2:59:27 - Parenting and Fandom 3:35:21 - Top Ten Things Characters Do Under Quarantine 3:36:57 - That's My Division 3:42:56 - Post Mortem See full shownotes for more details.

In this Valentine's Day Special consulting fan iamjohnlocked4life, with the help of Chelsea and Alexxphoenix42, retells the classic canon story A Scandal in Bohemia after imbibing a bottle of bubbly. Cheers!

In which we start out tackling villains in Sherlock and end up grappling with a global pandemic. Consulting fans discuss quarantining through Sherlock characters, explore darkfic as a genre, check in on other fans during this pandemic crisis, offer up Criminal Minds as a fandom of interest, and generally try to cope with social isolation through fandom and community.

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 102A: When the Author Isn’t Dead – Extended Cut The extended cut of our roundtable discussion of what we do when the author isn’t dead, from episode 102. What do you do when a creator does something so hurtful that you have to reconsider your fandom? […]

Three Patch Podcast Episode 102: Once and Future Fandoms. In which we revisit fandoms of yore, reflect on more than a decade of tumblr blogging, and ponder what to do with extratextual creator content in modern fandom.

In which we celebrate fluffy fanworks and the softer aspects of canon. We’ll explore curtain fic with Emma, discover the magic of mincemeat pies with Cumbercookie, and explore Sherlockian ASMR with our favorite domestic fics!

In which we look back on a decade of Sherlock, hang with the Class of 221B, and celebrate 100 episodes of Three Patch Podcast!

There’s a little bit of everything in this one, including several fandoms of interest, a discussion of last year’s Holmes and Watson film, Sherlock-themed jokes, and more!

In which we celebrate the role of food in fandom and in canon, and get a little creative along the way.

It's finally here, the full Tingleverse RPG from Episode 97, just in time for Halloween! Join the Tingle Master and our motley crew of Bigfeet, Unicorn, and Raptor as we play the new Chuck Tingle RPG: The Tingleverse. 

Episode 97: Night Owl? Vampire. In which we delve into Vamplock, drunkenly recount The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, and revel in all things creepy and cryptid. 

In our SEVENTH annual Sexpisode, we celebrate the wonderful smuttiness of fandom, including the role of fantasy and kink in fanworks, the ins and outs of drawing explicit fanart, take a look at the dirtier side of the Good Omens fandom, and express our gratitude to all the wonderful creators out there for sharing their work.

All about asexual characters and relationships! We look at ace-spectrum interpretations of Sherlock and Doctor Who, talk with fic authors about writing ace stories, and squee about Good Omens!

The full cut of the RPG from Episode 94! John Watson is missing at a first of its kind literary convention and our eclectic team searches the mansion to find him. They bump into many authors, such as Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, and of course, Arthur Conan Doyle (no Sir in this universe). 

In which we play a custom Sherlock Holmes RPG, discuss our favorite gaming groups, and squee about Detective Pikachu!

Episode 93: Pride in the Queerness of his Name. In which we celebrate queerness through the ages by decoding ACD, watching The Happy Prince, and exploring A Land So Wild. Happy Pride Month!

BBC Sherlock features big moral themes: righting wrongs, a great man becoming a good man. In this Extended Cut of the segment in Episode 92: Saint or Sinners, Johnlocked, Drinkingcocao, and Finnagain go further into the ideologies of the characters, the morals articulated in narrative arches, and the values emphasized by recurring themes of show.

Are we saints or sinners? Maybe a bit of both! In our May episode, we talk about 221B Con, Füd Trüks, and the ultimate good-versus-evil dualities.

Nobody expects The Three Patch Podcast!! Welcome to our really very silly April episode where we, a BBC Sherlock podcast, barely talk about BBC Sherlock. Enjoy something completely different.

In which we embark on a fandom pub crawl with Sherlock-inspired cocktails, tasty tropes, improvised fic, and finish off the night with an inebriated take on a canon Holmes story. (Is it time for con yet?)

In which we queer the text, go to PodCon, discuss queer fandom in traditional Holmesian spaces, and bake Sherlock a cake.

Subscribe: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Episode 88A: OTW Legal Advocacy Interview – Extended Cut In this interview with the OTW Legal Advocacy Committee member Rebecca Katz, we cover the support work of the Organization for Transformative Works and focus on the legal issues faced by fans making non-commercial transformative pieces from copyrighted […]

In which we explore the intersection between activism and fandom, interview the author behind the recently published Sherlock's World, and watch the first episode of the newest Doctor Who! We also pay tribute to Chuck and their legacy in fandom.

A special, mid-month episode produced in response to the Adult Content Ban at Tumblr. In the wake of the news, Three Patch Consulting Fans discuss how we got here and what it means for fandom.

In which we go behind the scenes of our own podcast!