It's the first basketball game of the season for Joe's team — will he be able to lead the team to a big win? Prince Hal also wonders about this in Henry IV Part 1, by William Shakespeare, as he struggles to be seen as the leader he believes he

The Haunted Hound Part 2

Jun 10th, 2021 47m 31s

We are back from our hiatus! The kids face a Rube Goldberg machine and encounter the spookiest parts of Oakdale to complete the Halloween scavenger hunt. Ichabod Crane has his own spooky encounter at the end of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by W

Halloween Hound Part 1

Apr 28th, 2021 1h

Welcome to season 2, and thank you for being with us as we celebrate one year of the podcast! In the first episode of this two-part season opener, the kids chase down clues hidden all over Oakdale in a Halloween scavenger hunt with a big prize

Picks of the Litter

Apr 21st, 2021 42m 12s

Join us on the last episode of Wishbone season 1 as we approach the first anniversary of the show! Wishbone leads us through recaps of a few of the dozens of stories we've learned about, and we discuss our thoughts on the first year of the podc

Rushin' to the Bone

Apr 7th, 2021 1h 11m

Wishbone becomes the face of a hugely popular dog treat brand, but he's worried his family and friends have forgotten that underneath the kilt and bagpipes he's still Wishbone. On the other hand, in the play The Inspector General, by Nikolai Go

Dances with Dogs

Mar 25th, 2021 57m 10s

Talbot family friend Lee is holding an event at the library about Navajo culture and storytelling, and Joe is inspired to learn about his father when he agrees to tell a story about his dad at the event. As Joe gets agitated over his disconnect

Pantin' at the Opera

Mar 17th, 2021 1h 22m

The kids suspect there may be a ghost afoot at the library and they initiate a stakeout to protect Joe's mom from foul play. We also learn about the musical paranormal mysteries in a grand opera hall in Paris in the Phantom of the Opera, by Gas

The Entrepawneur

Mar 10th, 2021 49m 45s

Joe starts running a grocery delivery service in Oakdale well before Instacart was founded, but he isn't treating David and Sam as the trusted advisors and confidants and friends they've always been to him. This reminds Wishbone of the story of

Viva Wishbone

Mar 5th, 2021 57m 38s

Joe tries to prove to his mother that he loves her best, and family friend Señora Julia encourages him to remember that just being Joe Talbot is enough. Señora Julia helps Wishbone teach us about legends of Mexico from hundreds of years ago.

Hercules Unleashed

Feb 26th, 2021 1h 2m

Sam is stumped over a gift for her dad's 40th birthday and she goes on a quest for the perfect present, which leaves her hands and pockets full of phones. Wishbone recounts the mortals, demigods, gods, and Titans that Hercules encounters while

Muttketeer!

Feb 17th, 2021 1h 19m

Our conversation takes some real twists and turns as Wishbone looks for a lab rat running amok in the school while imagining himself as d'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas. Content warning: we state that in the actual book a

Shakespaw

Feb 10th, 2021 1h 8m

We go in depth about our own formative experiences in high school performing arts while David directs his classmates in the big school play amidst conflicts, tension, and hijinks. Denied a role in the Oakdale production, Wishbone plays the magi

A Terrified Terrier

Feb 3rd, 2021 1h 38m

Returning guest Mike joins us to discuss how JT (fka Joe Talbot) treats his friends when his idol freshman basketball hotshot Grady Ray invites him to join his crew. Wishbone takes us through a different young man's inner turmoil and feelings a

A Dogged Exposé

Jan 27th, 2021 1h 9m

Someone is secretly photographic Oakdale kids and humiliating them in a photocopied scandal sheet distributed around town. Does Lady Whistledown have it in for all-around all-star Samantha Kepler? Meanwhile, in A Scandal in Bohemia, by Arthur C

Little Big Dog

Jan 22nd, 2021 1h 24m

David has a mishap with his mom's brand new cherry red convertible and his younger sister urges him to confess to their parents. He's a problem solver so he's pretty sure he can solve this problem, too. Wishbone tells us about the story of Davi

Salty Dog

Jan 15th, 2021 1h 11m

Sam doggedly leads Wishbone and the boys into an old barn to find a relic from a famous local author. Will she face any consequences when the barn nearly burns down with the kids inside? Her adventure is nearly as dangerous as Treasure Island,

Bonus

What's the [Animal] Story? with Gillian and Shana

Jan 6th, 2021 5m 35s

While recording an episode full of digressions about middle school, we delved into a handful of the many 90s American movies about kids and animals. This is an outtake from S1E25 Furst Impressions. We'll be back with a full-length episode in yo

The Count's Account

Jan 1st, 2021 1h 6m

A blizzard rolls through Oakdale leaving anger and disappointment in its wake, but its human creators weren't caught red-handed. Revenge is top of mind for David when he's framed as the culprit, just as it was for The Count of Monte Cristo in t

The Prince and the Pooch

Dec 23rd, 2020 46m 31s

Joe attempts to wrangle David's younger sister's T-ball team as a new assistant coach and things do not go well for him (though the girls have a great time). Wishbone stars as two characters in The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain. 2x Wishb

Furst Impressions

Dec 16th, 2020 1h 23m

The kids are up in arms over rumors around a middle school dance, and Joe is afraid his friendship with Sam and David might not survive a big fight. We also discuss the utterly American phenomenon of middle school dances at great length. And mo

Paw Prints of Thieves

Dec 9th, 2020 59m 2s

Joe works outside the system to donate leftover cafeteria food to a food bank, but there's a little more red tape than he expected. He's just like Robin Hood, who steals from the rich to help the underprivileged in The Adventures of Robin Hood,

Bark to the Future

Dec 2nd, 2020 1h 9m

Joe struggles to succeed in a math unit about fractions and percentages, reminding us of math tests from our past. Wishbone travels thousands of years into the future in The Time Machine, by HG Wells.

Bonus

What's the [Sheet] Story? with Gillian and Shana

Nov 25th, 2020 4m 5s

Hot takes and cold feet: listen to our divergent thoughts on bedsheets in this digression from S1E21 The Canine Cure. We'll be back with a full episode next week!

The Pawloined Paper

Nov 18th, 2020 50m 1s

Gillian shares her forays into competitive forensics (it has nothing to do with murder). We discuss Joe's extremely 90s not-at-all secret crush on his history teacher and solve the mystery of The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe.

The Canine Cure

Nov 16th, 2020 47m 10s

Joe's classmate Nathaniel spends the night with the Talbots, and Wishbone might be added to his long list of allergies. We also see a fantastical and comical adaptation of the play The Imaginary Invalid, by Molière.