A Turning Client Privilege

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Does GPS turn our brains to mush? Kris says yes! But her son, Ethan, wants her to start using it! Who's right? Who's wrong?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bail of Jesse Thorne. This week, a turning client privilege.
0:10.0	Ethan brings the case against his mom, Chris.
0:12.8	Chris doesn't like to use GPS. When she's driving, she says,
0:16.8	driving without it is better exercise for her brain.
0:20.7	But Ethan says that when she needs directions, she calls him. He doesn't want to be
0:26.4	her personal navigation device. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can decide.
0:31.6	Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure
0:36.6	cultural reference.
0:39.2	My daughter and I were visiting a college in Bangor, Maine.
0:43.0	After a nice trip, we had our GPS take us back
0:45.3	to the car rental agency, except it just didn't seem
0:48.9	like it was taking us the right way.
0:51.0	We were in the middle of nowhere, and the GPS said, you have arrived at your destination.
0:56.3	We had pulled up to a graveyard.
0:58.7	We did end up having a pleasant walk around a beautiful cemetery, however.
1:02.4	Bail of Jesse Thorne, please swear them in.
1:04.6	Ethan and Chris, please rise and raise your right hands.
1:07.6	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
1:10.9	so help you God or whatever.
1:13.0	I do.
1:14.0	Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite the fact that he's never lost?
1:19.0	I do.
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