Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast, I'm Baylor Jesse Thorn.

This week's episode was recorded live at the Marine's Memorial Theatre in San Francisco

as part of SF Sketchfest.

We'll hear a dog on trial, live snap judgements, and our pal John Darniel from the band The

Mountain Goats who flew all the way out from North Carolina to perform a special musical

set.

Tonight's case, all dogs go to trial.

Zach brings the case against his girlfriend, Brienne.

Brienne is a dog trainer and the owner of a small poodle mix named Shiloh.

She's training the dog with basic skills so that she might become a service dog one day

and brings the dog everywhere on public transportation to her college classes to the drug store.

Zach says that Brienne is using the dog as a social crutch and might be offending members

of the public who aren't dog lovers.

Who is right and who is wrong?

Only one man can decide.

These rise as the honorable Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom.

You may be seated now.

I'll tell you who wouldn't have messed that up.

Colin Kaepernick.

Cool under pressure.

Thank you for the sports update, Jesse.

I know a fair amount about sports now because until very recently I thought the world was

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