Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bailiff, Jesse Thorne. We're clearing the docket this week. And joining me is the judge himself, Judge John Hodgman. Hi, John. Hi. Is it Jesse? Yeah, that's right. I got spring fever, Jesse. And I'm not talking about merely a fever. Pollen is upon us, for sure.

But as we are recording this and as it is released, we are going to be in the thick.

The thick, pollin-y haze of spring, I have my window open because who cares?

It's a docket.

We're going to rollic in this docket and have a lot of fun together, clearing some old

cases from the old mailbag. And I'm hoping that I'm going to see a cardinal fly by my window.

Oh, that sounds nice. I'll tell you what. There's there, you know, I don't know, I'm not a birder,

but I'll tell you what, Jesse. You know what? I was walking through Bryant Park. You know, Bryant don't know. I'm not a birder, but I'll tell you what, Jesse.

You know what?

I was walking through Bryant Park.

You know Bryant Park in New York City?

It's right behind the New York Public Library.

Former home of my friend Luke Burbank's NPR show, The Bryant Park Project.

Yes, that's right.

Our friend Luke Burbank from the live wire radio program used to host with a show from Bryant Park with

Allison. Allison Stewart. Stewart. The woman who asked Bill Clinton, boxers or briefs.

Is that true when she was on MTV News? That is true. Now she hosts the afternoon talk show on

WNYC here in New York City.

Anyway, I was in Bryant Park.

I, on a project of my own, which was called Killing Time,

before meeting my friend Jesse Thorne for dinner at Keene's Steakhouse.

And our friends, the floppers.

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