Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Bale of Jesse Thorn. This week, Homer

Confinement. Tomorrow brings the case against her husband, Aslan. Aslan reads Homer's

the Odyssey to their three-year-old child at bedtime. To Mar says, this bedtime routine

is contributing to their son's nightmares. Aslan says, the son requests it. Who's right?

Who's wrong? Only one can decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom

and presents an obscure cultural reference. What the devil gave you for your soul, Johnny?

Well, he taught me to make this your podcast real good. Oh, son, for that you traded your

everlasting soul. Well, I wasn't using it. Bale of Jesse Thorn, please swear them in.

Tomorrow and Aslan, please rise and raise your right hands. Do you swear to tell the

whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God or whatever? I do. I swear.

Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite the fact that he just busted

the bonds on the mast and just went with the harpies and that was the end of that? Yes.

Judge Hodgman, you may proceed. Bust of the bonds on the mast and just went with the harpies

and all that. No, that was the end of that. That was it. Yeah, that was a reference to.

Never made it back home. Homer is the Odyssey, which is a point of discussion today. Tomorrow

and Aslan, you may be seated for an immediate summary judgment in one of your favors. Can

either of you name the piece of culture that I referenced as I entered this courtroom? It was

not just me either. It was a dialogue. It was a little bit of a scene between me and

our bail of Jesse Thorn. Tomorrow, why don't you guess first? I'm just going to guess

the Odyssey because I have no idea. That's a good guess because that's what the case is

about. Yes. The Odyssey. Homer's the Odyssey. I'm writing that down. Homer's the Odyssey.

What about you, Aslan? My guess is Obrother Werdow, the Coen Brothers movie, which I'm

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