I Was Dreaming When I Wrote This, So Sue Me if I Judge Too Fast LIVE in Portland, ME!

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Should dream sequences be banned from fiction? Is it ok to work on needle crafts in bed? What is the human eye actually capable of seeing? Can one sit nude on the sofa? All of these cases and more fun, recorded LIVE at The State Theater in Portland, Maine on the JJHO Road Court tour!

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0:00.0	It's the Judge John Hodgman podcast.
0:04.4	I'm Bailiff, Jesse Thorne.
0:05.6	With me is the great Judge John Hodgman.
0:08.2	Hello.
0:09.6	We've got a brand new episode recorded live on stage in your neck of the woods, John, Portland, Maine.
0:17.7	We talked about being necked at home, glasses, both drinking and wearing,
0:23.1	doing needlecrafts in bed, and writing dream sequences in your short stories. And we were joined
0:29.0	by our friends Joel Mann and the night and day jazz trio, right? Joel, you were there.
0:34.5	I was there. And it was a good time, right? Wonderful time.
0:38.2	Thank you.
0:39.3	Let's go to the stage at the state theater in Portland, Maine.
0:45.3	People of Portland, Maine.
0:47.5	You asked us for live justice, and we are here to deliver it.
0:52.5	The court of Judge John Hodgman is now in session.
1:01.7	Let's start our first case.
1:03.7	Please welcome to the stage, Emily and Nikki.
1:09.4	Emily brings the case against her husband, Nikki.
1:12.7	Emily likes to embroider in bed,
1:15.7	but Nikki wants to keep needles as far away from their bed as possible.
1:20.7	Who's right, who's wrong, only one can decide.
1:22.9	Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom.
1:29.1	Emily and Nikki may be seated. Thank you for joining us.
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