Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bailiff Jesse Thorne. This week, Juggernaut, lest ye be judged. Cordelia brings the case against her son, Patty. Cordelia loves Patty. Patty loves the Marvel comic book series X-Men. A lot. Cordelia says that Patty turns every conversation into an

X-Men lore dumb. She wants him to scale back on the X-Men chat. 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. Gentlemen, to hellfire, may it scorch and sin, burn and boil, seethe and scald,

combust in crackle until we are inflamed, roasted, toasted, grilled, and cauterized until our bones crumble

into the demoniac heat. To hellfire! To hellfire! Baylor if Jesse Thorne, please swear the litigants in.

Cordelia, Patty, please raise your right hands. Do you swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So help you, God or whatever?

I do. I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that he's

more of an alpha flight guy? That's true. I do. Yes. I do.

Good point. Judge Hodgman, you may proceed.

Thank you, Jesse. Patty and Cordelia may be seated. And by the way, I'm so happy to be here. Back at Technica House in New York City with Jacob, our guest engineer here. Jacob is saluting. There are no cameras on Jacob at the moment. But maybe there will be, Jacob Jacob when you collect the water bottle that I threw across the room, because I will need it.

Thank you very much. I'm a little parched. There's Jacob, everybody. Take a look.

All right. Now, Cordelia and Patty, you may be seated for an immediate summary judgment in one of yours favors.

Can either of you name the piece of culture that I referenced as I entered Technica House here in downtown New York City?

Cordelia.

Let's start with you.

What's your guess?

Is it something to do with Ragnarok and Thor?

Ragnarok and Thore. Which a Marvel comic, as well as a Norse myth.

Ragnarok being the end times myth and Norse mythology.

Also the name of my late lamented, banished to hell stand-up special on Netflix.

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