Live in Durham at the Carolina Theatre 2019

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This week's episode was recorded LIVE in Durham, North Carolina at the Carolina Theatre in November of 2019. The first case is "Son of a Preacher Ban." Then, the judge and bailiff rule on cases having to do with excessive planking routines, singing in goofy manners, and birthday cakes during Swift Justice. -- Thank you to Alanna Talty for naming this week's case! To suggest a title for a future episode, follow Judge John Hodgman on Facebook. We regularly put out a call for submissions. -- SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST in APPLE PODCASTS or the RSS FEED

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Bailiff Jesse Thorn. This week's episode
0:07.6	recorded live in Durham, North Carolina at the Carolina Theatre.
0:13.0	And this is your Judge John Hodgman. This is also our last episode of the year. We hope
0:18.1	you have a very happy new year. Thank you for listening. We'll be back in 2020 to bring
0:22.8	you more justice.
0:23.8	Let's go to the stage at the Carolina Theatre.
0:27.6	Durham, you've come to us desperate for justice. And we're here at the Carolina Theatre
0:33.2	to deliver it.
0:36.3	Friends, let's bring out our first set of litigants. Please welcome to the stage Grant and Pastor
0:42.3	Irvin.
0:46.8	Tonight's case, son of a preacher band, Grant files suit against his father, Pastor Irvin.
0:54.0	Pastor Irvin regularly incorporates stories from his own life into his sermons, including
0:59.6	stories about his children. Greg grew up hearing his father's Sunday sermons, which oftentimes
1:05.9	included stories about Greg. Greg would like for his father to stop talking about him
1:12.6	in his sermons. Pastor Irvin feels he has the right to share stories about his family.
1:18.9	Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can decide. Please rise metaphorically as Judge John
1:25.4	Hodgman enters the courtroom and delivers an obscure cultural reference.
1:30.1	Podcasting is awful. It's awful. It's painful. It's frightening. It makes you doubt yourself.
1:48.3	Judge yourself. Distance yourself from other people in your life. It makes you selfish.
1:54.3	It makes you creepy. It makes you obsessed with your hair. It makes you cruel. It makes
2:00.7	you say and do things you never thought you would do. It's all any of us want. Podcasting.
2:06.7	And it's hell when we get there. So no wonder it's something we don't want to do on our own.
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