Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Bailiff Jesse Thorn. We're in chambers

this week and I'm going to be Frank Judge Hodgman. Okay, be Frank. This docket is all

plugged up. I know we got to clear it. Yeah, I got to clear that out. Jesse, my dad joke

DNA is firing very hard these days. And it really really, I mean, like it took like

discipline on a cellular level, not to say, Frank, I thought you're Jesse. I mean,

honestly, I was going to make that joke. And it scares me, Jesse. It really does. But Jesse,

I have something that I need to say before we start clearing this docket. I know that

it's plugged. Okay. But you and I know that this is not, this is not a live show, right?

We have a lot, we have a live show coming up in Los Angeles very soon. June 6th, if it's

not already sold out, go to bit.ly slash JJ H O L A, all capital letters to see us in Los

Angeles. But this show is recorded. And as such, I have a message for the listeners. The

listeners who are listening to this in my future. Hello, I am speaking to you from beyond

the veil of time, with a message for the future here in the distant past of early May. I'm

just sitting in my chambers as huge. But today, when you hear my message, I will be heading

to the Javits Center in New York City for book expo America to launch my new book,

Medallion Status. Going there to launch it. This is a book of true stories from secret rooms

covering my glamorous dwindling fame of a couple of years ago, plus my perverse quest to achieve

Diamond Medallion Status on an airline, which I will not name because they refuse to sponsor

this podcast just like us. But it's a book I'm very proud of as a whole new cover by Aaron

Draplin. And you can judge that book by the cover. And you can pre-order it if you want

to at bit.ly slash medallion status, all capital letters. I just want to, it's a pre-plug.

This is a big deal for me, and I'm sorry to take over the docket for a second, Jesse.

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