Not in My Fur-isdiction

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Michele and Nate are living a life free of children, and full of vehicles and pets. Michele says they should embrace pet maximalism. Nate's not sure about it.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast.
0:05.3	I'm guest bailiff, Gene Gray, mostly, sitting in for Jesse Thorne.
0:10.8	This week, not in my first diction.
0:15.3	Michelle brings the case against her husband, Nate.
0:18.1	Michelle and Nate are living the child-free dream as well as I. Three cats, two dogs,
0:25.2	and a Subaru, bo-ha. Sub-rubaha. They have it all, but Michelle wants more pets. Nate has two cars
0:34.6	and a motorcycle. Michelle says that if they are embracing vehicle maximalism,
0:40.3	it's only fair to embrace pet maximalism.
0:43.9	Nate says, they have enough pets for now.
0:46.9	Who's right?
0:48.1	Who's wrong?
0:49.0	Only one can decide.
0:51.0	Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the court from and presents an obscure cultural
0:55.8	reference. Oh, no. Oh, no, you cannot bring this with you. This is a hammer. This is a very
1:04.7	large hammer. Guest Bail of Jean Grey, welcome back to the show. Please swear the litigants in.
1:10.7	Michelle and Nate, please rise and raise your right hands.
1:14.9	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God, or a shoe, or a piece of gum?
1:24.5	Whatever?
1:26.0	I do.
1:26.9	I also do.
1:28.2	Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that he tried to limit my usage of use earlier just now?
1:39.3	Like, I think he's fine, but I feel like that was going a bit far.
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