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Judge John Hodgman

Witnessing the Badger

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

Relationships, Information, John Hodgman, Justice, Society & Culture, Kids & Family, John Hodgeman, Mac, Knowledge, Pc, Comedy, Show, Jesse Thorn, Judge, World, More

4.87.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Tobyas brings the case against his wife Rachel. Rachel catches and rescues animals in distress and Tobyas would like her to stop. She thinks it’s important to be compassionate. But, he is concerned with the risks involved now that they have a baby. Who's right? Who's wrong? Thank you to Jessica White for suggesting this week's title! To suggest a title for a future episode, like Judge John Hodgman on Facebook. We regularly put a call for submissions.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast.

0:05.9

I'm Baylif Jesse Thorn.

0:07.7

This week, witnessing the badger.

0:10.6

Tobias brings the case against his wife Rachel.

0:13.7

Rachel catches and rescues animals in distress.

0:16.8

Tobias would like her to stop.

0:19.4

She thinks it's important to be compassionate, but Tobias is concerned about the risks involved.

0:25.0

Now that they have a baby.

0:26.8

Who's right?

0:27.8

Who's wrong?

0:28.8

Only one man can decide.

0:30.8

Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural

0:37.0

reference.

0:38.6

Everybody was asleep.

0:40.6

Everybody except me, John Hodgman, creeping sore and exhausted towards another hard spell

0:47.2

of labor.

0:49.1

Why the hell had I ever decided to become a country podcaster?

0:54.1

I must have been crazy to pick a job where you worked seven days a week and through

0:57.4

the night as well.

0:59.7

Sometimes I felt as though the practice was a malignant living entity, testing me, trying

1:05.7

me out, putting the pressure on more and more just to see at what point I would drop down

1:10.7

dead.

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