Judge John Hodgman
John Hodgman's Today in the Past podcast is now The Judge John Hodgman Podcast. Have your pressing issues decided by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman, Certified Judge. If you'd like John Hodgman to solve your pressing issue, simply email it, along with your phone number, to hodgman@maximumfun.org. THAT IS ALL.
714 episodes transcribedBattle Royale
Episode Date: April 11, 2012Leeman and his wife Rachel are American citizens who have immigrated to Toronto for school and work. They've become permanent Canadian residents, but...
Cannery Row
Episode Date: March 28, 2012THIS WEEK: Special Expert Witness Alton Brown! Ara and her mom Julia enjoy some mother-daughter bonding time while canning, but Ara insists on followi...
The Stick Shift Rift
Episode Date: March 21, 2012Is not knowing how to drive a manual transmission in this day and age A CRIME? That's the question for Cosmo and Jen, a married couple who own a manua...
The Wedding Clashers
Episode Date: February 22, 2012John and Lindsay are a married couple with two weddings to attend on the same day -- John's childhood best friend's and Lindsay's cousin's. Which argu...
Double Dog Dare
Episode Date: February 8, 2012Marybeth and Paul are a couple of busy animal loving attorneys who already own a dog and a cat. Marybeth would like to add another dog to their family...
The Master's Disaster
Episode Date: January 25, 2012Jessie and Jason are a happily married couple with a scheduling conflict. Jason is in an intensive master's program and works a full-time job, which l...
The Wonderful, Terrible, Terrible Towel Trouble
Episode Date: January 12, 2012Katie and Bobby are dating and are both fans of Pittsburgh Steelers football. Katie says she was born into the Steelers Nation, while Bobby came to fa...
The Carry On Carryings On
Episode Date: January 4, 2012Blair and her sister Lisa are frequent flyers. Blair never checks her bags due to the inconvenience of it, opting instead to carry them on. Since sh...
The Clap Trap
Episode Date: December 22, 2011Greg and Eric are longtime friends and sometime-bandmates. They disagree on one area of performance; should members of the band ever ask the audience...
Apocalypse Row
Episode Date: December 15, 2011Carrie and her husband Phillip are planning for the future. A collapse of civilazation under the coming apocalypse to be exact. Carrie and "Sarge" are...
The Bedding Crasher
Episode Date: December 8, 2011When is it appropriate to ask to crash at a friend's place? Should the practice be curtailed when one reaches a certain age or level of financial secu...
Triple Word Scorn
Episode Date: December 1, 2011Jesse and Jessica are used to squaring off against one another when they play games like Scrabble & Hangman on their smartphones. In this episode of J...
Driving Miss Drowsy
Episode Date: November 23, 2011Austin brings the case against his good friend Ethan. A year ago, they drove cross-country from Santa Cruz, California to Brooklyn, New York. Austin s...
Out of REC-order
Episode Date: November 9, 2011Strife between two friends -- over DVR recordings. If Anthony requests that Joseph record television programs for him on his personal DVR, is he obli...
The Abuse of Flower Power
Episode Date: November 2, 2011Not in MY backyard! Julienne and Emily are neighbors and romantically involved. Julienne has created a garden space but wants to add a particular flo...
Slash-Friction
Episode Date: October 26, 2011What IS a horror movie? Bryan's list of 100 horror movies is all about content. His friend Jay says it's all about the audience's reaction. Who is the...
Pepperoni Pauper
Episode Date: October 19, 2011A young couple battle embarrassing behavior and bags of trash in search of unpeeled prize tickets for a shot at redemption. And a free slice of pizza....
Panta-Lunacy
Episode Date: October 12, 2011Seth and Stephen are colleagues in a Broadway show. They bring a case of Lost and Found, Finders and Keepers, and Losers and Weepers.
Beard Science
Episode Date: September 28, 2011Guest bailiffed by ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper! Friends Mike, Mike and Dan seek a ruling on a modified but highly charged ga...