Clear and Present Banger

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

World, Show, Complete, Hodgeman, Comedy, Pc, Daily, Hodgman, Mac, More, Expertise, Knowledge, Information

4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Your Song of the Summer 2024: Does it have to be from 2024? Or can it be a song from any year that you, personally, are digging during this summer? Suni says that the song should be from 2024. Her friend, Christian, disagrees. Who's right? Who's wrong?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bail of Jesse Thorne. This week,
0:06.4	Clear and present, Banger.
0:09.7	Christian and
0:16.9	the and Suni are part of a friend group that loves to discuss pop music.
0:14.9	Christian asked the group to name their songs of the summer for 2024,
0:20.6	but some members picked songs that aren't even from this year.
0:26.0	Sunni says this is unacceptable.
0:29.7	Christian says, any summer counts.
0:32.4	Who's right, who's wrong, only one can decide. says any summer counts.
0:32.5	Who's right, who's wrong, only one can decide, please rise,
0:35.7	as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural reference.
0:41.2	When the Oldsmobile has got the top down on it, when the catamaran has got the drop down on it,
0:47.2	when the flat of the land has got the crop down on it, some things were good before, and some things never were but that summer feeling is going to haunt you one day in your life.
0:59.0	Bail if Jesse Thorne please swear the litigants in.
1:01.0	Christian and Sunni please rise and raise your right hands.
1:04.7	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you
1:08.6	God or whatever?
1:10.5	I do.
1:11.5	Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite the fact that every year since
1:15.6	1983 Judge Hodgman's song of the summer has been 99 luf balloons.
1:20.6	I do. Judge Hodgchman, you may proceed.
1:24.3	That's, you know, that is absolutely a clear and present banger, which is a little riff on a wonderful title.
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