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Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Maya struggles with phone addiction. She installed a program on her phone to limit her screen time. But her boyfriend, Liam, says this setting is a bummer!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bail of Jesse Thorne. This week,
0:06.8	FaceTime served. Liam brings the case against his girlfriend, Maya. Liam and Maya are long-distance
0:14.0	lovers. But Maya struggles with phone addiction. She installed a program to limit her screen time. But this bums Liam out. He wants to
0:25.2	FaceTime his partner without an annoying digital chaperone. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can
0:32.1	decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural reference.
0:39.9	Scallops. Umbrella. Sleep. Star. SOS. Portch Jazz. Stay. Flair. Circle. Bunk, Signal, Field Hippies, alarm, triangle, shelled beans, crash.
1:05.7	Bail of Jesse Thorne, please swear the litigants in.
1:08.2	Liam and Maya, please rise and raise your right hands.
1:11.3	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
1:15.1	So help you, God, or whatever?
1:17.9	Yes.
1:18.3	I do.
1:19.2	Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that he is no longer
1:23.7	in the employ of a phone manufacturer?
1:26.1	I do.
1:27.7	Judge Hodgman, you may proceed.
1:29.4	Wow.
1:29.9	Sorry to push on that bruise, John.
1:31.5	Wow.
1:32.6	Push on the bruise.
1:34.4	He stuck a bay in that and twisted.
1:37.0	Still available and in wardrobe, Apple.
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