Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm Gail of Jesse Thorn. This week, objection,

sustainable. Halley files suit against her fiance Ramsey. Halley is serious about conservation

and living her life in an eco-friendly way. Ramsey admires what she does, but he doesn't

think he can live up to her high eco standards. Who's right? Who's wrong? Only one can decide.

These risers Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural reference.

Americans make more podcasts than anyone else on the planet, throwing away about 7.1 pounds

per person per day. Across a lifetime, that rate means on average we are each on track

to generate 102 tons of podcasts. Each of our bodies may occupy only one cemetery plot

when we're done with this world, but a single person's 102 ton podcast legacy will require

the equivalent of 1100 graves. Much of that content will outlast any grave marker,

Pharaoh's pyramid or modern skyscraper. One of the few relics of our civilization guaranteed

to be recognizable 20,000 years from now is the live podcast episode. Bail of Jesse

Thorne, please swear the men. Halley, Ramsey, please rise and raise your right hand to swear

to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God or whatever. I do.

I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that he buys yogurt

in bulk and stores it in the skulls of his fallen enemies? I do. Judge Hodgman, you may proceed.

Halley and Ramsey, you may be seated for an immediate summary judgment in one of your

favorites. Can either of you name the piece of culture I referenced when I entered this

that fake internet courtroom of Judge John Hodgman? Halley, let's start with you.

It sounded like a article or something written about food waste, but then with the tombs and

it outlasting, it seems like it would be about plastic or like used computer parts. No, it was

all about podcasts. We're making too many podcasts, Halley. No, no, you guessed right. I was I was

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