Reading is Fun-Defendant

Judge John Hodgman

Jesse Thorn

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4.8 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

How many book clubs are too many book clubs? Emily says she's just trying to keep busy. But her daughter, Hannah, wants her hard-working mom to enjoy her retirement rather than filling it with obligations. Who's right? Who's wrong?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast. I'm Bill of Jesse Thorne. This week,
0:06.5	Reading is Fun Defendant. Hannah brings the case against her mother Emily.
0:12.2	Emily is part of five different book clubs.
0:15.0	Hannah says, that's too many book clubs.
0:18.0	She worries Emily is wasting her retirement on stressful obligations,
0:22.0	but Emily likes to keep herself busy.
0:24.8	Who's right?
0:25.3	Who's wrong?
0:26.0	Only one can decide.
0:27.8	Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom
0:31.4	and presents an obscure cultural reference.
0:34.0	Hannah and Emily, the sentence of the court you hear is that you are banished from out of our jurisdiction as being women not fit for our society.
0:47.2	Bail of Jesse Thorne please swear them in.
0:49.2	Hannah and Emily please rise and raise your right hands.
0:51.8	Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth
0:54.0	and nothing but the truth, so help you,
0:56.5	God or whatever?
0:58.4	I do.
0:59.9	Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling,
1:02.6	despite the fact that he was too lazy
1:04.9	to write a book club guide for his recent books?
1:09.3	No, very recent, very recent books.
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