John Hodgman
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Oct 8, 2026
Chuck BryantHOST
... uh, rather than straight-up joke telling.
Chuck BryantHOST
Um, and our buddy John Hodgman.
Chuck BryantHOST
Uh, you know, John always calls his stand-up, uh, imitation stand-up.
Chuck BryantHOST
Like, he won't say-
24 MINS LATER
Chuck BryantHOST
Oh.
Josh ClarkHOST
Um, I just, uh, from my impression, it just, it wasn't very well-received.
Chuck BryantHOST
Well, hey, buddy, I received it.
Josh ClarkHOST
Okay.
Cameron EspositoGUEST
Okay.
Jesse ThornHOST
Uh, uh, because I know that, and, and so that's the only thing that it feeds me, is shit from Judge John Hodgman and Bullseye, 'cause I, I'm sure 'cause I re- re- repost them and I don't watch a second thing.
Jesse ThornHOST
I try not to look at any of the videos on Instagram other than ones from people I know.
Jesse ThornHOST
Like, I'll c- I'll watch ones from people I know all day long, but I don't go into the, like, suggest me a thing section.
John HodgmanHOST
Look, I'm sorry that your brother uses an Android.
John HodgmanHOST
This is why I'm an only child.
John HodgmanHOST
I never wanted to put up with this.
John HodgmanHOST
But I also understand the contrarian impulse.
55 MINS LATER
John HodgmanHOST
[laughs] Where does your nine-year-old stand?
Jesse ThornHOST
Does Frankie come and yell at you when you're trying to watch the Giants game? [laughs]
John HodgmanHOST
Speaking of sports, should siblings be forced to attend each other's sports tournaments or dance performances? Is forced support in the family spirit, or is it every child for themselves? Is there a better football TV show than Friday Night Lights? I dare you, American football.
John HodgmanHOST
I dare you to s- to, to come at me with your hot take or your controversial opinion.
Scott CarterHOST
One might call him an impodsario.
Scott CarterHOST
Since the century's dawn, he's hosted NPR's arts and culture interview show, Bullseye, the flagship of his Maximum Fun fleet, which has included the podcast "Jordan, Jesse, Go!" the podcast and stage show, which I saw, Judge John Hodgman, the limited series "The Turnaround," in which interviewer Jesse interviewed famous interviewers about interviewing, and the menswear blog and web series Put This On, whose motto is, "Only a beautiful life is worth living." Jesse's interviews are well-researched and respectful.
Scott CarterHOST
His ongoing curiosity makes him a great talker and a great listener, sometimes whimsical, occasionally sober, always thoughtful.
Scott CarterHOST
As Judge John Hodgman's bailiff, Jesse asks each person approaching the witness box, "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God or whatever?" Well, God or whatever is the wheelhouse here at Ye Gods, which is why I'm particularly delighted to welcome you, Jesse Thorn.
Jesse ThornGUEST
I'm so grateful to be here, Scott.
Jesse ThornGUEST
Now, I have to say, when I agreed to appear on this show, I thought it was a show about secondary characters from the musical The Music Man, specifically that one lady who says, "Ye gods," a lot.
Jesse ThornGUEST
[sighs] But I'm willing to do this podcast now that I know what it's about.
Scott CarterHOST
[laughs] Well, okay, let me ask you this.
Jim CannonHOST
Which is not a bad thing, but I'm used to the same man of all-star comics where he can beat the tar out of six guys at once without breaking a sweat.
Jim CannonHOST
Davis' Wesley looks more like John Hodgman,
Justin ZyduckHOST
as you have mentioned to me off-mic.
Justin ZyduckHOST
Yeah, yeah.
JimHOST
They belong to a podcast network called Maximum Fun, and they have a website called MaximumFun.org, and there are a lot of interesting shows on that network.
JimHOST
including Adam Ruins Everything, The Art of Process with Amy Mann and Ted Leo, and also Judge John Hodgman, along with other interesting types of podcasts like Dead Pilots Society, Can I Pet Your Hog, Go Fact Yourself, and Just the Zoo of Us.
JimHOST
The members, as I said, of this network are the McElroys.
JimHOST
They are three brothers, and...
Brian WechtHOST
I'll use one, Max Fun, as an example.
Brian WechtHOST
I've heard every Judge John Hodgman episode literally ever.
Tom LumGUEST
[laughs]
Brian WechtHOST
I started when that started, and I have never stopped, and that show is still great.
Jordan D. WhiteGUEST
okay
Jesse ThornHOST
When I went in Hodgman's boat, Beans, which is a small boat that belongs to John Hodgman that he putters around in a bay in Maine in, I enjoyed it very much.
Jesse ThornHOST
And I enjoyed listening to his CD of the Bob James album with the football on the cover that has the theme from Taxi on it, which he really cranked the theme from Taxi for me, which I really enjoyed.
Jesse ThornHOST
Um, but what I really wanted to write in was this thing that is, I think between a kayak and a boat, which I only know from, you know, those little ads on the side, on the edge of the, of the New Yorker, like where the page is like three quarters or four fifths New Yorker article.
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Stefan LawrenceGUEST
I think you don't always get here.
Jesse ThornHOST
I kind of want to eat one of these.
Jesse ThornHOST
Now, this is on my mind because we just had Jamie Loftus on Judge John Hodgman just talked about hot dogs the whole time because she wrote a book about hot dogs.
Jesse ThornHOST
Oh, cool.
Jesse ThornHOST
John is, you're just John Hodgman, right, on Instagram?
John HodgmanHOST
I am John Hodgman.
John HodgmanHOST
J-O-H-N-H-O-D-G-M-A-N, all one word, all small letters.
Jesse ThornHOST
You can also find us on TikTok and YouTube by searching for Judge John Hodgman.
Jesse ThornHOST
What's our YouTube comment of the week, John?
Marianne WaysGUEST
We'd have music.
Marianne WaysGUEST
So the first show was John Hodgman, Dimitri Martin, Chinali Bomek.
Marianne WaysGUEST
And then I have here that my third show included Paul Rudd and Judah Friedlander, which is my favorite story.
Marianne WaysGUEST
Like, I don't know if I'm talking too much, but it's great.
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