{"podcast":{"title":"Judge John Hodgman","slug":"judge-john-hodgman-1017441","podcast_index_feed_id":1017441,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/q8x9cVws","website_url":"https://maximumfun.org/shows/judge-john-hodgman","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a653f249-c3f5-443b-8b70-791322de51f0/e017ab47-203a-462a-af11-8462b2ee78ea/3000x3000/jjho-apple-podcast-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Jesse Thorn","episode_count":829,"summary":"Have your real-life disputes settled in Fake Internet Court! Despite no legal background, Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn are the arbiters of justice that you need. No case is too big or too small. They judge them all! Is a hot dog a sandwich? When does a collection become a hoard? Is it ever ok to flush soup down a toilet? Only one can decide! Submit your dispute at maximumfun.org/jjho!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T14:27:24.590606+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/judge-john-hodgman-1017441"},"episode":{"title":"Trivial Law-Suit","slug":"trivial-law-suit","published_at":"2026-05-13T15:01:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/judge-john-hodgman-1017441/trivial-law-suit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/judge-john-hodgman-1017441","url":"https://maximumfun.org/episodes/judge-john-hodgman/trivial-law-suit/","audio_url":"https://claritaspod.com/measure/afp-9384.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/e9cc918e-c395-4fcd-8355-6d6babaa1d67/episodes/9cd99395-418e-4b18-928d-96a714607926/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=e9cc918e-c395-4fcd-8355-6d6babaa1d67&awEpisodeId=9cd99395-418e-4b18-928d-96a714607926&feed=q8x9cVws","summary":"Ben and Grayson have a weekly movie night with their friend group. When the movie ends, the group watches odd videos they discover on the internet. This extra viewing has led both Ben and Grayson down a public television rabbit hole. Ben found the Pennsylvania public television game show THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME. He says it’s a perfect public television quiz show. But, Grayson says the game play in the Keystone State is weak. The Maine PBS show SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW MAINE is a much better game show. Who’s right? Who’s wrong?","meta_description":"Ben and Grayson have a weekly movie night with their friend group. When the movie ends, the group watches odd videos they discover on the internet. This e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4741,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/judge-john-hodgman-1017441/episodes/trivial-law-suit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/judge-john-hodgman-1017441/trivial-law-suit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}