John Hodgman
{{Short description|American author, actor, and humorist (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = John Hodgman
| image = File:John_Hodgman_at_BookExpo_2017_(35111670055)_(cropped).jpg
| caption = Hodgman at BookExpo America promoting Medallion Status in 2017
| birth_name = John Kellogg Hodgman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|06|03}}
| birth_place = Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
| alma_mater = Yale University
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- author
- humorist
- television personality}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Katherine Fletcher|1999}}
| children = 2
| years_active = 2005–present
}}
John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author, actor, and humorist. In addition to his published written works, such as his satirical trilogy The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, and That Is All, he is known for his personification of a PC in contrast to Justin Long's personification of a Mac in Apple's "Get a Mac" advertising campaign, and for his work as a contributor on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
His writings have been published in One Story (to which he contributed the debut story "Villanova"), The Paris Review, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Wired and The New York Times Magazine. He has also contributed to This American Life, CBC Radio One, and Wiretap. His first book and accompanying audio narration, The Areas of My Expertise, a satirical tongue-in-cheek almanac that contains almost no factual information, was published in 2005. His second book, More Information Than You Require, went on sale October 21, 2008. His third book, That Is All, went on sale November 1, 2011. Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches, a collection of "real life wanderings" about Hodgman's life experiences (especially in Western Massachusetts and coastal Maine), was published on October 24, 2017.{{Cite book|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557020/vacationland-by-john-hodgman/9780735224803/|title=Vacationland by John Hodgman {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com|language=en-US}} Vacationland was a finalist for the 2018 Thurber Prize for American Humor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thurberhouse.org/current-finalists/|title=CURRENT THURBER PRIZE FINALISTS|website=Thurber House|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-17|archive-date=October 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018003158/http://www.thurberhouse.org/current-finalists/|url-status=dead}} His most recent book, Medallion Status, was released on October 17, 2019.
Hodgman was the headline speaker at the 2009 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C.
Early life
Hodgman was born and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of Eileen (née Callahan), a nurse and educator, and John Francis Hodgman, the President and CEO of the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation and a professor at Tufts University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/n/Emory-Mann/GENE2-0012.html |title=Genealogy Report: Descendants of Thomas Hodgman |website=Genealogy.com |access-date=22 February 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8595825.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329173346/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8595825.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2015 |title=Eileen C. Hodgman, 58 Founder of Mentor Program |date=14 June 2000 |website=The Boston Globe |access-date=22 February 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://gordon.tufts.edu/faculty/hodgman |title=John Hodgman |access-date=July 6, 2015 |publisher=Gordon School, Tufts University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707133648/http://gordon.tufts.edu/faculty/hodgman |archive-date=July 7, 2015 |df=mdy-all }} He attended the Heath School and Brookline High School, where he edited the underground magazine Samizdat, named for the grassroots dissident publishing movement produced under the Soviet Bloc.{{Cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2006/09/24/true_to_his_nerd/ |title=True to his nerd: John Shackleford-Hodgman finds a niche as 'Daily Show' resident expert, mendacious author, and dorky PC |last=Chase |first=Katie Johnston |date=September 24, 2006 |website=The Boston Globe |access-date= December 3, 2007 |quote=He was focused, and a touch eccentric, from the start. "He was a legend at his own elementary school," the Heath School... and in eighth grade he was voted most likely to become the editor of The New Yorker....}}{{cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Jason |title=The Schwartz Factor: John Hodgman |url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2008/10/the-schwartz-factor-john-hodgman/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118155536/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2008/10/the-schwartz-factor-john-hodgman/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |work=Boston Magazine |access-date=May 15, 2012 }} During his last year of high school, he hosted the weekly Radio Consuelo show on freeform station WMFO in Medford.{{cite web |title=John Hodgman, Radio Consuelo |url=http://transom.org/?page_id=6426 |publisher=Transom.org |access-date=May 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114223012/http://transom.org/?page_id=6426 |archive-date=January 14, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
In 1994 Hodgman graduated from Yale University with a degree in literature, focusing on literary criticism.{{Cite web |url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2007/02/05/yale-alumni-move-up-in-the-world-of-comedy/ |title=Yale alumni move up in the world of comedy |last=Dempsey |first=Rachel |date=5 February 2007 |website=Yale Daily News |access-date=4 April 2011}}{{Cite magazine |last=Rogers |first=Adam |date=22 September 2008 |title=Q&A: John Hodgman on Perfecting the Illusion of Expertise |url=https://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/16-10/pl_print_hodgman?currentPage=2 |magazine=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=22 February 2017}} Before gaining fame as a writer, Hodgman worked as a literary agent at Writers House in New York City, where he represented Darin Strauss, Deborah Digges, and actor Bruce Campbell, among others. Hodgman has used his experience as an agent in his column "Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent" at McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
Career
Hodgman appeared on The Daily Show on November 16, 2005, to promote his book, The Areas of My Expertise. Host Jon Stewart described the book as "very funny" and said that the section on hobo names in particular was written with "a certain kind of genius." Hodgman has returned to the Daily Show numerous times for "resident expert" interview segments,{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/videos/tag/John+Hodgman |title=Daily Show videos tagged John Hodgman |publisher=Thedailyshow.com |access-date=2011-04-04}} and has been listed on the show's web site as a contributor.{{cite web |url=http://thedailyshow.cc.com/news-team/john-hodgman |title=Daily Show Bio of John Hodgman |publisher=Comedy Central |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425180935/http://thedailyshow.cc.com/news-team/john-hodgman |archive-date=2015-04-25 |access-date=2015-04-25}}
In 2005, Hodgman played a character named "The Deranged Millionaire" in They Might Be Giants's Venue Songs DVD/CD, narrating in between songs with dialog he co-wrote with the band. The Deranged Millionaire character also appeared on The Daily Show on April 2, 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/wqf1x5/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-april-2--2014---samuel-l--jackson-season-19-ep-19085 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220233229/http://www.cc.com/episodes/wqf1x5/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-april-2--2014---samuel-l--jackson-season-19-ep-19085 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2016 |title=April 2, 2014 – Samuel L. Jackson |date=2 April 2014 |website=The Daily Show with John Stewart |publisher=Comedy Central |access-date=22 February 2017}} He also narrated a number of Venue Songs-themed setlists during the band's live shows in 2005, and has introduced the band while in the role of The Deranged Millionaire up to May 16, 2007. Hodgman appeared again with They Might Be Giants on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, on December 11, 2009. Hodgman performed the spoken-word portions of the song "Why Does the Sun Shine?"
In February 2006, Hodgman appeared on Attack of the Show, a show that aired daily on G4, to share some insight with the host and promote his book The Areas of My Expertise. In this appearance, Hodgman recounted the sad tale of the lobster (which he said were actually a small, furry, extinct species, killed and replaced by the creatures we think of as lobsters today) and brought along Jonathan Coulton, a frequent Hodgman collaborator and musical director of the Little Gray Book lectures. Coulton performed a song called "Furry Old Lobster."{{Cite web |url=http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/FurryOldLobster.mp3 |title=Furry Old Lobster |website=Jonathan Coulton |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113214229/http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/FurryOldLobster.mp3 |archive-date=January 13, 2006 |df=mdy-all }} Also, on October 18, 2008, Hodgman appeared again on Attack of the Show to talk about his newest book, More Information Than You Require.
Hodgman appeared in the North American Get a Mac advertising campaign for Apple Inc., which ran from May 2006 through 2010. In the ads he plays the personification of a PC alongside his Mac counterpart, played by actor Justin Long. In reality, however, Hodgman himself became a Mac user in 1984.{{cite web |url=http://twit.tv/167 |title=TWiT Podcast |publisher=Twit.tv |access-date=2011-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521155003/http://twit.tv/167 |archive-date=May 21, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} On November 10, 2020, he made a surprise brief appearance at the 45:27 mark of Apple's virtual "One More Thing" event, where Apple unveiled its first Macs based on its own Apple silicon chips.{{Cite web|title=Apple Ends Today's Mac Event With Return of Totally Jealous PC Guy|date=November 10, 2020 |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/10/pc-guy-returns-in-apple-event/}}
In 2007, Hodgman appeared in the "Bowie" episode of the HBO television series Flight of the Conchords. He played the manager of a musical greeting card company who was considering using one of the band's songs for a greeting card.File:Judge John Hodgman (8493249473).jpg in 2013]]On October 1, 2008, Boing Boing{{'}}s Xeni Jardin announced the official debut of the web series SPAMasterpiece Theater. Hodgman himself described it as "true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you – what we call SPAM."{{cite web|author=Boing Boing tv|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QEFnxaIswM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/7QEFnxaIswM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=John Hodgman in BBtv's SPAMasterpiece Theater (comedy)|work=YouTube|date=October 2, 2008|access-date=September 10, 2016}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|first1=Xeni|last1=Jardin|url=http://tv.boingboing.net/2008/10/01/john-hodgman-in-bbtv.html|title=John Hodgman in BBtv's SPAMasterpiece Theater.|work=Boing Boing Video|publisher=Boing Boing|date=October 1, 2008|access-date=September 10, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007205404/http://tv.boingboing.net/2008/10/01/john-hodgman-in-bbtv.html|archive-date=October 7, 2008|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|first1=John|last1=Martellaro|url=https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/John_Hodgman_Hosts_SPAMasterpiece_Theater|title=John Hodgman Hosts SPAMasterpiece Theater|work=The Mac Observer|publisher=The Mac Observer, Inc.|date=October 9, 2010|access-date=September 6, 2016}}
Hodgman appeared in the episode "No Exit" of Battlestar Galactica, appearing as the civilian neurosurgeon, Dr. Gerard. He had earlier visited the set in 2005 to write about the show for The New York Times Magazine.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/magazine/16-10/pl_print_hodgman |title=Q&A: John Hodgman on Perfecting the Illusion of Expertise |date=September 22, 2008 |access-date=2008-10-08 |magazine=Wired}}
On June 19, 2009, Hodgman was the headline speaker at the 2009 Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C. Hodgman referred to this event as a "Nerd Prom." Many of his jokes were on the topic of President Barack Obama as the first nerd president, and he quizzed the President on his knowledge of Frank Herbert's novel Dune.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/06/john-hodgman-brings-the-geek-to-president-obama/ |title=John Hodgman Brings the Geek to President Obama |last=Blum |first=Matt |date=22 June 2009 |magazine=Wired |access-date=22 February 2017}}
Hodgman appeared in the last two episodes of the first season of Bored to Death, "The Case of the Stolen Sperm" and "Take a Dive," as a literary reviewer who wrote a bad review that offended the main character.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1477261/ |title=Bored to Death The Case of the Stolen Sperm |work=IMDb}} He returned in the second and third seasons.
Hodgman voice-acted on The Venture Bros. in the episode "Self-Medication" as Dale Hale, an ex-boy detective in therapy following the death of his father. He has since had multiple appearances in Season 5 as O.S.I. operative Snoopy, along with other roles.
Also, during the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in September 2009, Hodgman provided color commentary with made-up trivia about the winners.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vulture.com/2009/09/john_hodgman.html?imw=Y&f=most-viewed-24h5 |title=John Hodgman's Top Five Emmy-Winner Riffs |last=Graham |first=Mark |date=21 September 2009 |website=Vulture |publisher=New York Media LLC |access-date=22 February 2017}} He reprised this role for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards in August 2010.
Because of his continuing support for QI, the BBC's intellectual comedy quiz shown on BBC America,{{cite web |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/08/hodgman-activates-rage-gland-against-bbc-america-for-not-picking/ |title=Hodgman activates rage gland against BBC America for not picking up QI |publisher=AOL TV |access-date=2013-12-20 |archive-date=May 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509193945/http://www.aoltv.com/2009/08/08/hodgman-activates-rage-gland-against-bbc-america-for-not-picking/ |url-status=dead }} Hodgman was invited to appear on the show. He was the first “fifth panelist" on the program broadcast December 3, 2009 (the usual line-up being Stephen Fry as host, Alan Davies as regular panelist and three guests)—and won, continuing the tradition of a guest winning their "rookie" appearance on the show.{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/qi/videos/945/john_hodgman_and_qi/ |title=The British Comedy Guide: John Hodgman and QI |publisher=Comedy.org.uk |access-date=2011-04-04}}
In 2012, Hodgman guest-starred in an episode of Delocated called "Reunion Show," acting as the host of a fictional show-within-a-show. Also in 2012, he appeared as a psychiatrist in an episode of Community called "Curriculum Unavailable."
Hodgman made a guest appearance on the sitcom series Husbands in its second season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2012/09/04/husbands-cheeks-mekhi-phifer |title=WATCH: Episode 2 of 'Husbands' |date=September 4, 2012 |publisher=Out.com |access-date=September 12, 2012 }}
In 2013, Hodgman starred as "Special Agent Henry Topple" in Wired
Hodgman appeared as public radio personality August Clementine in the episode "Anniversaries" of Parks and Recreation, which aired in February 2014.
File:BookExpo 2017 (35113529345).jpg in 2017]]
Hodgman has a supporting role in the FX comedy Married, which premiered in July 2014.
In December 2014, Hodgman appeared in three episodes of the Amazon Studios series Mozart in the Jungle.
In 2014–2015, Hodgman appeared for three episodes as a fictionalized version of psychiatrist and medical doctor Henry Cotton on the Cinemax series The Knick.{{cite magazine|last1=Khazan|first1=Olga|title=Pulling Teeth to Treat Mental Illness|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/the-tragic-sadistic-mental-illness-treatment-from-the-knick-is-real/381751/|access-date=16 December 2015|magazine=The Atlantic|date=22 October 2014}}
In 2016, Hodgman played the role of Travis, a local television station manager, in four episodes of the second season of Amazon's Red Oaks series.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bkmag.com/2016/11/18/hes-got-the-chance-john-hodgman-president-elect-donald-trump/ |title='He's Got The Chance': John Hodgman on President-elect Donald Trump |first=Evan |last=Romano |date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=January 12, 2018 |magazine=Brooklyn Magazine }}
In November 2017, Hodgman was named one of Portland Magazine's "10 Most Intriguing Mainers."{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandmonthly.com/portmag/2017/10/maines-ten-most-intriguing |title=John Hodgman "10 Most Intriguing Mainers" |website=portlandmonthly.com |publisher=Portland Magazine}}
= Netflix special =
Netflix, the American streaming media website, aired the comedy special John Hodgman: Ragnarok on June 20, 2013, as a "Netflix Original".{{cite web |author=Terri Schwartz |author-link=Terri Schwartz |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/06/john-hodgman-on-his-netflix-comedy-special-ragnarok-and-what-comes-next.html |title=John Hodgman on his Netflix comedy special 'Ragnarok' and what comes next |publisher=Zap2it |date=June 11, 2013 |access-date=2013-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618225027/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/06/john-hodgman-on-his-netflix-comedy-special-ragnarok-and-what-comes-next.html |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |author=John Hodgman |url=http://www.johnhodgman.com/RAGNAROK |title=JOHN HODGMAN: RAGNAROK ON NETFLIX |publisher=Tumblr |date=June 10, 2013 |access-date=2013-06-19}}{{cite web |author=John Hodgman |url=http://www.johnhodgman.com/RAGNAROK |title=John Hodgman Picks His 5 Favorite TV Thingies of the Year … From the Future |publisher=Vulture |date=June 14, 2013 |access-date=2013-06-19}} The special featured material from Hodgman's most recent book, That Is All, and his December 21, 2012, show at The Bell House in New York.{{cite web |author=Samantha Abernethy |author-link=Samantha Abernethy |url=http://chicagoist.com/2013/06/12/john_hodgman_interview.php |title=Interview: John Hodgman Talks About John Hodgman: Chicagoist |publisher=Chicagoist |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=2013-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615013948/http://chicagoist.com/2013/06/12/john_hodgman_interview.php |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
= ''Judge John Hodgman'' podcast =
In 2010, Hodgman began hosting a weekly, comedic court show podcast called Judge John Hodgman. The program features Hodgman acting as a judge (with Jesse Thorn as bailiff) adjudicating real-life disputes within a fictional courtroom setting. The cases answer questions like, "Should the kitchen sink's built-in dispenser be filled with dish soap or hand soap?" and "Can you stop family members from using your childhood nickname?"{{Cite news|last=NPR Staff|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/11/30/245239665/in-the-world-of-podcasts-judge-john-hodgman-rules|title=In the world of podcasts, Judge John Hodgman Rules|date=Nov 30, 2013|work=All Things Considered from NPR|access-date=Feb 8, 2020}}
= TV program ''Dicktown'' =
Hodgman teamed with fellow humorist David Rees to create the adult animated show Dicktown, which premiered in 2020. As of 2024, the show is in its second season and airs on FXX and Hulu. The show is written, directed and executive produced by Hodgman and Rees; Matt Thompson also executive produces. Dicktown follows the story of detective John Hunchman and his sidekick David Purefoy (voiced by Hodgman and Rees respectively).
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2008
| Fertility Doctor | |
| 2009
| Coraline | Father/Other Father (voice) | |
| 2009
| Wedding Overseer | |
| 2010
| Henry | |
| 2011
| Arthur | Candy Store Manager | |
| 2013
| Movie 43 | Segment: "Super Hero Speed Dating" |
| 2013
| Unmotivated Man | |
| 2014
| Car Salesman | |
| 2015
| Tone Hanger | |
| 2020
| Narrator | |
| 2023
| The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Snoopy (voice) | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2006–2015
| Himself (contributor) | 73 episodes |
| 2007
| David Armstrong | Episode: "Bowie" |
| 2008
| Himself | 5 episodes |
| 2009
| QI | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2009–2011
| Louis Greene | 8 episodes |
| 2009–2018
| Snoopy / various (voice) | 7 episodes |
| 2009
| Dr. Gerard | Episode: "No Exit" |
| 2012
| Additional voices | Episode: "The Doonkelberry Imperative/Buford Confidential" |
| 2012
| John Hodgman | Episode: "Reunion Show" |
| 2012
| Dr. Heidi | Episode: "Curriculum Unavailable" |
| 2012
| 30 Rock | Terry | Episode: "Mazel Tov, Dummies!" |
| 2013
| Himself | Television special |
| 2013
| Henry Topple | 12 episodes |
| 2013–2014
| Lord of Illumination (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2017
| DJ Plop Drops / Elder Plops (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2014
| August Clementine | Episode: "Anniversaries" |
| 2014–2015
| Married | Bernie | 12 episodes |
| 2014–2015
| 3 episodes |
| 2014
| Marlon | 3 episodes |
| 2015
| Dr. Travers | Episode: "Uzo Aduba Wears a White Blouse and Royal Blue Heels" |
| 2015
| David Frisch | 2 episodes |
| 2016–2020
| Chief Inspector Jonas Fischer | 4 episodes |
| 2016
| Brad | Episode: "Knock of Shame" |
| 2016
| Foreman (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2016
| Red Oaks | Travis | 4 episodes |
| 2016–2019
| Gear-i (voice) | 10 episodes |
| 2018
| The Explanationator | Episode: "Albert Einstein & Joan of Arc" |
| 2019
| Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Himself | Episode: "Student Loans" |
| 2019
| The Tick | Dr. Agent Hobbes | 5 episodes |
| 2019–2021
| John D. Rockerduck (voice){{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/985175-ducktales-season-3-renewed-ahead-of-season-2-premiere|title=DuckTales Renewed for Season 3 Ahead of Season 2 Premiere|date=September 21, 2018|access-date=October 7, 2018}} | 4 episodes |
| 2019
| Wayne of Wonder | Episode: "Wayne of Wonder/Paleontologist Paloma" |
| 2020
| Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Billions (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2020
| Bartholomole (voice) | Episode: "Molar Moles" |
| 2020
| Adventure Time: Distant Lands | Shafter (voice) | Episode: "BMO" |
| 2020–present
| Dicktown | John Hunchman (voice) | 20 episodes, also creator and writer |
| 2022
| Himself | Episode: "English Breakfast in Jail" |
| 2023
| Narc | Episode: "Rest in Metal" |
| 2023
| Micromanager (voice) | Episode: "The Bottle Episode/Micromanager" |
| 2023
| Up Here | Tom | 8 episodes |
| 2023
| Archer | Gary (voice) | Episode: "Face Off" |
| 2024
| Snobbius Snee (voice) | Episode: "Zero Friends Again" |
Other media appearances
=Video game appearances=
- 2015: Minecraft: Story Mode as Soren the Architect
- A character in the browser-based multiplayer role-playing game Kingdom of Loathing bears the name 'Hodgman, The Hoboverlord' in his honor.{{cite web|url=http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Hodgman,_The_Hoboverlord|title=Hodgman, The Hoboverlord – TheKolWiki|website=kol.coldfront.net|access-date=October 7, 2018}}
=Podcasts and radio appearances=
Hodgman has been a guest on radio programs including WBEZ's This American Life,{{Cite web |url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/226/reruns |title=226: Reruns |date=6 December 2002 |website=This American Life |access-date=22 February 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/243/later-that-same-day |title=243: Later That Same Day |date=25 July 2003 |website=This American Life |access-date=22 February 2017}} NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, WFMU's The Best Show on WFMU,{{cite web |url=http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/BS |title=The Best Show on WFMU Archives |publisher=Wfmu.org |access-date=2011-04-04}} North Carolina Public Radio's The State of Things,[http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot1026b.mp3/view Resident Expert John Hodgman talks with] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090535/http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot1026b.mp3/view |date=July 16, 2011 }} Oregon Public Broadcasting's Live Wire Radio, and BBC's The Museum of Curiosity.
Hodgman has appeared in two City Arts & Lectures events: in November 2008, Dave Eggers interviewed him; and in May 2013, he interviewed Adam Savage. Both interviews were held in front of a live theater audience and were also broadcast on NPR.
Hodgman has been featured on many podcasts. He made occasional appearances as "Judge John Hodgman" on Jordan, Jesse, Go!, which led to a stand-alone podcast.{{cite web |url=http://www.maximumfun.org/2010/11/01/judge-john-hodgman-podcast |title=Judge John Hodgman: The Podcast |date=November 2010 |publisher=Maximum Fun |access-date=2011-02-23}} He was a guest on This Week In Tech with Leo Laporte,{{cite web |url=http://twit.tv/167 |title=More TWiT Than You Require |publisher=Twit.tv |access-date=2011-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521155003/http://twit.tv/167 |archive-date=May 21, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} Stuff You Should Know, My Brother, My Brother and Me,{{cite web |url=https://maximumfun.org/episodes/my-brother-my-brother-and-me/mbmbam-222-rich-kids-camp/ |title=Episode 222: The Rich Kids Camp | publisher=My Brother, My Brother and Me |access-date=2025-02-24}} the Doughboys podcast with Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger, Neil deGrasse Tyson's podcast StarTalk Radio,{{cite web |url=http://startalkradio.net/2011/02/27/a-conversation-with-john-hodgman |title=A Conversation with John Hodgman |publisher=StarTalk Radio Show |access-date=2011-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303063829/http://www.startalkradio.net/2011/02/27/a-conversation-with-john-hodgman |archive-date=March 3, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor, and Boing Boing TV.{{cite web |last=Jardin |first=Xeni |url=http://boingboing.net/2008/09/08/boing-boing-tv-john.html |title=BoingBoing TV with John Hodgman |publisher=Boingboing.net |date=2008-09-08 |access-date=2011-04-04}} Alongside Jonathan Coulton, he was a guest on episodes of The Sound of Young America{{cite web |url=http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2006/10/podcast-best-friends-with-john-hodgman.html |title=The Sound of Young America: Podcast: Best Friends with John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton |date=February 21, 2007 |publisher=Maximumfun.org |access-date=2011-04-04}} and Merlin Mann's You Look Nice Today.
=Online=
- Husbands Guest star, season two
- Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj Episode "Student Loans"
- Triangulation Episode 72 on October 3, 2012{{Cite web |url=https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/72 |title=Triangulation 72 |last=Laporte |first=Leo |date=3 October 2012 |website=TWiT |access-date=22 February 2017}}
- the show with zefrank
- TED{{Cite web |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression |title=Aliens, love — where are they? |last=Hodgman |first=Ted |year=2008 |website=TED |publisher=TED Conferences, LLC |access-date=22 February 2017}}
- Diggnation Episode 231[http://revision3.com/diggnation/hodgman Episode 231: Hi, I'm John Hodgman and I'm a Mac] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406031939/http://revision3.com/diggnation/hodgman |date=April 6, 2010 }}, Revision 3
- Today in the Past (podcast)[http://feeds.feedburner.com/todayinthepast] Today in the Past
- Two articles on the website Open Letters in the year 2000.{{Cite web |url=http://www.openletters.net/000904/hodgman000905.html |title=On Memory and Chaos |last=Hodgman |first=John |date=20 August 2000 |website=Open Letters |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222043355/http://www.openletters.net/000904/hodgman000905.html |archive-date=February 22, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.openletters.net/001016/hodgman001016.html |title=On the Sligshot |last=Hodgman |first=John |date=16 October 2000 |website=Open Letters |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909050707/http://www.openletters.net/001016/hodgman001016.html |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} In them, he details a family trip to Ocean City, New Jersey shortly after his mother's death, and uses his experiences there as metaphors for life and death.
- Transcript of welcoming remarks at a literary reading shortly after the terrorist attacks of 9/11{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/welcoming-remarks-made-at-a-literary-reading-9-25-01 |title=Welcoming Remarks Made at a Literary Reading, 9/25/01 |last=Hodgman |first=John |date=11 September 2016 |website=McSweeney's Internet Tendency |publisher=McSweeney’s Publishing LLC |access-date=22 February 2017}}
- Guest player on HarmonQuest season one as the sandwich sorcerer
- Get a Mac web ads, as PC.
- Judge John Hodgman (podcast)
- Get Your Pets: The daytime talk show during which Hodgman interviews cats, dogs, and other pets via Instagram live.{{Cite web|title=The Best Livestream Comedy Shows to Watch While Quarantining|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/best-comedian-livestream-comedy-shows-quarantine.html|last=Kroeger|first=Jake|date=2020-04-27|website=Vulture|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-09}}
=Music=
- Hodgman was featured on the track "Question and Answer Time" on MC Frontalot's 2010 album Zero Day.{{Cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/124134-mc-frontalot-zero-day/ |title=Zero Day |last=Schiller |first=Mike |date=4 May 2010 |website=Pop Matters |access-date=22 February 2017}}
- Hodgman has appeared in two indie music videos directed by Tom Scharpling. The first was Ted Leo & The Pharmacists "Bottled In Cork," followed by The New Pornographers' "Moves."
- Hodgman appeared in the opening section of Aimee Mann's video for "Charmer" from the album of the same name, also written and directed by Scharpling.
- Hodgman featured on the track "Don't Worry It's Fine" on Jean Grae & Quelle Chris' 2018 album Everything's Fine.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jean-grae-quelle-chris-everythings-fine/|title=Jean Grae / Quelle Chris: Everything's Fine Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-07}}
In print
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As contributor:
- Hodgman appears on the cover of the February 2007 edition of Wired Magazine, as a contributor to their "What we don't know about..." articles.
- Hodgman oversaw the "True Life Tales" section of the Sunday New York Times Magazine.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/magazine/from-the-editors.html |title=From the Editors |date=18 September 2005 |website=The New York Times Magazine |access-date=22 February 2017}} The section is currently on hiatus. He also writes the "Bonus Advice from Judge John Hodgman" section of "The Ethicist" column by Kwame Appiah in the magazine.{{Cite news|date=|title=Judge John Hodgman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/column/judge-john-hodgman|access-date=2 August 2020|newspaper=The New York Times}}
- Hodgman has guest written for the "Sedaratives" section of The Believer. "Sedaratives" is an advice column created by Amy Sedaris.
- Hodgman wrote the Massachusetts{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/09/28/massachusetts_bulwark_against_the_kingdom_of_the_anti_christ/ |title=Massachusetts: Bulwark against the Kingdom of the Anti Christ |publisher=Boston.com |date=2008-09-28 |access-date=2011-04-04 |first=John |last=Hodgman}} chapter in the anthology State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America.
- Hodgman wrote the introduction to The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out (2009), a collection of Adam Koford's Hobotopia comic strips.
- Hodgman founded The Little Gray Book Lectures in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The lectures have been on hiatus "for the foreseeable future" as of August 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.littlegraybooks.com/ |title=Little Gray Book Lectures, including archival material |publisher=Littlegraybooks.com |access-date=2011-04-04}}
As author:
- The Areas of My Expertise ({{ISBN|0-525-94908-9}}, 2005)
- More Information Than You Require ({{ISBN|0-525-95034-6}}, October 2008)
- That Is All ({{ISBN|0-525-95244-6}}, November 2011)
- Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches ({{ISBN|0-735-22480-3}}, October 2017)
- Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms ({{ISBN|0-525-56110-2}}, October 2019)
References
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