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Hodgman serves as judge and jury, hearing cases brought by listeners on topics ranging from which kind of soap goes in the dispenser on the sink to whether a high schooler is responsible for the theft of a life-sized Ernie doll that he had previously stolen.

The owners of WBAI-FM settled four lawsuits brought by listeners and dissident board members yesterday, ending a bitter two-year struggle that led to street protests and a national boycott against the parent of the left-leaning radio station and its four affiliates.