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87 statements about Chicago (city) in 63 videos, by upload date.

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2007

  • 2007-02-13 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 13, 2007 — John goes from airport to airport by airplane, which is unfortunate because 'airplanes hate snow'; he is now in the Chicago airport. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • 2007-05-15 · May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia — Hank finds it strange that after Alabama, Chicago and New York, and always saying he'd go back to Alabama, John returns to Indianapolis, which he jokes John hated. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:56
  • 2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — Hank: The local election near Chicago got Hank thinking about the coming national election; he is scared and doesn't know who to vote for, though the brothers are 'supposed to be Obama guys'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:58
  • 2007-11-05 · November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan — John reports Nerdfighters found scavenger hunt clues (dollar bills in Indianapolis and Englewood, Florida, a note near Chicago), solved the anagrams and found the hidden video; a day's pause follows. — 00:03:33
  • 2007-11-12 · November 12th: Brotherhood Clue Point Oh! — Hank: The blog's clue '24.1.2.19' pointed to John discussing Walker Percy's The Second Coming in a January Brotherhood 2.0 video; nerdfighters found a dollar bill in that book at a Chicago Borders. — 00:02:22
  • 2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — Hank is not sure what the brothers will do on the last day of Brotherhood 2.0; it is his day, and he wishes John could be there, but John will be in Chicago. (unsure) — 00:02:12

2008

  • 2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) — announcement: John says he will perform that night (21 and over) at the Hideout in Chicago with his friend Mark Bazer (name as heard). — 00:00:00
  • 2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 — announcement: John announces that at 2 p.m. on August 8, 2008 he will be at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago, talking, signing books and giving things away. — 00:00:25
  • 2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — ask: Hank: Worried the Chicago library where they will speak lacks space, Hank asks people to pre-register via the sidebar, though he doesn't know if it guarantees anything. (hedged) — 00:02:36
  • 2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — announcement: Hank tells viewers not to worry if too many people come to Chicago: 'we're going to figure something out. I promise.' — 00:02:36
  • 2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — announcement: Hank will play in a Wizard Rock show around 10 p.m. on August 8 at a Chicago club (heard as 'Reggie's Room'); tickets are linked in the sidebar. — 00:02:36
  • 2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — announcement: Hank says this is the only New York video, since they are going to Chicago next, and he will see John in about three days. — 00:02:14
  • 2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — announcement: John: Asked about the 8/8/08 Nerdfighter event in Chicago, John says the Harold Washington Library will try to accommodate everyone for the 2 p.m. event, and there will be awesome for those who cannot get in. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: The next day Hank met John in Chicago; he says he always loves hanging out with his brother. — 00:01:39
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank and John gave a talk at Google's Chicago headquarters about YouTube, online video and online communities. — 00:02:13
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank says over 380 Nerdfighters came to the Chicago library event, including many prominent Nerdfighters he had never seen outside YouTube. — 00:02:42
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: At Chicago's Bean they took part in what Hank calls one of the largest collaborative movie projects ever. — 00:03:11
  • 2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — Susan Carlson (quoted): The report says John was already a successful teen author whose fame skyrocketed through the internet, and that he was back in Chicago, where he once lived, promoting his books at the library. — 00:02:08
  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces the Paper Towns tour stops from October 17 to 30: Boston, Indianapolis, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Chicago suburbs and city, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and a Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. — 00:01:43
  • 2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John recalls that at the end of the Chicago Nerdfighter night on 8/8/08 hundreds of Nerdfighters met Amy Krouse Rosenthal at the Bean without knowing her plan. — 00:01:34
  • 2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John will also do a smaller Saturday 4 p.m. event at a bookstore in Lincoln Square, Chicago, giving tickets to the first 45 people who email. — 00:01:02
  • 2008-10-24 · IRON MAN BLOGTV CHALLENGE! — announcement: Hank says John's video will be online tonight and that John will be in Chicago tonight. — 00:01:17

Also named in: Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday

2009

  • 2009-02-01 · Super Bowl Analysis from an Idiot — announcement: John tells over-21 Nerdfighters near Chicago he will be part of Mark Bazer's live talk show at the Hideout on Friday, February 6 at 6:30; it costs five dollars. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-14 · Iran Election Fraud: 5 Reasons to Doubt the Results — John: Reason one: Tabriz, Mousavi's home city, historically votes for him or his ethnic group's candidate, yet apparently voted 2 to 1 for Ahmadinejad - like John McCain winning Chicago. (hedged) — 00:01:48
  • 2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — announcement: John: In a P.S., John announces he is doing a Nerdfighter gathering in Chicago next Thursday (16 July 2009), with more info in the sidebar. — 00:03:36
  • 2009-07-19 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — announcement: John announces he will be in Chicago this Thursday (23 July 2009) at 11 a.m. for a free Nerdfighter gathering at the Harold Washington Library, details in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — announcement: John says he will make two appearances in the next week; Chicago-area Nerdfighters can see him in La Grange on October 13. — 00:01:01
  • 2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — announcement: John hopes to see many Nerdfighters in Chicago and Indianapolis, promising presents and lots of hilarity. (hedged) — 00:02:29

2010

  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank: Ten years later Sarah's sparring partner at a Chicago boxing club turned out to be John's ex-girlfriend, also from Alabama, which reconnected John and Sarah. (playful) — 00:00:41
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — announcement: John will be in Indianapolis on March 15 talking about vlogging, then on tour in April in Chicago, Boulder, Austin, New York City, Madison (Connecticut), LA and San Francisco. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-04-07 · Shmancy Hotel Room Is Shmancy — John is in a schmancy Chicago hotel room with David Levithan, on tour for their book Will Grayson, Will Grayson. — 00:00:04
  • 2010-05-28 · How To Do Everything — John says he has to go to Chicago that day. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John says Amy launched the positive pranking campaign by reinventing ding-dong ditching, delivering actual Hostess Ding Dongs to strangers throughout Chicago; the video is linked in the description. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — John wakes up in Chicago on a friend's couch, borrows the friend's toothbrush, and hits the road in his station wagon. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • 2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — John says Chicago has always been his favorite American city, a city of so many neighborhoods that you can never discover them all. — 00:00:19
  • 2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — John quotes Carl Sandburg describing Chicago as laughing 'under the terrible burden of destiny', the phrase that titles the video. — 00:00:20
  • 2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — announcement: John: At the festival party John meets 'noted positive pranker' Amy Krouse Rosenthal, who is organizing an event at the Bean in Chicago, 'a kind of sequel to 8-8-08'; John will play a very minor role. — 00:01:56
  • 2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — announcement: John says today's video was going to be about a Nerdfighter gathering on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Chicago before the Beckoning of Lovely, with more info on screen. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — John does his happy dance in his basement because he was too socially awkward to do it in front of hundreds of Nerdfighters at the Bean in Chicago, and shows theirs. (playful) — 00:00:47
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says the surgery cost less than expected, so James at War and his wife drove from Texas to Chicago with a check for the difference, which John pocketed unopened and later found was $540. (playful) — 00:01:41
  • 2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — recommendation: John recommends his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely project and a link to what happened on 10/10/10 in Chicago, which might make you cry. — 00:00:59

Also named in: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

2011

  • 2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — announcement: John will also be at the final Beckoning of Lovely event at the Bean in Chicago on November 11 (description: 11:11 AM on 11/11/11). — 00:02:55
  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John is in Chicago at a very crowded English teachers' conference, enjoying talking about books with teachers and signing his name again. — 00:00:05
  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John: Before the conference John had a very luxurious bath, rode an elevator with Henry and a stroller, visited the Bean, ate breakfast where the hostess was a nerdfighter, and met Chicago traffic. (playful) — 00:00:16
  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John: Before Chicago, John was at Brilliance Audio, his audiobook publisher, narrating The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:35

2012

2013

  • 2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — Ansel Elgort: Ansel says that while shooting Divergent in Chicago, Shailene gave him a package not to open; days later Josh Boone told him to open it: a rotten Dutch cheese and tomato sandwich meant he got the part. — 00:01:25
  • 2013-10-29 · Perspective — John: At 24, John's longtime girlfriend had just broken up with him; he lived in Chicago in what had been their apartment with what had been their cat, and was pretty depressed. — 00:00:28
  • 2013-10-29 · Perspective — John's dad drove up to Chicago and they drove back to Orlando; John got into daily therapy, started a much better medication for him, and watched Harvey. — 00:01:51

2014

  • 2014-10-17 · MY FACE ON A BUS — announcement: Hank reveals he was in LA for YouTube's channel promotion: he, Michael Aranda and Caitlin Hofmeister were shot for SciShow print and TV ads now in Chicago, LA, New York and on TV. — 00:00:58

2015

2016

  • 2016-05-10 · On Pain — John says he has been to the dentist more than 150 times in the 13 years since (2003) a bike messenger's shoulder ran into his face as he stood on a Chicago curb reading a novel. — 00:00:11
  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line — John sailed from a birthplace he never knew to Orlando, Birmingham, Chicago and New York, and ended up back where he started. — 00:01:45
  • 2016-08-02 · Beckoning Lovely — ask: John: Amy is hosting another gathering at the Bean on 8/9/16; John urges viewers near Chicago to stop by and points to her video and the doobly-doo. — 00:02:18
  • 2016-08-02 · Beckoning Lovely — ask: John hopes viewers outside Chicago too will join him in reading Textbook, with links in the doobly-doo. (hedged) — 00:02:34
  • 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — John: In August 2000 John had just moved to Chicago, slept in a walk-in closet of an apartment not in his name, had a Florida license, didn't know how to register, and missed the deadline. — 00:02:41

2017

2018

  • 2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John recalls meeting mathematician Daniel Biss through a mutual friend at a Chicago bar about 15 years ago (around 2003), and being surprised how much he enjoyed talking to him. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John calls Daniel the smartest person he has known: at 25 he had an MIT math PhD and taught at the University of Chicago, yet always treated John as an intellectual equal. — 00:00:33
  • 2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says they stayed close through big changes: John met Sarah, moved to New York then Indianapolis and became a dad; Daniel married a historian, moved to the Chicago suburbs and had two kids. — 00:00:48
  • 2018-02-20 · When Your Friend Runs for Governor — John says Daniel once called with the worst idea he had ever heard: leaving his good University of Chicago job to run for the Illinois State House. (playful) — 00:01:01
  • 2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John lives in Indianapolis, where TFIOS and Turtles All the Way Down are set; earlier he lived in Chicago (part of An Abundance of Katherines), Birmingham, Alabama (Looking for Alaska) and Orlando, Florida (Paper Towns). — 00:00:35
  • 2018-07-24 · Other John Greens — announcement: John says he will join Hank on tour in New York, Boston, North Canton (Ohio), Kansas City, Chicago and Indianapolis, and is excited for it. — 00:03:22
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank: The book tour starts September 25th in New York, then Boston, Canton, Chicago, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz and Bellingham. — 00:03:34
  • 2018-10-31 · The Looking for Alaska Thing — John recalls that Looking for Alaska was published in March 2005, when he was 28 and living in Chicago. — 00:00:15

2019

  • 2019-05-24 · The Monterey Bay Aquarium Has a Secret — Hank: Shedd Aquarium opened in Chicago in 1930 and was then the largest aquarium in the world. — 00:00:22
  • 2019-05-24 · The Monterey Bay Aquarium Has a Secret — Hank: Since Chicago is far from the ocean, Shedd got seawater by sending train tanker cars to Key West, Florida, and back. — 00:00:22
  • 2019-07-02 · On Sunlight — John: From where John stands he can make out Chicago's skyline on a clear day, some 60 miles southwest, but to the northwest there is only water to the horizon. — 00:00:15
  • 2019-09-10 · Another Contender in the Room — John tells how, before they dated, he and Sarah had a two-person book club; discussing Philip Roth's The Human Stain at her Chicago apartment, they found they'd highlighted the same passage. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John: Driving back to Chicago, Sarah told John honestly that the event was bad. — 00:00:58
  • 2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John: Watching it took John back to writing the first draft of Looking for Alaska alone in a small furnished Chicago apartment, recovering from what would now be called a mental health crisis. (hedged) — 00:01:41

2020

2021

  • 2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John moved to Chicago, typed for temp agencies, then did data entry at Booklist; an editor asked if he liked romance novels, he said he loved them, and got his first review: a novel set in 17th-century London. — 00:03:49
  • 2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John left Booklist and Chicago in 2005 when Sarah got into graduate school in New York; afterwards they moved to Indianapolis, where Sarah was contemporary art curator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. — 00:07:31

2024

2026

  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank's top three cities are Philadelphia, London and New York, ahead of Chicago and Los Angeles. — 05:39:50
  • 2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — John: At his first signing, in Chicago in 2005 for Looking for Alaska, two people came, one his boss pretending to be a stranger; John then read a passage that managed to offend them both. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — announcement: John: The tour continues to Chicago, St. Paul, Kansas City and Tulsa, a city John has never visited. — 00:02:38