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2011

2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — announcement: John says his new book comes out in almost exactly one year. — 00:00:54
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — announcement: John says the novel is about two teenage cancer survivors obsessed with a reclusive novelist, and also about Swedish hip-hop and the meaning of life. — 00:00:57
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — announcement: John confirms the novel is narrated by a girl, Hazel. — 00:01:07
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — John says the novel has no title yet: he changes it about every day and all the titles are bad. — 00:01:09
2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — announcement: John says he just learned his new book is definitely coming out in March, not in two days but the next March, and he should settle on a title soon. — 00:01:20
2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — John says his original title was The Hectic Glow, after a Thoreau quote, but it is the rural juror of book titles: people mishear it as The Metric Snow or The Hectic Blow. (playful) — 00:01:55
2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — John says he then considered Omnis Cellula e Cellula, but Penguin told him Latin doesn't smell like a bestseller, so he still has no firm title. (playful) — 00:02:14
2011-04-20 · Tulipomania — John says he is really in Amsterdam, not before a green screen, for two months finishing his new book; the reason for Amsterdam will become obvious when you read it. — 00:00:03
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — announcement: John: Hank turns 31 on Hanko de Mayo, May 5; because John is desperately trying to finish his book, he outsources Hank's birthday to Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:42
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John: Asked whether he should be writing his new book right now, John says yes, he should. — 00:03:19
2011-05-13 · Winkels to the Left, Winkels to the Right: Thoughts from Places, Antwerp — announcement: The description says John spent the day working on the revision of his new novel, which comes out in March. — video description
2011-05-18 · The Education Continuum WARNER CHILCOTTED — John says that in the last 24 hours he finished the big revision of his novel. — 00:00:04
2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John: The manuscript of John's new book arrived from New York with his editor and publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel's comments on the pages. — 00:01:09
2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John: After more than a year of revising the book together, John and Julie have reached the fun stage of notes on the manuscript, like how to spell 'stormtrooper'. — 00:01:18
2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John reads from Julie's editorial letter on his new book, which raises Augustus's philosophy against Hazel's, the nobility of sacrifice versus illness, and what constitutes martyrdom. — 00:02:04
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — announcement: John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new, as-yet-untitled but soon-to-be-titled book comes out. — 00:02:15
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John says the probable title of his new novel, and its central observation, were taken from a Nerdfighter, and thanks Nerdfighteria. (hedged) — 00:02:30
2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — announcement: John: The title of John's new book is still not totally decided, so he can't say yet, but soon. — 00:01:14
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John can finally reveal the title of his new novel: The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:00
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John: The Fault in Our Stars is number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble; John thanks everyone who pre-ordered it. — 00:00:29
2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank says The Fault in Our Stars has been number one on the Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller charts four days running with almost no publicity. — 00:00:29
2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — John thanks Nerdfighters for continuing to make The Fault in Our Stars a bestseller on Amazon and Barnes & Noble: 'you're made of awesome'. — 00:02:29
2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — announcement: John announces Penguin has moved The Fault in Our Stars forward five months, from May 1 to January 10, 2012. — 00:00:17
2011-10-10 · Animal Mating and Librarian Talking — John says today is the last day he can make meaningful changes to The Fault in Our Stars, so he'd rather spend it with the book(s) than with Hank. — 00:00:00
2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — announcement: John: With his publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel's permission, given two minutes earlier, John reveals the cover of The Fault in Our Stars and hopes viewers like it as much as he does. — 00:00:30
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John: Instead of a real video, John reads the first chapter of The Fault in Our Stars as a live-show video, something he has long wanted to do. — 00:00:26
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: In the novel, Hazel says depression is not a side effect of cancer but of dying, as is cancer and almost everything else. (fiction) — 00:03:10
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Hazel describes the weekly church-basement support group: leader Patrick retells his survival story, and members compete to outlast one another. (fiction) — 00:03:52
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: At group, Hazel meets Augustus Waters, 17, who had osteosarcoma, came at his friend Isaac's request, and says he fears oblivion. (fiction) — 00:13:59
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Hazel answers that a time will come when everyone is dead and all human work forgotten; if that worries you, ignore it, as everyone else does. (fiction) — 00:15:55
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Augustus Waters: Augustus tells Hazel she is beautiful, likens her to V for Vendetta-era Natalie Portman and invites her to watch the film at his house. (fiction) — 00:20:54
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — Augustus Waters: Augustus explains his unlit cigarette as a metaphor: holding the killing thing between your teeth without giving it the power to kill; Hazel then goes to the movie with him. (fiction) — 00:26:29
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — John says the book is the story of Hazel and Augustus trying to come to terms with Hazel's opening soliloquy that everything will end in oblivion, and of their life together. — 00:27:15
2011-11-16 · Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME — John's description apologises for uploading late: he is in Grand Haven, Michigan, recording an audio version of The Fault in Our Stars. — video description
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
2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — announcement: John: There will be two audiobooks of The Fault in Our Stars: the real one narrated by Kate Rudd, available everywhere, and John's, only in a physical limited-edition box set from DFTBA. — 00:00:41
2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John says Kate Rudd sounds exactly like Hazel and her recording is brilliant, while he sounds like a 34-year-old man, which makes for awkward moments. — 00:00:49
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John reads Chapter 2 of his new book The Fault in Our Stars aloud, thanking his publisher Penguin for allowing it. — 00:00:07
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — John recaps Chapter 1: Hazel and Augustus meet at a cancer kids' support group; he says she looks like V for Vendetta-era Natalie Portman and invites her to watch it at his house. (fiction) — 00:00:37
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: In the novel, Hazel suspects Augustus's licence was a 'cancer perk': the little things cancer kids get that regular kids don't, like signed basketballs or homework passes. (fiction) — 00:02:50
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Hazel recounts her stage 4 thyroid cancer, diagnosed at 13, nearly dying with fluid in her lungs, and her survival on an experimental drug that didn't work in about 70% of people but worked in her. (fiction) — 00:03:45
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Augustus's parents fill their house with sayings on plaques and pillows that they call 'encouragements'. (fiction) — 00:07:16
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Augustus Waters: Augustus asks for Hazel's story, not her cancer story, and urges her not to become her disease, since cancer is in the business of taking people over. (fiction) — 00:15:10
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Hazel's favourite book is An Imperial Affliction, a book so personal that recommending it feels like betrayal; Augustus promises to read it and gives her The Price of Dawn. (fiction) — 00:16:31
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — Hazel Grace Lancaster: Facing the encouragement 'Without pain, how could we know joy?', Hazel dismisses the argument: broccoli existing does not affect how chocolate tastes. (fiction) — 00:19:51
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John says The Fault in Our Stars comes out on January 10th, in about 48 days, and hopes viewers like it. — 00:22:24
2011-12-05 · 5 Worst Typos of History — John shows the finished copy of The Fault in Our Stars that came in the mail, one of the few unsigned copies. — 00:00:03
2011-12-05 · 5 Worst Typos of History — John: Gaiman's Law held again: John found what he thinks is the book's only typo, in the author's note, immediately. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — announcement: John: The book is not due out for three more weeks; for the past year Penguin and John worked hard so everyone could read it at the same time. — 00:00:00
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — announcement: John: The Fault in Our Stars has been with John in some form for more than a decade; he wants it out on January 10, for reasons Looking for Alaska readers may know. — 00:02:21
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John thanks Amazon and every independent bookstore for not shipping their pre-orders after the leak, which lets the January 10 publication date stand. — 00:02:50

2012

2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John says The Fault in Our Stars comes out today, January 10, 2012, though he is filming on Monday, January 9, because he is busy tomorrow. — 00:00:00
2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — John says TFIOS grew from his work almost twelve years ago as a student chaplain at a children's hospital; he has been trying ever since to write a funny, honest story about it. — 00:00:28
2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — John says he could never have written TFIOS without knowing Esther, who definitely inspired it, but stresses that Hazel is not Esther: the book is made up, a novel. — 00:02:11
2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) · TFiOS PARTY! — Hank tells John he is really proud of him and of The Fault in Our Stars: every review has been fantastic, everyone on Amazon loves it, and Hank loves it. — 00:00:42
2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — announcement: Hank introduces John as the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:51
2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — John: Asked how being number one feels, John calls it ridiculous, says he loves Nerdfighteria and that, much as he'd like credit, it has nothing to do with him. — 00:00:51
2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — Hank says Time Magazine said John was 'damn near genius', then teases him about the 'near'. — 00:01:27
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says he will be involved in the TFIOS movie in any way he can be helpful, but he is not a movie person. — 00:00:10
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — announcement: John says Fox 2000 optioned the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars; hopefully they will make it, but it is too soon to get excited. (hedged) — 00:00:16
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John: Asked who should play Hazel and Augustus, John says he knows nothing of contemporary actors (Drew Barrymore is still 17 in his mind) and asks who viewers would want. (playful) — 00:01:28
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says The Fault in Our Stars is currently number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, behind only Hugo Cabret, a book he really liked. — 00:01:41
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John explains Hazel's name: hazel is an in-between color and she has an in-between life, between health and sickness, adolescence and adulthood, swimming and drowning. — 00:02:49
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John corrects what he said in the video: Hazel wrongly concludes that the set of numbers (not whole numbers) between 0 and 1 is smaller than the set between 0 and 2; in fact they are the same size, and he points to Wikipedia's article on infinite cardinality for proofs. — video description
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John walks toward the Vondelpark to relive Gus and Hazel's wish, showing the novel's places: the Hotel de Filosoof, the tree Hazel looks at, Peter Van Houten's house, the Anne Frank House and the canal-side bench. — 00:00:43
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John says the trip supported the publication of the Dutch edition of The Fault in Our Stars; he gave a series of interviews in the hotel library. — 00:01:13
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John: At a theater John heard a presentation on the mathematics in The Fault in Our Stars, covering Venn diagrams and Hazel's incorrect assumption that there are more whole numbers between 0 and 2 than between 0 and 1. — 00:01:13
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John visits a restaurant (name unclear, heard 'Blossom') that inspired the restaurant Gus and Hazel visit, then gets lost walking around the city. — 00:02:01
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John says Hazel is wrong about infinite cardinality, but right that some infinities are larger than others. — 00:02:01
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John says he wanted Hazel to be wrong but right, because that is how we muddle through as observers of the universe, forging meaning from fact and fiction alike. — 00:02:01
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — announcement: John notes that the movie rights to The Fault in Our Stars were optioned by Fox 2000, and that the script is being written by the writers of (500) Days of Summer. — video description
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John goes to get his movie deal notarized, calling it the day of the best errands ever; the description says it is the movie option for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:23
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked whether he will cast nerdfighters in a Fault in Our Stars movie, John says if Fox makes it he will have exactly as much say in casting as viewers, and should not be trusted with it. — 00:02:27
2012-11-13 · I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One. — announcement: John announces that Amazon.com named The Fault in Our Stars one of the ten best books of 2012 overall, not just for teenagers, right behind Dave Eggers and ahead of Junot Díaz. — 00:00:05
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John says Time Magazine has just named The Fault in Our Stars first on its list of the top ten novels of 2012, ahead of Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz and J.K. Rowling, and he is overwhelmed. — 00:00:00

2013

2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Ashley Clements and Daniel Gordh read the Anne Frank House chapter of The Fault in Our Stars, ending with Hazel and Augustus's kiss, the applause and the walk back to the hotel. (fiction) — 00:39:10
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says none of those books addressed what he saw at the hospital, which left him feeling only nihilism; then he became friends with Esther Earl and became a father. — 00:53:28
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says Henry's birth showed him he'll be Henry's dad as long as either lives; that love is in this sense stronger than death was very important to TFIOS. — 00:53:48
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says Esther, a Nerdfighter reader very sick with cancer when they met in 2009, taught him what Augustus learns: the real hero's journey goes from strength to weakness. — 00:54:11
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says the realization that Esther's short life was still a good, rich and full life was central to The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:55:41
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank sings a song about The Fault in Our Stars from Hazel Grace's perspective, asking the audience to pretend he is a teenage girl. — 02:14:35
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John: Asked about the TFIOS movie, John says he loves the script but doesn't think he is allowed to say anything else. — 00:02:19
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John's novel The Fault in Our Stars returned to number one on the New York Times bestseller list, 56 weeks after it came out. — 00:00:00
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: Having had his heart broken by Hollywood before, John is starting to think the Fault in Our Stars movie is actually going to happen. (hedged) — 00:01:18
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John warns viewers not to believe what they read online about the film, since Los Angeles journalists seem to make things up; real news will come from him. — 00:01:26
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John: Answering readers who ask whether Hazel is Esther, John says the novel is not Esther's story; her story belongs to her and her family. — 00:00:00
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John says a film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars seems increasingly likely, though still not certain. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John admits the film makes Nerdfighteria and him nervous, but calls director Josh Boone brilliant and deeply understanding of the book; Boone's first film Stuck in Love opens in June. — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John announces Shailene Woodley has been cast as Hazel, citing her Golden Globe nomination and Sundance award, and says she is a real fan who wrote him before the film. — 00:01:56
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says, in what he calls his most positive statement ever about Hollywood, that people should be cautiously optimistic about the film. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says The Fault in Our Stars, fifteen months after publication, is back at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, passing Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, now No. 2. — 00:02:22
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John confirms the TFIOS film casting: Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters and Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster. — 00:00:37
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John: To fans angry about the casting, John says he too wants a good movie; having seen the auditions, he says viewers will just see Hazel and Gus, not the actors. — 00:00:44
2013-05-14 · Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday — John says he has a surprising amount of say in casting: he is not casting the movie, but the producers and director include him in everything. — 00:01:04
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — announcement: John reads a viewer question that assumes TFIOS filming in Pittsburgh has started, corrects it (filming does not start until August 26th), and the question asks whether he will be coming to Amsterdam. — 00:01:00
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says people seem to think the movie is being made by him, but he is just the author of a book. — 00:01:07
2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John says Shailene Woodley, who will play Hazel in the Fault in Our Stars movie, is a rare soul who stays weird, empathetic and wonderful despite success. — 00:02:49
2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John says the media often call Shailene a hippie mostly because she cares about ethical eating and minimizing her footprint, as does Hazel Grace Lancaster. — 00:02:57
2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — announcement: John says Shailene must cut her hair to play Hazel Grace and will donate it to Children With Hair Loss, which gives free wigs to kids who lost hair through illness or burns. — 00:03:05
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John is on the set of The Fault in Our Stars movie, in a trailer with producer Isaac, filming at a deliberately weird angle so as not to give away locations, and cannot show the set (no spoilers). — 00:00:06
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John also hung out with Hazel's mom and dad - in the movie, not real, though it feels real. (playful) — 00:01:06
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John says the movie is happening because of the script, producers, director and cast, but also because many people read, loved and shared the book: without that, there would be no movie. — 00:02:12
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says he is back in Pittsburgh on the set of the TFIOS movie, hundreds of miles from the arcade game. — 00:00:33
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says one of his favorite things about the movie so far is that real teen cancer survivors were cast for the support group; he thanks them for taking part and sharing their experiences. — 00:02:20
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Asked if Shailene Woodley is a good kisser, Nat says he wouldn't know: Isaac doesn't get to kiss Hazel. (playful) — 00:00:28
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — Nat Wolff: Nat, on his second movie with director Josh Boone, calls Boone one of his best friends and hopes to work with him for the rest of his career. (hedged) — 00:02:14
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — recommendation: Nat Wolff: Nat says his favourite book of all time is The Catcher in the Rye, which, like Hazel, he read at an important time in his life. (hedged) — 00:03:16
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — John says he has been on the set of The Fault in Our Stars film for the last couple of weeks, where very little news gets in. — 00:00:05
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: The description says the TFiOS movie is finishing filming and will be in US theaters on June 6th. — video description
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: Hank says shooting of The Fault in Our Stars movie is wrapping up and he is glad to have John back. — 00:00:05
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank thanks the event's organisers and tells John he is sorry John couldn't come, though filming a movie in Amsterdam is a pretty good excuse. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:28
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John never thought The Fault in Our Stars would become a movie: Hollywood rarely makes love stories about disabled teenagers, with a lead wearing a nasal cannula in every scene; he is delighted. — 00:00:00
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John confirms he cried a lot on the movie set, because, without spoilers, there are some sad parts. — 00:00:00
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John says he will be in the movie unless his scene is cut, in a 'really important role' he is not yet allowed to reveal. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John: The film comes out on June 6 in the US; John does not yet know the international dates. — 00:00:29
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John: Shooting finished five days ago; the film now has to be edited, which is when it really becomes a movie and takes a long time; it is held for June as summer fare. — 00:00:58
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John stresses he is not a producer and the film is not his movie: he is not its director, producer, casting director, music supervisor or actor. — 00:01:27
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: Indianapolis landmarks were recreated in Pittsburgh by set designers; Funky Bones was rebuilt with help from the artist and Sarah, who flew out to check it, and up close John could not tell it from the real one. — 00:02:26
2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — John: To people saying Shailene is too attractive to play Hazel, John replies he is offended on Hazel's behalf: the book never says she is not attractive. — 00:02:55

2014

2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — announcement: John says The Fault in Our Stars movie is being made in Los Angeles and shows its poster. — 00:00:16
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John went to Los Angeles a couple of days ago to watch a movie he doesn't think he is allowed to name; he hints that it comes out on June 6th. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says the movie is funny but at other times very, very sad; he really loved it, which is exciting and a huge relief. — 00:00:06
2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed? — John says the Brazilian edition of The Fault in Our Stars, whose title he butchers in Portuguese, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Brazil, more than in Germany or the UK. — 00:03:16
2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — announcement: John: Asked by Hank about the TFIOS trailer, John says it will come out soon, in the next few weeks. — 00:02:56
2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — John says he has seen the trailer and thought it truly excellent; he hopes others like it and is very nervous for everyone to see it. — 00:03:03
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John is kind of upset that the TFIOS film trailer leaked, mostly because it is a beautiful high-definition trailer, not a low-res phone video of a screener. — 00:00:22
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — announcement: John says the trailer debuts officially tomorrow, so viewers only have to wait about twenty-four hours. — 00:00:31
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — announcement: John: To hold viewers over, John gives the world premiere of a ten-second TFIOS film teaser, with Hazel's line about being thankful for 'our little infinity'. — 00:00:37
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John: Asked which US presidents should play TFIOS film characters, John casts the whole film, e.g. Obama as Gus, Jefferson as Hazel, Andrew Johnson as Van Houten, Carter as Patrick. (joke) — 00:02:24
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank congratulates John on the release of the TFIOS film trailer, calling it fantastic. — 00:00:00
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank calls the TFIOS trailer amazing and says he has watched it something like 50 times. (playful) — 00:02:21
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank: In his 'in-depth review', Hank notes Hazel's mom drives a sensible 2012 Honda Accord and Monica a green Mitsubishi Eclipse, unlike her car in the book. (playful) — 00:02:32
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank notes Hazel's old laser-show Pink Floyd shirt, no longer sold, and says he found one on eBay and bought it. — 00:02:44
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank points out Hazel's Imagine Dragons poster from a Denver show, a Hectic Glow poster, and her expected wardrobe: Chuck Taylors, a purple bra, a 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' shirt. (playful) — 00:02:51
2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — Hank thanks John for helping bring something so cool into the world; he is extremely excited for John and himself, though the film is still five months away. — 00:03:28
2014-02-18 · 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — announcement: John reports that The Fault in Our Stars is number one on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists this week (week of 17 February 2014), which he calls bananas. — 00:00:01
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. — 00:00:01
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John says the TFIOS film comes out June 6, the promotional travel starts now, and he, Nat, Ansel and Shailene will visit several US places, doing he doesn't know what yet. (hedged) — 00:01:46
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John says he loves Nerdfighteria and talking about what he cares about but does not want to be a real celebrity, which is why they always turned down TV; he went because he is proud of the TFIOS film. — 00:01:59
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John tells Nerdfighteria the film's attention will be weird and hopefully awesome, but they should focus on continuing to do what they are good at. (hedged) — 00:02:44
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John says the TFIOS film is starting to happen: they just held the first screening for fans of the book, and the fans liked the movie. — 00:01:58
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John was reunited with friends who played the support group in the film, all of whom have lived with cancer, and toured with YouTuber Evelina Barry as co-host. — 00:00:29
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: After early hair and makeup ('a lot of work to wrangle the puff'), John found hours of press-junket interviews weird: a new TV interviewer every five minutes, for hours. (playful) — 00:00:48
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — announcement: Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. (hedged) — 00:02:58
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John: The day after, John says the premiere was amazing, laughing and crying with 1,200 people, and he was glad Hank sat two seats away. — 00:02:15
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John says he loves the movie and finds it amazingly faithful to the book, powerful, funny and moving; its makers cared about the story and each other. (hedged) — 00:02:41
2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank is not worried that the movie is bad or that people won't like it: it is great, people will love it, and he cried several times because it added to him. — 00:03:14
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says the TFiOS film looks set to be the number one movie in America this week (week of 9 June 2014), beating films that cost hundreds of millions of dollars. (hedged) — 00:00:10
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John says reviews of the TFiOS film have been amazing and, per Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of viewers liked it. — 00:00:19
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — announcement: John: The TFiOS film comes out on DVD today, John says, with an extended cut. — video description
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John: Now in Los Angeles after some sleep on the flight, John spent the day with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and others from the TFIOS movie as an Amsterdam-style TFIOS bench was installed on the Fox lot. — 00:02:33
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — John mentions his copy of An Imperial Affliction that Hazel read in the TFIOS movie: a prop, not a real book, the same four pages he wrote over and over. (playful) — 00:00:12

2015

2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: Shailene Woodley won best actress for her role in The Fault in Our Stars; her kindness about John in her speech made him cry, and Nat teased him for it. — 00:02:23
2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: The Fault in Our Stars won Best Movie, and John made the acceptance speech, as everyone had urged, so that he could thank Esther. — 00:02:38

2016

2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked to six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon himself, John says he acted in The Fault in Our Stars movie (scene cut, but in the extended version) with Laura Dern, who was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon. (playful) — 00:01:23
2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — John admits this bums him out but reminds him how lucky he was with two great book-to-movie experiences; authors are almost never as welcomed into the process as he was with The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. — 00:02:19
2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John says The Fault in Our Stars, his fourth novel, sold more hardcovers in its first week than his three previous novels had ever sold combined. — 00:00:20
2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John says The Fault in Our Stars kept selling, and in May 2012 he read an amazing screenplay adaptation and realized it might become a movie. — 00:01:14

2017

2017-04-14 · ★★★★ Review: The TFiOS Bench - Amsterdam — Hank reports critical reviews: Milena's two-star review finds the bench extremely uncomfortable and wonders how Hazel and Gus did it; Dominika says people need to treat it better. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says he almost didn't sell the film rights to The Fault in Our Stars, partly after bad experiences in Hollywood and partly because the book was very close to him. — 00:01:05
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John: Saying so much can go wrong, John jokes that they could have made Hazel an 84-year-old Titanic survivor, then admits the idea is not original. (joke) — 00:01:39
2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John says he sold the rights and got very lucky: Elizabeth and Erin at Fox 2000 were perfect stewards, with amazing producers, screenwriters and cast, and a movie he really loved. — 00:01:54

2018

2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John: Fans were very mad when Nat Wolff was cast as Isaac, who is blond in the book, and John was concerned too, but Wolff turned out to be the perfect Isaac. — 00:01:06

2019

2019-04-23 · untitled — John: The Fault in Our Stars was very nearly titled 'The Sequel' or 'The Sequels'; in April 2011 emails Julie told John, politely, that it was not a good title. — 00:01:27

2022

2022-01-11 · The Fault in Our Stars - Ten Years Later — announcement: John: The Fault in Our Stars was first published ten years ago yesterday (10 January 2012). — 00:00:00
2022-01-11 · The Fault in Our Stars - Ten Years Later — John thanks readers for keeping Hazel and Gus around all these years; it means a lot to him. — 00:03:24

2023

2023-01-10 · Introducing: The Format — John notes The Fault in Our Stars came out 11 years ago today (10 January 2012) and calls it a strange 11 years. — 00:00:00
2023-11-07 · NaFaDoYBIMSCoM — John completed a draft of The Fault in Our Stars in mid-December 2010 after attempting NaFaDoYBIMSCoM. — 00:02:14

2024

2024-02-06 · The Truth of How Books Become Movies — John says The Fault in Our Stars movie sold a ton of books. — 00:03:24

2025

2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? — John explains the title writes against Shakespeare's line that the fault is not in our stars: there is much fault in our stars, bad luck and structural injustice. — 00:19:38
2025-06-03 · My Lies — John says that before The Fault in Our Stars he confidently said on the channel his next book would be about kids on a desert island; he wrote most of it, but it had no reason for being, so he wrote the book that became The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:21
2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege — John was especially lucky with The Fault in Our Stars: Nerdfighteria and his publisher backed it, adults were reading YA, Time called it the best book of the year, and the movie did well. — 00:03:16

2026

2026-03-24 · How Panda Express Is Tuberculosis — John: Hazel's favorite band in the novel, The Hectic Glow, takes its name from a line in Thoreau's journals calling disease and decay beautiful, like the hectic glow of consumption. — 00:00:29
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John: In The Fault in Our Stars John invented Peter Van Houten, an author who meets a dying young reader, knowing readers knew the book was partly inspired by his meeting Esther Earl. — 00:04:25
2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — John recalls that when The Fault in Our Stars came out 14 years ago, a few hundred people got it a month early, and he was devastated, expecting the plot to leak online. — 00:03:14