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2009

2010

  • 2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — announcement: John says his paternity leave will begin whenever the baby is born, which should be quite soon, and will last about three weeks. (hedged) — 00:02:09
  • 2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John thanks the Yeti for not going into labour during the game, and half hopes she will before next Wednesday (13 January 2010), so his Frog Hopper ride waits until after his paternity leave. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John reveals he wanted the book to give to his baby, so by finding it Nerdfighters were unknowingly giving him a baby-warming present. — 00:00:58
  • 2010-01-18 · Fatherhood — John says it is Monday, January 18, which means the baby is due any day now, and fatherhood is all he is thinking about. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-18 · Fatherhood — ask: John asks Hank to make him a video answering the questions kids ask (why is water wet, why do platypi lay eggs, why is the sky blue) so he won't look like an idiot once the baby is curious. — 00:02:39
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — announcement: Hank announces that January 20 is the birthday of John and Sarah's son: early that morning their 'two became three' when the baby was born. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank jokes the baby was surely named after John's 'younger, smarter, better looking brother', or possibly his grandfather, and will take after his mother, judging by his black hair. (joke) — 00:02:15
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — John Green (quoted): Hank relays John's words: the birth was 'freaking weird', Sarah 'worked so hard', fatherhood is 'actually, like, really great', and he has been awake 46 of the last 48 hours. — 00:02:36
  • 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! — Hank reports he just talked to John, who is doing very well: John was changing a diaper when Hank called, Henry has the hiccups, and John and Sarah are both very tired. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: Maureen says 80% of the comments noticed that 'John Green' had boobs, an interest she says YouTube shares with baby Henry; 'the man just had a baby'. (playful) — 00:00:54
  • 2010-01-28 · RIP JD Salinger — John thanks viewers for their kind wishes for young Henry, 'who is made of awesome'. — video description
  • 2010-02-05 · DARE TO SUCK — announcement: Maureen Johnson: Maureen says John is taking one more week of paternity leave with baby Henry (joking he will then make Henry get a job), so she fills in on Wednesday before John returns. (playful) — 00:03:25
  • 2010-02-12 · Google Search Stories: Harry Potter — Hank welcomes John back, says everyone missed him, and hopes John won't hate them for taking him away from Henry. — 00:01:46
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John, back on the vlog, introduces his three-week-old son Henry on camera. — video description
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — announcement: John says Hank won't see a ton of Henry in the coming vlogs, though not none, because he wants Henry to choose whether he has a private life. — 00:01:31
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John: Reason two: John recalls their mom showing his high-school girlfriends his baby pictures and doesn't want embarrassing stories about Henry reaching a large audience. (playful) — 00:01:43
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John: Reason three: not everyone watching is a nerdfighter, as a YouTube message asking them to upload 'hot videos like kisses and other' shows; John doesn't want that sender seeing much of Henry. (playful) — 00:02:30
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — ask: John invites questions about the baby and says he'll try to answer them in the comments. (hedged) — 00:03:32
  • 2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — John: Changing Henry's diaper, John's gut told him to catch a fountain of pee in his cupped hands; it dribbled onto his feet and Sarah told him to drop it. (playful) — 00:00:28
  • 2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — John: At the doctor a month ago (January 2010) John found that his weight had a new first digit for the first time since he was about eight. — 00:01:43
  • 2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — John says he has been on a cleanse for two weeks and has lost 12 pounds so far. — 00:02:22
  • 2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — John says he is losing weight by not listening to his gut, which wants to eat everything, even his unique My Little Pony. (playful) — 00:02:22
  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John: As his childhood story, John says he used to be skinny and has technically gained 63 pounds since a 1995 photo, the first maybe 20 needed, the last 43 optional. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John says he has lost almost 15 pounds since Henry was born, not through a crash diet: he eats a lot but no french fries, and has started running. — 00:01:27
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John says his diet is still going well. — 00:01:07
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John says he is not losing weight because people shamed him; he thinks shaming is always inappropriate and a particularly bad motivator. (hedged) — 00:01:07
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John says the 'John Green Is Fat' video was meant to discuss why making fun at other people's expense is so enjoyable, but it got muddled and confusing, and he apologizes. — 00:01:07
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John says he is losing weight because of his son Henry: looking at him, he guesses the only real motivator is love; an aside adds wanting ex-girlfriends to regret dumping you. (hedged) — 00:01:36
  • 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John has now spent seven weeks with newborn Henry and jokes that this makes him something of an expert on babies. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:32
  • 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John says babies, though adorable, are a tiny bit self-centered: infants cannot apprehend that other people also have needs. (playful) — 00:00:39
  • 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John says he doesn't mind Henry's self-centeredness: something weird, base and nurturing happened to him at Henry's birth that makes him want to change diapers. — 00:01:09
  • 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — announcement: John's book Will Grayson, Will Grayson comes out in about 25 days and is available for pre-order, which John announces in Henry's voice. (playful) — 00:01:42
  • 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John says it is easy to go through life without an ultimate concern; he doesn't think Henry has one, being still in the business of self-preservation. (hedged) — 00:02:01
  • 2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John's ultimate concern right now certainly involves making sure Henry is happy and healthy, but he doesn't know whether it should be limited to that. (hedged) — 00:02:15
  • 2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank says you can't care about everything: you can't care about a neighbor's baby as much as he cares about his nephew Henry. — 00:02:40
  • 2010-04-05 · Google in your Brain — Hank opens with a dramatic reading of YouTube's auto-captioning of John's video imploring him to teach John's son science, lest John explain the blue sky with pterodactyl poop. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank tells baby Henry that his dad John is not good at science and worries he can't answer Henry's questions, so they are answering them pre-emptively. (playful) — 00:00:09
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank: Asked why people do bad things, Hank says it is not a science question, then answers: because their parents weren't as kind and loving as Henry's. (playful) — 00:03:31
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank hopes Henry learned a lot and becomes a little scientist like him; the genes must be in there somewhere. (playful) — 00:03:50
  • 2010-04-12 · On the Separation of Conjoined Twins — John says becoming a parent made him obsessed with normal: he called the pediatrician because Henry seemed to be peeing a lot; with babies everything is either normal or scary. — 00:02:21
  • 2010-04-26 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — John: After a flight (John likes airplanes except in the sky), John and David drove into San Francisco and checked into their hotel, where John looked at pictures of Henry, whom he misses. (playful) — 00:01:09
  • 2010-04-26 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — John misses Sarah and Henry, is tired and misses having time to write, but in a couple of hours meets hundreds of readers of the book he wrote with David, which makes him feel like the luckiest guy in the world. — 00:01:38
  • 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says even his son got in on the act, planting Indiana native wildflowers for Hank. (playful) — 00:00:36
  • 2010-05-19 · Adorable Baby Is Adorable — John says the weirdest case is their list of things Daddy will buy their baby son if the mockingbird doesn't sing. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-05-24 · How To Make a Baby — John: Step four: a pregnant woman gives up sushi, caffeine, alcohol and go-karts and vomits all the time; John jokes the person he loves most was less cranky when she drank coffee. (playful) — 00:01:12
  • 2010-05-28 · How To Do Everything — John says he has lost 30 pounds in the last year on a simple colour-coded diet: less brown stuff and more green stuff. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2010-07-28 · Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich — John: With no readings or school visits that day, John took the train into Munich's centre to buy a watch for Sarah, which she liked, and a present for Henry. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-07-28 · Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich — John finally found a toy store and bought Henry a little wooden train. — 00:01:27
  • 2010-07-30 · Demon Four Year Old — Hank jokingly warns John to prepare before Henry turns four, citing Bill Cosby's 'brain damage' routine about young children. (playful) — 00:01:16
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank's song bids goodbye to 32-year-old John, recapping his year (travel, a son, VidCon, a book with David Levithan) with the refrain 'now you're 33, French the llama'. (playful) — 00:03:23
  • 2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — John's son looks at him all day with his head tilted, as if asking whether he needs a diaper change or a nap (John voices the baby). (playful) — 00:00:12
  • 2010-10-19 (said on 2010-10-18, implied) · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — John says Hank's shirt isn't a lie, just an oversimplification, and jokes he will use it to tell Henry baby giraffes come from the heart between necking giraffes. (playful) — 00:03:09
  • 2010-10-22 · Making Adorable Music — John says a friend bought the Singamajigs for Henry, who after about 45 seconds of play looked at John as if to ask for 500,000 more. (playful) — 00:02:04
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says a Nerdfighter made Henry a Halloween costume: he is going as pizza. (playful) — 00:00:01
  • 2010-11-24 · Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) — John says Vienna is packed with babies, which he insists are not cherubs, and that they made him miss Henry. (playful) — 00:00:32
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John says his glasses are crooked because his 10-month-old son is a glasses monster. (playful) — 00:03:24
  • 2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters — announcement: Hank tells John that if he doesn't have a copy of Fox in Socks, Hank is sending his own copy for Henry. — 00:03:58
  • 2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — John calls Henry's new habit of pointing where he wants to be carried 'the Napoleon', joking that Henry believes John is a horse. (playful) — 00:02:58
  • 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John says last week (the week of 13 December 2010) was one of the worst of his life: Henry was very sick and crying all night, so they were scared and up every night. — 00:00:01
  • 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John says things then changed, first and most importantly because Henry got better. — 00:00:26
  • 2010-12-29 · Baby on the Road: Thoughts from Places — John woke in the Yeti's childhood bedroom, found Henry removing trash from a trash can, and the family had to drive from Birmingham back to Indianapolis. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-12-29 · Baby on the Road: Thoughts from Places — John says he used to get distracted by roadside attractions, but this trip was all about speed: leftover barbecue for breakfast and no stop until lunch. — 00:00:45
  • 2010-12-29 · Baby on the Road: Thoughts from Places — John: Driving north with the whole family, John says the road delivered them to the one place his youthful trips west never could: home. — 00:02:36

Also named in: Will Grayson, Will Grayson

2011

  • 2011-01-21 · Looking for Alaska Five Years After the Printz Award — John: Taking part in big, interesting conversations with Hank and the Nerdfighters through his books is the most fulfilling thing in his life, John says, then jokes that it is really Henry and Sarah, with Nerdfighters close behind. — 00:02:55
  • 2011-01-21 · Looking for Alaska Five Years After the Printz Award — John's joke top five: Sarah and Henry, pizza, the rest of his family, Nerdfighteria, the Mountain Goats. (playful) — 00:03:11
  • 2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — John: The blue creatures behind John were sewn for him by a nerdfighter, possibly as a present for Henry, but he took them. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — John: Asked why Henry cried at the end of his last video, John says babies have only two thoughts, 'I am ecstatically happy' and 'this could be better', and one strategy: crying. (playful) — 00:02:55
  • 2011-02-18 · Thoughts from Places: Small Town America — John: Downtown, among '57 Chevys, ice cream joints and a closed bookstore, John buys something at Bittersweet Memories for Henry's room, calling it the best advice for a child and an adult. — 00:01:18
  • 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John says he won't pay the $5,000 offset because someday Henry is going to want to go to college. (playful) — 00:02:37
  • 2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — John says Henry spoke his first multiple-word sentence this week (week of 28 March 2011): after an exchange of 'hi's, he looked John in the eyes and said 'Hi, cat!' (playful) — 00:01:03
  • 2011-04-20 · Tulipomania — John: Everyone has a reason to be in Amsterdam except baby Henry, John jokes, but he is portable. (playful) — 00:00:14
  • 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John and the Yeti agreed in advance that a boy would be named Henry and a girl 'Bubbles the Nerdfighting Lady Baby'. (playful) — 00:01:47
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: For Hank's birthday John has taught Henry Hank's name; Henry then says 'Hank!'. — 00:00:17
  • 2011-05-09 · Trading Underwear for Rice Crispy Treats: Queens Day in Amsterdam (Thoughts from Places) — John, Sarah and Henry spent Queen's Day (30 April 2011) in Amsterdam; Henry woke them at 5:42 a.m. and they took him to the Vondelpark in a Dirk Kuyt jersey. — 00:00:01
  • 2011-05-09 · Trading Underwear for Rice Crispy Treats: Queens Day in Amsterdam (Thoughts from Places) — John: Henry ignored the freemarket and just wanted to play in the sandbox. — 00:00:56
  • 2011-05-09 · Trading Underwear for Rice Crispy Treats: Queens Day in Amsterdam (Thoughts from Places) — John met Nerdfighter Tobias, the only person in Amsterdam not wearing orange, and says the orange-clad crowds make him anxious. (playful) — 00:01:01
  • 2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John recalls that when the Yeti was pregnant with Henry, Nerdfighteria illustrated his favourite out-of-print picture book, Gus Is a Bug, so he could read it to Henry. — 00:01:23
  • 2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John says Suzanne Van Leir went the extra mile, turning her Gus Is a Bug illustrations into an actual book that Henry loves, that is, chews on; he calls it amazing. — 00:01:32
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — John says he spends all day talking to an 18-month-old child, so Hank should be grateful whenever John speaks to him in English. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • 2011-08-31 · How to Become An Adult — John says his son puked on his face last night and he slept about two hours, yet he ranks the night above almost every night of his first two years after college. — 00:00:55
  • 2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John says that yesterday (11 September 2011) he walked in the woods with Henry and the Yeti, down to the White River, where Henry watched the water for a long time, then to a playground. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John: On the walk John and Henry practise words: Henry says 'tractor', 'nerd' and 'happy' (and mumbles 'fighter'). — 00:00:05
  • 2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — John wanted to name his son Henry 'Gatsby', but Sarah refused because Gatsby is a tragic character; John countered with the novel's line about what preyed on Gatsby and wanted that quote over the crib. — 00:02:13
  • 2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — John: Showing Henry flowers and tomatoes and explaining sunlight, pollen and bees, John got the reply 'TV on?'; watching TV with him lately because of the signing, Henry pokes the TV, thinking it's an iPad. (playful) — 00:00:25
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John shows the painting behind him: he rides a smoking French llama in a Swoodilypoopers jersey, with Henry and a Yeti, labelled the adventures of John Green. — 00:02:15
  • 2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — announcement: John announces Hank is launching SciShow in early January: science news plus answers to age-old science questions like why the sky is blue. — 00:02:05
  • 2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — John jokes that Henry has not yet asked science questions; his major questions are where mommy went and for more cupcake. (playful) — 00:02:05
  • 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
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John's P4A highlight: he covered his face in Sharpie when donations reached $50,000, then someone rang his doorbell and he panicked and hid. (playful) — 00:01:13
  • 2011-12-21 · 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! — Hank thanks John for being great and for drawing Sharpie all over his face for charity. — 00:03:07
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John: The day before, John walked the creek with Henry and explained how fallen leaves become dirt that feeds the still-living trees. — 00:00:30
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John watched a long courtship (beard-rubbing, tail-wagging), hid so as not to discourage the goats, and after misplaced humping saw them mate; he was glad Henry didn't see. — 00:01:27

Also named in: Happy Birthday To Me!, Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading), Awesome Bankers?

2012

Also named in: Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO!, Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics, Time for AWESOME

2013

Also named in: DOCTOR GREEN

2014

  • 2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — John says four-year-old Henry is nervous about being eaten by orcas; John tells him not if he's eight inches in the water. (playful) — 00:00:06
  • 2014-01-24 · The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION! — John says when he asks Henry what light is, Henry answers 'the visible sign of the invisible light', a T. S. Eliot line; John finds it adorable. — 00:00:23
  • 2014-02-18 · 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — recommendation: John recommends The Golden Rule by his mentor Ilene Cooper: children don't inherently excel at empathy, and the book has helped his family talk with Henry about others' feelings. — 00:01:45
  • 2014-02-18 · 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — recommendation: John recommends Jacqueline Woodson's picture book Show Way, one of his all-time favourites and one of Henry's. — 00:01:57
  • 2014-04-01 · VELOCIRAPTORS — John tries an experiment: needing to make a video, he asks his young son what it should be about, and takes up the suggestion. — 00:00:01
  • 2014-04-01 · VELOCIRAPTORS — Henry Green: John's son suggests the topic: a velociraptor. — 00:00:04
  • 2014-04-01 · VELOCIRAPTORS — John says, as his son would point out, that the apatosaurus isn't even that big compared to the diplodocus. — 00:02:05
  • 2014-04-01 · VELOCIRAPTORS — John says having a dinosaur-obsessed child makes you realize both how much we know and how much we don't about life's distant past. — 00:02:53
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John: Henry asked John for a video about dragons and dinosaurs fighting bad guys together, with scary parts but not too many; John explained he can only make videos where his head moves around a screen. (playful) — 00:00:01
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — ask: John invites brilliant video editors and motion-graphics artists in Nerdfighteria to take Henry's idea and run with it. (playful) — 00:00:13
  • 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: In October 2013 John's over-four-minute video was ruled not educational enough, and as punishment he ate slobber carrots made by his son. — 00:02:57
  • 2014-07-29 · Listen: Thoughts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — John landed in Addis Ababa after a thirty-hour journey, met a Gates Foundation staffer, had Ethiopian coffee, bought Henry an Ethiopia soccer jersey and went to Yekatit 12 Hospital. — 00:00:01
  • 2014-09-05 · REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! — John: Building Legos, Henry called a figure the bad guy; John suggested villains are complicated and should be imagined complexly; Henry insisted he was really bad. (playful) — 00:02:22
  • 2014-09-05 · REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! — John: Henry told Sarah a good kind of learning is learning how to turn on the TV. (playful) — 00:02:50
  • 2014-09-05 · REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! — John: Asked how Henry feels about Hank, John says Henry's last words before he left were a message for Uncle Hank and Auntie Katherine, in gibberish. (playful) — 00:03:01
  • 2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — John says it is Henry's second-favourite album, behind only the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars album. (playful) — 00:02:41
  • 2014-09-23 · Looking Away — John says that in Ethiopia he talked with a girl clinging to her brother; her mother works in Kuwait, her father in the city, and her grandfather cares for them. — 00:00:00
  • 2014-09-23 · Looking Away — John says the girl told him she missed her mom and worried her brother might have pneumonia; the way she held her brother shattered him, and eventually he looked away. — 00:00:10
  • 2014-09-23 · Looking Away — John says much of his Ethiopia footage shows him looking away: from families at a hospital, preterm babies under inadequate heat lamps, and a very sick boy his son's age awaiting a malaria test. — 00:00:19
  • 2014-09-23 · Looking Away — John thinks he looked away partly because the moments felt private, though people gave permission, but also because it was hard to watch kids suffer and feel powerless. (hedged) — 00:00:52
  • 2014-09-23 · Looking Away — John suggests that maybe this voicelessness is part of what makes it easier to look away, but regardless, he kept doing it. (hedged) — 00:01:12
  • 2014-09-23 · Looking Away — John says he has hours of footage of his camera looking away; what he videotaped most in Ethiopia was his shoes. (playful) — 00:01:19
  • 2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — John spent the weekend home in Indianapolis, rode a combine with his son and learned about contemporary American farming practices from a farmer. — 00:00:01
  • 2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — John says the illness began with a throat tickle on the P4A Saturday morning (13 December 2014) while Henry gave him Sharpie face; he jokes the Sharpie fumes may have caused it. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:12

Also named in: Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For, BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town!

2015

Also named in: John Gets a Tattoo, Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books!

2016

  • 2016-02-09 · Water in My Cereal: Taste Testing Various Liquid Accompaniments to Raisin Bran — John: Sarah built a Louvre out of Legos, which John and Henry then attacked with a clone army. (playful) — 00:02:11
  • 2016-02-26 · Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) — John says his biggest professional accomplishment is vlogbrothers and his biggest personal one is behind the camera, where his son Henry is. — 00:03:24
  • 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — John: Asked for a favourite One Direction song, Henry offers his favourite song, which John explains is the Swedish hip-hop song on The Fault in Our Stars soundtrack, in Henry's own name for it. — 00:03:09
  • 2016-05-10 · On Pain — John's six-year-old son, bitten by an ant, said it hurt like this and pinched him, trying to shrink the space between his pain and John's understanding. — 00:01:26
  • 2016-07-12 · Our Capacity for Wonder: A Review — John recalls a November woods walk when son Henry was about two: John held him up to admire the misty forest view, but Henry said 'leaf' and grabbed a single brown oak leaf. — 00:01:53
  • 2016-07-12 · Our Capacity for Wonder: A Review — John says he wanted to tell Henry that brown oak leaves are everywhere in the eastern US in November, but looking with him he saw red, orange and yellow veins too complex to take in. — 00:02:26
  • 2016-11-29 · Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited — John says Henry pooped on him many times but Alice never, because he went in with about seven diapers, like a diaper suit of armor. (playful) — 00:01:37
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John says it was an awesome year to be a dad: Henry learned to ride a bike, Alice learned her ABCs, and both learned every word to Moana. — 00:02:49

2017

2018

  • 2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John wept like a baby at the win; Henry asked why he was crying if it was happy, and John said it was. — 00:02:47
  • 2018-06-05 · WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY — recommendation: John recommends Dactyl Hill Squad, out in September, which he has been reading in an advance copy with Henry: it is about orphans in the Civil War who ride dinosaurs, and it is amazing. — 00:01:19
  • 2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — John: Even John's eight-year-old son has a signature move, the Pokéball, which he has drawn on several of the sheets. (playful) — 00:01:48

Also named in: This Video is about Red Eyed Tree Frogs?, Reading Mean Comments with John

2019

2020

  • 2020-01-28 · Looking Away (Again) — John recalls making a video from Ethiopia six years ago called Looking Away, about listening to and supporting people living in absolute poverty. — 00:02:20

2021

2022

  • 2022-10-06 · The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over… — John: Asked by Reagan which one shirt to buy, John says choosing is like choosing between his kids, but Alice chose the square Pizza John in a pizza box and Henry chose the "if it rides, I lives" design. — 00:01:21

Also named in: PIZZAMAS IS UPON US

2023

  • 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — Hank broke an egg over his head and immediately regretted it, and did no Sharpie face at all this year (2023). (playful) — 00:13:32
  • 2023-05-16 · Did TB Cause World War I? — John's son came home from school and told him tuberculosis partly caused World War I; John was proud, and the story turned out to be true. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: In 2019 John visited the Lakka TB hospital in Sierra Leone and met Henry, who shares his son's name and seemed his son's age; Henry showed him around, and John assumed he was a nurse's child. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — announcement: The description corrects the video: Dr. Girum says Henry was among the first to receive bedaquiline, not the first, but was the first to get a different drug that let him take bedaquiline safely. — video description
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — announcement: The description's update says Henry's fundraiser has closed after reaching all its goals and more, thanks donors and asks viewers to follow Henry's YouTube channel. — video description
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — The description thanks Henry, Dr. Girum Tefera and his Lakka colleagues, and Partners In Health for introducing John to Henry. — video description
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: A doctor told John that Henry was a patient they were very concerned about: Henry was 16, not nine like John's son; tuberculosis had ravaged his body. — 00:00:29
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: Before getting sick Henry was a great student who dreamt of university; his mother Isatu worked hard to pay his school fees with a small market business selling scented oils and perfumes. — 00:00:29
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: When John met him, Henry was out of school and had been a full-time patient at Lakka for over two months, receiving injections for multidrug-resistant TB. — 00:00:58
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John says global health authorities deemed the bedaquiline protocol too expensive, so people like Henry could not get it. — 00:01:27
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: The injections were not working for Henry: he lost weight, TB-swollen lymph nodes became open wounds, and he bled so much he needed blood transfusions. — 00:01:27
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: Henry's mother Isatu paid the equivalent of thousands of dollars for his treatment, finding blood and supplies, and lost her business and apartment in the process. — 00:01:56
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: Dr. Tefera came to Sierra Leone from Ethiopia a few months after John met Henry, and he too first took Henry for staff, since Henry kept encouraging and helping other patients. — 00:01:56
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: Henry's lab work showed the injectables had failed; Dr. Tefera later told John that, seeing no options, he thought they would lose the boy. — 00:02:26
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: Henry knew how sick he was and what it meant: he had seen his best friend at Lakka die of multidrug-resistant TB after the injectables failed. — 00:02:26
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: Saying that in TB you have to keep trying, Dr. Tefera asked Partners In Health and the Sierra Leonean Ministry of Health to bring needed drugs from Liberia and Lesotho to save Henry. — 00:02:26
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John came home from that trip obsessed with tuberculosis and spent the next few years learning about it, often thinking of and praying for Henry but never daring to ask what happened to him. — 00:03:14
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: When John and Sarah returned to Lakka in 2023, John asked a nurse about Henry; she said he was there that day, wanting to see John, and they reunited. — 00:03:43
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John says Henry was the first in Sierra Leone to get the bedaquiline-based cocktail; he recovered 'like magic', walking and laughing within three weeks, was cured and went home after over two years at Lakka. — 00:04:15
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — Henry Reider: Henry says he is back to pursue his dreams and is so happy to be alive again. — 00:04:42
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: Henry returned to school and, with Partners In Health's support, studies human resources management at the University of Sierra Leone; he dreams of working in business and travelling. — 00:04:42
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — recommendation: John says Henry has just started a YouTube channel and a Discord server, making videos of daily life in Freetown, community interviews and vlogs, and is excited to connect with the community. — 00:04:42
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — ask: John notes Henry has only four subscribers on YouTube and thinks Nerdfighteria can bump that up. — 00:05:18
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John: As is common for TB survivors, Henry's life remains very hard: his family lost both their business and their home. — 00:05:18
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — ask: John has started a GoFundMe to fund Isatu's business and help Henry lift his mother out of poverty. — 00:05:47
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John says Henry is alive thanks to extraordinary efforts by himself, his family, charities, caregivers and government; he gets to have a YouTube channel, take tests and help his mom. — 00:05:47
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John says none of that should require extraordinary efforts: Henry should never have become so sick, cost his mother her savings, missed years of school, or been denied bedaquiline because of where he was born. — 00:06:16
  • 2023-08-15 · Henry — John says this is why he is obsessed with tuberculosis: the fight is worth it because of Henry, because he is here. — 00:06:46

2024

  • 2024-04-23 · Full Hank — In a channel comment John says Henry put the bow tie on Potato. — creator comment
  • 2024-08-06 · What Helped Through Depression — John's friend in Sierra Leone, Henry Reider, is trying to build a well in Freetown to address the water crisis there. — 00:01:56
  • 2024-10-22 · My New Book: Everything Is Tuberculosis — John says in 2019 he visited a tuberculosis hospital in Sierra Leone, met a boy who shared his son's name, and came home obsessed with tuberculosis. — 00:00:33
  • 2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John says Henry is taking part in NaNoWriMo at his school. — 00:31:32
  • 2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John says Henry threw his neck out for the first time two days ago, as Hank does once or twice a year. — 00:34:05
  • 2024-12-10 · On Writing — John: Like most of his books, John says, it stars a smart teenager who loves poetry: Henry Reider, a young man who lived with tuberculosis for most of his childhood. (playful) — 00:03:23

2025

2026

Also named in: Project for Awesome 2026 part 2!