All statements about Indiana

66 statements about Indiana in 47 videos, by upload date.

2007

2007-07-05 · July 5th: The Regions Bank Freedom Blast — John says Indiana is one of the states where all fireworks are legal: not just bottle rockets, spinners and 'whippersnappers', but also 'bombs'. (playful) — 00:00:10
2007-07-05 · July 5th: The Regions Bank Freedom Blast — John says Indiana sells rockets and bombs to almost anyone over 18 who can convince a fireworks stand they aren't a terrorist. (playful) — 00:00:55
2007-07-13 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 13: Outside — John says that since moving to Indiana his distaste for outside is beginning to wane; he is starting to enjoy working outside, on a screened-in porch. (hedged) — 00:00:39
2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John: The all-star game fell on Thanksgiving weekend; John didn't want to visit Grandpa in Indiana in case he was needed, and only all-stars got trophies. (playful) — 00:03:00
2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: Peer pressure be damned, they are letting large parts of their property become native Indiana grasses that need no watering. — 00:03:34

Also named in: September 6th: The Book Club Returns, Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally), December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED!

2008

2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John voted early in Indiana and got an 'I vote count' sticker, which he notes isn't a sentence. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — ask: John asks viewers in Indiana and North Carolina to vote today, punning that their vote counts ('Count Chocula'). (playful) — 00:01:05

2009

2009-04-14 · The World's Largest Balls — John: The world's largest ball of paint is in Alexandria, Indiana: in 1977 Michael Carmichael began painting a baseball and kept painting it for 30 years, so it now has tens of thousands of coats. — 00:01:45
2009-09-27 · TV For Chickens — John says Sarah is working with the artist Tea Mäkipää, who is Finnish, lives in Germany and has an exhibition in Indiana. — 00:00:40

Also named in: How To (Not) Demolish a Wall

2010

2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John argues YouTube gives everyone the superpower of bilocation: he is in his Indiana basement and at Hank's house in Missoula at once. (playful) — 00:02:29

2011

2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — John argues sports matter: as a Harry Potter fan would treasure an email from J.K. Rowling, others treasure the Cubs winning the World Series or an Indiana college reaching the Final Four. — 00:02:29
2011-10-10 · Animal Mating and Librarian Talking — John goes to talk to the medical librarians of Indiana, filming only a few things, and afterwards says medical librarians are so nice. — 00:00:00

Also named in: Harry Baals & Dick Trickle: The Funniest Names in History

2012

2012-05-08 · Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote — The description says John voted in the Indiana primaries and will now go back to bed. — video description
2012-08-21 · Is College Worth It? — John says Indiana University costs about $10,000 for Indiana residents and about $30,000 a year for others. — 00:00:29

2013

2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John says House seats are allotted by population: Montana has one representative and Indiana about nine. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:28
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John wondered why the cars on set had Indiana license plates, then remembered it is because of the movie. — 00:01:18

Also named in: On the TFIOS Movie Set, Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now

2014

2014-08-26 · Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World — John's Indiana corn produces 6000 kg per hectare; Ethiopia gets around 2000 kg per cultivated hectare even after dramatic improvement over the last 20 years. — 00:01:14
2014-08-26 · Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World — John: The hope is that sustainable higher yields bring Ethiopia growth and poverty reduction like China, Brazil and India; the program seems to be working but is extremely complicated. (hedged) — 00:04:41

Also named in: MORTIFICATION

2015

2015-06-02 · Let's Go Outside — John says politicians sited Indianapolis in the geographic middle of Indiana on the White River, but the river is in many places about six inches deep, making it the largest American city not on a navigable waterway. — 00:00:39
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — John admits he is rooting for Indiana and Montana but will accept any other outcome. (playful) — 00:01:32
2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. — 00:00:41
2015-06-30 · Some News — John thanks the many voters from outside Indiana who helped his small home state win so he could have a tour day with his family. — 00:00:54
2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — announcement: John's pledge: he will begin caring about the US presidential election 100 days before Indiana's May 3rd primary; if Donald Trump is still a candidate on January 23rd, 2016, he will think about Trump for the first time. — 00:03:03

2016

2016-01-19 · The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John: Asked whom he will vote for, John says he is not paying attention to the so-called presidential election until 100 days before Indiana's primary, and will enjoy his last few days of not thinking about it. — 00:01:02
2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John goes to vote on primary day, May 3, 2016, calling it a beautiful day for an election; the best part is the sticker. — 00:00:01

2017

2017-03-07 · Hoping for an Airport Reunion: One Refugee Family's Story — John says Saw Kyar Aye began to wonder if he would ever see his son, whom he had prepared to start school in Indiana. — 00:03:06
2017-04-04 · Why I Won't Run for Office — John says politicians attend endless meetings: running for governor of Indiana means meeting rich people to ask for money and meeting strangers across the state daily to hear their concerns. — 00:01:43
2017-04-04 · Why I Won't Run for Office — John tells Hank that the governor of Indiana is at that moment attending a public meeting of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. (playful) — 00:02:31
2017-07-04 · Civil Twilight — John: Sunsets in Michigan are so ostentatiously beautiful that they are ordinary there, unlike back home in Indiana, where the light just gets grayer until dark. — 00:00:31

2018

2018-01-23 · On Emergencies — John: For context, John's home state of Indiana, with a slightly smaller population than Sierra Leone, has over 16,000 practicing physicians. — 00:01:01
2018-05-22 · The Liger Delusion — John: In the dream John reasoned it out: his yard often has wildlife, the ligers were probably siblings escaped from captivity, and his wooded yard offers food, mostly four million chipmunks. (playful) — 00:00:10

2019

2019-10-01 · Why Are Poor Countries Poor? — John: When Ebola reached Sierra Leone in 2014 the whole country had about 150 doctors; Indiana, with a similar population, has over 16,000. — 00:03:53

2020

2020-03-31 · Let's take a walk. — John: In early spring in Indiana, John says life feels vastly different than a few weeks ago and his omnidirectional anxiety is often overwhelming, so he suggests they take a walk together. — 00:00:00
2020-06-23 · You'll Never Shine if You Don't Glow — John liked Hank's shooting-star video; streaks of light at night reminded him it is firefly season in Indiana, so he will tell of his complicated relationship with fireflies. — 00:00:00
2020-06-23 · You'll Never Shine if You Don't Glow — sponsor: The description credits the Indiana lightning-bug footage to YouTube user Cee Nova, shared, like this video, under a Creative Commons license. — video description
2020-06-23 · You'll Never Shine if You Don't Glow — Replying to an Ohioan feeling attacked, John says he lived many wonderful years in Ohio and it is a great place, but Indiana has the better state insect. (playful) — creator comment
2020-06-23 · You'll Never Shine if You Don't Glow — John: Say's firefly became Indiana's state insect in 2018, and the Department of Natural Resources stressed that it is a true Indiana native, unlike many states' state insects. — 00:00:58
2020-07-14 · The ice we skate is getting pretty thin. — John: Last week (week of 6 July 2020) Indiana, population under 7 million, had more new COVID cases and deaths than Germany, population over 83 million. — 00:00:58
2020-07-14 · The ice we skate is getting pretty thin. — John says Indiana is one of the better US states COVID-wise. — 00:01:27
2020-12-15 · America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents — John says Indiana is most known for not being known for much: a race car thing, some sports teams, and a children's museum being attacked by dinosaurs. (playful) — 00:00:00
2020-12-15 · America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents — John says Indiana limestone built many famous American buildings, including the Empire State Building, but none of them is in Indiana. — 00:00:00
2020-12-15 · America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents — John says Marshall was known for self-deprecating humor, once writing that Indiana is the mother of vice presidents, home to more second-class men than any other state. — 00:00:58
2020-12-15 · America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents — John says no Indiana vice president went on to become president: 18% of US vice presidents who never became president are from Indiana, which has just 2% of the US population. — 00:01:27

2021

2021-01-12 · My 2021 Vision Board — John: Every year more Canada geese become permanent non-migratory residents of Indiana; John wants to convince them to fly south. — 00:01:46
2021-06-08 · Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford — Ashley C. Ford: Coming home to Indiana after so much time in New York has been perfect. — 00:01:35
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — John: On the third day of Pizzamas, John drives to Brazil, Indiana, because someone there ordered Pizzamas items and he wants to partially fill the order himself. — 00:00:00
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — announcement: John's book The Anthropocene Reviewed comes out in Brazil this week (week of 4 October 2021); unable to go there because of the state of the world, he celebrates in Brazil, Indiana. — 00:00:00
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — John: Brazil, Indiana is just over an hour from John's home in Indianapolis; the buyer lives 15 minutes outside town, down a dirt road through corn, and he doubts Google Maps. (playful) — 00:00:29
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — John says the fountain in downtown Brazil, Indiana is a replica of a famous Brazilian fountain given to the town by Brazil almost 70 years ago, and it is lovely and well cared for. — 00:01:34
2021-10-06 · Searching for Betsy in Brazil — John says his wife told him Betsy's workplace makes the best bread in Indiana, so he has to buy some. — 00:02:58

Also named in: let's go on a parts adventure

2022

2022-10-07 · Planets Don't Exist — John jokes that Dan Quayle, an Indiana boy now living in Arizona, could be a future Crown Hill Cemetery resident, and he thought of writing to suggest it. (playful) — 00:09:12
2022-11-29 · The Weight of Life — John says Indiana, thought of as endless cornfields, was all hardwood forest 400 years ago: a forest land terraformed for corn. — 00:02:26

2023

2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — ask: John asks viewers to suggest this year's (2023) hot sauce name in the comments, conveying that it will be hot but also fun, like August in Indiana. — 00:03:30
2023-10-04 · A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering — Hank says US carbon dioxide emissions already cause death and suffering, but incidentally, not on purpose; doing it on purpose matters, though part of him thinks it shouldn't. — 00:06:45

2024

2024-01-09 · Views — John: Recording the words back home, John's view is an unmade bed, a Catherine Murphy painting and a window onto the gray Indiana winter; he always has a view. — 00:00:58
2024-04-05 · Two Reasons Why This Eclipse is So Dangerous — Hank says the eclipse will cover more than half of Indiana and in the northeast passes very close to many large population centers. — 00:02:31
2024-04-23 · Full Hank — John: In a weather check, John reports blooming, sprouting and a graying sky: it must be April in Indiana. (playful) — 00:00:29
2024-09-17 · My Consciousness. Their Capital. — John jokes about whether he could beat a coyote: it is a seasoned predator, he a depressive Indiana resident practiced at Instagram. (playful) — 00:01:56

Also named in: Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX

2025

2025-05-27 (said on 2025-05-25, implied) · The Longest (and best) Day — John says Speedway, Indiana, is most days a town of about 35,000, but on race day, with over 400,000 people there, it is Indiana's second-largest city. — 00:00:00
2025-06-10 · 90,000,000 Lives for $20 — John says living in a red state makes him unusually powerful now: people in Indiana, South Carolina, Texas or Maine, or represented by Tom Cole or Mario Diaz-Balart, matter enormously. — 00:05:21

2026

2026-08-18 · My Nemeses — John: Last week (week of 10 August 2026) John made an Instagram video praising the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles that also criticized Indiana's lieutenant governor. — 00:02:28
2026-08-18 · My Nemeses — John says his video's real point, that Indiana BMV employees do hard jobs extremely well, was lost in the clickbait takeaway that he hates his nemesis. — 00:02:57
2026-08-18 · My Nemeses — John says the lieutenant governor tried to remove John's books from the YA sections of public libraries in central Indiana. — 00:03:27
2026-08-18 · My Nemeses — John: By making the snarky video he was incentivized to make, John made his own life worse and Indiana's already poor political discourse a little worse. — 00:03:56
2026-10-20 · Correcting a Mistake in Everything Is Tuberculosis · 50 x 50 Science — John: The video is the Indiana entry in 50x50 Science Across America, a national series in which 50 creators talk with scientists. — 00:00:00
2026-10-20 · Correcting a Mistake in Everything Is Tuberculosis · 50 x 50 Science — John: To research the video, John met Dr. Leslie Enane, a tuberculosis researcher in Indiana, joking that this will shock Hank, and consulted other experts around the world. (playful) — 00:00:00