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Indianapolis

city · in 165 videos (2007–2026)

City John moved to in 2007 when Sarah got a job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and where he has lived since as a self-described Indianapolis dad. He came to love it as an unpretentious city of hidden beauty, Vonnegut's hometown, and holds readings and tour stops there. In the latest statements he counts it among the communities that give him hope.

Videos by year: 2007: 30 · 2008: 7 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 12 · 2011: 5 · 2012: 5 · 2013: 9 · 2014: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2018: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2020: 14 · 2021: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2023: 3 · 2024: 8 · 2025: 6 · 2026: 7

Also known as: Indy

Threads

Also named in the threads: John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) · Hank's rented house goes up for sale (2007) · Katherine gets a job doing weed research (2007) · John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) · John and Sarah's trip to the Netherlands for An Abundance of Katherines (2007) · John: eat a blenderized Happy Meal, wax a leg and lick a cat, for a textual communication (2007) · John travels to a writers' society conference in Los Angeles (2007) · Winner, South Dakota: the brothers' midpoint and a Nerdfighter commune (2007) · John accidentally takes Sarah's car key on a trip (2007) · Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition · Paper Towns Tour (2008) · John invites Chicago-area Nerdfighters to his La Grange, Illinois appearance on October 13 (2009) · John's spring 2010 tour for Will Grayson, Will Grayson · John's week in Europe for events in Amsterdam and Vienna (November 2010) · John in Venice for the Indianapolis Museum of Art's US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2011) · Let It Snow film adaptation (2011) · The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) · John's six-year dream of owning a Chevy Volt comes true (2012) · The Art Assignment: Sarah's PBS Digital Studios show (2013) · Paper Towns movie tour (2015): Europe stops and US states chosen by Tumblr vote · John: go to Wembley to watch AFC Wimbledon if they reach the play-off final (2016) · John's 36 hours from the Indianapolis 500 to Wembley and AFC Wimbledon's promotion party (May 2016) · John asks viewers to buy Pizzamas 2016 merch at DFTBA.com before Pizzamas ends (2016) · John's 'Cheyenne, Wyoming': his shorthand, from Rushmore, for being deeply immersed in a project (2017) · Turtles All the Way Down: announcement and publication of John's novel (2017) · Turtles All the Way Down tour: John and Hank's US book tour (2017) · Looking for Alaska limited series on Hulu (2018) · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing book tour (2018) · John: the Looking for Alaska Hulu series will really happen this time (2018) · Hank invites viewers to the March 2020 Dear Hank and John and Anthropocene Reviewed live shows (2020)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

New York City (28) · Chicago (city) (19) · Sarah Urist Green (40) · Indiana (12) · AFC Wimbledon (13) · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (8) · Los Angeles (9) · Missoula, Montana (11) · London (6) · Mike Green (9)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

  • 2007-04-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving — John is moving to Indianapolis: Sarah got a job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which he calls one of the most exciting contemporary art spaces in America; they're really psyched. — 00:01:29
    • John suggests Hank or a Nerdfighter make it; he'd do it himself but is bad at animating and must work out moving to Indianapolis with all his books. (hedged) — 00:01:59
  • 2007-05-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters — John is at the New York City airport on the way to house-hunt in Indianapolis, his first visit there as a resident. — 00:00:10
  • 2007-05-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground — John: Correcting Hank's last video, John says he was born in Indianapolis but lived there only until he was three weeks old, not three years. — 00:02:08
  • 2007-06-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving — John drives a 24-foot moving truck halfway across the country to Indianapolis; he sarcastically calls it fun, especially in the rain, like steering a runaway train on skis. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • 2007-07-05 · July 5th: The Regions Bank Freedom Blast — John says Americans celebrate America's birthday by pretending to have a war, playing his recording from a roof deck in downtown Indianapolis. (playful) — 00:00:10
  • 2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat — John: Nerdfighters are the 'fourth circle': a Nerdfighter (name unclear) put John in touch with Indianapolis people who have a cat named Toby, to be licked that afternoon. (playful) — 00:02:08
  • 2007-09-06 · September 6th: The Book Club Returns — John: In New York John had only what he thinks everyone should have: an apartment, good public transportation, affordable food, an independent bookstore; in Indianapolis he owns a car. (hedged) — 00:02:00
  • 2007-09-24 · September 24: Airports and M. T. Anderson — John accidentally pocketed Sarah's car key while packing at 4 a.m., leaving her in Indianapolis without a car, which he calls a terrible thing to do to someone you love. — 00:00:43
  • 2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — announcement: John: In a P.S. John starts the worldwide Nerdfighter scavenger hunt: something is taped to one of two metal boxes near a Subway on Ditch Road in Indianapolis. — 00:02:53
  • 2007-11-21 · November 21st: What I'm Grateful For — John: Following up Hank's hint, John says their family has a long tradition of saying what they're grateful for at the Thanksgiving table; this year (2007) they're apart, Hank in snowy Missoula, John in warm Indianapolis. — 00:01:11
  • 2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: About three months ago (September 2007) the Yeti called John on the road to say she was writing a manifesto: they were not living in line with their values in Indianapolis, with bullet points for living better. — 00:01:38
  • …and 28 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

Also named in: June 21: Gotta Get Outside!, August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished, August 31: Copyright and Airports, Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday)

2008

  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John recalls that on moving to Indianapolis last year (2007) he and the Yeti found their gigantic front lawn a waste of space, energy and water and wanted native plants and vegetables instead. — 00:00:36
  • 2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — Hank shows John a video by a young nerdfighter in Indianapolis who went to get the book John signed and recorded her excitement. — 00:00:11
  • 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
  • 2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John: At the Borders in Indianapolis where he will sign in ten days, John plants the cards in his books while filming, joking he fears being arrested. (playful) — 00:01:47
  • 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — Hank says he could not have voted on November 4th anyway because he will be in Indianapolis. — 00:02:49
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — John, in Indianapolis after a Nerdfighter event, watches election returns and says it is too early to say anything. — 00:00:00
  • …and 1 statement more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

Also named in: Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday

2009

  • 2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — announcement: John: On Friday, March 13th, John will do a reading in Indianapolis as part of a fundraiser for the organization Second Story; details in the sidebar. — 00:00:30
  • 2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You — announcement: John reminds viewers he is doing a fundraiser this Friday (13 March 2009) for The Second Story, a charity in Indianapolis: $5 for students, $8 otherwise. — 00:00:32
  • 2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — ask: John invites people over 21 in or near Indianapolis to hang out with him at a fundraiser on Saturday night. — 00:01:36
    • John hopes to see many Nerdfighters in Chicago and Indianapolis, promising presents and lots of hilarity. (hedged) — 00:02:29
  • …and 1 statement more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

Also named in: Giraffe Love and Other Questions ANSWERED

2010

  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — announcement: Hank says John is doing two events at the University of Indianapolis today, at 4:00 and 7:30, and urges anyone nearby to go hang out with his brother. — 00:03:00
  • 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
  • 2010-05-14 · Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More — announcement: John announces an event with E. Lockhart near Indianapolis the next day, Saturday at 2 p.m., with a link in the description. — 00:01:49
  • 2010-06-16 · In Defense of Contemporary Art — announcement: John and the Yeti are at 100 Acres, the art and nature park the Indianapolis Museum of Art opens this weekend, the culmination of years of work by many people including the Yeti. — 00:00:00
    • Andrea Zittel's Indianapolis Island is tiny, barely tall enough to stand in, yet two people are living on it all summer, with a garden extending into the water. — 00:00:29
    • Eden 2 is a 50-foot refugee ship by artist Tea Makipaa, maker of TV for chickens; John finds the dislocated ship on an Indianapolis lake awesome. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-09-29 · MY FRIEND CHESTER — John says that three years ago he and Sarah (the Yeti) moved from New York City to Indianapolis, where more space meant buying a lot of furniture. — 00:00:43
  • 2010-11-19 · I'm Not Going Down: Thoughts from Amsterdam — John's description says Paper Towns is a finalist for a literary prize in the Netherlands, where he travels from Indianapolis. — video description
  • 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
  • …and 3 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

Also named in: Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES, Positive Pranking: The TP Edition

2011

  • 2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — Hank: In 1927 Gussie married James Earl Brown, becoming Audrey G Brown; they bought a house in a nice Indianapolis neighborhood and lived there the rest of their lives. — 00:02:02
  • 2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John was in Venice because the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where the Yeti is a curator, commissioned the 2011 American Pavilion of the Venice Biennale. — 00:00:06
    • John calls Allora & Calzadilla's pavilion (overturned tanks, Olympic athletes, an ATM that is also a pipe organ) a total success and is proud of everyone at the IMA. — 00:00:31
  • 2011-07-22 · Your Yard Is EVIL — John recalls wanting a huge yard and a riding mower when they moved to Indianapolis despite Sarah's warning; now, with a 114-degree heat index, he has to mow. (playful) — 00:03:16
  • 2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — ask: John: At Holiday Park in Indianapolis, John asks Nerdfighters to explain the park's weird fake ruins, hoping their combined research powers can figure them out. — 00:02:07
    • John says the ruins in the Indianapolis park were built as fake ruins but have kind of become real ruins through decades of neglect. (hedged) — 00:02:16
    • John will read from The Fault in Our Stars in Indianapolis on November 1 (description: 7:30 PM, Clowes Memorial Hall, Butler University, free and open to the public). — 00:02:49
  • 2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — announcement: John says the studio he is in is where the Indianapolis episodes of the brothers' new channel, Crash Course, will be filmed. — 00:00:34
  • …and 1 statement more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

  • 2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — John: Living in New York, John and the Yeti had no car; after moving to Indianapolis in 2007 he inherited his parents' old car, whose windows don't roll down. — 00:00:00
    • John teases that Hank is jealous but too cheap to buy it, never having bought a vehicle over $500; he admires that and offers Hank a back-seat ride in Indianapolis. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • …and 2 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

Also named in: Can I be Space President?, The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday

2013

  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John says his Indianapolis congressman is Democrat Andre Carson while his across-the-street neighbour in the same zip code has Republican Dan Burton, because the district was redrawn to take in pricier houses expected to vote Republican. — 00:01:45
  • 2013-03-26 · A Poem for Spring — John says he has come to love Indianapolis, even in spring snow: an unpretentious city of hidden beauty, his favourite kind, lovely even in winter. — 00:00:29
    • John recalls that when he and the Yeti moved to Indianapolis, the U-Haul man, a 30-year resident, asked what he thought of the city, said: 'You gotta live somewhere.' — 00:00:29
  • 2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says the Indianapolis office has a groundhog they call YouTube, joking that it stays inside, is easily distracted and knew the brothers before it was cool. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2013-05-21 · Poetry Makes Nothing Happen: Thoughts on Ai Weiwei from the Indianapolis Museum of Art — John says he finished filming Crash Course US History early yesterday, so he drove to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where Sarah is a curator. — 00:00:00
    • The description urges viewers in or near Indianapolis to see the show, which runs until July 21st. — video description
  • 2013-07-02 · The Perks of Being John's Assistant — Rosianna Halse Rojas: Because she lives far away in London, people most often ask what she does as John's assistant; after Hank's Missoula and John's Indianapolis offices, she tours hers. — 00:00:07
  • 2013-10-22 · Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition — announcement: John: Sarah is leaving her job at the Indianapolis Museum of Art to curate and host The Art Assignment, a show with PBS Digital; John jokes he should have said so weeks ago. — 00:02:26
    • 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
  • 2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — announcement: John: Carroll, who helps write the blog The Incidental Economist and lives in Indianapolis, met John; they are now producing his show about healthcare. — 00:00:32
  • …and 2 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

Also named in: Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: The Mac & Cheese and Communist Celery Edition, The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour

2014

  • 2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed? — John says once-'incurably poor' Brazil now has, by some measures, a healthier book publishing landscape than many European countries, benefiting YA novelists in Indianapolis too. (hedged) — 00:03:27
  • 2014-02-25 (said on 2014-02-22, implied) · John and Chris Meet in the Middle — John marvels that he is right in the middle of Indianapolis, a city of one million people, and yet it is just forest. (doubtful: one million) — 00:01:33
  • 2014-07-29 · Listen: Thoughts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — John says the smallest hospital in his hometown of Indianapolis has eight neonatologists, while Ethiopia, a nation of ninety million, has seven. — 00:00:24
  • 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

Also named in: Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For

2015

  • 2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates) — John says almost every airport in the United States has a gate that is empty all the time; in Indianapolis he makes vlogs at that empty gate. — 00:00:32
  • 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
  • 2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John: The tour stops are Indianapolis on July 14th, Columbus, Ohio on July 15th and Dallas, Texas on July 16th; all events are free. — 00:01:06
  • 2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John: In Indianapolis John slept in his own bed, did many interviews with Halston Sage and Nat, signed books and did a show at the Murat Theatre. — 00:01:10
    • On stage with host Akilah Hughes, John felt a wave of energy; the mayor of Indianapolis declared July 14, 2015 John Green Day, which John found very weird. — 00:01:50
  • …and 1 statement more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

  • 2016-01-26 · Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — John: When John said he lived in Indianapolis, people almost always asked why; he resisted answering that it was partly because of people like them. (playful) — 00:01:24
  • 2016-03-29 · My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! — John: Answering how he would get away with murder, John says 40% of murders in Indianapolis go unsolved, so apparently it is not that difficult. (playful) — 00:01:28
  • 2016-05-31 (said on 2016-05-29, implied) · The Most Amazing Day — John: On Sunday at 7 a.m. John bikes down to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for race day. — 00:00:00
    • John says 350,000 people are all in the same place for the Indy 500. — 00:00:55
    • Leaving the Indy 500 after 160 laps, John goes to the airport and flies via New York City to London, sleeping well on the plane. — 00:01:07
  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line — John: Their dad grew up in Indianapolis when it was nicknamed Naptown because nothing happened there, a place for people wanting quiet lives in America's flat, unbeautiful middle. — 00:01:09
    • Their dad worked hard to get out of Indianapolis; he and Mom left for good a few weeks after John was born and never looked back. — 00:01:27
    • In 2007, living in New York, John called Dad to say Sarah had a job in Indianapolis; Dad said, 'You can't be serious.' — 00:01:33
  • 2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — announcement: John shows the Pizza John pajamas being made in Indianapolis at Krazy Klothes: the fabric is imprinted with his face by machine, and every pair is cut and sewn by hand. — 00:01:29
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John's first memory: attending the 100th running of the Indy 500 with his mom and dad and many friends. — 00:00:29
    • John says the Indy 500 is the largest non-religious gathering of human beings on Earth. — 00:00:40
    • From the Indy 500 John flew to London to see Nerdfighteria-sponsored AFC Wimbledon win at Wembley for a third-tier spot, then partied at their home stadium with his dad and players. — 00:00:50
  • …and 5 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

  • 2017-01-24 · On Motivation — John: Living in New York in 2007, John railed against 'sheeple' buying houses in the Midwest; now he owns a home in Indianapolis and quite likes it. — 00:01:50
  • 2017-02-21 · Does Human Life Have Real Meaning? — John: Answering a viewer's wedding invitation, John jokes that of course they cannot come, then says if it's in Indianapolis with an open bar, they'll be there. (playful) — 00:01:43
    • John's favourite river is the White River in Indianapolis: beautiful and mostly deserted, so you can kayak for hours without seeing anyone. — 00:02:13
  • 2017-03-07 · Hoping for an Airport Reunion: One Refugee Family's Story — John says Saw Kyar Aye was approved in 2012 but Thet Thet was not; told spouses reunite easily, they decided he should go, and he left for Indianapolis in December 2012 with her eight months pregnant. — 00:01:28
    • John says more than 13,000 Burmese refugees now live in Indianapolis. — 00:01:51
    • John says refugee resettlement has not increased US crime rates in Indianapolis or elsewhere and is in fact associated with community crime rates dropping (sources below). — 00:02:08
    • John says a court ruled much of the executive order invalid, and days later Thet Thet and Saw Kyar Min flew to New York and then Indianapolis. — 00:03:23
  • 2017-05-09 · Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy — John says life expectancy in his Indianapolis zip code is around 80, slightly above the US average; three miles north it is 83.7, three miles south 69.4. — 00:00:27
    • John says living three miles north or south of his house changes life expectancy by 14 years. — 00:00:55
  • 2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Fifth: in July 2007 John and Sarah had just moved from New York to Indianapolis for her job and bought a first house, exciting but scary, and John had no friends there. — 00:01:54
  • 2017-09-05 · John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down — Aza Holmes: Aza opens on when she first realized she might be fictional: lunch at White River High School in Indianapolis at a time set by forces too large to identify. (fiction) — 00:00:19
  • 2017-09-07 · I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! — announcement: John lists the tour's 19 stops in one take, from New York through the South, Midwest and Northwest to two San Francisco Bay Area shows and Los Angeles, including Hank's high school auditorium in Orlando. — 00:00:25
  • …and 1 statement more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

2018

  • 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
  • 2018-04-17 · 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
  • 2018-05-22 · 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
  • 2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — John: It hasn't been good pea weather in Indianapolis, because it went from cold to hot almost immediately. — 00:00:49
  • 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
  • 2018-08-07 · How I Made Friends — John says he and Sarah moved to Indianapolis in 2007 for Sarah's job, making him a 'trailing spouse'; he knew almost no one and, working alone in his basement, struggled to make friends at work. — 00:01:09
    • John says he volunteered, attended events and accepted every invitation, as the internet advised, but none of it worked; drained and discouraged, he felt Indianapolis wasn't the place for him. — 00:01:25
    • A few months after moving, at the street's annual neighborhood get-together John didn't want to attend, Chris introduced himself; with Chris's fiancée Marina they talked, and John asked for Chris's number. — 00:01:46
    • John says the friendship didn't happen all at once, it wasn't love at first sight, but as they spent more time with Chris and Marina he began to hate Indianapolis less. — 00:02:47
    • Knowing John was lonely, Chris invited him into his IndyCar fantasy league and over to watch TV, and through Chris John made more friends. — 00:03:13
    • John says he eventually wanted to stay in Indianapolis for good, because towns are made out of people in the end, and he has come to love many people there. — 00:03:23
  • 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

2019

  • 2019-01-01 · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions — announcement: John: That will be hard because the Looking for Alaska Hulu series will probably film this year (2019), as will a movie of Let It Snow, which John wrote with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. (hedged) — 00:02:37
  • 2019-01-15 · On Burning Resentment — ask: John and Rosianna are hiring someone in Indianapolis to help make their things; uncommonly organized people good at calling strangers should check the link. — 00:02:55
  • 2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? — John: Watching in a basement in Indianapolis, John found himself in tears, grateful to the club that had again shown him the meaning of life. — 00:02:54
  • 2019-05-28 · 3 Minutes and 58 Seconds of Darkness — John has been thinking about what cameras see and don't: to his eyes last night's sky over Indianapolis looked bright, but the camera can't see the clouds' crisp edges or Venus. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-07-16 · star struck — John: Being recognized is inherently weird: the fan saw John Green, but John was experiencing himself as a middle-aged Indianapolis dad seeking the least sugary cereal his kids would eat. — 00:01:27
  • 2019-07-23 · What to Love and How — John: Liverpool fans sing the same songs and share a history; John has met them from Indianapolis to Sierra Leone, Hollywood to Stockholm, and they always remember together. — 00:00:57
  • 2019-10-30 · this is a video about pineapples. — John is personally delivering Pizzamas merch to buyers who live in Indianapolis, for efficiency's sake. — 00:00:00
    • John says shipping a T-shirt within Indianapolis costs about $4.50, but shipping one from Indianapolis to Singapore costs about $5.50. — 00:00:00
  • …and 1 statement more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

Also named in: On Looking Up to Your Little Brother

2020

  • 2020-01-21 · Gifts That Changed My Life — John says the stranger in Pennsylvania somehow knew exactly what his family needed to get through the frigid, gray Indianapolis winter. — 00:02:42
  • 2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — ask: John says he and Hank are coming on tour to Indianapolis, Columbus and Ann Arbor, hopes to see viewers there, and points to ticket links in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — ask: John: In a pinned comment John says he and Hank will be on tour next week (week of 9 March 2020) in Columbus, Indianapolis and Ann Arbor and hopes to see viewers there. — creator comment
  • 2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — announcement: John says he and Hank are going to their show in Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow will be in Indianapolis and then Ann Arbor, Michigan. — 00:03:43
  • 2020-06-16 (said on 2020-06-07, implied) · a cool place — John: From the White River in Indianapolis, John kayaks to a cool place almost nobody knows about, to show it to Hank. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-10-13 (said on 2020-10-05, implied) · Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle — John: Using modeling and data, John predicts that on upload day it is unseasonably warm in Indianapolis. — 00:00:58
  • 2020-10-14 · John Predicts the Future! — Hank says Indianapolis was not really unseasonably warm, only about three degrees warmer than usual, so he calls John's prediction a miss. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-12-15 · America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents — John says Crown Hill in Indianapolis, the state's largest cemetery, is the final resting place of more US vice presidents than any other location on Earth. — 00:00:29
    • At Crown Hill John thinks less of the vice presidents than of all the people for whom Indianapolis was home, their loves, losses and ambitions, who together both made history and were subjected to it. — 00:01:56
    • John says those people built the place where he lives, and he and his neighbors are now making Indianapolis what it will be for future residents, when he himself lies at Crown Hill. — 00:02:26
    • John says strangers turning out to mourn Seaton is, to him, the best of Indianapolis. — 00:03:14
  • 2020-12-31 · Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed — John: The video shows the White River, whose water reaches the Mississippi, where it meets water from the Chicago River near Amy's neighborhood; John thinks of this when he feels very lonely. — video description
  • …and 8 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

Also named in: The Rax Guy

2021

2022

  • 2022-02-15 · My Most Valuable Books — John: The book is close to John's heart because he ended up living and working in Vonnegut's hometown, in his long shadow, and because reading it in 11th-grade English brought him to life as a reader. — 00:00:29
  • 2022-05-10 · An Attempt at Exhausting an Artwork in Cincinnati — John: First question: Cincinnati is a lovely town John loves being in, but does wanderlust evoke Cincinnati? He lives in Indianapolis, famous for lacking wanderlustiness. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2022-08-09 · How to Cook Beans and Resist Dread — John: On a very humid day in Indianapolis, John harvests his beans, first moving bricks set up to foil his nemesis, the groundhog. — 00:00:00
  • 2022-08-30 · How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 — recommendation: John recommends Butter, this weekend's annual Indianapolis art fair featuring Black artists from the city and the world, with DJs and workshops: the coolest thing that happens in Indianapolis. — 00:02:26
  • 2022-10-04 · Hank and John Reunited at Last — The description says that by a Pizzamas miracle Hank and John are reunited in Indianapolis and play a game called 'Got it!'. — video description
  • 2022-10-18 · Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London — John: The show seemed to tell John to touch grass, so they went outside into an autumnal London, much like Indianapolis this time of year. (playful) — 00:02:19
  • 2022-11-22 · John's 2022 Gift Guide — recommendation: John suggests a walking tour, like those Indianapolis public historian Sampson Levingston gives of neighborhoods, especially historically Black ones; John loves learning from him. — 00:01:56

2023

  • 2023-06-13 · touched by a king — recommendation: John says anyone in Indianapolis has to visit the Indiana Medical History Museum: it is just awesome. — 00:02:19
  • 2023-10-03 · Nourished by Leaving — John says the leaves start to fall in Indianapolis in October, and someone who had never been to Earth would find the idea phenomenally beautiful. — 00:02:36
  • 2023-12-19 · End of a Rough Year — John says he finds hope in community and collaboration, in making meaning together by making change together: in the 'we's of his life, TB fighters, Nerdfighteria, his family and Indianapolis. — 00:01:56
  • …and 1 statement more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

2024

  • 2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) — Hank, back from Indianapolis where he saw John, their family and John's dog, got to see the total eclipse after weeks of obsessively checking cloud forecasts, and felt totally overwhelmed. — 00:00:00
    • Hank's point: eclipses seem impossible but are inevitable, while many things in our lives, like the plane that flew him from Indianapolis or this community's creations, seem inevitable but are nearly impossible. — 00:04:42
  • 2024-04-30 · Not Doing That Great — John will be home in Indianapolis in 72 hours, back to being a middle-aged dad and nerdfighter; for now he does the press because he wants people beyond nerdfighters to see the movie. — 00:02:26
  • 2024-05-03 · Everything Wrong with Turtles All the Way Down — Hank says the film's city is not Indianapolis: Google Lens identifies a building as Queen City Square in Cincinnati, and he asks why they did not just film in Indianapolis. (playful) — 00:01:42
  • 2024-05-17 · John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!! — announcement: Hank explains that he and John recorded a New York Times Connections games race in Indianapolis; the edit was too much for him, so his friend Milo, who edits Hank's Channel videos, made the video. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John stayed in Indianapolis for the people, affordability and its being a regular place with regular jobs; friends outside his profession help him. — 00:31:17
    • John loves his friends, the White River and writing about Indianapolis, where he and Sarah can contribute to the culture as they never could in New York. — 00:32:44
    • Hank: Their dad chose where to move from Florida with a spreadsheet scoring places, including Obama vote share; he picked Asheville, North Carolina, but now lives in Indianapolis. — 00:33:12
  • 2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. — John: A few months later a friend told John that his diplomat buddy was coming to Indianapolis for the Indy 500 and wanted to meet him. — 00:00:15
    • The man, supposedly in town for the Indy 500, told John he would not be able to stay for the race. (playful) — 00:01:35
    • Mike Green (quoted): John's dad concluded that they had decided John was neither an asset nor a threat, just a dad from Indianapolis. (hedged) — 00:04:01
  • 2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — John: One brother, apparently John, says he stood in line 90 minutes to vote early in Indianapolis and wanted a sticker; Indiana doesn't make early voting easy. — 00:00:00
  • …and 1 statement more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

2025

  • 2025-03-04 · The ANXIETY IS PALPABLE — John says he likes that the sentence "I am anxious" captures how anxiety displaces his other identities (John, husband, father, resident of Indy), becoming an overwhelming, constant sensation. — 00:02:38
  • 2025-05-20 · The Double — John says that in 1994 John Andretti drove the Indianapolis 500, then flew by helicopter to North Carolina to race the Coca-Cola 600 that evening. — 00:00:29
    • John says the Indianapolis 500 is one of the most cherished days on his calendar; he goes every year and loves it. — 00:00:58
    • John says the Indy 500 is the largest non-religious gathering of human beings on Earth, held in his hometown. — 00:00:58
    • John says the 1931 Indy 500 winner, Louis Schneider, survived his dangerous racing career only to die of tuberculosis at 40. — 00:01:27
    • John loves fan-owned fourth-tier AFC Wimbledon even more than the Indy 500; the club wears DFTBA on the back of its shorts, between left thigh and buttock. (playful) — 00:01:27
    • John notes the Indy 500 is this Sunday (25 May 2025) and Wimbledon's play-off final at Wembley the very next day, so it is time for the double. — 00:01:56
    • John lays out the plan: he and Stuart wake around 5 a.m., bike to the Indy 500, bike to the airport, fly to London and take the train to Wembley for the final. — 00:02:26
  • 2025-11-25 · Poverty Is Expensive — John argues that hearing from Isatu would have mattered much more than hearing from him, since we learn more about surviving TB from survivors and their supporters than from a middle-aged dad from Indianapolis. — 00:02:55
  • 2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — John's message for his longest year, borrowed from Indianapolis's Kurt Vonnegut: we must find ways together to fight the terrible diseases of loneliness and isolation; he thanks Hank for helping. — 00:04:47
  • …and 2 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

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2026

  • 2026-01-13 · why we make art — John says he only appears to be in Indianapolis: he is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he has been for most of the last few weeks. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says he has been obsessed with Kurt Vonnegut, his literary hero, since high school, and now lives in Indianapolis, where Vonnegut grew up. — 07:10:10
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank: If not Montana, Hank would live in Indianapolis, because John is there: it's all about the people. — 05:35:34
  • 2026-06-09 · Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup — John: Curaçao is the smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup, with a population about a tenth the size of Indianapolis. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — announcement: John: Next stops: Portland, Maine; Pittsburgh, where much of Hollywood, Ending is set; Gainesville; Nashville; Madison; and a hometown show in Indianapolis on October 2. — 00:02:38
  • 2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — John: Having been from Maine to Florida to Idaho to Southern California in the last month, John says the best city in North America by a country mile is Indianapolis, where all his people are. (playful) — 00:04:07
    • When his kids ask why he is raising them in Indianapolis, John tells them it is important to want to be launched from the nest and go somewhere else. — 00:06:20
  • 2026-10-27 · Should I Salinger… — John: If he ever Salingers, John tells Hank he is okay: he would probably be tending the forest near his house, working with other forest nerds to keep invasive ground cover out of its understory. (hypothetical, hedged) — 00:03:14
  • …and 4 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026