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148 statements about The New York Times in 102 videos, by upload date.

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2007

2008

  • 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — announcement: John got far too many author copies of Let It Snow and will give five away to random commenters on this video. — 00:03:18
  • 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — recommendation: John: For Nerdfighters who can't wait for Paper Towns, John recommends Let It Snow, the holiday romance anthology he wrote with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. — 00:03:22
  • 2008-10-09 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — announcement: Hank announces that Let It Snow, with stories by John, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, is available now, and teases John's top billing, which is alphabetical. (playful) — 00:01:20
  • 2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — announcement: Hank: John found out he will debut at number five on the New York Times bestseller list for young adult fiction. — 00:01:07
  • 2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — announcement: John thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters for making it possible for Paper Towns to debut at number five on the New York Times bestseller list next week (week of 27 October 2008). — 00:00:51
  • 2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John says Nerdfighters showed last December they could take over YouTube, but he did not think they could take over the New York Times bestseller list. (playful) — 00:00:51
  • 2008-10-28 · The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) — John recalls that in his last video he asked Nerdfighters what he could do for them after they put Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, and they sent requests. — 00:00:34
  • 2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — announcement: Hank announces Paper Towns will spend a second week on the New York Times bestseller list, at number six, showing people beyond the first Nerdfighter rush are still buying it. — 00:01:23

2009

  • 2009-04-08 (said on 2009-04-07, implied) · Become a Time Traveller TODAY! — Hank has just finished the first section of his novel, about 150 pages, which John, a New York Times bestselling author, will proofread. — 00:00:25
  • 2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John credits their commitment and organization with putting Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, thanks them for gifts, and says the tour let him meet Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — announcement: Hank congratulates John on Let It Snow, his book with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, becoming a New York Times bestseller, and recommends it as a wintertime 'romp'. — 00:03:06

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2010

  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: She was in the New York Times this week (week of 25 January 2010), with her picture, by what she calls a weird fluke. — 00:01:23
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: Mid-interview she was distracted by her 2010 Rob Pattinson annual and made a Rob Pattinson joke; she implies that joke is what the New York Times quoted. (playful) — 00:02:22
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — recommendation: Maureen Johnson: Her advice: never make a Rob Pattinson joke to the New York Times; she had been warned that interviewers quote only the stupidest thing you say, and found it '100% true'. (playful) — 00:02:51
  • 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — recommendation: John describes the New York Times web tool for choosing which taxes to raise and spending to cut to balance the budget, says it has no liberal bias, and encourages viewers to try it. — 00:00:29

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2011

  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — Hank says New York Times editors, novelists and copy editors may make mistakes, but one profession must never get grammar wrong: tattoo artists, since tattoos are permanent. (playful) — 00:00:55

2012

  • 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
  • 2012-02-21 · Life is Weird. Also beautiful. — John says he kept lowering Ransom's expectations: of John's four novels a couple made the New York Times bestseller list, but two sold fewer than a hundred copies in their first weeks. — 00:02:04
  • 2012-02-21 · Life is Weird. Also beautiful. — John says Miss Peregrine was an instant bestseller; a few months later The Fault in Our Stars came out, and next week (week of 27 February 2012) their books will be #1 and #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. — 00:02:25
  • 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
  • 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — announcement: Hank tells John that, after 385 weeks on bookstore shelves, Looking for Alaska was on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time last week (week of 9 July 2012). — 00:02:52
  • 2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank says they have been on the front page of USA Today and the New York Times and, more importantly, of Reddit. — 00:01:56

2013

  • 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John calls 2012 an amazing year for the brothers: Hank co-created The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow and Crash Course, VidCon doubled, and The Fault in Our Stars spent 51 consecutive weeks on the NYT list. — 00:02:45
  • 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
  • 2013-04-23 · 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
  • 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John cites the Commonwealth Fund's study of US health care prices and says some of the video's figures also come from a New York Times story. — video description

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2014

  • 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
  • 2014-12-30 · Racism in the United States: By the Numbers — recommendation: John recommends non-video voices on race: Roxane Gay's work in Slate and The Butter, a New York Times story on recent black graduates, Chris Rock's interview, Ashley Ford's commentary and Kiese Laymon's writing. — video description

2015

  • 2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later — John explains that many of his sources are New York Times pieces because they do far more data analysis and reporting on health care than anyone else he has found. — video description
  • 2015-04-14 · A Long Good Day — John: At the airport John picked up The New York Times because his editor and publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel was profiled in it; on the plane he read a great profile of Toni Morrison. — 00:00:05
  • 2015-07-07 · Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece — recommendation: John lists the video's sources: Anil Kashyap's primer on the Greek crisis, The New York Times' introduction, Wikipedia's history of the European debt crisis, and The Economist's coverage, which he calls excellent, of Greece, the bailouts, the debt and how the banking system works under capital controls. — video description
  • 2015-08-11 (said on 2015-08-10, implied) · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns — recommendation: John: For viewers who want to know more, John recommends two articles: Mic's 'Our elections are too long' and The New York Times' 'How Presidential Campaigns Became Two Year Marathons'. — video description
  • 2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — recommendation: John recommends The Bail Trap, a New York Times article exploring one reason people in poverty are disproportionately imprisoned in the US. — 00:00:19
  • 2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — recommendation: John recommends another New York Times article, about a 14-year-old boy locked in solitary confinement, which he found chilling and deeply upsetting. — 00:00:26
  • 2015-10-30 · Feeling Thankful in Portland — Hank says the Welcome to Night Vale creators' book just came out and debuted at number four on the NYT list, number four because Sparks, Rowling and Grisham had new books. — 00:00:38

2016

2017

  • 2017-03-21 · My Information Diet — John says in the last couple of weeks he has scaled way back on the social internet for an information diet: an hour or two each morning reading mostly The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Indianapolis Star. — 00:02:28
  • 2017-06-23 · Reviewing Musicals from their Wikipedia Pages — Hank: Teddy & Alice (1987) fictionalises Teddy Roosevelt and his daughter Alice; Frank Rich of the New York Times compared it to a high-school halftime show, and Hank gives it zero teddy bears. (playful) — 00:03:31
  • 2017-08-22 · The Causes of Cholera — recommendation: The description points to New York Times coverage of the outbreak and the unpaid health workers, background on the Yemeni civil war from The Atlantic and Al Jazeera, and says the video's graphs come from Our World in Data, whose Burden of Disease section shows long-term trends in health and disease. — video description
  • 2017-09-19 · Why Cities? — announcement: John is thrilled that Hank is publishing a book next year (2018), An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, with a New York Times article linked below. — 00:03:42
  • 2017-09-26 · Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) — John: The meeting stayed secret for over a year until The New York Times reported it in July 2017. — 00:06:39
  • 2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — recommendation: John points readers to a New York Times story about his own mental illness and the writing of the book, and quotes Booklist's starred review calling it challenging but richly rewarding and his most mature work. — video description
  • 2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — announcement: John: Recording a later insert, John shares generous reviews: the Wall Street Journal called it tender, wise and hopeful, the New York Times wrenching and revelatory; Booklist and SLJ gave starred reviews. — 00:01:04
  • 2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — John: Asked how it feels to have Hank be a published author, John says he is so psyched, so happy and so proud of Hank. — 00:02:38
  • 2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — recommendation: John adds that Jennifer Senior's review of the book in the New York Times was very kind. — video description
  • 2017-11-07 · Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday — announcement: John says the book has been number one on the New York Times bestseller list for three straight weeks, and thanks everybody. — 00:00:38
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John: In a mock-casual aside, John notes that Turtles All the Way Down is in bookstores everywhere and the New York Times just named it one of its favorite books of the year. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • 2017-12-05 · On the Movies — John thanks everyone who has made Turtles All the Way Down a No. 1 New York Times bestseller for seven weeks straight. — 00:03:28
  • 2017-12-22 · Christmas Questions Answered (With Katherine and Hank) — announcement: Hank: Turtles All the Way Down was named a best book of the year by twelve outlets including The New York Times, Time, NPR and Booklist, and is in bookstores. — 00:02:17

2018

  • 2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank is there basically to get booksellers to like his book, which they cannot read yet but which now has a release date: September 25th. (hedged) — 00:00:12
  • 2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank: Not all pre-orders will be signed: John set unrealistic expectations and Hank is bringing them back to reality. (playful) — 00:03:35
  • 2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John says Hank must improve his self-promotion: his video about the book never mentioned its title. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — announcement: John: The book is An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; it comes out September 25th and is available for pre-order now. — 00:00:42
  • 2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John advises that whenever you talk about your new book, even to your spouse or cat, you include the title, the pub date and 'available for pre-order now'. (playful) — 00:00:51
  • 2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John gives the premise: a 23-year-old graphic designer names a ten-foot samurai sculpture Carl in a YouTube video and wakes up famous, as 50 other Carls have appeared worldwide. — 00:01:08
  • 2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John calls it the story of one woman's ascent, or descent, into fame and punditry, and an exploration of how humans behave facing big shared challenges. — 00:01:33
  • 2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John doesn't want to criticize Hank's promo game too much: Hank is a good person who understandably doesn't want to bombard their audience with marketing. — 00:01:45
  • 2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John: Hank has worked on the book for years and people want to know about it; Vlogbrothers shouldn't become a booktube channel about one book, though. — 00:01:58
  • 2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank: Asked how book editing is going, Hank says not great: a busy week, a deadline he may miss, and a lot of stress. (hedged) — 00:01:01
  • 2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — announcement: Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is available for pre-order now and comes out on September 25th. — 00:01:21
  • 2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — announcement: Hank: Signed editions of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing will exist in limited number (not all pre-orders signed): now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, at local bookstores on release, US and Canada only. — 00:03:26
  • 2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John: Besides those books, John wrote half of Will Grayson, Will Grayson and one third of Let It Snow. — 00:00:56
  • 2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: John: Hank is signing 40,000 sheets to be bound into his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which comes out September 25 and is available for pre-order now. — 00:00:51
  • 2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: John: Breaking news mid-video: the first review of Hank's book, a starred review from Kirkus, has just come out. — 00:01:14
  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — announcement: Hank: The main narrator of Hank's audiobook is Kristen Sieh, who was in Orange Is the New Black, The Blacklist and House of Cards. — 00:03:03
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — announcement: Hank says many people have said nice things about his book, but he doesn't feel right reading them aloud, so he had his dad read them from paperboard cards. — 00:01:53
  • 2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John: Paper Towns, a New York Times bestseller, sold about 50,000 copies in its first year; a movie selling 50,000 opening-weekend tickets loses a lot of money, and even 500,000 is usually a failure. — 00:02:02
  • 2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank's book comes out September 25th and is available for pre-order now. — 00:03:20
  • 2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John says Hank's book does not need the sponsorships to excite people: it has glowing starred reviews from Booklist, Library Journal and Kirkus. — 00:02:26
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank shows the final first edition of his book, the version that will be in stores: pretty, beautiful, loved and terrifying. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-09-25 · You Did It! — announcement: John: It is September 25th, so Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is out in the world. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John's favorite word in Hank's book is 'deadpanned', which Hank used exactly once; John wonders if it was a shout-out and it made him happy. — 00:01:20
  • 2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank says his favorite word in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is 'beautiful'. — 00:01:20
  • 2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — announcement: The description says Hank's book is number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. — video description
  • 2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — announcement: Hank says, as Twitter followers may already know, he used part of his book advance to fund independent artists to make art based on the book; the pieces are on his Instagram. — 00:18:56
  • 2018-10-16 · Life's Library — announcement: John announces that Hank's book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. — 00:00:03
  • 2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — John: When Turtles All the Way Down hit 52 consecutive weeks on the NYT bestseller list, John felt happy briefly, then anxious again; weeks later a quiet champagne toast with Sarah brought overwhelming joy and gratitude. — 00:01:56

2019

  • 2019-01-22 · Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow — John says the headlines' 'John Green novel' is not a John Green novel: in 2007 and 2008 he, Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson wrote Let It Snow together. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-01-22 · Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow — John insists Let It Snow is exactly as much Lauren's and Maureen's book as his. — 00:00:58
  • 2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank says readers of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal lack a complex understanding of YouTube just as of Montana: it is not part of their culture. — 00:01:11
  • 2019-04-23 · untitled — John: Hank is sorting through titles for the sequel to his number one New York Times best-selling An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; helping him, John re-realized he is terrible at titles. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-05-07 · How I Read and Why — John has also reviewed great books for the New York Times Book Review, including Eleanor & Park, The Book Thief and The Hunger Games. — 00:00:33
  • 2019-05-07 · How I Read and Why — John: Critics, in the New York Times or on Goodreads, can help us find books that will move us and give us a framework for thinking about them. — 00:01:57
  • 2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — Hank shows the editions of his book in all the languages it has been published in so far, calling them the coolest thing he owns. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-06-11 · Why I Haven't Written a New Book — John is grateful that Turtles All the Way Down was generously received by critics and readers, with reviews in places like The New York Times and The Guardian. — 00:00:45
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: On September 25, 2018, Hank's first novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing was published, and John got to support him at the launch at Town Hall in New York City. — 00:02:53

2020

  • 2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — John: Asked about TikToks about them, John has seen only one, which Sarah sent him today; he jokes he gets his TikTok news from The New York Times. (playful) — 00:03:18
  • 2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — John says he probably won't see any TikToks about himself unless they are reported in The New York Times, where he gets his TikTok news. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:36
  • 2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank is doing a Penguin World's Book Club event on his first book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, with Cat Valente, who he says is amazing. — 00:02:59
  • 2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — announcement: John notes that Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is a New York Times bestseller and congratulates him. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — recommendation: Hank says his publisher has put An Absolutely Remarkable Thing on sale as an ebook for $3, so now is the time to try it. — 00:03:22

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2021

  • 2021-06-18 · QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! — The description lists the 14 events: John won push-ups, horseshoes, LaCroix chug, big rock toss, NYT Mini crossword, cookie mouth and cup stacking; Hank won sprint, frisbee knock, rock skipping, kayak race, fishing game, marshmallow toss and collage art. — video description
  • 2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — In a comment John thanks viewers: The Anthropocene Reviewed just had its fourth week on the New York Times bestseller list. — creator comment
  • 2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — announcement: The description says The Anthropocene Reviewed book has just celebrated its fifth week on the New York Times bestseller list, and thanks readers. — video description
  • 2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — announcement: John, who writes about his life and mental health especially in The Anthropocene Reviewed book, thanks viewers: it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for seven consecutive weeks. — 00:01:59
  • 2021-07-20 · Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews — John says The Anthropocene Reviewed, essays reviewing facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale, has been on the New York Times bestseller list for eight consecutive weeks. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — Hank saw a New York Times tweet being shouted about on Twitter and quote-tweeted the article, saying he didn't know why people were upset: would you rather not know at all? — 00:00:00
  • 2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — Hank: The New York Times tweet states that, according to a 2018 study, an organic cotton tote must be used 20,000 times to offset the overall impact of its production, equal to daily use for 54 years. — 00:00:04
  • 2021-08-27 · Is it Better Not to Know? — Hank cites the claim that a cotton tote bag might have a larger environmental impact than 50,000 plastic bags, information he thinks he should have access to. (hedged) — 00:00:22

2022

  • 2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower was not among the 1990s' bestselling science fiction and fantasy, and made the New York Times bestseller list only 27 years after publication and 14 years after her death. — 00:01:27

2023

  • 2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank says that in August 2019 The New York Times ran an article saying Section 230 shields hate speech online, then corrected it the same day: the First Amendment protects it. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-03-03 · The Law That Made the Internet — Hank finds the error kind of funny and also not, given the long history of people misunderstanding Section 230. — 00:00:24
  • 2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — Hank gives The New York Times an A: it calls him a novelist and YouTube star, says treatable cancer without scare quotes, and spends two paragraphs on his books. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2023-11-07 · NaFaDoYBIMSCoM — recommendation: The description points TB fighters to a New York Times piece that references the brothers' work and progress against tuberculosis, and how far there is to go. — video description
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank: After selling VidCon and a successful book, Hank realized he didn't enjoy a much more expensive lifestyle and didn't need money. — 00:02:07

2024

  • 2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door — announcement: Hank shows the new German edition of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, out this week (week of 15 April 2024), asks viewers to tell their German friends, and thanks his German publisher for continuing to give the book life. — 00:01:56
  • 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
  • 2024-05-17 · John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!! — sponsor: The description jokes that if the New York Times Company would like to sponsor further videos like this, it should email hankandjohn@gmail.com. (playful) — video description
  • 2024-05-17 · John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!! — Hank sets up the New York Times games race: Wordle, Connections and the Mini, with the winner decided by who first finds the pangram in Spelling Bee. — 00:01:04
  • 2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank reads that the New York Times lawsuit seeks billions in damages from OpenAI for unlawful copying and calls for destroying models and training data using Times material. — 00:08:24
  • 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — Hank notes John was in the New York Times, in an article titled Can John Green Make You Care About Tuberculosis? — 00:00:29
  • 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — John says it was cool to see the word nerdfighters in the article's subhead in the New York Times. — 00:00:29
  • 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — ask: John: Hank points to the description for P4A art, the Vlogbrothers grant and the New York Times article; John adds a link to pre-order his new book. — 00:09:20

2025

2026

  • 2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — announcement: John says there have been many lovely reviews; The New York Times was kind, saying he writes with radiant empathy and devastatingly apt metaphors. — 00:00:32