John is named to the Time 100 and goes to its party in New York (2014)
story · status: told 3×, last update 2024 · last event: retold (2024-10-01)
In April 2014 Time named John one of the 100 most influential people and he flew to New York for its party. A year later he was off the list but still went to the gala, and in 2024 he recalled the honour as part of his improbable rise.
About: Time, Time 100, New York City
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-29 | told | John tells Hank that Time named him one of the 100 most influential people and that he is flying to New York for its party. | Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club 00:00:04 |
| 2015-04-21 | update | John and Sarah are flying to the Time 100 gala; John is not on the list this year (2015) but snagged an invite to the party. (playful) | A Stunning Turn of Events 00:01:09 |
| 2015-04-21 | retold | John recalls being on the Time 100 list last year (2014) and often having to explain why at last year's (2014) gala. (playful) | A Stunning Turn of Events 00:01:25 |
| 2024-10-01 | retold | John improbably reached the top: Saturday Night Live mocked his book in a sketch, Time named him one of the world's most influential people, and a studio executive said he was blowing up. | On Fame and Chappell Roan 00:00:58 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2014-04-29 · Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club — John says Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world, so he is going to New York for its party. — 00:00:04
- 2014-04-29 · Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club — John calls it an unearned honor: he can name several thousand more influential people who did not make the Time 100, such as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laverne Cox and Ai Weiwei. — 00:00:13
- 2014-04-29 · Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club — John says he is delighted and honored to have been included anyway and gets to go to the party with others on the Time 100. — 00:00:45
- 2014-04-29 · Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club — John: Time called John a 'teen whisperer'; he jokes that what teens love to talk about is Pulitzer-winning nonfiction about people in a Mumbai slum. (playful) — 00:01:02
- 2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John and Sarah are flying to a gala celebrating the Time 100, Time magazine's list of the most important people; he jokes that 'gala' has two accepted pronunciations. (playful) — 00:01:09
- 2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John was on the Time 100 list last year (2014); this year (2015) he has declined in importance and is off the list but got an invite to the party, which he says delights him. (playful) — 00:01:25