Every single time I get to sit down with John (which is really, really rare over our 14 years together on RU-vid) I get so excited. I hope y'all enjoy this one as much as I enjoyed filming it.
Love it. I really enjoy your conversations with your podcast folks. I get to learn more about people I am a fan of and you are REALLY good at this. Thank you for all you do Phil!
Hey, thanks for the shout out, John. Can you two please just continue this excellent convo until the fog clears in 2021? Or at least until our pre-order of The Anthropocene Reviewed book arrives? Thanks.
John and Hank are Good Humans™ and are wealthy enough to buy fancy houses and fancy cars but they’re too busy trying to solve problems like literacy and maternal mortality and organizing their charity and stuff. Been around since the B2.0 days and I’m still so freaking proud of what they’ve built. ♡
@@TMParrish2011 Same. I'm very glad that of all the online communities I could have fallen into at an impressionable age, it was Nerdfighteria. And Hank and John have continued to be positive influences into adulthood. Extremely grateful for them.
Yes! I’ve been through a lot of cringey phases in my life, and like 90% of the time I’m a bit embarrassed about all the things I used to be obsessed with. But John & Hank have really held up. They’re really just solid guys.
John Green, famous and incredible author/Essayist, running a D&D club for his Son and friends, while also doing nature walks with his daughter, thats some A+ parenting. Also shoutout to Sarah Urist Green (John's Wife) too! Check out the Art Assignment and her book! :D
The moment when John said “I knew he loved me all the way down” literally made me cry from how true and important it was. Thank you both for an excellent conversation.
When he was talking about being energized by a conversation I felt that. I'm an introvert and my country is opening back up seeing and talking to people again is weird, I keep forgeting I'm not on a video call and can't just mute myself.
My teacher back in Middle School would use John's Crash Course at least once a week. I'm 23 now and every now and then still pop on a video. Crash Course is a part of my Childhood that'll never let go. Thank you, John.
Cue me tearing up when John spoke about his dad crying with him after the middle school dance. That is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.
It's incredible watching two of my favorite, old school youtubers sit down and chat. Both of you are incredible and it feels like a gift getting to hear the two of you chat
Listening to the podcast while working on activities for my students, I started thinking on what did John and Phil taught me since the beginning back in 2007. Thank you John for teaching me how to be a better sister, and how to value sisterhood and when I think of them I see how you and Hank influenced that. Phil thank you for giving me the capacity and ability to think for myself, listen to others, have an opinion. And both, thank you for making me feel less alone and talk about mental health without shame and having honest conversations. I feel part of nerdfighteria and the bastards even thousand of miles (Km where I live) away. Love all the way from Uruguay!
37:25 - "What I learned holding up these shields for so long, is that they were ways of trying to protect myself from the reality/depth of experience... & In that sense they were wasted uses of my attention, because what I really want to be is alive to the experiences that are out there... & So I'm still trying to put down those shields, and feel things/be open to things" - Beautifully said John... Gosh I can relate 🌹🌈🔆
30:30 That is just so precious. Thank you for this episode. Conversations like these are so important to have because they open our minds to the most delicate thoughts other people have. It makes us realize that we aren't alone in having these vulnerabilities, and that is just such a comforting thing to know. Also, to see it being put into words so beautifully was honestly so refreshing. Thank you.
I cried when John told the story about crying with his father after being bullied at a middle school dance 😭 so sweet, I want to be like that as a parent
The Green brothers are the perfect people to keep up with if you have any desire of pursuing a career in "social media". It's probably more responsibility than they'd like to assume, and that's honestly just another reason to admire them. Phil too! But the Green brothers have such a clear, honest way of putting you in their shoes, & like Phil even points out they've accomplished SO MUCH.
The fact that John thinks that 3.5 years is "significantly older" than Hank is hilarious. This is the first time I've heard what their actual age difference is and this whole time I assumed they were 10 years apart. My sister and I are 4 years apart and we spent the majority of elementary school doing EVERYTHING together 😂
John saying, “So have I,” in response to Phil saying that he used to off and on be an asshole when he was younger, is the cutest, most unbelievable part of the conversation.
Wow... I've thought Paper Towns was John's first novel for years... Had no idea he was already an author before his RU-vid days... & I've been watching VlogBrothers on & off since 2008 :-p
I remember that VidCon conflict event, I was backstage with John and a few other friends at the time (or very soon after it had gone down, I don't remember exactly) It was year 3 of VidCon and the first year we were at the Convention Center (rather than the hotel of the first two years) I remember us not having any alcohol backstage that year because we just didn't have the money for it so I went to the hotel bar and bought us all a few beers to calm down the nerves. I also remember John's phone being almost dead at the time (like 1% battery) so he couldn't tweet nasty things that he wanted to, which was probably a good thing. We calmed down and one of the people in the room let John borrow their phone to call his wife to REALLY calm down and recenter himself for the rest of the weekend. That was a very stressful year in general.
John and Hank green have accomplished so much: Both have written book. Vlogbrothers channel. Crash Course channel. PBS Eons channel. Sci Show channel. Sci Show Space channel. Sci Show Psyche channel. Art Assignment channel. Health Care Triage channel. VidCon. DFTBA. Awesome Socks Club. 2d glasses. Hank and John Podcast. Anthropocene Reviewed podcast. Project for Awesome. And three of John’s books have become movies and one has become a fantastic Hulu mini series. I’m in awe at everything they do.
Fucking hell, I thought I might manage to go to bed somewhat early today, but I think I have to watch this whole thing right now (it's 10.30 pm here in Germany right now...)
OCD in this pandemic in the middle of a rural area that adores Trump and doesn't believe in the pandemic is about the most toxic environment I've ever been in. It is devastating and depressing. It is also exhausting.
hey just so you guys have hope: when I (afab) moved back in with my parents at 24, I was getting off work around 9 or 10pm, and when i came home my parents were winding down in bed: I would about 3-4 times a week crawl into their bed to pester and cuddle them. so if you do physical parental affection right the cuddles may come back!
I honestly can't wrap my head around how they accomplish what they do. I get that they have help, but still ... It's a bit insane the number of things they are involved in.
Solution for Social Media: Real I.D. Make it so all the major platforms are legally bound to verify every user's identity. The user can have a different name that get's shown to the world, but the media company knows who is behind that name and can make that identity available to the authorities if necessary. Or the media company can hold the user accountable for lesser, Terms of Service - related infractions by banning them and not allowing them to simply create a new account.
Y'know it might be because I'm a girl and kinda clingy but I'm 20 and I still cuddle my mom and brothers a lot (not my dad because he's an emotionally constipated middle eastern man) so don't be too sad just yet I think y'all have quite a bit of time before your kids don't wanna cuddle you anymore. Also, just a tip, most of the time the kids are waiting for their parents to initiate because they feel too awkward and "too old" to do things like cuddling and saying 'I love you'.
Check out his podcast, the Anthropocene Reviewed (if you don't listen already). Googling Strangers is particularly powerful, but, for me, each episode is very high quality.
General optimism? Maybe he shows this side more in his podcasts with Hank, but to me John seems PRETTY pessimistic. I've heard him talk about how all of human society and the planet is going to die out, how he doesn't think we'll still be around in 500 years, how nothing matters because of oblivion... Idk, maybe I'm misinterpreting him, but I do remember feeling really down after listening to that lmao. Maybe he's more optimistic now, that's definitely what I need in my life rn.
@@ellap6828 he kind of swings between optimism and pessimism. I think his pessimism is sometimes a little tongue-in-cheek, or perhaps using dry humor as a way he softens the intensity. But he does often talk about his hope for the world and how life is meaningful.
@@itsmekatiep Agreed. A lot of people conflate optimism with constant happiness. This is what optimism looks like in someone who is neurodivergent. I have been a fan of his for years and years and he has fantastic emotional intelligence and he has talked about the realities of really difficult situations and his reflections always end on a hopeful optimistic note.
They are actually only 2.5 years apart. I don't know how long John has been saying 3.5 years for, but he's wrong. He's said that he's bad at math, but this is just too funny. I mean, they are 3 grades apart, but less than 3 years.
@@alwayzjello honestly me too. My sister is two years too but me and my family said she’s still 8 for the longest time we genuinely have to stop and think how old she is
Always interesting to see how similar John speaks in his edited vlogbrothers videos as he does in an unedited podcast. His story about how his dad cried @32:19 made me tear up
That makes me wonder if Henry and Alice's teachers ever use Crash Course? I would feel so odd being like, "Alright kids, for the rest of class time we're gonna be watching Henry's uncle!"
@@dasha_ucko Oh, for sure. I'd never do that if one of my students were in that position. If anything, I'd be more nervous about what mom and dad thought of my teaching!
@@DFTBA221B Yeah, imagine all the pressure having a kid's parents be some of the smartest people on earth. Considering how much money they have though, they probably go to a private school with great teachers.
"He loves me all the way down"... what a sweet, moving story.... and also such a John Green way of stating something.... Turtles All The Way Down anyone? ;)
“The idea of disappointing my parents guts me” -John green “The realization that as a parent I just want to take away pain from my children”-John green
I get the sense that John is an empath, and he carries a lot of the weight of the worries and burdens of the world around him. I feel like his heart is heavy.
