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I can't believe I keep getting older and NEW THINGS KEEP HAPPENING TO ME! The vertigo is almost entirely gone though I still get little reminders, especially right when I get up in the morning.

In which John talks about his Catholic Engaged Encounter and hope as a decision.

Anyone who is out here trying to make people more comfortable with the injustice of their world by convincing them that their lives are worth more than the lives of other people should be ostracized.

In which John talks about Cheyenne, Wyoming and how his understanding of art is evolving.

In which John Green finds himself rereading a zombie apocalypse novella he wrote 16 years ago.

Oh man! I am SO SLEEPY!! Thank you to the cool people who came up to say hi to me at the airport. Very glad to be headed home and I apologize that I cannot tell you about the thing I was doing in London!!

In which John doesn't know how to effectively participate in an information distribution system that values attention over accuracy.

In which John thinks about his 35 year friendship with Sean and Daniel, and the new project that emerged from it.

In which John discusses risk-taking, who we bet on, and how that shapes the world we end up sharing.

This has been straight up BUGGING me!! Perhaps I did not do a full research review and there is better data out there somewhere, but this would be an amazing science fact and also very interesting to track across time! There's no doubt I currently know a historically humongous number of names, but then...how high? How high could it go? How many names does Ken Jennings know? I feel like I could definitely get him to take the test. THIS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE FUN!?!?

In which John is not actually here because he's actually in Washington so he reviews the contents of the bag he's kept random stuff in since middle school. Featuring early vlogbrothers lore, my childhood report cards, and much more.

I don't think people don't create when they don't feel safe, but I do think they create very differently....and often worse.

In which John visits Capitol Hill and is repeatedly asked whether his brother is running for Congress in Montana.

In which John discusses five separate issues, including the meaning of pain, the relationship between shingles and tuberculosis, the playing of video games for AFC Wimbledon's benefit, the sacral vertebrae, and Keats and Co.'s delicious coffee and tea.

Thank you very much to all of the people who have helped to develop, distribute, and support the vaccines both for chickenpox and shingles! I'm so happy that I am in the last generation for whom this will be normal.

In which John discusses how the french revolution, panda express, my chemical romance, and mountain goats are all tuberculosis.

I just think it's nice that we weren't like "Oh, good, more content" we were like "Oh, I know what to call this...it's slop."

In which John discuses his forthcoming book Hollywood, Ending, his first novel since 2017 and first novel ever for adults.

In which John celebrates a major milestone for the Maternal Center of Excellence.

I'm terrified of my new glasses. I can't even tell you what holds me back, I think a large portion is comfort, but I think another large portion is simply, "I don't think it matters that much...I will not suffer for denying myself this benefit" BUT LITERALLY I WILL!!!!

In which John visits Koidu Government Hospital and sees the Maternal Center of Excellence for the first time. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. It is the proudest day in my 19 years as a vlogbrother.

In which John Green extolls the many virtues of his brother Hank Green.

In which John discusses the way that memory lies.

Congrats to the P4A 2026 Grant Recipients!!

Watching Buzzfeed and Vox be sold this week has been kinda wild for me. I mean, not that I think either of those sales are bad. I hope lots of good things come out of them. I just...I'm glad we did it a different way so that we could focus on different things.

In which John corrects the record from Hank's clickbait.

In which John discusses Andy Warhol, the repetition of horrifying images, and the rendering of three dimensional experience into a crisp two dimensions

THE MEN'S WORLD CUP IS COMING! This video exists to introduce you to every national team participating in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and gives you one sentence about each team that you can repeat to sound relatively well-informed. Happy World Cup, despite the FIFA.

I do not know how this happened but I simply forgot to upload this video yesterday! There was a lot going on in the household!!!

In which John gets to share the cover of his new book Hollywood, Ending.

In which John and Hank reunited in a very small room on a French barge to discuss their parents' fiftieth anniversary, the men's world cup, football songs, and Christian Pulisic scoring with his ... foot.

Happy 50th Anniversary to Mama and Papa Green!

In which John considers the role of authorial intention and biography in novels, and whether the author can ever be exorcised from the novel, in the context of Roland Barthes' famous 1967 essay "The Death of the Author."

Thanks to everyone for all of the very very very very very goofy good fun. And thanks to Tuna for editing this and, of course, all of the donors.