61. John Green: The Fault in Our Birbiglias

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In addition to his new hit book “The Anthropocene Reviewed,” John Green has written several novels that have debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list including “The Fault in Our Stars” which was adapted into an indie blockbuster with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, and featuring Mike in the role of Patrick the youth pastor. Mike and John recount meeting each other on the set of the movie and in the slow round John recalls getting a banana smushed in his face in 4th grade. John helps Mike work new out jokes and they end up in a rabbit hole of summer camp nostalgia. John also becomes the first guest to try to place his own Jack Antonoff music sting. Please consider contributing to: Partners in Health Check out Mike's tour dates at: Birbigs.com

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0:00.0	I remember after I had sold my first book, I went to New York and met my editor for the
0:09.1	first time in real life.
0:11.4	And she said, would you like to write another book?
0:14.4	And I said, yes.
0:15.4	And she said, what are your goals for your first book?
0:17.0	And I said, my goal for my first book is that it does well enough that you'll let me
0:21.8	write a second book.
0:29.2	That was the voice of John Green who is a multiple New York Times number one best-selling author,
0:35.1	YouTube creator and podcaster.
0:38.2	His novel, the Fault in Our Stars, was a runaway sensation that was made into a film that
0:42.9	was also number one of the box office that I actually played a small role.
0:48.0	I was Patrick the youth pastor.
0:50.6	His recent book is a number one New York Times best-seller as well called The Anthropocene
0:56.0	Reviewed, which I love. I actually listened to the audiobook because he reads it himself.
1:01.1	He's got a great voice and it's a great, great book.
1:06.0	This is working it out.
1:07.0	Oh, I might be big.
1:08.0	I forgot to mention that.
1:10.0	And I should point out that I have some really, really exciting tour dates coming up.
1:14.6	The tour has been a blast in the month of January.
1:18.5	I'll be in Berkeley at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, which is gorgeous.
1:22.6	You're anywhere near the Bay Area. You got to come check that out.
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