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Death, Sex & Money

John Green Thinks Adulthood is Underrated

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

YA author John Green has built his career on his ability to connect with young fans—but in his own lowest moments, the isolation he's felt has been all-consuming. Subscribe to our weekly email newsletter! Every Wednesday we send out podcast listening recommendations, fascinating letters from our inbox and updates from the show. Sign up at deathsexmoney.org/newsletter. And follow the show on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Got a story to share? Email us any time at deathsexmoney@wnyc.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Have you always been comfortable talking to people who are not your age?

0:04.0

I've always been comfortable talking to, well, I don't know how to answer that question, honestly.

0:14.0

I've never felt like I'm particularly good at talking to anyone.

0:18.0

I guess is the answer.

0:20.0

This is death, and money.

0:25.0

I like you and I like hanging out with you.

0:28.0

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

0:31.0

You know I have to pay now.

0:32.0

I know you're good for it and

0:33.5

need to talk about more. I just killed my best friend. You're your worst enemy.

0:38.8

I'm Anna Sale. Author at John Green is 41, but he's built a career on his ability to connect with

0:48.9

teenagers. His best-known young adult novel is The Fault in Our Stars, a story about two teens, both dying of cancer, who fall in love.

0:58.0

But even before that book came out, he had a huge following of teenagers online.

1:03.4

He reaches them where they already spend a lot of time

1:06.3

on YouTube.

1:07.2

Good morning, Hank.

1:07.8

It's Wednesday, August 31st.

1:10.0

Back in 2007, he and his brother Hank started an experiment where they posted weekly videos for each other,

1:16.5

and soon other people began to watch too. Now more than a million people subscribe to their channel, many of them teenage

1:23.9

fans looking for advice and a sense of community.

1:27.0

So hang I want to address the people who have recently ended or will soon end

1:29.9

their formal education and enter what is known as the real world.

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