438: The 2014 Episode

Hank Green· Host0:00

[upbeat music] You're listening to a Complexly podcast. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Dear Hank & John.

John Green· Host0:12

Or as I prefer to think of it, Dear John & Hank.

Hank Green· Host0:15

It's a podcast where two brothers answer your questions, give you the best advice, and bring you all the week's news from both Mars and AFC Wimbledon. John, I once heard about two communists who were sitting on the beach- Hmm ... uh, uh, at a nudist colony.

John Green· Host0:28

Whoa!

Hank Green· Host0:28

And, and one of them says to the other, "Have you read Marx?" And the other said, "Yes, it's these dang wicker chairs."

John Green· Host0:36

[laughing] Well, see, that's a good dad joke, Hank. That got me.

Hank Green· Host0:42

[laughing] [laughing] God.

John Green· Host0:44

So listen, Hank, are we actually gonna do this thing? Are we actually gonna put aside the entire, the entire shtick of this podcast to answer one question: what happened to John in 2014?

Hank Green· Host0:55

I think, sure. Look, I, I forgot about this promise that we made, and I'm glad that you remembered. I am not prepared, but I, I have been talking about it with my therapist, so- I was gonna say, haven't you spent 12 years preparing? [laughing] It's funny, I finally, after, after a long time of working with my therapist, I finally was like, "There's probably something you should know." [laughing] And it was a really weird conversation!

John Green· Host1:21

[laughing] Okay, so tell me... Let's start there. Let's start with, what was the conversation? How did you explain 2014 to your therapist?

Hank Green· Host1:28

I mean, she doesn't know