451: We’re Synced, Baby!
5/6/202641 min
Do Americans not like trains? What do I do with all my files? How can I make camp memorable? What happened to my town’s clouds? When did the concept of a weekend start? …Hank and John Green have answers!
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First 90 secondsHank Green· Host0:00
[reeling sound] You're listening to a Complexly podcast. [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Dear Hank and John.
John Green· Host0:12
Or as I prefer to think of it, Dear John and Hank.
Hank Green· Host0:14
It's a podcast where two brothers answer your questions, give you dubious advice, and bring you all the week's news from both Mars and AFC Wimbledon. John, recently, Orin looked up at me and he said, "Can I have a bookmark?"
John Green· Host0:25
Hmm.
Hank Green· Host0:26
And which is lovely. I love that he loves books, but he still does not know m- that my name is Hank, which is hard.
John Green· Host0:32
Har, har, har.
Hank Green· Host0:34
[laughs] How are y- uh, John, you recently have returned, not as of the listening, but as of the recording- Yeah ... from Sierra Leone. How you doing?
John Green· Host0:42
I got back yesterday. Uh, I'm tired. I'm, I'm quite tired. I, I was supposed to have- Yeah ... a day with nothing scheduled- Hmm ... but then you insisted on recording this podcast, so I'm trying to be- Did I do that? You did. It's okay. I'm not mad. I'm excited to talk with you. I loved seeing the Paul Farmer Maternal Center of Excellence at Koidu Government Hospital. It was one of the most amazing- Yeah ... experiences I've had as a vlog brother, as a person. It was just, it was incredible. It was really spectacular, and made me very, very, uh, grateful and overwhelmed. That said, like, the scope of need in the Kono District is hard to get your head around, you know?
Hank Green· Host1:27
Hmm.
John Green· Host1:27
I mean, I was with, uh,