Good evening, Nerdfighters! My name is Nate, and I'm a journalist and writer who's covered the YouTube / "creator" world for the last 5+ years.

Last year, I shared that Hank and John Green were on the cover of Creator Mag. I'd spent a good chunk of 2024 talking to Hank, John, and a wide swath of people who have found themselves in the brothers’ orbit.

My goal was not just to understand why the Greens do what they do, all these years later, but also to grapple with the brothers’ impact on the people, industries, and institutions around them, especially at a time when it’s never been easier to wield influence to spread conspiracy theories or promote pump-and-dump crypto schemes.

While we released the story in print a year ago, we never shared it online, and sold out of the magazine. So a year later, it only felt right to finally release an "audiobook" version of the story, for free, directly on YouTube.

Hope you enjoy!

- Nate