Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed

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This video features an episode of the podcast "The Anthropocene Reviewed" in which John Green discusses his friendship with the writer Amy Krouse Rosenthal and the long, winding history of "Auld Lang Syne," which has become the world's New Year's Eve song.
The clip at the end is from this video about Amy's 8/8/08 gathering: • The Beckoning of Lovel...
This episode of the podcast was edited by Stan Muller, mixed by Joe Plourde, and scored by Hannis Brown. Jenny Lawton and Rosianna Halse Rojas produced.
The video is of water flowing in the White River, which flows southwest from Indianapolis into the Wabash River, and then into the Mississippi River, where it will meet with water that flowed from the Chicago River to the Des Plains River to the Illinois River and then to the Mississippi. In this way, the river that flowed near Amy's neighborhood will meet with the river that flowed through my neighborhood, which is something I think about sometimes when I feel very lonely.
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[@vlogbrothers]

Hi. Surprise video. Happy New Year. If you enjoy the video, please share it. Some things: Learn about the Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation: www.amykrouserosenthalfoundation.org/ The Anthropocene Reviewed book is available for preorder. Every copy of the first printing is signed: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672554/the-anthropocene-reviewed-signed-edition-by-john-green/ The clip at the end is from this video about Amy's 8/8/08 gathering: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoK5goaQdp6tic0 This episode of the podcast was edited by Stan Muller, mixed by Joe Plourde, and scored by Hannis Brown. Jenny Lawton and Rosianna Halse Rojas produced. The video is of water flowing in the White River, which flows southwest from Indianapolis into the Wabash River, and then into the Mississippi River, where it will meet with water that flowed from the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River to the Illinois River and then to the Mississippi. In this way, the river that flowed near Amy's neighborhood will meet with the river that flowed through my neighborhood, which is something I think about sometimes when I feel very lonely. -John

[@baxterbunny4403]

#StopSISEA

[@EEETH37]

Des Plaines* River. I'm only being pedantic since I live near it lol. Love the podcast/video

[@xadian101]

Is their any way of preordering the book from europe?

[@baxterbunny4403]

@@EEETH37 #StopSISEA

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@@xadian101 #StopSISEA

[@xadian101]

It somehow seems fitting to end this year in tears while uttering the words "We're here"

[@Zeyev]

I wondered if anyone else cried - a lot - during this video. Thanks.

[@MarvelousNysa]

At least we're all crying together

[@gitchy42]

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[@TheNightwalker247]

This cracked me the first time i heard it. Now it has johns story attached to it emotionally.

[@TerenceClark]

@@Zeyev I had to pull over and stop driving because I couldn't see through the tears.

[@jasmeenmalhotra2225]

"The rare present tense sentence that, once it becomes true, remains true forever." That sentence is so heart-stoppingly poignant. It makes one feel so lonely in this vast empty universe of time.

[@alexandracaswell7561]

Me too! It was my favorite part

[@MayaFarrugia]

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[@dustinhaas8538]

I loved this line so much that I recently plagiarized it in one of my journals that we read out loud in rehab. I was going to give him credit in it but I felt at the time that it would pull listeners out of the moment. I still kind of regret it, not going to put it in my 4th step or anything, but yeah.

[@TheDarkMessiah]

"tf, a 21 minute video..." John: Hello and welcome to the Anhtropocene Reviewed. "Oh! okay, then"

[@kqs3865]

I thought exactly the same thing!

[@cecisaia]

Oh my. I remember crying on a train listening to the original episode on the podcast one year ago. One. Year. Ago. Feels more life a lifetime ago now, but it hits home so much more. Happy New Year, everyone.

[@N3rdfightermom]

Happy New Year, Ceci!

[@SylviaRustyFae]

All of this; same... Especially as in this last yr I lost a loved one to cancer and now so much hits more than it did before

[@martinasophiaisaksen3034]

Happy new year

[@vincent-of-the-bog]

I remember almost crying to this while walking on a busy street, probably slightly after New Year's. I remember trying to hum along (and not be conspicuous.) Happy New Year, may you all persevere.

[@graceoartyo]

i remember crying to this in an airport, waiting for the plane to board to go home from visiting my family for christmas

[@Kate-et5kn]

This is like the best kind of surprise.

[@betsyphillips6649]

You did not let her down. You stood there. And probably made her laugh.

[@niko_oliveira]

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[@jillians9921]

I agree :)

[@CJonestheSteam72]

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[@jeka8826]

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[@moniquesmits3148]

It’s 32 minutes into 2021 here in Australia, I can’t sleep, this video is already somehow helping. Happy new year everyone.

[@lauramadson]

Well happy new year! This should be in time i think.....

[@namgaychoden9717]

Happy New Year Monique🎊🎉💜

[@vlogbrothers]

Happy New Year. -John

[@DanielMac1052]

I am also an Australian and I literally use this Ep of the anthropocene reviewed to fall asleep, Happy new year!

[@Mine-jm9sq]

Happy new year.🎉 For me it's more then 8 hours till midnight and it's weird to think about the fact that it's already 2021 for so many people.

[@graceohanrahan2865]

John Green just out here pulling emotions out of me that I didn't even know existed.

[@davetoms1]

John can do that so well, can't he?

[@MrDumpydoop]

Hi John, in case you ever see this I just want to say that this Anthro Reviewed episode kinda changed my life when I heard it last year and I listen to it about every month. I’m sincerely, sincerely grateful to you for all of your work and especially for your celebration of humanity in this piece.

[@vlogbrothers]

Thanks, Carter. It means a lot to know that it's something you feel like is worth revisiting. -John

[@maleknecibi]

I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I'm just the same. Both this episode, and also Googling Strangers. The last few lines of that episode always get me: alive alive alive I don't message him. I don't friend him. I let him be.

[@amanatee27]

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[@l.paigebowser7769]

@@maleknecibi This episode both broke me and yet somehow fixes something deep every time I listen. To Auld Lang Syne.

[@uhermuh]

@@maleknecibi that Googling Strangers episode destroyed me, i was a wreck for a good few days after listening to it haha

[@JenskiC]

I remember listening to this when the podcast came out and feeling emotional but now it feels even more poignant. This year has been so tough for everyone with the *gestures broadly*, and as a fellow OCD sufferer it was tough, I ended up getting inpatient treatment for 10 weeks. But I'm stood here in my kitchen in the UK singing along with John and it reminds me of how this community makes me feel not alone in this crazy world. Thanks John, Hank and all you lovely Nerdfighters, I hope 2021 brings more light to you all x

[@vlogbrothers]

Glad you're here. Here's to 2021! -John

[@N3rdfightermom]

@Jen Hughes Happy New Year! I don't know you, but I love you.

[@EvaHoHoHo]

[@Efflorescentey]

We’re here.

[@mariannetfinches]

I hope 2021 is kinder to you. Congratulations getting through 2020!

[@iwillworkharder]

I listened to this as I was driving back from my shift at the hospital where I've worked on a COVID unit since what feels like time immemorial but has actually been since October. I got COVID from working on that unit, and I am this year missing my parents' astounding New Year's party where every year I sing Auld Lang Syne with the community I was raised in. But despite that, I really want to go to work tonight to ring in the end of this year with the nurses I've worked alongside for this whole of 2020. Because we're here.

[@N3rdfightermom]

Thank you for your hard work, dedication, and sacrifice. I am so glad you are here. Happy New Year.

[@toastypuffgoodness]

God your comment hit home. Thank you for your service! My mom also got COVID from working her hospital's unit. It's been a scary month but we're still here. Here's hoping we celebrate with everyone next year!

[@ayapotato7429]

Happy New Year! Thank you for everything!

[@graceoartyo]

thank you so much for the important work you do!

[@ThatllShowEm]

Thank you for everything! So many people are still here today, because you're there. ❤️

[@BillyKangas]

"Don't just do something... Stand there." This is possibly the most important advise you've shared with me. Thank you.

[@boscorner]

I heard it in a much older vlogbrorhers video in 2010 or 2011 and it hit me hard too and still is extremely important to me

[@ceciliaaaxiful]

Just quietly sobbing listening to this while trying to do my NYE makeup

[@jasmeenmalhotra2225]

Just quietly sobbing as I try to make the NYE cake for the kids. Nobody wants tears in cake batter

[@adambennett805]

for a zoom party i hope :p

[@e4mi]

SAME ahhhh

[@N3rdfightermom]

@@jasmeenmalhotra2225 just decrease the amount of salt you add. Happy New Year.

[@kdcthelioness]

We are here. (I'm also crying over this.)

[@1111puppyface]

Miraculously, at 17:50, and old friend I’ve been missing for months called me. There is still hope, because we’re here.

[@Nicole-zy4vb]

A couple of times in any given year I become overwhelmed with joy and awe about living. Just being alive. It happened this spring on a bike ride when I saw my favorite flowers blooming for the first this season. These astonishing poppies that grow to be the size of dinner plates, their stalks average 5 ft. in height, they are wonderful. I had to pull over just to sob and sit with the idea that I got to be here, with them, another year. It usually ends in a lot of nostalgia and a kind of sadness about the people that have poured their love in to me over my lifetime and I didn't really connect those things until today, when it happened again while listening to this episode on an early beach walk. I just turned 27, I'm finishing graduate school this year, and I'm here. We're here, because we're here. This is a lovely tribute to Amy, and to love. I'm so happy to be on the planet at the same time as you, a stranger, helping me to grow and feel and love into adulthood.

[@1111puppyface]

This was beautifully stated, I think I know the feeling

[@vlogbrothers]

This was beautifully written. Thank you. -John

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

That's the beautiful thing about flowers. They're here.

[@IrisMobiel]

This comment really touches me. I've been reading it over and over for the past few minutes. Thank you

[@TomorrowStudios]

Im a year late, but I still thought you should be reminded about the beautifully written comment you made. I don't know who you were when you wrote this, but I hope the person you are now still has those moments of joy and awe.

[@sarahannehansen4108]

I thought I was going to end this last day of the worst year sobbing while thinking about losing my dad this year. Instead I'm starting the last day of another year sobbing what has been lost and found throughout human history, including my dad.

[@N3rdfightermom]

I am so sorry for your loss. I don't know you, but I am sending my love to you and your family. Happy New Year.

[@sarahannehansen4108]

@@N3rdfightermom thank you. I can't adequately express how much that means to me!

[@nadiasferragatta7298]

“...love will survive even though we will not” Our sons of 16 and 19 and I, have just lost our beloved father and husband

[@patricksimpson1725]

This is probably my favorite Anthropocene Reviewed episode, and that's saying a lot.

[@emilytopham5069]

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[@johnchessant3012]

My roommate just walked in to see me singing/shrieking "we're here because we're here" while sobbing uncontrollably. I regret nothing.

[@CubingThroughLife]

This 100% what I need right now

[@OracleAnne]

Back in 2017, I saw John and Hank on their tour for Turtles All The Way Down. My best friend had died in an accident about a month before, and when John told this story about Auld Lang Syne and has us all sing, I couldn’t get any words out bc I was crying so hard. I needed something to remind me that while she was gone, I was still here. I was still breathing. Though there was and is no rhyme or reason to life or death, we were here together. After this year, I needed to cry and hear it again. Thank you for being you, John.

[@thebejeweledwitch]

On this cold, drizzly morning on the last day of a year that has kept me away from all my family and friends, and claimed the hope and lives of so many, it's wonderfully cathartic to sing "We're here because we're here... Because we're here... " With John Green. To let some of this grief, fear, and anxiety fall out of me through tears and just Be Here for a minute and be grateful for that. Thank you, John.

[@Zeyev]

Thanks for the memory - and the tears. While I am living with cancers, my sister is dying with one. It is a challenge. I am reminded of the Hebrew rod "hineni" that means "I am here" in both the physical and mental arenas. A powerful concept. I think you also mean both when you sing the new lyrics.

[@yaelmorin9017]

thank you for sharing this. may your sister's passing be easy and full of love, and may life after her be warm and full of memories. i learned the word "hineni" from Leonard Cohen's "You Want It Darker" -- it came out near the end of his life, but i didn't hear it until after he had died. i then realized that i already knew a form of the word from "Hine Ma Tov", which i had heard on a CD, long since lost, and had been stuck in my head ever since. two different singers asserting or giving thanks for their presence, even though they were absent in the obvious senses.

[@Zeyev]

@@yaelmorin9017 Thank you.

[@brookeworley5140]

Freaked my dad out because he walked in on me crying into my pillow, and he thought something was wrong. I had a lumbar puncture yesterday, to help confirm or deny if I have multiple sclerosis, and under doctors orders to lay as flat as I can to help the hole in my spine heal. I have not yet listened to any of the anthropocene reviewed, so this video hit me hard, hence the puddle of tears on my pillow. I'm here because I'm here.

[@jeannelucas3132]

I'll be getting an MRI soon to see if I may have MS. Big big hug to you wherever you are.

[@brookeworley5140]

@@jeannelucas3132 big hug right back at you 🤗

[@l.paigebowser7769]

And we are glad you are here. No matter what the results are, we will be here. Because we are here...and because we care.

[@Melmksl]

I had this video on in the background while prepping for supper this evening, making my late Nanny's meatball recipe (since made plant-based, but still delicious). It's been a weird year; it started with me dealing with coming to terms with my infertility, then covid was thrown in on top of that. My Nanny inspired my passion for cooking and baking, and working my hands in to her recipe is something that makes me still feel close with my grandmother, even though she's been gone for 6 years now. I'm 2 weeks away from my due date now, and we're naming the baby Kay, after my Nanny. She was a person who deserved to be remembered, and this was the best way I knew how to do that. To be honest, I wasn't really paying attention to your voice John. But when you started talking about how we'll never get to speak to certain people who have loved us in to our own moments I broke down crying (helped along by the pregnancy hormones I'm sure). My Nanny was a person who loved me in to this moment, and now I'm going to get to love my own child in to their moments. Cheers John, and Happy New Years!

[@scribbledjoy]

Congrats on the incoming baby! I’m currently nursing my three-week-old. Certainly a weird time to parent, but We’re Here.

[@SincerelyMelaniexx]

ringing in 2022 by playing this at home with my parents as we all have covid and will always find peace in “we’re here because we’re here”

[@azaleawater]

Im in the UK, its 2 in the morning, this is the first video I am watching in 2022. Its profound that this was a year ago, but, time will move on and we have to keep with it. Heres to 2022, and whatever comes with it.

[@JakeWolven]

I remember when I first joined the trumpet line at my local college, we were asked so many times "Why are you here?" and when we'd answer something like "Because I love music" or something of the sorts, they'd smile and move on. At the end of the week, they got us rookies rookies and vets of the group together around a fire, arms around each other. When they asked the vets "WHY ARE YOU HERE?" they all shouted "BECAUSE WE'RE HERE!!!" and we all broke out into song. The stars were so bright that night. Thanks for going into detail onto why it was so important; I wasn't sure it could be put into words.

[@luchewigg168]

my grandma would always sing the "we're here" version whenever we got to our destination when she would take me on little day trips when I was young. it is interesting to hear the meaning behind it and I'm smiling with the happy memories.

[@mylittledashie7419]

As a Scot, ringing in their first Hogmanay alone (for obvious reasons), I can't tell you how happy it made me to see a video about that most famous of Rabbie Burns' poems. This really helped. And I did sing along with you.

[@hannahwarner6291]

Already listened to it this morning as I was driving through the night to make it home for my favorite holiday. Happy new year John. We’re here.

[@ihavespoken164]

..because..

[@hannahwarner6291]

@@ihavespoken164 we’re here

[@bubbleonempirestide]

@@hannahwarner6291 because

[@ZePopTart]

We’re here

[@emiliem7875]

@@ZePopTart because

[@gabbygriggs]

“…I think about the many broad seas that have roared between me and the past. Seas of neglect, seas of time, seas of death. I’ll never speak again to many of the people who loved me into this moment. Just as you will never speak to many of the people who loved you into your now. And so we raise a glass to them and hope that perhaps somewhere, they are raising a glass to us.”

[@hayley1907]

While I reflect on those that have loved me into my now, I will raise my glass to you. Thank you, John and Hank. From all of us.

[@WingHugs]

I never thought I'd be so emotional singing Auld Lang Syne with John Green. Thank you for carving out a profound moment in my life. We're here.

[@yaelmorin9017]

one more space for the genuine

[@JoeTheHobo2]

Hello 2022. We're here because we're here. Stay strong Nerdfightaria

[@teppi5119]

iPad propped on the toilet as I sang in my bath. An entire year of “why am I here” answered in such a way makes great sense. Thank you John. Thank you Amy. Five fucking stars!

[@jdwebb42]

An all-time favorite AR episode! Those who haven’t heard it yet are in for a treat.

[@SM-cs2my]

i watched this last year and cried. watched it again this year, in a new new year's tradition, and cried again. "we're here because we're here" is a phrase that's kept me going this past year, and it'll take me into the next. happy new year, john and nerdfighters

[@kennethgaron9427]

This is my favorite episode of TAR. It is just another level. I sob every damn time. Thank you, john.

[@bricknercj]

Just posted this for my friends to wish them a Happy New Year. Again, I'm crying like a baby after watching/listening to it for the 6000th time. We're still here. And at the end of 2021, that is still enough. And, yes, I know - my comment is a year untethered from the posting. I'm a late adapter. Thanks for remembering to be awesome, Mr. Green.

[@nicolebeck7322]

Thank you, John. Thank you, Amy. Thank you, Nerdfighteria. Thank you to all the people who have shaped my life who I cannot speak to.

[@clairemckinley691]

It’s 1:21am of the new year for me here in Sydney. I spend New Year’s Eve driving around empty streets with my longest friend listening to bad 80s music with the windows down, picking my little brother up from his night shift at McDonald’s, then watching the socially distanced fireworks on tv and listening to This Year by The Mountain Goats. I’m getting ready for bed now, utterly exhausted from this entire torturous year, and this video is the best thing to wind down to. Thanks John. Happy new year, take care

[@MartinDeHill]

Ah, I remember listening to this episode while walking into the sunset somewhere along the coast of Spain. Good times.

[@mariajohansson1186]

The world may be broken but hope is not crazy, thank you for reminding me of that. Happy new year and whatever comes next we'll face it together.

[@matsnyder4501]

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[@N3rdfightermom]

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[@davetoms1]

"The only way our is through" ~ Robert Frost "The only way through is together" ~ John Green Those two quotes have gotten me through so much this year. You're right, Maria. Whatever comes next we'll face it together.

[@adibferdous826]

The consistency of the stream is so calming.

[@tyronewilson6463]

Hank's announcement video reminded me of this episode. I hope that the way that things work out will be different than Amy's experience with cancer.

[@TheEtherny]

It must be super scary being so aware of cancer and knowing so many people who didn't make it but I feel like Hank's gonna be okay, the most important step is catching it early on and I think that's the case here, either way, I hope this is manageable

[@mariamaj4585]

When I got the notification for this video , I experienced a moment of complete and utter confusion . The confusion was worth it though , thank you for this video . I’m listening while I type this ... it’s beautiful.

[@leehanten3309]

I listen to this video every time I need a good cathartic cry & it has yet to let me down.

[@edwardw2652]

I was listening to this earlier this week. I will never not listen to this when it comes up. Thank you John, for being here with me. With us. Thank you to everyone.

[@OliverBooks]

I listen to this every year around this time. Guess it's what, 3 or 4 years now? It's become part of my yearly reflection, and I'm very grateful. Thanks John, for helping me reflect on the people I care about. We're here because we're here because we're here because we're here. I know this year's been hard, but the moments of beauty have shone brilliantly through it.

[@mumbledmeatballs5629]

Together we’re still here

[@NerdWatchJinxy]

John, this was one of the most moving things I have ever listened to. Lately, I have become fascinated with Scottish history, and have been learning Scots Gaelic for the past 68 days. Something about Rabbie Burns's capturing of the past, and knowing that humanity has historically endured so much hell, makes it appear possible that we, too, will go on. Thank you for sharing.

[@okayheykae]

Latha math! I started learning Gaelic this year too!

[@NerdWatchJinxy]

@@okayheykae That's wonderful! The only downside is that when I try to type "I'm" on my phone, it auto-corrects to ìm. Somehow, I think Paula Deen would enjoy this. 😅🧈

[@siddharthkrishna8463]

This is such a special episode for me too. I might keep coming to this video every year

[@okayheykae]

@@NerdWatchJinxy lol! I had to Google Translate that word (maybe I should focus on food vocab next?), but it's perfect because there have definitely been some days in 2020 where I felt like butter 😆

[@NerdWatchJinxy]

@@okayheykae I couldn't agree more! Ha! I'm mostly following Duolingo, and the occasional KZbin video, so I'm just blindly learning. Not much else to do in 2020, anyway!

[@williamlee7304]

This is my New Years video. Thank you John.

[@johnkodhek]

I remember I first found out about Amy Krouse Rosenthal from the article she wrote that came out on my birthday in 2017 called "You May Want to Marry My Husband". It was, at once, both heartwarming and also saddening. Then I heard about her from one of the past videos and since then I have been going back over and over to her KZbin channel to watch all the amazing things Amy Krouse Rosenthal did. From the Beckoning of Lovely, to all the other charming videos she made. Anytime I hear John talk about her, I miss her somehow although I didn't even know her as such.

[@HM909]

Watching and listening to this while I sit in the hospital, waiting to go down to surgery. So grateful to always have company in the form of the Anthropocene Reviewed (and all of vlogbrothers in its many forms) - videos and podcasts like this have gotten me through some tough times by giving me the strength to move through them. We’re here, together, because we’re here.

[@maeveneiswanger5114]

I feel like I have just completed my morning meditation just by sitting and listening to this. Thank you John.

[@564987564987]

Thank you so much for your beautiful words! A member of my family has recently been diagnosed with cancer for the third time and this video formulates my feelings in such a way that it helps me cope. Wishing you all a happy new year!!

[@chuckfinn89]

I'm so glad I am not alone in this being a new years tradition. We're here because we're here. We got this, nerdfightaria. I hope you all have a beautiful year full of joy and love and laughter.

[@hannahwaterman2679]

And we’ll be here every year

[@pinkcupcake4717]

"We're Here Because" became incorporated into my journal to welcome January, sung by a little plague doctor looking to the stars. Thank you, John, may 2022 be better.

[@makeitraena9330]

Currently listening to this on the way home from my Grandmother’s funeral. Hits close to home at a tough ending for a tough year

[@laurasosnow7507]

I'm listening to this on Christmas Dy, crying happy/sad tears. I'm sick with a cold sore and exhausted from a really gard 4 months with a difficult group of students in a tough job. Everything in my personal and professional life feels hard right now, except for dear friends. This reminded me of how grateful I am for their presence in my life. Thank you Joh Green. We're here, because we're here.

[@ninawii5318]

A whole year later I listened while walking my dog, the year got really dark and I went to therapy and it kinda got better... I'm still worried and scared but more than ever I want to believe in a future and I want to believe I am here, we are here and that can be enough

[@risxra]

I remember singing “we’re here because we’re here” with you at the TATWD tour in DC the October after Amy had passed away. I was six weeks into my first semester of college and I was miserable. That show was so important to me for a myriad of reasons, and I remember tearing up when we sang together because it was the first time in a while I didn’t feel so crushingly alone.

[@ccnomad]

I've just gone to her foundation's website, and learned that this is the incredible person who wrote You May Want to Marry My Husband. Imagine that, that I had encountered each of you independently of the other, and that you've come together for me this way. It's like I'd been standing on the shore between the Wabash & Illinois rivers, and only today turned to see them meet in the Mississippi. I will be reading other of her works, and yours. Happy New Year, John.

[@jeannelucas3132]

OMG. That was hers? Guess I wasn't done crying after all...

[@ElizaCorder]

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[@JacobAdriani]

I didn't know that essay, but I want to give you my sincerest gratitude for placing it in my path.

[@ccnomad]

@@JacobAdriani My pleasure

[@alicekathleen13]

I cried when Aza’s mother sang “we’re here because we’re here” in the turtles all the way down movie. It was beautiful

[@sscharli]

An old friend of mine died just before Christmas and I did not know I needed this to close out my year. But here I am trying to get ready for work and crying...but hopeful.

[@N3rdfightermom]

I am so sorry for your loss.

[@dorissaclaire]

I’m with someone who is suffering at the end of her life right now. This is beautifully magic. I had a good laugh out of “you do so much yoga!”

[@emzealous]

happy new year everyone. we're here because we're here

[@bsquared11]

Oh, my dear John Green, I am so profoundly moved. Thank you so much for all you bring to the world. Grateful to "be here" together in this time with all of you.

[@brooklyn__________]

It’s my 18th birthday! What a great gift 🥺💛 an episode of my favourite podcast! Thanks John!

[@momnanoor]

Happy Birthday!

[@chuckfinn89]

Welcoming 2023 with this. Thank you John. We're here

[@laurab3273]

This is the second year in a row I've ended crying and singing along with John. It's an oddly beautiful way to prepare for the new year, and I look forward to continuing the tradition.

[@anitahoffman1]

Oh man, I listened to this podcast last year, and it utterly broke me (and I mean that in the best way possible). Fantastic storytelling as ever, John. We're here because we're here.

[@CrazyMonkeyCrap1]

Loving that an old podcast episode about an old song used to celebrate a new year has newly arrived in my subscription feed. And the added bonus that it has, my favourite vlogbrothers classic, 'a thought from a place' vibe (even if that place is actually a time).

[@tegan6554]

+ “even if that place is a time” beautifully put my friend

[@dsimm28]

I have been struggling with the death of my dad this year. This essay/video gives me comfort everytime. Thank you John

[@bjtkyo]

As we enter the final month of 2021, I thought back to this video and watched it again. To me, this is one of the most beautiful videos on this site. It affects me the same way that it did almost 12 months ago. I find the story, the message, and the overall delivery (strangely?) comforting. I don't often get that emotional, but something about this just gets my eyes wet. It's hard to explain why, because although there are sad points throughout, it's not really abject sadness that I'm feeling. Maybe it just feels good to just feel. I know this will probably go unnoticed, but thank you for your words.

[@JacquesSnacques]

I feel as though the rippling of the creek has massaged my mind. I needed that. Thank you.

[@boom_butterfly_effect]

I was just thinking about the Turtles tour where we all sang “we’re here because we’re here” to the tune of Auld Lang Syne and opened KZbin to see this 👀😂

[@magnatazer16]

I sang along at the end. It made me smile. Feels good to be here. ❤

[@annemcculloh9572]

During the spring and the summer, walking outside kept me sane. On those walks, I listened to one or two episodes of the Anthropocene Reviewed. I don't know if I discovered it through a vlogbrothers video or by scrolling through podcasts. Either way, I am glad that I did. There are a few times in your life that you come across a truly special- an album, a band, a movie, a book. This is one of those things. Your insight and fascination with the anthropocene combined with your vulnerability in sharing moments of your life remind me that I am not alone. I am not alone in the way I experience the world. I am not alone in my fascination with it. Thank you for creating this podcast.

[@DerrickJolicoeur]

Thank you, for sharing this again. This is my first time hearing anything from this podcast and now I have shed a many tears. Nobody close to me has died... I'm not ready for the one who may soon, but I'll never be ready.

[@CJ_McK]

Its new years eve again, and here i am, again. feel like I've got a tradition going. glad this video is here, that its makers are here, and that you are here. thanks

[@josephhallam6661]

John Green, You made me cry today. Thank you. Happy New Year.

[@SenoritaSevilla]

I feel very honored to have met Amy at beckoning of lovely at 10/10/10 and 11/11/11. Those nights, the motto of make the most of your time here, has stayed with me. That yellow umbrella will never leave me. She was such a special person. Thank you for introducing her to the nerdfighter community. Happy New Years (early)!

[@tiaalex]

The first time I heard this episode I was numb and hunched over my desk trying to finish a week's worth of work, desperately trying to shut out my anxieties. This song washed over me with a wave of calm. Felt like a warm hug. It was cold that day. I needed a warm hug:) Words cannot describe how much I love the Anthroposcene Reviewed and this community. Thank you, John and Hank. Happy New year, everyone! I hope the coming months are kind to you and your families :)

[@Mgfaulkner793]

I found this video on New Year’s Eve of 2020 and sat in my living room in Virginia brokenly singing “we’re here because we’re here because we’re here” through shuddering sobs. This year, I listened to the corresponding chapter of the anthropocene reviewed book in my car in New Orleans and sang, again through tears, but with the knowledge that me being here the last year mattered. That me showing up mattered. Here’s to hoping 2022 is a little kinder

[@sarahtherandom]

Singing with this video I can still put myself in the audience at the Turtles All The Way Down event in St. Louis singing we're here because with all those wonderful people in a very different time. Both times it has made me feel less alone in very different ways. Thank you, John.

[@seeingincolor]

I was there too! What a night!

[@the_kruzdawg]

Thank you, John, for being you. I'm glad to be here at the same time as you are.

[@kaseypiarrot9139]

After losing a loved one to covid-19 over Christmas and going through the last week in a daze, hearing this felt like a good friend putting their arm around me 💜

[@alexandramaclachlan7597]

This was saved in my "For when you're feeling off" playlist on New Years. Listening to it in June, as I stress about due uni assignments, chronic health issues, and fear about my future. Haven't gotten more than 5 mins in, and I'm already crying again. Thankyou, John and Hank, for doing the hard thing.

[@oliviarachel05]

watched this as the clock struck midnight. thank you john

[@tinadorr-kapczynski7480]

The first time I ever heard the Anthropocene Reviewed was when I heard this episode live on tour, and we all sang together at the end. It was such a touching and beautiful moment. I had no idea I would not be able to share a moment with a large crowd of strangers again for a long long time. Before quarantine started I wrote a narrative essay for school about how I believe that there are moments when everything in the world randomly lines up and for a second everything feels simply right and okay, and how when I sang this song with that group of people, it was one of those moments of harmony. I had to read it in front of my classmates. That must have been one of the last days of in person school. Anyway it’s crazy thinking back on all that now. A warm nostalgia instead of a bitter one. Happy New Year everyone. Stay safe.

[@hannahwaterman2679]

In 2017, I got to see the TATWD tour in Bellingham. I went with my mom, as all my friends rejected my invitation. I remember sitting in that auditorium, surrounded by strangers, just singing. The song comes back to me a lot, and I’ve found myself either watching the short form video, podcast episode, or this video every year since. Thank you for being a constant and allowing us to grow up with you. I was about to graduate high school during the tour and now I’m about to finish college. Thank you for encouraging us to be here.

[@EricaElena]

I remember singing this on the Minotour in Jan 2020. We had no idea what the year would entail, but there was such a strength in that ethereal moment of community, vulnerability, and hope. Thank you, John.

[@susannarita4259]

I was thinking of Amy & you & this story as we sang this song just after midnight tonight. I come back to this AR episode very often. Thankyou for sharing once more

[@ingloriousday8811]

Memento mori and happy new year, friend

[@Hannah-ologist]

I'm imagining John filming this in like a folding chair right behind the camera and timing the footage but just chilling and that really is lovely. Thanks John. I love the podcast and this ep obviously. My grandpa's in the hospital and a coworker just passed away. Love to all today.

[@johncarlmcgrady5628]

I will probably be listening to this every new years eve for the rest of my life...

[@riathepinkie4974]

The turning of the new year has been bitter sweet to me since 2018. I lost my grandfather a month after Christmas and it's made so much about the turning of another year so much more painful. This was such a wonderful tribute to a beloved friend and it made me cry cathartic tears. Thank you for this.

[@nomad_geek]

I re-listened to this podcast episode last night having no idea he'd post this video today. Thanks John. You give us hope to move forward another day.

[@dewaldschindler]

Made me cry at the end of the video.Hearing this again after a few years of not hearing it again

[@shannon15140]

This really helps me mourn the loss of people and experiences and friendships from this year. It really reminds me of Soul. We're here.