Desi Lydic

But you are the bright light.

But you are the bright light.

You have had massive success with your young adult novels, A Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska. You and your brother have had, were kind of early pioneers, so to speak, with your YouTube channel, billions of views. And now you have this number one New York Times bestseller, Everything is Tuberculosis. You're like a modern day Renaissance man.

You have had massive success with your young adult novels, A Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska. You and your brother have had, were kind of early pioneers, so to speak, with your YouTube channel, billions of views. And now you have this number one New York Times bestseller, Everything is Tuberculosis. You're like a modern day Renaissance man.

who's also trying to eradicate a deadly disease.

who's also trying to eradicate a deadly disease.

Right. And part of what I loved so much about your book, it was fascinating, but it doesn't just go through the history of tuberculosis and the gravity of the disease itself, but you tell all of these personal stories along the way, like Henry and many others. When most Americans, like you said, think about tuberculosis, they think of it as a thing of the past.

Right. And part of what I loved so much about your book, it was fascinating, but it doesn't just go through the history of tuberculosis and the gravity of the disease itself, but you tell all of these personal stories along the way, like Henry and many others. When most Americans, like you said, think about tuberculosis, they think of it as a thing of the past.

But just in 2023, over a million people died globally from tuberculosis.

But just in 2023, over a million people died globally from tuberculosis.

You say in your book, we know how to live in a world without tuberculosis, but we choose not to live in that world.

You say in your book, we know how to live in a world without tuberculosis, but we choose not to live in that world.

And that the problem is us.

And that the problem is us.

You mentioned all the doge cuts. You wrote this book before all of that happened.

You mentioned all the doge cuts. You wrote this book before all of that happened.

Well, you can.

Well, you can.

I will for the paperback, yeah. You might have a sequel on your hands with apparently measles are back now, too. Are you concerned that tuberculosis has found out that measles is having a moment and it's going to come in and want to teach us all which disease is bossed?

I will for the paperback, yeah. You might have a sequel on your hands with apparently measles are back now, too. Are you concerned that tuberculosis has found out that measles is having a moment and it's going to come in and want to teach us all which disease is bossed?