Works, creators, projects and organizations the brothers (or their guests and descriptions) sincerely recommend (straight or with playful delivery). 2149 items, 2007–2026, by year; each line says who, what, its medium and tie to the channel, what is said, and the moment. Mockery and joke mentions are not counted here: see Mockery & jokes. Back to the canon overview.

2007 (41)

John: 18 · Hank: 22 · descriptions: 1

2007-01-08 · John · We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's first book-club suggestion: either What Is the What by Dave Eggers or We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 8, 2007 (00:02:34)
2007-01-08 · John · What Is the What (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's first book-club suggestion: either What Is the What by Dave Eggers or We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 8, 2007 (00:02:34)
2007-01-24 · John · The Book Thief (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for the best book he's read this year (2007), John names the best he read last year (2006): probably The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 24, 2007 (00:00:59)
2007-01-26 · John · Kurt Vonnegut (books & writing, outside the channel) — On science fiction, John says he really likes Kurt Vonnegut and is a big fan of Margo Lanagan's short stories. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 26, 2007 (00:01:16)
2007-01-26 · John · Margo Lanagan (books & writing, outside the channel) — On science fiction, John says he really likes Kurt Vonnegut and is a big fan of Margo Lanagan's short stories. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 26, 2007 (00:01:16)
2007-01-27 · John · We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (books & writing, outside the channel) — John proposes a Brotherhood 2.0 book club: each reads a book the other suggests; his first suggestion is What Is the What or We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families. — Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel (00:00:40)
2007-01-27 · John · What Is the What (books & writing, outside the channel) — John proposes a Brotherhood 2.0 book club: each reads a book the other suggests; his first suggestion is What Is the What or We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families. — Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel (00:00:40)
2007-02-15 · John · Battlestar Galactica (film & tv, outside the channel, playful) — John says Nerdfighters needs a theme song and sings one about calculators, trombones, D&D and Star Wars, fighting with brains and a Battlestar Galactica reference. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 17, 2007 (00:02:08)
2007-02-16 · Hank · Going Postal (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank's best books of the year: The Memory of Whiteness (serious fiction), Going Postal (funny fiction) and Last Child in the Woods (non-fiction). — Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th (00:00:46)
2007-02-16 · Hank · Last Child in the Woods (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank's best books of the year: The Memory of Whiteness (serious fiction), Going Postal (funny fiction) and Last Child in the Woods (non-fiction). — Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th (00:00:46)
2007-02-16 · Hank · The Memory of Whiteness (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank's best books of the year: The Memory of Whiteness (serious fiction), Going Postal (funny fiction) and Last Child in the Woods (non-fiction). — Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th (00:00:46)
2007-02-16 · Hank · White & Nerdy (music, outside the channel) — For his own question, Hank names Weird Al's 'White and Nerdy' as far and away the best song he heard this year (2007). — Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th (00:01:29)
2007-02-22 · Hank · Book Exchange (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — When they run out of room, Hank and Katherine take books to the Book Exchange, which buys back books for what you paid in paperback credit; it has more shelf space and is far cheaper than Barnes & Noble. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 22nd: Where Do Books Go? (00:02:19)
2007-03-01 · John · Barack Obama (politics & public life, outside the channel, hedged) — John thinks Brotherhood 2.0 should endorse a candidate, and in the primary, naming Barack Obama. — Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. (00:02:19)
2007-03-09 · John · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says there is now a link at Brotherhood2.com for contributing to the Brotherhood 2.0 fund for decreasing suck levels worldwide and asks viewers to contribute. — Brotherhood 2.0: March 9, 2007: Peeptastic! (00:02:57)
2007-03-12 · Hank · AN Hosting (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Brotherhood2.com is hosted at Bluehost and that he also hosts at AN Hosting and Midphase, all of which he recommends. — March 12th: How to Make a Podcast (00:01:15)
2007-03-12 · Hank · Bluehost (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Brotherhood2.com is hosted at Bluehost and that he also hosts at AN Hosting and Midphase, all of which he recommends. — March 12th: How to Make a Podcast (00:01:15)
2007-03-12 · Hank · Download.com (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank's first step is an FTP program: Fetch on a Mac or Smart FTP otherwise, which he downloads from Download.com because it is easy to remember. — March 12th: How to Make a Podcast (00:01:15)
2007-03-12 · Hank · Midphase (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Brotherhood2.com is hosted at Bluehost and that he also hosts at AN Hosting and Midphase, all of which he recommends. — March 12th: How to Make a Podcast (00:01:15)
2007-03-12 · Hank · Fetch (products, outside the channel) — Hank's first step is an FTP program: Fetch on a Mac or Smart FTP otherwise, which he downloads from Download.com because it is easy to remember. — March 12th: How to Make a Podcast (00:01:15)
2007-03-12 · Hank · SmartFTP (products, outside the channel) — Hank's first step is an FTP program: Fetch on a Mac or Smart FTP otherwise, which he downloads from Download.com because it is easy to remember. — March 12th: How to Make a Podcast (00:01:15)
2007-03-22 · Hank · Deep Economy (books & writing, outside the channel) — After jokingly assigning the huge WorldChanging, Hank asks John to read Bill McKibben's new book Deep Economy for the Brotherhood 2.0 book club. — March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards (00:02:42)
2007-04-19 · Hank · The God of Animals (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank is reading The God of Animals, about a 12-year-old girl; he thinks it is kind of young adult but marketed as adult fiction, and likes the first couple of chapters. — April 19th: For Sale?! (00:02:58)
2007-04-30 · John · Weetzie Bat (books & writing, outside the channel) — As a surprise, Francesca Lia Block greets Hank and a viewer; John calls her the author of Weetzie Bat, a book he and Hank both like. — Brotherhood 2.0: April 30: Hellos from Los Angeles (00:00:32)
2007-06-05 · Hank · Feed (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank found Feed entirely terrifying and more pessimistic about society than he'd like, but says it's important to recognize such issues and that we live in a very strange society. — Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum (00:01:13)
2007-06-28 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John recommends Kiva.org, which lets anyone be a microfinancier: you give money directly to someone in extreme poverty and they pay you back. — June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier (00:02:36)
2007-06-29 · Hank · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On camera Hank goes to Kiva.org and lends $200 to a clothing saleswoman who needs $575, leaving $375 to raise. — How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 (00:02:31)
2007-07-31 · John · The Golden Rule (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John also recommends Ilene Cooper's 32-page The Golden Rule, the cutest book ever written about the Golden Rule. — July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books (00:01:23)
2007-07-31 · John · The Yiddish Policemen's Union (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Michael Chabon's 411-page novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union as a great book. — July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books (00:01:23)
2007-08-28 · Hank · Peeps (novel) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank, woken up, says he has been reading Scott Westerfeld's Peeps and finds it very engrossing and very good. — August 28th: Starring Mom (00:00:27)
2007-08-29 · Hank · Peeps (novel) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank's copy of Peeps is, oddly, signed by Scott Westerfeld to 'our secret sister Maureen'; he says the book is really good. — August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John (00:02:29)
2007-09-05 · Hank · Honda Fit (products, outside the channel, playful) — In the song's SUV verse Hank tells a neighbour 'we're fighting a war' so he can drive his giant SUV home, and urges him to trade his H2 for a Honda Fit. — September 5th: I'm Gonna Kill You (00:01:31)
2007-10-04 · John · Ask a Pirate (online video & web, outside the channel) — Against commenters saying pirates pwn, John says pirates haven't been cool since Goonies, and names the online series Ask a Pirate as one of the best in history. — October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations (00:02:26)
2007-10-12 · John · Carbonfund.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John recalls donating $2.75 to carbonfund.org back in April to neutralize the vlog's carbon output, which has since risen considerably. — October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 (00:01:03)
2007-10-15 · Hank · The Lathe of Heaven (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank invites viewers to read with him: he is reading The Lathe of Heaven, not a young adult book but only 160 pages long. — Oct 15th: Happy 16th Birthday B20 (00:02:23)
2007-10-18 · John · The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece (music, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Hank that yesterday's Tetris song, in which Hank made party blowers play, was his favourite Brotherhood 2.0 song ever. — October 18: Live from Datyon: PARTY BLOWER SOLO (00:00:43)
2007-11-16 · Hank · Toyota Yaris (products, outside the channel) — Hank calls the new Toyota Yaris a viable choice for a nerdfighter who is not extremely wealthy. — November 16th: Green Cars at the LA Auto Show (00:00:39)
2007-11-27 · Hank · Bill McKibben (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends a Bill McKibben article, linked in the video, that he thinks hits all the bases on this subject. — November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping (00:02:47)
2007-12-03 · Hank · Brotherhood 2.0 (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to go to Brotherhood2.com or click the sidebar link and sign up for the secret project email list. — December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project (00:01:57)
2007-12-14 · John · Suite Scarlett (books & writing, friends & collaborators, playful) — John shows Hank a gigantic poster of Maureen Johnson's new book, Suite Scarlett. — Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY (00:00:31)
2007-12-26 · video description · wynflete (online video & web, outside the channel) — Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop (00:00:00)

2008 (66)

John: 39 · Hank: 23 · descriptions: 4

2008-01-08 · John · New Partner (music, outside the channel) — John names 'New Partner' by the Palace Brothers as his all-time favourite song. — The Return of Question Tuesdays (00:03:02)
2008-02-04 · Hank · Envirowonk (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says his company just launched a blog, Envirowonk.com, which has analyzed all the candidates on environmental issues. — Obama Says Subscribe (00:03:00)
2008-02-11 · Hank · 13 Little Blue Envelopes (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Hank picks Maureen Johnson's 13 Little Blue Envelopes as the first book, fitting since it is a Nerdfighter's book. — Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! (00:02:00)
2008-02-19 · Hank · 13 Little Blue Envelopes (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Hank has finished 13 Little Blue Envelopes and recommends it as entertaining and educational, and as a prod to go to Europe; he looked at plane tickets halfway through. — Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank (00:00:08)
2008-02-21 · John · Maus (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for his favourite graphic novel, John picks Maus by Art Spiegelman. — People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (00:01:07)
2008-02-21 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — For a trip to the Evil Baby Orphanage John would take A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and something by the Mountain Goats, though evil baby Stalin would steal them. — People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (00:01:14)
2008-02-21 · John · A Love Supreme (music, outside the channel) — For a trip to the Evil Baby Orphanage John would take A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and something by the Mountain Goats, though evil baby Stalin would steal them. — People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (00:01:14)
2008-02-21 · John · Odyssey (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked to choose between the Iliad and the Odyssey, John picks the Odyssey. — People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes (00:02:53)
2008-02-26 · John · Slaughterhouse-Five (books & writing, outside the channel) — The next Blurbing Book Club book is Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, chosen because it's really good, John hasn't read it in a long time, and it's published worldwide so international Nerdfighters can join. — Best Wishes! (00:02:32)
2008-03-04 · John · Juno (film & tv, outside the channel) — John names favourites: 'Left on the Right Side of the Road' by Songs from a Hat, Juno as last year's (2007) best movie, Rushmore as his one movie, and the Mountain Goats' 'Up the Wolves'. — SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:00:28)
2008-03-04 · John · Left on the Right Side of the Road (music, nerdfighter community) — John names favourites: 'Left on the Right Side of the Road' by Songs from a Hat, Juno as last year's (2007) best movie, Rushmore as his one movie, and the Mountain Goats' 'Up the Wolves'. — SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:00:28)
2008-03-04 · John · Rushmore (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — John names favourites: 'Left on the Right Side of the Road' by Songs from a Hat, Juno as last year's (2007) best movie, Rushmore as his one movie, and the Mountain Goats' 'Up the Wolves'. — SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:00:28)
2008-03-04 · John · Up the Wolves (music, outside the channel) — John names favourites: 'Left on the Right Side of the Road' by Songs from a Hat, Juno as last year's (2007) best movie, Rushmore as his one movie, and the Mountain Goats' 'Up the Wolves'. — SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:00:28)
2008-03-04 · John · Suite Scarlett (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John recommends Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson and Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. — SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:01:56)
2008-03-04 · John · Three Little Words (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson and Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. — SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:01:56)
2008-03-04 · John · Nerdfighter Ning (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — To a 17-year-old whom no one at school talks to, John says he wishes he had an answer, but lots of people will talk to them at the Ning. — SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:02:51)
2008-03-07 · Hank · Slaughterhouse-Five (books & writing, outside the channel) — The new Blurbing Book Club book is Slaughterhouse-Five; there's a sidebar link, any bookstore has it, and it is easy to find used. — Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing (00:01:56)
2008-03-15 · John · Musecast (online video & web, outside the channel) — John recommends the YouTube channel Musecast, a year-long conversation between five friends trying to break into the entertainment industry. — Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club (00:02:35)
2008-03-15 · John · frezned (online video & web, outside the channel) — John also recommends the Australian vlogger frezned, whom he calls just brilliant. — Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club (00:02:35)
2008-03-21 · Hank · Going Postal (books & writing, outside the channel) — The next Blurbing Book Club book is Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. — Twitter After School Time (00:03:36)
2008-04-08 · John · Oxfam (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John is a big believer in giving to charities like Save the Children and Oxfam, which do amazing work with impressive efficiency. — Nerdfighting in Bangladesh (00:00:48)
2008-04-08 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John is a big believer in giving to charities like Save the Children and Oxfam, which do amazing work with impressive efficiency. — Nerdfighting in Bangladesh (00:00:48)
2008-04-16 · video description · LaurenOC12 (music, outside the channel) — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:00:00)
2008-04-16 · video description · Molly Lewis (music, friends & collaborators) — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:00:00)
2008-04-16 · video description · ReinaDelCid (music, outside the channel) — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:00:00)
2008-04-16 · Hank · Ultra Relax (music, outside the channel) — Hank calls Shinohara Tomoe's 'Ultra Relax', the intro to a show about kids in school, the pinnacle of J-pop and one of his all-time favorite songs. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:01:38)
2008-04-16 · Hank · Abby (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Abby of Songs from a Hat, whom he loves, linking her song 'My Scientist'. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:02:24)
2008-04-16 · Hank · Gustav (music, outside the channel) — Hank's random find: 'We Shall Overcome' by a woman called Gustav, whom he thinks is German; probably the best song he stumbled across this year (2008). — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:02:24)
2008-04-16 · Hank · Julia Nunes (music, outside the channel) — Hank says Julia Nunes deserves all the fame she is going to have in two years' time. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:02:24)
2008-04-16 · Hank · Narciso Lobo (music, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Narciso Lobo, whom he thinks is active in YouTube's singer-songwriter community; his originals beat his covers; he links 'The Song We Never Wrote'. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:02:24)
2008-04-16 · Hank · My Scientist (music, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Abby of Songs from a Hat, whom he loves, linking her song 'My Scientist'. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:02:24)
2008-04-16 · Hank · The Song We Never Wrote (music, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Narciso Lobo, whom he thinks is active in YouTube's singer-songwriter community; his originals beat his covers; he links 'The Song We Never Wrote'. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:02:24)
2008-04-16 · Hank · We Shall Overcome (music, outside the channel) — Hank's random find: 'We Shall Overcome' by a woman called Gustav, whom he thinks is German; probably the best song he stumbled across this year (2008). — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:02:24)
2008-04-16 · Hank · Of Montreal (music, outside the channel) — Hank has been loving wizard rock, the Parselmouths and the Moaning Myrtles, both with members featured in Five Awesome Girls, and listening to Of Montreal. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:03:08)
2008-04-16 · Hank · The Moaning Myrtles (music, outside the channel) — Hank has been loving wizard rock, the Parselmouths and the Moaning Myrtles, both with members featured in Five Awesome Girls, and listening to Of Montreal. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:03:08)
2008-04-16 · Hank · The Parselmouths (music, outside the channel) — Hank has been loving wizard rock, the Parselmouths and the Moaning Myrtles, both with members featured in Five Awesome Girls, and listening to Of Montreal. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:03:08)
2008-04-16 · Hank · Cotton Fields (music, outside the channel) — Hank shares a version of 'Cotton Fields' arranged for 1940s-50s singer Teresa Brewer, with yodeling and weird choreography, which he calls amazing to watch. — ITCHY MUSIC! (00:03:08)
2008-04-21 · John · No god but God (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite reference book about Islam is No God But God by Reza Aslan. — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:00:53)
2008-04-21 · John · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite German writer is Goethe, whose individual sentences, he says, outclass his entire body of work. — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:01:22)
2008-04-21 · John · God's Fool (books & writing, outside the channel) — John, who owns many books on conjoined twins, recommends One of Us by Alice Dreger (nonfiction) and God's Fool by Mark Slouka (fiction). — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:01:22)
2008-04-21 · John · One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal (books & writing, outside the channel) — John, who owns many books on conjoined twins, recommends One of Us by Alice Dreger (nonfiction) and God's Fool by Mark Slouka (fiction). — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:01:22)
2008-04-21 · John · To His Coy Mistress (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite personification of death in literature is in Andrew Marvell's poem To His Coy Mistress. — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:02:30)
2008-04-21 · John · The Catcher in the Rye (books & writing, outside the channel) — John thinks The Catcher in the Rye is excellent and that anyone who disagrees is, respectfully, wrong. — Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:03:45)
2008-05-11 · Hank · Suite Scarlett (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — At the event John read from Paper Towns and Maureen Johnson read from her new book Suite Scarlett, which Hank says viewers can buy via the sidebar. — Nerdfighting IRL (00:02:21)
2008-05-20 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — Asked for favourites, John names The Mountain Goats as his band, Mother Night as his favourite Vonnegut novel and Song of Solomon as his favourite Toni Morrison book. — Guys Love Giraffe Love (00:00:00)
2008-05-20 · John · Mother Night (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for favourites, John names The Mountain Goats as his band, Mother Night as his favourite Vonnegut novel and Song of Solomon as his favourite Toni Morrison book. — Guys Love Giraffe Love (00:00:00)
2008-05-20 · John · Song of Solomon (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for favourites, John names The Mountain Goats as his band, Mother Night as his favourite Vonnegut novel and Song of Solomon as his favourite Toni Morrison book. — Guys Love Giraffe Love (00:00:00)
2008-06-26 · John · The Catcher in the Rye (books & writing, outside the channel) — For thing six, John brings back the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club; its new book is The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger. — Don't Suck on That Bone (00:01:47)
2008-07-08 · John · An Abundance of Katherines (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John asks whether viewers like the paperback cover of An Abundance of Katherines, out August 8 for $3.99. — Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer (00:03:51)
2008-07-30 · John · Blanche (music, outside the channel) — John says Dan John Miller is in Blanche, one of John's favorite bands, and played Luther Perkins in the movie Walk the Line. — Audiobooks and 8 8 08 (00:02:23)
2008-08-06 · John · Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay (music, own work (self-plug)) — John names "Helen Hunt" as his favourite Hank song, with "I Sold Your Dog on eBay" as his dark-horse pick because you can rock out to it. — Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) (00:02:38)
2008-08-06 · John · Helen Hunt (song) (music, own work (self-plug)) — John names "Helen Hunt" as his favourite Hank song, with "I Sold Your Dog on eBay" as his dark-horse pick because you can rock out to it. — Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) (00:02:38)
2008-09-11 · John · The Beckoning of Lovely (film & tv, friends & collaborators) — John says Rosenthal made a film, The Beckoning of Lovely, starring many Nerdfighters including him; it is only the first part of her project. — A Video about Videos (00:01:55)
2008-09-21 · video description · Daniel Biss (politics & public life, friends & collaborators) — The Pwning of Oprah (00:00:00)
2008-09-25 · Hank · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to pre-order Paper Towns, not yet out, to make John happy and read a really good book; the link is in the sidebar. — Obama llama Duck (00:02:41)
2008-10-06 · John · Recipes from a Hat (film & tv, nerdfighter community) — John points to Recipes from a Hat, a Nerdfighter's channel he likens to Songs from a Hat, only with food. — Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) (00:00:00)
2008-10-08 · Hank · The Last Good Kiss (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank strongly recommends James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss, which he finished the day John mentioned it, to readers over 17; younger readers should ask their parents, as it is seedy. — Hanks actual Vlog (00:02:25)
2008-10-21 · Hank · Brian's song (Lonesome Cloud?) (music, nerdfighter community) — Hank calls Brian a fantastic guitarist and songwriter and Jessalyn and Katherine wonderful singers; the three recorded the song he plays in the background. — Lonesome Cloud (00:00:00)
2008-10-21 · John · Purell (products, outside the channel, playful) — Asked for travel tips, John's first is never to underestimate Purell; he playfully says he is now a Purell addict who puts it on his face. — Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely (00:01:42)
2008-10-30 · Hank · Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank calls Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist a really great movie that left him teary. — Hank is Late (dr horrible) (00:01:52)
2008-12-17 · Hank · DonorsChoose (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank presents DonorsChoose.org: teachers submit proposals saying what they need money for, and if people think the idea is good they give money and the kids get the supplies. — Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org (00:01:48)
2008-12-18 · John · Heifer International (organizations & sites, outside the channel, playful) — John presents Heifer International, a featured P4A charity, as a way to buy animals for someone else that actually go to people who need them. — Introducing...The Awesome (00:00:42)
2008-12-26 · John · Save Darfur Coalition (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — Skoodilypooping (00:00:40)
2008-12-26 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — Skoodilypooping (00:00:40)
2008-12-26 · John · Susan G. Komen (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — Skoodilypooping (00:00:40)
2008-12-26 · John · Wounded Warrior Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — Skoodilypooping (00:00:40)

2009 (111)

John: 36 · Hank: 54 · both: 2 · descriptions: 19

2009-01-06 · Hank · Natalie Tran (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank tells John and Nerdfighters to check out Community Channel's most recent video, which holds a surprise for them. — The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy (00:02:14)
2009-01-16 · Hank · Honda Insight (products, outside the channel, hedged) — Hank advises car buyers that the 2010 Prius looks like a good choice, the Honda Insight saves money (though less gas), and the Volt is coming soon. — Hank Green from the Detroit Auto Show (00:03:02)
2009-01-16 · Hank · Toyota Prius (products, outside the channel, hedged) — Hank presents the near-production plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma, which has solar panels on its roof like the new Prius. — Hank Green from the Detroit Auto Show (00:03:02)
2009-01-16 · Hank · Chevrolet Volt (products, outside the channel) — Hank says the Volt will come with a huge US government subsidy: $7,500 off the ticket price for being a plug-in hybrid. — Hank Green from the Detroit Auto Show (00:03:31)
2009-01-20 · Hank · Barack Obama (politics & public life, outside the channel) — Hank cheers the new president and recommends watching Barack Obama's inauguration speech, calling it pretty amazing. — Hank's Journal!!! (00:03:32)
2009-01-27 · video description · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Before Looking for Alaska… (00:00:00)
2009-01-28 · video description · So Jokes (music, own work (self-plug)) — Stock Adviser (Via Britney) (00:00:00)
2009-01-31 · Hank · Plug into the Smart Grid (products, outside the channel) — Hank tells viewers they can try it themselves with just a printer and a webcam at plugintothesmartgrid.com. — There's a Solar Farm in My HANDS!!! (00:00:45)
2009-02-03 · Hank · The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by a friend from John's writing group who thanks John; he stayed up far too late finishing it and loved it. — Five Parts (00:01:20)
2009-02-15 · video description · Los Angeles Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Stimulus Plan Explained (00:00:00)
2009-02-15 · video description · Mark Zandi (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Stimulus Plan Explained (00:00:00)
2009-02-18 · John & Hank · Coraline (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank and Hank Sock agree movies this year (2009) mostly stink, with two exceptions: Coraline and Slumdog Millionaire. — Fake Movie Talk With A Sock (00:00:00)
2009-02-18 · John & Hank · Slumdog Millionaire (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank and Hank Sock agree movies this year (2009) mostly stink, with two exceptions: Coraline and Slumdog Millionaire. — Fake Movie Talk With A Sock (00:00:00)
2009-02-25 · Hank · This Is Not Tom (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends thisisnottom.com, a set of riddles and challenges he has been following that are rewarding to solve and seem to be taking a turn for the awesome. — I Know (A Song in Ten Words) (00:02:18)
2009-03-03 · Hank · MorningStar Farms (products, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Morningstar corn dogs to viewers and says the company is not paying him to say so. — Eating Man Meat (00:01:16)
2009-03-08 · video description · Shawn Ahmed (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — PEEPS for Bangladesh (00:00:00)
2009-03-08 · John · Uncultured Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John announces his half of the Pwning Google Challenge: for every $10 raised for the Uncultured Project by March 22 he will eat one Peep on March 23. — PEEPS for Bangladesh (00:01:45)
2009-03-10 · John · Second Story (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John reminds viewers he is doing a fundraiser this Friday (13 March 2009) for The Second Story, a charity in Indianapolis: $5 for students, $8 otherwise. — How to Get Girls to Like You (00:00:32)
2009-03-10 · John · Craig Benzine (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — John names Ransriggs and Wheezy Waiter as recent favourite new YouTubers, linked in the sidebar. — How to Get Girls to Like You (00:02:51)
2009-03-10 · John · Ransom Riggs (online video & web, outside the channel) — John names Ransriggs and Wheezy Waiter as recent favourite new YouTubers, linked in the sidebar. — How to Get Girls to Like You (00:02:51)
2009-03-15 · John · We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families (books & writing, outside the channel) — Rather than recounting the genocide, John tells Nerdfighters to read the first Brotherhood 2.0 book club book, 'We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families'. — Lighting a candle for Rwanda (00:00:24)
2009-03-18 · Hank · The Show with Ze Frank (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank calls brain crack one of the fundamental gifts Ze Frank has given the world and links Ze Frank's brain crack video. — Dr. Manhattan's Dangle and Brain Crack (00:00:00)
2009-03-18 · Hank · Travis Ritchie (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — Hank asks viewers to vote, preferably once a day for seven days, for Nerdfighter Travis Ritchie to become a member of the Big Gay Sketch Show; no sign-up needed. — Lighting Candles for Rwanda (00:02:14)
2009-03-22 · John · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John urges Nerdfighters who read Dutch to buy Paper Towns in Dutch so his publisher Lemniscaat brings him back to Holland for more bitterballen. — John Loves Amsterdam (00:02:46)
2009-04-01 · video description · Tom Milsom (music, friends & collaborators) — A Few Of My Favorite Things (00:00:00)
2009-04-21 · John · John Keats (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favourite poem short enough to recite is John Keats's last poem, also his will: one line of perfect iambic pentameter. — Question Tuesday (00:01:08)
2009-04-21 · John · Maureen Johnson (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John recommends Maureen Johnson's brilliant Suite Scarlett, out in paperback in a few days, as a way to get her to like you (or become a puppy). — Question Tuesday (00:02:04)
2009-04-21 · John · Suite Scarlett (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John recommends Maureen Johnson's brilliant Suite Scarlett, out in paperback in a few days, as a way to get her to like you (or become a puppy). — Question Tuesday (00:02:04)
2009-04-25 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John's favourite Mountain Goats song is 'Up the Wolves'. — Saturday Video?!?!?! (00:01:04)
2009-04-25 · John · Up the Wolves (music, outside the channel) — John's favourite Mountain Goats song is 'Up the Wolves'. — Saturday Video?!?!?! (00:01:04)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Hyperion (books & writing, outside the channel, playful) — Hank warns people who like how they see the world not to read Hyperion, joking that it warped the minds of 37% of the warped people he knows. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:00:00)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Les Misérables (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank finally read Les Misérables, knowing only one song from the musical, and thinks it will be a classic for decades or centuries. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:00:00)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Ursula K. Le Guin (books & writing, outside the channel) — A self-declared Le Guin fan, Hank says her Powers trilogy makes us imagine worlds as they have been or could be and the people in them, showing amazing people come from all circumstances. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:00:29)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Annals of the Western Shore (books & writing, outside the channel) — A self-declared Le Guin fan, Hank says her Powers trilogy makes us imagine worlds as they have been or could be and the people in them, showing amazing people come from all circumstances. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:00:29)
2009-04-28 · Hank · InterWorld (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank calls Neil Gaiman's Interworld less dark than typical Gaiman but fun and mysterious; it was originally meant to be a TV series. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:01:00)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Ringworld (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says Ringworld Throne 'kind of sucked' but the first Ringworld was very good, with fascinating engineering and characters; he advises skipping the sequels. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:01:00)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Terry Pratchett (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank calls Terry Pratchett one of the world's greatest gifts to him and The Truth a gift for journalists, with Moist von Lipwig (as he says) taking on journalism as a con man. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:01:29)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Sorcery and Cecilia (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank calls Sorcery and Cecilia adorable, like Harry Potter meets Pride and Prejudice: two young women in a dangerous magical mystery, really about infuriating boys in marvelous outfits. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:01:29)
2009-04-28 · Hank · The Truth (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank calls Terry Pratchett one of the world's greatest gifts to him and The Truth a gift for journalists, with Moist von Lipwig (as he says) taking on journalism as a con man. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:01:29)
2009-04-28 · Hank · Maureen Johnson (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Hank, who only just read Maureen Johnson's The Bermudez Triangle, can't believe people wanted to ban it; it should be required high-school reading, the best portrayal of friendship and sexuality he has read. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:02:13)
2009-04-28 · Hank · The Bermudez Triangle (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Hank, who only just read Maureen Johnson's The Bermudez Triangle, can't believe people wanted to ban it; it should be required high-school reading, the best portrayal of friendship and sexuality he has read. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes (00:02:13)
2009-05-03 · John · So Jokes (music, own work (self-plug)) — John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. — Important (Temporary) Video (00:00:29)
2009-05-08 · Hank · Star Trek: The Original Series (film & tv, outside the channel, playful) — Hank says the original Star Trek series can be watched free on YouTube, though it is 'kind of hilariously bad'. — Star Trek: The Movie, Review (00:00:49)
2009-05-24 · video description · Dumbledore (music, friends & collaborators) — WROCK! (00:00:00)
2009-06-01 · Hank · Chameleon Circuit (music, friends & collaborators) — Whoever collects the most addresses wins an iPod Shuffle inscribed 'DFTBA Records', preloaded with five DFTBA releases including So Jokes, the DFTBA compilation and Chameleon Circuit's new album. — DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants (00:00:44)
2009-06-03 · video description · Lauren (musician, mentioned from 2009) (music, nerdfighter community) — LeakyCon Fun! (00:00:00)
2009-06-14 · John · Twitter (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John links to the Twitter feeds of young Iranians tweeting through the crisis, saying they show 140 characters can say something interesting, e.g. 'If Iran sleeps tonight, it will sleep forever.' — Iran Election Fraud: 5 Reasons to Doubt the Results (00:03:41)
2009-06-17 · video description · Alan Lastufka (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — The Fathers of the Founding Fathers (00:00:00)
2009-06-17 · video description · So Jokes (music, own work (self-plug)) — The Fathers of the Founding Fathers (00:00:00)
2009-06-21 · John · Book Wish Foundation (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says real-life volunteering is important, but now there are volunteer opportunities for 'obsessive agoraphobes who love to edit video' like the brothers. — The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less (00:01:31)
2009-06-21 · Hank · EngenderHealth (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Viewers are told to go to youtube.com/videovolunteers, where charities need creative people to make videos explaining their work and why it matters. — The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less (00:02:00)
2009-06-23 · Hank · Ze Frank (online video & web, outside the channel) — Asked why John never blinks, Hank jokes it is because Ze Frank, a pioneering video blogger, never blinked and 'everything we do is stolen' from him; he urges viewers to watch Ze Frank. — Fighting the Flame War! (00:00:53)
2009-06-30 · John · Harry and the Potters (music, friends & collaborators) — John says Paul DeGeorge, half of Harry and the Potters, was in his house, and tells Nerdfighters who do not know the band that their lives are about to get better. — Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL (00:00:00)
2009-07-01 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the DFTBA shirt he wore in the song is on sale at DFTBA.com; only 200 were made and about 50 sold before he mentioned it. — Most Subscribed: A Song (00:02:29)
2009-07-11 · John · Hank's Chewbacca for President song (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank sent John a Chewbacca for President song, which will be a free download with the t-shirt; a snippet plays over the shirt. — Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! (00:01:44)
2009-07-15 · video description · So Jokes (music, own work (self-plug)) — This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song (00:00:00)
2009-07-15 · Hank · Truth or Fail (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a Harry Potter Truth or Fail today, guest hosted by Kristina Horner of the Parselmouths and the Five Awesome Girls. — This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song (00:03:02)
2009-07-17 · Hank · Taking Leave (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank recommends a six-track, six-dollar CD by YouTubers Alan Lastufka and Tom Milsom, whom he calls one of YouTube's best musicians; they made it without ever meeting. — Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave (00:02:11)
2009-07-26 · John · Book Wish Foundation (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John has made his first video volunteer video, for the Book Wish Foundation. — Volunteering (In Your Pants) (00:00:00)
2009-08-12 · Hank · nerdfighters.com (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Hank asks people interested in a secret project to sign up for the secret-project mailing list at nerdfighters.com; those who do within 24 hours will get an email about an important secret project he is excited about. — Vegetables that look like Penises (00:02:40)
2009-08-18 · video description · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — So Jokes: Video EP (00:00:00)
2009-08-18 · Hank · Honda Fit (products, outside the channel, playful) — The song's SUV verse mocks a man down the street who bought a giant SUV (an H2): 'we're fighting a war' so he can drive it home from the grocery store; Hank urges a Honda Fit instead. — So Jokes: Video EP (00:13:44)
2009-08-19 · Hank · The New Yorker (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank recommends a long New Yorker article linked in the sidebar on why US health spending is so large, hopes all Nerdfighters read it and wants to discuss it with John. — The Political Situation at the County Fair (00:03:30)
2009-08-19 · Hank · The Cost Conundrum (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends a long New Yorker article linked in the sidebar on why US health spending is so large, hopes all Nerdfighters read it and wants to discuss it with John. — The Political Situation at the County Fair (00:03:30)
2009-08-30 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John names The Mountain Goats his favorite, second and fourth favorite band, with Hank third, and Hank's anglerfish song as his favorite Hank song. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:00:50)
2009-08-30 · John · A Song About an Anglerfish (music, own work (self-plug)) — John names The Mountain Goats his favorite, second and fourth favorite band, with Hank third, and Hank's anglerfish song as his favorite Hank song. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:00:50)
2009-08-30 · John · James Joyce (books & writing, outside the channel) — In quick literary picks John chooses Joyce over Yeats and Whitman over Faulkner, names Hamlet his favorite play, and says he liked The Hunger Games. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:01:20)
2009-08-30 · John · Walt Whitman (books & writing, outside the channel) — In quick literary picks John chooses Joyce over Yeats and Whitman over Faulkner, names Hamlet his favorite play, and says he liked The Hunger Games. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:01:20)
2009-08-30 · John · Hamlet (play) (art & other works, outside the channel) — In quick literary picks John chooses Joyce over Yeats and Whitman over Faulkner, names Hamlet his favorite play, and says he liked The Hunger Games. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:01:20)
2009-08-30 · John · The Hunger Games (book series) (books & writing, outside the channel) — In quick literary picks John chooses Joyce over Yeats and Whitman over Faulkner, names Hamlet his favorite play, and says he liked The Hunger Games. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:01:20)
2009-08-30 · John · Jean-Luc Picard (characters, outside the channel) — John picks Picard over Kirk, Mario over Link, Canon over Nikon, Final Cut as best editing software, Amsterdam as favorite city and Fantasia as favorite Disney movie. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:02:55)
2009-08-30 · John · Final Cut Express (products, outside the channel) — John picks Picard over Kirk, Mario over Link, Canon over Nikon, Final Cut as best editing software, Amsterdam as favorite city and Fantasia as favorite Disney movie. — 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:02:55)
2009-09-01 · Hank · Bicycle Diaries (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank got a review copy of David Byrne's Bicycle Diaries, which excites him because it is not officially out yet. — I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! (00:00:47)
2009-09-01 · Hank · Geektastic (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank found in a store that the Geektastic anthology includes a John Green story, which John had not mentioned. — I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! (00:00:47)
2009-09-08 · John · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John announces the Paper Towns paperback comes out September 22 and asks those who haven't read it to pick it up or pre-order it via the sidebar. — My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) (00:01:36)
2009-09-09 · Hank · YouTube (organizations & sites, outside the channel, playful) — Hank lists things better than TV crime shows: John Green's books, all books, odd objects like fake hands, video games, and YouTube. — Television Crime Shows Suck (00:02:43)
2009-09-13 · video description · Lauren McLaughlin (books & writing, outside the channel) — Sex, Sports, and Caster Semenya (00:00:00)
2009-09-13 · John · Lauren McLaughlin's blog post on Caster Semenya (online video & web, outside the channel) — John relays his friend Lauren McLaughlin's blog argument that sports is an attempt to remove ambiguity from the human condition. — Sex, Sports, and Caster Semenya (00:01:10)
2009-09-25 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says their shirts are printed in limited runs, so buy it now at DFTBA.com, and get So Jokes too before the second album comes out. — Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts (00:02:55)
2009-09-25 · Hank · So Jokes (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says their shirts are printed in limited runs, so buy it now at DFTBA.com, and get So Jokes too before the second album comes out. — Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts (00:02:55)
2009-09-28 · video description · Paper Towns song (song-challenge winner) (music, nerdfighter community) — Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters (00:00:00)
2009-09-28 · John · Uncultured Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John urges Nerdfighters in or around the Bay Area to attend an October 10 gathering raising money for Shawn Ahmed's Uncultured Project, where Wheezy Waiter's Driftless Pony Club will play. — Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters (00:01:11)
2009-09-29 · Hank · Live on the Internet (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank says Rhett and Link are new DFTBA artists; their front-page video 'Live on the Internet' features Shiba Inu puppies and Snoop Dogg. — DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! (00:00:00)
2009-09-29 · Hank · Alex Day (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — Hank praises Alex Day's new song and album, which DFTBA is releasing, as the kind of music he likes, and urges viewers to watch the video for a hidden present. — DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! (00:00:29)
2009-09-29 · Hank · Alex Day's DFTBA album (untitled here) (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank praises Alex Day's new song and album, which DFTBA is releasing, as the kind of music he likes, and urges viewers to watch the video for a hidden present. — DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! (00:00:29)
2009-09-29 · Hank · Eventful (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says that, planning a tour of the western United States, he doesn't know where Nerdfighters are, and will go where lots of people sign up, as with the Tour de Nerdfighting. — DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! (00:02:40)
2009-10-06 · John · The Beckoning of Lovely (film & tv, friends & collaborators) — John recommends The Beckoning of Lovely, a profoundly moving community-based project his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal is doing with many people, including many Nerdfighters. — Victoria Beckham In Your Pants (00:01:59)
2009-10-11 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says this is why microfinance works: through Kiva, people like him lend to developing-world entrepreneurs, who start small businesses and repay from the revenue. — Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism (00:02:34)
2009-10-28 · Hank · Dan Brown (creator) (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to spend 10 minutes watching Dan Brown's new video, linked in the video. — We Win When Everyone Wins (00:00:00)
2009-10-31 · Hank · Molly Lewis (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank's favourite Halloween thing so far: Molly Lewis (SweetAfton23) dressed as Lady Gaga and sang Poker Face on a ukulele; he points viewers to the video. — Vegas Baby...It's like...well. Hrmm (00:01:56)
2009-11-01 · John · Cub Scout popcorn (products, outside the channel, playful) — John adds that novelists also need an adequate supply of snacks and recommends Cub Scout popcorn. — NaNoWriMo!!! (00:02:45)
2009-11-03 · John · This Machine Pwns n00bs (album) (music, own work (self-plug)) — John announces Hank's second album, This Machine Pwns n00bs ('best album title ever'), out November 16 and available for pre-order. — This Machine Pwns n00bs! (00:00:00)
2009-11-03 · John · A Song About an Anglerfish (music, own work (self-plug)) — John uses the album's first single to start the first event of the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: how many circuits of Jumping Jack Push-Up Dance Move during the anglerfish song. — This Machine Pwns n00bs! (00:00:47)
2009-11-04 · Hank · Bill Martin (music, nerdfighter community) — Hank points DFTBA.com visitors to his first album So Jokes, his live album, and new albums by Molly Lewis and Dr. Noise, both only $6. — Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) (00:03:19)
2009-11-04 · Hank · Molly Lewis (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank points DFTBA.com visitors to his first album So Jokes, his live album, and new albums by Molly Lewis and Dr. Noise, both only $6. — Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) (00:03:19)
2009-11-04 · Hank · I'm So Bad at This (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points DFTBA.com visitors to his first album So Jokes, his live album, and new albums by Molly Lewis and Dr. Noise, both only $6. — Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) (00:03:19)
2009-11-04 · Hank · So Jokes (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points DFTBA.com visitors to his first album So Jokes, his live album, and new albums by Molly Lewis and Dr. Noise, both only $6. — Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) (00:03:19)
2009-11-04 · Hank · This Machine Pwns n00bs (album) (music, own work (self-plug)) — As a thank-you, every pre-order of This Machine Pwns n00bs will include a signed guitar pick. — Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) (00:03:19)
2009-11-10 · Hank · I've Got Nothing (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank says the Chartjackers project has culminated: the internet wrote a song and gave it to a charity, which gets whatever money the song makes. — ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies (00:00:40)
2009-11-17 · John · This Machine Pwns n00bs (album) (music, own work (self-plug)) — John says Hank's album is already on iTunes but recommends buying the physical CD because it comes with a poster. — Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition (00:01:05)
2009-11-18 · Hank · This Machine Pwns n00bs (album) (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows the physical This Machine Pwns n00bs CD for the first time on the vlog: track list, poster, artwork and printed lyrics. — Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) (00:02:56)
2009-11-25 · Hank · Let It Snow (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank congratulates John on Let It Snow, his book with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, becoming a New York Times bestseller, and recommends it as a wintertime 'romp'. — Things I'm Not Thankful For (00:03:06)
2009-12-13 · John · Heifer International (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John recalls that every Christmas he gives Hank a goat from Heifer.org that goes to someone in need; an ark is a whole set of animals for people who need them. — Eyelash Malaria (00:02:35)
2009-12-16 · Hank · The Nature Conservancy (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says the brothers' dad worked for the Nature Conservancy when they were growing up, as its Florida State Director. — Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy (00:00:33)
2009-12-17 · John · Malaria No More (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John is auctioning his nerd glasses, worn in almost every 2008 Vlogbrothers video; the auction is linked in the sidebar and all proceeds go to Malaria No More. — THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! (00:02:03)
2009-12-20 · video description · Heifer International (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Awesome Project Is Awesome (00:00:00)
2009-12-20 · video description · Malaria No More (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Awesome Project Is Awesome (00:00:00)
2009-12-20 · video description · Save The Music Foundation (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Awesome Project Is Awesome (00:00:00)
2009-12-20 · video description · The Nature Conservancy (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Awesome Project Is Awesome (00:00:00)
2009-12-20 · video description · Meekakitty (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — Awesome Project Is Awesome (00:00:00)
2009-12-30 · Hank · Rhett and Link (music, outside the channel) — Hank tells viewers to check out Rhett and Link's work and subscribe to them to thank them for making his final Song Wednesday video awesome. — The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) (00:03:27)

2010 (76)

John: 28 · Hank: 30 · guests: 2 · descriptions: 16

2010-01-15 · video description · A Message to Davos (art & other works, nerdfighter community) — Introduction to Chemistry with Hank (00:00:00)
2010-01-15 · Hank · American Red Cross (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Calling the situation in Haiti dire, Hank asks viewers to help, e.g. by texting HAITI to 90999 to give $10 to the Red Cross via their phone bill, or more through the sidebar link. — Introduction to Chemistry with Hank (00:03:24)
2010-01-15 · Hank · Robot, Ninja and Gay Guy (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says his favourite fictional YouTube show, Robot Ninja and Gay Guy, has been nominated for a Streamy Award and asks viewers to vote for it via the sidebar. — Introduction to Chemistry with Hank (00:03:24)
2010-01-29 · video description · Craig Benzine (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — The iPad and Dolphin Murder (00:00:00)
2010-01-29 · Hank · The Cove (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank calls The Cove fantastic as a film, one of the most high-energy documentaries he has seen, with great pacing and story, depth and breadth; he would watch it again. — The iPad and Dolphin Murder (00:02:21)
2010-02-03 · Hank · Suite Scarlett (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Hank says the sequel to Maureen Johnson's Suite Scarlett is out, though no copy has reached Missoula yet. — Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! (00:00:00)
2010-02-05 · video description · Scarlett Fever (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — DARE TO SUCK (00:00:00)
2010-02-10 · video description · Scarlett Fever (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — HOW TO GET AN AGENT (00:00:00)
2010-02-17 · video description · Wikiquote (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — WRONG WRONG WRONG (00:00:00)
2010-02-22 · Hank · ALL CAPS (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank does a low-movement dance to 'Don't Unplug Me', a song by Kristina Horner's new band All Caps. — TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! (00:02:14)
2010-02-22 · Hank · Don't Unplug Me (music, friends & collaborators) — Hank does a low-movement dance to 'Don't Unplug Me', a song by Kristina Horner's new band All Caps. — TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! (00:02:14)
2010-04-05 · Hank · Feed (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says anyone who hasn't thought about that should read the novel Feed. — Google in your Brain (00:03:08)
2010-04-12 · video description · Will Grayson, Will Grayson (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — On the Separation of Conjoined Twins (00:00:00)
2010-04-12 · John · One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls Alice Dreger's book One of Us great. — On the Separation of Conjoined Twins (00:00:58)
2010-04-16 · John · Padre Pio (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John recommends Padre Pio, a relatively recent saint whom many consider a bit nutty, as patron saint of YouTube, and shows he keeps him in his wallet. — The Patron Saint of Youtube (00:02:00)
2010-04-28 · Hank · Shel Silverstein (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says he likes poetry that doesn't confuse him and hates when poets assume he knows what they mean; Shel Silverstein says what he means, just more cleverly. — Who's in Your Hug Bucket? (00:00:45)
2010-05-03 · Hank · Save the Internet (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to go to savetheinternet.com, read up on net neutrality, and be educated and participating in the debate. — Net Neutrality in the Shower (00:03:38)
2010-05-05 · video description · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! (00:00:00)
2010-05-10 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — For Justin Bieber songs stuck in your head ('Bieber fever'), John prescribes a heavy dose of the Mountain Goats and the website themountaingoatswillcureyourbieberfever.com. — Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More (00:02:54)
2010-05-10 · John · The Mountain Goats Will Cure Your Bieber Fever (online video & web, outside the channel, playful) — For Justin Bieber songs stuck in your head ('Bieber fever'), John prescribes a heavy dose of the Mountain Goats and the website themountaingoatswillcureyourbieberfever.com. — Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More (00:02:54)
2010-05-14 · John · Will Grayson, Will Grayson (books & writing, own work (self-plug), playful) — To a viewer hurt by a friend's fake online boy persona, John half-jokingly recommends his new book Will Grayson, Will Grayson, written with David Levithan. — Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More (00:01:19)
2010-05-14 · John · David Foster Wallace (books & writing, outside the channel) — To a viewer about to graduate from college, John recommends David Foster Wallace's 'brilliant' commencement speech This Is Water, linked in the description. — Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More (00:01:31)
2010-05-14 · John · This Is Water (art & other works, outside the channel) — To a viewer about to graduate from college, John recommends David Foster Wallace's 'brilliant' commencement speech This Is Water, linked in the description. — Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More (00:01:31)
2010-05-21 · Hank · AN Hosting (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank checks domain availability at bustaname.com, then buys hosting at anhosting.com, which includes a free domain, rather than registering the domain with GoDaddy. — How to Make a Website in Four Minutes (00:00:29)
2010-05-21 · Hank · Bustaname (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank checks domain availability at bustaname.com, then buys hosting at anhosting.com, which includes a free domain, rather than registering the domain with GoDaddy. — How to Make a Website in Four Minutes (00:00:29)
2010-05-21 · Hank · cPanel (products, outside the channel) — Hank sets the site up through cPanel with AN Hosting's one-click WordPress installer Softaculous, advising viewers to leave the install directory blank rather than the default 'WP'. — How to Make a Website in Four Minutes (00:01:56)
2010-05-21 · Hank · Softaculous (products, outside the channel) — Hank sets the site up through cPanel with AN Hosting's one-click WordPress installer Softaculous, advising viewers to leave the install directory blank rather than the default 'WP'. — How to Make a Website in Four Minutes (00:01:56)
2010-05-21 · Hank · WordPress (products, outside the channel) — Hank says everyone these days uses WordPress to build a great, powerful, simple website because WordPress is excellent. — How to Make a Website in Four Minutes (00:01:56)
2010-06-11 · video description · VidCon (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Mmmm....PARTS (00:00:00)
2010-06-11 · John · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Paper Towns has just been published in the United Kingdom. — Mmmm....PARTS (00:02:17)
2010-06-14 · Hank · The Trevor Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank tells the Turing story to think about change: this week (week of 14 June 2010) the Trevor Project is running a video contest called Be the Change. — Be The Change - vlogbrothers (00:02:00)
2010-06-25 · a guest · Natalie Standiford (books & writing, outside the channel) — Book Nerd PARADISE (00:01:15)
2010-06-25 · a guest · Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters (books & writing, outside the channel) — Book Nerd PARADISE (00:01:15)
2010-06-30 · video description · Affect and Accuracy in Recall: Studies of "Flashbulb" Memories (books & writing, outside the channel) — Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE (00:00:00)
2010-07-16 · video description · DeStorm Power (online video & web, outside the channel) — VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls (00:00:00)
2010-07-16 · video description · Elmify (online video & web, outside the channel) — VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls (00:00:00)
2010-07-16 · video description · LizzieRadio (online video & web, outside the channel) — VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls (00:00:00)
2010-07-16 · video description · Secret Brother Tom (other people & groups, nerdfighter community) — VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls (00:00:00)
2010-07-16 · video description · Meekakitty (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls (00:00:00)
2010-07-28 · video description · Don't Call Me Ishmael (books & writing, outside the channel) — The description names the featured book, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, and recommends buying the 'hilarious' first book in the series, Don't Call Me Ishmael. — Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich (00:00:00)
2010-08-04 · Hank · Toby Turner (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says the Vlogbrothers are now the 81st most subscribed channel on YouTube and are about to be passed by Toby Turner; he jokes 81st is as high as they will go. — Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! (00:00:00)
2010-08-04 · Hank · Literal Harry Potter trailer (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says he is excited when creators he likes pass them, and that Toby Turner's literal Harry Potter trailer shows he deserves 81st more than they do. — Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! (00:00:00)
2010-08-10 · Hank · Eff Yeah Nerdfighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Hank says the Tumblr Eff Yeah Nerdfighters has 5,000 followers and asks viewers to follow it too. — JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! (00:02:50)
2010-08-20 · John · Guide to Nerdfighting (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John reports that made-of-awesome Nerdfighters are making a crowdsourced book, a guide to nerdfighting, with Nerdfighter language definitions, stories from Nerdfighteria and artwork. — The Fox Hat IS REAL, but Are Zombies People? (00:00:58)
2010-08-23 · Hank · Mockingjay (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says Mockingjay, the next Hunger Games book, can be bought tomorrow and he is extremely excited about it. — Make-up Tutorial: Katniss Everdeen Look (00:03:06)
2010-08-23 · Hank · Ship Breaker (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker, which he read while waiting for Mockingjay: two Nerdfighter symbols up. — Make-up Tutorial: Katniss Everdeen Look (00:03:15)
2010-08-27 · John · Friends of Esther Fund (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John asks those so inclined to give to the Friends of Esther Fund, which goes directly to her family for expenses incurred during her care; link in the doobly-doo. — Rest In Awesome, Esther (00:02:01)
2010-09-06 · John · Vlogbrothers shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John reminds Nerdfighteria that a vlogbrothers shirt designed by Nerdfighter Vondell Swain is on pre-order at DFTBA.com for one more week: get it now. — I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) (00:03:37)
2010-09-15 · John · Mission AmyKR (art & other works, friends & collaborators) — John recommends Amy Krouse Rosenthal's original positive pranking video and her Mission AmyKR project. — Positive Pranking: The TP Edition (00:02:07)
2010-10-13 · John · It Doesn't Get Better Than These It Gets Better Videos (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — John asks viewers to check out the playlist in the doobly-doo, even if they aren't wondering whether it gets better, which it does. — On Hope and Chile (00:02:03)
2010-10-22 · John · Giraffe love shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Nerdfighters there is only one week left to pre-order Hank's shirt celebrating giraffes who love giraffes, with the link in the doobly-doo. — Making Adorable Music (00:02:04)
2010-10-29 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out bracelet (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank Has Questions (00:00:00)
2010-10-29 · Hank · Giraffe love shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says today is the last day to pre-order the giraffe love shirt. — Hank Has Questions (00:02:58)
2010-11-01 · John · Susan Sontag (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says discussing those questions with any complexity would require reading Susan Sontag's brilliant book Regarding the Pain of Others, and more than four minutes allow. — Consider the Lemming (00:01:47)
2010-11-01 · John · Regarding the Pain of Others (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says discussing those questions with any complexity would require reading Susan Sontag's brilliant book Regarding the Pain of Others, and more than four minutes allow. — Consider the Lemming (00:01:47)
2010-11-01 · John · This Star Won't Go Out bracelet (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Reminded by the pumpkin, John tells Nerdfighters to get their Esther bracelets. — Consider the Lemming (00:03:15)
2010-11-17 · Hank · 13 Little Blue Envelopes (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Hank sings he was impressed with Frankie Landau-Banks, though her epic pranks don't compare with saving the world, and that 13 Little Blue Envelopes was fantastic but not the best book he has read. — HARRY POTTER SONG! (00:01:22)
2010-11-24 · John · William Kentridge (art & other works, outside the channel) — At the Albertina, John's camcorder was confiscated by security when he tried to film the William Kentridge show for Hank; he got it back. — Babies and Catacombs: VIENNA (Thoughts from Places) (00:01:29)
2010-11-26 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a Black Friday DFTBA Records sale on new shirts (giraffe love, two DFTBA University shirts, the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Nerdfighter Vondell Swain) and old favorites. — p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (00:03:04)
2010-11-26 · Hank · DFTBA University shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a Black Friday DFTBA Records sale on new shirts (giraffe love, two DFTBA University shirts, the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Nerdfighter Vondell Swain) and old favorites. — p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (00:03:04)
2010-11-26 · Hank · Giant Squid of Anger shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a Black Friday DFTBA Records sale on new shirts (giraffe love, two DFTBA University shirts, the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Nerdfighter Vondell Swain) and old favorites. — p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (00:03:04)
2010-11-26 · Hank · Giraffe love shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a Black Friday DFTBA Records sale on new shirts (giraffe love, two DFTBA University shirts, the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Nerdfighter Vondell Swain) and old favorites. — p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (00:03:04)
2010-11-29 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Nerdfighters the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Vondell Swain and a DFTBA shirt are in stock at DFTBA.com and ship immediately. — Giant Tortoise Coitus (00:02:54)
2010-11-29 · John · Giant Squid of Anger shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Nerdfighters the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Vondell Swain and a DFTBA shirt are in stock at DFTBA.com and ship immediately. — Giant Tortoise Coitus (00:02:54)
2010-11-29 · John · DFTBA shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Nerdfighters the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Vondell Swain and a DFTBA shirt are in stock at DFTBA.com and ship immediately. — Giant Tortoise Coitus (00:02:54)
2010-11-29 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — When John says the brothers will let Nerdfighteria challenge 'us' to something horrible, Hank says he thinks John means only himself, then says he'll do something horrible too. — John and Hank: The Out-Takes (00:01:52)
2010-12-01 · Hank · VYou (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says he just started a profile on a new site, Vyou.com (vyou.com/hankgreen), finds it kind of cool and wants to know what viewers think of it. — Makin' Babies: A Song (00:02:00)
2010-12-07 · Hank · Fox in Socks (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank tells John that if he doesn't have a copy of Fox in Socks, Hank is sending his own copy for Henry. — Tongue Twisters (00:03:58)
2010-12-13 · John · Anna and the French Kiss (books & writing, outside the channel) — John loves Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: made of sweetness, funny and smart, and one of the most genuinely romantic stories he has read. — 8 Things I Love (00:00:15)
2010-12-13 · John · Karen Kavett (other people & groups, nerdfighter community) — John is grateful for Karen Kavett, a longtime Nerdfighter who designed this year's (2010) Project for Awesome thumbnail and did all the French Revolution videos. — 8 Things I Love (00:00:49)
2010-12-13 · John · The Beckoning of Lovely (film & tv, friends & collaborators) — John recommends his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Beckoning of Lovely project and a link to what happened on 10/10/10 in Chicago, which might make you cry. — 8 Things I Love (00:00:59)
2010-12-13 · John · Charlie McDonnell (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — John praises Charlie McDonnell, whom he met as a young lad and thought a genius, especially his new album This Is Me, which he can't stop listening to. — 8 Things I Love (00:01:33)
2010-12-13 · John · This Is Me (music, friends & collaborators) — John praises Charlie McDonnell, whom he met as a young lad and thought a genius, especially his new album This Is Me, which he can't stop listening to. — 8 Things I Love (00:01:33)
2010-12-13 · John · Bread (music, friends & collaborators) — John says he has listened to 'Bread' on repeat 621 times, which raises the possibility that he is technically a fangirl. — 8 Things I Love (00:01:55)
2010-12-13 · John · Vi Hart (online video & web, outside the channel) — John says Vi Hart has been a Nerdfighter since 2007 and designed the original Nerdfighter pirate logo. — 8 Things I Love (00:02:30)
2010-12-20 · Hank · Uncultured Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On the end screen Hank recommends Shawn's Uncultured Project P4A video, uploaded a little late and little promoted, saying viewers will weep. — Thoughts on the Project for Awesome (00:03:27)

2011 (110)

John: 41 · Hank: 38 · guests: 1 · descriptions: 30

2011-01-05 · Hank · ThinkGeek (organizations & sites, outside the channel, playful) — Hank shows a time-lapse of a flower opening made with the garden watch cam his parents got him from ThinkGeek, the only place he now wants presents from since he already owns all DFTBA Records merchandise. — Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job (00:03:20)
2011-01-07 · John · The Lover's Dictionary (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John may write another book with David Levithan; meanwhile he recommends Levithan's 'amazing' new solo book The Lover's Dictionary. — CONCUSSED Question Friday (00:01:27)
2011-01-07 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — Asked for his favourite Mountain Goats song, John recites a lyric about Raskolnikov; for a first album he puts a recommendation in the description. — CONCUSSED Question Friday (00:01:34)
2011-01-10 · Hank · Ship Breaker (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says Ship Breaker, one of his favorite books of the year, has just won the Printz Award, and congratulates Paolo Bacigalupi. — Top 5 Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories (00:03:40)
2011-01-12 · John · God's Fool (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls God's Fool, starring Chang and Eng, a great book. — Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History (00:02:22)
2011-02-04 · video description · An Abundance of Katherines (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition (00:00:00)
2011-02-04 · video description · Looking for Alaska (novel) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition (00:00:00)
2011-02-04 · video description · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition (00:00:00)
2011-02-04 · video description · Will Grayson, Will Grayson (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition (00:00:00)
2011-02-04 · John · Wilshire 5000 (products, outside the channel) — For investing a small amount of money John recommends a broad index fund like the Wilshire 5000. — QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition (00:01:08)
2011-02-04 · John · This Star Won't Go Out bracelet (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John wears an Esther bracelet and tells viewers to get one, since they make the world suck less; link in the description. — QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition (00:02:49)
2011-02-04 · John · The Whomping Willows (music, friends & collaborators) — John points Hank, and viewers, to an awesome gold eagle shirt from 'our friend' the Whomping Willows, linked in the description. — QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition (00:03:32)
2011-02-07 · Hank · Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 (games, outside the channel) — Hank says Katherine guest-starred with him in an episode of Hank Plays Lego Harry Potter, which he calls hilarious and adorable, and tells viewers to watch it. — Cancer Sniffing Dog (00:03:00)
2011-02-11 · video description · Charlie McDonnell (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — 200 People in Your Pants (00:00:00)
2011-02-14 · John · Truth or Fail (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — P.S.: Hank has just made a very funny Valentine's Day Truth or Fail; viewers can click the screen to see it. — CHUBBY BUNNY...blergh! (00:02:14)
2011-02-16 · Hank · Tiny Toon Adventures (film & tv, outside the channel) — With his computer in bed, Hank says one can be a productive citizen without leaving bed; he watched Tiny Toon Adventures, a show he loves. — This Video Brought to you by Nyquil (00:00:55)
2011-02-23 · video description · Al Jazeera (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD (00:00:00)
2011-02-23 · video description · NASA (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD (00:00:00)
2011-02-23 · video description · New Zealand Red Cross (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD (00:00:00)
2011-02-23 · video description · Red Crescent (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD (00:00:00)
2011-02-23 · video description · Scientific American (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD (00:00:00)
2011-02-23 · video description · Wikipedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD (00:00:00)
2011-02-28 · video description · The Golden Rule (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Harry Baals & Dick Trickle: The Funniest Names in History (00:00:00)
2011-03-07 · Hank · iTunes (products, outside the channel) — Hank says those who enjoy his music are welcome to buy the album, if they haven't already, at DFTBA.com or on iTunes. — This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP (00:00:27)
2011-03-07 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says those who enjoy his music are welcome to buy the album, if they haven't already, at DFTBA.com or on iTunes. — This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP (00:00:27)
2011-03-09 · John · Libba Bray (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says he is friends with Libba Bray and has read all her books, including the not-yet-released Beauty Queens, which is amazing; viewers should pre-order it. — DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day (00:01:32)
2011-03-09 · John · Beauty Queens (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says he is friends with Libba Bray and has read all her books, including the not-yet-released Beauty Queens, which is amazing; viewers should pre-order it. — DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day (00:01:32)
2011-03-11 · video description · American Red Cross (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Superhero Creation Myths (00:00:00)
2011-03-14 · John · American Red Cross (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John tells Hank that a link to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund is in the doobly-doo. — Thoughts from Places: Los Angeles after the Earthquake (00:02:31)
2011-03-16 · video description · American Red Cross (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The description asks viewers to donate, linking the American Red Cross disaster relief page. — Why Did Fukushima Explode? (00:00:00)
2011-03-21 · Hank · Lisa Donovan (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank thanks Water.org and Haiti Outreach, and points viewers to Lisa Nova's and Timothy DeLaGhetto's channels: they were in Haiti with him and made videos about it. — Helping Haiti (00:03:29)
2011-03-21 · Hank · Timothy DeLaGhetto (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank thanks Water.org and Haiti Outreach, and points viewers to Lisa Nova's and Timothy DeLaGhetto's channels: they were in Haiti with him and made videos about it. — Helping Haiti (00:03:29)
2011-04-06 · John · TJ's blog (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — John recommends TJ's blog chronicling her pregnancy, with diagrams of her fetus eating its feet, as one of the funniest on the internet, warning it contains frank language. — Tales of Nerd Love! (00:00:44)
2011-04-06 · John · Will Grayson, Will Grayson (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John says Will Grayson, Will Grayson came out in paperback yesterday, with a buying link in the description. — Tales of Nerd Love! (00:02:56)
2011-04-18 · Hank · 2D Glasses (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the glasses are a big deal for him: he had an idea and then made it, making his idea real. — 2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D (00:01:24)
2011-04-20 · video description · Atlas (books & writing, outside the channel) — Tulipomania (00:00:00)
2011-04-22 · video description · 2D Glasses (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) (00:00:00)
2011-04-25 · video description · Will Grayson, Will Grayson (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Meeting Greg Mortenson (00:00:00)
2011-05-02 · Hank · Win Win (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank calls Win Win, the new Paul Giamatti film, awesome and a really good movie. — Osama Bin Laden is Dead (00:00:20)
2011-05-11 · video description · DOSBox (products, outside the channel) — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:00:00)
2011-05-11 · video description · Civilization (series) (film & tv, outside the channel) — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:00:00)
2011-05-11 · Hank · SimCity (games, outside the channel) — Hank says Maxis pretty much created the simulation game, starting with SimCity and later making The Sims. — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:00:56)
2011-05-11 · Hank · SimFarm (games, outside the channel) — One of Hank's favourites, SimFarm, was like FarmVille but really simulated farming: pigs die if unfed, you borrow from the bank, sell on futures markets, and only a cash-crop monoculture gets rich. — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:01:34)
2011-05-11 · Hank · Civilization (series) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank says Sid Meier's Civilization has had five incarnations, all really good, and can be won by killing everyone or by peace on a diverse planet. — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:01:52)
2011-05-11 · Hank · SimEarth (games, outside the channel) — SimEarth simulated the whole planet, including CO2 levels and ocean currents; play was limited, but it was a textbook in game form, which suited Hank as a little nerd. — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:02:15)
2011-05-11 · Hank · SimCity 2000 (games, outside the channel) — Hank calls SimCity and SimCity 2000 the best simulation games of all time. — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! (00:02:29)
2011-05-23 · John · Eff Yeah Nerdfighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — After years as fans of the Eff Yeah Nerdfighters Tumblr, John and Hank both got Tumblrs earlier this month (May 2011), on the same day. — Eating the Unicorn (00:02:34)
2011-05-23 · John · Edward Spoonhands (music, own work (self-plug)) — John calls 'Edward Spoonhands' the most underappreciated Hank song. — Eating the Unicorn (00:03:13)
2011-05-30 · Hank · Water.org (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank gives the money to Water.org, with whom he went to Haiti, and, inspired by Nerdfighteria's charity, doubles the amount. — Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family (00:02:07)
2011-06-01 · John · The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls M.T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing a brilliant novel, citing its point that the Revolutionary War was bad for slaves. — The Evil Baby Orphanage Returns...for George Washington? (00:01:18)
2011-06-15 · John · The Great Gatsby (books & writing, outside the channel) — John points to a purchase link (outside the US the book is probably public domain and free) and asks readers, first-time or returning, even past haters, to read Gatsby with him. — Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) (00:01:32)
2011-06-17 · video description · ScanDigital (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Top 7 Tips for LIFE (00:00:00)
2011-07-01 · video description · Tumblr (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Humping the Town (00:00:00)
2011-07-06 · video description · Wikipedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John Green is an IDIOT! And so are you. (00:00:00)
2011-07-06 · Hank · Scientific American (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank encourages everyone to read about bias to escape their bias blind spot, recommending Michael Shermer's new book The Believing Brain; Shermer writes for Scientific American, a favourite magazine. — John Green is an IDIOT! And so are you. (00:03:41)
2011-07-06 · Hank · The Believing Brain (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank encourages everyone to read about bias to escape their bias blind spot, recommending Michael Shermer's new book The Believing Brain; Shermer writes for Scientific American, a favourite magazine. — John Green is an IDIOT! And so are you. (00:03:41)
2011-07-08 · John · The Great Gatsby (books & writing, outside the channel) — John reminds viewers to read the first six chapters of The Great Gatsby by Wednesday (13 July 2011): homework from YouTube. — Kill the Dollar Bill! (00:03:05)
2011-07-13 · John · Phineas Gage (song) (music, own work (self-plug)) — John touts the album's songs: Phineas Gage, Strange Charm (best song ever about quarks), Shake a Booty (one of his favourites) and, from Katherine, Fermi Paradox. — ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video (00:02:11)
2011-07-13 · John · Shake a Booty (music, own work (self-plug)) — John touts the album's songs: Phineas Gage, Strange Charm (best song ever about quarks), Shake a Booty (one of his favourites) and, from Katherine, Fermi Paradox. — ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video (00:02:11)
2011-07-13 · John · Strange Charm (music, own work (self-plug), playful) — John touts the album's songs: Phineas Gage, Strange Charm (best song ever about quarks), Shake a Booty (one of his favourites) and, from Katherine, Fermi Paradox. — ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video (00:02:11)
2011-07-13 · Katherine Green · Fermi Paradox (song by Hank Green) (music, own work (self-plug)) — ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video (00:02:33)
2011-07-15 · Hank · Dear Mr. Potter (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends a beautiful book of Harry Potter community reminiscences (Dear Mr. Potter, per the description) whose thesis his song borrowed; all proceeds fund HPA literacy work. — Harry Freaking Potter (00:03:24)
2011-08-03 · Hank · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says Esther is why the brothers always wear their bracelets, sold for $5 at DFTBA.com with all proceeds to the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation, which helps children with cancer and their families. — I Love My Brother (00:00:00)
2011-08-08 · video description · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hackers, Cyber crime, and a New Kind of War. (00:00:00)
2011-08-17 · John · Sherlock (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked about the modernised Sherlock Holmes, John gives the Cumberbatch version two thumbs up and the Downey Jr. version one thumb; Hank, who has seen both, agrees. — Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT! (00:01:48)
2011-08-19 · video description · Michael Buckley (online video & web, outside the channel) — Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR (00:00:00)
2011-08-19 · video description · The Fault in Our Stars (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR (00:00:00)
2011-08-26 · John · The Crack-Up (books & writing, outside the channel) — John names his favourite essay: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Crack-Up. — Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. (00:00:14)
2011-08-31 · video description · Lucy on the Loose (art & other works, friends & collaborators) — How to Become An Adult (00:00:00)
2011-08-31 · John · Angel in My Pocket (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John says Booklist colleague Ilene Cooper, author of 20+ children's books, agreed over lunch at the Cheesecake Factory that his vague boarding-school novel idea sounded great. — How to Become An Adult (00:02:03)
2011-09-09 · Hank · Mink Car Cover (music, outside the channel) — Hank says the tribute album, with Tom Milsom, Molly Lewis, MC Frontalot, Driftless Pony Club and Mike Lombardo, is on CD at minkcarcover.com, iTunes or Bandcamp, benefiting the FDNY Foundation. — 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III (00:03:04)
2011-09-09 · Hank · Eff Yeah Nerdfighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Hank asks viewers to follow Eff Yeah Nerdfighters on Tumblr, which finds the best things in Nerdfighteria, such as Sharkeye Jones's laser-eyed Pizza John art. — 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III (00:03:26)
2011-09-23 · Hank · Watchmen (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says the world did not conspire to make this place; likewise Laurie is not objectively a miracle, what is miraculous is the love between her and what remains of Jon Osterman in Dr. Manhattan. — The Improbability of Place - Thoughts from the San Juans (00:02:26)
2011-09-26 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John presents Kiva.org as letting anyone be a banker for developing-world entrepreneurs they choose, with a 98.5% chance of repayment; lenders can relend or withdraw, and earn no interest (as with banks these days). — Awesome Bankers? (00:02:26)
2011-09-26 · John · Bank of Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John encourages Nerdfighters to check out and join the Kiva.org Nerdfighter group and lend, from as little as $25, saying they can do even better. — Awesome Bankers? (00:02:55)
2011-09-26 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a PS John says the Keep Calm and DFTBA posters are not just a rhetorical gambit but actually for sale at DFTBA.com. — Awesome Bankers? (00:03:24)
2011-09-30 · John · Maureen Johnson (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John says secret sister Maureen Johnson, 'aka Actual John Green', had her best book ever, The Name of the Star, come out yesterday, and everybody is going to love it. — YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses (00:00:13)
2011-09-30 · John · The Name of the Star (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John says secret sister Maureen Johnson, 'aka Actual John Green', had her best book ever, The Name of the Star, come out yesterday, and everybody is going to love it. — YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses (00:00:13)
2011-10-05 · John · Amy Krouse Rosenthal (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John says viewers can be part of a feature film by his longtime collaborator Amy Krouse Rosenthal for the Beckoning of Lovely: she wants people worldwide to design their own greeting based on a Beckoning of Lovely anagram (wording unclear). — SIGNING MADNESS (00:02:27)
2011-10-05 · John · The Beckoning of Lovely (film & tv, friends & collaborators) — John shows examples by Amy and by him and his friend Stan, points to a how-to video, and calls the Beckoning of Lovely an amazing project going on for three years. — SIGNING MADNESS (00:02:58)
2011-10-14 · John · Laurena Segura (music, nerdfighter community) — Laurena Segura, Nerd Factor winner for her song 'Permafrost', has an EP out on iTunes through DFTBA Records by popular demand, with 'Permafrost', a song in French and 'Fireflies of Montreal', which John plays. — Defying Wadsworth! (00:01:01)
2011-10-14 · John · Fireflies of Montreal (music, nerdfighter community) — Laurena Segura, Nerd Factor winner for her song 'Permafrost', has an EP out on iTunes through DFTBA Records by popular demand, with 'Permafrost', a song in French and 'Fireflies of Montreal', which John plays. — Defying Wadsworth! (00:01:01)
2011-10-14 · John · Permafrost (music, nerdfighter community) — Laurena Segura, Nerd Factor winner for her song 'Permafrost', has an EP out on iTunes through DFTBA Records by popular demand, with 'Permafrost', a song in French and 'Fireflies of Montreal', which John plays. — Defying Wadsworth! (00:01:01)
2011-10-21 · Hank · John and Hank's Awesome Adventure (games, nerdfighter community) — A group of people worked for nine months on an iOS game, John and Hank's Awesome Adventure, starring the brothers; asked what they needed, the makers wanted the brothers' voices. — Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron (00:00:29)
2011-10-21 · Hank · Karen Kavett (other people & groups, nerdfighter community) — Hank recommends two blog posts on the cover: one by Karen Kavett, Nerdfighteria's unofficial chief creative officer for years, and one by the Yeti, John's wife and a modern-art museum curator. — Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron (00:01:56)
2011-10-21 · Hank · Sarah Urist Green (other people & groups, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends two blog posts on the cover: one by Karen Kavett, Nerdfighteria's unofficial chief creative officer for years, and one by the Yeti, John's wife and a modern-art museum curator. — Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron (00:01:56)
2011-10-26 · Hank · Bill Martin (music, nerdfighter community) — Hank's end-screen picks: a song by Dr. Noise (watch to the epic end), HankGames videos (Swindon Town, Super Mario Bros. Wii with Katherine) and last week's (week of 17 October 2011) Truth or Fail on October holidays. — 7,000,000,000 People (00:03:18)
2011-10-26 · Hank · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank's end-screen picks: a song by Dr. Noise (watch to the epic end), HankGames videos (Swindon Town, Super Mario Bros. Wii with Katherine) and last week's (week of 17 October 2011) Truth or Fail on October holidays. — 7,000,000,000 People (00:03:18)
2011-10-26 · Hank · Truth or Fail (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank's end-screen picks: a song by Dr. Noise (watch to the epic end), HankGames videos (Swindon Town, Super Mario Bros. Wii with Katherine) and last week's (week of 17 October 2011) Truth or Fail on October holidays. — 7,000,000,000 People (00:03:18)
2011-10-31 · Hank · Firefly (tv series) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank reveals his Halloween costume: he is Jayne Cobb from the TV show Firefly. — Pumpkin Slashing, Sexy Watermelons, and Zombie Tools with Jayne (00:00:00)
2011-10-31 · Hank · Truth or Fail (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points viewers to a zombie Truth or Fail at youtube.com/truthorfail. — Pumpkin Slashing, Sexy Watermelons, and Zombie Tools with Jayne (00:03:13)
2011-11-09 · Hank · Join Us (music, outside the channel) — Hank says he has been listening to They Might Be Giants' new album, Join Us, constantly. — 27 Part Video (00:01:27)
2011-11-09 · Hank · Minecraft (games, outside the channel, playful) — Hank thinks Minecraft is totally amazing; he plays, finds a spot for a new house, digs and dies. — 27 Part Video (00:02:02)
2011-11-11 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John reports that the lending arm of the Bank of Nerdfighteria works across six continents: Nerdfighters have loaned more than $75,000 through Kiva.org. — The Bank of Nerdfighteria (00:01:47)
2011-11-14 · Hank · Ellen Hardcastle (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows his most recent album, Ellen Hardcastle, for sale via a link below; the new song isn't on it because he just wrote it. — T-Shirt and Jeans - A Song (00:03:28)
2011-11-16 · John · Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (books & writing, outside the channel) — At No. 5, John praises Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: it still feels like a Jane Austen novel, never becomes a shtick and is very readable, but is short on zombies. — Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME (00:00:29)
2011-11-16 · John · The Walking Dead (books & writing, outside the channel) — At No. 4, John picks The Walking Dead comic over the TV show: small-town cop, brilliant illustrations and the right kind of zombies. — Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME (00:00:55)
2011-11-16 · John · Night of the Living Dead (film & tv, outside the channel) — John says George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead basically invented modern zombies, though it never uses the word; zombies originally come from Haitian folklore. — Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME (00:01:53)
2011-11-16 · John · Left 4 Dead 2 (games, outside the channel) — At No. 2, John picks Left 4 Dead 2 as the only zombie video game featuring Jonathan Coulton's 'Re: Your Brains', which he calls the best zombie apocalypse song. — Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME (00:02:22)
2011-11-16 · John · Re: Your Brains (music, outside the channel) — At No. 2, John picks Left 4 Dead 2 as the only zombie video game featuring Jonathan Coulton's 'Re: Your Brains', which he calls the best zombie apocalypse song. — Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME (00:02:22)
2011-11-16 · John · I Am Legend (novel) (books & writing, outside the channel) — At No. 1, John picks Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend, which he says invented everything awesome about zombie apocalypses; Shaun of the Dead is his No. 6. — Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME (00:02:52)
2011-11-18 · Hank · World War Z (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank enjoyed John's zombie list but says it lacked World War Z, the only media to give him nightmares since Akira. — Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ (00:00:00)
2011-11-28 · Hank · The Invention of Hugo Cabret (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank tells those committed to Read It First's mission to read Hugo Cabret, because it's awesome. — Stuffed with STUFF! (00:01:27)
2011-11-28 · Hank · The Muppets (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank says Truth or Fail now has over 130,000 subscribers; his latest is about the Muppets because the movie was amazing. — Stuffed with STUFF! (00:01:57)
2011-12-07 · video description · Adopt-a-Greyhound (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — World's Stupidest Dog (00:00:00)
2011-12-12 · Hank · QI (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank looked up the stages of grief and finds himself in stage two; he is also in the 'stage' of eating lots of potato chips and watching QI for hours. — Our Grandfather (00:01:50)
2011-12-19 · John · Forever Yours (music, friends & collaborators) — John tells viewers to get Forever Yours and its remixes, with links in the doobly-doo. — Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath (00:00:43)
2011-12-23 · video description · An Abundance of Katherines (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! (00:00:00)
2011-12-23 · video description · Looking for Alaska (novel) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! (00:00:00)
2011-12-23 · video description · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! (00:00:00)

2012 (128)

John: 67 · Hank: 40 · descriptions: 21

2012-01-06 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. — Kill your TV (00:03:06)
2012-01-06 · Hank · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. — Kill your TV (00:03:06)
2012-01-06 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. — Kill your TV (00:03:06)
2012-01-06 · Hank · Truth or Fail (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. — Kill your TV (00:03:06)
2012-01-17 · video description · Ellen Hardcastle (music, own work (self-plug)) — Thoughts from Places: The Tour (00:00:00)
2012-01-17 · video description · Shake a Booty (music, own work (self-plug)) — Thoughts from Places: The Tour (00:00:00)
2012-02-03 · video description · Chameleon Circuit (music, friends & collaborators) — An Awful Lot of Touring (00:00:00)
2012-02-07 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John plugs the brothers' new show Crash Course, which teaches 'stuff', and plays a preview. — 10 Misconceptions Debunked! (00:03:08)
2012-02-10 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — On the end screen Hank says this video is what SciShow is all the time, with nicer production values, and suggests subscribing at youtube.com/SciShow. — How Big is the Universe? (00:03:10)
2012-02-10 · Hank · Tour de Nerdfighting CD (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank offers the few leftover Tour de Nerdfighting CDs, which he had at the tour, because he doesn't want to throw the extras away. — How Big is the Universe? (00:03:10)
2012-02-14 · video description · Rosianna Halse Rojas (other people & groups, own work (self-plug)) — Things I Can Do (00:00:00)
2012-02-14 · video description · Abstract and Brief Chronicles of the Time (books & writing, outside the channel) — Things I Can Do (00:00:00)
2012-02-14 · John · The Art of Fielding (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding: a book for so-called grown-ups, but he can't remember enjoying a story more; it is beautiful and made him feel all the things. — Things I Can Do (00:00:29)
2012-02-14 · John · The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by longtime Nerdfighter Jennifer Smith: beautifully written, super romantic and extremely thoughtful. — Things I Can Do (00:00:29)
2012-02-14 · John · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — John says he has become obsessed with the brilliant YouTuber CGP Grey, who hates pennies and loves Britain, 'just like me except smarter', and tells viewers to watch him. — Things I Can Do (00:01:27)
2012-02-14 · John · Gumroad (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says both brothers are obsessed with the new website Gumroad, which connects makers directly to fans without PayPal, Amazon or iTunes, taking a smaller cut than PayPal; he invites viewers to upload and sell their stuff. — Things I Can Do (00:02:55)
2012-02-14 · John · documentary (Thought Bubble Kickstarter) (film & tv, outside the channel) — John says Thought Bubble, who animate Crash Course, are kickstarting a documentary; if enough Nerdfighters help fund it, Nerdfighteria will be its executive producers. Link in the description. — Things I Can Do (00:02:55)
2012-02-21 · John · Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Randy, now going by his real name Ransom Riggs, wrote a novel based on thousands of found photographs he collected, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which John found weird, wonderful and unlike anything he had read. — Life is Weird. Also beautiful. (00:01:48)
2012-03-13 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John explains Kiva.org lets regular people lend to developing-world entrepreneurs (he lent to a farmer in Peru and a shopkeeper in South Sudan), who repay, giving them cheap credit others take for granted. — Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report (00:01:24)
2012-03-16 · Hank · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Nerdfighteria now has the second-largest group of all time on Kiva. — Exiting the FRIENDZONE (00:03:43)
2012-03-16 · Hank · Bank of Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Hank says Nerdfighteria now has the second-largest group of all time on Kiva. — Exiting the FRIENDZONE (00:03:43)
2012-03-20 · John · The Invention of Hugo Cabret (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says The Fault in Our Stars is currently number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, behind only Hugo Cabret, a book he really liked. — Sharpie Face Question Tuesday (00:01:41)
2012-03-20 · John · Afasi & Filthy (music, outside the channel) — John recommends the Swedish hip-hop of Afasi och Filthy, best enjoyed if you don't speak Swedish, and Snook. — Sharpie Face Question Tuesday (00:02:29)
2012-03-20 · John · Snook (music, outside the channel) — John recommends the Swedish hip-hop of Afasi och Filthy, best enjoyed if you don't speak Swedish, and Snook. — Sharpie Face Question Tuesday (00:02:29)
2012-03-20 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John lets the Crash Course theme play the video out and asks Nerdfighters who haven't checked out the show to do so. — Sharpie Face Question Tuesday (00:03:20)
2012-03-24 · video description · The Hunger Games (book series) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Disgusting Cookies - The 2012 Hungry Games (00:00:00)
2012-03-24 · video description · The Hunger Games (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Disgusting Cookies - The 2012 Hungry Games (00:00:00)
2012-03-27 · video description · Wikipedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam (00:00:00)
2012-04-06 · video description · Ze Frank (online video & web, outside the channel) — The description corrects the video: at 2:26 Amber Straughn is wrongly presented as a Northrop Grumman employee; she actually works for NASA as Deputy Project Scientist for Education and Public Outreach. — Can I be Space President? (00:00:00)
2012-04-06 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The main reason for the trip was filming SciShow content; Hank asks viewers to subscribe to SciShow to see him and Ze Frank talk to Northrop Grumman scientists about the Webb telescope. — Can I be Space President? (00:03:25)
2012-04-10 · John · Phineas and Ferb (film & tv, outside the channel) — John calls Phineas and Ferb the best television program he has ever seen, for children or adults. — A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV (00:01:41)
2012-04-10 · John · Yo Gabba Gabba! (film & tv, outside the channel, playful) — John doesn't know what Yo Gabba Gabba is about but says it has more good music than MTV, with the Shins, Weezer, Weird Al and Mos Def. — A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV (00:02:03)
2012-04-12 · Hank · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Hank hopes viewers like it and asks those who do to share it, so it can become sustainable and tell the whole story of Lizzie Bennet, Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lu. — Introducing Lizzie Bennet (00:03:04)
2012-05-04 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells viewers to go to the Crash Course channel next Wednesday (9 May 2012), when they will answer viewers' questions and show behind the scenes of how Crash Course works. — Screaming Through VidCon (00:03:28)
2012-05-08 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John and Hank will hang out via Google+ on the Crash Course channel tomorrow (9 May 2012) at 3 p.m. Eastern; viewers should subscribe to watch. — Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote (00:01:59)
2012-06-05 · John · Charlie McDonnell (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. — The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:45)
2012-06-05 · John · Behind the Beautiful Forevers (books & writing, outside the channel) — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. — The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:45)
2012-06-05 · John · Harvey (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. — The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:45)
2012-06-05 · John · Macbeth (art & other works, outside the channel) — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. — The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:45)
2012-06-05 · John · The Beatles (album) (music, outside the channel) — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. — The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:45)
2012-06-08 · video description · Lifehacker (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — How to be More Productive...With Hank! (00:00:00)
2012-06-08 · Hank · RescueTime (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says he takes productivity seriously and uses RescueTime, which tracks what he does on his computer and scolds him for YouTube time, which is his job. — How to be More Productive...With Hank! (00:02:05)
2012-06-12 · John · Chang and Eng (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Darin Strauss wrote Chang and Eng, the book that introduced him to conjoined-twins literature. — Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo (00:01:56)
2012-06-19 · John · Charlotte's Web (books & writing, outside the channel) — To someone who thinks spiders are a big problem, John says a lack of spiders would be a bigger one and prescribes Charlotte's Web, 192 beautiful pages. — Solving Your Problems! (00:00:18)
2012-06-19 · John · Google Maps (products, outside the channel) — For people who never know what to do, John says the easiest thing is what we are already doing, usually nothing, and suggests visiting an art museum alone, reading poetry, and birdwatching in a park while inventing bird names. — Solving Your Problems! (00:01:21)
2012-06-19 · John · KeyTweak (products, outside the channel) — For a broken caps lock key John suggests disabling it in Mac system preferences or with the free PC application KeyTweak. — Solving Your Problems! (00:01:41)
2012-06-19 · John · Figment (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — For beginning writers who lack a community, John recommends figment.com. — Solving Your Problems! (00:02:32)
2012-06-19 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says participating is more fun than watching and gives three easy ways to be nerdfightastic: a free first Kiva loan, reading Fahrenheit 451, and replying to comments with niceness, which is surprisingly entertaining. — Solving Your Problems! (00:02:39)
2012-06-19 · John · Fahrenheit 451 (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says participating is more fun than watching and gives three easy ways to be nerdfightastic: a free first Kiva loan, reading Fahrenheit 451, and replying to comments with niceness, which is surprisingly entertaining. — Solving Your Problems! (00:02:39)
2012-06-19 · John · Facebook (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John, also an older Nerdfighter, says he has created a Facebook group for older Nerdfighters so they feel less alone. — Solving Your Problems! (00:03:10)
2012-06-19 · John · Nerdfighter Ning (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — To find local Nerdfighters, John points to Facebook, the Ning and Your Pants, where there are many location-specific Nerdfighter groups. — Solving Your Problems! (00:03:16)
2012-06-19 · John · Your Pants (projects & channels, nerdfighter community, playful) — To find local Nerdfighters, John points to Facebook, the Ning and Your Pants, where there are many location-specific Nerdfighter groups. — Solving Your Problems! (00:03:16)
2012-06-26 · video description · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada (00:00:00)
2012-06-26 · video description · Destin Sandlin (online video & web, outside the channel) — Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada (00:00:00)
2012-06-26 · video description · Henry Reich (online video & web, outside the channel) — Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada (00:00:00)
2012-06-26 · video description · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada (00:00:00)
2012-06-26 · video description · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada (00:00:00)
2012-06-29 · Hank · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), playful) — Hank calls 'John and Sarah play Wii Tennis' the most important launch at VidCon and tells viewers to watch it on HankGames. — Online Video about Online Video (00:03:46)
2012-07-10 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says the new Crash Course World History episode is about the complicated story of slavery, and last week (week of 2 July 2012) he did the cinnamon challenge while discussing the Columbian Exchange. — Feeling More Alive: Fahrenheit 451's The Hearth and the Salamander (00:04:29)
2012-07-13 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says a shirt (heard as 'Nerdfighter Church') is for sale again, now on DFTBA.com, more than a year after it was on TeeFury. — An Army of Mindless Drones (00:03:24)
2012-07-20 · Hank · Gumroad (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says the song is available via links in the description on Gumroad, which is easy to use, or on iTunes once uploaded, which it hasn't been yet. — The Universe is Weird: A Song (00:02:42)
2012-07-20 · Hank · Looking for Alaska (novel) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells John that, after 385 weeks on bookstore shelves, Looking for Alaska was on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time last week (week of 9 July 2012). — The Universe is Weird: A Song (00:02:52)
2012-07-20 · Hank · Nerdfighteria Sopio expansion (games, friends & collaborators) — Hank says Alex Day made a Nerdfighteria Sopio expansion, with a giraffe love card and a Hanklerfish, available via the description. — The Universe is Weird: A Song (00:03:24)
2012-08-03 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — I Don't Understand My Life (00:00:00)
2012-08-03 · Hank · Esthertines (art & other works, nerdfighter community) — A Nerdfighter made Nerdfighter-themed Esthertines that work for anybody, best delivered by hand with a note on why you love them; Hank is going to give Katherine hers. — I Don't Understand My Life (00:03:15)
2012-08-04 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Mars Science Laboratory lands this weekend, that he is extremely excited, and points to the SciShow video on its entry, descent and landing. — EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour (00:03:14)
2012-08-07 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a postscript John asks viewers interested in education outside class to check out Crash Course and SciShow, the brothers' educational initiatives. — An Open Letter to Students Returning to School (00:03:34)
2012-08-07 · John · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a postscript John asks viewers interested in education outside class to check out Crash Course and SciShow, the brothers' educational initiatives. — An Open Letter to Students Returning to School (00:03:34)
2012-08-13 · John · SoulPancake (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John thanks Rainn and asks viewers to check out SoulPancake at soulpancake.com and on YouTube, welcoming it as an important voice on YouTube. — John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance (00:02:49)
2012-08-24 · Hank · Chewie for President t-shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — For election time Hank brings back the Chewie-Solo 2012 shirts, still his favourite ticket, though he jokingly says not to write it in but vote for a real candidate. — Happy Birthday John Green! (00:02:41)
2012-08-27 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points viewers to his SciShow video, where he waxes poetic about Armstrong. — Six Reasons Neil Armstrong was a BADASS (00:00:05)
2012-08-28 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. — In Which the Candle Dies (00:01:56)
2012-08-31 · Hank · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank asks Nerdfighters to keep lending through Kiva.org, saying it is proven economically that microfinance is a really great way to help the developing world. — Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes (00:03:12)
2012-09-07 · Hank · Copyblogger (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank recommends copyblogger.com to anyone serious about blogging, saying its author helped him a lot. — Can You Really Light a Fart? (00:01:51)
2012-09-25 · video description · Jonathan and Charlotte (music, outside the channel) — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:00:00)
2012-09-25 · video description · Alan Lastufka (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:00:00)
2012-09-25 · video description · Together (music, outside the channel) — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:00:00)
2012-09-25 · John · Augustus Waters shirt (art & other works, nerdfighter community) — John announces posters from work by Erin, a 19-year-old student in California, and two shirts by college student Marina: 'Daisy Buchanan Thinks You're a Beautiful Fool' and Augustus Waters' first t-shirt. — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:02:26)
2012-09-25 · John · Daisy Buchanan Thinks You're a Beautiful Fool shirt (art & other works, nerdfighter community) — John announces posters from work by Erin, a 19-year-old student in California, and two shirts by college student Marina: 'Daisy Buchanan Thinks You're a Beautiful Fool' and Augustus Waters' first t-shirt. — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:02:26)
2012-09-25 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John announces that 19-year-old Tatyana from Kazakhstan designed the winning This Star Won't Go Out contest shirt, now on pre-order at DFTBA.com. — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:03:24)
2012-09-25 · John · This Star Won't Go Out shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John announces that 19-year-old Tatyana from Kazakhstan designed the winning This Star Won't Go Out contest shirt, now on pre-order at DFTBA.com. — Do Businesses Need to Suck? (00:03:24)
2012-09-28 · Hank · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — The Lizzie Bennet Diaries has reached its 50th episode; Hank thanks viewers for helping the project survive and thrive. — THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana (00:03:08)
2012-09-28 · Hank · The Guild (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank's Season 5 recap of The Guild will go live on Geek & Sundry (on Monday, per the description); he talks faster in it than ever before. — THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana (00:03:38)
2012-10-05 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. — 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song (00:01:29)
2012-10-05 · Hank · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. — 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song (00:01:29)
2012-10-05 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. — 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song (00:01:29)
2012-10-05 · Hank · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. — 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song (00:01:29)
2012-10-16 · John · The Blood of the Lamb (books & writing, outside the channel) — As the best book you've never heard of, John recommends Peter De Vries's The Blood of the Lamb, which inspired large parts of An Imperial Affliction by Peter Van Houten. — Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:31)
2012-10-19 · Hank · Brady Haran (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-19 · Hank · Derek Muller (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-19 · Hank · Destin Sandlin (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says Smarter Every Day is going to do a whole video on the memory spring, and he is looking forward to it. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-19 · Hank · Henry Reich (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-19 · Hank · Michael Stevens (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-19 · Hank · Vi Hart (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-19 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-19 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos (00:02:41)
2012-10-26 · video description · Evil Baby Orphanage card game (games, own work (self-plug)) — Apples! CGP Grey Style (00:00:00)
2012-10-30 · video description · American Red Cross (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas. (00:00:00)
2012-11-02 · Hank · Equality FTW (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank adds that there are really important things viewers can do with the Equality FTW campaign this year (2012). — Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! (00:02:19)
2012-11-02 · Hank · The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Hank made his first playlist, linked in the description, of about half an hour of videos on the news, including him and Katherine on Darcy Day; it works only on computers. — Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! (00:02:48)
2012-11-20 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — The Mountain Goats, whom John jokingly ranks as three of his four favorite bands (Hank is the fourth), will play Carnegie Hall with them; John says he won't sing. — Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story (00:01:42)
2012-11-23 · Hank · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Viewers can go to youtube.com/hankgames to see them playing the new Super Mario Brothers soon. — Black Friday: An Accident of History (00:02:36)
2012-11-27 · John · Behind the Beautiful Forevers (books & writing, outside the channel) — For people interested in decreasing world suck, John recommends Behind the Beautiful Forevers, the most interesting and complex book about poverty he has read, and says it is great rather than merely sad. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:29)
2012-11-27 · John · The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber (books & writing, outside the channel) — For fans of his fictional Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers, John recommends The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, the true story of a Hungarian hockey goalie who robbed banks and escaped prison. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:29)
2012-11-27 · John · Jane Austen (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Downton Abbey fans, John recommends Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Persuasion or any Austen novel, joking about the novels' costume design. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · Divergent (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Hunger Games fans John, a big fan of dystopias, recommends Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series, Ally Condie's Matched series and Veronica Roth's Divergent series, which he calls infuriatingly unfinished. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · Mansfield Park (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Downton Abbey fans, John recommends Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Persuasion or any Austen novel, joking about the novels' costume design. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · Matched (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Hunger Games fans John, a big fan of dystopias, recommends Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series, Ally Condie's Matched series and Veronica Roth's Divergent series, which he calls infuriatingly unfinished. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · Persuasion (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Downton Abbey fans, John recommends Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Persuasion or any Austen novel, joking about the novels' costume design. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · Sula (books & writing, outside the channel) — For fans of The Catcher in the Rye, John recommends Toni Morrison's Sula: if Catcher is the great American novel of growing up without a friend, Sula is the one about friendship in adolescence. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · The Blood of the Lamb (books & writing, outside the channel) — For readers who liked his The Fault in Our Stars, John thanks them and recommends Peter De Vries's The Blood of the Lamb. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · Uglies (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Hunger Games fans John, a big fan of dystopias, recommends Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series, Ally Condie's Matched series and Veronica Roth's Divergent series, which he calls infuriatingly unfinished. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:00:58)
2012-11-27 · John · Bossypants (books & writing, outside the channel) — For couples reading together, John names the two books he and the Yeti read together this year (2012) and liked most: Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue and Tina Fey's Bossypants (he is unsure how to pronounce both surnames). — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:27)
2012-11-27 · John · Harry, A History (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Harry Potter fans, John says to reread the books, which stand up to rereading, and recommends Lev Grossman's Magicians series and Melissa Anelli's Harry, A History about the fandom. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:27)
2012-11-27 · John · Harry Potter (book series) (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Harry Potter fans, John says to reread the books, which stand up to rereading, and recommends Lev Grossman's Magicians series and Melissa Anelli's Harry, A History about the fandom. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:27)
2012-11-27 · John · Telegraph Avenue (books & writing, outside the channel) — For couples reading together, John names the two books he and the Yeti read together this year (2012) and liked most: Michael Chabon's Telegraph Avenue and Tina Fey's Bossypants (he is unsure how to pronounce both surnames). — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:27)
2012-11-27 · John · The Magicians (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Harry Potter fans, John says to reread the books, which stand up to rereading, and recommends Lev Grossman's Magicians series and Melissa Anelli's Harry, A History about the fandom. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:27)
2012-11-27 · John · The Art of Fielding (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a novel whose characters you care about without knowing why, John recommends Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding or Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:56)
2012-11-27 · John · The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Crash Course World History fans who enjoy fiction, John recommends two long books: Wolf Hall and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (volumes 1 and 2). — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:56)
2012-11-27 · John · The Book Thief (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a novel whose characters you care about without knowing why, John recommends Chad Harbach's The Art of Fielding or Markus Zusak's The Book Thief. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:56)
2012-11-27 · John · Wolf Hall (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Crash Course World History fans who enjoy fiction, John recommends two long books: Wolf Hall and The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (volumes 1 and 2). — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:01:56)
2012-11-27 · John · Everybody Sees the Ants (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Looking for Alaska fans, John recommends E. Lockhart's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks for the boarding-school parts, and A.S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants and Gayle Forman's If I Stay for the other parts. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:02:26)
2012-11-27 · John · If I Stay (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Looking for Alaska fans, John recommends E. Lockhart's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks for the boarding-school parts, and A.S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants and Gayle Forman's If I Stay for the other parts. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:02:26)
2012-11-27 · John · The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Looking for Alaska fans, John recommends E. Lockhart's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks for the boarding-school parts, and A.S. King's Everybody Sees the Ants and Gayle Forman's If I Stay for the other parts. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:02:26)
2012-11-27 · John · The Emperor of All Maladies (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Crash Course Biology enthusiasts, John recommends The Emperor of All Maladies. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:02:26)
2012-11-27 · John · To Say Nothing of the Dog (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Whovians, John recommends Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog, maybe his favorite time-travel book. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:02:26)
2012-11-27 · John · P. D. James (books & writing, outside the channel, hedged) — For Sherlock fans, John recommends The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, and thinks they would like P.D. James. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:02:55)
2012-11-27 · John · The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (books & writing, outside the channel) — For Sherlock fans, John recommends The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, and thinks they would like P.D. James. — Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers (00:02:55)

2013 (56)

John: 17 · Hank: 24 · guests: 6 · descriptions: 9

2013-01-04 · video description · Men of YouTube calendar (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:00:00)
2013-01-18 · Hank · The Brain Scoop (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank says that while all this was going on they were also launching The Brain Scoop, and points viewers to youtube.com/thebrainscoop. — Thoughts from Carnegie Hall (00:02:30)
2013-01-22 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Answering questions on Romeo ('if he were named Paris he wouldn't be nearly so hot') and Holden Caulfield, John points to Crash Course episodes and tells viewers they should subscribe. — How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday (00:02:07)
2013-01-29 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John announces the poster is available for pre-order at DFTBA.com and says he will sign the first however many are pre-ordered. — Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters (00:02:48)
2013-02-08 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), playful) — Hank's playful conclusion: watch Crash Course World History. — The Space Time Continuum: Thoughts from Dublin (00:03:41)
2013-03-01 · Hank · Imgur (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Computer tips include the Alien Blue app for Reddit, VLC for nearly any video format and its audio mixer, adding /zip to an Imgur album, and Ctrl+Shift+V to paste without formatting. — Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit (00:00:52)
2013-03-01 · Hank · Alien Blue (products, outside the channel) — Computer tips include the Alien Blue app for Reddit, VLC for nearly any video format and its audio mixer, adding /zip to an Imgur album, and Ctrl+Shift+V to paste without formatting. — Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit (00:00:52)
2013-03-01 · Hank · VLC media player (products, outside the channel) — Computer tips include the Alien Blue app for Reddit, VLC for nearly any video format and its audio mixer, adding /zip to an Imgur album, and Ctrl+Shift+V to paste without formatting. — Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit (00:00:52)
2013-03-01 · Hank · Google (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Forward spam texts to 7726 so carriers can track down spammers. — Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit (00:02:59)
2013-03-12 · video description · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) (00:00:00)
2013-03-20 · John · The Brain Scoop (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John plugs Brain Scoop merchandise, saying he has no involvement with the Brain Scoop except loving it. — Ads Work...but for Whom? (00:03:03)
2013-03-26 · John · E. E. Cummings (books & writing, outside the channel) — Though he says he does not believe magical thinking works, John shares his favourite spring poem, by E.E. Cummings, in the hope that spring will happen. — A Poem for Spring (00:00:29)
2013-03-26 · John · O sweet spontaneous earth (books & writing, outside the channel) — Though he says he does not believe magical thinking works, John shares his favourite spring poem, by E.E. Cummings, in the hope that spring will happen. — A Poem for Spring (00:00:29)
2013-04-19 · a guest · The Trevor Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — A guest says it is getting better, many people will be there for you, and there are resources such as the Trevor Project and people on YouTube telling their stories; you are not alone. — On Sexual Orientation, with Hannah, Ze, Tyler, and Meg (00:03:13)
2013-04-19 · a guest · YouTube (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — A guest says it is getting better, many people will be there for you, and there are resources such as the Trevor Project and people on YouTube telling their stories; you are not alone. — On Sexual Orientation, with Hannah, Ze, Tyler, and Meg (00:03:13)
2013-04-26 · Hank · I'm Vloggin' Here (film & tv, outside the channel, hedged) — Hank says Corey Vidal, Alex Carpenter and the Apprentice A team are in town filming their vlogging documentary I'm Vloggin' Here, which looks very good. — Cat GIF Critique (00:01:23)
2013-05-14 · John · How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for one book to recommend, John says it changes weekly; for now he recommends The End Games by T. Michael Martin (zombie) and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (non-zombie). — Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:08)
2013-05-14 · John · The End Games (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for one book to recommend, John says it changes weekly; for now he recommends The End Games by T. Michael Martin (zombie) and How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (non-zombie). — Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:08)
2013-05-17 · Hank · Dark Horse Comics (organizations & sites, outside the channel, playful) — Asked whether Batman is a superhero or just a rich guy, Hank ventures he is more of a superhero than others, having no powers, just money. — GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! (00:01:45)
2013-06-14 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), playful) — Hank tells viewers who do not know scientific notation to watch Crash Course Chemistry. — What is the Strongest Force on Earth? (00:00:55)
2013-07-12 · video description · The Harry Potter Alliance (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song (00:00:00)
2013-07-23 · Maureen Johnson · Twitter (organizations & sites, outside the channel, playful) — She tells viewers to follow her on Twitter, saying she is not great at videos but very, very good at Twitter. — Watermelon Internet Trolls (00:03:39)
2013-08-02 · Hank · Hipmunk (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — If you miss a connection, search Kayak or Hipmunk or call customer support while queuing for rebooking: wait in two lines at once. — 17 Air Travel Tips (00:03:26)
2013-08-02 · Hank · Kayak (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — If you miss a connection, search Kayak or Hipmunk or call customer support while queuing for rebooking: wait in two lines at once. — 17 Air Travel Tips (00:03:26)
2013-08-03 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Esther Day 2013 (00:00:00)
2013-08-13 · John · Children With Hair Loss (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says Shailene must cut her hair to play Hazel Grace and will donate it to Children With Hair Loss, which gives free wigs to kids who lost hair through illness or burns. — Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy (00:03:05)
2013-08-20 · video description · The Incidental Economist (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? (00:00:00)
2013-08-30 · Hank · Emma (novel) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends reading Jane Austen's Emma because some friends of his are about to adapt it into a video blog series. — Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam (00:01:04)
2013-09-03 · video description · Henry Reich (online video & web, outside the channel) — Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform (00:00:00)
2013-09-03 · video description · MinuteEarth (online video & web, outside the channel) — Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform (00:00:00)
2013-09-06 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank, feeling he is getting back in the game, has put his two studio albums up as a bundle on DFTBA.com for $15 for anyone who wants his music. — Undigested Lump (A Song) (00:03:44)
2013-09-06 · Hank · Ellen Hardcastle (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank, feeling he is getting back in the game, has put his two studio albums up as a bundle on DFTBA.com for $15 for anyone who wants his music. — Undigested Lump (A Song) (00:03:44)
2013-09-06 · Hank · This Machine Pwns n00bs (album) (music, own work (self-plug)) — Hank, feeling he is getting back in the game, has put his two studio albums up as a bundle on DFTBA.com for $15 for anyone who wants his music. — Undigested Lump (A Song) (00:03:44)
2013-09-10 · Shailene Woodley · Nineteen Eighty-Four (books & writing, outside the channel) — Shailene Woodley says she has read the book multiple times; it is in her top two favorite books ever, alongside 1984, which she really loves. — Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set (00:03:22)
2013-09-13 · Hank · UNHCR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank invites viewers to join him in donating to the UN Refugee Agency to help displaced Syrians rebuild their lives - something individuals can do, if not for the geopolitics. — Syria in Five Minutes (00:05:18)
2013-09-17 · Nat Wolff · Taxi Driver (film & tv, outside the channel) — Nat says the one movie he would watch would probably be Taxi Driver, probably his favourite movie of all time. — Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:01:36)
2013-09-17 · Nat Wolff · The Catcher in the Rye (books & writing, outside the channel) — Nat says his favourite book of all time is The Catcher in the Rye, which, like Hazel, he read at an important time in his life. — Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:03:16)
2013-09-20 · video description · Wired (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 42 Amazing Maps (00:00:00)
2013-09-20 · Hank · Worldmapper (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank calls Worldmapper an amazing website and software tool that distorts the world based on data, since land area is not the most important thing about a country; he shows land morphing into population. — 42 Amazing Maps (00:02:02)
2013-09-27 · video description · Skeptical Science (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Invalid Arguments: Climate Change (00:00:00)
2013-10-01 · Hank · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank announces 'we just launched' a new channel, Healthcare Triage, with a video on what Obamacare is about, and tells viewers to watch it. — The Lowdown on the Shutdown (00:01:50)
2013-10-15 · John · Emma Approved (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — John says he is very excited for Emma Approved. — Thoughts for Nerdfighteria (00:03:13)
2013-10-25 · Hank · Call the Midwife (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank made the Hanklerfishes while watching Call the Midwife on Netflix and recommends the show: super good, though he cried 'like a thousand times'. — When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? (00:03:22)
2013-10-25 · Hank · Losers in Space (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a book, Hank recommends Neil Gaiman's quick, beautiful The Ocean at the End of the Lane and John Barnes's Losers in Space, an excellent introduction to hard science fiction. — When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? (00:03:30)
2013-10-25 · Hank · The Ocean at the End of the Lane (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a book, Hank recommends Neil Gaiman's quick, beautiful The Ocean at the End of the Lane and John Barnes's Losers in Space, an excellent introduction to hard science fiction. — When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? (00:03:30)
2013-10-29 · John · Harvey (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — John's dad drove up to Chicago and they drove back to Orlando; John got into daily therapy, started a much better medication for him, and watched Harvey. — Perspective (00:01:51)
2013-11-05 · John · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John asks Nerdfighters who want to help to subscribe to HankGames and watch the videos, via his face or the link in the description. — Our Strangest Project Yet? (00:03:22)
2013-11-08 · Hank · Emma Approved (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Emma Approved has finished its first story arc, so viewers who want to binge rather than follow in sequence can do so now; a playlist is in the description. — VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins (00:01:46)
2013-11-12 · John · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John recommends Dr. Aaron Carroll's Healthcare Triage, a show about drug trials, insurance and why sugar highs are not caused by sugar; link in the description. — But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? (00:00:31)
2013-11-19 · John · Our Pants (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John says there are always Nerdfighters in Our Pants (linked in the description) who will listen to you if you listen back. — On Middle School Misery (00:02:34)
2013-11-29 · John · Divergent (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says his favorite book series will always be Harry Potter, though he likes Divergent a lot. — REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! (00:00:24)
2013-11-29 · John · Harry Potter (book series) (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says his favorite book series will always be Harry Potter, though he likes Divergent a lot. — REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! (00:00:24)
2013-12-03 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says royalties from Nerdfighter merchandise at DFTBA.com are always shared with the Nerdfighters who design it. — Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks (00:02:27)
2013-12-06 · Hank · The Harry Potter Alliance (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank suggests starting by signing up for the Harry Potter Alliance's Odds in Our Favor campaign. — I Am President Snow (00:03:32)
2013-12-06 · Hank · Project for Awesome (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says viewers should think about what they'll do for the Project for Awesome this year (2013); he posted a video on how to make a great P4A video on the P4A YouTube channel. — I Am President Snow (00:03:35)
2013-12-17 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says schools in the Central African Republic are closed and growing numbers of children are conscripted into militias, while Save the Children treats children injured by machetes and gunshots and offers basic health services. — THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! (00:01:21)

2014 (108)

John: 50 · Hank: 18 · guests: 5 · descriptions: 35

2014-01-03 · Hank · Grace Helbig (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Grace's new channel, youtube.com/itsgrace. — The Golden Gate Bridge Didn't Collapse!! (00:03:52)
2014-01-07 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (book) (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John presents Esther's actual story as a book: he wrote the introduction and other people wrote other parts. — Warm Things for Cold Times (00:00:47)
2014-01-14 · John · The Fault in Our Stars (books & writing, own work (self-plug), playful) — In a mock-unsubtle plug, John says everyone should read his book The Fault in Our Stars before the movie adaptation comes out on June 6th. — Giving Away Over $700,000 (00:00:18)
2014-01-28 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (book) (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Esther Earl's book comes out today; John is 'so flipping excited' and calls the book wonderful. — Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips (00:01:15)
2014-01-28 · John · Niall Horan (music, outside the channel, playful) — After phoning Meredith to ask which One Direction member is nerdiest, John names Niall his favorite, then jokes about how old he is. — Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips (00:01:35)
2014-01-28 · John · Stedelijk Museum (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John's favorite fairy tale growing up was The Emperor's New Clothes; his favorite museum in Amsterdam is the Stedelijk. — Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips (00:03:04)
2014-01-28 · John · The Emperor's New Clothes (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite fairy tale growing up was The Emperor's New Clothes; his favorite museum in Amsterdam is the Stedelijk. — Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips (00:03:04)
2014-02-07 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces that Crash Course Psychology, starring him, has just launched on youtube.com/crashcourse, using our minds to explore our minds. — Kill All The Humans (00:02:37)
2014-02-07 · Hank · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank promises he is coming back to HankGames, which has long been 'johngames', with multiple videos a week including Pikmin 3 and Hank and Katherine playing Super Mario Brothers U. — Kill All The Humans (00:02:47)
2014-02-18 · John · This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Jonathan Rendall's This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own: the best book title ever and his favourite boxing book. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:23)
2014-02-18 · John · One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Alice Dreger's One of Us, by far the best nonfiction about conjoined twins, also about disability and how the powerful essentialize and marginalize the other. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:30)
2014-02-18 · John · Round Ireland with a Fridge (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Tony Hawks's Round Ireland with a Fridge, about hitchhiking around Ireland with a refrigerator: one of the funniest things he has read. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:43)
2014-02-18 · John · Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (books & writing, outside the channel) — John also recommends Hawks's follow-up, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, in which he plays tennis against every member of the Moldovan national soccer team. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:53)
2014-02-18 · John · The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green by Joshua Braff, Zach Braff's brother: a great coming-of-age novel, worth it for the bar mitzvah thank-you notes. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:00)
2014-02-18 · John · Thirsty (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends M. T. Anderson's surprisingly brilliant vampire novel Thirsty, less read than his Octavian Nothing, one of the decade's best novels. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:09)
2014-02-18 · John · Boy Proof (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Cecil Castellucci's YA novel Boy Proof (2005), whose haunting story of an outcast girl named Egg has stayed with him. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:19)
2014-02-18 · John · Fly on the Wall (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends E. Lockhart's Fly on the Wall, a brilliant feminist reworking of Kafka's Metamorphosis. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:28)
2014-02-18 · John · The Untelling (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Tayari Jones's The Untelling, which captures the precariousness of working-class life; she is best known for Leaving Atlanta. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:37)
2014-02-18 · John · The Golden Rule (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John recommends The Golden Rule by his mentor Ilene Cooper: children don't inherently excel at empathy, and the book has helped his family talk with Henry about others' feelings. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:45)
2014-02-18 · John · Show Way (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Jacqueline Woodson's picture book Show Way, one of his all-time favourites and one of Henry's. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:57)
2014-02-18 · John · The Enormous Room (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends E. E. Cummings's first book The Enormous Room, his memoir of being imprisoned and falsely accused of treason in World War I, and a study of individual versus collective. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:02)
2014-02-18 · John · Regarding the Pain of Others (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Susan Sontag's Regarding the Pain of Others: it made him think about representing versus exploiting pain in art, and is required reading on the unreliability of the image. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:14)
2014-02-18 · John · Death Comes for the Archbishop (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop may be the most important novel about American religion and asks why it isn't required reading for every American high-school student. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:26)
2014-02-18 · John · This Blinding Absence of Light (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Tahar Ben Jelloun's This Blinding Absence of Light, a fictionalised story of real political prisoners: a little intense but really good. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:33)
2014-02-18 · John · Kendra (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Coe Booth's Kendra, which he likes as much as her more famous first book, Tyrell. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:50)
2014-02-18 · John · The Optimist's Daughter (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Eudora Welty's The Optimist's Daughter: out of fashion, but in his view the best book by one of the best 20th-century writers. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:55)
2014-02-18 · John · Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music, which inspired an early Vlogbrothers video and is excellent. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:03:01)
2014-02-18 · John · The Last Summer of Reason (books & writing, outside the channel) — Finally, John recommends The Last Summer of Reason, a novel about a bookstore owner in a country overtaken by extremists who believe art is evil. — 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:03:11)
2014-02-21 · video description · How to Adult (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Ranting about Books (00:00:00)
2014-02-21 · Hank · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank announces the first episode of The Art Assignment is online now and asks viewers to go to youtube.com/theartassignment and watch it. — Ranting about Books (00:03:45)
2014-02-25 · video description · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John and Chris Meet in the Middle (00:00:00)
2014-02-25 · John · Beauty From Ashes (books & writing, outside the channel) — John gives Chris a book he thinks he will enjoy, Beauty from Ashes by Eugenia Price, whom Chris hasn't heard of; John affirms it is a good book. — John and Chris Meet in the Middle (00:03:01)
2014-03-07 · video description · Jim Boggia (music, outside the channel) — Thoughts from a Cruise (00:00:00)
2014-03-07 · video description · Sara Watkins (music, outside the channel) — Thoughts from a Cruise (00:00:00)
2014-03-07 · video description · The Thrilling Adventure Hour (online video & web, outside the channel) — Thoughts from a Cruise (00:00:00)
2014-03-14 · video description · Break the Cycle (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Sexual Abuse, Consent, and Culture (00:00:00)
2014-03-14 · video description · Love Is Respect (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Sexual Abuse, Consent, and Culture (00:00:00)
2014-03-14 · video description · RAINN (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Sexual Abuse, Consent, and Culture (00:00:00)
2014-04-15 · John · Popular (books & writing, outside the channel) — John met Rainbow Rowell, then went to USC for the LA Times book festival, where his editor Julie Strauss-Gabel talked with 15-year-old Maya Van Wagenen, author of the memoir Popular. — Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles (00:00:17)
2014-04-15 · John · Behind the Beautiful Forevers (books & writing, outside the channel) — From an airport, John announces the relaunch of the Nerdfighter Book Club with Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, a nuanced look at poverty in one Indian community. — Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles (00:02:56)
2014-04-29 · John · Behind the Beautiful Forevers (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says this summer the Nerdfighter Book Club is reading Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, which he calls a fascinating book. — Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club (00:01:23)
2014-04-29 · John · Maximum City (books & writing, outside the channel) — As an extra-credit assignment, John suggests reading Behind the Beautiful Forevers alongside Maximum City, another book about Mumbai. — Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club (00:01:42)
2014-05-02 · video description · Free Press (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank vs. Hank: The Net Neutrality Debate in 3 Minutes (00:00:00)
2014-05-02 · video description · Public Knowledge (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank vs. Hank: The Net Neutrality Debate in 3 Minutes (00:00:00)
2014-05-02 · video description · Save the Internet (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank vs. Hank: The Net Neutrality Debate in 3 Minutes (00:00:00)
2014-05-06 · John · Incongruent (music, own work (self-plug)) — John says Hank's album Incongruent comes out tomorrow, so today is the last day to pre-order a signed copy (link in the doobly-doo); it will also be on iTunes tomorrow. — TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People (00:01:05)
2014-05-12 · John · Incongruent (music, own work (self-plug)) — John congratulates Hank on his album being a huge hit on the iTunes charts and tells everyone to get it. — Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets (00:03:49)
2014-05-20 · John · Everything Leads to You (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends two books he really likes: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour and The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson, both excellent. — Deserving (00:03:26)
2014-05-20 · John · The Great Greene Heist (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends two books he really likes: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour and The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson, both excellent. — Deserving (00:03:26)
2014-05-23 · Hank · nerdfighters.com (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Hank points viewers to nerdfighteria.com to sign up for a weekly newsletter and to find a list of Nerdfighter events around the world. — My Freakish Talent (00:03:18)
2014-05-27 · John · Nerdcrafteria (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John points gamers to Nerdcrafteria, an amazing Nerdfighter Minecraft server that also raises money to decrease world suck: check it out. — ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) (00:02:02)
2014-05-27 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Sarah's new show The Art Assignment is going great, with a new assignment from artist Kate Gilmore and a thriving community making everything from gifs to sculptures. — ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) (00:02:11)
2014-05-27 · John · Kiva (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Kiva you choose a business person, lend as little as $25 and are repaid over time; a first loan is free. — ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) (00:02:34)
2014-05-27 · John · SciShow Space (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — SciShow Space has a great community of space nerds talking about our big, beautiful and terrifying universe. — ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) (00:02:47)
2014-06-03 · John · The Fault in Our Stars (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John says he loves the movie and finds it amazingly faithful to the book, powerful, funny and moving; its makers cared about the story and each other. — The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:02:41)
2014-06-06 · video description · Shades of Milk and Honey (books & writing, outside the channel) — Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! (00:00:00)
2014-06-13 · Hank · Tour Because Awesome (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank urges viewers to buy $15-20 tickets for Tour Because Awesome with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Harry and the Potters, Driftless Pony Club, Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon. — How to Make Cinnamon Toast (two ways) (00:02:30)
2014-06-17 · John · Sports with John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John invites viewers to follow the World Cup with him on his sports Twitter, @sportswithjohn. — Old. (00:02:38)
2014-06-20 · Hank · Homestar Runner (web series) (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank tells viewers to grab a friend and take Homestar Runner into their lives: check out HomestarRunner.com. — Pre-History of Online Video (00:01:56)
2014-07-01 · video description · Akilah Hughes (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why I Love Makeup (00:00:00)
2014-07-01 · video description · BeautyCrush (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why I Love Makeup (00:00:00)
2014-07-01 · video description · Essie (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why I Love Makeup (00:00:00)
2014-07-01 · video description · Patricia Bright (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why I Love Makeup (00:00:00)
2014-07-01 · video description · SprinkleOfGlitter (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why I Love Makeup (00:00:00)
2014-07-01 · video description · Tanya Burr (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why I Love Makeup (00:00:00)
2014-07-01 · video description · Zoe (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why I Love Makeup (00:00:00)
2014-07-01 · John · YouTube (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The experience has made John a big fan of makeup and of YouTube makeup tutorials; he links his favorites in the doobly-doo. — Why I Love Makeup (00:02:19)
2014-07-11 · video description · Craig Benzine (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps (00:00:00)
2014-07-15 · John · Behind the Beautiful Forevers (books & writing, outside the channel) — Meanwhile John will make a video on Behind the Beautiful Forevers, the Nerdfighter Book Club summer pick, and schedule it to upload next Tuesday (22 July 2014) so he doesn't get punished. — Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses (00:02:34)
2014-08-03 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Happy Esther Day! (00:00:00)
2014-08-15 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points to a whole video he made about disputing copyright claims on hankschannel. — The Bizarre State of Copyright (00:03:07)
2014-09-05 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John points viewers to dftba.com, with a link in the doobly-doo, to buy the signed posters. — REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! (00:02:02)
2014-09-16 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — To pass AP Chemistry, John suggests Crash Course might help. — It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:01:19)
2014-09-16 · John · Incongruent (music, own work (self-plug), playful) — Asked to review Hank's album, John playfully calls it Hank's best album to date, with the Perfect Strangers' punk energy, and gives it five out of five stars. — It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:02:34)
2014-09-16 · John · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (film & tv, outside the channel) — John says signed posters are really signed: he signed them with his hand and a pen. — It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:03:28)
2014-09-16 · John · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says signed posters are really signed: he signed them with his hand and a pen. — It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:03:28)
2014-09-22 · video description · Water.org (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Bill Gates and John Green Discuss Agriculture (00:00:00)
2014-09-23 · John · Water.org (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says Water.org set up a Nerdfighter fundraiser for sustainable water in Ethiopia; if $100,000 is raised in 10 days, Bill Gates will match it, bringing safe water to 8,000 people. — Looking Away (00:02:40)
2014-10-10 · Hank · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows a clip from Games with Hank and invites viewers to come visit. — I Kinda AM Batman (00:03:35)
2014-10-21 · video description · The Economist (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Ebola: What IS Terrifying (00:00:00)
2014-10-24 · Hank · #Octothorpe shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — A few new designs have launched, one of which Hank had to blur, plus a pre-order shirt for octothorpe lovers. — #Octothorpe - A Symbolistic Journey (00:03:32)
2014-10-31 · video description · Rock the Vote (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Ten Terrible Reason to not Vote (and two good ones) (00:00:00)
2014-10-31 · Hank · canivote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank points viewers unsure of their registration to canivote.org and says there is still time to register, with how-to links in the description. — Ten Terrible Reason to not Vote (and two good ones) (00:01:05)
2014-11-11 · Halston Sage · Banana Pancakes (music, outside the channel) — Halston Sage's favourite song is 'Banana Pancakes' by Jack Johnson. — Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:01:29)
2014-11-11 · Jaz Sinclair · The Milk Carton Kids (music, outside the channel) — Jaz Sinclair's favourite band right now is the Milk Carton Kids. — Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:01:36)
2014-11-11 · Halston Sage · John Lennon (music, outside the channel) — Asked for a favourite book, Halston Sage answers Paper Towns and asks John whether he has read it. — Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:02:22)
2014-11-11 · Halston Sage · Paper Towns (books & writing, own work (self-plug), playful) — Asked for a favourite book, Halston Sage answers Paper Towns and asks John whether he has read it. — Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 (00:02:22)
2014-11-12 · Hank · Bee and Puppycat (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank tells viewers who haven't seen Bee and Puppycat to see it right now; it is so good. The clip shows an intergalactic temp-bot played by Hannah Hart. — The History of Pizza John! (00:01:21)
2014-11-25 · Troye Sivan · Moulin Rouge! (film & tv, outside the channel) — Troye Sivan names Moulin Rouge as his favourite movie and Cape Town as his favourite city, and says the meaning of life is to be happy and do good. — Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns (00:02:55)
2014-12-06 · video description · A Brief History of Vlogbrothers (art & other works, outside the channel) — A Brief History of Homestar Runner (00:00:00)
2014-12-06 · Hank · A Brief History of Harry Potter (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank thanks Ryder Burgin for helping with the episode and asks viewers to check out their other collaboration, A Brief History of Harry Potter, on Ryder's channel. — A Brief History of Homestar Runner (00:03:52)
2014-12-08 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John announces a trial: day-one donations are split between Save the Children and Partners in Health, longtime Nerdfighteria partners highly rated for efficient work on poverty and disease. — I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome (00:01:39)
2014-12-08 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John announces a trial: day-one donations are split between Save the Children and Partners in Health, longtime Nerdfighteria partners highly rated for efficient work on poverty and disease. — I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome (00:01:39)
2014-12-12 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says Partners in Health empowers and equips local health workers and was working on the front lines against Ebola before anyone in the US knew of the outbreak. — NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health (00:00:39)
2014-12-12 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says money from the first half of P4A is split between Partners in Health and Save the Children, with matching for the first $500,000, making a million dollars if reached by Saturday (13 December 2014) noon; second-half money goes by vote. — NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health (00:01:16)
2014-12-16 · video description · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome (00:00:00)
2014-12-26 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points to SciShow, where Michael Aranda gave 2014's science superlatives: the deepest-diving whale, the most Earth-like planet, the highest CO2 emissions and the warmest months. — The Best and Worst of 2014 (00:00:06)
2014-12-26 · Hank · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says that with help from people on Twitter he made a playlist of 2014's most important YouTube videos, including Emma Watson's and Malala's speeches and CGP Grey on why jobs may not exist in future. — The Best and Worst of 2014 (00:02:51)
2014-12-26 · Hank · Humans Need Not Apply (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says that with help from people on Twitter he made a playlist of 2014's most important YouTube videos, including Emma Watson's and Malala's speeches and CGP Grey on why jobs may not exist in future. — The Best and Worst of 2014 (00:02:51)
2014-12-30 · video description · Gawker (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · Slate (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · The Butter (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · The Hollywood Reporter (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · The New York Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · Ashley C. Ford (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · Chris Rock (film & tv, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · Kiese Laymon (books & writing, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)
2014-12-30 · video description · Roxane Gay (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Racism in the United States: By the Numbers (00:00:00)

2015 (128)

John: 71 · Hank: 25 · guests: 4 · descriptions: 28

2015-01-02 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank urges viewers to study broadly and deeply and to watch Crash Course World History, all of Crash Course, and SciShow. — Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things (00:03:37)
2015-01-02 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank urges viewers to study broadly and deeply and to watch Crash Course World History, all of Crash Course, and SciShow. — Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things (00:03:37)
2015-01-04 · John · AFC Wimbledon scarf (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John says the AFC Wimbledon scarves with DFTBA on them are back in stock at dftba.com, with all royalties going to the club. — The Best Worst Thing (00:00:45)
2015-01-20 · John · Selma (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked what should win the Best Picture Oscar, John picks Whiplash or Selma, both of which he thought excellent. — REUNION MINIGOLF (00:02:19)
2015-01-20 · John · Whiplash (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked what should win the Best Picture Oscar, John picks Whiplash or Selma, both of which he thought excellent. — REUNION MINIGOLF (00:02:19)
2015-01-27 · John · Global Citizen (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John thinks the Global Citizen idea, that becoming more informed makes us more engaged, is brilliant, and hopes it helps him at least to listen better. — Will Life Get Better for the Poor? (00:03:37)
2015-01-30 · video description · BBC (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Thoughts from the Edge (00:00:00)
2015-01-30 · video description · PBS NewsHour (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Thoughts from the Edge (00:00:00)
2015-01-30 · video description · Holy Shit, I Interviewed the President (books & writing, outside the channel) — Thoughts from the Edge (00:00:00)
2015-01-30 · video description · PBS Idea Channel (online video & web, outside the channel) — Thoughts from the Edge (00:00:00)
2015-02-03 · John · Emotional Furniture (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — John's favorite Art Assignment video is Christoph Niemann's Emotional Furniture; he also enjoyed the Highlights video in which he made prints with Sarah. — Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:01:16)
2015-02-03 · John · Imprint Highlights (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John's favorite Art Assignment video is Christoph Niemann's Emotional Furniture; he also enjoyed the Highlights video in which he made prints with Sarah. — Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:01:16)
2015-02-03 · John · Blank Space (music, outside the channel, hedged) — John says his favorite Taylor Swift song is probably Blank Space, which Henry calls 'Boys Love Torture'. — Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:01:24)
2015-02-03 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John says Nat and Justice introduced him to rap artists on the Paper Towns set, including Earl Sweatshirt, whom he likes a lot; in turn he introduced them to the Mountain Goats. — Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:01:50)
2015-02-03 · John · Earl Sweatshirt (music, outside the channel) — John says Nat and Justice introduced him to rap artists on the Paper Towns set, including Earl Sweatshirt, whom he likes a lot; in turn he introduced them to the Mountain Goats. — Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:01:50)
2015-02-03 · John · Splinter (characters, outside the channel, playful) — John says there is really only one choice of name for a pet rat: Master Splinter. — Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! (00:03:09)
2015-02-13 · Hank · Agent Carter (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked for TV recommendations, Hank recommends Agent Carter, five times over. — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:01:27)
2015-02-13 · Hank · Neil Cicierega (music, outside the channel) — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:01:30)
2015-02-13 · Hank · Paolo Bacigalupi (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:01:30)
2015-02-13 · Hank · Kodocha (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:01:30)
2015-02-13 · Hank · Locke & Key (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:01:30)
2015-02-13 · Hank · Ricochet Robots (games, outside the channel) — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:01:30)
2015-02-13 · Hank · TheThirdPew (online video & web, outside the channel) — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:01:30)
2015-02-27 · video description · Numberphile (online video & web, outside the channel) — In Which Hank is the Nerdiest Nerd (00:00:00)
2015-03-17 · John · Hold Me Closer (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John says today is publication day for Hold Me Closer, David Levithan's musical novel companion to their co-written Will Grayson, Will Grayson: the actual Tiny Cooper musical, and fantastic. — What Are Paper Towns? (00:00:11)
2015-03-24 · John · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John points viewers to Healthcare Triage for better information and more health care videos. — Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later (00:00:39)
2015-04-24 · Hank · Podcast Because Awesome (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank is putting the tour's behind-the-scenes material into Podcast Because Awesome, a 20-to-30-minute-per-episode diary of what life on tour is like for a nerd band. — Mother Pheasant Plucker - A Song (00:03:02)
2015-05-01 · Hank · The Brain Scoop (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank shows Emily holding a youtube.com/brainscoop sign and asks viewers to click on it and subscribe. — A $100,000 Egg and A 200M Year Old Pinecone (00:03:51)
2015-05-08 · Hank · Quadragocon shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Because Hank wanted one, a Quadragocon 2015 shirt can be pre-ordered for the next week and then never again. — QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! (00:03:46)
2015-05-12 · John · Penguin Books (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — In a P.S., John says Penguin UK has a Fault in Our Stars-themed project raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and asks UK and Ireland viewers to check it out. — Becoming Someone Else (00:03:31)
2015-05-12 · John · Teenage Cancer Trust (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — In a P.S., John says Penguin UK has a Fault in Our Stars-themed project raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and asks UK and Ireland viewers to check it out. — Becoming Someone Else (00:03:31)
2015-05-19 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says this led him to start a fundraiser at Save the Children for its work with Syrian refugees. — Pain Destroys Language: John after the Dentist (00:01:38)
2015-05-26 · John · Podcast Because Awesome (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Meanwhile John recommends Hank's podcast with his friends, called on air the 'Tour Because Awesome Podcast'. — Sixteen Parts (00:00:42)
2015-05-26 · John · AFC Wimbledon scarf (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John says Nerdfighteria Wimbledon scarves are still available at DFTBA.com. — Sixteen Parts (00:01:41)
2015-05-26 · John · Tab for a Cause (organizations & sites, nerdfighter community) — The foundation also got money from Tab for a Cause, a browser extension built by Nerdfighters that raises money for charity as you surf; John says it really works and links it. — Sixteen Parts (00:02:29)
2015-06-05 · Hank · How to Adult (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says How to Adult, one of the YouTube shows he produces and useful even to him, launches its Patreon page today to help pay for its existence. — Just for Nerdfighters (00:02:58)
2015-06-08 · John · Paper Towns (film) (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — John tells German Nerdfighters he will post on Twitter if more Berlin tickets become available and hopes they enjoy 'Margos Spuren'. — Monday Bonus Video! (00:00:17)
2015-06-12 · video description · Vox (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Why is College So Expensive? (00:00:00)
2015-06-16 · video description · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS (00:00:00)
2015-06-16 · video description · John Darnielle (music, friends & collaborators) — Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS (00:00:00)
2015-06-19 · Hank · TinEye (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says not to repost creators' work without attribution, and to source unsourced content with reverse image search engines like TinEye, which also hones research skills. — 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet (00:01:42)
2015-06-19 · Hank · Wikipedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says anyone can edit Wikipedia: fix spelling mistakes, undo vandalism through the page history, and read about serious editing before making big changes. — 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet (00:01:56)
2015-06-19 · Hank · Cereal Time (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank reads unsolicited tweets praising Dear Hank and John and Cereal Time, and says Cereal Time has run for a little over a week and he loves it. — 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet (00:03:39)
2015-06-19 · Hank · Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says Titansgrave is still going and very funny, just him being a dork with his dork friends. — 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet (00:03:43)
2015-06-26 · video description · The power of believing that you can improve (art & other works, outside the channel) — How to Get Good at Everything (00:00:00)
2015-07-07 · video description · The Economist (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece (00:00:00)
2015-07-10 · Hank · Crash Course Kids (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says SciShow will cover New Horizons heavily and encourages viewers to check out Crash Course Kids, the new series for elementary school students. — How to Get to Pluto: From a Waterpark (00:03:25)
2015-07-10 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says SciShow will cover New Horizons heavily and encourages viewers to check out Crash Course Kids, the new series for elementary school students. — How to Get to Pluto: From a Waterpark (00:03:25)
2015-07-24 · Hank · Paper Towns (film) (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Smosh and Kian each have a movie out this week (week of 20 July 2015). — From the Main Stage of VidCon! (00:01:49)
2015-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John points viewers to Esther's book and to DFTBA.com or TSWGO.org to support This Star Won't Go Out, the charity Esther's family created to support families of children with cancer. — I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 (00:01:19)
2015-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (book) (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John points viewers to Esther's book and to DFTBA.com or TSWGO.org to support This Star Won't Go Out, the charity Esther's family created to support families of children with cancer. — I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 (00:01:19)
2015-08-04 · John · The Americans (film & tv, outside the channel) — The last TV show John marathoned was The Americans, which he calls excellent. — Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza (00:00:50)
2015-08-04 · John · Hafez (books & writing, outside the channel) — Asked for a relatively unknown poet he loves, John names the Persian poet Hafiz, who he feels is not as well known here as he should be. — Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza (00:01:01)
2015-08-07 · video description · Reddit (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Is This Video Cool? (00:00:00)
2015-08-11 · video description · Mic (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns (00:00:00)
2015-08-11 · video description · The New York Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns (00:00:00)
2015-08-18 · John · Between the World and Me (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Ta-Nehisi Coates's book Between the World and Me, which he cannot stop thinking about. — The Cold War of Nerdfighteria (00:00:14)
2015-08-18 · John · The Bail Trap (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends The Bail Trap, a New York Times article exploring one reason people in poverty are disproportionately imprisoned in the US. — The Cold War of Nerdfighteria (00:00:19)
2015-08-18 · John · New York Times article about a 14-year-old boy in solitary confinement (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends another New York Times article, about a 14-year-old boy locked in solitary confinement, which he found chilling and deeply upsetting. — The Cold War of Nerdfighteria (00:00:26)
2015-08-28 · video description · How Far Can Legolas See? (online video & web, outside the channel) — ALL of Wikipedia in One QR Code? (00:00:00)
2015-09-08 · video description · Patrick Ness (books & writing, outside the channel) — Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World (00:00:00)
2015-09-08 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John has put links below to donate to the UN's refugee work and to Save the Children's refugee work. — Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World (00:09:13)
2015-09-08 · John · UNHCR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John has put links below to donate to the UN's refugee work and to Save the Children's refugee work. — Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World (00:09:13)
2015-09-15 · John · Firefly (tv series) (film & tv, outside the channel) — John has just seen the TV series Firefly for the first time, calls it excellent and asks why it was cancelled. — John Gets a Tattoo (00:00:15)
2015-09-24 · video description · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — Continents are Dumb (00:00:00)
2015-09-24 · video description · Cereal Time (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Continents are Dumb (00:00:00)
2015-10-02 · Hank · Welcome to Night Vale (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank will be in Portland and Seattle with Welcome to Night Vale, a super fun show he has done before. — Awkward Stranger Conversations (00:03:08)
2015-10-06 · John · Super Mario Kart (games, outside the channel) — Asked his favourite video game, John answers the original Super Mario Kart. — Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books! (00:00:23)
2015-10-06 · John · God Help the Child (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, which he is re-reading, and Toni Morrison's new novel: not her best book, but still great. — Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books! (00:00:30)
2015-10-06 · John · Life on the Mississippi (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi, which he is re-reading, and Toni Morrison's new novel: not her best book, but still great. — Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books! (00:00:30)
2015-10-13 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John points out his Eleanor & Park t-shirt, which he got at DFTBA.com. — John Green's Fiery Race Car Disaster (00:01:01)
2015-10-13 · John · Eleanor & Park t-shirt (art & other works, friends & collaborators) — John points out his Eleanor & Park t-shirt, which he got at DFTBA.com. — John Green's Fiery Race Car Disaster (00:01:01)
2015-10-16 · Hank · Ship Breaker (books & writing, outside the channel) — Showing Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker, Hank says it won a staff pick and may have won a Printz or been a Printz honoree, but he isn't sure. — Post-NerdCon Haze (00:01:58)
2015-10-16 · Hank · Shakespeare and Company (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank recommends visiting Shakespeare and Company in Missoula, saying local bookstores are part of the fabric holding a community together; think of that next time on Amazon. — Post-NerdCon Haze (00:02:09)
2015-10-27 · John · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says supporting creators directly, through Patreon or buying merch, is vastly ('a thousand times') more valuable than YouTube Red or ads; direct support remains best. — Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video (00:01:43)
2015-11-12 · John · Midnight Robber (books & writing, outside the channel) — On becoming well-read, John says he doesn't know; he mostly reads books recommended by people he trusts, and recommends the amazing, weird sci-fi book Midnight Robber. — Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) (00:01:53)
2015-11-13 · video description · Facebook Safety Check (products, outside the channel) — Feeling About Paris (00:00:00)
2015-11-16 · video description · Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (books & writing, outside the channel) — On Our Way to the Dance (Pizzamas Day 6) (00:00:00)
2015-11-17 · Hank · The Financial Diet (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank woke up in New York City this week (week of 16 November 2015) and filmed an episode of The Financial Diet, which viewers can watch on its YouTube channel. — The Things that People Do (Thoughts from New York City) (Pizzamas Day 7) (00:00:05)
2015-11-18 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Asked whether there will be Dear Hank and John merch, John instead plugs the Pizza John merch available now at DFTBA.com. — SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) (00:00:45)
2015-11-20 · video description · Active Minds (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-11-20 · video description · Anxiety and Depression Association of America (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-11-20 · video description · Mental Health America (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-11-20 · video description · Mental Health Foundation (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-11-20 · video description · Mind (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-11-20 · video description · National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-11-20 · video description · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-11-20 · video description · The Trevor Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) (00:00:00)
2015-12-01 · video description · The People in the Trees (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:00:00)
2015-12-01 · John · Between the World and Me (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite book of the year is Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me, a short, relentless and brilliant meditation on race and history in the United States. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:00:18)
2015-12-01 · John · The White Boy Shuffle (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Paul Beatty's The White Boy Shuffle to everyone: almost 20 years old, still hilarious and heartbreaking; it should be a classic and everyone he has recommended it to loved it. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:00:26)
2015-12-01 · John · Death Comes for the Archbishop (books & writing, outside the channel) — For readers who think they hate classics, John recommends Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop and Alice Walker's The Color Purple as captivating and moving despite being taught in schools. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:00:39)
2015-12-01 · John · The Color Purple (books & writing, outside the channel) — For readers who think they hate classics, John recommends Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop and Alice Walker's The Color Purple as captivating and moving despite being taught in schools. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:00:39)
2015-12-01 · John · Are You My Mother? (books & writing, outside the channel) — For graphic-novel fans John jokingly calls Alison Bechdel's Are You My Mother? the perfect gift for your mother, provided you have a very, very dysfunctional relationship. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:00:52)
2015-12-01 · John · City of Clowns (books & writing, outside the channel) — John also recommends City of Clowns, written by Daniel Alarcón and illustrated by Sheila Alvarado, calling it a brilliant story about a young journalist in Peru grieving his father. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:01:00)
2015-12-01 · John · Hanya Yanagihara (books & writing, outside the channel) — For literary-fiction readers John recommends Hanya Yanagihara: her strange first novel is excellent, but A Little Life is better, and sadder than The Fault in Our Stars. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:01:20)
2015-12-01 · John · A Little Life (books & writing, outside the channel) — For literary-fiction readers John recommends Hanya Yanagihara: her strange first novel is excellent, but A Little Life is better, and sadder than The Fault in Our Stars. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:01:20)
2015-12-01 · John · Gilead (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, both an excellent novel and a religious one, a combination he finds very rare. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:01:38)
2015-12-01 · John · A Brief History of Seven Killings (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Marlon James's A Brief History of Seven Killings, an oral-history-format novel revolving around the 1976 shooting of Bob Marley in Jamaica. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:01:46)
2015-12-01 · John · Falling in Love with Hominids (books & writing, outside the channel) — For science-fiction fans John recommends Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber, set in a world colonized by Caribbean people; he has just started her story collection Falling in Love with Hominids. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:01:56)
2015-12-01 · John · Midnight Robber (books & writing, outside the channel) — For science-fiction fans John recommends Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber, set in a world colonized by Caribbean people; he has just started her story collection Falling in Love with Hominids. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:01:56)
2015-12-01 · John · The Flamethrowers (books & writing, outside the channel) — On art and being an artist, John and Sarah both love Rachel Kushner's The Flamethrowers and Patti Smith's Just Kids. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:09)
2015-12-01 · John · Just Kids (books & writing, outside the channel) — John cannot find his copies of Just Kids and SPQR because his home library has been poorly catalogued since the move. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:16)
2015-12-01 · John · No god but God (books & writing, outside the channel) — For understanding Islamic history and contemporary Islamic thought, John recommends Reza Aslan's No god but God, his favorite of the dozens of introductions he has read and reviewed. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:20)
2015-12-01 · John · SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (books & writing, outside the channel) — For history John recommends Mary Beard's recent SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:31)
2015-12-01 · John · A Thousand Mornings (books & writing, outside the channel) — For poetry John recommends Mary Oliver's A Thousand Mornings and Louise Glück's Faithful and Virtuous Night (unsure how to say her name): precise, profound, never pretentious. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:38)
2015-12-01 · John · Faithful and Virtuous Night (books & writing, outside the channel) — For poetry John recommends Mary Oliver's A Thousand Mornings and Louise Glück's Faithful and Virtuous Night (unsure how to say her name): precise, profound, never pretentious. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:38)
2015-12-01 · John · First and Then (books & writing, outside the channel) — Admitting he read little YA this year (2015), John recommends Emma Mills's (elmify) First and Then and Jason Reynolds's The Boy in the Black Suit. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:52)
2015-12-01 · John · The Boy in the Black Suit (books & writing, outside the channel) — Admitting he read little YA this year (2015), John recommends Emma Mills's (elmify) First and Then and Jason Reynolds's The Boy in the Black Suit. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:02:52)
2015-12-01 · John · Ball Don't Lie (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a new generation of YA readers John recommends four books over ten years old: Valiant, Ball Don't Lie, The Truth About Forever and Speak, and likes bundling different kinds of books as gifts. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:03:05)
2015-12-01 · John · Speak (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a new generation of YA readers John recommends four books over ten years old: Valiant, Ball Don't Lie, The Truth About Forever and Speak, and likes bundling different kinds of books as gifts. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:03:05)
2015-12-01 · John · The Truth About Forever (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a new generation of YA readers John recommends four books over ten years old: Valiant, Ball Don't Lie, The Truth About Forever and Speak, and likes bundling different kinds of books as gifts. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:03:05)
2015-12-01 · John · Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a new generation of YA readers John recommends four books over ten years old: Valiant, Ball Don't Lie, The Truth About Forever and Speak, and likes bundling different kinds of books as gifts. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:03:05)
2015-12-01 · John · Miracle's Boys (books & writing, outside the channel) — For kids aged 10 to 14 John recommends Jacqueline Woodson's Miracle's Boys. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:03:29)
2015-12-01 · John · Boot and Shoe (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's son's two favorite books this year (2015) were Last Stop on Market Street (Christian Robinson and Matt de la Peña) and Marla Frazee's Boot and Shoe. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:03:32)
2015-12-01 · John · Last Stop on Market Street (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's son's two favorite books this year (2015) were Last Stop on Market Street (Christian Robinson and Matt de la Peña) and Marla Frazee's Boot and Shoe. — John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays! (00:03:32)
2015-12-08 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the P4A's first half raises money for Save the Children and the UNHCR, matched by $350,000 from Save the Children donors plus $250,000 from Hank and John. — The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report (00:01:41)
2015-12-08 · John · UNHCR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says the P4A's first half raises money for Save the Children and the UNHCR, matched by $350,000 from Save the Children donors plus $250,000 from Hank and John. — The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report (00:01:41)
2015-12-11 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the first half of P4A 2015 raises money for Save the Children and the UN High Commission on Refugees. — The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 (00:00:15)
2015-12-11 · John · UNHCR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says Save the Children and the UNHCR massively support refugee camps from Turkey to Jordan to Lebanon, where more than a quarter of current residents are refugees. — The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 (00:00:24)
2015-12-11 · John · Google donation card (products, outside the channel) — John says donations can go straight to the Foundation via a new fee-free card made by Google, which matches every dollar up to $100,000. — The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 (00:03:54)
2015-12-15 · a guest · Conscious Period (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The montage shows P4A videos for the Geena Davis Institute, Liberty in North Korea, The Conscious Period and Re-Cycle. — P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup (00:00:50)
2015-12-15 · a guest · Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The montage shows P4A videos for the Geena Davis Institute, Liberty in North Korea, The Conscious Period and Re-Cycle. — P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup (00:00:50)
2015-12-15 · a guest · Liberty in North Korea (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The montage shows P4A videos for the Geena Davis Institute, Liberty in North Korea, The Conscious Period and Re-Cycle. — P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup (00:00:50)
2015-12-15 · a guest · Re-Cycle (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — A Project for Awesome video clip says Re-Cycle takes unwanted bikes from the UK to where they are most needed in Africa. — P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup (00:00:54)
2015-12-15 · Hank · Google donation card (products, outside the channel) — Hank says donations through the on-screen donation card are still matched by Google up to $100,000, and every cent passes to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup (00:03:26)
2015-12-29 · John · We Must Live In Joy Through the Sorrows of This World (art & other works, outside the channel) — John shares a New Year's card by his and Hank's mother's artist friend Connie Bostic, 'We Must Live In Joy Through the Sorrows of this World', calling it the greatest of all time. — How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars (00:01:57)
2015-12-29 · John · HankGames (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he is off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies, which can be found on HankGames. — How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars (00:02:33)

2016 (117)

John: 60 · Hank: 26 · guests: 2 · descriptions: 29

2016-01-19 · John · The Magic Mountain (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Davos is the setting of one of his all-time favourite novels, Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, so he gets to do some literary tourism there. — The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday (00:00:13)
2016-01-26 · video description · Clouds Over Sidra (film & tv, outside the channel) — Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (00:00:00)
2016-01-26 · John · Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (film & tv, outside the channel) — John recommends the Oscar-nominated documentary about honor killing in Pakistan by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, whom he met at Davos: one of the most powerful films he has seen. — Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (00:02:13)
2016-01-26 · John · A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (film & tv, outside the channel) — John recommends the Oscar-nominated documentary about honor killing in Pakistan by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, whom he met at Davos: one of the most powerful films he has seen. — Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (00:02:13)
2016-02-05 · Hank · History of Japan (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Bill Wurtz's History of Japan, a weird art piece from a creator who came out of nowhere, which he thinks everybody should watch. — Honest YouTube Talk Time (00:01:06)
2016-02-05 · Hank · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Because such creators usually won't bubble up, Hank thinks it is very important to use tools like Patreon to support them. — Honest YouTube Talk Time (00:03:31)
2016-02-16 · John · Parable of the Sower (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower the best book he has read in years. — Kindness (00:00:05)
2016-02-26 · Hank · Hamilton (musical) (music, outside the channel) — Hank is also proud of vlogbrothers but thinks his greatest accomplishment is having made the internet's most viewed video of a goat giving birth. — Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) (00:03:33)
2016-02-26 · Hank · Hatchet (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank is also proud of vlogbrothers but thinks his greatest accomplishment is having made the internet's most viewed video of a goat giving birth. — Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) (00:03:33)
2016-02-26 · Hank · The Second Coming (poem) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank is also proud of vlogbrothers but thinks his greatest accomplishment is having made the internet's most viewed video of a goat giving birth. — Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) (00:03:33)
2016-03-01 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — When Hank bets there is a Crash Course video on it, John points to the Columbian Exchange Crash Course video, shown on screen over Hank's head. — Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition (00:01:20)
2016-03-01 · John · Their Eyes Were Watching God (books & writing, outside the channel, playful) — Playing the potato-title game, John says he is quite fond of 'Their Eyes Were Watching Potatoes'. — Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition (00:02:21)
2016-03-08 · video description · ONE Campaign (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp (00:00:00)
2016-03-08 · John · UNHCR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John is just back from a trip to northern Jordan with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. — Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp (00:00:01)
2016-03-25 · John · Chloraseptic (products, outside the channel, playful) — John, who has strep throat, says his favorite food when sick is Chloraseptic Max, which numbs the back of the throat where the strep is. — Snapchat Question Time! (00:02:37)
2016-03-29 · John · The Americans (film & tv, outside the channel) — John names The Americans his favorite TV show: not just the best show about spies on TV but also the best about marriage. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:00:08)
2016-03-29 · John · Dope (film & tv, outside the channel) — John recommends the films Dope and The End of the Tour, saying he really loves both. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:00:17)
2016-03-29 · John · The End of the Tour (film & tv, outside the channel) — John recommends the films Dope and The End of the Tour, saying he really loves both. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:00:17)
2016-03-29 · John · Spontaneous (books & writing, outside the channel) — John names Spontaneous, not yet out, his favorite YA debut of 2016 and the best book about spontaneous combustion you will ever read. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:00:43)
2016-03-29 · John · Hamilton (musical) (music, outside the channel) — John calls Hamilton astonishingly good, nuanced and rich, with catchy songs; he is especially fond of the cabinet meeting rap battles. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:00:56)
2016-03-29 · John · Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers (music, own work (self-plug)) — John says he usually writes in silence, occasionally to The Mountain Goats, his most-listened band, followed by Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers; his favorite Hank song is Strange Charm. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:02:09)
2016-03-29 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John says he usually writes in silence, occasionally to The Mountain Goats, his most-listened band, followed by Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers; his favorite Hank song is Strange Charm. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:02:09)
2016-03-29 · John · Strange Charm (music, own work (self-plug)) — John says he usually writes in silence, occasionally to The Mountain Goats, his most-listened band, followed by Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers; his favorite Hank song is Strange Charm. — My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:02:09)
2016-04-29 · Hank · What If? (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank calls What If? a fantastic book and says he read the driver a bit of it because it is such a great thing to share with people. — The Time a Taxi Driver Stole My Money (00:00:29)
2016-05-03 · John · Vice Sports (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says Vice Sports made a great documentary about the team and his relationship with it, and suggests checking it out. — No Fumar (00:02:46)
2016-05-03 · John · VidCon (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Nerdfighters that to take part in VidCon signings and meet-and-greets they must register by May 13. — No Fumar (00:02:58)
2016-05-06 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he has posted another video on Hank's channel about things going on in his life right now. — I Hate Only Making One Video a Week (00:03:23)
2016-05-10 · John · The Body in Pain (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls Elaine Scarry's The Body in Pain brilliant and says Mike Rugnetta first recommended it to him. — On Pain (00:01:51)
2016-06-10 · video description · Lilly Singh (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge (00:00:00)
2016-06-14 · video description · Fusion (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Orlando (00:00:00)
2016-06-14 · video description · Los Angeles Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Orlando (00:00:00)
2016-06-14 · video description · NPR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Orlando (00:00:00)
2016-06-14 · video description · Orlando Sentinel (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Orlando (00:00:00)
2016-06-14 · video description · Only When I'm Dancing Can I Feel This Free (books & writing, outside the channel) — Orlando (00:00:00)
2016-06-14 · video description · Please Don't Stop the Music (books & writing, outside the channel) — Orlando (00:00:00)
2016-06-21 · John · UNHCR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John reports that UNHCR launched a global campaign, With Refugees, last week (week of 13 June 2016): a petition asking governments to ensure every refugee child gets an education, every refugee family a safe home, and every refugee the chance to work or learn skills. — Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story (00:03:06)
2016-06-24 · Hank · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — Asked for opinions on gerrymandering, Hank suggests watching CGP Grey's video about it. — Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon (00:00:51)
2016-07-19 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John calls Sarah's Art Assignment video The Case for Kanye West brilliant; since watching it he has listened more carefully to Kanye's music. — Pretty Bad Ways to Start a Conversation (00:00:02)
2016-07-19 · John · The Case for Kanye West (art & other works, family & team) — John calls Sarah's Art Assignment video The Case for Kanye West brilliant; since watching it he has listened more carefully to Kanye's music. — Pretty Bad Ways to Start a Conversation (00:00:02)
2016-07-22 · video description · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) (00:00:00)
2016-07-22 · video description · Satchell Drakes (online video & web, outside the channel) — Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) (00:00:00)
2016-07-22 · video description · How to Speak on the Internet (art & other works, outside the channel) — Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) (00:00:00)
2016-07-22 · video description · This video will make you angry (art & other works, outside the channel) — Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) (00:00:00)
2016-07-22 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says some wristbands are left over; viewers who want to keep supporting the effort can buy them at DFTBA.com for $5. — Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) (00:03:17)
2016-07-29 · video description · Kim Stanley Robinson (books & writing, outside the channel) — Thoughts from Comic-Con (NO MORE CHEETO MEDIA!) (00:00:00)
2016-07-29 · video description · Star Trek (franchise) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Thoughts from Comic-Con (NO MORE CHEETO MEDIA!) (00:00:00)
2016-07-29 · video description · The Tick (books & writing, outside the channel) — Thoughts from Comic-Con (NO MORE CHEETO MEDIA!) (00:00:00)
2016-07-29 · Hank · NerdCon: Stories (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), hedged) — Hank suggests viewers who want to love things like that check out NerdCon: Stories, the conference he built with a team; last year (2015) was fantastic. — Thoughts from Comic-Con (NO MORE CHEETO MEDIA!) (00:02:57)
2016-08-02 · video description · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Beckoning Lovely (00:00:00)
2016-08-02 · John · Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John says his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal has written many amazing picture books, which he'll send Hank, and the brilliant Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, and gave him an early big break. — Beckoning Lovely (00:00:00)
2016-08-02 · John · Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Amy has finished Textbook, a companion to Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life ('not a prequel or a sequel; hopefully an equal'), out next Tuesday (9 August 2016). — Beckoning Lovely (00:02:09)
2016-08-09 · John · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John thanks Hank for the brilliant, astonishingly comprehensive youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate. — Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) (00:00:01)
2016-08-09 · John · Ballotpedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John recommends finding your state's sample ballot at youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate, then candidates' websites, and Ballotpedia for US Senate or Congress races (link in the doobly-doo). — Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) (00:01:03)
2016-08-16 · video description · Lemonade (music, outside the channel) — Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire (00:00:00)
2016-08-16 · John · No Man's Sky (games, outside the channel) — John says he has just begun a new HankGames series in which he explores his existential anxieties while walking around a largely abandoned planet; a link is in the description. — Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire (00:03:06)
2016-08-16 · John · Beyoncé (music, outside the channel, playful) — John says Beyoncé released maybe the best album of the decade not made by the Mountain Goats. — Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire (00:03:30)
2016-08-19 · Hank · BattleBots (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank says BattleBots isn't exactly what he wants, but he'd like people to be able to win gold for building and operating robots that destroy other robots. — 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics (00:01:52)
2016-08-19 · Hank · Peter Hollens and Hank Green collab video of Hobbit drinking songs (music, outside the channel) — Hank says Peter Hollens just released a collab video in which Hank sings Hobbit drinking songs with him; he is proud of it and links it in the description. — 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics (00:02:05)
2016-08-19 · Hank · League of Legends (games, outside the channel) — Hank proposes League of Legends, saying that if the Olympics don't get into esports now they will lose an entire generation. — 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics (00:03:16)
2016-08-23 · John · Reddit (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John points to a subreddit called The Ocho with highlights of lesser-known sports, from remote-controlled truck racing to tug-of-oars, which he finds incredibly entertaining. — The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV (00:01:10)
2016-08-26 · Hank · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells John to get ready to celebrate their 10th anniversary in the real world at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston. — I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes (00:03:01)
2016-08-26 · Hank · NerdCon: Stories (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank suggests people near Minneapolis who can't go to Boston attend NerdCon: Stories, where John will be but Hank will not. — I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes (00:03:08)
2016-09-02 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces DFTBA's Awesome Socks Club, which will deliver a new pair of weird socks every month, unseen until they arrive. — One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier (00:03:20)
2016-09-02 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces DFTBA's Awesome Socks Club, which will deliver a new pair of weird socks every month, unseen until they arrive. — One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier (00:03:20)
2016-09-30 · Hank · YouTube Watch Later (products, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the Watch Later playlist, added via a video's clock icon, for videos you want to watch but lack time for now. — Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use (00:00:36)
2016-09-30 · Hank · YouTube subscriptions feed (products, outside the channel) — Hank says most Nerdfighters who answered the Census get their YouTube videos from the subscriptions feed, good for the brothers since it is the only page showing all of a creator's videos. — Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use (00:00:55)
2016-09-30 · Hank · YouTube notifications (products, outside the channel) — Since a big subscription feed is a fire hose, Hank turns on notifications (the bell) for channels he never wants to miss; the subscription manager also lets you prune. — Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use (00:01:08)
2016-09-30 · Hank · YouTube Community tab (products, outside the channel) — Hank says the brothers can now post community posts to the mobile subscription feed and suggests viewers turn them on, as they'll be experimenting in coming weeks. — Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use (00:01:44)
2016-10-04 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John says Mark was filming the day for The Art Assignment, so an 'Art Trip: London' video like this one, but much better, is coming soon. — Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London (00:00:27)
2016-10-11 · John · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John urges viewers who are unregistered or unsure to check at youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate, since many states' registration deadline is today, and to vote. — Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans (00:10:18)
2016-10-14 · video description · Joe Hanson (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election (00:00:00)
2016-10-18 · video description · The Commonwealth Fund (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals (00:00:00)
2016-10-18 · video description · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals (00:00:00)
2016-10-18 · John · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John recommends Healthcare Triage, hosted by Dr. Aaron Carroll, to anyone interested in health care or health, calling it an amazing show. — Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals (00:00:04)
2016-10-21 · Hank · Hank's full interview with Denise Juneau (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he cut a lot from the roughly half-hour full interview, which goes deeper and covers other topics, and asks viewers to watch it via the description link. — Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau (00:08:15)
2016-11-01 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the first half of the P4A raises money for pre-selected charities, this year (2016) Save the Children and Partners in Health, long-time partners of the community. — BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) (00:02:28)
2016-11-01 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the first half of the P4A raises money for pre-selected charities, this year (2016) Save the Children and Partners in Health, long-time partners of the community. — BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) (00:02:28)
2016-11-08 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says each year brings limited-edition Pizza John merch (this year (2016) a LaCroix Pizza John, a hoodie, shirts by Hank's favourite designers) at DFTBA.com, available only during Pizzamas. — A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE (00:00:52)
2016-11-08 · John · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John asks eligible American voters to look up their polling place in the doobly-doo, check youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate for what to bring, and go vote. — A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE (00:02:27)
2016-11-10 · Dave · Animal Legal Defense Fund (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Dave shows the November sock, designed by Rachel and sold only through the DFTBA Awesome Sox Club, and asks viewers to buy one of the 500 remaining subscriptions soon. — The Museum of Pizza Johns Past (00:03:13)
2016-11-10 · Dave · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Dave shows the November sock, designed by Rachel and sold only through the DFTBA Awesome Sox Club, and asks viewers to buy one of the 500 remaining subscriptions soon. — The Museum of Pizza Johns Past (00:03:13)
2016-11-11 · video description · Buffering (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — The Trouble with Wishful Thinking (00:00:00)
2016-11-14 · video description · The Good Stuff (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — The description says Craig Benzine stands in for Hank on the second Monday of Pizzamas. — Who the Eff Is Hank? (00:00:00)
2016-11-15 · video description · Bird on the Wire (music, outside the channel) — Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices (00:00:00)
2016-11-15 · video description · Suzanne (music, outside the channel) — Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices (00:00:00)
2016-11-15 · video description · The Future (music, outside the channel) — Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices (00:00:00)
2016-11-15 · video description · Tower of Song (music, outside the channel) — Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices (00:00:00)
2016-11-15 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says only a few days are left to order Pizzamas items, such as Pizza John shirts and PJs, from DFTBA.com before Pizzamas ends. — Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices (00:00:10)
2016-11-15 · John · AFC Wimbledon scarf (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John asks viewers buying a Pizza John hoodie at DFTBA.com to also buy an AFC Wimbledon Nerdfighteria scarf; all proceeds go to the club, which might help them back to the playoffs and Wembley. — Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices (00:01:42)
2016-11-15 · John · What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says that twenty years later great books are still being written, and he has recently been completely astonished by What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. — Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices (00:02:38)
2016-11-17 · John · The Road to Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Asked to mention The Road to Nerdfighteria, John calls it an amazing project where nerdfighters around the world tell how they found Nerdfighteria, linked in the description. — Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday (00:01:59)
2016-11-17 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), playful) — John reminds viewers that Pizzamas ends tomorrow and its items are available for only one more day at dftba.com. — Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday (00:03:24)
2016-11-17 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), playful) — John reminds viewers that Pizzamas ends tomorrow and its items are available for only one more day at dftba.com. — Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday (00:03:24)
2016-11-22 · John · 100 Days (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he and his best friend Chris have just started filming their new health and fitness show 100 Days, starting January 1 at youtube.com/100days; they exercise six days a week. — On Not Seeing Hamilton (00:02:26)
2016-11-29 · John · Moana (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked for his favourite Disney movie, John names the new one Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the songs for. — Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited (00:00:51)
2016-11-29 · Hank · Frozen (film & tv, outside the channel, playful) — Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited (00:01:17)
2016-11-29 · Hank · The Kingkiller Chronicle (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says he would take Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller trilogy, even though its last book isn't out yet. — Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited (00:02:31)
2016-11-29 · Hank · Self-Care Bunny (characters, nerdfighter community) — Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited (00:02:58)
2016-12-06 · video description · The Raven King (books & writing, outside the channel) — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:00:00)
2016-12-06 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says all money raised in the first half of the P4A will be split between Save the Children and Partners In Health, which do amazing work helping the most vulnerable children and families. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:00:42)
2016-12-06 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says all money raised in the first half of the P4A will be split between Save the Children and Partners In Health, which do amazing work helping the most vulnerable children and families. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:00:42)
2016-12-06 · John · The Underground Railroad (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, which just won the National Book Award: a haunting, brilliant novel about American slavery imagining the Underground Railroad as an actual railroad. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:01:27)
2016-12-06 · John · Moonglow (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Michael Chabon's Moonglow: a proper genius risks having another nearly perfect novel taken for granted, but this is an amazing book about war, memory and mental illness. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:01:38)
2016-12-06 · John · What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Helen Oyeyemi's What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, a transfixing book of fairy-tale-like short stories unlike anything readers have read. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:01:54)
2016-12-06 · John · Stories of Your Life and Others (books & writing, outside the channel) — For sci-fi fans John recommends Ted Chiang's Stories of Your Life and Others: one story was the basis for the wonderful film Arrival, and all are mind-blowingly good. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:02:03)
2016-12-06 · John · Binti (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Nnedi Okorafor's Binti, about a girl who travels across the galaxy to attend university: page-turny, exciting and ultimately really moving. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:02:13)
2016-12-06 · John · An Ember in the Ashes (books & writing, outside the channel) — Among young adult books John recommends An Ember in the Ashes, a thrilling and politically astute dystopian series. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:02:27)
2016-12-06 · John · The Raven Cycle (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John recommends Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Cycle to fantasy fans: it's just amazing. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:02:31)
2016-12-06 · John · The Sun Is Also a Star (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a good YA love story John recommends The Sun Is Also a Star. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:02:35)
2016-12-06 · John · Buffering (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Among the many books by YouTubers, John highlights Hannah Hart's Buffering as a beautifully written, extraordinarily touching memoir. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:02:39)
2016-12-06 · John · I Contain Multitudes (books & writing, outside the channel) — In nonfiction John recommends I Contain Multitudes, a fascinating history of microbes and humanity's relationship with them. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:02:48)
2016-12-06 · John · Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Sapiens, a sweeping history of the last 250,000 or so years exploring how humans became the dominant species and what life was like when we were, in the author's phrase, 'an animal of no significance'. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:03:02)
2016-12-06 · John · Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — For a quirky, delightful, fascinating friend John recommends Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a wonderfully eccentric memoir enhanced by texting. — Exactly Like the Human Sternum (00:03:15)
2016-12-09 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the first half of P4A raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health, two of the most highly regarded and efficient nonprofits in global health and education. — The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! (00:00:16)
2016-12-09 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the first half of P4A raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health, two of the most highly regarded and efficient nonprofits in global health and education. — The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! (00:00:16)
2016-12-23 · video description · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) (00:00:00)
2016-12-30 · Hank · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank invites as many people as can to NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston, February 25-26, the community's first central gathering, as real-world meeting is an important part of community. — The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done (00:05:27)

2017 (175)

John: 64 · Hank: 56 · descriptions: 55

2017-01-06 · Hank · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — For a less partisan take, Hank recommends Healthcare Triage's amazing, in-depth video on the subject. — Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) (00:00:36)
2017-01-06 · Hank · HowJSay (organizations & sites, outside the channel, playful) — Asked how to pronounce 'thistle', Hank says he doesn't know how to pronounce anything and uses the HowJSay app, whose narrator has said nearly every word. — Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) (00:01:11)
2017-01-06 · Hank · Uber (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says VidCon visitors shouldn't rent a car because parking and driving in Los Angeles are terrible; take a cab to the hotel, probably walk to the convention center, use Uber. — Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) (00:01:32)
2017-01-10 · video description · The Washington Post (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What Is the Real Unemployment Rate? (00:00:00)
2017-01-10 · John · Hidden Figures (film & tv, outside the channel) — John is off to see Hidden Figures a second time because he liked it so much. — What Is the Real Unemployment Rate? (00:05:08)
2017-01-10 · John · Moonlight (film & tv, outside the channel) — John asks viewers to say in comments which Oscar-contending movies they like best; his favourites are Hidden Figures and Moonlight. — What Is the Real Unemployment Rate? (00:05:11)
2017-01-17 · video description · Cave of Forgotten Dreams (film & tv, outside the channel) — How Young Is History? (00:00:00)
2017-01-31 · John · Stories from Refugees (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John has put together a playlist of refugees telling their stories and asks viewers to listen to them, believe them and see them as people, not merely threats. — Understanding Trump's Executive Order on Immigration (00:07:07)
2017-02-07 · John · Diet Dr Pepper (products, outside the channel) — Cherry Diet Dr Pepper being almost impossible to find is great news to John, since plain Diet Dr Pepper is already perfect. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:00:43)
2017-02-07 · John · The Hate U Give (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give, out later this month (February 2017), which he truly believes will be a classic that even people who don't love books will love. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:01:56)
2017-02-07 · John · Immigrants (We Get the Job Done) (music, outside the channel) — John's favorite song on the Hamilton Mixtape is Immigrants. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:21)
2017-02-07 · John · Nineteen Eighty-Four (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls 1984 a great dystopian novel, but jokes that the dystopia we're living in has amazing world-building. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:28)
2017-02-07 · John · I Think We're Alone Now (music, outside the channel) — The first was probably Tiffany's I Think We're Alone Now, but also New Partner by the Palace Brothers and Love Love Love by the Mountain Goats. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:58)
2017-02-07 · John · Love Love Love (music, outside the channel) — The first was probably Tiffany's I Think We're Alone Now, but also New Partner by the Palace Brothers and Love Love Love by the Mountain Goats. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:58)
2017-02-07 · John · New Partner (music, outside the channel) — The first was probably Tiffany's I Think We're Alone Now, but also New Partner by the Palace Brothers and Love Love Love by the Mountain Goats. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:02:58)
2017-02-07 · John · John's Important Songs Playlist (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John made a playlist of the songs the question brought to mind and asks Nerdfighters to share the songs or art that have been important to them, so they can discover cool stuff from each other. — Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday (00:03:06)
2017-02-10 · video description · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Valentines Candy Taste Test with Hank and Katherine (00:00:00)
2017-02-10 · video description · VidCon Europe (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Valentines Candy Taste Test with Hank and Katherine (00:00:00)
2017-02-14 · video description · Our World in Data (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. (00:00:00)
2017-02-14 · John · Gates Foundation annual letter (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says the letter also focuses on access to contraception, another case where what is good for families has positive impacts on the community. — Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. (00:03:01)
2017-02-21 · John · Back to the Future (film & tv, outside the channel) — John's favourite fictional depiction of time travel is probably Back to the Future, which has had an outsized influence on his life. — Does Human Life Have Real Meaning? (00:01:50)
2017-02-24 · video description · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Doing Bad Things To Make Good Things Happen (00:00:00)
2017-02-28 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — You Are Here (00:00:00)
2017-03-07 · John · Exodus Refugee Immigration (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says he and Saw Kyar Aye have both worked with Exodus, a local resettlement organization, through which he was invited to the reunion, and he walked in nervous. — Hoping for an Airport Reunion: One Refugee Family's Story (00:03:32)
2017-03-07 · John · 100 Days (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a P.S., John says he and his best friend Chris are on a health and fitness journey on 100 Days and will run a 10K race on day 100, with all proceeds to Exodus. — Hoping for an Airport Reunion: One Refugee Family's Story (00:04:39)
2017-03-10 · video description · How to Know if you have ADHD (art & other works, outside the channel) — Do I Have ADHD? (00:00:00)
2017-03-10 · Hank · SciShow Psych (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank notes that psychological disorders are now discussed on their new channel, SciShow Psych. — Do I Have ADHD? (00:01:38)
2017-03-17 · video description · Bloomberg News (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Trump's Budget Explained (00:00:00)
2017-03-21 · John · The Economist (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says in the last couple of weeks he has scaled way back on the social internet for an information diet: an hour or two each morning reading mostly The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Indianapolis Star. — My Information Diet (00:02:28)
2017-03-21 · John · The Indianapolis Star (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says in the last couple of weeks he has scaled way back on the social internet for an information diet: an hour or two each morning reading mostly The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Indianapolis Star. — My Information Diet (00:02:28)
2017-03-21 · John · The New York Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says in the last couple of weeks he has scaled way back on the social internet for an information diet: an hour or two each morning reading mostly The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Indianapolis Star. — My Information Diet (00:02:28)
2017-03-21 · John · The Wall Street Journal (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says in the last couple of weeks he has scaled way back on the social internet for an information diet: an hour or two each morning reading mostly The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Indianapolis Star. — My Information Diet (00:02:28)
2017-03-28 · video description · Austin Frakt (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? (00:00:00)
2017-03-28 · video description · The Incidental Economist (online video & web, outside the channel) — Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? (00:00:00)
2017-03-28 · John · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John points viewers who want far more information about health and health care to Healthcare Triage. — Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? (00:00:33)
2017-04-04 · video description · Tuatara Discord (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Why I Won't Run for Office (00:00:00)
2017-04-04 · John · Self-Care Bunny (characters, nerdfighter community) — In the end screen John says Rosianna's Self-Care Bunny is now available as a poster at DFTBA.com. — Why I Won't Run for Office (00:03:23)
2017-04-18 · John · 100 Days (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John points viewers to a video on the 100 Days channel where he talks about his OCD in much more detail, linked below. — Framing (00:02:22)
2017-04-21 · video description · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — The Adpocalypse: What it Means (00:00:00)
2017-04-21 · video description · ICG Creator Chat (online video & web, outside the channel) — The Adpocalypse: What it Means (00:00:00)
2017-04-21 · Hank · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says if the value proposition breaks, creators will find (and already are finding) new support: subscriptions like Rooster Teeth's First, YouTube Red, Patreon, and creator-brand relationships communities like. — The Adpocalypse: What it Means (00:03:12)
2017-04-21 · Hank · Rooster Teeth First (products, outside the channel) — Hank says if the value proposition breaks, creators will find (and already are finding) new support: subscriptions like Rooster Teeth's First, YouTube Red, Patreon, and creator-brand relationships communities like. — The Adpocalypse: What it Means (00:03:12)
2017-04-21 · Hank · YouTube Red (products, outside the channel) — Hank says if the value proposition breaks, creators will find (and already are finding) new support: subscriptions like Rooster Teeth's First, YouTube Red, Patreon, and creator-brand relationships communities like. — The Adpocalypse: What it Means (00:03:12)
2017-04-21 · Hank · Internet Creators Guild (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells creators that the Internet Creators Guild is designed to advocate for people like them, with links in the description. — The Adpocalypse: What it Means (00:03:44)
2017-05-05 · Hank · 5 Calls (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank has been phoning his representatives and others in government; it is easy once you get going, and 5 Calls gives him the number and a script to read. — Sick and Tired (00:00:40)
2017-05-09 · video description · Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy (00:00:00)
2017-05-09 · video description · Aaron Carroll (other people & groups, friends & collaborators) — Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy (00:00:00)
2017-05-09 · video description · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Your Neighborhood, Your Life Expectancy (00:00:00)
2017-05-10 · Hank · Kedi (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank says Kedi fittingly asks us to slow down and be okay spending time watching pretty pictures and stories about the cats' lives. — Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes (00:02:10)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Emily Graslie (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — Hank recommends The Brain Scoop: he loves it, Emily is amazing, and viewers who haven't lately should check it out. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:00:34)
2017-05-12 · Hank · The Brain Scoop (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank recommends The Brain Scoop: he loves it, Emily is amazing, and viewers who haven't lately should check it out. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:00:34)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Applied Science (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the Applied Science YouTube channel: photographing toothpaste with an electron microscope is almost as entertaining as its rubber-band-cooled refrigerator. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:00:39)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Super Sam Stuff (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Super Sam Stuff and many other good vloggers; finding someone like Sam excites him. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:00:52)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Tanis (podcast) (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the podcast Tanis as amazing, creepy, lovely and weird, saying more would spoil it. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:00)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Criminal (podcast) (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Criminal, his personal favourite among many great crime podcasts. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:07)
2017-05-12 · Hank · You Must Remember This (podcast) (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Karina Longworth's You Must Remember This: she is smart and knowledgeable, and Hollywood history is fascinating and applicable to his life. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:11)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Humanize Me (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Humanize Me, a podcast about secular community building and more, by a man formerly big in evangelical Christianity. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:22)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Steven Suptic (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Steven Suptic and the other former SourceFed hosts; Steven's content is weird, great and hilarious. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:32)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Evelyn from the Internets (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Evelyn from the Internets: she makes him laugh, welcomes him into her content and gives him a different perspective. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:40)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Xidnaf (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Xidnaf: linguistics and stick figures. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:47)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Lindsay Ellis (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Lindsay Ellis: she makes him laugh, has a strong community and always has great takes on culture. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:01:50)
2017-05-12 · Hank · How Does Do Science (video, title unclear) (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank recommends one video, titled roughly 'How Does Do Science', as the best possible video on how science works. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:02:00)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Miles Chronicles (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Miles Chronicles as hilarious, warning viewers not to drink anything while watching or they will spray and choke. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:02:09)
2017-05-12 · Hank · Gunnarolla (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank closes the list with 'the great' Gunnarolla, without whom no list of underappreciated media would be complete. — Things That You Just Might Love (00:02:20)
2017-05-16 · John · Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (film & tv, outside the channel) — John names favourite documentaries missing from Netflix: the 7 Up series, Herb & Dorothy, Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter and Slavery by Another Name, each briefly described. — The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job (00:01:33)
2017-05-16 · John · Herb & Dorothy (film & tv, outside the channel) — John names favourite documentaries missing from Netflix: the 7 Up series, Herb & Dorothy, Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter and Slavery by Another Name, each briefly described. — The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job (00:01:33)
2017-05-16 · John · Slavery by Another Name (film & tv, outside the channel) — John names favourite documentaries missing from Netflix: the 7 Up series, Herb & Dorothy, Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter and Slavery by Another Name, each briefly described. — The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job (00:01:33)
2017-05-16 · John · Up series (film & tv, outside the channel) — John names favourite documentaries missing from Netflix: the 7 Up series, Herb & Dorothy, Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter and Slavery by Another Name, each briefly described. — The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job (00:01:33)
2017-05-16 · John · Kedi (film & tv, outside the channel) — That is why John loves Kedi and wanted them to help distribute it: it uses nature-documentary conventions but includes humans, showing how a city, its people and its cats connect. — The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job (00:02:24)
2017-05-16 · John · PBS (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Fulfilling his dream of being an introducer, John tells US viewers that PBS has excellent documentaries available for free. — The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job (00:03:18)
2017-05-16 · John · The Road to Nerdfighteria (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John recommends The Road to Nerdfighteria, a free ongoing documentary project on how people found this corner of the internet and what it means to them; it still accepts submissions. — The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job (00:03:25)
2017-05-23 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John says the Mountain Goats' new album Goths is one of his favourites and took him back into his past with an intensity he hasn't felt in a long time. — Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday (00:01:59)
2017-05-23 · John · Goths (music, outside the channel) — John says the Mountain Goats' new album Goths is one of his favourites and took him back into his past with an intensity he hasn't felt in a long time. — Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday (00:01:59)
2017-05-23 · John · All Hail West Texas (music, outside the channel) — For starting with the Mountain Goats, John always recommends the album All Hail West Texas. — Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday (00:02:05)
2017-05-23 · John · Raymond Pettibon (art & other works, outside the channel) — John's favourite painting is probably one by Raymond Pettibon. — Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday (00:02:29)
2017-05-23 · John · Ms. Marvel (characters, outside the channel) — John says his favourite comic-book superhero at the moment is probably Ms. Marvel. — Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday (00:02:36)
2017-06-06 · John · RuPaul's Drag Race (film & tv, outside the channel) — John recommends the RuPaul's Drag Race subreddit of screenshots, fan art and GIFs, calling the show the best reality TV show currently on the air. — My Favorite Subreddits: Joy, Wonder, Knowledge, and Birds with Arms (00:02:07)
2017-06-16 · Hank · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shares an animation someone made of a Dear Hank and John segment about bizarre pizza deliveries, which he liked. — When Will You Die? (00:03:08)
2017-06-16 · Hank · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank shares Patreon's video about the brothers' production studio in Missoula, which he calls fantastic. — When Will You Die? (00:03:17)
2017-07-11 · John · Pride and Prejudice (books & writing, outside the channel) — While signing John mostly listens to podcasts, and also Pride and Prejudice on audiobook, which is still great. — Signing 200,000 Autographs (00:02:50)
2017-07-14 · video description · Internet Archive (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages (00:00:00)
2017-07-14 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Having recorded for 36 minutes, Hank says there is probably a much longer version of the video on hankschannel. — YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages (00:03:52)
2017-07-18 · video description · Turtles All the Way Down (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Accio Decade Hallows (00:00:00)
2017-07-25 · video description · National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What OCD Is Like (for Me) (00:00:00)
2017-07-25 · video description · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What OCD Is Like (for Me) (00:00:00)
2017-07-28 · video description · Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Why You Haven't Started a Business (00:00:00)
2017-08-01 · video description · Addiction Recovery Guide (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) (00:00:00)
2017-08-01 · video description · National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) (00:00:00)
2017-08-01 · video description · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) (00:00:00)
2017-08-01 · John · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John recommends a great Healthcare Triage series on the drug abuse crisis, linked in the description. — Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) (00:01:53)
2017-08-01 · John · Turtles All the Way Down (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John says Amazon will soon run out of its signed Turtles All the Way Down copies, though bookstores across the US and Canada will have many, with updates at probablysignedturtles.com; Amazon buyers should buy now. — Death and How to Avoid It (...for a while) (00:03:28)
2017-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (book) (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John highly recommends Esther's memoir This Star Won't Go Out, a beautiful book available wherever books are sold. — HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! (00:01:53)
2017-08-04 · Hank · DFTBA Games (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces ROLF, a new silly party game from DFTBA Games, on Kickstarter for the next 24 days or so; it has already reached its goal, so it will be made. — Why Bullets are Good for the Environment (00:03:20)
2017-08-04 · Hank · ROLF (games, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces ROLF, a new silly party game from DFTBA Games, on Kickstarter for the next 24 days or so; it has already reached its goal, so it will be made. — Why Bullets are Good for the Environment (00:03:20)
2017-08-04 · Hank · VidCon Australia (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says John can't come to VidCon Australia, but he will be there. — Why Bullets are Good for the Environment (00:03:32)
2017-08-08 · video description · Turtles All the Way Down (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — What You Make of It: Thoughts from Venice, Italy (00:00:00)
2017-08-11 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a back-to-school sale at DFTBA.com and the first-ever Nerdfighter backpack, with giraffes and Nerdfighter crests, which he designed with backpack company Spiral. — Life is not a Job Training Program (00:02:49)
2017-08-11 · Hank · Nerdfighter backpack (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank announces a back-to-school sale at DFTBA.com and the first-ever Nerdfighter backpack, with giraffes and Nerdfighter crests, which he designed with backpack company Spiral. — Life is not a Job Training Program (00:02:49)
2017-08-11 · Hank · Michaels (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — For decorating, Hank suggests a frame from Michael's and a poster from DFTBA.com, on sale for back to school; framing it makes you look classy. — Life is not a Job Training Program (00:03:13)
2017-08-11 · Hank · Parade (magazine) (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Parade Magazine made a funny, cute video about him and John and their history on YouTube, linked in the description. — Life is not a Job Training Program (00:03:31)
2017-08-15 · John · Books-A-Million (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says Amazon has sold out its allotment of probably signed copies of Turtles All the Way Down, but many remain, for instance at Books-A-Million; more at ProbablySignedTurtles.com. — Very Hard to Desclibe (00:01:47)
2017-08-15 · John · Counting Descent (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Clint Smith's Counting Descent: small but packing a punch, with funny poems like 'When They Tell You the Brontosaurus Never Existed' and gut-wrenching, sad ones; just brilliant. — Very Hard to Desclibe (00:02:09)
2017-08-15 · John · Solo (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess: he has long been a fan of Alexander, and this book is really special. — Very Hard to Desclibe (00:02:26)
2017-08-18 · video description · Slate (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What I've Been Thinking About (00:00:00)
2017-08-18 · video description · The Washington Post (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What I've Been Thinking About (00:00:00)
2017-08-18 · video description · Rhett McLaughlin (online video & web, outside the channel) — What I've Been Thinking About (00:00:00)
2017-08-22 · video description · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The Causes of Cholera (00:00:00)
2017-08-25 · Hank · ROLF (games, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Kickstarter for ROLF, DFTBA Games' dumb party game, ends in a few days; anyone who wants to help and pledge for a copy has a link in the description. — Trust and Fire - Thoughts from the Smoke (00:03:29)
2017-08-29 · video description · American Red Cross (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 40 (00:00:00)
2017-08-29 · video description · Greater Houston Community Foundation (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 40 (00:00:00)
2017-08-29 · video description · Houston Food Bank (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 40 (00:00:00)
2017-08-29 · video description · Oxfam India (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 40 (00:00:00)
2017-08-29 · video description · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — 40 (00:00:00)
2017-09-01 · Hank · Giraffe love shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows the new giraffe-love shirt designed by Ming Doyle, which he likes, available at DFTBA.com. — What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Warming (00:03:26)
2017-09-01 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends Crash Course Film Production with Lily Gladstone as so good. — What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Warming (00:03:50)
2017-09-01 · Hank · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank recommends Healthcare Triage's recent series on guns in America as really well done. — What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Warming (00:03:52)
2017-09-07 · John · Tuatara Discord (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John suggests people coming alone may make friends on the tuatara Discord or at the show. — I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! (00:02:00)
2017-09-19 · video description · Our World in Data (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Why Cities? (00:00:00)
2017-09-19 · video description · Against the Grain (books & writing, outside the channel) — Why Cities? (00:00:00)
2017-09-22 · Hank · Fidelity Investments (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — How to Invest (and other money questions with The Financial Diet) (00:01:42)
2017-09-26 · video description · Wikipedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Trump and Russia: An Introduction to What We Know (and What We Don't) (00:00:00)
2017-09-29 · video description · Clues (film & tv, outside the channel) — What's This Video About? (00:00:00)
2017-09-29 · video description · Star Trek: The Next Generation (film & tv, outside the channel) — What's This Video About? (00:00:00)
2017-09-29 · video description · The Drumhead (film & tv, outside the channel) — What's This Video About? (00:00:00)
2017-09-29 · video description · The Inner Light (film & tv, outside the channel) — What's This Video About? (00:00:00)
2017-09-29 · video description · Measure of a Man (film & tv, outside the channel) — What's This Video About? (00:00:00)
2017-10-03 · John · The Hate U Give (books & writing, outside the channel) — Repeating his blurb, John says he truly believes The Hate U Give will be remembered as a classic of our time. — Let's Talk about Books (00:00:00)
2017-10-03 · John · The Inexplicable Logic of My Life (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, whose books are always tender and generous to the reader; it might be his favourite of them. — Let's Talk about Books (00:00:00)
2017-10-03 · John · Little Fires Everywhere (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favourite 2017 literary novel is Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere: brilliant, and rightly much talked about. — Let's Talk about Books (00:00:37)
2017-10-03 · John · Piecing Me Together (books & writing, outside the channel) — Renée Watson's Piecing Me Together genuinely changed how John thinks about the role art plays in human life; he read it in two days and has thought about it for six months. — Let's Talk about Books (00:00:37)
2017-10-03 · John · We Are Okay (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Nina LaCour's We Are Okay, a poetic meditation on loss that took him back to the last days of adolescence. — Let's Talk about Books (00:00:37)
2017-10-03 · John · The King Is Always Above the People (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Daniel Alarcón's The King Is Always Above the People: his stories still astonish John with their precision and power. — Let's Talk about Books (00:01:06)
2017-10-03 · John · Calling a Wolf a Wolf (books & writing, outside the channel) — Instead of summarising, John recommends three poetry books by quoting a line from each: Nicole Sealey's Ordinary Beasts, Kaveh Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf and Clint Smith's Counting Descent. — Let's Talk about Books (00:01:36)
2017-10-03 · John · Counting Descent (books & writing, outside the channel) — Instead of summarising, John recommends three poetry books by quoting a line from each: Nicole Sealey's Ordinary Beasts, Kaveh Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf and Clint Smith's Counting Descent. — Let's Talk about Books (00:01:36)
2017-10-03 · John · Ordinary Beasts (books & writing, outside the channel) — Instead of summarising, John recommends three poetry books by quoting a line from each: Nicole Sealey's Ordinary Beasts, Kaveh Akbar's Calling a Wolf a Wolf and Clint Smith's Counting Descent. — Let's Talk about Books (00:01:36)
2017-10-03 · John · City of Light, City of Poison (books & writing, outside the channel) — City of Light, City of Poison is a history that reads like a thriller about Paris's first police chief investigating poisonings possibly involving aristocrats close to Louis XIV; John found it bonkers and loved its portrait of ordinary 17th-century Parisian life. — Let's Talk about Books (00:01:57)
2017-10-03 · John · City of Thorns (books & writing, outside the channel) — City of Thorns by Ben Rawlence follows refugees in Dadaab camp over many years; a difficult book without easy answers, it shows that refugee stories are human stories. — Let's Talk about Books (00:01:57)
2017-10-03 · John · The Man Who Couldn't Stop (books & writing, outside the channel) — John loved David Adam's The Man Who Couldn't Stop, a good starting place for Turtles readers who want to learn more about OCD. — Let's Talk about Books (00:02:27)
2017-10-03 · John · The Water Will Come (books & writing, outside the channel) — The Water Will Come, about climate change and humanity's future, is a rare page-turning science book: a thriller in which the hero in peril is us. — Let's Talk about Books (00:02:27)
2017-10-10 · John · TATWD spoilers subreddit (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John has created a spoiler subreddit for the book where readers can discuss it with each other and ask him questions directly; the link is in the description. — Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video (00:00:27)
2017-10-17 · video description · Slate (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:00)
2017-10-17 · video description · The New York Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:00)
2017-10-17 · video description · Vox (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:00)
2017-10-17 · video description · Constance Grady (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:00)
2017-10-17 · video description · Jennifer Senior (books & writing, outside the channel) — Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:00)
2017-10-17 · video description · Laura Miller (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:00)
2017-10-17 · video description · TATWD spoilers subreddit (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:00)
2017-10-30 · Hank · National Alliance on Mental Illness (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to put a Pizza John cocktail, virgin and alcoholic, in the comments; they will select a top one. — I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! (00:03:35)
2017-11-01 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), playful) — John tells a tipsy Hank that pitching DFTBA merch during Pizzamas is incredibly important. — Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! (00:03:08)
2017-11-02 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank gives five stars to the first sock of the 2017 DFTBA Awesome Socks Club subscription, designed by Rachel Calderon Navarro: cushy, durable and warm. — Hank Reviews Everything (00:02:05)
2017-11-07 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Granting a viewer's request, John announces the discount code 'Pizza' for one percent off anything at DFTBA.com for the next 24 hours. — Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday (00:03:36)
2017-11-10 · video description · Eons (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Weirdest Living Animals - (With Dr. Lawrence Turtleman) (00:00:00)
2017-11-10 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says now is the last chance to get this year's (2017) Pizzamas stuff, made for two weeks then never again, at DFTBA.com/pizzamas or via the end screen. — The Weirdest Living Animals - (With Dr. Lawrence Turtleman) (00:03:33)
2017-11-24 · Hank · Kurzgesagt (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank announces 20% off almost everything at DFTBA.com, including merch from the brothers, CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, MinutePhysics and non-educational channels. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:02:00)
2017-11-24 · Hank · CGP Grey (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank announces 20% off almost everything at DFTBA.com, including merch from the brothers, CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, MinutePhysics and non-educational channels. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:02:00)
2017-11-24 · Hank · Henry Reich (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank announces 20% off almost everything at DFTBA.com, including merch from the brothers, CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, MinutePhysics and non-educational channels. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:02:00)
2017-11-24 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces 20% off almost everything at DFTBA.com, including merch from the brothers, CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, MinutePhysics and non-educational channels. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:02:00)
2017-11-24 · Hank · Vi Hart (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says DFTBA is launching a Vi Hart store today: her merch is on sale for the first time. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:02:12)
2017-11-24 · Hank · Turtles All the Way Down (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — DFTBA has 500 signed copies of Turtles All the Way Down from Penguin, sold with a tuatara pin and a turtle sticker pack. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:02:17)
2017-11-24 · Hank · VidCon (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — DFTBA is doing a last sale of VidCon merch, and all VidCon ticket types are 10% off with the code TURKEYTIME. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:02:39)
2017-11-24 · Hank · SciShow Finds (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces the newly launched SciShow Finds, cool things for science-loving people, basically stuff he would like to get. — The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) (00:03:15)
2017-11-28 · John · Turtles All the Way Down (books & writing, own work (self-plug), playful) — In a mock-casual aside, John notes that Turtles All the Way Down is in bookstores everywhere and the New York Times just named it one of its favorite books of the year. — Let's Talk about Money (00:00:40)
2017-11-28 · John · Last Mile Health (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — In P4A's first half money goes to pre-selected charities: this year (2017) Save the Children, a partner for a decade, and Last Mile Health, which trains and pays community health workers in Liberia. — Let's Talk about Money (00:01:26)
2017-11-28 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — In P4A's first half money goes to pre-selected charities: this year (2017) Save the Children, a partner for a decade, and Last Mile Health, which trains and pays community health workers in Liberia. — Let's Talk about Money (00:01:26)
2017-12-01 · video description · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Let's Talk About Stress! (00:00:00)
2017-12-01 · video description · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Let's Talk About Stress! (00:00:00)
2017-12-01 · video description · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Let's Talk About Stress! (00:00:00)
2017-12-08 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells John there is free domestic shipping at DFTBA.com for the next three days on orders of $80 or more. — I Have (a little bit) HAD IT! (00:03:54)
2017-12-12 · video description · Our World in Data (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 2017 is the Best? (00:00:00)
2017-12-12 · John · Last Mile Health (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Of the many organizations keeping progress going, John highlights Save the Children, helping kids and families from refugee camps to remote villages, and Last Mile Health, which trains and employs community health workers in Liberia. — 2017 is the Best? (00:02:55)
2017-12-12 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Of the many organizations keeping progress going, John highlights Save the Children, helping kids and families from refugee camps to remote villages, and Last Mile Health, which trains and employs community health workers in Liberia. — 2017 is the Best? (00:02:55)
2017-12-15 · Hank · Last Mile Health (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Delivering health care, water or food where they are lacking used to be work that didn't get done; Save the Children and Last Mile Health now do it, training and employing local people as community health workers. — Why Big Solutions Fail (00:01:53)
2017-12-15 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Delivering health care, water or food where they are lacking used to be work that didn't get done; Save the Children and Last Mile Health now do it, training and employing local people as community health workers. — Why Big Solutions Fail (00:01:53)
2017-12-22 · Hank · It's a Wonderful Life (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked for another good Christmas movie, Hank names It's a Wonderful Life. — Christmas Questions Answered (With Katherine and Hank) (00:00:22)
2017-12-29 · Hank · SciShow Psych (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends his channel SciShow Psych, about the science of psychology, for this topic with far more rigor than this video. — Can You Ever Really Change? (00:03:49)

2018 (120)

John: 48 · Hank: 52 · descriptions: 20

2018-01-02 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John praises Art Cooking, a series on Sarah's PBS Digital channel The Art Assignment (e.g. Salvador Dali's crawfish tower), for teaching food and cooking together with art. — BRING IT IN 2018 (00:00:27)
2018-01-05 · video description · The Verge (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Making a Better YouTube (00:00:00)
2018-01-12 · Hank · Ballin' Jack (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Hank leaves viewers with Ballin' Jack's amazing funk track 'Found a Child', which they have never heard, except that they have. — 5 Songs You've Never Heard That You've Heard 1000 Times (00:03:42)
2018-01-12 · Hank · Found a Child (music, outside the channel) — Hank leaves viewers with Ballin' Jack's amazing funk track 'Found a Child', which they have never heard, except that they have. — 5 Songs You've Never Heard That You've Heard 1000 Times (00:03:42)
2018-01-16 · John · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John has just read an amazing, properly brilliant book by first novelist Hank Green, but won't say more until it is available for pre-order. — My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY (00:00:06)
2018-01-16 · John · An Introduction to Global Health Delivery (books & writing, outside the channel) — John is now reading An Introduction to Global Health Delivery, quite different from Hank's book but also excellent. — My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY (00:00:14)
2018-01-16 · John · This Isn't Hogwarts (music, own work (self-plug)) — Having heard This Isn't Hogwarts countless times in two weeks, John has to say it is pretty darn good. — My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY (00:00:31)
2018-01-16 · John · Heathers (film & tv, outside the channel) — John's favourite Winona Ryder movie is Heathers. — My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY (00:02:14)
2018-01-19 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The brothers sold the Bitcoin immediately and donated the proceeds to Partners In Health; Hank thanks Sean. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. (00:01:00)
2018-01-19 · Hank · Article about Partners In Health (linked) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the article about Partners In Health linked in the description, a wonderful half hour; John shared it and it changed how Hank thinks about a lot. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. (00:03:02)
2018-01-23 · video description · World Health Organization (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Emergencies (00:00:00)
2018-01-23 · John · Article about Partners In Health (linked) (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Hank mentioned the New Yorker profile of Partners In Health co-founder Ophelia Dahl last week (week of 15 January 2018), and since reading it John has been thinking about Ebola. — On Emergencies (00:00:01)
2018-01-30 · John · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — The book is An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; it comes out September 25th and is available for pre-order now. — Hank, I Have Some Advice (00:00:42)
2018-02-02 · Hank · Dawn (Butler novel) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank's best recent read is Dawn by Octavia Butler, part of the Xenogenesis trilogy. — What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) (00:00:33)
2018-02-06 · video description · Ultimate History Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Sawdust Bread (00:00:00)
2018-02-06 · video description · Cuisine and Culture (books & writing, outside the channel) — Sawdust Bread (00:00:00)
2018-02-06 · video description · Food in History (books & writing, outside the channel) — Sawdust Bread (00:00:00)
2018-02-13 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Adriene Hill has just started hosting a new Crash Course series on statistics, whose episode Mathematical Thinking helped him understand differences between big numbers. — What Can't a Billion Dollars Buy? (00:00:01)
2018-02-13 · John · Gates Foundation annual letter (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says the letter's question whether saving kids' lives will lead to overpopulation is easy to answer: no, it won't. — What Can't a Billion Dollars Buy? (00:01:25)
2018-02-16 · Hank · Eons (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank visits the University of Montana Paleontology Center collections room with Kallie of Eons and Tuna, who makes SciShow most days. — Thoughts from VERY Dead Animals (00:00:12)
2018-03-02 · Hank · It Devours! (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank loves the cover of It Devours by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, which recalls Watchmen in colour and bold comic-like font, and likes the current trend of radial designs. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! (00:01:10)
2018-03-02 · Hank · Twilight (books & writing, outside the channel) — Though he generally dislikes photographic covers, Hank praises Twilight's pale arms and bright red centerpiece, a widely imitated colour scheme, and its bold, tiny title and author name. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! (00:01:34)
2018-03-02 · Hank · Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank loves the cover of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda for its bold colours and its interesting take on the headless-figure trend and cloud-like handwritten fonts. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! (00:02:01)
2018-03-02 · Hank · The Fault in Our Stars (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the TFIOS cover feels almost branded and started, or was part of, a really important and necessary trend in cover design. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! (00:02:36)
2018-03-02 · Hank · A Darker Shade of Magic (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank praises V. E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic for thoughtful colour choice and a cover that feels full of institutional knowledge about the book. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! (00:02:43)
2018-03-20 · John · The Boss Baby (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says the book the Boss Baby film is adapted from is excellent. — The Russian Reversal (00:02:11)
2018-03-23 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says more of the interview, on being governor, voting and fears, is up on Hank's channel. — Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! (00:10:19)
2018-03-30 · video description · VidCon Australia (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam (00:00:00)
2018-03-30 · Hank · Delete This (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — After discussing with Katherine on Delete This how messy stories make 100% love hard, Hank suggests full love isn't right: joy mixed with care, concern and thought. — The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam (00:02:01)
2018-04-10 · John · Sarah Urist Green (other people & groups, own work (self-plug)) — John says Sarah made a brilliant Art Assignment video last week (week of 2 April 2018) on how extremely wealthy people sometimes use art collecting to avoid taxation, which prompted this video. — Who Do Tax Breaks Benefit? (00:00:00)
2018-04-10 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John says Sarah made a brilliant Art Assignment video last week (week of 2 April 2018) on how extremely wealthy people sometimes use art collecting to avoid taxation, which prompted this video. — Who Do Tax Breaks Benefit? (00:00:00)
2018-04-13 · video description · 3Blue1Brown (online video & web, outside the channel) — Who is in Control? (00:00:00)
2018-04-13 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells John the new Crash Course media literacy series with Jay Smooth is good and fascinating and will change how viewers see the world: less cut and dried, but more accurate. — Who is in Control? (00:03:37)
2018-04-17 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John listens to the Mountain Goats, early and recent. — John Green Answers Your John Green Questions (00:03:01)
2018-04-20 · Hank · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Hank recommends a very good Healthcare Triage video for more information. — This Video is About Marijuana (00:03:07)
2018-04-24 · John · Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (online video & web, outside the channel) — John has been listening a lot to Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, in which two scholars of religion read Harry Potter as a sacred text; it is just brilliant, whatever you think of religion or Harry Potter. — This Video is about Red Eyed Tree Frogs? (00:00:04)
2018-04-24 · John · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John's new podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed tries to look at the world this way; a new episode is out on Thursday, details in the doobly-doo. — This Video is about Red Eyed Tree Frogs? (00:03:17)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Space Opera (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Space Opera by Catherynne Valente: finally someone with the chops and guts to understand Douglas Adams's genius and maybe move beyond it; a book about glam rock in space. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:01)
2018-04-27 · Hank · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, an eight-episode season on Amazon Prime written by the creator of Gilmore Girls: it makes him so happy. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:23)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Hello from the Magic Tavern (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Hello from the Magic Tavern, a podcast by a man who fell through a portal behind a Burger King and interviews citizens of Foon: always a wonderful break from Earth stuff. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:30)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Janet (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Janet from The Good Place, and the whole show: whenever he thinks about that character he smiles. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:39)
2018-04-27 · Hank · The Good Place (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Janet from The Good Place, and the whole show: whenever he thinks about that character he smiles. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:39)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Eons (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends an Eons collaboration on the first organism, made with PBS Space Time and It's Okay to Be Smart, which got as close as possible to where life began. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:46)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Elle Mills (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Elle Mills, always. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:57)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Nature League (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank presents his new show Nature League, exploring all of biology with his friend Brit, which has him learning, relaxing and satisfying his curiosity. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:02:59)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Long Long Man (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the Long Long Man advertisement for some kind of weird candy in Japan: it's good. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:03:08)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Ask a Mortician (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Ask a Mortician, a YouTube channel by a professional about what happens to people's parts after they die. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:03:14)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Janelle Monáe (music, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Janelle Monáe: he feels late to the party, but every time he listens to her music he feels better. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:03:21)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Let Me Google That (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Abby Norman's Let Me Google That podcast, covering everything from names to crossword puzzles to the Titanic, which gives him new good information every morning. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:03:25)
2018-04-27 · Hank · Orla Gartland (music, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Orla Gartland, who does the singer-songwriter thing so well; he is happy her music is in the world. — Finding Respite in 2018 (00:03:37)
2018-06-01 · Hank · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — On-screen text says An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is available for preorder and comes out September 25. — Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) (00:02:02)
2018-06-01 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says DFTBA.com now sells McElroy merch and merch for The Baby-Sitters Club Club, which he calls the best of the Baby-Sitters Club podcasts. — Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) (00:02:42)
2018-06-01 · Hank · The Baby-Sitters Club Club (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says DFTBA.com now sells McElroy merch and merch for The Baby-Sitters Club Club, which he calls the best of the Baby-Sitters Club podcasts. — Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) (00:02:42)
2018-06-01 · Hank · Pea Shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows the pea shirt sold at DFTBA.com. — Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) (00:02:50)
2018-06-05 · John · Joseph Conrad (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John has really enjoyed an extraordinarily engrossing biography of Joseph Conrad, words he never thought he would say. — WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY (00:01:14)
2018-06-05 · John · Dactyl Hill Squad (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Dactyl Hill Squad, out in September, which he has been reading in an advance copy with Henry: it is about orphans in the Civil War who ride dinosaurs, and it is amazing. — WHERE IS MY NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY (00:01:19)
2018-06-12 · John · Sports with John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John will live-tweet every game of this year's (2018) World Cup from his sports Twitter, @sportswithjohn. — Your 4-Minute Guide to ALL 32 TEAMS at the 2018 World Cup (00:03:50)
2018-06-19 · video description · Amazon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — My Signature Move (00:00:00)
2018-06-19 · video description · Barnes & Noble (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — My Signature Move (00:00:00)
2018-06-19 · John · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank is signing 40,000 sheets to be bound into his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which comes out September 25 and is available for pre-order now. — My Signature Move (00:00:51)
2018-07-03 · video description · My Hope (music, friends & collaborators) — How Does This End? (00:00:00)
2018-07-10 · John · Our World in Data (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John became intensely interested in the most recent year global population declined; deep Googling and the library failed, Max Roser of Our World in Data didn't know, but his colleague Hannah Ritchie found an answer. — The General Crisis (00:00:01)
2018-07-13 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank is not an expert in international relations, but he talked to some experts and recorded an interview with one that is on hankschannel now. — Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? (00:00:47)
2018-07-13 · Hank · Complexly (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends a series on the US court system on youtube.com/complexly, Complexly's new YouTube channel where the production company can try new things. — Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? (00:09:40)
2018-07-24 · John · Year of the Sasquatch (books & writing, outside the channel) — John owns the Bigfoot researcher's book Year of the Sasquatch and says it's not bad. — Other John Greens (00:00:40)
2018-07-24 · John · Teen Boat (books & writing, outside the channel) — John Green the artist, maybe John's favourite, co-created the graphic novel series Teen Boat, about a teenager who occasionally turns into a yacht, and does art for comics and video games. — Other John Greens (00:01:10)
2018-07-24 · John · Rookie of the Year (film & tv, outside the channel) — After a mock ranking of the cinematographer's films, John insists that Rookie of the Year really is a phenomenal movie. — Other John Greens (00:02:38)
2018-07-24 · John · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — In September and October Hank tours for his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, out September 25th and available for pre-order now; ticket info is in the description. — Other John Greens (00:03:14)
2018-07-24 · John · Songs from Across the Lake and Sea (music, nerdfighter community) — Katie, an acclaimed singer of Irish music, has just released her album Songs from Across the Lake and Sea, which John calls beautiful, haunting and wonderful; link in the description. — Other John Greens (00:03:43)
2018-08-14 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John's favorite Mountain Goats song keeps changing; at the moment it is 'Weekend in Western Illinois'. — Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:45)
2018-08-14 · John · Weekend in Western Illinois (music, outside the channel) — John's favorite Mountain Goats song keeps changing; at the moment it is 'Weekend in Western Illinois'. — Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:45)
2018-08-14 · John · DoctorBenjyFM (online video & web, outside the channel) — John is geeking out about a novel by Tommy Orange, DoctorBenjyFM's YouTube series managing a fictional football team (never so invested in pixels), and the new season of the podcast In the Dark. — Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:55)
2018-08-14 · John · Tommy Orange (books & writing, outside the channel) — John is geeking out about a novel by Tommy Orange, DoctorBenjyFM's YouTube series managing a fictional football team (never so invested in pixels), and the new season of the podcast In the Dark. — Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:55)
2018-08-14 · John · In the Dark (online video & web, outside the channel) — John is geeking out about a novel by Tommy Orange, DoctorBenjyFM's YouTube series managing a fictional football team (never so invested in pixels), and the new season of the podcast In the Dark. — Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:55)
2018-08-21 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John admires Partners In Health because it is systems-focused: it does not drop in with solutions but listens to and invests in communities. — SYSTEMS!!!! (00:03:15)
2018-09-07 · Hank · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank thanks viewers for saving Tessa's new single Crush on Spotify or watching it on YouTube or elsewhere. — Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet (00:02:50)
2018-09-07 · Hank · Crush (music, outside the channel) — Hank thanks viewers for saving Tessa's new single Crush on Spotify or watching it on YouTube or elsewhere. — Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet (00:02:50)
2018-09-11 · John · AFC Wimbledon (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John reveals that his call months ago, saying sponsoring AFC Wimbledon made him want to sponsor other things, was a trick: he was buying sponsorships for An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — Surprise . . . (00:00:29)
2018-09-11 · John · Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (online video & web, outside the channel) — John also got Hank sponsorships on a podcast they both love, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. — Surprise . . . (00:02:26)
2018-09-14 · Hank · Nerdfighter backpack (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank points viewers to the new Nerdfighter backpack, in limited supply at DFTBA.com. — Our Rivalry (00:03:34)
2018-09-18 · John · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing comes out one week from today, and John is proud of him because he knows how hard Hank worked. — On the Participation Trophy (00:03:24)
2018-09-25 · John · Discord (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John tells Nerdfighteria the book is in libraries and bookstores everywhere, with a Discord for discussing it while reading. — You Did It! (00:02:55)
2018-09-28 · Hank · Penguins of Madagascar (film & tv, outside the channel) — The movie Hank watches most is Penguins of Madagascar, which he calls the single most underrated movie in human history. — REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats (00:03:06)
2018-09-28 · Hank · Son in Law (film & tv, outside the channel) — The movie Hank watches most is Penguins of Madagascar, which he calls the single most underrated movie in human history. — REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats (00:03:06)
2018-10-02 · John · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Asked how to vote in every state, John says to look at Hank's 'amazing project' How to Vote in Every State. — How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday (00:00:34)
2018-10-02 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Asked why there is no merch for An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank says there is, at DFTBA.com. — How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday (00:02:26)
2018-10-05 · Hank · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Because no single video can explain registering and voting in every state, Hank and friends made dozens of videos so viewers can look up their own state. — We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… (00:00:00)
2018-10-09 · video description · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — How Big a Problem is Mental Illness? (00:00:00)
2018-10-12 · Hank · thecarlsarecoming.com (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Hank points to the fan-led thecarlsarecoming.com, where people fold paper Carls, photograph them and pin them to a map; there are lots all over the world. — Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' (00:18:56)
2018-10-16 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — All profits from Life's Library go to Partners In Health, which they have worked with for over a decade and which provides health care to the poor. — Life's Library (00:02:16)
2018-10-16 · John · Jacqueline Woodson (books & writing, outside the channel) — The first book, if they pull it off, will be Jacqueline Woodson's If You Come Softly, published 20 years ago but still blisteringly contemporary; Woodson is one of John's favorite writers. — Life's Library (00:02:26)
2018-10-16 · John · If You Come Softly (books & writing, outside the channel) — The first book, if they pull it off, will be Jacqueline Woodson's If You Come Softly, published 20 years ago but still blisteringly contemporary; Woodson is one of John's favorite writers. — Life's Library (00:02:26)
2018-10-19 · Hank · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank congratulates John on launching Life's Library: it got its first thousand people and is now open for sign-ups; Hank has signed up himself. — This is the scariest graph I've ever seen (00:03:14)
2018-10-19 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points to a long video on Hank's channel on his somewhat different, more nuanced and a little optimistic take on climate change. — This is the scariest graph I've ever seen (00:03:22)
2018-10-23 · video description · Joseph Saelee (games, outside the channel) — Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? (00:00:00)
2018-10-23 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — That idea is one reason John and Rosianna started the Life's Library Book Club, which thanks to viewers' overwhelming response is now open for enrollment. — Why Are Humans Suddenly Getting Better at Tetris? (00:03:01)
2018-10-26 · video description · BallotReady (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Rigged Election (00:00:00)
2018-10-26 · video description · Vote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Rigged Election (00:00:00)
2018-10-29 · John · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — This year (2018) all Pizzamas profits and royalties go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, to be used as matching funds during the Project for Awesome. — PIZZAMAS IS HERE! (00:00:31)
2018-10-29 · John · Farmer Jane Soap (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — There is Pizzamas soap from Farmer Jane Soap, the goat-milk soap company John's mom founded, handmade with real goat's milk in Western North Carolina. — PIZZAMAS IS HERE! (00:02:07)
2018-10-30 · Hank · Delete This (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank and his wife have a podcast, Delete This, about his social media use; it has been really good for him and a ton of fun because she is hilarious. — Watch My Dumb Dancing (00:02:50)
2018-11-02 · video description · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person (00:00:00)
2018-11-02 · John · BallotReady (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John highly recommends ballotready.org for researching every candidate and referendum on your ballot, adding that it is not sponsored. — Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person (00:00:52)
2018-11-02 · John · Far Lands or Bust (art & other works, outside the channel) — John praises Kurt J. Mac's beautiful project Far Lands or Bust: for seven and a half years a Minecraft player has walked one direction with his dog toward the distant Far Lands. — Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person (00:02:58)
2018-11-05 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says only five days are left in Pizzamas and urges viewers to get their Pizzamas gear now at DFTBA.com. — Reading Mean Comments with John (00:00:00)
2018-11-23 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Through Black Friday weekend DFTBA.com celebrates ten years as a company with free shipping on every order of $50 and over. — Four Jokes from a Two year Old (00:02:39)
2018-11-23 · Hank · Life...As it Happens (books & writing, nerdfighter community) — Hank plugs a book of poetry Nerdfighters created together, with all proceeds going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — Four Jokes from a Two year Old (00:02:39)
2018-11-23 · Hank · PodCon (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — PodCon has a gift special this weekend: tickets aren't discounted, but US buyers get an 'I Like Podcasts' pin mailed before Christmas. — Four Jokes from a Two year Old (00:03:08)
2018-11-30 · video description · Ars Technica (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. (00:00:00)
2018-11-30 · video description · Scientific American (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. (00:00:00)
2018-11-30 · video description · Rob Reid (books & writing, outside the channel) — We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. (00:00:00)
2018-11-30 · video description · Bad Astronomy (online video & web, outside the channel) — We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. (00:00:00)
2018-11-30 · video description · PBS Space Time (online video & web, outside the channel) — We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. (00:00:00)
2018-12-07 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the community has worked with Partners In Health and Save the Children for over ten years, supporting Save the Children's work in refugee camps and its health, education and nutrition help for children. — BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… (00:02:26)
2018-12-07 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the community has worked with Partners In Health and Save the Children for over ten years, supporting Save the Children's work in refugee camps and its health, education and nutrition help for children. — BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… (00:02:26)
2018-12-07 · John · The Statue Got Me High (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — John says he and Sarah are making a P4A-only podcast called The Statue Got Me High. — BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… (00:03:12)
2018-12-07 · John · Dear Sarah and Catherine (online video & web, outside the channel) — John says Sarah and Catherine are hosting a version of Dear Hank and John called Dear Sarah and Catherine. — BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… (00:03:17)
2018-12-28 · Hank · PodCon (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks Katherine whether she is excited to be at PodCon and to do a live Delete This there. — The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) (00:00:50)
2018-12-28 · Hank · Messiah (Handel) (art & other works, outside the channel) — Asked what holiday music they like, the answer (partly unclear) includes Handel's Messiah, and Hank calls it a mix in their household. — The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) (00:01:00)
2018-12-28 · Hank · Delete This (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points viewers to their podcast Delete This: it is free and recorded in this room, usually on the couch, sometimes from their bed. — The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) (00:02:06)

2019 (119)

John: 55 · Hank: 37 · guests: 1 · descriptions: 26

2019-01-01 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John wants to read at least two books per month and be a productive member of the Life's Library Book Club community. — How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions (00:02:58)
2019-01-08 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — For the next 10 weeks John hosts a Crash Course series on navigating digital information, with an evidence-based approach to judging online information and spotting misinformation. — I Quit Social Media. Here's How It's Going (00:02:58)
2019-01-11 · video description · BuzzFeed (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What is Burnout? (00:00:00)
2019-01-11 · video description · Slate (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What is Burnout? (00:00:00)
2019-01-11 · video description · Rosianna Halse Rojas (other people & groups, own work (self-plug)) — What is Burnout? (00:00:00)
2019-01-15 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John recommends Valentines by Nerdfighter Sharon, available at DFTBA.com. — On Burning Resentment (00:03:24)
2019-01-15 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Life's Library book club's Q&A with author Jacqueline Woodson will be January 31st at noon Eastern. — On Burning Resentment (00:03:24)
2019-01-22 · video description · Lauren Myracle (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow (00:00:00)
2019-01-22 · video description · The Vanishing Stair (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow (00:00:00)
2019-01-29 · John · Dons Trust (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John invites viewers to become part owners of AFC Wimbledon by joining the Dons Trust, which owns the club, for 25 pounds (about $30). — Do You Believe in Miracles? (00:03:23)
2019-01-29 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John tells viewers who missed signing up for the Life's Library book club that a few slots are open now at lifeslibrarybookclub.com. — Do You Believe in Miracles? (00:03:23)
2019-01-29 · John · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John wrote a lot about Wimbledon and penalty shootouts in the latest episode of The Anthropocene Reviewed; a new episode comes out in two days. — Do You Believe in Miracles? (00:03:23)
2019-02-01 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends the Crash Course Intellectual Property episode explaining how unsimple fair use is and other ways copyright law works poorly today. — We Have Destroyed Copyright Law (00:08:08)
2019-02-12 · John · Mathigon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John recommends Mathigon, an extraordinarily intuitive series of online courses with interactive elements to help you understand and confirm what you're learning. — Are Textbooks Obsolete? (00:00:29)
2019-02-12 · John · 3Blue1Brown (online video & web, outside the channel) — John recommends 3Blue1Brown videos, which help visualize complicated mathematical concepts. — Are Textbooks Obsolete? (00:00:29)
2019-02-12 · John · Khan Academy (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John recommends Khan Academy's series on geometry. — Are Textbooks Obsolete? (00:00:58)
2019-02-12 · John · Gates Foundation annual letter (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Bill and Melinda Gates's annual letter this year (2019) covers surprises from sexist data to slow toilet innovation, and says textbooks are becoming obsolete. — Are Textbooks Obsolete? (00:00:58)
2019-02-19 · John · Henry Reich (online video & web, outside the channel) — Asked how to make yourself like physics, John says to watch MinutePhysics. — Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday (00:00:58)
2019-02-19 · John · Harvey (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — John says his favorite movie forever is Harvey. — Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday (00:01:27)
2019-02-22 · video description · Nerdfighter backpack (art & other works, outside the channel) — I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore (00:00:00)
2019-03-05 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a P.S. John says more slots are opening in the Life's Library Book Club, to read with him, Rosianna and a community that includes many from Tuataria; more at lifeslibrarybookclub.com. — Way, Way Down the Rabbit Hole (00:03:24)
2019-03-22 · Hank · Benadryl (products, outside the channel) — Hank says a sip of Coke helps with nausea; clear or green liquids are fine but no red liquids the day before, since red looks like blood; Benadryl can help too. — How to Get a Colonoscopy (00:02:48)
2019-03-22 · Hank · Coca-Cola (products, outside the channel) — Hank says a sip of Coke helps with nausea; clear or green liquids are fine but no red liquids the day before, since red looks like blood; Benadryl can help too. — How to Get a Colonoscopy (00:02:48)
2019-03-22 · Hank · Star Trek: The Next Generation (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank advises taking much of the prep day off and doing something enjoyable and low-annoyance, like a new project or a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generation. — How to Get a Colonoscopy (00:03:40)
2019-03-26 · John · Rosalind Franklin (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Asked for book recommendations, John recommends a biography of Rosalind Franklin he enjoyed, currently propping up his tripod setup. — Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set (00:00:00)
2019-03-26 · John · The Mountain Goats (music, outside the channel) — John says he sometimes cries listening to the Mountain Goats' 'The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton'. — Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set (00:01:27)
2019-03-26 · John · The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton (music, outside the channel) — John says he sometimes cries listening to the Mountain Goats' 'The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton'. — Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set (00:01:27)
2019-03-26 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John's favorite Catholic saint is probably St. Francis, but Sister Corita Kent would be his favorite if canonized, as a recent Art Assignment video explains. — Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set (00:01:57)
2019-04-05 · Hank · Valerie's draw-a-horse zine (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank, who is 38 and loves zines, shows his friend Valerie's draw-a-horse zine, made from people's drawings of one horse each, and says it can be bought on Etsy. — TOO MANY MILKS (00:01:53)
2019-04-05 · Hank · Defunctland (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Defunctland is doing a series on Jim Henson and he is super psyched about it. — TOO MANY MILKS (00:03:45)
2019-04-16 · John · Harry Potter and the Sacred Text (online video & web, outside the channel) — John attended a live recording of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, one of his favorite podcasts, a lovely evening that left him feeling more hopeful about the human enterprise. — Doing Somethings (00:00:00)
2019-04-23 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Rosianna, who is great at titles, pointed John to the Julius Caesar line about the fault in our stars and came up with the title Life's Library for the book club. — untitled (00:02:26)
2019-04-23 · John · The House of the Spirits (books & writing, outside the channel) — Life's Library has slots open for its new book, Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits; sign up at lifeslibrarybookclub.com, with all proceeds going to Partners In Health's work in Sierra Leone. — untitled (00:02:26)
2019-04-23 · John · Kaveh Akbar (books & writing, outside the channel) — Still off Twitter, John says he wanted it only a few times in the last month, mostly to fret over football and to share Kaveh Akbar's new poem. — untitled (00:03:21)
2019-04-23 · John · The Palace (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Kaveh Akbar's new poem 'The Palace' (linked): a great title, and even people who don't like poetry will like it. — untitled (00:03:21)
2019-04-26 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank's office has spent months on a business Crash Course that isn't business school, on 'soft skills'; after working on its videos, staff walk into meetings asking why no one explained this to them. — It's Time to Care About "Business" (00:02:26)
2019-04-30 · John · AFC Wimbledon scarf (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Hank and viewers they can support AFC Wimbledon with the scarf that says DFTBA Nerdfighteria, linked in the doobly-doo. — The Thing with Feathers (00:03:23)
2019-05-07 · video description · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — How I Read and Why (00:00:00)
2019-05-07 · John · The Moment of Lift (books & writing, outside the channel) — Melinda Gates's The Moment of Lift changed how John thinks about gender discrimination and its role in poverty. — How I Read and Why (00:02:54)
2019-05-07 · John · Kindred (graphic novel) (books & writing, outside the channel) — The graphic novel adaptation of Kindred has kept John thinking about the past's omnipresence. — How I Read and Why (00:02:58)
2019-05-10 · Hank · Technology Connections (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank is a big fan of the YouTube channel Technology Connections, about the bits and pieces that make the world work, and says its FlexPlay video is super worth watching. — The Worst Product Ever (00:00:00)
2019-05-10 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he accidentally uploaded a Hank's Channel video to Vlogbrothers that ran over four minutes, so he has another punishment brewing. — The Worst Product Ever (00:03:24)
2019-05-14 · John · Gaby Dunn (books & writing, outside the channel) — Though aggressively bad at math, John recommends learning personal finance from Gaby Dunn's book Bad with Money, the Planet Money podcast, and the YouTube shows Two Cents and The Financial Diet. — An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers (00:00:58)
2019-05-14 · John · The Financial Diet (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Though aggressively bad at math, John recommends learning personal finance from Gaby Dunn's book Bad with Money, the Planet Money podcast, and the YouTube shows Two Cents and The Financial Diet. — An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers (00:00:58)
2019-05-14 · John · Bad with Money (books & writing, outside the channel) — Though aggressively bad at math, John recommends learning personal finance from Gaby Dunn's book Bad with Money, the Planet Money podcast, and the YouTube shows Two Cents and The Financial Diet. — An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers (00:00:58)
2019-05-14 · John · Planet Money (online video & web, outside the channel) — Though aggressively bad at math, John recommends learning personal finance from Gaby Dunn's book Bad with Money, the Planet Money podcast, and the YouTube shows Two Cents and The Financial Diet. — An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers (00:00:58)
2019-05-14 · John · Two Cents (online video & web, outside the channel) — Though aggressively bad at math, John recommends learning personal finance from Gaby Dunn's book Bad with Money, the Planet Money podcast, and the YouTube shows Two Cents and The Financial Diet. — An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers (00:00:58)
2019-05-24 · Hank · Instagram (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank thanks the Monterey Bay Aquarium and its social media team, among the best in the world at science social media; following them on Twitter or Instagram is an absolute joy. — The Monterey Bay Aquarium Has a Secret (00:07:12)
2019-05-24 · Hank · Twitter (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank thanks the Monterey Bay Aquarium and its social media team, among the best in the world at science social media; following them on Twitter or Instagram is an absolute joy. — The Monterey Bay Aquarium Has a Secret (00:07:12)
2019-06-07 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the book box is from Life's Library; extra boxes made for replacements are being released at a discount on DFTBA.com. — 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel (00:03:29)
2019-06-07 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank has no news on the sequel but is working on it; a very long video on Hank's channel answers many more writing questions from Twitter. — 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel (00:03:29)
2019-06-11 · video description · The Fault in Our Stars (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Why I Haven't Written a New Book (00:00:00)
2019-06-14 · Hank · Scott Manley (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Scott Manley's video on the topic as amazing for going deeper into the physics. — What /Actually/ Happened at Chernobyl (00:13:06)
2019-06-14 · Hank · Chernobyl (miniseries) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the HBO miniseries as very good and enlightening on the human and political causes of the disaster, as well as the engineering and physical ones. — What /Actually/ Happened at Chernobyl (00:13:11)
2019-06-18 · Charlie Plummer · 29 #Strafford APTS (music, outside the channel) — Charlie Plummer picks Bon Iver's '29 #Strafford APTS' as the song that captures the atmosphere of Looking for Alaska. — Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! (00:03:20)
2019-06-18 · John · Love Love Love (music, outside the channel) — John's pick: his Looking for Alaska song is 'Love Love Love' by the Mountain Goats; Charlie Plummer says it is on his playlist too. — Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! (00:03:20)
2019-07-09 · John · Nina Katchadourian (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John says the photograph of three farmers on their way to a dance never gets old, nor do Nina Katchadourian's airplane-bathroom recreations of Renaissance portraits. — Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me (00:02:26)
2019-07-09 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John recommends decorating your walls, which he once thought an unnecessary expense: album art, prints made with an Art Assignment video, or student art shows; it enriches indoor life. — Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me (00:02:26)
2019-07-09 · John · Young Farmers (art & other works, outside the channel) — John says the photograph of three farmers on their way to a dance never gets old, nor do Nina Katchadourian's airplane-bathroom recreations of Renaissance portraits. — Life Hacks My Wife Taught Me (00:02:26)
2019-07-26 · Hank · Mariana Mazzucato (other people & groups, outside the channel) — To read or think more on this, Hank recommends Mariana Mazzucato's book The Value of Everything or any podcast or talk she has given. — The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent (00:03:28)
2019-07-26 · Hank · The Value of Everything (books & writing, outside the channel) — To read or think more on this, Hank recommends Mariana Mazzucato's book The Value of Everything or any podcast or talk she has given. — The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent (00:03:28)
2019-07-30 · video description · NPR (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Mexican Repatriation (00:00:00)
2019-07-30 · video description · Wikipedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Mexican Repatriation (00:00:00)
2019-07-30 · video description · Decade of Betrayal (books & writing, outside the channel) — The Mexican Repatriation (00:00:00)
2019-08-03 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — I Love John: Esther Day 2019 (00:00:00)
2019-08-09 · Hank · DFTBA Pin Pals (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — For viewers into enamel pins who want to support the community's work decreasing maternal mortality in Sierra Leone, the Pin Club is open just two more days at $12 a month with free worldwide shipping. — Decluttering the Somewhat Embarrassing Nightstand of a 39 Year-Old Best-Selling Author (00:01:48)
2019-08-13 · video description · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — How I (barely) Passed 11th Grade English (00:00:00)
2019-08-16 · Hank · Gene Demby (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank links something Gene Demby wrote that helped him think more correctly about this and says it better than he could. — ...Not My Proudest Moment (00:02:51)
2019-08-23 · Hank · The Intercept (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says he linked other resources; his favorite is an article in The Intercept from a few months earlier that basically predicted all this. — The Amazon isn't "Burning" - It's Being Burned (00:07:02)
2019-08-27 · John · Journey to the Microcosmos (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John tells Hank that Journey to the Microcosmos helped him grasp the diversity and ubiquity of life on Earth and is maybe his favorite YouTube channel of all time. — Are Viruses Necessary? (00:02:26)
2019-09-10 · John · You Are an Artist (books & writing, family & team) — John announces that Sarah is publishing a book called You Are an Artist, so many more people are about to learn from her. — Another Contender in the Room (00:01:56)
2019-09-20 · Hank · Hustlers (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank has heard that the film Hustlers is good. — Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) (00:02:03)
2019-09-24 · video description · I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (books & writing, outside the channel) — I, Too, Dislike It (00:00:00)
2019-09-24 · video description · On the Train, A Man Snatches My Book, Reads (books & writing, outside the channel) — I, Too, Dislike It (00:00:00)
2019-09-24 · video description · Refuse (books & writing, outside the channel) — I, Too, Dislike It (00:00:00)
2019-09-24 · video description · Space Struck (books & writing, outside the channel) — I, Too, Dislike It (00:00:00)
2019-09-24 · John · On the Night I Consider Coming Out to My Parents (books & writing, outside the channel) — John plays Julian Randall's poem from the previous day's episode for those who think they don't like poetry. — I, Too, Dislike It (00:02:10)
2019-09-27 · Hank · Shaky Shaky (music, outside the channel, playful) — Hank's first strategy is avoidance: listen to 'Shaky Shaky' by Daddy Yankee, or find solace in YouTube videos, poetry videos, potato plants, a friend or a dog. — Crisis (00:00:40)
2019-10-04 · Hank · 99% Invisible (online video & web, outside the channel) — DFTBA.com has recently started selling 99% Invisible merch, which Hank loves; as a podcast about design, its designs are good. — In Defense of Bad Flags (00:00:00)
2019-10-11 · video description · BirdLife Australia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths (00:00:00)
2019-10-11 · Hank · Pizza John Halloween mask (art & other works, own work (self-plug), playful) — Hank announces the Pizza John Halloween mask, sold before Pizzamas because it is needed before then, at DFTBA: the worst thing they've ever done, and he loves it. — Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths (00:03:22)
2019-10-15 · John · Pizza John Halloween mask (art & other works, own work (self-plug), playful) — John was anxious TSA would ask about the Pizza John Halloween masks in his backpack, but got through with no problem. — I'm Having a Lot of Feelings (00:00:00)
2019-10-15 · John · Let It Snow (film) (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — John has just seen Netflix's adaptation of Let It Snow, the book he wrote with Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson about 11 years ago, and finds it sweet, heartwarming and lovely. — I'm Having a Lot of Feelings (00:00:58)
2019-10-18 · Hank · LastPass (products, outside the channel) — Hank says using a password manager is very important; he uses LastPass, and all are better than none, mainly because they allow a unique password for every account. — They Hacked Me (00:01:27)
2019-10-18 · Hank · Have I Been Pwned (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank tells viewers to go to haveibeenpwned.com. — They Hacked Me (00:02:26)
2019-10-22 · video description · An Introduction to Global Health Delivery (books & writing, outside the channel) — Why We're Donating $6,500,000 (00:00:00)
2019-10-22 · video description · Mountains Beyond Mountains (books & writing, outside the channel) — Why We're Donating $6,500,000 (00:00:00)
2019-10-22 · video description · The Uses of Haiti (books & writing, outside the channel) — Why We're Donating $6,500,000 (00:00:00)
2019-10-25 · Hank · Hashed Out (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Hashed Out confronts the complexities of communicating in 2019: journalism, Twitter, bias and leaks. — Unscripted and Unhinged (00:03:04)
2019-10-25 · Hank · History Pop (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says History Pop explores history through pop culture, with a Deadwood and a Chernobyl episode up so far. — Unscripted and Unhinged (00:03:04)
2019-10-25 · Hank · Stories Retold (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Stories Retold is an all-ages animated channel retelling fairy tales with modern morals. — Unscripted and Unhinged (00:03:04)
2019-10-25 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank closes by asking viewers to give to Partners In Health or check out the pilots. — Unscripted and Unhinged (00:03:33)
2019-10-28 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Hank once made a video on Pizzamas' backstory; every year DFTBA.com commissions items themed on his mustachioed face, sold only during Pizzamas, which he unboxes unseen. — PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! (00:00:29)
2019-10-28 · John · Mystic Pizza by John and Sarah (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John says a few pizza-slice-shaped watercolors, called Mystic Pizza by John and Sarah, are also available. — PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! (00:03:15)
2019-10-30 · John · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Summarizing his Anthropocene Reviewed episode, John says pineapple pizza was invented in 1962 in Canada by a Greek immigrant inspired by Chinese cuisine to put a South American food on an Italian dish. — this is a video about pineapples. (00:00:29)
2019-10-30 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says the pineapple-pizza opinion pins, like all the merch, are available only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com. — this is a video about pineapples. (00:03:24)
2019-11-01 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug), playful) — John shows the Pizzamas sweatshirt and scarf, available only during Pizzamas, then reads his note about pretending supplies are limited. — On Looking Up to Your Little Brother (00:03:37)
2019-11-04 · Hank · Bizarre Beasts Pin Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank names Pallas's cat this month's (November 2019) Bizarre Beast and says the Bizarre Beasts pin club reopens until the end of Pizzamas, with a new beast's pin and info card every month. — This Cat Makes No Sense (00:03:24)
2019-11-05 · John · The Muppet Christmas Carol (film & tv, outside the channel) — Letting It Snow with Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Anna Akana, and Blogbrother John Green (00:00:29)
2019-11-05 · John · Alvin and the Chipmunks (music, outside the channel) — Letting It Snow with Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Anna Akana, and Blogbrother John Green (00:01:00)
2019-11-07 · John · The Economist (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — He feels better informed than a year ago: he misses watching news unfold live online, but learns a lot from his local newspaper, podcasts and outlets like The Economist. — I took a year off social media. Here's what happened. (00:01:44)
2019-11-07 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Year-two subscriptions for the Life's Library book club have just opened: in 2020 it will read nine more books, beginning with Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. — I took a year off social media. Here's what happened. (00:03:10)
2019-11-07 · John · Parable of the Sower (books & writing, outside the channel) — Year-two subscriptions for the Life's Library book club have just opened: in 2020 it will read nine more books, beginning with Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. — I took a year off social media. Here's what happened. (00:03:10)
2019-11-15 · Hank · Libro.fm (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Each new Life's Library book arrives as an emailed code redeemed into a Libro.fm account; no paid Libro.fm membership is needed, and members can choose a local bookstore to support. — Are audiobooks worse? (00:03:08)
2019-11-19 · video description · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit (00:00:00)
2019-11-26 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the first half of the P4A raises money for pre-selected Save the Children and Partners In Health, which the community has worked with for over a decade and which reach the most vulnerable. — old fashioned parts video (00:01:48)
2019-11-26 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says the first half of the P4A raises money for pre-selected Save the Children and Partners In Health, which the community has worked with for over a decade and which reach the most vulnerable. — old fashioned parts video (00:01:48)
2019-11-29 · Hank · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Audible in the UK picked his first book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, as a Black Friday deal, so it costs only three pounds there this week (week of 25 November 2019). — My Most Controversial Opinion (00:02:58)
2019-11-29 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank wears several new DFTBA pins, including a Stentor coeruleus pin from Journey to the Microcosmos. — My Most Controversial Opinion (00:03:29)
2019-12-03 · video description · With Mabel (art & other works, outside the channel) — We Are Cats Now, I Guess? (00:00:00)
2019-12-03 · John · Dear Sarah and Catherine (online video & web, outside the channel) — John's favorite perk is his and Hank's spouses' spinoff podcast, Dear Katherine and Sarah. — We Are Cats Now, I Guess? (00:01:17)
2019-12-03 · John · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — A limited-edition signed vinyl of The Anthropocene Reviewed is also a P4A perk. — We Are Cats Now, I Guess? (00:01:26)
2019-12-10 · video description · Crisis Text Line (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Loneliness (00:00:00)
2019-12-10 · video description · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On Loneliness (00:00:00)
2019-12-13 · Hank · Animal Wonders (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Kemosabe lives with Hank's friends Jessi and Augusto in Montana at Animal Wonders, a permanent home and safe haven for exotic and native animals that can't return to the wild. — Is This the Cutest Animal Noise? (00:00:43)
2019-12-17 · video description · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Best Days of My Decade (00:00:00)
2019-12-17 · John · You Were Cool (music, outside the channel) — The Mountain Goats played one of John's favorite songs, 'You Were Cool': it's good to be young, but better to come through those years with hearts still beating. — The Best Days of My Decade (00:00:48)
2019-12-20 · Hank · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank invites viewers to see live Dear Hank and John, live Anthropocene Reviewed and other weirdnesses with John in St. Petersburg, Raleigh and Atlanta in early January; tickets are in the description. — Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (00:03:43)
2019-12-20 · Hank · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank invites viewers to see live Dear Hank and John, live Anthropocene Reviewed and other weirdnesses with John in St. Petersburg, Raleigh and Atlanta in early January; tickets are in the description. — Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (00:03:43)

2020 (156)

John: 64 · Hank: 30 · descriptions: 62

2020-01-03 · Hank · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Kindle ebook of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing costs three dollars right now. — Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel (00:03:43)
2020-01-07 · John · You Are an Artist (books & writing, family & team) — John says Sarah's book You Are an Artist, a collection of art assignments and creativity prompts with lots of art history, comes out in April; the galleys are here and it is available for pre-order. — Endings · Beginnings (00:02:16)
2020-01-07 · John · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John says Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, such a good title, comes out in July. — Endings · Beginnings (00:02:29)
2020-01-07 · John · Nerdfighteria Census (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John hopes viewers will begin the year with the Nerdfighteria Census, which helps the brothers set the community's priorities; links are in the description and comments. — Endings · Beginnings (00:03:32)
2020-01-10 · John · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John cuts in: Hank made a whole video about his book without naming it, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7 and available for pre-order now. — The Thing I would Like to End (00:03:40)
2020-01-14 · video description · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Foolish · Beautiful (00:00:00)
2020-01-14 · John · Round Ireland with a Fridge (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite foolish endeavor: Tony Hawks hitchhiked around Ireland with a refrigerator to win a bet, and the resulting book is as amazing as you would hope. — Foolish · Beautiful (00:00:52)
2020-01-14 · John · Little Women (film & tv, outside the channel) — John says every movie makes him cry; he hasn't seen Cats yet but is sure it will. — Foolish · Beautiful (00:03:39)
2020-01-17 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank thinks everyone should watch Crash Course Business: Entrepreneurship, a 17-episode series hosted by Anna Akana on the basics of starting a business and of business in general. — It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity (00:03:35)
2020-01-21 · John · The Body in Pain (books & writing, outside the channel) — A few years ago Mike Rugnetta gave John Elaine Scarry's The Body in Pain, which he would never otherwise have read and which totally changed how he thinks about pain and language. — Gifts That Changed My Life (00:00:58)
2020-01-24 · video description · Bizarre Beasts Pin Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Horses are Very Weird (00:00:00)
2020-02-11 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — 1,100 Days: A Mental and Physical Health Update (00:00:00)
2020-02-18 · video description · Calling a Wolf a Wolf (books & writing, outside the channel) — wintry mix (00:00:00)
2020-02-28 · Hank · RuPaul's Drag Race (film & tv, outside the channel) — Asked by Kilko on Twitter how he copes, Hank says a new season of RuPaul's Drag Race is coming, which will help; we're working through it, as a species and individually. — I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE (00:03:09)
2020-03-03 · John · The Case for Video Games (art & other works, family & team) — John says Sarah and Complexly producer Brandon Brungard made a brilliant Art Assignment video last week (week of 24 February 2020), The Case for Video Games, and viewers should watch it. — Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity (00:00:00)
2020-03-03 · John · You Are an Artist (books & writing, family & team) — In a P.S., John says Sarah's book You Are an Artist comes out in April, is wonderful, and is available for pre-order now. — Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity (00:03:24)
2020-03-06 · Hank · Bizarre Beasts Pin Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Members of the Bizarre Beasts Pin Club will be getting an armadillo pin soon. — I Did Not Get Leprosy! (00:03:46)
2020-03-10 · John · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John has just finished A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor and says it is so great that, like the last book, it seems impossible it was written by his brother, who is kind of a doofus. — A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video (00:02:10)
2020-03-17 · video description · Our World in Data (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — together. (00:00:00)
2020-03-17 · video description · The Washington Post (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — together. (00:00:00)
2020-03-17 · John · Aaron Carroll (other people & groups, friends & collaborators) — For the health and systemic risks of the pandemic, John watches Dr. Aaron Carroll on Healthcare Triage because he is an expert, and links other resources. — together. (00:01:56)
2020-03-17 · John · Healthcare Triage (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — For the health and systemic risks of the pandemic, John watches Dr. Aaron Carroll on Healthcare Triage because he is an expert, and links other resources. — together. (00:01:56)
2020-03-17 · John · Tuataria (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — John recommends Tuataria, a Discord for Nerdfighters, to anyone looking for social connection. — together. (00:02:55)
2020-03-17 · John · Grant Sanderson (online video & web, outside the channel) — John has found YouTube videos helpful, such as Grant at 3Blue1Brown explaining exponential growth and Jane Wong reading a poem on Ours Poetica. — together. (00:02:55)
2020-03-17 · John · Jane Wong (books & writing, outside the channel) — John has found YouTube videos helpful, such as Grant at 3Blue1Brown explaining exponential growth and Jane Wong reading a poem on Ours Poetica. — together. (00:02:55)
2020-03-17 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John invites viewers to join Life's Library Book Club for free, with links in the description. — together. (00:02:55)
2020-03-17 · John · Ours Poetica (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John has found YouTube videos helpful, such as Grant at 3Blue1Brown explaining exponential growth and Jane Wong reading a poem on Ours Poetica. — together. (00:02:55)
2020-03-17 · John · 3Blue1Brown (online video & web, outside the channel) — John has found YouTube videos helpful, such as Grant at 3Blue1Brown explaining exponential growth and Jane Wong reading a poem on Ours Poetica. — together. (00:02:55)
2020-03-20 · video description · Aaron Carroll (other people & groups, friends & collaborators) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation (00:00:00)
2020-03-24 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John has virtual therapy and medication, but found most helpful this week (week of 23 March 2020) mental health tips from Partners In Health, informed by people who lived and worked through big outbreaks. — Mental Health Tips from People Who've Been There (00:00:00)
2020-03-31 · video description · Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (books & writing, outside the channel) — Let's take a walk. (00:00:00)
2020-03-31 · video description · You Are an Artist (books & writing, family & team) — Let's take a walk. (00:00:00)
2020-04-07 · John · YouTube (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John films in front of a new temporary background: the new temporary headquarters of The Art Assignment, Sarah's YouTube channel with PBS Digital Studios. — I am an artist. (00:00:00)
2020-04-14 · John · Why Fish Don't Exist (books & writing, outside the channel) — John loves Lulu Miller's Why Fish Don't Exist, also out today: what The Anthropocene Reviewed wants to be when it grows up, a personal search for meaning, history of taxonomy and life of David Starr Jordan. — books that help (00:01:03)
2020-04-14 · John · The Cholera Years (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends The Cholera Years, an analysis of the 19th-century cholera pandemics in New York City, a book almost 60 years old. — books that help (00:01:30)
2020-04-14 · John · Sula (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recently reread Sula and The General in His Labyrinth, which improve every reading and take him back to past selves: pretentious sophomore, terrified 24-year-old, bleary-eyed new father. — books that help (00:02:02)
2020-04-14 · John · The General in His Labyrinth (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recently reread Sula and The General in His Labyrinth, which improve every reading and take him back to past selves: pretentious sophomore, terrified 24-year-old, bleary-eyed new father. — books that help (00:02:02)
2020-04-14 · John · I Am Still Alive (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall, a YA survival novel about a girl alone in the Arctic wilderness that he reread to ease his anxiety. — books that help (00:02:20)
2020-04-14 · John · Ordinary Beasts (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says he really needs poetry now, like Nicole Sealey's beautiful Ordinary Beast, and quotes its line about a name for the animal love makes of us. — books that help (00:02:50)
2020-04-14 · John · Space Struck (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Paige Lewis's Space Struck gives language to his overwhelming anxiety, as in 'I'm the vice president of panic, and the president is missing'; he calls himself the Vice President of Panic. — books that help (00:03:02)
2020-04-17 · Hank · Handfish Conservation Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says the smooth handfish is known from a single museum specimen collected 203 years ago and, despite many surveys, has not been seen since. — The Rarest Fish in the World is an Anglerfish! (00:02:30)
2020-04-24 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he will spend way more than four minutes on this, so there is a long version on Hank's channel. — The Sharpest Tool in the Shed (00:00:29)
2020-04-24 · Hank · Ticonderoga ReadySharp Plus (products, outside the channel) — Hank says the Ticonderoga ReadySharp Plus is his favourite-feeling pen: a thumb divot to push off the cap, a soft rubber grip and almost no smell. — The Sharpest Tool in the Shed (00:00:58)
2020-04-28 · video description · Alex Dowsett (other people & groups, outside the channel) — get your game on (00:00:00)
2020-04-28 · video description · Cam Jeffers (online video & web, outside the channel) — get your game on (00:00:00)
2020-04-28 · John · Jelle's Marble Runs (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says Jelle's Marble Runs' Marbula One season has been an absolute joy; he started with the Marblelympics as somewhat sublime and somewhat ridiculous, and is now all in. — get your game on (00:00:29)
2020-04-28 · John · Marbula One (online video & web, outside the channel) — John says Jelle's Marble Runs' Marbula One season has been an absolute joy; he started with the Marblelympics as somewhat sublime and somewhat ridiculous, and is now all in. — get your game on (00:00:29)
2020-04-28 · John · Zwift (games, outside the channel) — John explains Zwift, a video game connected to a bike trainer: pedalling moves your avatar, so you can climb the Alps, sprint through Central Park and draft off other riders. — get your game on (00:00:58)
2020-04-28 · John · Tetris (games, outside the channel) — John says every month a classic Tetris tournament pits the world's best players of a 36-year-old video game against each other. — get your game on (00:01:27)
2020-04-28 · John · My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Amy's husband Jason's new memoir about their marriage, Amy's illness and his life afterwards, My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: wonderful, highly recommended. — get your game on (00:03:53)
2020-05-05 · John · The Cone Life (art & other works, nerdfighter community) — John recommends Rebecca's beautiful Instagram art project about traffic cones, Cone Life, and says he loves Nerdfighteria. — YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! (00:00:50)
2020-05-08 · video description · None Pizza with Left Hank shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! (00:00:00)
2020-05-12 · John · Kurzgesagt (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says a gratitude journal made by Kurzgesagt is a rare single book that has made a lasting and significant change in his life. — We Could All Use a Little Change (00:00:00)
2020-05-12 · John · Gratitude Journal (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John says a gratitude journal made by Kurzgesagt is a rare single book that has made a lasting and significant change in his life. — We Could All Use a Little Change (00:00:00)
2020-05-15 · Hank · Bizarre Beasts Pin Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Bizarre Beasts Pin Club is closed to new members, apologises, and says they will try to figure out something in the future. — Lookin' Kinda Dumb! (00:03:39)
2020-05-19 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun (00:00:00)
2020-05-19 · video description · Benedict Cumberbatch (film & tv, outside the channel) — Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun (00:00:00)
2020-05-19 · video description · Meryl Streep (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun (00:00:00)
2020-05-19 · video description · Taika Waititi (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun (00:00:00)
2020-05-19 · video description · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun (00:00:00)
2020-05-19 · video description · James and the Giant Peach (books & writing, outside the channel) — Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun (00:00:00)
2020-05-22 · Hank · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says his book is out July 7th and available for pre-order now, including at bookshop.org, where the price matches Amazon but supports local bookshops. — The Meteor Men Beg to Differ // Judging by the Hole in the Satellite Picture (00:03:21)
2020-05-22 · Hank · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says his book is out July 7th and available for pre-order now, including at bookshop.org, where the price matches Amazon but supports local bookshops. — The Meteor Men Beg to Differ // Judging by the Hole in the Satellite Picture (00:03:21)
2020-05-26 · video description · Kurzgesagt (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — you'll never know (00:00:00)
2020-05-26 · video description · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — you'll never know (00:00:00)
2020-05-26 · video description · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — you'll never know (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · National Police Accountability Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · The Bail Project (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Audre Lorde (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Cameron McWhirter (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Carol Anderson (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Harriet A. Washington (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Ibram X. Kendi (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Isabel Wilkerson (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Jacqueline Woodson (books & writing, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · James Baldwin (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Mari Evans (other people & groups, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Ta-Nehisi Coates (books & writing, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Toni Morrison (books & writing, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · Zora Neale Hurston (books & writing, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · video description · The 1619 Project (art & other works, outside the channel) — --- (00:00:00)
2020-06-02 · John · Playlist of videos by Black creators (art & other works, outside the channel) — With input from friends and colleagues, John made a playlist of videos by Black creators on the long history of African American experience, from the Red Summer to poetry and vlogs. — --- (00:01:57)
2020-06-02 · John · Clint Smith (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John points to reading and non-YouTube video below that helped him, including a beautiful and wrenching essay by Clint Smith. — --- (00:02:26)
2020-06-05 · Hank · So You Want to Talk About Race (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank points viewers to So You Want to Talk About Race, linked in the description. — So Much to Do (00:28:10)
2020-06-12 · Hank · Waterstones (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says signed editions of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor can be pre-ordered all over, now including Waterstones in the UK. — Fed to the Rules (00:02:59)
2020-06-12 · Hank · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells John it is 25 days until July 7, when the Carl saga concludes and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is released. — Fed to the Rules (00:02:59)
2020-06-12 · Hank · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank is doing a Penguin World's Book Club event on his first book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, with Cat Valente, who he says is amazing. — Fed to the Rules (00:02:59)
2020-06-19 · Hank · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells John his author copies of the book are in, with the actual words; it is a little longer than the first, not by design: there was just a lot of story to tell. — Only Shooting Stars (00:03:08)
2020-06-30 · video description · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — i like it (00:00:00)
2020-06-30 · John · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John reread Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor over the weekend and thinks it is the rare sequel that improves upon the original. — i like it (00:00:41)
2020-07-07 · video description · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — You're a Rock Star (00:00:00)
2020-07-10 · video description · Shades of Milk and Honey (books & writing, outside the channel) — What a Concept!! (00:00:00)
2020-07-10 · video description · The Raven Tower (books & writing, outside the channel) — What a Concept!! (00:00:00)
2020-07-10 · video description · Tooth and Claw (books & writing, outside the channel) — What a Concept!! (00:00:00)
2020-07-21 · John · Clint Smith (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John recommends Clint Smith's poem 'When People Say We Have Made It Through Worse Before', linked below, which opens on the graves of those who did not make it. — Somebody Once Asked . . . (00:00:29)
2020-07-21 · John · When People Say We Have Made It through Worse Before (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Clint Smith's poem 'When People Say We Have Made It Through Worse Before', linked below, which opens on the graves of those who did not make it. — Somebody Once Asked . . . (00:00:29)
2020-07-24 · Hank · Think About Things (music, outside the channel) — Hank's favorite song lately is Think About Things by Daði Freyr, whose name he admits he is mispronouncing. — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? (00:01:09)
2020-07-24 · Hank · Birds of North America (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank has been on a bird kick lately, mostly thanks to Jason Ward, and recommends his show, linked as Birds of North America in the description. — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? (00:01:36)
2020-07-24 · Hank · How to ADHD (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the channel How to ADHD. — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? (00:01:59)
2020-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Esther's family started This Star Won't Go Out in her memory; it gives direct relief to families with sick kids and grants to young creative people. — you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. (00:00:52)
2020-08-11 · John · Foosballers (film & tv, outside the channel) — John has been watching documentaries and enjoyed Foosballers and Sue Kim's short film The Speedcubers, both about people obsessed with niche sports, his genre. — never get bored (00:01:01)
2020-08-11 · John · The Speed Cubers (film & tv, outside the channel) — John has been watching documentaries and enjoyed Foosballers and Sue Kim's short film The Speedcubers, both about people obsessed with niche sports, his genre. — never get bored (00:01:01)
2020-08-11 · John · Rubik's Cube (products, outside the channel) — John finds it helpful to take up an activity that occupies part of his mind; Rubik's Cubes, like Tetris or trail running, put him in a calm flow state he needs now. — never get bored (00:01:30)
2020-08-11 · John · Connected (film & tv, outside the channel) — John loves the Netflix show hosted by Radiolab's Latif Nasser (he calls it Connections): whether on sewage or dust, it gives him wonder and models how inquiry happens for him. — never get bored (00:01:30)
2020-08-11 · John · Behind You (books & writing, outside the channel) — John reread young adult novels he loves, including Jacqueline Woodson's Behind You, which made him cry so hard he could not see the page. — never get bored (00:02:00)
2020-08-11 · John · Heavyweight (online video & web, outside the channel) — John listens to the podcasts Invisibilia and Heavyweight when he needs to cry, which is often. — never get bored (00:02:00)
2020-08-11 · John · Invisibilia (online video & web, outside the channel) — John listens to the podcasts Invisibilia and Heavyweight when he needs to cry, which is often. — never get bored (00:02:00)
2020-08-11 · John · Planet Money (online video & web, outside the channel) — John has found Planet Money really helpful for understanding the knock-on effects of the pandemic. — never get bored (00:02:00)
2020-08-11 · John · The Bell Jar (books & writing, outside the channel) — In hard times John returns to books he loved; he reread The Bell Jar in Sarah's high-school copy and loved seeing her underlinings and margin notes. — never get bored (00:02:00)
2020-08-11 · John · The Other Latif (online video & web, outside the channel) — John highly recommends Latif Nasser's Radiolab series The Other Latif as brilliant. — never get bored (00:02:00)
2020-08-11 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John always loved the Life's Library Book Club, where Nerdfighteria reads together while raising money to fight maternal mortality, but really loves it right now. — never get bored (00:02:34)
2020-08-11 · John · Blonde Roots (books & writing, outside the channel) — The book club just read Bernardine Evaristo's novel Blonde Roots, which John calls brilliant. — never get bored (00:02:34)
2020-08-11 · John · Space Struck (books & writing, outside the channel) — The club is now reading Paige Lewis's Space Struck, an exploration of anxiety and dread among other things, which makes John feel less alone. — never get bored (00:02:34)
2020-08-11 · John · The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (books & writing, outside the channel) — John also reread E. Lockhart's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, maybe his favorite boarding school novel ever. — never get bored (00:02:34)
2020-08-14 · Hank · Bizarre Beasts (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The second episode of Bizarre Beasts is up on its own YouTube channel, hosted by Sarah Suda and about the hoatzin, one of Hank's favorite birds. — Hit The Ground Running (00:03:19)
2020-08-14 · Hank · SciShow Kids (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — SciShow Kids, Orin's favorite YouTube show, is coming back: its hundreds of episodes are now at youtube.com/scishowkids, and new ones start going live on Monday (17 August 2020). — Hit The Ground Running (00:03:19)
2020-08-25 · John · Curious Tangents (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John again recommends the channel Curious Tangents, which he thinks has only 8,000 subscribers, and points to a link in the doobly-doo. — Somebody once told me… (00:03:24)
2020-09-04 · video description · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Go Play! (00:00:00)
2020-09-04 · Hank · Kyne Santos (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Hank blesses the young woman for her questions and Kyne the drag queen for explaining mathematics on TikTok. — Go Play! (00:03:25)
2020-09-04 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he interviewed Bill Gates about misinformation and internet platforms on Hank's channel, suggests checking it out, and says he liked it. — Go Play! (00:03:43)
2020-09-11 · Hank · Vote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers first to make sure they are registered by checking at vote.org, which he says takes 15 seconds. — If you don't go… (00:00:58)
2020-09-11 · Hank · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says every How to Vote in Every State video is under three minutes and gives everything needed to create a voting plan. — If you don't go… (00:01:27)
2020-09-15 · video description · Tuataria (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — All That Glitters Is Gold (00:00:00)
2020-09-15 · video description · Reddit (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — All That Glitters Is Gold (00:00:00)
2020-09-18 · Hank · SciShow Space (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends SciShow Space, which covers this kind of topic twice a week on YouTube, hosted by him, Caitlin and Reid. — They Say it Gets Colder (00:03:34)
2020-09-22 · video description · Tuataria (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — the world is gonna roll me (00:00:00)
2020-09-22 · video description · Reddit (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — the world is gonna roll me (00:00:00)
2020-09-29 · video description · Tuataria (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — How 'bout Yours? (00:00:00)
2020-09-29 · video description · Reddit (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — How 'bout Yours? (00:00:00)
2020-09-29 · video description · Ours Poetica (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — How 'bout Yours? (00:00:00)
2020-10-07 · video description · Tuataria (online video & web, nerdfighter community) — The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers (00:00:00)
2020-10-08 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain (00:00:00)
2020-10-09 · video description · Vote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Rax Guy (00:00:00)
2020-10-13 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John announces his mustache is back, a Pizzamas miracle, adding that not all miracles are good. — Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle (00:00:00)
2020-10-15 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a channel comment John highly recommends the Pizzamas hoodie, which is swaddling him as he types. — Civilization and the Lies We Love (00:00:00)
2020-10-20 · John · Hilary Mantel (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says he is now enjoying Hilary Mantel's trilogy about Thomas Cromwell while he signs. — How to Sign Your Name 150,000 Times (00:00:53)
2020-10-23 · video description · Vote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — 10 Reasons to Vote RIGHT NOW (00:00:00)
2020-10-23 · Hank · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points viewers unsure how voting works in their state to youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate: look up your state and watch the under-two-minute video now. — 10 Reasons to Vote RIGHT NOW (00:03:25)
2020-10-27 · video description · Vote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The time I met Joe Biden (00:00:00)
2020-11-03 · John · Vote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — On election day John asks those eligible to vote in the United States to do so, and points to vote.org to find their polling place. — Alaska for Looking (00:00:00)
2020-11-10 · John · Life's Library (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Life's Library's annual membership enrollment begins this Friday (13 November 2020) and asks viewers to become members or gift a subscription to a friend, links in the description. — On Immunity, Inoculation, and Individuals (00:00:00)
2020-11-10 · John · On Immunity (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls Eula Biss's On Immunity, chosen for Life's Library by guest curator Celeste Ng, brilliant; it really deepened his understanding of immunity and inoculation. — On Immunity, Inoculation, and Individuals (00:00:00)
2020-11-17 · John · Bending the Arc (film & tv, outside the channel) — John recommends the Netflix documentary Bending the Arc, on how PIH proved that treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in poor countries was possible when the global health community thought it impossible. — Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update (00:00:58)
2020-11-27 · Hank · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says his publisher has put An Absolutely Remarkable Thing on sale as an ebook for $3, so now is the time to try it. — Finally Launching this Project!!! (00:03:22)
2020-12-04 · Hank · Project for Awesome calendar (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says the Vlogbrothers Project for Awesome 2021 calendar, designed by Megan Toenyes, is available now, and he loves it. — The Christmas Creature (00:03:24)
2020-12-04 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Erin Kubo sells physical copies of The Christmas Creature on her website, linked in the description, as are the calendars and the socks. — The Christmas Creature (00:03:44)
2020-12-08 · John · 99% Invisible (online video & web, outside the channel) — John says he joined the Awesome Socks Club after hearing an ad on his favorite podcast, 99% Invisible. — A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically (00:02:55)
2020-12-11 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells viewers it is the last day to join the Awesome Socks Club at awesomesocks.club/vlogbrothers, or to ask someone to sign them up. — The /W/orst Letter (00:02:58)
2020-12-15 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents (00:00:00)
2020-12-15 · video description · Somebody's Daughter (books & writing, outside the channel) — America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents (00:00:00)
2020-12-15 · video description · Unchain (podcast) (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents (00:00:00)
2020-12-29 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Looking Back at My 2020 Goals (00:00:00)
2020-12-29 · video description · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Looking Back at My 2020 Goals (00:00:00)
2020-12-29 · video description · You Are an Artist (books & writing, family & team) — Looking Back at My 2020 Goals (00:00:00)
2020-12-31 · video description · Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed (00:00:00)
2020-12-31 · video description · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed (00:00:00)

2021 (115)

John: 60 · Hank: 30 · descriptions: 25

2021-01-08 · Hank · Journey to the Microcosmos (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Journey to the Microcosmos is running a Kickstarter for this microscope with a phone attachment for making content, plus a guide to starting your own microcosmos journey. — In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes (00:03:00)
2021-01-12 · John · Annie Dillard (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Under 'read books, not tweets', John says reading Annie Dillard, Terry Tempest Williams or even Paul Farmer's upsetting book on Sierra Leone and Ebola leaves him informed and engaged, without Twitter's panicky dopamine rush. — My 2021 Vision Board (00:02:45)
2021-01-12 · John · Terry Tempest Williams (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Under 'read books, not tweets', John says reading Annie Dillard, Terry Tempest Williams or even Paul Farmer's upsetting book on Sierra Leone and Ebola leaves him informed and engaged, without Twitter's panicky dopamine rush. — My 2021 Vision Board (00:02:45)
2021-01-12 · John · Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds (books & writing, outside the channel) — Under 'read books, not tweets', John says reading Annie Dillard, Terry Tempest Williams or even Paul Farmer's upsetting book on Sierra Leone and Ebola leaves him informed and engaged, without Twitter's panicky dopamine rush. — My 2021 Vision Board (00:02:45)
2021-01-19 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The first half raises unrestricted funds for pre-selected charities, this year (2021) Partners In Health and Save the Children, long-time community partners; the second half funds charities chosen by viewers. — let's go on a parts adventure (00:00:29)
2021-01-19 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The first half raises unrestricted funds for pre-selected charities, this year (2021) Partners In Health and Save the Children, long-time community partners; the second half funds charities chosen by viewers. — let's go on a parts adventure (00:00:29)
2021-01-26 · video description · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — The Sycamore Tree: The Anthropocene Reviewed (00:00:00)
2021-01-29 · video description · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — The Gamestop Short Squeeze in 4 Minutes (00:00:00)
2021-02-02 · John · Gates Foundation annual letter (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Melinda and Bill Gates's annual letter, which articulates things about COVID he hadn't seen written so clearly before. — I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) (00:00:58)
2021-02-05 · Hank · Bonker Doesn't Die (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — As a P4A perk Hank wrote a short story, Bonker Doesn't Die, in which April May goes to VidCon and must rescue a celebrity internet pig. — The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! (00:00:29)
2021-02-05 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — First-half money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, very effective at decreasing world suck; second-half money to organizations viewers vote for. — The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! (00:00:58)
2021-02-05 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — First-half money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, very effective at decreasing world suck; second-half money to organizations viewers vote for. — The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! (00:00:58)
2021-02-09 · John · DoctorBenjyFM (online video & web, outside the channel) — John's favourite channel is DoctorBenjyFM, where Ben plays Football Manager as fictional AFC Thames rise through English football: a profound window into fandom. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:00:00)
2021-02-09 · John · Curious Tangents (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John loves Curious Tangents, where Travis Gilbert models inquiry-based learning, exploring e.g. which kinds of stress are productive or the history of dragons. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:00:29)
2021-02-09 · John · Soph's Notes (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Recent grantee Soph's Notes makes hilarious but deeply informational videos (room for dessert, hangover science, the best planet to party on) that John remembers. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:00:56)
2021-02-09 · John · This Glorious Clockwork (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Recent grantee This Glorious Clockwork makes beautiful biochemistry animations (such as on ATP synthase); John found he is interested, being himself a series of chemical reactions. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:01:24)
2021-02-09 · John · Karen Puzzles (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John is a massive fan of Karen Puzzles, a beautifully shot, satisfying jigsaw puzzle channel by Karen Kavett, part of Nerdfighteria since 2007. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:01:54)
2021-02-09 · John · It's Radish Time (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — It's Radish Time's 2021 video postcards are stunning, poetic, brilliantly edited and unlike anything John has seen on YouTube. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:02:23)
2021-02-09 · John · Rosianna Halse Rojas (other people & groups, own work (self-plug)) — John loves Rosianna's videos, especially her unhurried travel vlogs, such as bicycling across England. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:02:23)
2021-02-09 · John · Lo Fi Lang Syne Beats to Sign Your Name 250000 Times To (art & other works, nerdfighter community) — Last week (week of 1 February 2021) nerdfighter Julia, inspired by one of John's signing livestreams, made an animated video, Lo-Fi Lang Syne Beats to Sign Your Name 250,000 Times To; John closes with part of it. — Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love (00:02:52)
2021-02-12 · video description · Bending the Arc (film & tv, outside the channel) — Doing Better (00:00:00)
2021-02-12 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The 2021 Project for Awesome starts today, Friday the 12th at noon, and runs through the 14th; the first half raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health. — Doing Better (00:02:52)
2021-02-12 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The 2021 Project for Awesome starts today, Friday the 12th at noon, and runs through the 14th; the first half raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health. — Doing Better (00:02:52)
2021-02-12 · Hank · Bonker Doesn't Die (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — P4A perks include Hanklerfish art Hank made with friends (already selling out), shirts, coins, socks, posters and Hank's short story about April May going to VidCon. — Doing Better (00:03:14)
2021-02-12 · Hank · Hanklerfish (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — P4A perks include Hanklerfish art Hank made with friends (already selling out), shirts, coins, socks, posters and Hank's short story about April May going to VidCon. — Doing Better (00:03:14)
2021-02-23 · video description · Far Lands or Bust (art & other works, outside the channel) — A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life (00:00:00)
2021-03-30 · video description · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — I did it! (00:00:00)
2021-04-02 · Hank · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John went from 150,000 signatures for The Fault in Our Stars to 200,000 for Turtles All the Way Down and now 250,000 for The Anthropocene Reviewed, flooding the market. — John's World Record (00:01:27)
2021-04-13 · video description · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — My Truly Mortifying Self-Talk (00:00:00)
2021-04-16 · video description · Tressie McMillan Cottom (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad (00:00:00)
2021-04-16 · video description · The Ezra Klein Show (online video & web, outside the channel) — Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad (00:00:00)
2021-04-23 · video description · VaccineFinder (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Young People and the COVID Vaccine (00:00:00)
2021-05-11 · John · Dan Howell (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John is also doing an event with Dan Howell about Dan's book You Will Get Through This Night; info and tickets are in the description. — I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. (00:03:42)
2021-05-11 · John · You Will Get Through This Night (books & writing, outside the channel) — John is also doing an event with Dan Howell about Dan's book You Will Get Through This Night; info and tickets are in the description. — I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. (00:03:42)
2021-05-14 · Hank · theanthropocenereviewed.com (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Some people have built theanthropocenereviewed.com, where you photograph the book in a place and rate that place on a five-star scale; so far only John and Hank are on it. — This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind (00:03:08)
2021-05-14 · Hank · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John's virtual book tour runs May 17, 18, 19 and 22; tickets include a copy of the book, shipped or picked up at a partner store, chosen by store or guest host. — This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind (00:03:24)
2021-05-18 · John · theanthropocenereviewed.com (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — In response, Nerdfighters Jim and Rhett made theanthropocenereviewed.com, where people share their book's approximate location and review that location; John is glad he never bought the domain. — Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While (00:00:24)
2021-05-18 · John · Discord (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — There is also a Discord channel for discussing the book with others in the community, linked in the description. — Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While (00:01:09)
2021-05-25 · video description · theanthropocenereviewed.com (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated (00:00:00)
2021-06-01 · John · How the Word Is Passed (books & writing, outside the channel) — How the Word Is Passed, by Clint Smith of Crash Course Black American History, is about how the US does and doesn't reckon with the history of slavery. — My Two Favorite Books of the Year (00:00:20)
2021-06-01 · John · Somebody's Daughter (books & writing, outside the channel) — His other favorite this year (2021) is Somebody's Daughter, the first book by Ashley C. Ford, known from guest-hosting Dear Hank and John and from magazine writing. — My Two Favorite Books of the Year (00:01:56)
2021-06-08 · John · Somebody's Daughter (books & writing, outside the channel) — John introduces Question Tuesday, answering real questions from real nerdfighters, with best-selling memoirist and friend Ashley C. Ford, whose Somebody's Daughter is out now. — Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford (00:00:03)
2021-06-22 · John · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug), playful) — John jokingly points to Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which Hank wants viewers to know is available at bookstores, as it has been since 2018. — Mindblowers with Hank and John (00:00:00)
2021-06-25 · Hank · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Crash Course and Complexly have funded themselves creatively: advertising, grants from organizations that understand the mission, Subbable, then Patreon, and now the Crash Course coin. — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course (00:02:40)
2021-07-16 · Hank · A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says his two novels telling one story, the first about the internet now and the second about what it might become, are both available in paperback as of this week (week of 12 July 2021), wherever books are sold. — Should You Abandon Social Media? (00:03:13)
2021-07-16 · Hank · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says his two novels telling one story, the first about the internet now and the second about what it might become, are both available in paperback as of this week (week of 12 July 2021), wherever books are sold. — Should You Abandon Social Media? (00:03:13)
2021-07-23 · video description · Maternal Center of Excellence (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google (00:00:00)
2021-07-23 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google (00:00:00)
2021-07-23 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club has raised over $600,000. — The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google (00:03:21)
2021-07-27 · John · Phosphorescence (books & writing, outside the channel) — John has just read Julia Baird's wonderful book Phosphorescence, which is about the importance of savoring experiences, like really tasting an Oreo or watching a sunset. — Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns (00:00:00)
2021-07-27 · John · Julia Baird (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Baird cites several studies linking savoring to well-being, which John says aligns with his own experience. — Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns (00:00:29)
2021-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Esther died a few weeks after the first Esther Day in 2010, aged 16; her parents then founded This Star Won't Go Out, which gives direct financial support to families of kids with cancer. — I L*** Hank (00:00:58)
2021-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (book) (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — Esther died a few weeks after the first Esther Day in 2010, aged 16; her parents then founded This Star Won't Go Out, which gives direct financial support to families of kids with cancer. — I L*** Hank (00:00:58)
2021-08-13 · video description · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — How We Fix the Climate (00:00:00)
2021-08-13 · Hank · Our World in Data (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Global warming is not just transport, homes or farming but a big mixed-up jumble of a problem, shown in a chart of emission sources from Dr. Hannah Ritchie at Our World in Data. — How We Fix the Climate (00:04:23)
2021-08-13 · Hank · David Roberts (books & writing, outside the channel) — To go further Hank suggests the podcast Pricing Nature, David Roberts' newsletter Volts, and, for wonky science fiction, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future. — How We Fix the Climate (00:15:16)
2021-08-13 · Hank · Pricing Nature (online video & web, outside the channel) — To go further Hank suggests the podcast Pricing Nature, David Roberts' newsletter Volts, and, for wonky science fiction, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future. — How We Fix the Climate (00:15:16)
2021-08-13 · Hank · The Ministry for the Future (books & writing, outside the channel) — To go further Hank suggests the podcast Pricing Nature, David Roberts' newsletter Volts, and, for wonky science fiction, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future. — How We Fix the Climate (00:15:16)
2021-08-13 · Hank · Volts (art & other works, outside the channel) — To go further Hank suggests the podcast Pricing Nature, David Roberts' newsletter Volts, and, for wonky science fiction, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future. — How We Fix the Climate (00:15:16)
2021-08-20 · Hank · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Shuffle is a podcast app; in thanks Hank has to say to check out its service, and he thinks it would be cool if Nerdfighters used it for Dear Hank and John, to react and interact with others. — Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI (00:00:00)
2021-08-24 · video description · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. (00:00:00)
2021-08-24 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. (00:00:00)
2021-08-27 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank notes SciShow did an episode about this. — Is it Better Not to Know? (00:01:20)
2021-08-31 · video description · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Woman Who Invented Stuffed Animals (00:00:00)
2021-09-03 · Hank · SciShow Tangents (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends SciShow Tangents, their 30-minute science trivia game show podcast (he writes science poems for it), which is climbing the science charts: try the new elephant episode. — What the Heck am I doing? (00:01:16)
2021-09-10 · video description · SciShow Tangents (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Most Important 10 Words a Stranger Ever Said to Me (00:00:00)
2021-09-21 · John · Annie Dillard (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John's probably favorite book about writing is Annie Dillard's The Writing Life, with its observation that how we spend our days is how we spend our lives. — how we spend our days (00:00:00)
2021-09-21 · John · The Writing Life (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's probably favorite book about writing is Annie Dillard's The Writing Life, with its observation that how we spend our days is how we spend our lives. — how we spend our days (00:00:00)
2021-09-28 · John · Ann Swinfen (other people & groups, outside the channel) — For peaceful hours with a great mystery series, John recommends Ann Swinfen's novels, introduced by Stan Muller: The Bookseller's Tale, first of his favorite series, set in Oxford in 1353 amid medieval bookmaking. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:00)
2021-09-28 · John · The Bookseller's Tale (books & writing, outside the channel) — For peaceful hours with a great mystery series, John recommends Ann Swinfen's novels, introduced by Stan Muller: The Bookseller's Tale, first of his favorite series, set in Oxford in 1353 amid medieval bookmaking. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:00)
2021-09-28 · John · Jacqueline Woodson (books & writing, outside the channel) — Jacqueline Woodson's Miracle's Boys makes John sob and feel hopeful: nominally for kids 10 and up, loved by 44-year-old John too, it is about impoverishment, grief and surviving loss, above all about brothers. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:29)
2021-09-28 · John · Paul Beatty (books & writing, outside the channel) — For belly laughs and linguistic acrobatics John recommends Paul Beatty's Tuff; Beatty is better known for The White Boy Shuffle and the Booker-winning The Sellout, but John read Tuff 20 years ago and still thinks about it. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:29)
2021-09-28 · John · Miracle's Boys (books & writing, outside the channel) — Jacqueline Woodson's Miracle's Boys makes John sob and feel hopeful: nominally for kids 10 and up, loved by 44-year-old John too, it is about impoverishment, grief and surviving loss, above all about brothers. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:29)
2021-09-28 · John · Tuff (books & writing, outside the channel) — For belly laughs and linguistic acrobatics John recommends Paul Beatty's Tuff; Beatty is better known for The White Boy Shuffle and the Booker-winning The Sellout, but John read Tuff 20 years ago and still thinks about it. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:29)
2021-09-28 · John · Frank Snowden (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Frank Snowden's Epidemics and Society helped John see that infectious disease has always been among history's most important forces: we think of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra, but it's mostly microbes. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:58)
2021-09-28 · John · Rosemary Horrox (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Turning to infectious disease, where his brain always goes, John loves Rosemary Horrox's The Black Death, a collection of first-person accounts of the plague. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:58)
2021-09-28 · John · Epidemics and Society (books & writing, outside the channel) — Frank Snowden's Epidemics and Society helped John see that infectious disease has always been among history's most important forces: we think of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra, but it's mostly microbes. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:58)
2021-09-28 · John · The Black Death (books & writing, outside the channel) — Turning to infectious disease, where his brain always goes, John loves Rosemary Horrox's The Black Death, a collection of first-person accounts of the plague. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:00:58)
2021-09-28 · John · Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John loves Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's physics book The Disordered Cosmos and thinks about it every day. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:27)
2021-09-28 · John · The Disordered Cosmos (books & writing, outside the channel) — John loves Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's physics book The Disordered Cosmos and thinks about it every day. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:27)
2021-09-28 · John · Julia Baird (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Julia Baird's Phosphorescence also treats us as participants in reality, not observers: it is about living with cancer, creatures that make their own light and the science of human joy. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:56)
2021-09-28 · John · Phosphorescence (books & writing, outside the channel) — Julia Baird's Phosphorescence also treats us as participants in reality, not observers: it is about living with cancer, creatures that make their own light and the science of human joy. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:01:56)
2021-09-28 · John · Erik Samuelson (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Admitting bias, John recommends All Together Now by longtime AFC Wimbledon CEO Erik Samuelson: the greatest underdog sports story of all time, told by one who made it happen. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:26)
2021-09-28 · John · Mary Oliver (books & writing, outside the channel) — Mary Oliver is famous for poems, but John loves her essays, especially those in Upstream: he dog-eared almost every page, and her line about reading as one swims to save one's life stuck with him. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:26)
2021-09-28 · John · All Together Now (books & writing, outside the channel) — Admitting bias, John recommends All Together Now by longtime AFC Wimbledon CEO Erik Samuelson: the greatest underdog sports story of all time, told by one who made it happen. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:26)
2021-09-28 · John · Upstream: Selected Essays (books & writing, outside the channel) — Mary Oliver is famous for poems, but John loves her essays, especially those in Upstream: he dog-eared almost every page, and her line about reading as one swims to save one's life stuck with him. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:26)
2021-09-28 · John · Buwei Yang Chao (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Lastly John recommends the 1945 cookbook How to Cook and Eat in Chinese by Buwei Yang Chao, a Chinese physician who emigrated to the US in the 1920s: out of print for decades, wonderfully postmodern. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:55)
2021-09-28 · John · Kaveh Akbar (books & writing, outside the channel) — John loves Pilgrim Bell, Kaveh Akbar's new poetry book: poems that get richer the more time you spend with them; he has reread it over the last month and it keeps giving him new gifts. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:55)
2021-09-28 · John · How to Cook and Eat in Chinese (books & writing, outside the channel) — Lastly John recommends the 1945 cookbook How to Cook and Eat in Chinese by Buwei Yang Chao, a Chinese physician who emigrated to the US in the 1920s: out of print for decades, wonderfully postmodern. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:55)
2021-09-28 · John · Pilgrim Bell (books & writing, outside the channel) — John loves Pilgrim Bell, Kaveh Akbar's new poetry book: poems that get richer the more time you spend with them; he has reread it over the last month and it keeps giving him new gifts. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:02:55)
2021-09-28 · John · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John made a Bookshop.org list with all these books plus a couple of other recommendations, linked below. — 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read (00:03:24)
2021-10-05 · Hank · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank wishes John a happy Pizzamas and shows his shirt with little slices of pizza, John's face and the word pizza: a little warm, but perfect. — Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? (00:00:00)
2021-10-05 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank also uses TikTok to promote the Awesome Socks Club and Pizzamas shirts, both of which help build the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. — Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? (00:00:49)
2021-10-07 · Hank · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Pizzamas products are available only during Pizzamas, for about another week, then never again; all profits support the community's work on health care in Sierra Leone. — We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong (00:21:20)
2021-10-08 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — As October 2021 John he wears a shirt available only during Pizzamas at pizzamas.com; as February 2020 John, a hoodie. — On February 3rd, 2020, I Wrote a Video I Didn't Make. Here It Is. (00:00:22)
2021-10-11 · Hank · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Pizzamas is going fast: pizzamas.com has products available now that will never be available after this week (week of 11 October 2021). — The Fastest Things in the Universe (Entirely According to Me) (00:03:44)
2021-10-12 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says without the internet there would be no Pizzamas; the Pizzamas items, including his hoodie, are available only for a few more days at pizzamas.com, with all proceeds to charity. — Fine, I'll take the bait. (00:03:53)
2021-10-14 · John · Pizza John zine (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John's favorite Pizzamas merch is the Pizza John zine in which people drew Pizza John from memory: it's magic. He also loves the blanket. — Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday (00:00:00)
2021-10-14 · John · You Are an Artist (books & writing, family & team) — John uses many assignments from Sarah's book, most often Never Seen, Never Will: articulating something you know exists but will never see, his way into realizing he doesn't know almost everything. — Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday (00:02:29)
2021-10-15 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank thinks the only other Vlogbrothers thing before the end of the year is the relaunch of the Awesome Socks Club. — What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend (00:02:53)
2021-10-26 · video description · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Why Avocados Still Exist (00:00:00)
2021-11-02 · video description · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — enough (00:00:00)
2021-11-12 · video description · Planet Money (online video & web, outside the channel) — Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium (00:00:00)
2021-11-12 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Asked (in his own voice) why he didn't mention the Awesome Socks Club, Hank says it is going very well and he thinks it will sell out within two days, before sales stop Sunday (14 November 2021) at midnight. — Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium (00:03:24)
2021-11-16 · video description · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Orbital Sunrise: The First Art Made in Space (00:00:00)
2021-11-30 · John · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Asked about holiday gifts, John recommends signed copies of The Anthropocene Reviewed, sold with a special zine holding his all-new review and pieces by many others. — Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST (00:00:00)
2021-12-01 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John notes Sarah made a fascinating Art Assignment video about that painting and why it is art-historically significant. — Loving the Loves of Your Loves (00:01:27)
2021-12-10 · Hank · Natalie Tran (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says he loved Winekone, and Ze Frank of course. — What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) (00:00:27)
2021-12-14 · John · Nerdfighteria Census (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John filled out the semi-annual Nerdfighteria Census and tells Hank it was unusually wonderful, and not only because it included a playful question about Waluigi. — MAKE. BELIEVE. (00:02:55)
2021-12-17 · video description · TED-Ed (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What State of Matter is Fire (00:00:00)
2021-12-17 · video description · Henry Reich (online video & web, outside the channel) — What State of Matter is Fire (00:00:00)
2021-12-17 · video description · It's Okay to Be Smart (online video & web, outside the channel) — What State of Matter is Fire (00:00:00)
2021-12-21 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John recommends reading Partners In Health Sierra Leone's new annual report, or watching a video on improved maternal and child care at Koidu Government Hospital and what the Maternal Center of Excellence will mean. — NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… (00:02:26)
2021-12-21 · John · Bailor Barrie (other people & groups, friends & collaborators) — John calls the letter from PIH Sierra Leone Executive Director Dr. Bailor Barrie beautiful, with a link to read it. — NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… (00:02:55)
2021-12-24 · video description · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — 29 Days of Astronomical Terror (00:00:00)

2022 (91)

John: 38 · Hank: 37 · descriptions: 16

2022-01-07 · Hank · Jade Legacy (books & writing, outside the channel) — Walking to get Katherine a latte, Hank listened to the climax of Jade Legacy, a really amazing book, and cried while walking. — For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day (00:00:58)
2022-01-07 · Hank · Junkyard Joust (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Junkyard Joust, which they also watched, as an amazing YouTube channel. — For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day (00:00:58)
2022-01-18 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The Miracle of the Leone Stars (00:00:00)
2022-01-21 · Hank · Fair Fight Action (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Instead of getting mad, get curious: start with someone who deeply discusses a big problem, like the Prison Policy Initiative on incarceration, David Roberts' Volts on climate, or Fair Fight and Stacey Abrams on voting rights. — How to Be Hopeful About Doomsday (00:02:53)
2022-01-21 · Hank · Prison Policy Initiative (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Instead of getting mad, get curious: start with someone who deeply discusses a big problem, like the Prison Policy Initiative on incarceration, David Roberts' Volts on climate, or Fair Fight and Stacey Abrams on voting rights. — How to Be Hopeful About Doomsday (00:02:53)
2022-01-21 · Hank · David Roberts (books & writing, outside the channel) — Instead of getting mad, get curious: start with someone who deeply discusses a big problem, like the Prison Policy Initiative on incarceration, David Roberts' Volts on climate, or Fair Fight and Stacey Abrams on voting rights. — How to Be Hopeful About Doomsday (00:02:53)
2022-01-21 · Hank · Stacey Abrams (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Instead of getting mad, get curious: start with someone who deeply discusses a big problem, like the Prison Policy Initiative on incarceration, David Roberts' Volts on climate, or Fair Fight and Stacey Abrams on voting rights. — How to Be Hopeful About Doomsday (00:02:53)
2022-01-21 · Hank · Volts (art & other works, outside the channel) — Instead of getting mad, get curious: start with someone who deeply discusses a big problem, like the Prison Policy Initiative on incarceration, David Roberts' Volts on climate, or Fair Fight and Stacey Abrams on voting rights. — How to Be Hopeful About Doomsday (00:02:53)
2022-02-08 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says half the money went to the brothers' Partners In Health project to reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone; the rest was split between a Complexly educational fund and a fund for emerging educational creators. — How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) (00:00:58)
2022-02-08 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — In the P4A's first half they raise unrestricted funds for pre-selected charities, this year (2022) Partners In Health and Save the Children, long-time partners, not for a particular project. — How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) (00:02:26)
2022-02-24 · John · John's digital cookbook (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — The recipe comes from John's digital cookbook, whose new version is available only during this year's (2022) Project for Awesome at projectforawesome.com/donate. — How to Make Potatoes While Dread Presses In from Every Direction (00:00:00)
2022-02-25 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — In the first half of the Project for Awesome they are raising money for Partners In Health and Save the Children. — When You Can't Fix Everything… (00:00:56)
2022-02-25 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — In the first half of the Project for Awesome they are raising money for Partners In Health and Save the Children. — When You Can't Fix Everything… (00:00:56)
2022-03-22 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Motivation in Hard Times (00:00:00)
2022-03-25 · Hank · Crash Course How to College (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a new Crash Course course, Crash Course How to College, covering the options a person in the US faces about their future, from financial aid to admissions to majors and careers. — US College Students Need Help (00:01:56)
2022-03-25 · Hank · Fast Guides (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Study Hall channel starts with Fast Guides: quick but deep dives into choosing a major, its work, skills, switching out and what graduates do. — US College Students Need Help (00:02:26)
2022-03-29 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — An H of G (00:00:00)
2022-04-08 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties (00:01:24)
2022-04-08 · Hank · 99% Invisible (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties (00:02:16)
2022-04-08 · Hank · Invisibilia (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties (00:02:19)
2022-04-08 · Hank · Radiolab (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties (00:02:19)
2022-04-08 · Hank · Throughline (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties (00:02:23)
2022-04-22 · Hank · The Lookback Diaries (online video & web, friends & collaborators) — Hank says Ashley Clements, who played Lizzie Bennet, is doing a watch-through vlog this year (2022), The Lookback Diaries, and he will be on a few episodes. — My Life is on My Walls (00:02:17)
2022-05-06 · Hank · Why I Quit YouTube (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says Dan Howell's video 'Why I Quit YouTube' opens with one of the most eloquent, thoughtful and accurate takes on YouTube's history and the bad parts of being a YouTuber. — Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) (00:00:00)
2022-05-06 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club has donated over a million dollars to Partners In Health for the brothers' work in Sierra Leone. — Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) (00:02:26)
2022-05-10 · John · Etsy (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Noting Cincinnati has an art school and many local artists, John advises everyone with undecorated walls to hang something particular to them: go to student art shows, browse Etsy, support artists. — An Attempt at Exhausting an Artwork in Cincinnati (00:02:55)
2022-05-17 · John · The Washington Post (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Last week (week of 9 May 2022) the Washington Post published a story about 17-year-old Susan facing an unexpected high-risk pregnancy in Sierra Leone; her mother died in childbirth. — Reasons Not to Care (00:00:00)
2022-05-17 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John asks viewers who want to donate to the project to radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone to give at pih.org/hankandjohn, and thanks everyone for caring. — Reasons Not to Care (00:03:24)
2022-05-20 · Hank · SciShow Tangents (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Having a spare minute, Hank encourages viewers to watch, and subscribe to, the new video version of SciShow Tangents at youtube.com/scishowtangents. — It's My Fault Too (00:02:53)
2022-05-31 · John · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — The 2022 Crash Course coin is on sale for two weeks: a $100 coin sponsors 2,000 learners and a $500 coin 10,000; its design draws on the Lascaux cave paintings. Coin funding helped launch three series last year (2021). — A Casting Announcement (00:03:07)
2022-06-10 · Hank · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says Crash Course reaches many people on a low budget that still costs a lot, and 37% of that budget comes from Patreon and the Crash Course coin. — My Embarrassing Dermatology Story (00:02:55)
2022-07-01 · video description · Annihilation (film & tv, outside the channel) — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes (00:00:00)
2022-07-01 · Hank · In & Of Itself (film & tv, outside the channel) — Derek DelGaudio's In and Of Itself, suggested by Sam Reich, was maybe the best thing Hank has ever seen: a live one-man show that held his attention better than Shang-Chi's fight scenes. — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes (00:01:27)
2022-07-01 · Hank · Everything Everywhere All at Once (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank says Everything Everywhere All at Once is not just a cerebral sci-fi kung fu thriller, hilarious and absurd, but about the only thing that matters: people loving each other; he cried double-digit times. — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes (00:01:56)
2022-07-01 · Hank · Palm Springs (film & tv, outside the channel) — Palm Springs, recommended by Craig Benzine, is not just Groundhog Day again but very different, funny, touching and extremely clever; Hank liked it a lot and cried once. — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes (00:02:55)
2022-07-15 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Thoughts From the Universe - Woah (00:00:00)
2022-07-19 · John · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a P.S. John jokes it is probably illegal to market to Orin, who doesn't drink coffee anyway, and points viewers to AwesomeCoffeeClub.com, their new coffee subscription. — Why Do Things Exist? (00:03:40)
2022-08-02 · video description · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — Liberty Leading the People: How Revolutions Turn (00:00:00)
2022-08-02 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Liberty Leading the People: How Revolutions Turn (00:00:00)
2022-08-03 · Hank · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank announces an Esther Day livestream tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern with people from This Star Won't Go Out, Esther's family, John and Sarah, and the Animal Wonders folks. — Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? (00:02:40)
2022-08-03 · Hank · This Star Won't Go Out shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a t-shirt designed by Karen Hallion whose proceeds all go to This Star Won't Go Out, a charity that helps families with sick kids. — Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? (00:02:40)
2022-08-09 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — How to Cook Beans and Resist Dread (00:00:00)
2022-08-12 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank's full interviews with Jesse Jenkins and Administrator Regan are on Hank's channel. — The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? (00:21:50)
2022-08-19 · Hank · High Conflict (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank finished High Conflict, which argues conflict is good and important until people care more about winning than solving the problems behind it, and how to walk back. — What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified??? (00:00:35)
2022-08-19 · Hank · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank describes How to Vote in Every State, a YouTube channel and now a TikTok account, with a video per state on registering, voting from home, sample ballots and polling places. — What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified??? (00:03:05)
2022-08-26 · Hank · ProCam (products, outside the channel) — Against microscope eye strain Hank suggests a cell phone holder on the eyepiece, which comes with the Microcosmos Microscope; you need an app to choose the phone's lens (the iPhone can't by default), and he uses ProCam. — I Searched for 'Science Side of Twitter' and Answered As Many Questions as I Could (00:02:26)
2022-08-26 · Hank · Microcosmos Microscope (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Against microscope eye strain Hank suggests a cell phone holder on the eyepiece, which comes with the Microcosmos Microscope; you need an app to choose the phone's lens (the iPhone can't by default), and he uses ProCam. — I Searched for 'Science Side of Twitter' and Answered As Many Questions as I Could (00:02:26)
2022-08-30 · video description · Contemporary Arts Center (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (00:00:00)
2022-08-30 · John · Nathaniel Russell (art & other works, outside the channel) — One of John's favorite artworks at home is Nathaniel Russell's print demanding snake poems now; he loves that, unlike political or consumer posters, it just wants snake poetry. — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (00:00:00)
2022-08-30 · John · Snake Poems Now (art & other works, outside the channel) — One of John's favorite artworks at home is Nathaniel Russell's print demanding snake poems now; he loves that, unlike political or consumer posters, it just wants snake poetry. — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (00:00:00)
2022-08-30 · John · Artsy (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Art auctions are not only for the rich: eBay and Artsy.net run them all the time; a fundraiser auction now offers a work by Michelle Grabner, one of John's favorite artists, for $300. — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (00:00:58)
2022-08-30 · John · Dave (artist, mentioned from 2022) (art & other works, outside the channel) — John says Dave's prints are $20. — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (00:00:58)
2022-08-30 · John · Michelle Grabner (art & other works, outside the channel) — Art auctions are not only for the rich: eBay and Artsy.net run them all the time; a fundraiser auction now offers a work by Michelle Grabner, one of John's favorite artists, for $300. — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (00:00:58)
2022-08-30 · John · Eugène Boudin (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Not everything costs like a Monet: works on paper by Eugène Boudin, Monet's teacher and one of John's favorite Impressionists, sometimes sell for a couple thousand dollars, 1/100,000th the cost of a Monet. — How to Buy Good Art for Less Than $100,000,000 (00:01:56)
2022-09-06 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Some Advice (00:00:00)
2022-09-13 · John · Welcome to Wrexham (film & tv, outside the channel) — John appears in the next episode of Ryan Reynolds and his friend Rob's show about buying and running Wrexham AFC, teaching a crash course on the history of Wales. — A Million Things at Once (00:01:16)
2022-09-13 · John · Escape into Meaning (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls Evan Puschak's Escape Into Meaning a great book, from which he learned that writing is the way he has thoughts. — A Million Things at Once (00:02:04)
2022-09-16 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points viewers who want more on long COVID to SciShow's video on it, linked in the description. — Here's Why Younger People are Getting Shingles (00:00:29)
2022-09-27 · video description · Bianca Stratford (music, outside the channel) — The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary (00:00:00)
2022-09-29 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Kony 2012 of Roads - Solar Freakin' Roadways (00:00:00)
2022-09-30 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — COMMIT TO THE BIT (00:00:00)
2022-10-03 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Let's Play Trombone Champ! (00:00:00)
2022-10-07 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says that earlier in the day he and Hank saw art at a gallery and a fashion show at the IMA, and now they are in a treehouse. — Planets Don't Exist (00:01:00)
2022-10-11 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says that is what the brothers are trying to do at pih.org/hankandjohn; the description invites one-time or monthly donations for maternal and child health in Sierra Leone. — Most People Have Never Been 20 (00:03:24)
2022-10-18 · John · Byron Kim (art & other works, outside the channel) — John was drawn to landscapes: Lucas Arruda's paintings, Byron Kim's abstracted landscape, Didier William's underseascape, Yoan Capote's plaster-and-metal landscape and Sam Moyer's stones-and-canvas painting. — Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London (00:01:49)
2022-10-18 · John · Didier William (art & other works, outside the channel) — John was drawn to landscapes: Lucas Arruda's paintings, Byron Kim's abstracted landscape, Didier William's underseascape, Yoan Capote's plaster-and-metal landscape and Sam Moyer's stones-and-canvas painting. — Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London (00:01:49)
2022-10-18 · John · Lucas Arruda (art & other works, outside the channel) — John was drawn to landscapes: Lucas Arruda's paintings, Byron Kim's abstracted landscape, Didier William's underseascape, Yoan Capote's plaster-and-metal landscape and Sam Moyer's stones-and-canvas painting. — Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London (00:01:49)
2022-10-18 · John · Sam Moyer (art & other works, outside the channel) — John was drawn to landscapes: Lucas Arruda's paintings, Byron Kim's abstracted landscape, Didier William's underseascape, Yoan Capote's plaster-and-metal landscape and Sam Moyer's stones-and-canvas painting. — Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London (00:01:49)
2022-10-18 · John · Yoan Capote (art & other works, outside the channel) — John was drawn to landscapes: Lucas Arruda's paintings, Byron Kim's abstracted landscape, Didier William's underseascape, Yoan Capote's plaster-and-metal landscape and Sam Moyer's stones-and-canvas painting. — Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London (00:01:49)
2022-10-25 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Instantly Debateable (00:00:00)
2022-10-28 · Hank · How to Vote in Every State (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells viewers who can vote to go local too, and those unsure how to vote or whether they're registered to check youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate. — I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics (00:03:18)
2022-11-01 · John · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a mock ad, John says the Awesome Socks Club is taking subscribers again: Hank's idea of great socks with 100% of proceeds to charity has exploded. — Is This Painting Upside Down? (00:00:29)
2022-11-04 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club sends a pair by a different independent artist each month, ships free, cancels anytime, and gives all profit to cutting maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — My Secret Obsession (00:02:03)
2022-11-08 · John · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Ranking socks like the sodas, John calls Awesome Socks the Dr Pepper of socks: perfect, with 100% of proceeds going to charity, unlike Dr Pepper. — Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders (00:05:54)
2022-11-11 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club, unlike Twitter, brings him joy monthly: a pair by a different independent artist each month, free shipping, cancel anytime, ankle or mid-calf crew. — Elon Was Right (00:03:24)
2022-11-15 · John · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says the other really important revenue source for the project is socks and coffee. — 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next (00:03:24)
2022-11-18 · Hank · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says coffee plantations can drive deforestation but can be done in partnership with a forest; the Awesome Coffee Club's small farmers work to reduce deforestation and practise regenerative agriculture. — How Much Does Humanity Weigh? (00:03:34)
2022-11-18 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Sock Club closes Monday and there will be no other Vlogbrothers video before then, so viewers who want to sign up must do it now. — How Much Does Humanity Weigh? (00:03:34)
2022-11-22 · video description · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:00:00)
2022-11-22 · John · Bananagrams (games, outside the channel) — John says that somehow, since 2008, he has been on Bananagrams' celebrity mailing list; this is his 11th edition of the game. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:00:00)
2022-11-22 · John · The Song of the Cell (books & writing, outside the channel) — For nonfiction lovers John recommends Siddhartha Mukherjee's new The Song of the Cell: he didn't think he liked biology, but it turns out he loves it, and is biology. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:00:29)
2022-11-22 · John · All My Rage (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite young adult novel of the year is probably All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir, her first standalone and first contemporary novel, which he calls beautiful. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:00:57)
2022-11-22 · John · Corinne (books & writing, outside the channel) — For a friend who might enjoy a super steamy exvangelical romance, John recommends Corinne by Rebecca Morrow. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:00:57)
2022-11-22 · John · Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (books & writing, outside the channel) — For lovers of video games or great novels John recommends Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow; he has given it to a dozen people and all fell in love with it. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:00:57)
2022-11-22 · John · Mantel Pieces (books & writing, outside the channel) — Having just written one, John thinks essay collections make great gifts, recommending Toni Morrison's The Source of Self-Regard and Hilary Mantel's Mantel Pieces. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:01:27)
2022-11-22 · John · The Source of Self-Regard (books & writing, outside the channel) — Having just written one, John thinks essay collections make great gifts, recommending Toni Morrison's The Source of Self-Regard and Hilary Mantel's Mantel Pieces. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:01:27)
2022-11-22 · John · Bright Trip (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John suggests online courses, like Sarah's new Bright Trip course on art appreciation, which he enjoyed so much he bought other Bright Trips. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:01:56)
2022-11-22 · John · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Maybe the vibe this year (2022) isn't physical goods, John says: give a one-year Patreon membership to someone's favorite podcast or YouTube channel. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:01:56)
2022-11-22 · John · Sampson Levingston (books & writing, outside the channel) — John suggests a walking tour, like those Indianapolis public historian Sampson Levingston gives of neighborhoods, especially historically Black ones; John loves learning from him. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:01:56)
2022-11-22 · John · Kurzgesagt (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Liking gifts that do double good, John is buying Kurzgesagt calendars for Kurzgesagt fans: they are impossibly beautiful and help Kurzgesagt's mission to reach more people with educational videos. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:02:25)
2022-11-22 · John · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — For coffee lovers John suggests an Awesome Coffee Club membership: carefully sourced, perfectly roasted beans, with 100% of profits supporting better maternal health in Sierra Leone. — John's 2022 Gift Guide (00:02:54)

2023 (121)

John: 45 · Hank: 48 · descriptions: 28

2023-01-03 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH (00:00:00)
2023-01-06 · Hank · Vampire Boy (music, outside the channel) — Hank reads a sticker he found advertising Samantha Rose Garrison's song Vampire Boy, available on all streaming platforms, says everyone should listen to it, and plays some of it. — After 12 hours in LA I'm a stand-up comic doing ASMR with a side gig as a music promoter (00:03:17)
2023-01-13 · Hank · Flag Express (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank points out that Flag Express, a flag seller, tracks half-mast days on its website. — Why is There an Egg Shortage (And More) (00:02:18)
2023-01-31 · John · Study Hall (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John calls Hank's newly announced Study Hall, a Complexly, ASU and Google partnership linking educational YouTube videos to college credit, brilliant. — I'm Going Back to College? (00:02:35)
2023-02-03 · Hank · Delete This (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he and Katherine have been enjoying Delete This and fell into a new format, Wet or Dry: one wet thing, one dry thing, and which is better. — My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis (00:02:40)
2023-02-17 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says both organizations help people with the least by building strong foundations for communities, and that evidence and experience show people given resources and a foundation will build. — COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME (00:02:33)
2023-02-17 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says both organizations help people with the least by building strong foundations for communities, and that evidence and experience show people given resources and a foundation will build. — COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME (00:02:33)
2023-03-17 · video description · Drippy Fish (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — This is a Video!! (00:00:00)
2023-03-17 · Hank · She Who Became the Sun (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, which he loved: beautiful and kind of terrifying, not as horror but in what humans are capable of. — This is a Video!! (00:01:22)
2023-03-17 · Hank · Children of Time (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky, which took nine recommendations for him to read: chemistry, war, space, evolutionary biology, humans and spiders. — This is a Video!! (00:01:51)
2023-03-17 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank has made a design based on the Hanklerfish and put it on a t-shirt, his first in a long time, available at DFTBA.com. — This is a Video!! (00:03:13)
2023-03-28 · John · Stigmatized (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Stigmatized by Handaa Enkh-Amgalan, a memoir of a young woman from a poor Mongolian community whose TB diagnosis brings dehumanization and stigmatization; he loved it. — My Tuberculosis Reading List (00:00:29)
2023-03-28 · John · Phantom Plague (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recounts Shreya Tripathi's story: a teenager with multidrug-resistant TB who had to sue her government for treatment, won too late and died of TB at 19. — My Tuberculosis Reading List (00:01:27)
2023-03-28 · John · Social Scientists and the New Tuberculosis (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends a paper by another of his heroes, Paul Farmer: Social Scientists and the New Tuberculosis. — My Tuberculosis Reading List (00:01:56)
2023-03-28 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John asks viewers who can to donate to Partners In Health or other organizations working to make TB history. — My Tuberculosis Reading List (00:03:24)
2023-03-31 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends SciShow's video on successful biological control. — The Coming AI Invasion (00:03:00)
2023-04-04 · video description · Women of Wimbledon Supporters' Association (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Search for Real Feeling (00:00:00)
2023-04-07 · video description · LinkedIn (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Getting One Million LinkedIn Followers (00:00:00)
2023-04-14 · Hank · Journey to the Microcosmos (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Journey to the Microcosmos just released an episode on lichen that inspired this video, for those who want to go deeper into lichens' history and beauty. — The Organism that Broke Biology (00:03:21)
2023-04-14 · Hank · Microcosmos Microscope (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says they worked with their microscope expert on a starter microscope, from $350, available at microcosmos.store with other merchandise. — The Organism that Broke Biology (00:03:33)
2023-04-18 · video description · Keir Graff (books & writing, outside the channel) — goodbye to my friend (00:00:00)
2023-04-18 · John · Harvey (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — John says Bill wanted him to see Harvey for a reason: it is about someone living with serious mental illness who is nonetheless valuable, important and worthy. — goodbye to my friend (00:01:27)
2023-04-28 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank invites viewers to check out Sun Basin Soap at good.store. — I Discovered a Soap Secret (00:02:55)
2023-05-02 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — GOOD NEWS (00:00:00)
2023-05-02 · video description · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — GOOD NEWS (00:00:00)
2023-05-19 · video description · Fast & Furious (film & tv, outside the channel) — So, I've got cancer (00:00:00)
2023-05-19 · video description · Happy Gilmore (film & tv, outside the channel) — So, I've got cancer (00:00:00)
2023-05-19 · video description · Harvey (film) (film & tv, outside the channel) — So, I've got cancer (00:00:00)
2023-05-19 · Hank · Hank and John email newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to sign up for the newsletter (top link in the description): writing for it may be his easiest way to keep creating if videos and podcasts are too much. — So, I've got cancer (00:11:35)
2023-05-26 · Hank · Animal Crossing (games, outside the channel) — Hank puts NPR alone in S tier for a condensed article that got the point across and whose author suggested bummer-free media, telling him to play Animal Crossing. — My Cancer Press Tier List (00:01:56)
2023-05-26 · Hank · Journey to the Microcosmos (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank was in the New York Post twice the same week: the other article was about invisible creatures having sex on your face while you sleep, a topic from Journey to the Microcosmos. — My Cancer Press Tier List (00:04:31)
2023-05-30 · John · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — John announces this year's (2023) Crash Course Coins, available only for the next 11 days and minted in Arkansas from hand-engraved dies; he finds them beautiful. — How Does He Do It? (00:01:58)
2023-06-02 · video description · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Chemo is Weird, Y'all (00:00:00)
2023-06-13 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — touched by a king (00:00:00)
2023-06-13 · video description · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — touched by a king (00:00:00)
2023-06-16 · video description · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — So, About This HAIR… (00:00:00)
2023-06-20 · John · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John jokes that Hank kept working anyway: making ads for the Socks Club and Crash Course Coin, shooting SciShow, pitching business ideas daily and making Vlogbrothers videos while in pain. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:00:29)
2023-06-20 · John · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John jokes that Hank kept working anyway: making ads for the Socks Club and Crash Course Coin, shooting SciShow, pitching business ideas daily and making Vlogbrothers videos while in pain. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:00:29)
2023-06-20 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John loves the people they work with and what they make (Eons, Journey to the Microcosmos, Crash Course, SciShow), which he watches daily and now understands a little. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:02:29)
2023-06-20 · John · Eons (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John loves the people they work with and what they make (Eons, Journey to the Microcosmos, Crash Course, SciShow), which he watches daily and now understands a little. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:02:29)
2023-06-20 · John · Journey to the Microcosmos (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John loves the people they work with and what they make (Eons, Journey to the Microcosmos, Crash Course, SciShow), which he watches daily and now understands a little. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:02:29)
2023-06-20 · John · Cicada Plushie (art & other works, friends & collaborators) — John praises DFTBA merch: Nathan Zed's Good Enough Hoodies, Ariel Bissett's I'm Thinking About Books shirt, Tyler Thrasher's Cicada Plushie and Kurzgesagt's Timeline of Complex Life. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:02:45)
2023-06-20 · John · Good Enough Hoodie (art & other works, friends & collaborators) — John praises DFTBA merch: Nathan Zed's Good Enough Hoodies, Ariel Bissett's I'm Thinking About Books shirt, Tyler Thrasher's Cicada Plushie and Kurzgesagt's Timeline of Complex Life. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:02:45)
2023-06-20 · John · I'm Thinking About Books shirt (art & other works, friends & collaborators) — John praises DFTBA merch: Nathan Zed's Good Enough Hoodies, Ariel Bissett's I'm Thinking About Books shirt, Tyler Thrasher's Cicada Plushie and Kurzgesagt's Timeline of Complex Life. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:02:45)
2023-06-20 · John · Timeline of Complex Life (art & other works, friends & collaborators) — John praises DFTBA merch: Nathan Zed's Good Enough Hoodies, Ariel Bissett's I'm Thinking About Books shirt, Tyler Thrasher's Cicada Plushie and Kurzgesagt's Timeline of Complex Life. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:02:45)
2023-06-20 · John · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John announces the Awesome Coffee Club is accepting new members now, calling it the best coffee in the world. — Reflections from a Terrible CEO (00:03:05)
2023-06-23 · Hank · cancersurvivalrates.com (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank recommends cancersurvivalrates.com, which takes the kind of cancer, its stage and the patient's age and gives 1- to 10-year survival rates. — Understanding Cancer Survival Rates (00:03:53)
2023-06-27 · video description · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion (00:00:00)
2023-06-27 · John · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — After a day packing socks at the DFTBA warehouse and learning how the coffee and socks are shipped, John believes more than ever in the company and its people. — Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion (00:00:00)
2023-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says Esther's family set up This Star Won't Go Out, giving direct financial support to families of kids with cancer, and he understands better than ever how much it helps. — I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. (00:02:46)
2023-08-04 · Hank · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Coffee Club is also intentional and careful: rather than relying on certifications, they visit the coffee's makers, and the coffee is cared for from the tree in Colombia to their Missoula warehouse. — The Biggest Science Story of the Week (00:05:34)
2023-08-11 · Hank · Netflix (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says he is leaving out lots of amazing stuff in the film, and it is on Netflix right now. — It's About a YouTuber with Cancer (00:03:07)
2023-08-29 · John · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The description says all the clubs are now part of the brothers' new project Good Store, where you can subscribe to a better world. — Breaking News: CEO Demoted (00:00:00)
2023-08-29 · John · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a comment John says the soap is cheaper than other luxury brands at $6 a bar for six bars, but competes on quality, not price. — Breaking News: CEO Demoted (00:00:00)
2023-08-29 · John · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he wasn't very good at the job and is thrilled to be demoted back to his natural role as unpaid social media intern making memes about the coffee. — Breaking News: CEO Demoted (00:01:57)
2023-09-01 · video description · Dropout (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms (00:00:00)
2023-09-01 · video description · Dimension 20 (online video & web, outside the channel) — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms (00:00:00)
2023-09-05 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — I Ain't Even Here, Sergeant. I'm in Cheyenne, Wyoming. (00:00:00)
2023-09-08 · Hank · Savannas of Our Birth (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Robin Reid's book Savannas of Our Birth, which he is reading: not a clickbait cover, but really good and fascinating. — Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought (00:05:50)
2023-09-14 · video description · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Talking Tuberculosis, GeneXpert, J&J, and more with MY HEROES (00:00:00)
2023-09-15 · video description · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — The Worst Disease in Human History (00:00:00)
2023-09-22 · Hank · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks everyone to get the Pizzamas app on Apple and Android and turn on push notifications. — A Feeling I've Never Felt Before (00:04:23)
2023-09-25 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! (00:00:00)
2023-09-25 · John · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John says all the shirts and Pizzamas items are only available during Pizzamas, for the next two weeks, at Pizzamas.com or the new Pizzamas app. — PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! (00:01:41)
2023-09-27 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? (00:00:00)
2023-10-02 · Hank · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows a Pizzamas shirt and says the shirts are available only until the end of this week (week of 2 October 2023). — The Hottest Place and the Coldest Place in the Universe are the SAME PLACE (00:00:00)
2023-10-02 · Hank · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Pizzamas products are available now at pizzamas.com or the Pizzamas app, and the shirts only this week (week of 2 October 2023), never again. — The Hottest Place and the Coldest Place in the Universe are the SAME PLACE (00:05:53)
2023-10-03 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says it is the last week of Pizzamas, with only a few days left to get Pizzamas t-shirts, a snuggly blanket and a color-changing mug at pizzamas.com. — Nourished by Leaving (00:00:00)
2023-10-04 · Hank · Radiolab (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says Radiolab asked him to talk about how that day went as a way into geoengineering; the episode is out and great, and he'd love viewers to listen. — A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering (00:00:29)
2023-10-04 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Out of the field professionally for years, Hank had climate scientists Adam (Climate Adam) and Miriam (Zentouro) talk him through the climate conversation in a new Hank's channel video, which viewers should watch. — A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering (00:00:58)
2023-10-04 · Hank · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank plugs today's Pizzamas special, the 'It is False to Suggest' bundle pairing the Pizzamas hot sauce with a second US-only product, with mock disclaimers against smothering its tiny seedlings in the sauce and nibbling them. — A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering (00:14:10)
2023-10-20 · video description · Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death (books & writing, outside the channel) — My 'Injury' (00:00:00)
2023-10-27 · Hank · Complexly calendars (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to get a calendar for the new year at complexlycalendars.com (Eons, Bizarre Beasts, Microcosmos, SciShow), supporting Complexly with beautiful art and fact-checked information. — I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift (00:02:45)
2023-10-31 · video description · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — How to Make Hot Sauce for Just $65 per Bottle (00:00:00)
2023-11-07 · video description · The New York Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — NaFaDoYBIMSCoM (00:00:00)
2023-11-17 · Hank · McElroy brothers (other people & groups, friends & collaborators) — Hank tells viewers outside the US that today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas on the socks, Good.Store, Complexly calendars, DFTBA.com, McElroyMerch.com and the Dropout TV Store. — WHAT AM I DOING (00:01:05)
2023-11-17 · Hank · Dropout (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank tells viewers outside the US that today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas on the socks, Good.Store, Complexly calendars, DFTBA.com, McElroyMerch.com and the Dropout TV Store. — WHAT AM I DOING (00:01:05)
2023-11-17 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells viewers outside the US that today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas on the socks, Good.Store, Complexly calendars, DFTBA.com, McElroyMerch.com and the Dropout TV Store. — WHAT AM I DOING (00:01:05)
2023-11-17 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells viewers outside the US that today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas on the socks, Good.Store, Complexly calendars, DFTBA.com, McElroyMerch.com and the Dropout TV Store. — WHAT AM I DOING (00:01:05)
2023-11-17 · Hank · Complexly calendars (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells viewers outside the US that today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas on the socks, Good.Store, Complexly calendars, DFTBA.com, McElroyMerch.com and the Dropout TV Store. — WHAT AM I DOING (00:01:05)
2023-11-17 · Hank · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he will donate his share to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, and announces that he owns a piece of Gubbins. — WHAT AM I DOING (00:02:41)
2023-11-17 · Hank · Hank's Cancer Socks (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says some styles and sizes of the cancer socks are running out, so viewers who want them should buy now. — WHAT AM I DOING (00:06:08)
2023-11-24 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Good.Store already donates 100% of its profit to charity, so no Black Friday discount code is needed. — It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday (00:03:29)
2023-11-24 · Hank · Hank's Cancer Socks (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points viewers to his cancer socks at Good.Store, which he is wearing; all the money goes to making access to cancer treatment more equitable. — It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday (00:03:36)
2023-11-24 · Hank · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Good.Store also offers the Awesome Coffee Club and Sun Basin Soap, whose holiday boxes he plugs. — It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday (00:03:48)
2023-11-24 · Hank · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Good.Store also offers the Awesome Coffee Club and Sun Basin Soap, whose holiday boxes he plugs. — It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday (00:03:48)
2023-11-24 · Hank · Complexly calendars (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recommends Complexly's four calendars (James Webb Space Telescope, Microcosmos microphotography, Bizarre Beasts illustrations, Eons ancestors), 10% off with the code SAVETHEDATE. — It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday (00:04:02)
2023-11-28 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:00:00)
2023-11-28 · John · Not the End of the World (books & writing, outside the channel) — For doomers who feel the world is collapsing, John recommends Hannah Ritchie's Not the End of the World; he loves Ritchie, Our World in Data and the book, which left him hopeful. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:00:00)
2023-11-28 · John · I Have Some Questions for You (books & writing, outside the channel) — John's favorite novel of the year is Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions for You: crimey and podcasty but brilliant, with some of the best sentences around. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:00:29)
2023-11-28 · John · Hank's Cancer Socks (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John's first non-book recommendation is Hank's Cancer Socks: great designs, super comfortable, with 100% of the profit going to expand access to cancer care worldwide. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:00:58)
2023-11-28 · John · The Black Angels (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Maria Smilios's The Black Angels for history lovers: the story of Black nurses on Staten Island, many from the American South, who helped cure tuberculosis; untold before, phenomenally written. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:00:58)
2023-11-28 · John · Leslie Fcking Jones (books & writing, outside the channel*) — Contrasting ghostwritten-seeming celebrity memoirs with ones like Matthew McConaughey's that the star clearly wrote, John recommends Leslie Jones's memoir: she wrote it, and it's great. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:01:27)
2023-11-28 · John · This Boy (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — For fans of music and rock-and-roll history John recommends This Boy by his mentor Ilene Cooper, a children's book about the childhoods of John Lennon and Paul McCartney that he loved. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:01:27)
2023-11-28 · John · Invincible Microbe (books & writing, outside the channel) — As examples of kids' books worth reading, John points to Walter Dean Myers' book about the Haitian Revolution and a kids' book about tuberculosis. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:01:57)
2023-11-28 · John · Toussaint L'Ouverture: The Fight for Haiti's Freedom (books & writing, outside the channel) — As examples of kids' books worth reading, John points to Walter Dean Myers' book about the Haitian Revolution and a kids' book about tuberculosis. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:01:57)
2023-11-28 · John · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — For people who love getting clean John recommends the Viridian Sun bath box he designed for Sun Basin Soap: a Pacific Northwest candle, his three favorite soaps, a bath bomb and bath salts. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:02:26)
2023-11-28 · John · Viridian Sun Bath Box (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — For people who love getting clean John recommends the Viridian Sun bath box he designed for Sun Basin Soap: a Pacific Northwest candle, his three favorite soaps, a bath bomb and bath salts. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:02:26)
2023-11-28 · John · Hidden Potential (books & writing, outside the channel) — For people into business or unlocking their professional potential John recommends Adam Grant's Hidden Potential, though it is not the kind of book he usually likes. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:02:52)
2023-11-28 · John · Awesome Coffee Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — For coffee lovers John recommends the Awesome Coffee gift boxes. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:03:21)
2023-11-28 · John · An Immense World (books & writing, outside the channel) — For science and animal nerds John recommends Ed Yong's An Immense World, which radically deepened his appreciation and understanding of non-human animals. — John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations (00:03:21)
2023-12-01 · Hank · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Looking for other subscriptions, they found ethically sourced coffee and started soaps with Sun Basin Soap, a local private-label maker; more subscriptions such as tea will follow. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! (00:03:45)
2023-12-01 · Hank · Hank's Cancer Socks (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the store is full of holiday specials and bundles, his cancer socks, bath boxes and coffee boxes, which make great gifts for loved ones or yourself. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! (00:05:53)
2023-12-08 · Hank · Hank's Cancer Socks (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank recalls designing socks while feeling like garbage on chemo, one of the only creative things he could do; friends picked their top eight. — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? (00:05:15)
2023-12-08 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the same Christmas Eve shipping deadline applies to everything at good.store and dftba.com for US buyers; for international orders all bets are off. — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? (00:06:23)
2023-12-08 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the same Christmas Eve shipping deadline applies to everything at good.store and dftba.com for US buyers; for international orders all bets are off. — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? (00:06:23)
2023-12-19 · video description · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — End of a Rough Year (00:00:00)
2023-12-22 · video description · Hank and John email newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Let's Talk About Death (00:00:00)
2023-12-24 · Hank · 99% Invisible (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says the brothers are together because it is their mother's birthday, and they will make a video and play Spider-Man video games. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:08:02)
2023-12-24 · Hank · Invisibilia (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says the brothers are together because it is their mother's birthday, and they will make a video and play Spider-Man video games. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:08:02)
2023-12-24 · Hank · Radiolab (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says the brothers are together because it is their mother's birthday, and they will make a video and play Spider-Man video games. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:08:02)
2023-12-24 · Hank · Throughline (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank says the brothers are together because it is their mother's birthday, and they will make a video and play Spider-Man video games. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:08:02)
2023-12-24 · John · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John recommends signed copies of The Anthropocene Reviewed with a special zine at DFTBA.com as 2021 holiday gifts, all proceeds to charity. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:23:15)
2023-12-24 · John · Tony Hawks (books & writing, outside the channel) — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:35:50)
2023-12-24 · John · Round Ireland with a Fridge (books & writing, outside the channel) — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:35:50)
2023-12-24 · John · National Alliance on Mental Illness (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John explains Pizzamas: a two-week period of weekday videos between the brothers celebrating brotherhood, affection, pizza and e-commerce. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (00:54:55)
2023-12-24 · Hank · Harry Potter (book series) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says his favorite book series will always be Harry Potter, though he likes Divergent a lot. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (01:37:57)
2023-12-24 · John · Fermi Paradox (song by Hank Green) (music, own work (self-plug)) — John recommends songs on Ellen Hardcastle: Phineas Gage, Strange Charm (the best song about quarks), Shake a Booty and Fermi Paradox. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (02:12:15)
2023-12-24 · John · Phineas Gage (song) (music, own work (self-plug)) — John recommends songs on Ellen Hardcastle: Phineas Gage, Strange Charm (the best song about quarks), Shake a Booty and Fermi Paradox. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (02:12:15)
2023-12-24 · John · Shake a Booty (music, own work (self-plug)) — John recommends songs on Ellen Hardcastle: Phineas Gage, Strange Charm (the best song about quarks), Shake a Booty and Fermi Paradox. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (02:12:15)
2023-12-24 · John · Strange Charm (music, own work (self-plug)) — John recommends songs on Ellen Hardcastle: Phineas Gage, Strange Charm (the best song about quarks), Shake a Booty and Fermi Paradox. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated (02:12:15)

2024 (112)

John: 26 · Hank: 62 · descriptions: 24

2024-01-12 · Hank · Project for Awesome (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank explains that during the P4A every donated dollar is matched by a dollar from the fund, built from people with substantial money to give. — How to Detect AI Images (and why it doesn't matter) (00:04:45)
2024-01-19 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says every year this worked out to within a couple of percent of 50% to Partners In Health and Save the Children and 50% to community-voted charities. — The Project for Awesome is Changing! (00:01:40)
2024-01-19 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says every year this worked out to within a couple of percent of 50% to Partners In Health and Save the Children and 50% to community-voted charities. — The Project for Awesome is Changing! (00:01:40)
2024-01-19 · Hank · Tiltify (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says Tiltify has added a shopping cart so donors can buy several perks with one checkout, and thanks Tiltify for solving the problem. — The Project for Awesome is Changing! (00:02:29)
2024-02-13 · video description · Wikipedia (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Why Doesn't ❤️ Look Like a Heart? (00:00:00)
2024-02-13 · video description · Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon (books & writing, outside the channel) — Why Doesn't ❤️ Look Like a Heart? (00:00:00)
2024-02-16 · Hank · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — The digital download bundle has Hank's first stand-up set, exclusive podcasts, John and Hank's TikTok drafts and the first chapters of John's new book. — How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter (00:05:34)
2024-02-16 · Hank · Hanklerfish (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Perks not yet online include Hank's Hanklerfish and quote posters by artist Kenton Hoppas; Katherine's art and Sarah's collage art are always added during the P4A. — How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter (00:06:33)
2024-02-16 · Hank · Sarah Urist Green's collage poems (film & tv, family & team) — Perks not yet online include Hank's Hanklerfish and quote posters by artist Kenton Hoppas; Katherine's art and Sarah's collage art are always added during the P4A. — How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter (00:06:33)
2024-02-16 · Hank · Alice's Vlogbrothers zines (art & other works, nerdfighter community) — A Nerdfighter named Alys made zines adapting Vlogbrothers videos into art; after she made one on her own, Hank paid her to make more as P4A perks. — How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter (00:06:33)
2024-03-01 · video description · Instagram (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Flyana Boss Asks Hank Anything (00:00:00)
2024-03-01 · video description · Spotify (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Flyana Boss Asks Hank Anything (00:00:00)
2024-03-01 · video description · YouTube (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Flyana Boss Asks Hank Anything (00:00:00)
2024-03-01 · Hank · This Ain't The Album (music, outside the channel) — Hank plugs Flyana Boss's new EP, This Ain't The Album, out March 29. — Flyana Boss Asks Hank Anything (00:17:12)
2024-03-12 · John · Salmaan Keshavjee (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John recommends a TED talk, linked below, in which Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee argues that the key to ending TB boils down to the acronym STP. — How We End TB (00:00:58)
2024-03-12 · John · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John asks viewers interested in upcoming efforts to fight tuberculosis to check out the new TB Fighters newsletter, available at the link in the description. — How We End TB (00:04:49)
2024-03-15 · Hank · Between Two Kingdoms (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Suleika Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms as a beautiful, well-done discussion of this. — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer (00:06:20)
2024-03-19 · John · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John invites viewers to the premiere to watch live together and chat, Monday at noon Eastern on the Crash Course channel. — Our $80,000,000 Bet (00:04:23)
2024-03-19 · John · Crash Course Lectures (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — John says the first lecture, written and hosted by him, comes out Monday at noon Eastern, teasing that viewers will never guess its topic. — Our $80,000,000 Bet (00:04:23)
2024-03-26 · video description · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — I Own Danaher (00:00:00)
2024-03-29 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank notes John's new tuberculosis video on the Crash Course channel, a new format giving someone a chance to lecture, with John as the guinea pig. — The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo (00:04:44)
2024-03-29 · Hank · Crash Course Lectures (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Hank looks forward to seeing who lectures next; it won't be him, though he wants to do one. — The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo (00:05:13)
2024-04-05 · video description · Turtles All the Way Down (film) (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — Two Reasons Why This Eclipse is So Dangerous (00:00:00)
2024-04-05 · Hank · Hank and John email newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says this week's (week of 1 April 2024) newsletter has lots of eclipse content and can be got via the description link, which asks viewers to subscribe. — Two Reasons Why This Eclipse is So Dangerous (00:03:40)
2024-04-05 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points to a video on Hank's channel where he answers some SciShow questions about the eclipse. — Two Reasons Why This Eclipse is So Dangerous (00:03:40)
2024-04-12 · Hank · We're Here newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Saying they can keep doing basically impossible things, Hank asks viewers who want to be first to know to sign up for the We're Here newsletter, linked in the description. — Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) (00:05:31)
2024-04-23 · John · The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) (books & writing, outside the channel) — John loved astrophysicist Katie Mack's book The End of Everything and wrote to tell her; she replied, they became friends, and they have worked on the podcast with a team for a couple of years. — Full Hank (00:02:31)
2024-04-26 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says that today only the first pair of socks from the Awesome Socks Club costs $5 with free shipping, and that 100% of the profit from it and everything at good.store goes to decrease maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — One Year Out. (00:03:52)
2024-05-03 · Hank · Max (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says the film is on Max; in the US Max can be had through the Play Store, the App Store, Amazon Prime or Max.com. — Everything Wrong with Turtles All the Way Down (00:02:39)
2024-05-07 · video description · Max (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — A Secret about Art (00:00:00)
2024-05-20 · Hank · Turtles All the Way Down (film) (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — Hank repeats that, as Jarrod said, the video is brought to you by the Turtles movie, coming out on May 2nd, very soon. — Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! (00:19:36)
2024-05-20 · Hank · Crash Course Pods: The Universe (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — The first Crash Course Pods episode is up: 'The First Fraction of a Second', John and Katie Mack on the beginning of the universe, on YouTube and podcast apps. — Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! (00:20:06)
2024-05-28 · John · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — John announces the Crash Course coin, on sale from today for one week only at CrashCourseCoin.com; buyers sponsor 2,000, 5,000 or 10,000 Crash Course learners and help keep it free. — A Midlife Crisis (00:04:02)
2024-05-31 · Hank · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says Crash Course spends around five cents for every learner it reaches, which is the currency of the coins. — The People I Hate Most in the World (00:03:24)
2024-05-31 · Hank · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank points viewers who want to give a different amount to the Crash Course Patreon linked in the description. — The People I Hate Most in the World (00:04:22)
2024-06-04 · video description · Kurzgesagt (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — how it all ends (00:00:00)
2024-06-04 · John · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — John says the podcast was made with funds from last year's (2023) Crash Course Coin. — how it all ends (00:04:52)
2024-06-07 · Hank · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says this story is why a fig is featured on the reverse side of this year's (2024) Crash Course coin, which people have been asking him about. — Eating an 11,000 Year Old Fruit (00:03:12)
2024-06-14 · Hank · We're Here newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank is keeping a spreadsheet of beef day suggestions and may make a proposal next week (week of 17 June 2024), perhaps in the We're Here newsletter, a podcast or a video. — Some Reasons why People Suck (00:08:15)
2024-06-21 · video description · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:00:00)
2024-06-21 · video description · Chris Fleming (film & tv, outside the channel) — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:00:00)
2024-06-21 · Hank · Breaking News (Dropout) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends other Dropout shows: Game Changer's last two seasons, Very Important People's first, Dimension 20, Mintopolis (which he is in) and Breaking News. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:07:12)
2024-06-21 · Hank · Dimension 20 (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends other Dropout shows: Game Changer's last two seasons, Very Important People's first, Dimension 20, Mintopolis (which he is in) and Breaking News. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:07:12)
2024-06-21 · Hank · Game Changer (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends other Dropout shows: Game Changer's last two seasons, Very Important People's first, Dimension 20, Mintopolis (which he is in) and Breaking News. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:07:12)
2024-06-21 · Hank · Mintopolis (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends other Dropout shows: Game Changer's last two seasons, Very Important People's first, Dimension 20, Mintopolis (which he is in) and Breaking News. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:07:12)
2024-06-21 · Hank · Very Important People (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank recommends other Dropout shows: Game Changer's last two seasons, Very Important People's first, Dimension 20, Mintopolis (which he is in) and Breaking News. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy (00:07:12)
2024-06-25 · John · Hank Green's stand-up comedy special on Dropout (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John congratulates Hank on his comedy special: it is so good and John is so proud of him. — taking a break (00:00:00)
2024-07-05 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers taking their awesome socks on an adventure this weekend to photograph them and tag thegood.store on social media or DM it, using the hashtag #Rockyoursox. — Should I Run for President?? (00:03:28)
2024-07-05 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers taking their awesome socks on an adventure this weekend to photograph them and tag thegood.store on social media or DM it, using the hashtag #Rockyoursox. — Should I Run for President?? (00:03:28)
2024-07-09 · John · Tom Lum (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John says he watches a lot of hour-long YouTube videos, such as Tom Lum's video about carbon dating, which Hank calls amazing and links in the description. — Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) (00:03:05)
2024-07-12 · video description · Vim & Vigr (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — My Identity Crisis (00:00:00)
2024-07-12 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club has become much bigger and more important than they ever imagined. — My Identity Crisis (00:02:15)
2024-08-02 · video description · 8 Billion and Counting (books & writing, outside the channel) — My Letter to the Future (00:00:00)
2024-08-02 · Hank · Complexly (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces that Complexly, maker of SciShow, Crash Course and Eons, has launched its own store, with products up to 50% off to kick it off; purchases help Complexly keep existing. — My Letter to the Future (00:03:49)
2024-08-03 · John · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The celebration will also discuss This Star Won't Go Out, the charity Esther's family founded in her memory, which financially supports kids with cancer and their families. — I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) (00:02:45)
2024-08-07 · John · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John explains that every few weeks they do a livestream like this for their Dear Hank and John patrons, and this one promotes the Patreon. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! (00:01:24)
2024-08-07 · John · Invisible Rulers (books & writing, outside the channel) — Answering a patron, John says he still reads mostly about tuberculosis because he is in the last edit of his book. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! (00:28:39)
2024-08-07 · John · The Constant Gardener (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends John le Carré's The Constant Gardener, a spy novel about tuberculosis: very good. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! (00:28:39)
2024-08-07 · John · The Stormlight Archive (books & writing, outside the channel) — Answering a patron, John says he still reads mostly about tuberculosis because he is in the last edit of his book. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! (00:28:39)
2024-08-09 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Good Store would never do that: subscribers log in, manage everything in one place, skip orders or cancel with a big button. — Why isn't This Illegal? (00:04:18)
2024-08-09 · Hank · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank and Katherine created Garden Party, a seasonal summer soap inspired by the Pimm's Cup, which they both love; there is no official tie to the Pimm's brand. — Why isn't This Illegal? (00:05:17)
2024-08-09 · Hank · Garden Party Soap (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank and Katherine created Garden Party, a seasonal summer soap inspired by the Pimm's Cup, which they both love; there is no official tie to the Pimm's brand. — Why isn't This Illegal? (00:05:17)
2024-08-09 · Hank · Dew Drop Shampoo Bar (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank plugs a Garden Party and Dew Drop shampoo bar bundle, cheaper subscriptions, code WELCOME25 for 25% off a first subscription order, and free subscription shipping. — Why isn't This Illegal? (00:05:46)
2024-08-16 · Hank · We're Here newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank invites viewers to join over 250,000 people getting the brothers' weekly newsletter, linked atop the description and in the first comment, to find cool stuff without going on Twitter. — I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… (00:07:26)
2024-08-19 · video description · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Olympics Mystery Explained!!! (00:00:00)
2024-08-20 · video description · Paramount Plus (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! (00:00:00)
2024-08-20 · John · Breathless (books & writing, outside the channel) — John woke up over the Irish Sea, started reading a great book about tuberculosis called Breathless, and landed in London, taking a cab when his train was cancelled. — Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! (00:00:00)
2024-08-30 · video description · Sofishtication (other people & groups, outside the channel) — The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks (00:00:00)
2024-09-03 · video description · John's Channel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Which is Correct? — or – ? (00:00:00)
2024-09-03 · John · AFC Wimbledon (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators, playful) — John playfully tells London visitors to go to an AFC Wimbledon game, calling the Tate Modern's 20th and 21st century art boring. — Which is Correct? — or – ? (00:02:26)
2024-09-20 · video description · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Do I Regret TikTok? (00:00:00)
2024-09-23 · John · Pizzamas one-shot (games, own work (self-plug)) — John reads the game's intro: Pizzamas is an age-old holiday of togetherness, and seeing Pizza John's startled face in the grease of empty boxes is an omen of good fortune. — IT'S HERE! (00:01:30)
2024-09-23 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says all the money made at pizzamas.com this Pizzamas goes to Partners In Health; keeping it would be morally repugnant. — IT'S HERE! (00:01:46)
2024-09-23 · John · John's Channel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he will try to livestream for at least an hour or two every day on his new channel, John's Channel. — IT'S HERE! (00:03:19)
2024-09-23 · John · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John points viewers to buy the Pizzamas items at pizzamas.com or in the Pizzamas app, linked in the doobly-doo. — IT'S HERE! (00:03:48)
2024-09-24 · Hank · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points viewers to get all the Pizzamas items at pizzamas.com or in the Pizzamas app. — The Forgotten Viral Video that Could Never be Made Today (00:06:48)
2024-09-27 · John · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John says the TB Fighters community asks viewers to call their congressperson about the act, with info in the description: a rare phone call that could save lives. — Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO (00:01:13)
2024-10-01 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he can use fame to connect with people and make their days better, and even to do silly and wondrous things like Pizzamas. — On Fame and Chappell Roan (00:04:44)
2024-10-02 · Hank · The Book of Good Times (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — That is one reason Hank got excited about the Book of Good Times: a simple, low-barrier way to engage more with yourself, a tool doing the opposite of what tries to keep him from himself. — What I learned from the weirdest day of my life (00:04:22)
2024-10-03 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Broadly in Favor of Humans (00:00:00)
2024-10-04 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank thanks John for a wonderful Pizzamas and says, as always, 100% of Pizzamas profit is donated to help Partners In Health build health systems where most needed. — Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) (00:05:05)
2024-10-08 · Hank · DKMS (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank tells viewers they can sign up at DKMS.org for a free kit that is mailed to them and become a member of the registry. — Hank Steals John's Cells (00:02:57)
2024-10-18 · Hank · Vote.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank points viewers to Vote.org to check or arrange registration, get a sample ballot and learn how to vote by mail, urging them to sign up for mail voting where available; he repeats it at the end. — My Ballot Made Me Angry (00:01:56)
2024-10-22 · John · John's Channel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he has been livestreaming signing sessions on John's Channel and invites viewers to hang out with him in a low-stress way, link below. — My New Book: Everything Is Tuberculosis (00:03:20)
2024-10-25 · Hank · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he was lucky to read John's book Everything Is Tuberculosis early; it changed how he sees all illness, with fascinating histories and stories of present-day tragedies. — I Don't Want them to Get Away With It… (00:04:05)
2024-10-30 · video description · Keats & Co. (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Sipping the Tea with Hank (00:00:00)
2024-11-01 · John · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points to the description for P4A art, the Vlogbrothers grant and the New York Times article; John adds a link to pre-order his new book. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother (00:09:20)
2024-11-03 · Hank · Nerdfighteria Census (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — Feeling he lacks a grip on how the community feels, Hank suggests doing the census again. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… (00:18:57)
2024-11-05 · John · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John plugs Good Store for holiday gifts (soap, socks, undies, coffee, tea, gift bundles), noting 100% of profit goes to charity, and jokes he feels obligated to say so. — Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? (00:03:53)
2024-11-08 · Hank · We're Here newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he wrote about this in a special edition of the We're Here newsletter sent earlier this week (week of 4 November 2024), linked below. — These Maps are Lying (if you let them) (00:05:01)
2024-11-08 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank assures viewers the quiz is silly, their tea is magnificently good, and it makes a good present; Good Store also has a gift quiz he did not make. — These Maps are Lying (if you let them) (00:06:18)
2024-11-08 · Hank · Keats & Co. (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank assures viewers the quiz is silly, their tea is magnificently good, and it makes a good present; Good Store also has a gift quiz he did not make. — These Maps are Lying (if you let them) (00:06:18)
2024-11-12 · John · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — In a mid-roll Good Store did not pay for, John recommends Good Store, which gives all its profit to charity, for holiday gifts: boxes of tea, coffee, socks and soap. — BELIEVE: The Jimmy Glass Story (00:01:56)
2024-11-15 · Hank · SciShow (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Lindsay was in town filming and recommends her SciShow Deep Dive, a long-form episode on the Chimpanzee War, and her channel. — Whales are Fish (and Everything Else is Beetles) with Lindsay Nikole (00:03:49)
2024-11-22 · video description · Invisible Rulers (books & writing, outside the channel) — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:00:00)
2024-11-22 · video description · The Gutenberg Parenthesis (books & writing, outside the channel) — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:00:00)
2024-11-22 · Hank · Invisible Rulers (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says the video is heavily inspired and informed by Jeff Jarvis' The Gutenberg Parenthesis, which he suggests to anyone, and draws a lot on the book Wrong and on Renee DiResta's Invisible Rulers. — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:32:40)
2024-11-22 · Hank · The Gutenberg Parenthesis (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says the video is heavily inspired and informed by Jeff Jarvis' The Gutenberg Parenthesis, which he suggests to anyone, and draws a lot on the book Wrong and on Renee DiResta's Invisible Rulers. — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:32:40)
2024-11-22 · Hank · Wrong (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank says the video is heavily inspired and informed by Jeff Jarvis' The Gutenberg Parenthesis, which he suggests to anyone, and draws a lot on the book Wrong and on Renee DiResta's Invisible Rulers. — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:32:40)
2024-11-22 · Hank · Cheap Speech (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Cheap Speech by Richard Hasen on speech, read about two years ago, while disagreeing with parts of all these books. — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:33:03)
2024-11-22 · Hank · High Conflict (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends High Conflict by Amanda Ripley, which informs everything he does: probably the most important book anyone can read. — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:33:03)
2024-11-22 · Hank · How Minds Change (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank also recommends How Minds Change by David McRaney. — Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment (00:33:03)
2024-11-29 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to do the rest of their shopping at good.store, 25% off everything this weekend with free shipping over $59, the best deals of the year. — I am Grateful for My Worry (00:01:11)
2024-11-29 · Hank · Complexly calendars (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — It being Black Friday, Hank asks viewers to get the illustrated Complexly calendar at complexly.store to support Complexly's work. — I am Grateful for My Worry (00:01:11)
2024-12-02 · Hank · Technology Connections (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank recommends a Technology Connections video on how people finally did Christmas lights right, joking that the lights are already sold out because its maker is so powerful. — John, You're Doing Great (00:00:55)
2024-12-02 · Hank · Camille (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends a video by Camille called 'Oh Rats, It's the Trolley Problem', marvelling that it exists. — John, You're Doing Great (00:00:55)
2024-12-02 · Hank · Nathan Zed (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank especially recommends a Nathan Zed video ("You'll Never Be Ready"): Nathan always makes him feel Nathan knows far more about aesthetics, and this video is an explosion of aesthetic and very wise. — John, You're Doing Great (00:00:55)
2024-12-02 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Monday is the last chance to use the SAVE25 code for 25% off everything at good.store. — John, You're Doing Great (00:01:35)
2024-12-06 · video description · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — One of the Most Important Images On Earth (00:00:00)
2024-12-13 · Hank · Complexly (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to go to complexly.store for the Complexly calendar at 30% off before the new year, also helping fund Complexly's work; it is the last chance to get it. — TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' (00:05:30)
2024-12-13 · Hank · Complexly calendars (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to go to complexly.store for the Complexly calendar at 30% off before the new year, also helping fund Complexly's work; it is the last chance to get it. — TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' (00:05:30)
2024-12-20 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones… (00:00:00)

2025 (115)

John: 41 · Hank: 50 · descriptions: 24

2025-01-03 · Hank · Civilization (series) (film & tv, outside the channel) — Hank says he almost never plays video games; he would like to play the new Civilization, which takes a lot of time, and the only game he plays is Connections. — My 2025 Bingo Card (00:01:14)
2025-01-10 · Hank · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks viewers to buy the book at the book's website and check which tour stops still have tickets, as many have sold out. — SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! (00:04:57)
2025-01-17 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says that, as for many years, half the money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health and half to charities viewers vote for. — How the P4A is Changing in 2025! (00:02:35)
2025-01-17 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says that, as for many years, half the money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health and half to charities viewers vote for. — How the P4A is Changing in 2025! (00:02:35)
2025-01-17 · Hank · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank lists ways to take part: donate, make, watch or vote on videos, join the livestream, or donate at fightworldsuck.org any time of year. — How the P4A is Changing in 2025! (00:03:24)
2025-01-31 · Hank · Secret Powers (music, outside the channel) — Hank feels Shmed's band Secret Powers was always inches away from a cool, weird cult following. — Thanks, Shmed (00:01:45)
2025-02-07 · Hank · Ezra Klein's essay on Trump's first weeks back in office (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Ezra Klein's recent essay on Trump's first weeks back in office, also a good YouTube video, and links it in the description. — What Trump's Doing (00:02:27)
2025-02-11 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says he is proud that half the money raised during the Project for Awesome will go to Save the Children and Partners In Health. — What's at Stake (00:04:22)
2025-02-11 · John · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says he is proud that half the money raised during the Project for Awesome will go to Save the Children and Partners In Health. — What's at Stake (00:04:22)
2025-03-04 · video description · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — The ANXIETY IS PALPABLE (00:00:00)
2025-03-07 · Hank · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank congratulates John on his book Everything Is Tuberculosis, out next week (week of 10 March 2025), and on its good reviews. — How Social Security Fraud Actually Works (00:11:09)
2025-03-11 · John · Coral Reef Alliance (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says EcoGeek launches today and 100% of its profits go to the Coral Reef Alliance in support of its Maui Watershed Project. — Hank Green's Brother (00:02:08)
2025-03-14 · Hank · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says John's book about tuberculosis is selling extremely well, with people pre-ordering it heavily. — Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life (00:03:38)
2025-03-18 · video description · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — ITS ALL HAPPENING (00:00:00)
2025-03-18 · John · Henry Reider (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John says readers will want to follow Henry and his mother Isatu in Sierra Leone, and asks viewers to subscribe to Henry's YouTube channel, linked in the description. — ITS ALL HAPPENING (00:02:58)
2025-03-25 · video description · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday (00:00:00)
2025-03-28 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank has made a long recording of the waterfall, will upload it to the Vlogbrothers channel and will donate all the money the video makes to Partners In Health. — Is This a Million Dollar Idea? (00:00:29)
2025-03-28 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! (00:00:00)
2025-04-04 · Hank · Everything Is Tuberculosis (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank thanks John for helping him over the years to examine and grow his morality, including with his new book Everything Is Tuberculosis. — Morality (00:07:49)
2025-04-08 · video description · The New York Times (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending (00:00:00)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Reading the bundle's postcard, Hank says Sun Basin Soap donates 100% of its profit to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone, in a region with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates. — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) (00:05:48)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks John, and viewers, to buy the discounted Good Store Mother's Day bundle (Keats & Co. Evensong Chai, a Sun Basin citrus candle, Garden Party soap, hand balm) before Monday so it ships in time. — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) (00:06:37)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Keats & Co. (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks John, and viewers, to buy the discounted Good Store Mother's Day bundle (Keats & Co. Evensong Chai, a Sun Basin citrus candle, Garden Party soap, hand balm) before Monday so it ships in time. — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) (00:06:37)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Garden Party Soap (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank asks John, and viewers, to buy the discounted Good Store Mother's Day bundle (Keats & Co. Evensong Chai, a Sun Basin citrus candle, Garden Party soap, hand balm) before Monday so it ships in time. — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) (00:06:37)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he is live to celebrate Mother's Day at Good Store, including a discounted Mother's Day bundle, and plans to talk wolves, play Connections and blind-rank cartoon moms. — This one's for your mom (00:00:28)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank reads the bundle's postcard: Sun Basin Soap gives all its profit to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone, a region with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates. — This one's for your mom (00:04:45)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Evensong Chai (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows the bundle: unscented hand balm, a citrus candle whose profit all goes to the Maternal Center of Excellence, Garden Party soap and Evensong Chai. — This one's for your mom (00:13:07)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Garden Party Soap (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank shows the bundle: unscented hand balm, a citrus candle whose profit all goes to the Maternal Center of Excellence, Garden Party soap and Evensong Chai. — This one's for your mom (00:13:07)
2025-04-18 · Hank · EcoGeek (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says that, as a separate Earth Day promotion, new EcoGeek subscribers get a free scrub brush, his favorite kitchen tool in a long time. — This one's for your mom (00:15:52)
2025-04-18 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says several Good Store items that showed as sold out, such as the prepaid six-month Awesome Socks Club, were back in stock after an inventory category error was fixed. — This one's for your mom (00:25:07)
2025-04-22 · John · AFC Wimbledon documentary series (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — John announces that a documentary about AFC Wimbledon, made over the last couple of years by him and Rosianna with longtime nerdfighter Jonathan Vogler, who helped make The Last Dance, premiered on YouTube last week (April 2025). — The Unimportant Things (00:01:56)
2025-05-09 · video description · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — OK, I MESSED UP. (00:00:00)
2025-05-13 · John · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Good.Store's Awesome Socks Club and Sun Basin Soap together have raised $10 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence project. — I Have the BEST News (00:00:58)
2025-05-20 · video description · John's Channel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Double (00:00:00)
2025-05-23 · Hank · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says a secret Crash Course coin goes only to people who helped make a Crash Course, and he won't show it. — I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. (00:00:58)
2025-05-23 · Hank · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says viewers for whom a coin is not right can support Crash Course on Patreon. — I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. (00:05:00)
2025-05-27 · video description · Dons Trust (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Longest (and best) Day (00:00:00)
2025-05-27 · John · Uncrustables (products, outside the channel, playful) — John's key to a great race day: put Uncrustables in your backpack frozen; they thaw by lunch. — The Longest (and best) Day (00:00:00)
2025-05-30 · Hank · Crash Course (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says this is the last chance to get a Crash Course coin and asks viewers who have $100 to spare and think Crash Course could do good with it to go to CrashCourseCoin.com. — My Rare 'Disorder' (00:00:29)
2025-05-30 · Hank · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says this is the last chance to get a Crash Course coin and asks viewers who have $100 to spare and think Crash Course could do good with it to go to CrashCourseCoin.com. — My Rare 'Disorder' (00:00:29)
2025-06-10 · John · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — John says he has seen TB Fighters win bipartisan support for anti-tuberculosis efforts. — 90,000,000 Lives for $20 (00:03:24)
2025-06-27 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information (00:00:00)
2025-06-27 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The Awesome Socks Club warehouse has too many socks, since they always buy extra; they give extras to charity, over 50,000 pairs so far. — You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information (00:13:44)
2025-07-01 · video description · Steve Grove (other people & groups, outside the channel) — What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means (00:00:00)
2025-07-01 · video description · How I Found Myself in the Midwest (books & writing, outside the channel) — What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means (00:00:00)
2025-07-01 · John · Maureen Johnson (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John found Paul Beatty's Tuff and Maureen Johnson's early books not as bestsellers but through recommendations from librarians and booksellers. — What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means (00:04:22)
2025-07-01 · John · Paul Beatty (books & writing, outside the channel) — John found Paul Beatty's Tuff and Maureen Johnson's early books not as bestsellers but through recommendations from librarians and booksellers. — What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means (00:04:22)
2025-07-01 · John · Tuff (books & writing, outside the channel) — John found Paul Beatty's Tuff and Maureen Johnson's early books not as bestsellers but through recommendations from librarians and booksellers. — What #1 New York Times Bestseller Actually Means (00:04:22)
2025-07-04 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — This Graph Changed My Life (00:00:00)
2025-07-15 · John · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — The description asks viewers to get the shirt Hank is wearing, on sale only for the next week. — LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think (00:00:00)
2025-07-22 · John · Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (books & writing, outside the channel) — John calls a sentence from Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek one of his all-time favourites, admiring the necessary 'really', the word 'intricate' and the comma placement. — At Least There Are Trees (00:02:11)
2025-07-22 · John · At Least There Are Trees shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John says the video was inspired by a Bluesky thread, after which DFTBA made an At Least There Are Trees t-shirt, sold only for the next two weeks at DFTBA.com. — At Least There Are Trees (00:05:01)
2025-07-22 · John · The Nature Conservancy (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says all his proceeds from the shirt will go to the Nature Conservancy in honor of his dad. — At Least There Are Trees (00:05:10)
2025-07-25 · Hank · The Nature Conservancy (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says John's At Least There Are Trees shirt is still available, probably for the last reminder, with all proceeds to the Nature Conservancy to honor their dad, who is still at it. — The Molecule that Changed Everything (00:07:30)
2025-07-25 · Hank · At Least There Are Trees shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says John's At Least There Are Trees shirt is still available, probably for the last reminder, with all proceeds to the Nature Conservancy to honor their dad, who is still at it. — The Molecule that Changed Everything (00:07:30)
2025-08-01 · Hank · DKMS (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says joining DKMS takes an easy cheek swab, and over several years about 2% of those who send one are emailed that they are a bone marrow match who could save a life. — We Stole a Man's Blood (00:00:00)
2025-08-05 · John · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says viewers who like this will love Dear Hank and John, which is basically this conversation plus listener questions. — ONE TAKE JOHNNY (00:15:36)
2025-08-12 · video description · Awesome Undies Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — On Balance (00:00:00)
2025-08-15 · video description · American Association of University Professors (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What Trump is Doing to Universities (00:00:00)
2025-08-15 · video description · American Civil Liberties Union (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What Trump is Doing to Universities (00:00:00)
2025-08-15 · video description · Stand Up for Science (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What Trump is Doing to Universities (00:00:00)
2025-08-29 · Hank · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the brothers recently met in an episode of Dear Hank and John, which he calls a banger and recommends checking out. — Does Anyone Else Have This? (00:00:00)
2025-09-09 · John · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he needs no chill vibes in 2025: in the morning he needs a rocket ship, coffee, specifically Keats & Co.'s Octavia Blend, available at good.store. — Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better (00:02:26)
2025-09-09 · John · Keats & Co. (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says he needs no chill vibes in 2025: in the morning he needs a rocket ship, coffee, specifically Keats & Co.'s Octavia Blend, available at good.store. — Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better (00:02:26)
2025-09-09 · John · Octavia Blend (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John says he needs no chill vibes in 2025: in the morning he needs a rocket ship, coffee, specifically Keats & Co.'s Octavia Blend, available at good.store. — Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better (00:02:26)
2025-09-09 · John · Paradoxica (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John says he has drunk his coffee black for about the last 10 years but is starting on decaf, enjoying the occasional cup of Paradoxica, their decaf. — Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better (00:03:24)
2025-09-19 · video description · Quadragocon shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment (00:00:00)
2025-09-23 · video description · Quadragocon shirt (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Why Can't I Take My Meds? (00:00:00)
2025-09-26 · video description · Hank's Tea Experience (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — I've Not Been Doing Well (00:00:00)
2025-09-29 · John · Leaning Tower of Pisa game (games, own work (self-plug)) — John presents the Leaning Tower of Pisa game, similar to Jenga except with rules, such as pulling another piece for a tuberculosis factor. — PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! (00:02:32)
2025-09-29 · John · Pizzamas one-shot (games, own work (self-plug)) — John shows a Pizzamas D&D Dungeon Master screen that goes with the Pizzamas RPG, a digital download this year (2025). — PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! (00:03:18)
2025-09-29 · John · Pizza John Forever Coloring Book (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — John shows a subtler item, a Pizza John cutting board made in Montana, plus a Pizzamas fidget and the Pizza John Forever Coloring Book. — PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! (00:04:01)
2025-09-29 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — John says they donate 100% of their Pizzamas proceeds to Partners In Health. — PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! (00:04:31)
2025-09-30 · Hank · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says that if viewers download the Pizzamas app, he will send them a pizza-related dad joke every day during Pizzamas. — WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING (00:08:08)
2025-10-01 · John · Pizzamas pin subscription (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John plugs the 2025 Pizzamas pin subscription: monthly bookplates featuring John and his mustache as a different literary character each month, beginning with Frankenstein. — Real Reasons for Hope (00:02:26)
2025-10-03 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Pizzamas rolls on, with only one week left to get Pizzamas stuff at pizzamas.com. — Is It Time to Retire? (00:00:00)
2025-10-06 · Hank · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank notes it is the second and final week of Pizzamas. — The Web is Going to Die (00:04:52)
2025-10-06 · Hank · Pizzamas app (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the old dad jokes can be read inside the Pizzamas app, which viewers can still download. — The Web is Going to Die (00:04:52)
2025-10-07 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John jokes that he doesn't deserve to have people buy a Pizzamas keychain featuring his mustachioed face as a cat, available only for the next few days. — Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege (00:05:16)
2025-10-08 · Hank · Pizzamas D&D one-shot (this video) (games, own work (self-plug)) — Hank calls the D&D one-shot probably their coolest item and reads its creator's Bluesky post: DFTBA asked for another D&D game, full of nerdfighter jokes but enjoyable without being a superfan. — Being Alive (00:04:16)
2025-10-10 · Hank · The Book of Good Times (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says they wrote a mystical prompt journal together whose explicit goal is to get people out of the phone and into their own minds and communities; many have sent nice notes, and it is available via the description. — Maybe This is My Problem (00:03:29)
2025-10-10 · Hank · Pizzamas D&D one-shot (this video) (games, own work (self-plug)) — Hank suggests one radical act of taking back attention might be getting Kathleen DeVere's Pizzamas one-shot and gathering people for collaborative storytelling, a resistance against the attention of oligarchs. — Maybe This is My Problem (00:05:45)
2025-10-17 · Hank · Endlings (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces Complexly's new show Endlings on the Bizarre Beasts channel, a series about the last surviving members of species meant to teach ecology, biology and humans' relationship with the world. — We Never Know What Anything Means (00:00:31)
2025-10-21 · John · Ann Swinfen (other people & groups, outside the channel) — John says one of his favorite writers, Ann Swinfen, self-published her books. — Is Book Publishing Dying? An Author's Perspective (00:01:30)
2025-10-21 · John · Bookshop.org (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says there are more independent bookstores in the US now than when Looking for Alaska came out in 2005, and more ways to support them online, such as Bookshop.org. — Is Book Publishing Dying? An Author's Perspective (00:01:59)
2025-10-21 · John · Beloved (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says for about $7 you can get Toni Morrison's Beloved and have your life rocked; its lines, characters, plot and symbols stay with you for decades. — Is Book Publishing Dying? An Author's Perspective (00:04:21)
2025-10-24 · Hank · Project for Awesome (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank reminds viewers that Nerdfighter art for the Project for Awesome is still open, with the link in the description. — What Will Books Become? (00:05:47)
2025-10-24 · Hank · Focus Friend (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces Focus Friends now has a count-up timer and a second room, and a third room is in the works. — What Will Books Become? (00:05:47)
2025-10-31 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — We Did It… (00:00:00)
2025-11-04 · video description · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — The Real Question (00:00:00)
2025-11-07 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… (00:00:00)
2025-11-07 · video description · Moon Walkers (art & other works, outside the channel) — Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… (00:00:00)
2025-11-11 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Asked how best to support Partners In Health, John says by far the best way is a monthly or one-time donation at pih.org, or pih.org/hankandjohn for the MCOE specifically. — John's Annual Psychophysical Decline (00:02:35)
2025-11-11 · John · Coral Reef Alliance (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says Good Store, another way to support Partners In Health and the Coral Reef Alliance, raised about $10 million over the last five years to fight maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — John's Annual Psychophysical Decline (00:03:04)
2025-11-11 · John · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Good Store, another way to support Partners In Health and the Coral Reef Alliance, raised about $10 million over the last five years to fight maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — John's Annual Psychophysical Decline (00:03:04)
2025-11-11 · John · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John presents Good Store's holiday bundles in three categories: socks and Sun Basin soap, candles and bath bombs fund the MCOE; coffee and tea fight TB; EcoGeek products fund the Coral Reef Alliance. — John's Annual Psychophysical Decline (00:03:34)
2025-11-11 · John · EcoGeek (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says EcoGeek sells dish soap, laundry sheets and a new dishwasher powder designed in part by Alec from Technology Connections. — John's Annual Psychophysical Decline (00:04:03)
2025-11-24 · John · Keats & Co. (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John presents Keats & Co., a coffee and tea company supporting comprehensive TB care in Lesotho: peppermint and Blooming Wild Black teas, Octavia and Calypso coffees, Paradoxica decaf, teacups and a tea strainer. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:02:03)
2025-11-24 · John · Octavia Blend (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John presents Keats & Co., a coffee and tea company supporting comprehensive TB care in Lesotho: peppermint and Blooming Wild Black teas, Octavia and Calypso coffees, Paradoxica decaf, teacups and a tea strainer. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:02:03)
2025-11-24 · John · Paradoxica (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John presents Keats & Co., a coffee and tea company supporting comprehensive TB care in Lesotho: peppermint and Blooming Wild Black teas, Octavia and Calypso coffees, Paradoxica decaf, teacups and a tea strainer. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:02:03)
2025-11-24 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces compression socks made from two of his Cancer Socks designs with Vim & Vigr, a compression-legwear company run by a Missoula friend; he wore them after hurting his ankle, and they launched today. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:05:34)
2025-11-24 · Hank · EcoGeek (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank brought Good Store products to a $25-limit white elephant; it felt a little sneaky, but the EcoGeek items did great and everybody wanted them. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:14:54)
2025-11-24 · Hank · MeUndies (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says the brothers don't work that hard but the Good Store team works incredibly hard, as do the testers who help develop and refine products. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:22:22)
2025-11-24 · Hank · Awesome Undies Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the brothers don't work that hard but the Good Store team works incredibly hard, as do the testers who help develop and refine products. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:22:22)
2025-11-24 · Hank · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the brothers don't work that hard but the Good Store team works incredibly hard, as do the testers who help develop and refine products. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:22:22)
2025-11-24 · John · John's Channel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John invites viewers to his livestreams on John's Channel, where he will keep talking about Good Store, play FIFA, answer questions and hang out with Stan. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John (00:43:13)
2025-11-28 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) (00:00:00)
2025-11-28 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank points to a video on Hank's channel where he rants about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) (00:01:21)
2025-11-28 · Hank · Hank's Cancer Socks (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — As this year's (2025) cancer product, the compression socks' money helps people who would not normally have access to cancer care get it. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) (00:02:23)
2025-12-12 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank recalls his idea: donate any money the white-noise video made, from its first ad or YouTube Premium watch time, to Partners In Health, which he knows does a lot of good work. — The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video (00:00:29)
2025-12-12 · Hank · DFTBA Records (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says orders placed now from Good Store or DFTBA.com will probably, though not guaranteed, arrive by Christmas or the end of Hanukkah. — The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video (00:04:54)
2025-12-12 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says orders placed now from Good Store or DFTBA.com will probably, though not guaranteed, arrive by Christmas or the end of Hanukkah. — The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video (00:04:54)
2025-12-12 · Hank · Hank Green's stand-up comedy special on Dropout (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank thanks Dropout for agreeing to his contract term letting him release his special on YouTube after a year of Dropout exclusivity. — The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video (00:05:23)
2025-12-16 · John · Zonderia (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John congratulates Hank on launching Zonderia, his ridiculous and beautiful channel that uses white noise to make money for charity, and says he uses it to sleep and focus. — John Green's Brother (00:02:26)
2025-12-16 · John · Nine Hours of the Low Hum of an Industrial Air Handler (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — John recommends Nine Hours of the Low Hum of an Industrial Air Handler: unlike YouTube clickbait it delivers exactly what its title promises, and it is another Hank project that improves his life. — John Green's Brother (00:02:55)

2026 (84)

John: 28 · Hank: 30 · descriptions: 26

2026-01-09 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says that is why years ago the brothers began working with Partners In Health and Save the Children during the Project for Awesome: they reject the idea that some lives are worth more. — There is Only One Source of Value (00:03:53)
2026-01-09 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says that is why years ago the brothers began working with Partners In Health and Save the Children during the Project for Awesome: they reject the idea that some lives are worth more. — There is Only One Source of Value (00:03:53)
2026-01-13 · John · Project for Awesome (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John tells viewers they can nominate a charity to receive P4A funds by making a video before February 8th; the description asks them to make one. — why we make art (00:00:58)
2026-01-16 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says half the money goes to charities advocated for and voted on by the community, the other half split between Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) (00:00:29)
2026-01-16 · Hank · Save the Children (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank says half the money goes to charities advocated for and voted on by the community, the other half split between Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) (00:00:29)
2026-01-20 · John · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says this is partly how his mind works and partly the result of things that happened around 2014, which he and Hank discuss in this week's (week of 19 January 2026) Dear Hank and John. — Am I ... Good? (00:00:58)
2026-01-30 · Hank · Ask Hank Anything (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the new Ask Hank Anything, an hour of him answering Brennan Lee Mulligan's questions, just came out and viewers probably want to watch it. — Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) (00:01:56)
2026-01-30 · Hank · Crash Course Scientific Thinking (film & tv, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says he hosts the new Crash Course Scientific Thinking, about how science works, how we created it and what it is; two episodes are out. — Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) (00:05:21)
2026-02-10 · John · Lost City Radio (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says Daniel became a very successful writer: he wrote Lost City Radio, one of John's favourite novels, co-founded the Spanish-language podcast Radio Ambulante and won a MacArthur Genius Grant. — I Was a Teenage Dirtbag (00:01:38)
2026-02-10 · John · The Good Whale (online video & web, outside the channel) — John calls Daniel's recent podcast with Serial, The Good Whale, about the whale from Free Willy, flat-out brilliant. — I Was a Teenage Dirtbag (00:01:50)
2026-02-13 · Hank · DadCast (online video & web, own work (self-plug)) — Hank offers the DadCast, his podcast with Travis McElroy about being dads, as a Project for Awesome perk on its own or in the digital download bundle. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (00:41:49)
2026-02-13 · Hank · hankschannel (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank lists P4A perks including an exclusive Hank's channel video and an exclusive episode of The Anthropocene Reviewed, John's podcast that has not had an episode in years. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (01:02:29)
2026-02-13 · Hank · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank lists P4A perks including an exclusive Hank's channel video and an exclusive episode of The Anthropocene Reviewed, John's podcast that has not had an episode in years. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (01:02:29)
2026-02-13 · Hank · Zombicorns (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the digital download bundle includes an audiobook of Zombicorns narrated by Stan Muller. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (01:08:32)
2026-02-13 · Hank · Hanklerfish (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says his woodblock Hanklerfish perks are still available: 19 of 65 left of part one, eight-by-eight woodblocks he painted, fair market value $25. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (01:53:39)
2026-02-13 · Hank · Pizzamas one-shot (games, own work (self-plug)) — Hank offers a perk game of the Pizzamas one-shot sequel with its game master Kathleen: four to five hours over video call, or in person in Victoria, British Columbia; fair market value $750. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (01:55:48)
2026-02-13 · John · The Fight of Our Lives (books & writing, friends & collaborators) — John recommends The Fight of Our Lives (as heard) by his friend and co-author David Levithan, a brilliant, comprehensive history of HIV and HIV activism in 1980s and early-1990s America. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (01:36:23)
2026-02-13 · John · Heated Rivalry (books & writing, outside the channel) — John thought Heated Rivalry was great, and wonders whether he may say he liked the book better. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (02:27:22)
2026-02-13 · John · Byron Kim (art & other works, outside the channel) — John shows paintings by the Korean-American artist Byron Kim, who paints the sky every Sunday and writes a diary entry on it; John loves them and calls Kim brilliant. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (07:05:13)
2026-02-13 · John · Agnes Martin (other people & groups, outside the channel) — Asked for his current favorite artwork, John says he is a big fan of Agnes Martin, an artist who painted with her back to the world. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (07:22:25)
2026-02-13 · John · Dandelion (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says he thought Danielle Bainbridge's memoir Dandelion an incredible, vulnerable book; he blurbed it, and he does not blurb things lightly. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (07:30:54)
2026-02-13 · John · Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (books & writing, outside the channel) — John recommends Sabrina Strings' Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia, which Sarah gave him: it was fascinating and taught him much he had no idea about. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (07:47:19)
2026-02-14 · John · We're Here newsletter (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says the 2026 Project for Awesome has raised over $2.1 million with some 24 hours and 30 minutes left. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! (01:39:12)
2026-02-14 · John · Technology Connections (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — John says Technology Connections' videos about dishwashers changed his life: he now loads his dishwasher differently. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! (01:59:56)
2026-02-14 · John · Like Letters (online video & web, outside the channel) — John plugs Like Letters, the podcast he makes every year with Sarah, reading the letters they wrote each other before they started dating. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! (02:04:12)
2026-02-14 · John · The Art Assignment (projects & channels, friends & collaborators) — John says he found out about Alexei Leonov's art through an Art Assignment video called Art in Space, and that The Art Assignment remains maybe his all-time favorite YouTube channel. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! (06:48:20)
2026-02-14 · John · Byron Kim (art & other works, outside the channel) — John shows Byron Kim's Sunday paintings: every Sunday the artist paints the sky wherever he is and writes a diary entry on the painting. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (00:29:01)
2026-02-14 · Hank · Ordinary Monsters (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank is enjoying J.M. Miro's creepy series with Ordinary Monsters, set in industrial London, which he likens to X-Men but horror. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (05:36:41)
2026-02-14 · Hank · James (novel) (books & writing, outside the channel) — Hank recently finished Percival Everett's James, which he calls really good. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (05:47:00)
2026-02-15 · John · Hank's book about cancer and cancer biology (untitled here) (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Offering two chapters of Hank's new book about cancer as a $10 perk, John says the book, which he has read, is brilliant, an exploration of the disease's biology that is also immensely personal. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! (02:46:32)
2026-02-20 · video description · Maternal Center of Excellence (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — What We Actually Did. (00:00:00)
2026-02-24 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Risk Is a Privilege (00:00:00)
2026-03-06 · Hank · Awesome Socks Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks and Awesome Undies Club is open, with the first pair of socks or underwear 50% off with code SHAREAPAIR. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe (00:06:18)
2026-03-06 · Hank · Awesome Undies Club (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks and Awesome Undies Club is open, with the first pair of socks or underwear 50% off with code SHAREAPAIR. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe (00:06:18)
2026-03-06 · Hank · Awesome Undies (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Awesome Socks and Awesome Undies Club is open, with the first pair of socks or underwear 50% off with code SHAREAPAIR. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe (00:06:18)
2026-03-06 · Hank · MolaCult (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank tells procrastinators that they have perhaps four hours left after upload to join the MolaCult before it is taken down. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe (00:06:45)
2026-03-17 · John · Keats & Co. (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Keats & Co. delivers coffee and tea to your home and donates 100% of the profit to fight tuberculosis in impoverished communities. — Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles (00:04:44)
2026-03-17 · John · Ode on a Grecian Urn (books & writing, outside the channel) — For World TB Day Keats & Co. has an unusual giveaway: subscribers before World TB Day receive John reading Ode on a Grecian Urn and explaining why it is important and poignant. — Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles (00:05:13)
2026-03-24 · video description · TBFighters (projects & channels, nerdfighter community) — How Panda Express Is Tuberculosis (00:00:00)
2026-03-31 · video description · Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (books & writing, outside the channel) — I've Been Keeping a Secret… (00:00:00)
2026-04-03 · video description · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — I Had a Hallucination This Week (00:00:00)
2026-04-07 · John · You've Been Pooping All Wrong (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says the book You've Been Pooping All Wrong permanently changed his life and stresses that this is not an ad. — I've Been Pooping All Wrong (00:00:00)
2026-04-14 · John · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John says Good Store, Hank's idea for a store giving 100% of profit to charity, has donated over $11.5 million, supporting everything from ambulance services to the NICU. — Babies. Babies. Babies. (00:03:53)
2026-04-17 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank reminds viewers that the window to order a Mother's Day present online is getting short, with deals for any mom at Good Store. — Something Awaits For Me in the Divine for Resisting (00:03:27)
2026-04-24 · video description · Nilay Patel (other people & groups, outside the channel) — The AI Question that No AI Person Asks (00:00:00)
2026-04-28 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — What I Can't Show You (00:00:00)
2026-05-05 · video description · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Noted Brother Hank Green (00:00:00)
2026-05-05 · John · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — In Sierra Leone last week (week of 27 April 2026) John kept thinking of Hank and the thousands who donate monthly at pih.org/hankandjohn, most of whom have never been there. — Noted Brother Hank Green (00:02:14)
2026-05-05 · John · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — For Hank's birthday John offers the year's best deal on Sun Basin Soap, all profit going to the Maternal Center of Excellence, with deals linked in the description. — Noted Brother Hank Green (00:04:02)
2026-05-12 · video description · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti (00:00:00)
2026-05-12 · video description · Dear Hank and John (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti (00:00:00)
2026-05-22 · Hank · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank asks viewers to ask themselves whether they can afford a Crash Course coin, by far Crash Course's most important source of funding. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit (00:05:22)
2026-05-22 · Hank · Patreon (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hank says viewers who prefer monthly giving can use the always-open Patreon, long a huge part of how Crash Course is supported. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit (00:06:04)
2026-05-26 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Hank Green Is a Fool (00:00:00)
2026-05-26 · John · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — John says that although he doesn't work at Complexly, he got a Crash Course coin this year (2026). — Hank Green Is a Fool (00:06:00)
2026-05-29 · Hank · Crash Course coin (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank says now is the last chance to get a 2026 Crash Course coin, helping people make educational video; the sale ends sometime this weekend, before the next Vlogbrothers video. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute (00:06:04)
2026-06-05 · Hank · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says that by titling the podcast Humans he is partly saying it is about humans no longer being the only thinking entity on the planet. — The Things We Don't Discuss (00:10:32)
2026-06-09 · John · The Away End (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John invites viewers who think they know the winner to enter his podcast The Away End's bracket challenge at awayendbracket.com, with a prize for the winner. — Your 1-Sentence Guide to EVERY TEAM in the 2026 World Cup (00:08:16)
2026-06-19 · video description · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower (00:00:00)
2026-07-07 · video description · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — On the Death of the Author (00:00:00)
2026-07-10 · video description · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — How Status Destroys Us (00:00:00)
2026-07-28 · video description · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — 'Are You John Green?' (00:00:00)
2026-08-03 · video description · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss (00:00:00)
2026-08-25 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — The Great Thing about Infectious Disease (00:00:00)
2026-08-26 · Hank · Dolly Parton's America (online video & web, outside the channel) — Hank recommends Jad's series Dolly Parton's America, for which Jad sat down with Dolly Parton a lot; it is available in all podcast places. — Jad Abumrad on Dolly Parton: 'The Unicorn of Unicorns' (00:00:00)
2026-08-28 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Why the Deadliest Virus Was the Easiest to Kill (00:00:00)
2026-09-01 · John · Rachel Syme (books & writing, outside the channel) — John praises New Yorker writer Rachel Syme, whose writing about smell lets readers actually smell it, which he calls borderline magic that almost no one else can do. — You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried (00:01:45)
2026-09-04 · Hank · Good Store (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank announces a mid-roll in a Vlogbrothers video: it is brought to you by Good.Store, a store whose profit all goes to charity. — This is a Terrible Idea… (00:02:26)
2026-09-04 · Hank · Sun Basin Soap (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says Sun Basin Soap works with a Montana company making soaps from a secret recipe with all-natural ingredients and no plastic packaging, aged like cheese or wine before shipping. — This is a Terrible Idea… (00:02:55)
2026-09-08 · video description · Our World in Data (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die (00:00:00)
2026-09-08 · video description · Hollywood, Ending (books & writing, own work (self-plug)) — The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die (00:00:00)
2026-09-22 · John · Discord (organizations & sites, outside the channel) — Hollywood, Ending has stayed mostly under wraps until today, so tens of thousands can read it together, alone or in community at the Discord linked in the doobly-doo. — I Want You to Know Nothing About This (00:03:43)
2026-10-01 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Are We Still YouTubers? (00:00:00)
2026-10-02 · video description · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world (00:00:00)
2026-10-02 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world (00:00:00)
2026-10-06 · video description · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — Make Your Art. (00:00:00)
2026-10-07 · Hank · The ETYFish Project (art & other works, outside the channel) — Hank recommends the Etyfish Project, Christopher Scharpf's fish-name etymology database with more than 40,000 etymologies and a weekly name-of-the-week blog running since 2013. — The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species (00:07:35)
2026-10-08 · John · Pizzamas (projects & channels, own work (self-plug)) — John shows his Pizzamas hoodie, which made it into the meager supplies of the carry-on suitcase he has lived out of for almost a month: it has "pizza" on the aglets and Pizza Johns inside the hood; he praises DFTBA for committing to the weirdest bit. — The Test of a First Rate Intelligence (00:00:59)
2026-10-09 · video description · Pizza John Hot Sauce (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — The Productivity Lie (00:00:00)
2026-10-09 · video description · Pizzamas one-shot (games, own work (self-plug)) — The Productivity Lie (00:00:00)
2026-10-09 · Hank · Focus Friend (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says that drive even led him to create a whole app that is basically a Pomodoro timer with a bean living in your phone. — The Productivity Lie (00:03:27)
2026-10-09 · Hank · Partners In Health (organizations & sites, friends & collaborators) — Beyond easing stress, Hank doesn't need to receive the money himself, so raising money for Partners In Health is also very rewarding. — The Productivity Lie (00:08:48)
2026-10-13 · John · Berryman (books & writing, outside the channel) — John says his favorite poem right now is Berryman by W.S. Merwin, which ends with the advice that a writer can never be sure the work is any good and dies without knowing: if you have to be sure, do not write; better to be unsure than to not write. — My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body (00:05:19)
2026-10-30 · Hank · Focus Friend (art & other works, own work (self-plug)) — Hank says the Focus Friend sale ends tomorrow or the day after (31 October or 1 November 2026). — The Last Normal Year (00:08:07)

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