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Ask Hank Anything

project · in 7 videos (2025–2026)

Hank's monthly show on Complexly's channel, announced in 2025, in which guests ask him questions he answers as best he can and talk about why they asked.

Part of: Complexly

Videos by year: 2025: 4 · 2026: 3

Threads

Also named in the threads: Complexly: the brothers' production company, renamed from EcoGeek (2016) · Hank asks viewers to donate to Complexly's Learnathon (2024) · John and Hank: make a reunion video together when John visits Hank in Los Angeles (2025)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Bizarre Beasts (2) · Los Angeles (4) · Complexly (3) · SciShow (2) · YouTube (4) · Crash Course (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2025

  • 2025-01-10 · SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! — Hank, in Los Angeles, says he recorded this video long in advance because he is busy making a new show he can't yet talk about. — 00:00:00
    • In the new show, people come and ask Hank their questions, he answers as best he can, and they talk about why they want to ask them. — 00:01:06
    • Hank announces the show is called Ask Hank Anything, with episodes coming out once a month on youtube.com/complexly. — 00:02:16
    • Hank got the guests' questions early and picked the ones he most wanted to answer, from whether weed is bad for you to what if people laid eggs. — 00:02:30
    • Making the show let Hank dive into topics, learn weird things, talk to experts, and even bring in a man with homing pigeons to talk with him and Michelle. — 00:02:44
    • Hank says you can learn a huge amount about people from the questions they ask; the show turns an interview show backwards on its guests. — 00:03:31
  • 2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — ask: Hank: On the last day of the Complexly Learnathon, Hank shows hand-drawn logo shirts and asks viewers to support Complexly: $60 gets a Pelican pin, SciShow dice set, Endlings bandana or shirt, gone after today. — 00:04:45
  • 2025-12-02 · The Meaning of Life with Hank and John — announcement: John says he is joined by his brother Hank, in person on the set of Ask Hank Anything. — 00:00:00
    • Hank: Asked when Ask Hank Anything season two comes out, the answer is January (2026); the first episode's guest is not named, but the name may start with a B. — 00:00:29
    • Hank: Asked on Ask Hank Anything who the most interesting person he has met is, Hank decided interesting means easy to pay attention to; the person he has paid most attention to is his wife, who grows more interesting the more he does. (hedged) — 00:02:42
  • 2025-12-05 · Why Don't Rockets Melt Themselves — Hank thanks John for coming to Los Angeles to shoot Ask Hank Anything with him; after a crazy trip he is heading home. — 00:06:18

2026

Also named in: We Just Sold Our Company for $0