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231 statements about Complexly in 84 videos, by upload date.

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2016

2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank explains their content company has been called EcoGeek after the blog he started in 2005, the reason for his first company, an LLC; the name no longer really applies. — 00:02:47
2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — announcement: Hank announces that this week (week of 3 October 2016), after years of failing to settle on a name, the company that produces their content is renamed Complexly. — 00:03:10
2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank gives the name's reasons: the world is not simple, we will never fully understand the universe, each other or ourselves, the process matters as much as the outcome, and they want to help others imagine complexly. — 00:03:18

2017

2017-06-13 · Cheyenne, Wyoming — announcement: John says a Nerdfighter gathering at VidCon in Anaheim in a couple of weeks, Thursday at 9:30 am, is where he and Hank will announce exciting new Complexly projects. — 00:03:11
2017-11-08 · Follow Hank All Day — Hank: At the monthly all-staff meeting the VidCon, DFTBA and Complexly staffs update each other on the big picture at each company. — 00:03:00

2018

2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — recommendation: 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. — 00:09:40
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — ask: The description points viewers who want to learn their state's voting laws to Complexly's How to Vote in Every State. — video description
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — announcement: Hank announces Truth or Fail Trivia, played only at a physical place: it exists and is available now in various forms. — 00:00:58
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — announcement: Hank: Complexly, the production company behind SciShow and Crash Course, puts the questions together. — 00:01:27
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — announcement: Hank: Sales are open now at truthorfail.com at a low introductory price, and the trivia starts going out in early 2019. — 00:03:24

2019

2019-01-15 · On Burning Resentment — ask: John and Rosianna are hiring someone in Indianapolis to help make their things; uncommonly organized people good at calling strangers should check the link. — 00:02:55
2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank clarifies that DFTBA is a separate company from Complexly: DFTBA's profit from services to creators goes to Partners In Health, while money Vlogbrothers makes selling merch still goes to Complexly and creators keep earning as normal. — video description
2019-06-28 · My New Obsession — announcement: Hank: The channel features original music by Andrew Huang and design and editing by Complexly staff. — 00:02:29
2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — Hank: In a comment reply Hank says he draws a salary as CEO of Complexly and DFTBA but mostly already made his money: he sold VidCon a couple of years ago. — creator comment
2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says Complexly is two-thirds through a pilot season: three shows with three episodes each. — 00:02:40
2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — Hank says Complexly staff are doing these projects on top of their normal work, thinks it's really cool, and thanks them. — 00:03:04
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says he is used to looking up to Hank as a philanthropist, a YouTuber and his boss at Complexly, and now gets to look up to him as a novelist too. — 00:03:09
2019-12-13 · Is This the Cutest Animal Noise? — ask: Hank says Animal Wonders has a YouTube channel, Animal Wonders Montana, which Complexly helps produce; it is wonderful and educational, so subscribe. — 00:01:54
2019-12-13 · Is This the Cutest Animal Noise? — Hank praises Animal Wonders' work, people and videos, admitting he is biased because his company produces them. (playful) — 00:03:29

2020

2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — Hank: A job candidate for a fairly high-level role once offered to get Complexly to acquisition in a couple of years; Hank refused: he wants to be running the company when he dies. — 00:00:21
2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — recommendation: 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. — 00:00:00
2020-07-31 · Your Brain Gets Smart, but Your Head Gets Dumb — Hank says Complexly thinks about this every day: its goal is free educational materials that make teaching cheaper and easier, plus bigger ideas like its partnership with Arizona State University. — 00:03:12
2020-08-28 · Break the Mold — Hank says it is also true that following trends is part of his work: it feeds some of the best parts of his novels, and Complexly, SciShow and Crash Course need to understand how people get information. — 00:00:14
2020-09-11 · If you don't go… — announcement: Hank says Complexly, with MediaWise, has created How to Vote in Every State: videos for every state and for situations like military overseas or territories, covering absentee voting, sample ballots and registration. — 00:01:27

2021

2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — ask: Hank: Larger donors who want to join the matching fund should email the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at Complexly before noon Eastern on February 10. — 00:01:57
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John: 2007 Hank wasn't a father, an author or the CEO of an educational media company; he was a goofy YouTuber who loved corndogs. — 00:02:26
2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — 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. — 00:02:40
2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Hank: Reason three: understanding internet creators, how creative people survive, why they make things and how they make a living, has been his life's work, through DFTBA, VidCon and Complexly. — 00:01:47
2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says if the idea of 2D glasses could become 2D glasses, then a conference could become VidCon, an educational video company Complexly, and John with a mustache a t-shirt. — 00:01:46
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank: Neither brother knows who has the Vlogbrothers play button; Hank thinks it is on the wall at Complexly in Missoula. (hedged) — 00:01:55

2022

2022-01-07 · For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day — Hank calls it an amazing, weird, fun run that would not have been possible without the community and the people at Complexly, VidCon and DFTBA. — 00:02:55
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — announcement: 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. — 00:00:58
2022-03-25 · US College Students Need Help — Hank says they understood none of this when starting Crash Course; over the last couple of years he, John and many at Complexly had a crash course in how US higher education works. — 00:01:56
2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) — Hank: After 15 years, thanks to viewers, parents, friends, Katherine and Sarah, and colleagues at Complexly and DFTBA, the brothers keep creating together, with the weight mostly healthy and the support strong. — 00:03:03
2022-05-31 · A Casting Announcement — John says almost everyone who recognises him on errands knows him as the Crash Course Guy, his favourite nickname, even more than 19, because he is proud of the people who make Crash Course. — 00:02:38
2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — Hank feels community pride in Crash Course because Complexly staff, the script writers, freelancers and Thought Cafe came together to make it. — 00:02:05
2022-08-05 · Let's Make Some Fish — Hank: To simplify his life, Hank shares footage of people from Complexly, DFTBA and friends making the Project for Awesome Hanklerfish art, available only during the Project for Awesome. — 00:02:40
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank says his company makes educational videos and gives them away, not a great business model but one that works; it keeps slowly growing and has around 50 employees. — 00:00:00
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank imagines Complexly as a project of Nerdfighteria, which is where it started. — 00:00:00
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Because most people aren't on Premium, it is around 3% of Complexly's revenue, while YouTube ads are around 28%. — 00:00:00
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — The description says YouTube revenue share is still a huge part of Complexly's business, though it used to be about 90% and has been shrinking. — video description
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — In a channel comment Hank says he gets a joint salary from DFTBA and Complexly, but most income is from books and speaking; his wealth comes from book sales and selling VidCon, and they now donate more than he makes. — creator comment
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Grants usually have strings attached, some extra stringy, but Complexly always makes clear funders can give input and ideas while Complexly decides what gets created. — 00:00:48
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Crowdfunding, unlike advertising or grants, comes with no strings, so it not only makes their work possible but better, because Complexly gets to make all the choices. — 00:01:46
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: At 14% of revenue Complexly sells its own ads through an internal sales team, like Policygenius on Dear Hank and John or CuriosityStream on SciShow: more of a pain, but higher rates and no split. — 00:01:46
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Complexly also licenses its free content to platforms, such as Crash Course on CuriosityStream; licensing was about 5% of revenue last year (2021). — 00:01:46
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Physical products, like the Microcosmos microscope, are last at 2% of revenue, and Complexly would like to do more. — 00:02:16
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — announcement: Hank: Complexly is selling five calendars for five shows: Eons and Bizarre Beasts art, James Weiss's Microcosmos microphotography, and SciShow and SciShow Space images, printed in the US with facts, shipping everywhere. — 00:02:16
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: Each Complexly show sustains itself with a different mix; some take a long time to break even, and some never do and are cancelled. — 00:02:45
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: It often feels like they don't know what they're doing because no one has done this before: companies like this didn't exist ten years ago when Complexly started. — 00:02:45
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — announcement: Hank proposes to come back next year (2023) and report whether the 2% from physical products changed because people bought calendars, available at complexlycalendars.com. — 00:03:14

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2023

2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John says Hank runs Complexly, an educational media company making Crash Course, SciShow, Eons, Journey to the Microcosmos and more. — 00:00:00
2023-01-27 · An Announcement 3 Years in the Making — Hank names his two most powerful tools: this community, which has supported many good things over the years, and the people who work at Complexly and what they have made. (hedged) — 00:00:10
2023-01-27 · An Announcement 3 Years in the Making — Hank thanks the dozens of people at Complexly, ASU and YouTube who worked on this for years, and says he is proud and excited. — 00:03:40
2023-01-31 · I'm Going Back to College? — John calls Hank's newly announced Study Hall, a Complexly, ASU and Google partnership linking educational YouTube videos to college credit, brilliant. — 00:02:35
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — announcement: John asks people to spare a thought for the employees of DFTBA and Complexly, who now have him, a store-brand Hank Green, as temporary CEO. (playful) — 00:02:55
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John now understands concretely that Hank does a lot of things very well, and says he will do some of them less well. (playful) — 00:03:07
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John says the world still needs Crash Course, SciShow and everything else Complexly makes. — 00:03:14
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John thanks the over 100 people who work for DFTBA and Complexly for stepping up and supporting each other. — 00:03:30
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John lists Hank's roles: CEO of Complexly and DFTBA.com, founder of the Awesome Socks and Coffee Clubs and Sun Basin Soap, host of Crash Course, SciShow, Journey to the Microcosmos, Vlogbrothers and an advice podcast. — 00:00:08
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John says that, as reluctant and temporary CEO for about 18 days, he can say with authority this would not be possible without viewers' support, and thanks them. — 00:03:57
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John says over 100 people work full-time with the brothers between Complexly and DFTBA.com, ranging from 20-somethings to grandparents. — 00:00:00
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John says he loves being the part-time, temporary, reluctant, marginally competent CEO of the two companies and genuinely doesn't resent the brief promotion. — 00:02:00
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — announcement: John says he will be very happy to hand the reins back to Hank. — 00:02:20
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John says other CEOs could eventually lead the companies better than he ever could, but he loves the job. — 00:02:29
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — recommendation: 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. — 00:02:45
2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — announcement: The description names Laura Joukovski as DFTBA's incoming CEO. — video description
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John says the summer sucked massively, but he has seen up close how much love matters: from colleagues at DFTBA and Complexly, Hank's spouse and kid, family and friends. — 00:04:18
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John says he was unexpectedly promoted to reluctant and temporary CEO of two companies with 115 employees in total. (playful) — 00:00:29
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — John recalls that when Hank got cancer, he became the reluctant and temporary CEO of DFTBA.com. — 00:00:00
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — The description says John is proud that DFTBA not only stayed afloat during his tenure but even grew its donations a little. — video description
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — John says he did not necessarily want to be CEO and attend a lot of meetings, but is aware he was not the protagonist of the story. (playful) — 00:00:45
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — announcement: John announces that in one week (5 September 2023) he will no longer be the CEO of DFTBA.com. — 00:01:57
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — announcement: John tells Hank he is not going to be the CEO of DFTBA.com, though both brothers will remain deeply involved at DFTBA. — 00:02:55
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — announcement: John: They were months into finding a leader when Hank got sick, and found her: LJ Joukovski, a brilliant, experienced leader passionate about DFTBA's mission. — 00:03:24
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — John declares he speed-ran being CEO and thanks Hank for trusting him with it. (playful) — 00:03:24
2023-10-06 · I Quit — announcement: Hank says he is not going back to his jobs as they were before he got sick; for over ten years he has been CEO of two companies, for a while of three. — 00:00:29
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank credits people who believe in the companies' missions and leadership from others, especially two best friends, Dave at DFTBA and Julie at Complexly, for how far the companies have come. — 00:01:31
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank recalls that during his cancer treatment John took over as CEO of DFTBA and Complexly before LJ started. — 00:04:54
2023-10-06 · I Quit — announcement: Hank says Julie, who has long run Complexly day to day, has been promoted to acting CEO, 'acting' in case Hank comes back. — 00:05:23
2023-10-06 · I Quit — announcement: Hank says he is not leaving Complexly; he may take special projects and smaller things, and stop being a bottleneck when sick or busy talking about worms on TikTok. (hedged) — 00:05:52
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says both companies thrived despite, and he hopes partly because of, his part-time leadership, largely thanks to the community, without which neither they nor VidCon could exist. — 00:06:51
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — Hank says it is a busy week: he was out of town a lot and Complexly is holding its senior staff summit, leaving him little time to make a video. — 00:00:00
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — The description says the company is called Complexly because imagining the world and each other complexly is better for the world and for individuals. — video description
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — Hank describes Complexly as the company that makes SciShow, Crash Course, Eons, Bizarre Beasts, Microcosmos, Study Hall and many other shows. — 00:00:20
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — Hank says the trouble is that viewers who start with Complexly's content still get these fake videos recommended, because their titles about aliens being real are exciting. — 00:01:20
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — ask: 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. — 00:02:45
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — Hank thanks everyone working on Complexly and says he is very proud of it and happy to be part of it. — 00:03:10
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — ask: 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. — 00:01:05
2023-11-24 · It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday — ask: Hank recommends Complexly's four calendars (James Webb Space Telescope, Microcosmos microphotography, Bizarre Beasts illustrations, Eons ancestors), 10% off with the code SAVETHEDATE. — 00:04:02
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank: Stressed by hard problems at the companies, Hank wondered about stopping, but people work for and with them and enjoy their products; that felt like it should be enough, yet he struggled to be excited. — 00:02:43
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank developed a secret goal while sitting on the domain and shared it with LJ while interviewing her for DFTBA CEO; she said yes. — 00:04:14
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank is proud of what the community and everyone who worked for VidCon, DFTBA, Complexly and their other projects have built. — 00:08:47

2024

2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — ask: The description (and John's pinned comment) points viewers to follow Complexly-sponsored Willis, aka Blue Scuti, on Twitch and YouTube. — video description
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — announcement: John introduces the story of how Complexly, the brothers' educational media company, came to sponsor a world-class athlete: a Tetris player in Oklahoma. — 00:00:03
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — John: Hank called John asking if he knew the kid who beat Tetris; John, a massive classic Tetris fan, had watched it live; Hank suggested Complexly sponsor him and John agreed. — 00:03:03
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — announcement: John: Complexly is now the lead sponsor of Willis's Twitch and YouTube livestreams, with Complexly's logo prominently featured. — 00:03:35
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — John jokingly brags that Complexly, maker of Crash Course, SciShow, Eons and more, is now the first online media company to sponsor a world-class Tetris player. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:43
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — John says Complexly's brands are strong but far fewer people know Complexly itself, so they want to raise awareness of who they are, not just what they make. — 00:04:22
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — John says Complexly is a production company that now employs over 70 people working on a huge variety of educational content. — 00:04:36
2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) — Hank: Outsiders may think Good Store, Crash Course or the iPhone are inevitable, but from inside, with Nerdfighteria supporting them and people at DFTBA and Complexly working on them, they exist through sheer force of will. — 00:04:42
2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John says over 70 people work full-time for Complexly and over 50 for DFTBA.com or Good Store. — 00:01:27
2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John says almost everything in those companies happens without him and Hank, but they still need them a lot. — 00:01:27
2024-08-02 · My Letter to the Future — announcement: 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. — 00:03:49
2024-08-02 · My Letter to the Future — Hank tells future viewers that if Complexly still makes things in 100 years, it is partly because people bought a mug today. (playful) — 00:03:49
2024-08-02 · My Letter to the Future — ask: Hank asks present-day viewers to go to complexly.store before the stock runs out and before they die of old age. (playful) — 00:04:18
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank says he cannot figure out a job description for himself at Complexly right now. — 00:23:05
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank says his company has more videos in the dataset than almost anyone: Marques Brownlee 9, MrBeast 19, Mark Rober 24, MinutePhysics 85, against Vlogbrothers 188, SciShow over 300, Crash Course 982. (hedged) — 00:02:26
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — ask: Hank, whose company owns much of the data, asks lawyers who think Complexly has a case to email Kelsey at Complexly. — 00:03:53
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank has personally uploaded over a thousand videos and his company over 9,000; they did not upload them thinking this was part of their license. — 00:09:32
2024-08-23 · Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? — Hank tells John he is proud and amazed at what they, Complexly's people and his YouTuber friends have done on YouTube, which feels more sustainable than similar platforms. — 00:28:58
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — Hank says almost anyone can make a YouTube video about anything, true or not; Complexly answers what a network that vets and fact-checks free content to help teachers and students would look like. — 00:00:00
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — The description says many comments on the last video credited Hank with over 9,000 videos; it insists Complexly, not Hank, made them. (playful) — video description
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — Hank says Complexly believes it is worth working harder for good information: its shows are researched, written, fact-checked, produced and promoted by the Complexly team. — 00:00:29
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — Hank says that over the last 12 years Complexly has made over 9,000 episodes of its shows, viewed or listened to over 5.5 billion times. — 00:00:29
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — Hank says Complexly's content is expensive to make and designed to be accurate and informative rather than inflammatory, which is not the fastest way to make money from videos. — 00:00:51
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — Hank says access to learning should not depend on location or money, which is why Complexly videos are free, and that good information can make the world better. — 00:00:51
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — announcement: Hank announces the Learnathon, a fundraiser over the next few weeks for Complexly's mission of accessible education, celebrating its staff with livestreams and behind-the-scenes videos. — 00:00:51
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — ask: Hank asks viewers to check the Learnathon schedule of events and donate what they can at the fundraiser page to keep Complexly going. — 00:00:51
2024-08-26 · Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon — Hank says Complexly believes good information is worth it, then promises donors an embarrassing little dance as soon as they send money. (playful) — 00:01:41
2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — Hank thanks Jaida for letting Complexly experiment on her and says Complexly tries to do new things and to invest in the next generation of science communicators. — 00:07:02
2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — Hank says Complexly takes the responsibility of making educational content very seriously; as his shirt says, good information is worth it. — 00:07:02
2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — ask: Hank tells viewers they can get his shirt by supporting Complexly during the Learnathon. — 00:07:02
2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — announcement: Hank says he is hosting a trivia night on the Learnathon's last day, open to those who donate $15; details at complexly.com/learn. — 00:07:50
2024-09-06 · I feel like I can't talk about this… — Hank suggested the Eons team, Complexly's prehistoric life show made with PBS, collaborate with David on a figurine, then left it as not his job; now it may become real. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:56
2024-09-06 · I feel like I can't talk about this… — ask: Hank: The Complexly Learnathon ends today; Complexly is not launching a streaming service, but viewers can pretend and give $60 for a year of Complexly. — 00:02:55
2024-09-06 · I feel like I can't talk about this… — Hank says everyone at Complexly works hard on razor-thin margins, which is stressful, but at the moment a good stressful. — 00:03:24
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — John says Hank did the tea taste testing and he did the coffee, with company-wide coffee taste tests at Complexly and DFTBA. — 00:40:10
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — Hank says understanding the landscape matters to helping run Complexly, growing Good Store and caring for Nerdfighteria, and he feels it falling through his fingers. — 00:03:20
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank had stepped down as CEO of DFTBA and Complexly; DFTBA was already hiring his replacement, and he decided not to return to his leadership role at Complexly. — 00:02:04
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: Complexly (SciShow, Crash Course and more) is the most impactful thing Hank has helped start; it could always use him, from promoting Study Hall and the Crash Course coin to SciShow thumbnails. — 00:07:34
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank believes in all of it: Good Store would do tremendous good even at its current size, Complexly, Study Hall lowering barriers to education, and SciShow's science communication. — 00:10:57
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank says publicly that he can't run everything: much at Complexly and DFTBA happens without him, by people he trusts, and he accepts their different decisions. — 00:12:51
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank stepped down as CEO for a reason: he prioritizes screwing around online, a new book or a stand-up special, and lacks the self-control not to. — 00:14:29
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — announcement: Hank: No longer CEO of Complexly or DFTBA, Hank has different jobs: strategic audience development, feedback on new projects, and SciShow's weekly Slack thread on thumbnails and titles. — 00:14:51
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank would feel weird if Complexly made him a lot of money, which it does not. — 00:17:19
2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — John feels obligated to the people who work at Complexly and Good Store and to the work in Sierra Leone and Lesotho, and thinks they feel obligated to him, which is good. — 00:04:23
2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — ask: Hank: It being Black Friday, Hank asks viewers to get the illustrated Complexly calendar at complexly.store to support Complexly's work. — 00:01:11
2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — Hank worries about the community, his health, the DFTBA, Good Store and Complexly teams, meeting obligations to Partners In Health, and how all this relies on their reputations. — 00:02:09
2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' — ask: The description says Complexly calendars are discounted 30% to sell them, full of art celebrating the last 25 years of human advancement, at complexly.store. — video description
2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' — ask: 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. — 00:05:30

2025

2025-01-10 · SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! — announcement: Hank announces the show is called Ask Hank Anything, with episodes coming out once a month on youtube.com/complexly. — 00:02:16
2025-01-10 · SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! — Hank says it took some convincing to get him to do the show and thanks everyone at Complexly who convinced him. — 00:03:02
2025-01-10 · SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! — ask: Hank says the show will be free on YouTube but not on this channel, and asks viewers to subscribe to youtube.com/complexly now. — 00:03:31
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank is a huge fan of what the teams at DFTBA, Good Store and Complexly do and feels lucky to be involved. — 00:03:59
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says those projects were incubated in Nerdfighteria and grew from its values; their energy to exist and continue comes from this small community that has done really big things. — 00:03:59
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says all Dear Hank and John ad money goes to Complexly rather than to the hosts, as would be normal for a podcast; ideally not forever, but Complexly needs it now. — 00:05:55
2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — ask: Hank invites people with significant business or personal wealth to email info at complexly.com, where they have ideas to share. — 00:05:05
2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech — Hank says he helped build an educational media company that provides free videos to everyone with an internet connection, whose content is used in most American schools. — 00:11:10
2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank: Asked by a press outlet for the biggest misconception about online video, Hank said everyone thinks it is a business but it is a craft; what he does as a YouTuber, not as a company head, is a craft. — 00:00:38
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank lists such things: VidCon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, Complexly, DFTBA.com selling merch for many creators, and Good.Store donating its profit to charity. — 00:03:24
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says that is why he and John quietly take no profit distributions from DFTBA or Complexly and give away all the revenue from the channel. — 00:05:35
2025-10-17 · We Never Know What Anything Means — announcement: 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. — 00:00:31
2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank explains Complexly, the educational media company he and John started (SciShow, Crash Course, Eons): people who show up daily to wonder together and lower barriers to knowledge. — 00:03:40
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
2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank says nearly half of Complexly's budget now comes from people who choose to support its work. — 00:05:14
2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank says the best way to help Complexly and the world is to indulge curiosity and not let algorithms, which serve fear, anxiety and outrage to keep us engaged, shape our choices. — 00:05:43
2025-12-02 · The Meaning of Life with Hank and John — announcement: 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
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John notes B could have been Bizarre Beasts, a Complexly YouTube channel about unusual organisms, and C could be Crash Course or Complexly. — 00:00:29
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John shouts out Study Hall, the YouTube-videos-to-college-credit path Hank helped build with Complexly and Arizona State University. — 00:03:53

2026

2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank offered the $20,000 he had just made in affiliate marketing; John took $10,000, which funded the initial test episodes of Crash Course and became the seed of Complexly. — 00:01:17
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says that thanks to a later YouTube grant they never had to take investment, and until January 1, 2026 they owned 100% of Complexly. — 00:01:27
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says Complexly today is an organization of over 70 people. — 00:01:35
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank announces that, as of January 1, 2026, Complexly has relaunched as a nonprofit organization, which he and John had kept secret for about a month. — 00:02:02
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says many would-be buyers offered compelling prices; the brothers listened, partly for the money and partly in case capital and selling to schools would maximize the mission's impact. (hedged) — 00:02:13
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says conversations with Julie, Complexly's CEO, and others showed that a different path was right to ensure people today and forever can access the content. — 00:02:37
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says Complexly answers this with educational content of high standards that still competes for attention, and is well positioned to do more. — 00:03:05
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says he has not been CEO for over two years; the organization of dozens of people is bigger than the brothers, who already do not oversee most decisions. — 00:03:24
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says he has always felt Complexly was a project of Nerdfighteria rather than of Hank and John Green; it never quite felt like theirs. — 00:03:47
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank announces the brothers have donated all their shares to the new nonprofit to make Complexly stronger and built to last for generations, prioritizing the biggest impact on the most people. — 00:04:04
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says Complexly gets many views but earns far less than traditional television; high-quality educational content is expensive, so it has long relied on grants and audience support. — 00:04:26
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank says he stays on as content strategist and host and has joined Complexly's new board of directors; as of January 1 the brothers no longer own it, the public does. — 00:04:44
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank says John will be founder emeritus, a role they will figure out, promising there will be things for him to do. (playful) — 00:04:58
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank is excited but a little scared to give away the brothers' ultimate control of Complexly, and expects a very cool group of people to be amazing stewards. — 00:05:06
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank is proudest that Complexly always sought to add far more value than it captures: rather than a subscription platform or sale to an ed tech company, it stayed open to every learner. — 00:05:36
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank thanks viewers who for years knowingly gave a for-profit company money with no tax deduction, through Patreon, the Crash Course Coin, the Learnathon and SciShow fundraisers. — 00:06:23
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says he and John never took profit distributions from Complexly, saving the money in the company or paying team bonuses, and are donating its saved money to the new organization too. — 00:06:50
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — ask: Hank asks viewers to go to complexly.org to be among the first to make a tax-deductible donation, and to sign up for its newsletter. — 00:07:33
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank says supporters of the Dear Hank and John Patreon can keep giving; that money continues to support Complexly's educational mission. — 00:07:58
2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag — announcement: John congratulates everyone at Complexly on officially becoming a nonprofit. — 00:04:48
2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag — announcement: John says Complexly will not be eligible for a Project for Awesome grant, because the brothers should not benefit even indirectly from the P4A. — 00:04:55
2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — announcement: Hank reminds John that Complexly, the company they founded together 15 years ago, just became a nonprofit organization, which they think was a good idea. — 00:01:27
2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — Hank says the conversion made him think hard about what a nonprofit is, and at one point he asked himself why everybody doesn't do this. — 00:01:40
2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — Hank: In a hypothetical, Hank shows a $250,000 earner giving Complexly $50,000 kept about $145,000 when it was a business, but about $158,000 now that donations reduce taxable income. (hypothetical) — 00:03:24
2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — Hank says few lawyers had experience converting a for-profit to a nonprofit, and once they found one it was much easier. — 00:09:24
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John says Complexly becoming a nonprofit is a relief to him and exciting; he remains its founder emeritus. — 07:44:31
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John says Complexly, now a nonprofit, is a regular charity except that it is not eligible for Project for Awesome grants. — 07:45:08
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says Complexly has many great people doing important work and he feels lucky to work with them every day. — 07:45:37
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — announcement: John, who must go to New York on Friday (20 February 2026) on Complexly business, floats flying on to London to see an AFC Wimbledon game with Nerdfighters as a perk. — 00:26:17
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank says media literacy pitches to Complexly get the internet wrong: they assume people believe the true things and not the false ones, which is not what happens. — 02:33:21
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank: The Ask Hank Anything questions that took longest to research this season were probably Jason Mantzoukas's science questions, such as on allergies; he has a terrible egg allergy. (hedged) — 05:54:00
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank's dream Ask Hank Anything guest is Bob Mortimer, definitely over James Acaster. — 05:55:35
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — announcement: John recaps that Complexly became a nonprofit. — 00:00:00
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — announcement: In a channel comment Hank says he forgot to say that he is no longer an owner because Complexly was converted into a non-profit, which is why coins are now tax deductible. — creator comment
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank confesses that as Crash Course and SciShow grew into Complexly he was hungry with jealousy of BuzzFeed, Vice and Mashable. — 00:00:39
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank says that until then the brothers owned Crash Course through Complexly, and people had wanted to buy the company with plans to grow what they were doing. — 00:02:26
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank says neither he nor John ever felt okay taking money from Complexly; once its profit looked like real money, they felt they could not take any. — 00:02:55
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank thinks the difference is that the community, not he and John, created Complexly: it could not have succeeded without the community's fuel, and it felt like a project of Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:30
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank says the coin campaign is a blip but the whole reason Crash Course and Complexly can exist; just thinking about it is all he asks. — 00:05:46
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John's comment says they made money from vlogbrothers until about 2012 and never took money out of Complexly, but got a small salary and health insurance through it. (hedged) — creator comment
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Hank did not leave Crash Course: he is still on the board of directors of Complexly, which makes it, and helps with Crash Course and Complexly projects all the time. — 00:00:22
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that in 2011 he and Hank founded Complexly, which has made lots of educational content, from Bizarre Beasts to The Art Assignment to SciShow to Crash Course. — 00:00:58
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that, having other jobs, he and Hank never took profit distributions from Complexly; its money, never much, was reinvested into more educational video. — 00:01:08
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that as Complexly grew into a biggish company, owning it felt like a lot for two random guys, and the pressure of so many livelihoods depending on them got to be a little overwhelming. — 00:01:18
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that over the last five years they had many conversations with companies about the future of Complexly and Crash Course, to find the right future for it. — 00:01:34
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Hank realized that not owning Complexly didn't require profiting from it, and proposed giving it away as a non-profit; suddenly everything made sense. — 00:03:05
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — announcement: John says Complexly became a charity, so Crash Course and the rest of Complexly are now owned by the public it seeks to serve. — 00:03:38
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John is proud of the impact of Crash Course and Complexly, especially now that the only priority is serving the public well with reliable information. — 00:04:40
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — announcement: John says he did actually leave Crash Course and Complexly: he will still appear in videos sometimes and contribute however he can, but did not join the board. — 00:04:52
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John's reasons: running such a big thing is stressful, and Complexly is healthy with an amazing team that doesn't need him, so he can focus on his fulfilling writing. — 00:05:05
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Crash Course got 154 million views last year (2025) and is used in thousands of schools around the world, making education more accessible. — 00:05:50
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that although he doesn't work at Complexly, he got a Crash Course coin this year (2026). — 00:06:00
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — ask: John says viewers who want to support Complexly can get a Crash Course coin for the next few days at CrashCourseCoin.com, supporting a charity. — 00:06:05
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank recalls a weird decision he and John made long ago: just as they never felt Complexly's value was theirs, they felt the same about the money the Vlogbrothers channel generates. — 00:01:51
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — announcement: Hank notes Complexly is now a non-profit, so donations are tax-deductible and the coins carry no sales tax. — 00:06:34
2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — Hank says just understanding TED would have been a huge job on top of his others: Good Store, DFTBA, Complexly's giant transition to a nonprofit, videos, podcasts and family. — 00:04:22
2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — announcement: Hank: Inspired by that week, Hank is starting Something Worth Knowing: a tiny, goofier, messier TED-like gathering of curious people, out of the world's spotlight, that is a fundraiser for Complexly. — 00:05:50
2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — Hank: Speakers who said yes include Mark Rober, Abigail Thorn, Katie Mack, Simone Giertz and Connections writer Wyna Liu, who is doing a secret game; Hank gives a talk six months in the making. — 00:06:19
2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — announcement: Hank: The theme of the first Something Worth Knowing is the question Hank put to the speakers: where does your hope come from? — 00:06:49
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank says Complexly's AI policy is years old, old enough to mention Bard, and extremely clear. — 00:01:54
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank: What Hank feels worst about: the reputational hit is his to take and earn back, but Complexly staff who write SciShow, Endlings, Eons and Crash Course and work with experts are now questioned because of him. — 00:02:23
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank apologizes to the people who work at Complexly: they are so good, he is lucky to work with them, and whole teams there have each other's backs trying to help people understand the world. — 00:02:52
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank says that whatever he does, in any context, reflects on Complexly, so he should be more careful. — 00:02:52
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — announcement: Hank: Following Complexly's lead, Hank is creating an AI policy for himself, having become too reliant on LLMs for advice, editing and sourcing. — 00:03:21
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — announcement: Hank says they decided to hold Something Worth Knowing, a Complexly fundraiser in Los Angeles; Craig came up as an invitee, and Hank asked him to do something weird. — 00:02:30
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — announcement: Hank says Something Worth Knowing, Complexly's first ever live fundraiser, is happening five days from now (16 September 2026). — 00:02:59
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank: The event will feature Mark Rober, Simone Giertz, Katie Mack, Abigail Thorn, Kallie Moore, Shan Boodram and Wyna Liu, who writes the Connections boards. — 00:02:59
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — announcement: Hank says the event will be both thoughtful and goofy, with the theme of what is bringing us hope right now. — 00:03:28
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank says the event is in Los Angeles and expensive because it is a fundraiser, so inaccessible to most people, but it helps make Complexly's content accessible to everyone. — 00:03:28
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — ask: Hank asks anyone who can possibly make it to check out the event via the link in the description. — 00:03:28
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says he is in Los Angeles after the Complexly Something Worth Knowing fundraiser, an absolute blast, and thanks everyone who came. — 00:09:51