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125 statements about Dear Hank and John in 90 videos, by upload date.

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2015

  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — announcement: Hank says he has wanted to do a podcast with John. — 00:00:54
  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — announcement: John: As Hank's birthday present, John will get him a podcast the brothers make, starring them, with viewers deciding what it is about. — 00:01:20
  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — Hank proposes that each episode cover people who share a name, and two names to confuse people: 'The Sydney and Jesse Podcast with John and Hank Green'. (playful, speculative) — 00:01:30
  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — both: They plan segments on their own interests: John would do 'This Week (week of 4 May 2015) in AFC Wimbledon' on fourth-tier football and Hank would do Mars, which he has cared about forever. (playful) — 00:01:56
  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — ask: John asks viewers to tell them what the podcast should be about, whether Sydneys and Jesses, which Sydneys and Jesses to discuss, who has the best Blue Steel, and whether AFC Wimbledon or Mars matters more. — 00:03:01
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John announces the brothers' podcast will be called Dear Hank and John (he thinks of it as 'Dear John and Hank'), answering Nerdfighters' questions with second-rate advice plus news from AFC Wimbledon and Mars. — 00:00:22
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to send questions or problems for the podcast to hankandjohn@gmail.com. — 00:00:36
  • 2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: The brothers' new podcast Dear Hank and John, which John prefers to think of with his name first, has debuted on iTunes and SoundCloud. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: This week's (week of 8 June 2015) episode asks whether bowling can heal a broken heart and whether people have peed on every square inch of earth, plus news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. (playful) — 00:00:53
  • 2015-06-19 · 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet — announcement: Hank announces the second episode of the brothers' new podcast Dear Hank and John is out, and they will try to release one every week around Sunday or Monday. — 00:03:13
  • 2015-06-19 · 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet — 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. — 00:03:39
  • 2015-09-01 · The Road Less Traveled By — John: On their podcast Dear Hank and John they get many questions from listeners making huge life decisions: whether to join the military, which college, whether to attend college at all. — 00:02:13
  • 2015-09-01 · The Road Less Traveled By — John insists on opening each Dear Hank and John episode with a short poem, which has led to recent discussions of whether poetry matters and what it does. — 00:02:51
  • 2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze — Hank says he and John got to hang out at NerdCon in Minneapolis; a very brief interaction between them closes the latest episode of Dear Hank and John. — 00:00:14
  • 2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze — announcement: Hank plugs the brothers' podcast Dear Hank and John: they answer viewer questions, give dubious advice and bring the week's news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. — 00:00:23
  • 2015-11-18 · SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) — announcement: John: Asked whether there will be Dear Hank and John merch, John instead plugs the Pizza John merch available now at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-11-27 (said on 2015-11-26, implied) · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ — announcement: Hank: A bobblehead skit introduces Dear Hank and John, a comedy podcast in which the brothers answer questions, give dubious advice and bring news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. (playful) — 00:03:36
  • 2015-12-18 · We're All Gonna Die - A Song — Hank says the song topic is not that weird for Dear Hank and John listeners: understanding his brief place in the universe matters to him. — 00:02:08
  • 2015-12-18 · We're All Gonna Die - A Song — announcement: Hank says the brothers just recorded their 29th Dear Hank and John podcast, 29 weeks in, due out Monday or Tuesday. — 00:02:35

2016

2017

  • 2017-04-28 · Can You Trust Mainstream Media? — Hank says Dear Hank and John gets a dozen questions a week from people who feel they must get to the bottom of every story themselves because no one can be trusted. — 00:00:13
  • 2017-05-12 · Things That You Just Might Love — Hank says he falls into this trap, tending to push his greater resources toward their own projects such as SciShow, Crash Course and Dear Hank and John. — 00:00:14
  • 2017-05-12 · Things That You Just Might Love — announcement: Hank says he will do that next week (week of 15 May 2017) for something he is excited about, explained in next week's (week of 15 May 2017) Dear Hank and John. — 00:00:23
  • 2017-06-13 · Cheyenne, Wyoming — John says, as Dear Hank and John listeners know, he is a huge fan of the movie Rushmore. — 00:00:02
  • 2017-06-16 · When Will You Die? — recommendation: Hank shares an animation someone made of a Dear Hank and John segment about bizarre pizza deliveries, which he liked. — 00:03:08
  • 2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — announcement: Hank: The brothers are about to upload the 100th episode of Dear Hank and John, once John gets back from vacation. — 00:00:08
  • 2017-11-07 · Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday — announcement: John will miss PodCon's first day, Saturday, because he is interviewing former Vice President Joe Biden; there will still be plenty of live Dear Hank and John. — 00:01:08
  • 2017-12-08 · I Have (a little bit) HAD IT! — announcement: Hank says he is making this video well ahead of time because PodCon is this weekend, where the brothers will do a live Dear Hank and John. — 00:00:00
  • 2017-12-08 · I Have (a little bit) HAD IT! — Hank found in his jean jacket pocket questions from the live Dear Hank and Johns on tour, and will answer them, though not as he would in a good mood. — 00:00:19

2018

2019

2020

  • 2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank lists what that togetherness has produced: Life's Library, the Project for Awesome, the work with Partners in Health, the ideas that helped him understand the world, Dear Hank and John, SciShow and Crash Course. — 00:01:47
  • 2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — ask: Hank invites viewers to come see the brothers in Atlanta, Raleigh or St. Petersburg next week (week of 6 January 2020). — 00:03:50
  • 2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — ask: John says he will be on tour with Hank in St. Petersburg, Atlanta and Raleigh this weekend and invites viewers; he thinks one show is sold out. — 00:02:02
  • 2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — John wants to continue exercising at least 150 minutes a week, making Dear Hank and John every Monday and a Vlogbrothers video every Tuesday. — 00:03:09
  • 2020-02-14 · Ending The Great Airplane Seat Debate — Hank says Dear Hank and John has received 49 emails about airplane seats: armrests, plugs, talkers and, above all, whether to recline. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-02-14 · Ending The Great Airplane Seat Debate — ask: Hank invites viewers to come see Dear Hank and John live and The Anthropocene Reviewed live. — 00:03:33
  • 2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — ask: John says he and Hank are coming on tour to Indianapolis, Columbus and Ann Arbor, hopes to see viewers there, and points to ticket links in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — ask: John: In a pinned comment John says he and Hank will be on tour next week (week of 9 March 2020) in Columbus, Indianapolis and Ann Arbor and hopes to see viewers there. — creator comment
  • 2020-03-06 · I Did Not Get Leprosy! — ask: In a comment John invites viewers to come see him and Hank on tour next week (week of 9 March 2020) in Indianapolis, Columbus or Ann Arbor. — creator comment
  • 2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — The description thanks everyone who has come out on this mini-tour. — video description
  • 2020-12-11 · The /W/orst Letter — Hank frames the video as a question from Debbie in the Dear Hank and John inbox, one he has asked himself for decades: we spell letters with letters. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John's small goals, exercising at least 150 minutes a week and making Dear Hank and John every Monday and a Vlogbrothers video every Tuesday, were not easy, but he did them. — 00:02:19

2021

  • 2021-02-02 · I Predicted the Pandemic (over and over and over again) — John recalls predicting the pandemic: in mid-2019 on Dear Hank and John he said everyone must prepare for the coming global disease pandemic, and a year earlier he listed one among his chief fears. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: Getting better, John returned to a weekly Tuesday video and a weekly podcast with Hank but did not write: that fall and winter was his longest stretch without writing for an audience since he was 14. — 00:07:02
  • 2021-06-01 · My Two Favorite Books of the Year — recommendation: John: 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. — 00:01:56
  • 2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John: Besides Vlogbrothers, John says, the brothers have a podcast, Dear Hank and John, answering listener questions with dubious advice and news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. — 00:00:01
  • 2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John says making the podcast is one of the highlights of his week because it's two uninterrupted hours with his brother. — 00:00:12
  • 2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank: Instead Hank made a bunch of dad joke videos and now opens every Dear Hank and John with a dad joke, because that is the vibe. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — sponsor: Hank: 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. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Hank always preps for Dear Hank and John, made easier by Deboki helping with the science editorial part. — 00:01:16
  • 2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John is nervous because Hank once told someone on their podcast to name their kitten something like manhole cover, which is not a good cat name. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2021-11-23 (said on 2021-10-28, implied) · I have been playing a small trick on you. — announcement: John is taking a month away from Vlogbrothers, Dear Hank and John and some meetings to focus on obligations that are not economically productive but actually productive. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank: Asked when the next jokes-in-four-minutes video is coming, Hank says the first minute of Dear Hank and John is where he does that now. — 00:01:55

2022

2023

2024

  • 2024-03-22 · The Internet Needs to Change — Hank loves the good parts of his work (Good Store, Project for Awesome, Crash Course, SciShow, Dear Hank and John) but also loves the slot machine. — 00:01:13
  • 2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) — Hank: Reading a Dear Hank and John live-show question from Abby on whether cereal is a soup, Hank calls it well-trodden ground and says a backstage conversation with YouTubers hit an unfortunate hypothetical: is the inside of your mouth a soup? (playful) — 00:01:13
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — 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. — 00:01:24
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John says the patron livestream is the only time he and Hank talk casually and openly with the community, because the group is small and the space safe-ish. — 00:02:29
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — ask: John asks viewers who enjoyed the conversation to become patrons of the podcast; Hank adds patron streams are even more open. — 00:34:27

2025

  • 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
  • 2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think — John: Asked whether they write their own Dear Hank and John questions, John says they pick a certain kind of question, which encourages that kind to be asked. — 00:00:29
  • 2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think — John tells new viewers about the podcast Dear Hank and John, which brings the week's news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon while answering questions. — 00:00:29
  • 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — recommendation: John says viewers who like this will love Dear Hank and John, which is basically this conversation plus listener questions. — 00:15:36
  • 2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — recommendation: Hank says the brothers recently met in an episode of Dear Hank and John, which he calls a banger and recommends checking out. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank says that in the episode John read him a poem and Hank confided that he cannot hear poetry. — 00:00:00
  • 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
  • 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says Dear Hank and John, a weekly podcast, has dispensed advice plus the news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon for over 10 years. — 00:00:58

2026

  • 2026-01-20 · Am I ... Good? — 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. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-01-23 · Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust — Hank jokes he is happy the brothers have a hip podcast for teens, calls it a podcast in-joke and apologizes to Vlogbrothers viewers who don't listen. (joke) — 00:02:31
  • 2026-01-23 · Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust — Hank is reinvigorated about Dear Hank and John this year (2026), partly because of a recent episode illustrating something he has seen happen online to many people, first to John. — 00:03:01
  • 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
  • 2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — announcement: Hank lists more perks: the Nerdfighter art perk and a bundle of digital downloads, including an exclusive Hank's channel video, an audio first chapter of his book, Zombicorns in PDF and audio, and podcast exclusives. — 00:00:40
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John lists P4A 2026 perks including exclusive Dear Hank and John episodes and a dadcast with Travis McElroy and Hank. — 00:24:45
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — Hank says that on Dear Hank and John they looked at the first art ever made in space, a colored-pencil drawing by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, and John or Hank said it would make a great flag of Earth. (hedged) — 06:43:48
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — Hank says Dear Hank and John listeners offered to make a flag from Alexei Leonov's drawing, and one of them made six different options, which he shows on the stream. — 06:44:28
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: Hank says the exclusive Dear Hank and John episode, in the digital download bundle or on its own, answers questions only from people who got that perk. — 06:50:51
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank lists the P4A 2026 perks still available: 34 of his signed fish cards, two chapters of his audiobook, digital downloads, an exclusive Dear Hank and John and Fortnite played as a pacifist. — 07:15:52
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — announcement: Hank: Perks include exclusive episodes of Dear Hank and John and Hank's channel, and a podcast where Hank and his wife discuss tweets he saved but decided not to post in recent months. — 03:45:25
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — announcement: John explains that digital perks come over the year, like signing up for a streaming service that releases a couple of pieces of content per month; the Dear Hank and John episode needs viewers' questions first. — 04:38:31
  • 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: Often siblings connect over aging parents; for them it is Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, Dear Hank and John and more, and working with someone you trust all the way down is beyond a gift. — 00:01:56
  • 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: A young nerdfighter who recognized John said that, friendless after moving to the big city, she listened to Dear Hank and John and felt they were friends; one of the kindest things anyone has told him. — 00:04:22
  • 2026-05-12 · Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti — ask: The description invites viewers to join the Dear Hank and John Patreon for more accidental dishonesty. — video description
  • 2026-05-12 · Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti — John explains that once a month he and Hank host a livestream for Dear Hank and John supporters, talking and answering questions perhaps too transparently. — 00:00:10
  • 2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — announcement: The description says that at tonight's free Esther Day Virtual Party, celebrating love, friendship and community, John joins Sarah Urist Green for a special Esther Day Dear Hank & John. — video description
  • 2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — Hank: What Hank needs instead is reviews, kind emails to the Dear Hank and John inbox, and people showing him their Awesome Socks or Beans house or, most of all, saying Crash Course helped them in school. — 00:05:36
  • 2026-10-27 · Should I Salinger… — John does not think he will ever Salinger: he enjoys making Dear Hank and John and vlogbrothers videos and does not really see the obligations of his professional life as bad things. — 00:02:40