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Dear Hank and John

podcast · in 90 videos (2015–2026)

The brothers' podcast answering listener questions, which John promised Hank as a birthday present in 2015. They also record it live on tours; by 2025 all its ad money went to Complexly, and it was still running in 2026.

Videos by year: 2015: 9 · 2016: 15 · 2017: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2021: 10 · 2022: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2026: 13

Also known as: Dear Hank & John, DHAJ

Threads

Also named in the threads: Jokes in four minutes: Hank's rapid-fire joke videos (2008) · Hank and John ask viewers to buy Pizzamas 2015 shirts and products at DFTBA.com before the sale ends (2015) · John attends the World Economic Forum in Davos (January 2016) · Internet Creators Guild membership launch (2016) · VidCon Europe 2017 edition (Amsterdam, April 8-9): the first VidCon outside the US · VidCon Australia 2017 edition (Melbourne, September 9-10) · NerdCon: Nerdfighteria 2017 edition (Boston, February): celebrating ten years of Vlogbrothers · NerdCon: Stories 2016 edition · How to Vote in Every State: launch of the 54-video guide to registering and voting in each US state (2016) · Awesome Socks Club: monthly sock subscription (2016) · Complexly: the brothers' production company, renamed from EcoGeek (2016) · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2016 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2016) · PodCon 2017 (Seattle, December 9-10): podcast convention with Night Vale Presents and the McElroys · Turtles All the Way Down tour: John and Hank's US book tour (2017) · The Anthropocene Reviewed: John's podcast reviewing facets of the human-centered planet (2017) · John co-hosts a stop on Joe Biden's book tour and is struck by his listening · Delete This: Hank and Katherine Green's podcast reviewing Hank's Twitter feed (2018) · John asks viewers to come see the brothers' Minitour in Madison and Minneapolis (2019) · Hank and John's January 2020 charity tour: St. Petersburg, Raleigh and Atlanta (2020) · John's regular exercise after 100 Days and its effects on his body and mind (2017) · The brothers ask viewers to join the annual Esther Day livestream party (2021) · Awesome Coffee Club: the brothers' coffee subscription for charity (2022) · Good Store: the brothers' store and subscription box at good.store giving all profit to charity (2023) · Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) · Hank asks viewers to donate to Complexly's Learnathon (2024) · Hank cannot hear poetry ('poetry blindness') (2025) · P4A 2026 edition

Often together

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

SciShow (16) · Mars (8) · Crash Course (14) · AFC Wimbledon (10) · Complexly (8) · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) (6) · Focus Friend (3) · attention economy (5) · Delete This (2) · Project for Awesome (13)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2015-09-01 · 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
  • 2015-10-16 · 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
  • 2015-12-18 · 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
  • …and 7 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

2017

2018

  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says he turned reading novels into work, just as VidCon made watching YouTube work, SciShow his science obsession, Vlogbrothers his interest in online communities, and Dear Hank and John being dumb with his brother. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank says that, as next week's (week of 19 November 2018) Dear Hank and John will show, he and John agree with Kurt Vonnegut that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance; Hank doesn't mind maintenance but prefers building. — 00:02:36
  • 2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — announcement: John lists P4A perks, from the P4A commemorative coin and a poster to secret episodes of Dear Hank and John and The Anthropocene Reviewed. — 00:03:04
    • John says Sarah and Catherine are hosting a version of Dear Hank and John called Dear Sarah and Catherine. — 00:03:17
  • …and 2 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2019

  • 2019-02-19 · Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday — John still eats cereal with water, says it is still delicious and refuses to be shamed for it. (playful) — 00:02:26
  • 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — Hank: Because each Gusher holds little juice, helpers squeezed Gushers into cups through most of the live Dear Hank and John episode on the VidCon stage. — 00:00:59
    • Hank announces a very short tour with John in Madison, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota, doing live podcasts, one of them with Katherine. — 00:02:21
    • Pricier tickets include meeting the brothers afterward, and all the tour's money will support the community's work improving maternal health in Sierra Leone. — 00:03:01
    • John will do The Anthropocene Reviewed and the brothers a live Dear Hank and John; Hank calls it a Minitour. — 00:03:01
  • 2019-08-20 · Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion — Hank: Asked for his most embarrassing story, cut from the podcast, Hank says everyone he tells says never say it aloud, then decides he is too embarrassed. — 00:00:33
    • John says touring with Hank and Katherine has been fun, and thanks everyone who came and the Madison airport for its smooth jazz. — 00:03:31
  • 2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — announcement: John says the brothers are going on tour in January, also for charity, with tickets linked; the description names St. Petersburg, Raleigh and Atlanta. — 00:03:54
  • 2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — ask: 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. — 00:03:43
  • 2019-12-27 · Why I'm Worried about 2020 — ask: Hank invites viewers in St. Petersburg, Atlanta or Raleigh to come to the brothers' little tour; more information is in the description. — 00:03:47

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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2020-12-29 · 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

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
    • 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
  • 2021-11-23 (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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2022

  • 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
  • 2022-09-30 · COMMIT TO THE BIT — John recalls a Dear Hank and John listener who planned to secretly learn the fiddle and surprise their family with a concert; he doesn't know if they did, but enough time has passed. (unsure) — 00:03:17
  • …and 2 statements more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

2023

  • 2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John lists Hank's podcasts: Dear Hank and John, Delete This and SciShow Tangents. — 00:02:26
  • 2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank does not know whether he will make Vlogbrothers videos, Dear Hank and John, SciShow or Tangents during treatment; he is playing it by ear. (unsure) — 00:06:14
  • 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
  • 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — announcement: In a comment John says Dear Hank and John should return by the end of the month. (hedged) — creator comment
    • John says most of the community follows AFC Wimbledon through Dear Hank and John, which has been on cancer hiatus for several months, so most don't know the club's news. — 00:00:39

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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2025-08-05 · 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
    • 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

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 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 · 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 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
  • 2026-05-05 · 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
    • 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
  • 2026-08-03 · 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
  • …and 7 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026