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669 statements about DFTBA Records in 339 videos, by upload date.

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2008

  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John says they announced the release of Hank's first studio album, So Jokes; having listened to all of it, he calls it amazing. — 00:00:42
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John: So Jokes is for sale only on the Tour de Nerdfighting: CDs cost $15 and credit cards are not accepted. — 00:01:11
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — announcement: Hank corrects John's video of the day before: his CD is only currently available on the tour; afterwards they will sell and ship it online, hopefully in early December. (hedged) — 00:01:15
  • 2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank: The printers of Hank's album misread So Jokes as 50 Jokes on the order form; the album itself is unaffected. — 00:01:38
  • 2008-11-07 · Vlogging from Gadsden — Hank shows a pile of his CDs live on air for the first time: front, back, and the disc, whose art looks like a chicken being run over by a car. — 00:00:46
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank announces that he and Alan are starting a record label. — 00:00:53
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank says the label's first release is his own album (joking about a 'promising young artist' with songs about Harry Potter, Barack Obama and Helen Hunt); the digital version is on sale now. — 00:00:53
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank says the physical disc goes on sale in December (he says 2009) and has intros and outros missing from the digital version; the first 100 pre-orders get autographed copies. — 00:00:53
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank jokingly claims DFTBA stands for 'digital furry thimble-sized barking animals'. (joke, hedged) — 00:01:22
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the label, called DFTBA Records, exists to give YouTube-related musicians a way to produce and distribute their music. — 00:01:22
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank says the label signed him first and has also signed CharlieIsSoCoolLike, Chameleon Circuit (a band singing only about Doctor Who) and Dave Days; it is working on an album by a musician he admires. — 00:01:22
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the label plans to make life as a YouTube musician easier, more fun and more lucrative, and connect these musicians with a bigger audience. — 00:02:04
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — ask: Hank tells viewers to go to DFTBA.com for more and to sign up for the newsletter to hear about new things. — 00:02:04
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank plans free extras with the album, like digital liner notes and maybe a fake book, and probably free buttons with physical CDs; the digital version costs less. (hedged) — 00:02:34
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank says the label has a YouTube channel with planned song tutorials, music videos and a weekly podcast about DFTBA Records and its artists. — 00:02:34
  • 2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank says people who could not buy So Jokes on the tour can now get it digitally, and a physical copy hopefully by mid-December. (hedged) — 00:03:03
  • 2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — announcement: Hank says So Jokes orders are delayed: shipping large quantities at once needs a special device and license, which they are acquiring; he has no estimated date and apologizes. — 00:02:21
  • 2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — announcement: Hank says orders were received and several hundred copies of So Jokes are about to be sent; people who haven't ordered can do so at DFTBA.com. — 00:02:58

2009

  • 2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — announcement: Hank has two new videos on DFTBA Records' YouTube channel: him singing and playing in a song (title unclear) and an instructional video on how to play Book 8. — 00:02:14
  • 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — announcement: Hank notes So Jokes isn't out yet but jokes it will be internationally best-selling, depending on the definition. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — announcement: Hank: Dropping the VH1 conceit, Hank announces So Jokes is officially released tomorrow, with a big BlogTV party the same day. — 00:01:47
  • 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — announcement: Hank: Alan, Hank's DFTBA partner who made this video's intro, and a special guest will work all day at the DFTBA distribution center so pre-orders ship; the first hundred get signed CDs. — 00:01:47
  • 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — ask: Hank: From tomorrow So Jokes can be ordered at DFTBA.com and ships immediately; Hank asks viewers to check it out, saying he worked hard on it and is proud of it. (hedged) — 00:02:31
  • 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — announcement: Hank: On the stream Hank will play music and talk about the album, Song Wednesdays, the future of Brotherhood 2.0 and DFTBA Records, starting around 5 pm Eastern. (hedged) — 00:02:31
  • 2009-01-11 · SOMALI PIRATES! France Penetrates Chad! — John congratulates Hank on the hugely successful release of his first album, urges viewers to buy it, and looks forward to the first Song Wednesday. — 00:03:25
  • 2009-02-11 · A Song About an Anglerfish — announcement: The description says Hank's CD is now available on iTunes. — video description
  • 2009-02-11 · A Song About an Anglerfish — announcement: Hank announces that DFTBA Records hosts the DFTBA Radio Hour tonight at 9 pm Eastern, with Toddly00 and Caitlin Sky talking about nerdy and musical things. — 00:02:32
  • 2009-02-18 · Fake Movie Talk With A Sock — announcement: Hank's brand new album is finally out on iTunes (So Jokes, per the description); the link is in the sidebar. — 00:02:48
  • 2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — announcement: Hank: Asked about DFTBA Records, Hank says it is doing very well and has just released Dave Days' first album, available from DFTBA. — 00:02:20
  • 2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — announcement: Hank announces the DFTBA Records compilation album goes on pre-order today and ships June 1st, bundled with Chameleon Circuit's first album, and lists its artists. — 00:02:50
  • 2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — announcement: Hank says the weekly Wednesday DFTBA Radio Hour will begin soon, with a link in the sidebar. — 00:02:50
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — announcement: Hank announces DFTBA Records is forming a street team anyone can join to promote its releases for prizes; mission one is collecting email addresses with ReverbNation widgets. — 00:00:17
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — announcement: Hank: 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. — 00:00:44
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — ask: Hank asks interested viewers to join the DFTBA Records street team. — 00:00:44
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — announcement: Hank says Chameleon Circuit's new album came out today; the description sells it for $12 at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:44
  • 2009-07-01 · Most Subscribed: A Song — announcement: 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. — 00:02:29
  • 2009-07-05 · Sarah Palin Resigning! Four Possible Reasons Why — John: Riffing that Chewbacca is not an average politician either, John decides he wants Chewbacca as president with Han Solo as vice president and translator, and ends 'Chewy for president 2012'. (joke) — 00:03:12
  • 2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) · Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! — announcement: John: After John's last video more than 100 Nerdfighters asked for a Chewie for President 2012 t-shirt; the brothers designed one, on sale at DFTBA.com. — 00:01:14
  • 2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) · Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! — announcement: John warns the shirt was designed today and will take about three weeks to arrive, so buyers should not get mad. — 00:01:14
  • 2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) · Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! — announcement: John: Hank sent John a Chewbacca for President song, which will be a free download with the t-shirt; a snippet plays over the shirt. — 00:01:44
  • 2009-07-30 · Mules are so Half-Ass — announcement: Hank says DFTBA Records is releasing his Cambridge, Massachusetts show as a live album for $10 at DFTBA.com; on pre-order, shipping tomorrow. — 00:02:29
  • 2009-07-30 · Mules are so Half-Ass — Hank shows a rap in which every line is an acronym for DFTBA, which people who were not at LeakyCon have never heard in acoustic version. (playful) — 00:03:13
  • 2009-09-25 · Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts — announcement: Hank announces a new shirt he, John and Alan sell at DFTBA.com, the official 'Nerdfighter Like' shirt, a phrase coined by Lauren Fairweather in a song Hank covered on So Jokes; he thanks its designer. — 00:02:55
  • 2009-09-25 · Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts — ask: 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. — 00:02:55
  • 2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — announcement: Hank says DFTBA Records is on the front page of YouTube as he makes the video: 'we own the front page of YouTube'. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — announcement: Hank lists the front-page videos: an explanation of DFTBA Records starring him and Alan Lastufka, and a song by Alan Lastufka and Tom Milsom. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — announcement: Hank says Rhett and Link are new DFTBA artists; their front-page video 'Live on the Internet' features Shiba Inu puppies and Snoop Dogg. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — recommendation: 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. — 00:00:29
  • 2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — ask: John tells Nerdfighters they can and should pre-order the album at DFTBA.com, with a bundle of CD, t-shirt and Hank pinup poster while supplies last. — 00:03:19
  • 2009-11-04 · Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) — ask: Hank asks viewers to buy his album, saying he really worked on it a lot, that it is done, and that it has 17 tracks, which he will sing as a medley. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-11-04 · Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) — ask: Hank tells viewers who want a signed pick to buy the album now. — 00:03:19
  • 2009-11-04 · Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) — recommendation: 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. — 00:03:19
  • 2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — ask: Hank urges pre-ordering the CD because it helps Alan at DFTBA headquarters package and ship everything on time, which makes Alan's life easier. — 00:01:01
  • 2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — announcement: Hank: Asked whether they ship to a viewer's country, Hank says they ship everywhere there are people. (playful) — 00:01:01
  • 2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — announcement: John: For 48 hours after upload (until 19 November 2009), John will pay $2 toward Hank's CD for buyers using the DFTBA.com/John link, so it costs $13; he plans to pay Hank in $2 bills. (hedged) — 00:01:34
  • 2009-12-22 · John and Hank Take on X-Scape! — recommendation: Hank credits in the description the soundtrack, 'Song for the Painfully Indie' by Tom Milsom, and points to his new album at DFTBA.com and on iTunes. — video description

Also named in: Stock Adviser (Via Britney), Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave, So Jokes: Video EP

2010

  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — announcement: The description says the pizza mustache shirt is a pre-order at dftba.com/pizza, closing in a week and shipping in mid-March. — video description
  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — announcement: John says he loves a fan photo of himself with a brief mustache and the word 'pizza' under his face, and wants it as a shirt. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — announcement: John says the funny pizza shirt is available until Wednesday (3 March 2010), with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:14
  • 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — ask: The description says all three artists are on DFTBA Records, the label Hank co-founded, and asks viewers to support them at dftba.com. — video description
  • 2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank says one timeline video shows him and business partner Alan announcing DFTBA Records, the record company that represents only YouTube musicians. — 00:00:56
  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John: Esther means 'star', and her friends printed a bracelet reading 'This Star Won't Go Out'; John says it won't: we won't let it. — 00:02:40
  • 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — announcement: Hank announces that he and John are finally selling a t-shirt that says vlogbrothers, on pre-order for two weeks only and never available again. — 00:03:33
  • 2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — ask: 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. — 00:03:37
  • 2010-10-19 (said on 2010-10-18, implied) · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — announcement: The description says giraffe-love shirt pre-orders stay open for two more weeks and the shirts ship in the first week of November. — video description
  • 2010-10-19 (said on 2010-10-18, implied) · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — announcement: John says Hank designed and tweeted a cute image of giraffe love, which is now a t-shirt available for pre-order at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:19
  • 2010-10-22 · Making Adorable Music — ask: 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. — 00:02:04
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John: Answering Nerdfighters who asked where to get a 'This Star Won't Go Out' bracelet like his, John says they are now sold at DFTBA.com/Esther. — 00:00:42
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says the bracelets honor Esther Earl, the brothers' friend and fellow Nerdfighter who died a couple of months ago from cancer. — 00:00:42
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John says they bought the bracelets and Alan at DFTBA Records processes and packages every order free, so 100% of the money goes to the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation. — 00:00:42
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — ask: John calls the foundation another way to work with Esther to make the world suck less and urges viewers to get a bracelet at DFTBA.com/Esther. — 00:01:11
  • 2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — ask: The description links to the Esther bracelets. — video description
  • 2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — ask: Hank says today is the last day to pre-order the giraffe love shirt. — 00:02:58
  • 2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — announcement: Hank says the giraffe love shirt is officially the best-selling shirt in DFTBA Records history, and he is proud his design holds that title. — 00:02:58
  • 2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — ask: John: Reminded by the pumpkin, John tells Nerdfighters to get their Esther bracelets. — 00:03:15
  • 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — announcement: John announces the pizza shirt is back in stock at DFTBA.com/pizza; orders placed today ship tomorrow, until it runs out. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — announcement: 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. — 00:03:04
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — ask: 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. — 00:02:54

Also named in: TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!!, John and Hank: The Out-Takes

2011

  • 2011-01-05 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job — recommendation: 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. (playful) — 00:03:20
  • 2011-01-05 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job — announcement: Hank: DFTBA Records has just launched a new version of its website, which Hank calls gorgeous. — 00:03:43
  • 2011-01-17 · Cheating Cheaters of Cheatery: The Amazing Story of Brazil's Cotton War with the U.S. — ask: John: Telling Nerdfighters the American taxpayer already paid for much of his shirt, John invites them to pay the rest at DFTBA.com/pizza: $18, 'thanks to bad economic policymaking'. (playful) — 00:03:11
  • 2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — ask: John wears an Esther bracelet and tells viewers to get one, since they make the world suck less; link in the description. — 00:02:49
  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John says Nerdfighteria has accomplished a ton in recent months, including raising more than $10,000 with Esther for This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:01:36
  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank shows his Bobble-John, Sandman comics and other graphic novels, Terry Pratchett, Mars trilogy and Neil Gaiman books and DFTBA CDs; his Hunger Games is loaned out. — 00:00:56
  • 2011-03-07 · This Machine Pwns n00bs Video LP — ask: Hank says those who enjoy his music are welcome to buy the album, if they haven't already, at DFTBA.com or on iTunes. — 00:00:27
  • 2011-04-18 · 2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D — Hank thanks the people who made the glasses real: factory, web development, design and comic helpers, his dad for accounting and legal work, and DFTBA Records partner Alan and distribution help. — 00:01:39
  • 2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — announcement: Hank: DFTBA Records has not made posters so far; Hank, a fan of posters, wants to do posters and will look into it. — 00:01:46
  • 2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — ask: Hank asks viewers for good poster design ideas in the comments. — 00:01:53
  • 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — announcement: John: At a viewer's request John restocks the DFTBA shirts: all of them are back in stock at dftba.com. — 00:02:22
  • 2011-05-02 · Osama Bin Laden is Dead — announcement: Hank says his next album will hopefully come out the month after this one, in June. (hedged) — 00:03:46
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: Since turning 30, John says, Hank kept publishing EcoGeek.org, 'the best environmental technology website', and fostered young musicians from Chameleon Circuit to Mike Lombardo through DFTBA Records. — 00:01:24
  • 2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — announcement: Hank has been working on his long-overdue album Ellen Hardcastle, with older songs (Strange Charm, What Would Captain Picard Do?, Phineas Gage) and new ones (Shake a Booty, My Phone). — 00:03:03
  • 2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — announcement: Hank shows the album's cover art by Alan Lastufka. — 00:03:20
  • 2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — announcement: Hank hopes to have the album at LeakyCon and on sale at DFTBA shortly after, around July 13. (hedged) — 00:03:30
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — ask: John reminds viewers This Star Won't Go Out bracelets are at DFTBA.com, with 100% of proceeds to the foundation set up in Esther Earl's memory to support families affected by cancer. — 00:01:44
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John says that in the almost ten months since Esther died, more than $10,000 has been raised for This Star Won't Go Out, and thanks Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:02
  • 2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — announcement: John: Pizza John shirts are back in all sizes at DFTBA.com/pizza. — 00:01:54
  • 2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — John: The Yeti wears DFTBA shirts but refuses the Pizza John shirt because she finds it creepy. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • 2011-06-27 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — Hank is about to finish his album Ellen Hardcastle; he knows people will like it, but feels everyone will hate it and call it crap in the comments. — 00:01:08
  • 2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — announcement: Hank says Ellen Hardcastle will have no pre-order, unlike John's book with its very long pre-order time; they have decided. (playful) — 00:02:54
  • 2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: John says Hank has worked on his album Ellen Hardcastle for a year and a half and named it after a nerdfighter who won a Project for Awesome raffle. — 00:00:21
  • 2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: Hank confirms Ellen Hardcastle is out today and available now; he has an unopened box of copies downstairs. — 00:00:41
  • 2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — announcement: Hank shows his album Ellen Hardcastle, thanks buyers and says he looks forward to making videos with their scripts. — 00:03:41
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank acts out all 15 songs of Ellen Hardcastle with the giraffes in a minute and 20 seconds, saying the words were descriptions, not lyrics, which are online. (playful) — 00:01:15
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank reports Billboard called him because Ellen Hardcastle is charting, and tells viewers they made him chart, admitting he is a little teary. — 00:03:07
  • 2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John lists other Nerdfighter feats: getting Hank's album on the Billboard charts, chartering airplanes of medical supplies to Haiti, and getting Helen Hunt to hear the Helen Hunt song. — 00:01:15
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: 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. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — announcement: John says Hank and Alan brought Meghan Tonjes to DFTBA Records before she was on Ellen and famous, and her first album is now coming out. — 00:00:32
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says Driftless Pony Club, another band Hank and Alan signed to DFTBA Records, played; after ten years as a band, thousands sang their lyrics back to them for the first time. — 00:01:51
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says that through nerdfighting, DFTBA Records, helping YouTubers and planning conferences, Hank has built a career making places where people can fall and get caught: he builds communities for a living. — 00:02:20
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — announcement: John says the brothers are such big fans of Michael 'Whatthebuck' Buckley that they are stealing his Buck Factor idea; the title and description name it Nerd Factor. — 00:02:02
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who recently made an awesome video deserving a wider audience to post it as a video response; the brothers will watch all and feature a few in a future video. — 00:02:02
  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank announces that, for the first time, there are vlogbrothers posters, for sale now at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:26
  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — Hank thanks the Nerdfighters who designed the posters: Ryan for one shown on screen, Lorian for the llama poster, and Vondel Swain for the Ellen Hardcastle Hank Green one. — 00:00:26
  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — ask: Hank says there are not many of the Ellen Hardcastle and French the Llama posters, so viewers should be fast. — 00:00:26
  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says posters must be ordered on their own, without other DFTBA items, because they ship in a tube; to make up for it, poster shipping is free. — 00:02:20
  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says the Nerd Factor contest received about 6,000 entries, so getting through them is taking a while; many are really amazing. — 00:02:48
  • 2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — announcement: Hank says the posters are out of stock but should be back hopefully by Monday (12 September 2011); viewers can back-order them at DFTBA.com and they will ship when they arrive. (hedged) — 00:01:29
  • 2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — Hank says anything anyone does with the letters DFTBA, however impermanent, might be seen by another Nerdfighter and make their day. — 00:03:36
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — announcement: John says they have finally gone through almost 2,000 Nerd Factor video entries and chosen six winners. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — announcement: John's list of Nerd Factor winners also names 'Fictional Characters: Emotional Pain?' by lindseythenerdiest, 'Chicago Adventure and the Dark Night' by MitenSoni, the 'Bizarre Fruits' song by Kaysysconundrum and 'Thomas Jefferson: The Musical' by theonlinemusical. — video description
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John says the idea of Nerd Factor was blatantly stolen from Michael Buckley of What the Buck. — video description
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John thanks Danica and Stan for helping with Nerd Factor, and everyone who took part. — video description
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John says he cannot believe how much talent there is in Nerdfighteria and is sick that only six winners can be picked when there could be hundreds. — 00:00:34
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner one, an unpretentious, well-edited, funny, authentic video blog that has only about 117 views and three likes and deserves a wider audience. — 00:00:34
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner two, a Thoughts from Places video from Bloemfontein, South Africa, that he says improved on the format; its maker has no subscribers, a problem John says 'we can fix'. — 00:01:23
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John names winners three to five: a song about bizarre fruits, a rant about romanticizing fictional characters, and what he calls the best musical about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. — 00:01:58
  • 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner six, the Permafrost music video: he can't stop listening to it, and her other songs are just as good. — 00:03:26
  • 2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — John: Using a made-up business selling 'keep calm and DFTBA' posters, John argues a successful business idea partly supports many people's jobs (designer, paper makers, printers, shippers), as with almost every good and service. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — announcement: John: In a PS John says the Keep Calm and DFTBA posters are not just a rhetorical gambit but actually for sale at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:24
  • 2011-10-14 · Defying Wadsworth! — announcement: John: 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. — 00:01:01
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — announcement: John announces a Nerdfighter-designed T-shirt on sale at DFTBA.com; unlike earlier shirts, all their royalties go to what Hank has been calling 'the fund'. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-11-14 · T-Shirt and Jeans - A Song — ask: 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. — 00:03:28
  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — announcement: John: There will be two audiobooks of The Fault in Our Stars: the real one narrated by Kate Rudd, available everywhere, and John's, only in a physical limited-edition box set from DFTBA. — 00:00:41
  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John: Two audiobooks are possible because Brilliance shared the audio rights with him innovatively; John says that is how copyright law works when it works. — 00:01:09
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank: DFTBA Records turns three; Hank recalls deciding with Alan to start it to make great products people love and let YouTube creators make a living without selling off pieces of their soul. — 00:01:57
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — announcement: Hank: For its third-anniversary Cyber Monday sale, DFTBA Records charges $3 shipping per order anywhere for three days; international orders may not arrive before Christmas. — 00:02:26
  • 2011-12-14 · Greek Phallic Disco Golf Balls: A Free Association Game — ask: John jokes that disco golf balls are now available for pre-order at DFTBA.com, then says not really, but viewers can get a Pizza John shirt. (playful) — 00:01:35
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank encourages everyone to donate at projectforawesome.com, live from noon, or before then at fightworldsuck.org; all the money goes into the P4A Fund. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: Other ways to take part: donate to the P4A Fund or a charity you care about, and follow the live show at youtube.com/vlogbrothers, hosted by Hank, John and surprise guests. — 00:01:45
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: In the last 48 hours the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raised $75,000. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: The money came from direct donations at ProjectForAwesome.com and from DFTBA.com purchases such as Hank's Hanklerfishes and John's new zombie apocalypse story, a sequel to Zombicorns. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — ask: John: Viewers can still donate at projectforawesome.com, or by buying John's new zombie apocalypse story, for the next two days. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-21 · 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! — ask: The description says donations are still being accepted at projectforawesome.com. — video description

2012

  • 2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) · TFiOS PARTY! — announcement: Hank warns that buyers of the audiobook from DFTBA Records should not watch its DVD before reading or listening to the book, because the DVD contains spoilers. — 00:01:07
  • 2012-02-17 · World's Smallest Animals — announcement: Hank says he made a No Edge shirt design, 'like my face', now available for pre-order at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:13
  • 2012-04-13 (said on 2012-04-14, implied) · This is How You Load a Dishwasher - A Song — announcement: Hank wears a Hank Green shirt, one of his favourite designs, and says it is on sale for $5 off at DFTBA.com; he also shows a Hank Green drawing he has had since about 2008 but never hung up. (playful) — 00:02:16
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank is in Anaheim at the Anaheim Convention Center planning VidCon, on top of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, 2D Glasses, SciShow, Crash Course and DFTBA Records. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John thanks Hank for increasing awesome through Vlogbrothers, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames, VidCon, DFTBA Records and EcoGeek, and says he does too much. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — announcement: Hank lists his many jobs: VidCon is coming up at the end of the month, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries just passed 50,000 subscribers, plus SciShow, Crash Course, Truth or Fail, EcoGeek and DFTBA Records. — 00:00:03
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — Hank says he can be more productive because he has help: teams at VidCon, DFTBA Records, SciShow and Crash Course. — 00:02:35
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John says he got to VidCon before the 7,120 other attendees to see the expo hall, the DFTBA booth, the food, the bouncy castle and the stage. — 00:00:03
  • 2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — announcement: 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. — 00:03:24
  • 2012-08-10 · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony — announcement: Hank says the Kickstarter ends in two or three days, but the game will be sold at local game stores and probably at DFTBA.com. (hedged) — 00:03:31
  • 2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John shows gifts from Brazilian Nerdfighters at LeakyCon: a Brazilian soccer jersey signed by Pelé, who wrote DFTBA on it, and a book hundreds of them read and annotated. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John signed for hours with Hank and others, then signed posters at the DFTBA booth, saying he has gotten really good at signing his name. (playful) — 00:00:33
  • 2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John: Just then a Dutch Nerdfighter and author, Buddy, visiting the Bean because part of Will Grayson, Will Grayson is set there, ran into its co-author; he gave John his book and they exchanged DFTBAs. — 00:02:54
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — announcement: Hank: 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. (playful) — 00:02:41
  • 2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. — 00:01:04
  • 2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank says they started educational channels that both have more than 200,000 subscribers, plus a record label, a web series and a conference. — 00:02:11
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John sets out to explain how he and Hank try to run DFTBA Records, their e-tailer, as a business that doesn't suck. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John recounts that Hank and Alan Lastufka started DFTBA Records in 2008 to connect YouTube musicians with audiences while giving the musicians most of the album proceeds, which worked very well. — 00:00:29
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John lists DFTBA releases: music by Charlie McDonnell, Alex Day, Hank, Driftless Pony Club, Meghan Tonjes and many others. — 00:00:58
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John says DFTBA grew to one employee, Kristen Franklin, who he says was the first to use the words 'French the Llama' in Nerdfighteria, during the 2009 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:58
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John says that as DFTBA grew Hank wanted YouTubers to sell wristbands, posters and shirts and keep most proceeds, and Nerdfighter merch has always been designed by Nerdfighters. — 00:01:27
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John found watercolor paintings with quotes from his books by Malaysian Nerdfighter May; they print posters he signs, and the royalties can support her through university and a graphic-design job search. — 00:01:56
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — announcement: 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. — 00:02:26
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John says DFTBA connecting creators with audiences has been a big part of how he has bought diapers for Henry (and, he jokes, Alex Day's tiny jeans). (playful) — 00:02:55
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John is excited for DFTBA Records to also become a place where talented people without built-in audiences can make things that help pay for college and travel. — 00:02:55
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — announcement: John says it depends on demand whether this part of the business can grow, hopefully it will; the items are on pre-order at DFTBA.com. (hedged) — 00:02:55
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — announcement: 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. — 00:03:24
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — ask: John reminds viewers they can order Esther bracelets, with proceeds going to This Star Won't Go Out, which supports children with cancer and their families. — 00:03:24
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John calls all this their continuing attempt to build a business without being evil, hoping they are expanding in the right directions. — 00:03:24
  • 2012-10-23 · Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit — John rejects the claim that government should be run like a business that never spends more than it takes in: businesses borrow to invest, as he would to build a Marty McFly hoverboard factory. (playful) — 00:02:27
  • 2012-11-07 · The 51st State — announcement: Hank announces that tomorrow morning DFTBA.com starts a pre-order of an interesting new item he won't reveal because it's weird. — 00:03:46
  • 2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — announcement: John: For about the next 72 hours, six variations Hank made on Valerie2776's original Pizza John shirt design are on pre-order at DFTBA.com, then disappear forever. — 00:03:01
  • 2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — announcement: Hank's description announces DFTBA.com deals all weekend and $3 flat shipping worldwide on Saturday only. — video description
  • 2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — ask: Hank: DFTBA.com has its own Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, and Hank invites viewers to check them out now. — 00:02:02
  • 2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — announcement: Hank: It is DFTBA's fourth anniversary as a company; to celebrate, all US shipping this weekend, starting tomorrow he thinks, is $4 whatever you buy. (hedged) — 00:02:08
  • 2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank says he is grateful to have worked with so many amazing people on projects like the P4A, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and VidCon, and that he just loves to create and to help people create. — 00:03:01

Also named in: Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO!, You. Must. Vote.

2013

Also named in: Talking to the President

2014

2015

  • 2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — announcement: John says the AFC Wimbledon scarves with DFTBA on them are back in stock at dftba.com, with all royalties going to the club. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John: Torn between his favourite club and the club with DFTBA on its shorts, John is flying with the Yeti to London for the game, leaving in about two hours. — 00:02:00
  • 2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John says he cares intensely and irrationally about Liverpool's community, but ultimately has to root for the team with DFTBA on their shorts: Nerdfighteria wins over Liverpool. (playful) — 00:02:33
  • 2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — John says there is even a poster of the line at DFTBA.com, designed by Nerdfighter Risa. — 00:00:36
  • 2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — announcement: John says they have been selling a poster with a quote attributed to him that a 13-year-old wrote; Melody and Risa will now share its royalties, and Melody is being paid retroactively for posters already sold. — 00:02:14
  • 2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — announcement: John says he liked an artwork of Melody's so much that it is now a DFTBA.com poster, available for pre-order, with the royalties going to Melody. — 00:02:27
  • 2015-03-13 · Screaming Into Pillows — Hank says that as SciShow, Crash Course, VidCon and DFTBA have grown, more complicated infrastructure leaves him less freedom to talk about them. — 00:02:38
  • 2015-05-15 · Happy Graduation, Future Dead People — announcement: The description links two DFTBA store posters titled 'Our actions build our world'. — video description
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John: DFTBA Records has a new CEO, Jo Garrett, a Nerdfighter who will help DFTBA Records get people their stuff in a timely manner. — 00:00:58
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — recommendation: John says Nerdfighteria Wimbledon scarves are still available at DFTBA.com. — 00:01:41
  • 2015-08-03 · I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 — ask: 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. — 00:01:19
  • 2015-10-13 · John Green's Fiery Race Car Disaster — recommendation: John points out his Eleanor & Park t-shirt, which he got at DFTBA.com. — 00:01:01
  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — recommendation: Hank points those confused by Pizza John to his video from last year (2014) on the history of Pizza John, which he worked hard on and thinks is good. (hedged) — 00:01:04
  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — announcement: Hank: During Pizzamas Pizza Johns come in various styles, available for pre-order only in this two-week period and then never again. — 00:01:12
  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — announcement: Hank: The shirts are available at DFTBA.com and never again; Pizzamas also offers a Pizza John ornament, snapback, window cling, stickers and a travel mug, only available now. — 00:03:15
  • 2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — announcement: John: Besides the Pizza John T-shirts, other Pizza John gear such as shoestrings and a travel mug is available only during Pizzamas. — 00:01:08
  • 2015-11-12 · Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) — ask: John recommends Pizza John shoelaces and a Pizza John travel mug as gifts, available for pre-order only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com. (playful) — 00:01:38
  • 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
  • 2015-11-19 · Is Success a Bad Idea? (Pizzamas Day 9 of 10) — announcement: Hank notes there is one day left of Pizzamas to get the shirts and other products at DFTBA.com, and thanks everyone for a great Pizzamas. — 00:03:48
  • 2015-11-20 · On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) — ask: John says it is the last day to order Pizzamas merch, including his face in a nebula 'on your torso', available until midnight at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:29
  • 2015-11-27 (said on 2015-11-26, implied) · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ — Hank spent much of the week at the DFTBA.com warehouse during the busy season, mostly signing things. — 00:00:00
  • 2015-11-27 (said on 2015-11-26, implied) · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ — Hank says DFTBA now works with many creators (Hannah Hart, Rhett and Link, GloZell Green, MinuteEarth, This Star Won't Go Out), selling shirts, hats, posters, mugs and tea, helping creators make a living. — 00:00:10
  • 2015-11-27 (said on 2015-11-26, implied) · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ — announcement: Hank announces everything at DFTBA.com is 20% off this week (week of 23 November 2015) and that Bobble John and Bobble Hank bobbleheads are available. — 00:03:16

2016

2017

2018

  • 2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — announcement: John: There is Turtles All the Way Down merch at DFTBA.com: posters and a pencil set with quotes from the book. — 00:02:28
  • 2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — announcement: 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. — 00:02:42
  • 2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — announcement: Hank shows the pea shirt sold at DFTBA.com. — 00:02:50
  • 2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — announcement: Hank: DFTBA.com was just relaunched with a new design, which makes Hank very happy. — 00:03:47
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank points viewers to the new Nerdfighter backpack, in limited supply at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:34
  • 2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — announcement: Hank: Asked why there is no merch for An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank says there is, at DFTBA.com. — 00:02:26
  • 2018-10-16 · Life's Library — announcement: John announces Life's Library, developed with Rosianna Halse Rojas and DFTBA.com: every six weeks for a year a group reads a book at least a year old and discusses it on Discord. — 00:00:58
  • 2018-10-16 · Life's Library — announcement: John: 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. — 00:02:16
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: 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. — 00:00:31
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: The last shirt, designed by DFTBA, is an extremely subtle Pizza John for those proud of Pizzamas but not too proud. — 00:01:28
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: Everything, including a Pizzamas sleep mask, is available only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com and then disappears forever. — 00:01:28
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: For newcomers John puts an explanatory link in the doobly-doo, with a link to all Pizzamas items, available only for two weeks; all proceeds go to charity. — 00:03:06
  • 2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — announcement: John says a mug, sleep mask, t-shirt, button and many other Pizzamas items are available to order now at DFTBA.com. (playful) — 00:01:53
  • 2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — ask: Hank says only five days are left in Pizzamas and urges viewers to get their Pizzamas gear now at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — ask: John reminds viewers that Pizzamas items are available for only one more day at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:54
  • 2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — announcement: John says more of the brothers' Nerdfighteria work is shifting to supporting charity: Pizzamas royalties go to the Foundation and proceeds of Life's Library, his book club with Rosianna, to Partners In Health. — 00:01:05
  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — ask: Hank thanks everyone for Pizzamas and says it is closing, so Pizzamas products are at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:40
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: The description updates that all the coins are gone. — video description
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank: Through Black Friday weekend DFTBA.com celebrates ten years as a company with free shipping on every order of $50 and over. — 00:02:39
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — ask: Hank invites viewers to DFTBA.com for merch from the McElroy brothers, the Gregory Brothers, the Green brothers, Lindsay Ellis, The Valleyfolk and many other creators. — 00:03:08
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank: The first 1,000 items bought from Black Friday on come with a challenge-coin token reading 'Don't forget to be awesome'. — 00:03:08
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank: DFTBA is stopping the sock club and the pin club and replacing them with the Flair Club, a quarterly box with more stuff per box. — 00:03:08
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank: The Flair Club costs $30 a quarter, each box stuffed with surprises; the first box can be seen at DFTBA.com now. — 00:03:38
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank: Right after uploading, Hank will livestream on Hank's channel from the DFTBA warehouse while packing orders, and invites viewers to hang out. — 00:03:38

2019

  • 2019-01-15 · On Burning Resentment — recommendation: John recommends Valentines by Nerdfighter Sharon, available at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:24
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: The description says all 1700 bags sold in two hours. — video description
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: The description says that, because of how their accounting works, DFTBA profit going to Partners In Health extends back through the entire last year (2018). — video description
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank explains that DFTBA profit not going to Partners In Health is either held as an operating reserve or distributed to small minority owners who invested when the company needed it. — video description
  • 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
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — Hank describes one of his favorite businesses, a shipping company making products for creators to sell to their communities, started with Alan in 2008 and now run with Dave; it helps creators grow or go full time. — 00:01:27
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — Hank says the business relied on him realizing, accepting and being excited that he didn't want it to make billions and be sold to Amazon. — 00:01:56
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank: With too much stock in the DFTBA warehouse, Hank announces a $17.99 bag of up to ten Vlogbrothers items, shipping anywhere included, for two weeks or until stock runs out. — 00:02:26
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank says other things are on sale, such as the bobbleheads they made too many of, now two dollars plus shipping. (playful) — 00:02:26
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank: With big goals for maternal health in Liberia with Partners In Health, Hank says DFTBA will give the vast majority of its after-tax profit to PIH for that project, with more information soon. — 00:02:56
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — Hank says this is DFTBA's own business money, whether it comes from Kurzgesagt, Lindsay Ellis, the McElroy Brothers or Life's Library. — 00:02:56
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank says DFTBA's business continues unchanged, with employees paid and bonused the same; only the profit goes to something that matters more, the obligations he feels now. — 00:03:25
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — announcement: Hank says John is in Sierra Leone with Partners In Health, seeing how individuals and the whole community might help make life easier there, especially for pregnant people and babies. — 00:00:31
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — announcement: Hank says he did four April Fools' jokes: DFTBA Brewing is not and never will be a real thing, but its merch is real. (playful) — 00:01:05
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — announcement: Hank says all of his and John's after-tax DFTBA profits will go to charity, probably to help do a project with Partners In Health. (hedged) — 00:01:15
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — announcement: Hank says the DFTBA Brewing merch is available only until today, maybe through the weekend. (hedged) — 00:01:22
  • 2019-04-09 · The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone — announcement: John: In coming months and years John and Hank will focus on long-term support for Sierra Leone's health care system, by far the channel's biggest project: intimidating, but the need is immediate and critical. — 00:05:30
  • 2019-04-23 · untitled — ask: John: 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. — 00:02:26
  • 2019-04-23 · untitled — announcement: John: Nerdfighteria's project with Partners In Health Sierra Leone will provide ongoing funding to improve the health care system there, because long-term problems need long-term solutions. — 00:02:55
  • 2019-04-23 · untitled — ask: John asks viewers to suggest in the comments a title for the Partners In Health Sierra Leone project, or for Hank's sequel. — 00:02:55
  • 2019-04-30 · The Thing with Feathers — ask: John tells Hank and viewers they can support AFC Wimbledon with the scarf that says DFTBA Nerdfighteria, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:23
  • 2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — announcement: Hank says the book box is from Life's Library; extra boxes made for replacements are being released at a discount on DFTBA.com. — 00:03:29
  • 2019-08-20 · Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion — Hank: A texted 'million dollar idea' is offered free to the world: a novel made of a single 52,000-word YouTube comment. (playful) — 00:02:04
  • 2019-10-01 · Why Are Poor Countries Poor? — announcement: John says the brothers will make a big announcement later this month (October 2019) about working with Partners In Health Sierra Leone, and first considers why Sierra Leone is so poor. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-10-01 · Why Are Poor Countries Poor? — announcement: The description says Hank and John have worked for a year and a half on a big, long-term project with PIH Sierra Leone, to be announced later this month (October 2019). — video description
  • 2019-10-04 · In Defense of Bad Flags — announcement: Hank: DFTBA.com has recently started selling 99% Invisible merch, which Hank loves; as a podcast about design, its designs are good. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-10-11 · Your Life Will be Better After you Know About Frogmouths — announcement: 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. (playful) — 00:03:22
  • 2019-10-15 · I'm Having a Lot of Feelings — announcement: John says the Pizza John masks are available at DFTBA.com for a properly horrifying Halloween costume. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — announcement: In a comment John says the donation is independent of the money Life's Library, DFTBA and others give to charity, which is not changing. — creator comment
  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — John: Answering 'Why Sierra Leone?', John says the Ministry of Health is committed to systemic change and PIH's deep connections in Kono let it help make that change. — 00:05:04
  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — John says that by locating the project in the world's epicentre of maternal death, PIH hopes to show that radically reducing maternal mortality in poor communities is a global imperative, not a pipe dream. — 00:05:13
  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — John says that just as PIH led the charge on treating HIV and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, it aims to show that strengthening health systems in poor communities is possible, necessary and replicable. — 00:05:26
  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — John says about $25 million is needed over five years; with their $6.5 million and several big PIH donations they are over halfway, but still need a little over a million dollars a year. — 00:05:44
  • 2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — announcement: John says generous Nerdfighters have built a matching fund of $120,000 per year, so every dollar donated is matched up to that amount, and thanks the matching donors. — 00:06:13
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — Hank says he just bought land to build a warehouse on because DFTBA has grown too much. — 00:00:00
  • 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, having not mentioned it on the channel, that DFTBA now gives all the profit distributions that would go to him and John to charity. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-10-28 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! — The description thanks the Pizzamas artists and DFTBA, and Paul DeGeorge for making John laugh harder than at any other point in 2019. — video description
  • 2019-10-28 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! — announcement: 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. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-10-28 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! — ask: John says everything is available only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com and urges viewers to go right now, admitting a false sense of urgency. (playful) — 00:02:09
  • 2019-10-28 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! — John thanks everybody at DFTBA and all the designers who took part in this weird project. — 00:02:46
  • 2019-10-30 · this is a video about pineapples. — announcement: John says the pineapple-pizza opinion pins, like all the merch, are available only during Pizzamas at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:24
  • 2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — ask: John shows the Pizzamas sweatshirt and scarf, available only during Pizzamas, then reads his note about pretending supplies are limited. (playful) — 00:03:37
  • 2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — ask: Hank says many Pizzamas products are at DFTBA.com through the end of the weekend and then never again, including all the designers' shirts. — 00:03:10
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — In a comment John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has no employees: its costs are perks made and shipped by DFTBA at its charity rate; the rest is paid by the brothers or done by volunteers. — creator comment
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — announcement: John says this year's (2019) P4A fundraising is entirely separate from the brothers' project with Partners In Health Sierra Leone announced a couple of months ago. — 00:02:01
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — John says over 3,000 viewers have joined the brothers in donating to strengthen Sierra Leone's healthcare system, and they are grateful and excited to watch the progress. — 00:02:08
  • 2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — In a channel comment John adds that all of DFTBA's profits go to charity, links the Hank-erchief, and congratulates Hank on his book, asking when he can read it. — creator comment
  • 2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — announcement: Hank says that through Monday DFTBA.com has free shipping everywhere in the world on orders over $50, plus lots of new Black Friday products. — 00:03:22
  • 2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — announcement: Hank wears several new DFTBA pins, including a Stentor coeruleus pin from Journey to the Microcosmos. — 00:03:29
  • 2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — announcement: Hank: Because they made a Pizza John bandana this year (2019), DFTBA is now also doing a 'Hank-erchief'; Hank doesn't expect to sell many but they had to make the joke. (playful) — 00:03:38
  • 2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — ask: Hank tells viewers to go to DFTBA.com right now. — 00:03:46
  • 2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — announcement: John: At the DFTBA warehouse in Missoula, Montana, staff are crushing hundreds of these 'reprehensible' pennies into souvenirs as P4A perks. (playful) — 00:01:41

2020

  • 2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — John says they still need to raise a few million dollars, which he realizes is a lot of money. — 00:01:13
  • 2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — announcement: Hank says that is part of why DFTBA now gives all of his and John's profit to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. — 00:01:06
  • 2020-03-27 · Take a Break with Some Feather Stars — announcement: The description says Montana has asked nonessential businesses to close until at least April 10th, likely longer, and that DFTBA will re-open. (hedged) — video description
  • 2020-03-27 · Take a Break with Some Feather Stars — announcement: The description says orders received up to that morning should ship, pre-order items may not, and customer service still handles refunds at hello@dftba.com. (hedged) — video description
  • 2020-03-27 · Take a Break with Some Feather Stars — The description thanks buyers: DFTBA built a rainy-day reserve fund from their purchases and can keep its staff paid during this time. — video description
  • 2020-03-27 · Take a Break with Some Feather Stars — announcement: Hank says the DFTBA warehouse and store have closed; everybody is still on staff, and they hope to be running again soon. — 00:03:34
  • 2020-05-05 · YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! — announcement: John announces a None Pizza with Left Hank t-shirt for Hank's birthday, only at DFTBA.com, with all proceeds to charity for the next few days. — 00:02:55
  • 2020-05-12 · We Could All Use a Little Change — sponsor: In a comment John discloses that DFTBA, which he part-owns, ships the journals in the US, but he gets no income from DFTBA; it all goes to charity. — creator comment
  • 2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John explains that the brothers are helping Partners In Health and Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health in a multi-year project to strengthen the healthcare system, focused on maternal mortality. — 00:01:28
  • 2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John: The emergency department is running again; PIH has been deeply involved in contact tracing and screening across Sierra Leone, and cases are down 18% from their peak. — 00:01:56
  • 2020-11-17 · Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update — announcement: John recalls that a year ago they announced a project supporting PIH and Sierra Leone's government in radically reducing maternal mortality, raising $25 million over five years to strengthen Kono's health system. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — The description says the project has been in the works for well over a year and thanks the people at DFTBA, sock consultants and the designers. — video description
  • 2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — announcement: Hank announces that he and John are launching the Awesome Socks Club (on Monday, 23 November 2020), a subscription sending a different pair of socks each month of 2021, each designed by a different independent artist. — 00:01:40
  • 2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — Hank says the club, launched on Monday, is already doing very well, with thousands of people signed up. — 00:02:17
  • 2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — announcement: Hank says sign-up closes on December 11 so they know how many socks to manufacture and nothing is wasted. — 00:02:49
  • 2020-12-04 · The Christmas Creature — announcement: The description says The Christmas Creature sold out on Erin's store, so a pre-order is up at DFTBA.com. — video description
  • 2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says a few years ago the brothers decided their portion of the profits from these businesses should go to charity. — 00:01:27
  • 2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John recalls Hank calling to propose a sock club instead of a book club: socks by independent artists every month of 2021, all profits to charity; John liked it but didn't know how to make it real. (playful) — 00:02:26
  • 2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says Hank put much work into a project that won't make him a single dollar, and the response has been amazing, much closer to Hank's ambitious projections than John's pessimistic ones. — 00:02:55
  • 2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — announcement: John says that because sales have been so high, members will get two pairs of socks in February and one each month after, with 100% of profits to charity. — 00:03:24
  • 2020-12-11 · The /W/orst Letter — announcement: Hank says socks come from a different artist each month of 2021, but new members get two pairs in February because they ran out of socks, then one a month. — 00:02:58

2021

  • 2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — announcement: John: There will be many perks for donors, such as collages Sarah has been making from old magazines. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Hank: Thoughts are not ideas: Hank's sample thoughts (raising money for a maternal center in Sierra Leone, socks selling well at DFTBA.com, many good independent artists) are unconnected and point in no direction. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Hank's example idea: a sock subscription sending each month a sock by a different independent artist, with 100% of the profit going to charity. — 00:01:27
  • 2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Hank: The Awesome Socks Club has now donated over $200,000 to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. — 00:01:27
  • 2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — announcement: John: Next week (week of 26 April 2021) Partners In Health and the Sierra Leonean government will officially break ground on the Maternal Center of Excellence and the expansion of Koidu Government Hospital, a huge step against maternal mortality. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-07-23 · The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club has raised over $600,000. — 00:03:21
  • 2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank: The projects that vibed include Crash Course, now huge; DFTBA Records, which helped creators make a living; and the Awesome Socks Club, which has raised over $600,000 for Partners In Health. — 00:01:27
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John's example is Pizza John: does he own it because it is his face from a screenshot of his video, or Valerie because they made the design? And who owns it when Alice makes one? — 00:01:27
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John says the brothers' share also seems high, because the money belongs to Nerdfighteria, not to them; that is why half goes to grants for educational creators and half to charity. — 00:02:26
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John stresses the 'in part': the brothers can afford not to make money from Vlogbrothers and DFTBA only because they earn elsewhere, John from books and Hank from his many jobs. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — Hank calls the AI's answer that 12 socks are too many its most inaccurate: he runs a sock subscription for charity, and there is no such thing as too many socks. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Hank thanks Sock Club members: they have so far raised over $600,000 for Partners In Health, and the socks are really good. — 00:01:45
  • 2021-10-01 · A Lie I Heard this Week — Hank says that because John did that work, they have raised tens of millions of dollars for Partners In Health, and donors, Awesome Socks Club members, Pizzamas buyers and community members were all part of it. — 00:02:53
  • 2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John: Asked in the comments whether he is a football fan, John says he is a big one and that they sponsor AFC Wimbledon, in the third tier of English football, which wears DFTBA on its shorts. — creator comment
  • 2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John: Every year the people at DFTBA and the designers in Nerdfighteria astonish John. — 00:03:18
  • 2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John wonders how something Valerie designed all those years ago turned into all of this, and says he is so, so grateful. — 00:03:28
  • 2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — 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. — 00:00:49
  • 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
  • 2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says that may be part of why they started donating all Pizzamas profit: not making money helps it not feel like work. (hedged) — 00:01:56
  • 2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — announcement: Hank thinks the only other Vlogbrothers thing before the end of the year is the relaunch of the Awesome Socks Club. (hedged) — 00:02:53
  • 2021-10-26 · Why Avocados Still Exist — ask: John: In comments John asks viewers whether they have signed up to be told when the Awesome Socks Club opens. — creator comment
  • 2021-11-02 · enough — ask: In a comment John says the Awesome Socks Club is live and urges viewers to get great socks; 100% of proceeds support reducing maternal and child mortality. — creator comment
  • 2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — announcement: Hank: Dropping the conceit that he invented socks, Hank announces the second year of the Awesome Socks Club, a sock subscription for charity that the community energized and that has grown beyond it. — 00:01:27
  • 2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — announcement: Hank says last year's (2020) one-year subscription confused most members, who thought it perpetual, so from now on the Awesome Socks Club is perpetual, cancellable any time. — 00:02:26
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has an idea every 20 seconds and has called some 7,000 times saying he has a million-dollar idea; a million dollars per idea would give John about $7 billion, nearly 3% of Jeff Bezos’ wealth. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says that with ideas in general, Hank's job is to be extremely enthusiastic and his own is to be extremely dubious. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has had many wonderful ideas, from VidCon to SciShow to Subbable, and helped make amazing things. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says Hank has also had terrible ideas, such as Surprisingly Edible, a store selling only things that don't look edible, and Pelifans, an Only Fans for pelicans. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says a Hank idea that survives his anxious, dubious filter is a great one, and he has approved almost all of Hank's best ideas, almost without exception. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says he was right that 2D glasses didn't make a million dollars but wrong otherwise: they were very successful and changed both brothers' lives, because Hank realized his ideas could become things. — 00:01:46
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John recalls Hank and people at DFTBA.com pitching a sock subscription a couple of years ago, with all profit to stronger health systems in poor communities; John said it was not a million-dollar idea. — 00:02:16
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says the Awesome Socks Club raised over $700,000 for charity in its first year. — 00:02:45
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John hopes this is the year Hank proves him fully wrong and the club becomes a literal million-dollar idea, because it does a lot of good. (hedged) — 00:03:21
  • 2021-11-12 · Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium — announcement: Hank: 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. (hedged) — 00:03:24
  • 2021-11-12 · Everything a Normal Person Needs to Know About Helium — ask: Hank tells viewers who want to sign up for the Awesome Socks Club that there's a link in the description. — 00:03:24
  • 2021-11-19 · How do We Get Anything Done At All? — Hank thanks everyone for joining the Awesome Socks Club: current members get froggy socks, and new members' first socks will come in January. — 00:03:02
  • 2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — ask: John: 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. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — announcement: John says the signed books are at DFTBA.com and all proceeds go to charity. — 00:00:43
  • 2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — John calls Hank's talent for selling socks genuinely unparalleled and asks whether he could apply it to coffee. — 00:02:03
  • 2021-12-01 · Loving the Loves of Your Loves — announcement: John: Many collages were made as Project for Awesome perks; Sarah has now released some as DFTBA note cards, all proceeds to charity, John's favorite thank-you cards. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John says Hank has so many ideas that a website tracks days since he started a thing, and in a recent video John said Hank has an idea every 20 minutes and John's job is to say when they are bad. — 00:01:27

Also named in: VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!!

2022

  • 2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John: In 2019 John's family made a long-term commitment to support Partners In Health's effort to radically reduce maternal mortality in Kono District, Sierra Leone. — 00:00:00
  • 2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — announcement: John: With PIH's own fundraising and support from Life's Library and the Awesome Socks Club, ground has broken on the Maternal Center of Excellence. — 00:00:58
  • 2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John thanks PIH Sierra Leone's executive director Dr. Bailor Barrie, maternal care lead Isata Dumbuya, and everyone at DFTBA.com. — 00:08:29
  • 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
  • 2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club has donated over a million dollars to Partners In Health for the brothers' work in Sierra Leone. — 00:02:26
  • 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
  • 2022-07-12 · Nauseous Puddle Water — announcement: John hopes the club, like the Awesome Socks Club before it, will give ongoing support to charities building stronger health systems, starting with the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. (hedged) — 00:02:44
  • 2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — In a channel comment Hank says the sock club is getting close to $2 million. — creator comment
  • 2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — Hank: Asked why they work so hard on businesses they don't profit from, Hank used to say they have plenty; his refined answer is that they are more interested in impact than wealth, and he wouldn't work half as hard on the sock club just for money. — 00:01:10
  • 2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — Hank: The community could have been somewhat proud of a for-profit sock club, as Hank is of many YouTubers' projects, such as Holo Taco and Dropout TV. — 00:02:37
  • 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
  • 2022-09-26 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US — The description admits that DFTBA did not send only small shirts: it sent two boxes, one for in-person deliveries, and John opened the wrong one. (playful) — video description
  • 2022-10-14 · The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters — Hank: Going deeper into the lore, Hank lists prompts French the Llama, Puppy-sized Elephant, Million Dollar Idea (Surprisingly Edible, the Awesome Club Club), and Pumpkins and Penguins. — 00:01:44
  • 2022-11-01 · Is This Painting Upside Down? — announcement: John: 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. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2022-11-04 · My Secret Obsession — announcement: 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. — 00:02:03
  • 2022-11-04 · My Secret Obsession — Hank: Other favorites: a giant bronze banana in hot Palm Springs, and DFTBA warehouse poster boxes that read differently top to bottom or bottom to top. (playful) — 00:03:10
  • 2022-11-04 · My Secret Obsession — ask: Hank tells John that sign-up for the Awesome Socks Club is open only for the next week, so he might as well do it now; $5 off with the link in the description. — 00:03:34
  • 2022-11-08 · Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders — announcement: John says the Diet Dr Pepper of socks is the club's new ankle socks, which they have just started making. — 00:05:54
  • 2022-11-11 · Elon Was Right — announcement: Hank announces the club now ships from the EU, so members in Europe need not worry about customs. — 00:03:24
  • 2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — John says the community, working with Partners In Health, is now on pace to raise over $35 million in the first five years of the project to radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:00:00
  • 2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — John says the other really important revenue source for the project is socks and coffee. — 00:03:24
  • 2022-11-17 · A Quick Update for the Sock Fiends — announcement: Hank makes a second video this week (week of 14 November 2022) to explain why the Awesome Socks Club window, planned to be open for two weeks, is now in its third week. — 00:00:00
  • 2022-11-17 · A Quick Update for the Sock Fiends — announcement: Hank: Members were meant to be able to switch from crew to ankle socks starting in January; the feature wasn't ready, so they kept the window open, and it is now live. — 00:00:00
  • 2022-11-18 · How Much Does Humanity Weigh? — ask: 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. — 00:03:34

Also named in: How John and I Talk About Ideas

2023

  • 2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John: In a comment reply, John says 2D glasses are still available from the DFTBA store. — creator comment
  • 2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John: In a comment reply, John says the Awesome Coffee Club is more his than Hank's, though mostly run by the folks at dftba.com. — creator comment
  • 2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John says Hank also runs DFTBA.com, a merch company, and the Awesome Socks Club, a sock subscription service for charity. — 00:00:29
  • 2023-01-24 · Behind the Scenes of my TUMBLR MEME LORD ERA — John says the Awesome Coffee Club, with its cousin the Awesome Socks Club, is a really important part of ongoing funding to fight maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:00:29
  • 2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — Hank says tens of thousands of people get coffee and tens of thousands get socks from the clubs every month. — 00:00:43
  • 2023-03-17 (said on 2023-03-16, implied) · This is a Video!! — announcement: The description says the Drippy Fish shirt is available at the DFTBA store only for the next seven days. — video description
  • 2023-03-17 (said on 2023-03-16, implied) · This is a Video!! — announcement: 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. — 00:03:13
  • 2023-04-04 · The Search for Real Feeling — John says the Awesome Socks and Coffee Club has passed $2 million raised. — 00:01:12
  • 2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — The description thanks everyone working on the MCOE and everyone who donated, joined the sock club, bought soap or spread word of the maternal mortality crisis. — video description
  • 2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — In a comment John says maintaining the hospital will be a long-term challenge, which is why they are building ongoing revenue like the Awesome Socks Club for open-ended MCOE support. — creator comment
  • 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: Colleagues from Missoula to Sierra Leone count on the brothers to continue the Awesome Coffee and Socks clubs and everything else DFTBA makes. — 00:03:24
  • 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
  • 2023-06-13 · touched by a king — ask: John's comment says the Awesome Socks Club has reopened and urges viewers to get Awesome Coffee Club coffee, whose profits all fight maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — creator comment
  • 2023-06-16 · So, About This HAIR… — ask: In a channel comment John, at Hank's order, says the Awesome Socks Club, with artist-designed socks and all profit to charity, is accepting new memberships, as happens only a couple of times a year. — creator comment
  • 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 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. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 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
  • 2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John: On a recent visit, the DFTBA team taught John how the warehouse works and how to pack Awesome Coffee for subscribers. — 00:03:00
  • 2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — announcement: John announces the Awesome Socks Club is open now for a week, which happens only about twice a year. — 00:03:15
  • 2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — recommendation: John: Admitting he can't sell socks like Hank, John says the socks are so comfortable you don't feel the toe seam. (playful) — 00:03:25
  • 2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John: 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. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John says he has never been so enthusiastic about a for-profit-for-charity venture in his life. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — ask: The description asks viewers to join the Awesome Socks Club or the Awesome Coffee Club, with 100% of profit going to charity. — video description
  • 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — The description thanks Abi Rein and Jessica Rollins for traveling to Colombia, the DFTBA staff who packed the coffee orders, Rosianna Halse Rojas for translation and captions, Sucafina and roaster First Crack. — video description
  • 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — announcement: The description names Laura Joukovski as DFTBA's incoming CEO. — video description
  • 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — announcement: John says DFTBA runs the Awesome Coffee Club, Marta is one of the farmers whose beans he drinks daily, and DFTBA staff recently went to Colombia to learn from her and other farmers. (playful) — 00:00:42
  • 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — John says the Awesome Coffee Club donates 100% of profit to charity; Awesome Coffee, Awesome Socks and Sun Basin Soap have donated over $5 million in three years to fight maternal and infant mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:05:20
  • 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 — John describes DFTBA.com as an e-commerce company connecting fans to creators like the McElroy Brothers or Kurzgesagt, which also makes the Awesome Socks and Coffee Clubs and Sun Basin Soap. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — John calls DFTBA just the best and says the people who work there are amazing. — 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 — announcement: The description says all the clubs are now part of the brothers' new project Good Store, where you can subscribe to a better world. — 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 — John credits DFTBA's Zoe Ryder with brilliant soap descriptions, e.g. unscented Enigma as the liminal air of a spring evening and tangerine-sage Trailblazer as an unseen curve in a winding trail. — 00:01:14
  • 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 — John: In his last week John thanks DFTBA's warehouse, customer service, and projects and products teams for teaching him shipping, customer experience and making things responsibly. — 00:02:26
  • 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 — ask: John: For the last time as CEO, John asks viewers to buy the soap, coffee and socks, noting that 100% of the profit goes to charity. — 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
  • 2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — announcement: The description says all Pizzamas proceeds go to support PIH's work, with an emphasis on tuberculosis treatment and diagnosis. — video description
  • 2023-09-26 · THE REVEAL — Hank says the DFTBA team worked for months to get ready for Pizzamas and pulled off things he doubted, like a Pizza John Chia Pet he thought could not be made. — 00:00:15
  • 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — John and his producing partner Rosianna sponsor AFC Wimbledon: the women's team wear a Partners In Health logo on their shirts, the men's team a DFTBA logo on their shorts. — 00:00:57
  • 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — John hails central defenders 'Greatbeard' Ryan Johnson and Joe Lewis, whose aggressively rolled-up shorts hide the DFTBA logo, which John is fine with. (playful) — 00:03:12
  • 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 — announcement: Hank says the person they hired, LJ Joukovski, is amazing; she has had a crash course in Pizza John and has embraced the weird. — 00:02:29
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says LJ could make much more money elsewhere: DFTBA is not built to grow fast, maximize profit and sell, so they needed someone more interested in the interesting and weird. — 00:02:58
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — announcement: Hank says he is still very involved in DFTBA, which does lots of cool, weird things and is surprisingly big. — 00:04:54
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — announcement: Hank says they will probably eventually settle on an actual job title for him at DFTBA. (hedged) — 00:04:54
  • 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 — 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
  • 2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank: By capable Hank means the community can act for itself and the world, from TB access to Crash Course, SciShow and the clubs funding maternal health in Sierra Leone; membership should feel valuable. — 00:03:57
  • 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
  • 2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — announcement: Hank says US viewers get free shipping on DFTBA.com orders over $50 today and tomorrow, and DFTBA sells for many creators. — 00:01:33
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank says people being willing and excited to buy things he made was new to him, and it led directly to founding DFTBA Records with his friend Alan. — 00:01:08
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank thinks over 50 people now work full-time for DFTBA, which is 15 years old and has become quite big. (hedged) — 00:01:08
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank says DFTBA mostly helps creators sell products to their audiences, working with the McElroy brothers, Kurzgesagt and a company called Item Label, and doing the logistics behind Dropout TV. — 00:01:38
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank says in 2016 they started the first version of the Awesome Socks Club, shipping around 400 pairs a month and donating a lot to charity; the number is different now. — 00:01:38
  • 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! — announcement: Hank: Copying Newman's Own, Good Store is now the landing page for all the products, with a small internal DFTBA team seeking new ethically sourced, high-quality products. — 00:05:24
  • 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
  • 2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — announcement: 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. — 00:06:23
  • 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — announcement: Hank announces $3 shipping on all DFTBA.com orders for Black Friday, international included. — 01:40:50
  • 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John insists DFTBA is an initialism, not an acronym, because acronyms are pronounceable; it stands for don't forget to be awesome. — 02:18:13

2024

  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Wearing a suit, John presents the Bank of Nerdfighteria's semi-annual report: the Bank has two arms, the Good Store/DFTBA.com arm and the Project for Awesome arm. — 00:00:02
  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Needing long-term ongoing funding for the Sierra Leone commitment, the brothers started the Awesome Socks Club, a sock subscription, and later launched Good Store with coffee and soap subscriptions too. — 00:00:40
  • 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank says the goal of raising $25 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence caused many of their ideas, like the Awesome Socks Club and the Awesome Coffee Club, and many asks of individuals and the community. — 00:00:58
  • 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — announcement: Hank: 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. — 00:06:33
  • 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
  • 2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — 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. — 00:03:52
  • 2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — announcement: Hank: A sock says the introductory price of the first socks rises by $1 a day: $5 today, $6 on Saturday, then $7 up to $10. (playful) — 00:03:56
  • 2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — ask: Hank: The sock invites viewers to join the Awesome Socks Club for a little extra delight and to make the world a better place. (playful) — 00:04:21
  • 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
  • 2024-06-18 · The Tea — John: Needing much more money, Hank proposed partly funding the project with an Awesome Socks Club; John thought it ludicrous, but says never bet against Hank Green. (playful) — 00:01:10
  • 2024-06-18 · The Tea — John: The Awesome Socks Club became an explosive hit; with its sibling coffee and soap clubs it has raised over $8 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence project. — 00:01:27
  • 2024-07-05 · Should I Run for President?? — ask: 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. — 00:03:28
  • 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis — Hank says the Awesome Socks Club has become much bigger and more important than they ever imagined. — 00:02:15
  • 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis — Hank wants to sell socks to people who care about the world: each sock is designed by a different independent artist and all profit goes to making the world more equitable and just. — 00:02:45
  • 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis — announcement: Hank announces that this month (July 2024) is sock month: with code FIRSTSOCK6 new Awesome Socks Club subscribers get their first pair for $6. — 00:03:14
  • 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis — Hank thanks viewers who have shared their socks with the Rock Your Socks hashtag and shows their photos from around the world, one of them his own foot. — 00:03:14
  • 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis — Hank says people in Sierra Leone are going to have a hospital because of the socks members wear. — 00:03:43
  • 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis — Hank says over 500 people have reviewed the Awesome Socks Club, with an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars. — 00:03:43
  • 2024-07-12 · My Identity Crisis — ask: Hank urges viewers, including parents who want socks matching their children's, to subscribe today while the first pair costs $6. — 00:03:43
  • 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
  • 2024-09-23 · IT'S HERE! — announcement: John says all the money made at pizzamas.com this Pizzamas goes to Partners In Health; keeping it would be morally repugnant. — 00:01:46
  • 2024-10-04 · Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) — 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. — 00:05:05
  • 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
  • 2024-11-03 · 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: DFTBA.com makes and sells products for creators; it has problems like losing a client or fearing port shutdowns, and COVID made running it much harder. — 00:08:25
  • 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
  • 2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John: Needing still more money, Hank had the idea of a second ongoing funding source through selling socks; John thought it was not a good idea and says he was wrong. — 00:01:16
  • 2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John: This year (2024) alone the socks have raised over $759,000 for the maternal and child health care project, John says, an amazing number though down from last year (2023). — 00:01:27
  • 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
  • 2024-12-06 · One of the Most Important Images On Earth — ask: The description points viewers to DFTBA's Sweet 16 Sale. — video description

2025

  • 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 half the money from this channel supports up-and-coming online educators and the other half goes to Partners In Health. — 00:05:55
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says that every seven to ten days for the last 20 years Hank has called him with an idea, inevitably a million-dollar idea. (playful) — 00:00:34
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says Hank's ideas the Awesome Socks Club and Sun Basin Soap have raised millions of dollars for a Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. — 00:00:49
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — announcement: John says the idea was developed by DFTBA with Hank, and he is promoting it the week before his book because he thinks it is brilliant. — 00:02:27
  • 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — Hank concludes that making white-noise videos is a good business to be in, and wonders what it would be like to be in it for Partners In Health. — 00:00:23
  • 2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — announcement: Hank: If it works, Hank may look for other good sounds in the world and become a sound hunter for charity. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:42
  • 2025-04-18 · This one's for your mom — announcement: 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. — 00:25:07
  • 2025-04-18 · This one's for your mom — announcement: Hank announces that Good Store now sells prepaid subscriptions: you pay once for six months (or 12), they then stop, which makes them good gifts. — 00:28:28
  • 2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — announcement: The description offers the first book co-authored by Hank and John (and by a book) in soft or hard cover from the DFTBA store. (playful) — video description
  • 2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says Good.Store's Awesome Socks Club and Sun Basin Soap together have raised $10 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence project. — 00:00:58
  • 2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says the facility would not exist without Nerdfighteria, which raised the literal majority of the funds needed. — 00:03:33
  • 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
  • 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information — Hank: 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. — 00:13:44
  • 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information — ask: Hank asks viewers to buy discounted mystery socks, all profit to charity, with the code LOOKATTHISGRAPH (meant for another video) for an extra $5 off. — 00:13:44
  • 2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think — ask: The description asks viewers to get the shirt Hank is wearing, on sale only for the next week. — video description
  • 2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think — announcement: Hank says the fish t-shirt he is wearing is for sale right now at DFTBA.com. — 00:06:55
  • 2025-07-22 · At Least There Are Trees — announcement: 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. — 00:05:01
  • 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank lists their week: a Good Store photo shoot, talks with DFTBA, making Vlogbrothers and Quadragocon events. — 00:04:41
  • 2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John recalls Hank calling to say he had made the app with a developer named Bria; John thought the pitch brilliant and loved the idea of buyable beans like a Hank Bean. — 00:02:11
  • 2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — John: Unboxing the shirts, John credits the team at DFTBA and says the shirts are now simply awesome t-shirts that happen to be Pizza John themed. — 00:00:30
  • 2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — John says they donate 100% of their Pizzamas proceeds to Partners In Health. — 00:04:31
  • 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
  • 2025-10-08 · Being Alive — recommendation: 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. (hedged) — 00:04:16
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: John notes that Awesome Socks Club subscriptions can now be given as six- or 12-month gift subscriptions, so the joy lasts beyond Christmas morning. — 00:03:33
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: John explains where purchases go: Keats & Co. coffee and tea supports TB care in Lesotho; socks, underwear and Sun Basin Soap support the Maternal Center of Excellence; EcoGeek supports the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:24:21
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — John recalls a college gig in Binghamton where a man who had received his brother's sock subscription for three years asked when he could assume they were his; John said that time had passed. (playful) — 00:27:33
  • 2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John jokes that most of Hank's million dollar ideas are in fact single digit dollar ideas. (playful) — 00:03:53
  • 2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — announcement: Hank says orders placed now from Good Store or DFTBA.com will probably, though not guaranteed, arrive by Christmas or the end of Hanukkah. (hedged) — 00:04:54

2026

  • 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
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — recommendation: John calls the Nerdfighter art perk his favorite: art made by a Nerdfighter goes to the DFTBA warehouse in Missoula and is sent to a donor; he gets it every year. — 01:59:23
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — announcement: Hank's music disappeared from Spotify when DFTBA shut down its account with the service it used; they will do something about it eventually, but it has not been a priority. — 05:46:13
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John explains the Nerdfighter art perk: someone somewhere makes an artwork and sends it to the DFTBA warehouse in Montana, which sends it to a donor of $55, connecting the two; 392 of 1,475 are left. — 02:17:47
  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank says they started the Awesome Socks Club and then Good Store, which gives all its profit to charity, much of it to the Maternal Center of Excellence. — 00:02:26
  • 2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says taking that risk has already paid off on a level none of their previous risks ever could. — 00:04:52
  • 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — ask: Hank says the Awesome Socks and Awesome Undies Club is open, with the first pair of socks or underwear 50% off with code SHAREAPAIR. — 00:06:18
  • 2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John says mothers and children who could have died now survive every week in Kono, and the community has played a small but significant role. — 00:03:24
  • 2026-05-01 · Despair is Not Wisdom — Hank says it is less true in one place because of the work of this community, the people at DFTBA.com and the Good Store partners. — 00:01:27
  • 2026-05-01 · Despair is Not Wisdom — Hank notes he just happens to be wearing a DFTBA shirt. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 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
  • 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says views may suit brand deals, but Vlogbrothers does none: they make things with people, such as artists' Pizzamas shirts whose money goes to Partners In Health. — 00:08:15
  • 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John does not know how the DFTBA team makes Pizzamas better every year, but they do, and he is grateful. — 00:01:04
  • 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John: For new viewers, John explains that Valerie2776 created Pizza John almost 20 years ago. — 00:01:52
  • 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John says no one is paying him to praise the shirts, because 100% of the Pizzamas royalties go to support Partners In Health. — 00:02:14
  • 2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — ask: The description asks viewers to get their Pizzamas at pizzamas.com, noting that all the value Pizzamas captures goes to Partners In Health. — video description
  • 2026-10-07 · The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species — announcement: Hank announces that Pizzamas has officially broken even, so every further purchase adds to what goes to Partners In Health. — 00:03:36
  • 2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — announcement: 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. — 00:00:59
  • 2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — ask: John asks viewers to get Pizzamas items at pizzamas.com, available only for the next few days; all proceeds go to Partners In Health. — 00:01:28
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank says Pizzamas pays artists and product designers to make amazing pizza stuff, available for the last time, with the profit donated to Partners In Health. — 00:08:58
  • 2026-10-16 · Is Happiness the Goal? — Hank: Pizzamas 2017 ran at the same time as the Turtles tour; stopping at an almond orchard, the brothers decided they had time to edit a whole music video there. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank remembers DFTBA selling a shirt of a dumpster on fire with 2016 written on it, because 2016 was the dumpster fire year. — 00:01:30
  • 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — announcement: Hank says that, to keep things simple and make inventory make sense, the Awesome Socks Club is now open during just one or two windows a year. — 00:08:07
  • 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — announcement: Hank says the Awesome Socks Club's 2026 sign-up window opens on November 3 (3 November 2026). — 00:08:07