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2007

2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank tells John they will no longer communicate by any textual means: no instant messaging or email, only video blogs and possibly phone calls. — 00:00:13
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — Hank says he sent John the email outlining the plan the night before from a New Year's Eve party in Lake Tahoe. — 00:00:43
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank: Starting January 1st Hank sends a video blog, John replies the next day, and they continue alternating like this until the year is up. — 00:00:43
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank says that if either brother fails to send a video blog on a weekday there will be punishments, to be outlined later. — 00:00:43
2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank declares that Brotherhood 2.0 commences today and admits the plan probably makes them crazy. (playful) — 00:00:43
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — John introduces Hank to viewers: 26, a web designer, environmental activist and writer. — 00:00:37
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — Sydney Green: Off camera, the brothers' mother answers John's prompt by telling Hank she loves him. — 00:01:19
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — John: Recalling the agreed punishments for missed videos, John proposes the brothers also periodically give each other challenges. (hedged) — 00:01:19
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — John suggests two challenges: eating five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, and drinking a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling. (playful) — 00:01:53
2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — John tentatively suggests Thursdays and Fridays as challenge days and leaves the choice to Hank. (hedged) — 00:01:53
2007-01-03 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd — Hank says being John's brother is frustrating: people tell him he looks like John and jokes like him, only less funny. (playful) — 00:00:13
2007-01-03 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd — Hank proposes that the brothers make a video blog list of all the ways they are very different people. — 00:00:54
2007-01-03 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd — Hank: Other listed differences: John has got kind of pudgy in recent years whereas Hank will in coming years, and Hank, unlike John, vainly obsesses about his hair. (playful) — 00:00:54
2007-01-03 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd — Hank says performing a version of 500 Miles on the show appeals to him and asks whether it should be a punishment, project or challenge. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — John: Continuing Hank's list of differences, John says Hank is excellent at living in line with his values while John is not. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — John notes Hank ignored his toilet-paper-and-Nepal challenge in his last video and says that if Hank will not do it, he will. (playful) — 00:01:11
2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — John announces a Brotherhood 2.0 viewer's wife has had a baby after 32 hours of labor and suggests letting the viewer pick a project or challenge for the brothers as a present. (hedged) — 00:02:05
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank proposes suggesting more punishments so the brothers can choose between them, and letting people suggest punishments too. (hedged) — 00:01:11
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank says the only punishment so far is the 500 miles punishment, which he would be totally okay doing and thinks would be fun. (hedged) — 00:01:11
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank suggests three punishments: grow facial hair for a week then wax the chin, the 'stick-a-needle-in-my-eye provision', and giving yourself a mohawk, which he has always wanted. (playful) — 00:01:43
2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank sings a line of 500 Miles and says it is not a punishment to him; they need to come up with better punishments. (hedged) — 00:02:54
2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John proposes punishments for failing to update, taken from his living room: the 1100-page Continuum History of Apocalypticism, a Christmas card with someone else's baby, knitting a scarf, eating a styrofoam peanut. (playful) — 00:01:01
2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — announcement: Hank presents the new Brotherhood 2.0 website at brotherhood2.com and asks for suggestions or comments. — 00:00:00
2007-01-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 24, 2007 — John: Answering the survey, John says he has known Hank since Hank was born and Katherine since, he believes, 1999. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th — Hank says many people have suggested very good punishments: not just difficult but extremely embarrassing on a video blog, which is the kind they want. — 00:01:05
2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th — Hank: Expecting he may well be the first punished, Hank proposes that the unpunished brother choose the punishment, so the punished one can't take the one he'd most like; viewers see the other's pick. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2007-02-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 2nd — Hank greets the viewer who made the first Brotherhood 2.0 reply video on YouTube: 'Well done'. — 00:00:03
2007-02-07 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 — John: On what he calls story day, John reads his story 'Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green', told in Hank's voice. (playful) — 00:00:10
2007-02-07 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 — John: In the story Hank's small problem is that everyone poops in his pants: each morning crowds surround his house chanting for his pants. (fiction) — 00:00:10
2007-02-07 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 — John: At the request of several commenters, John challenges Hank to answer every question in his survey in one video of 3 minutes 30 seconds or less. (playful) — 00:02:48
2007-02-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 8th — Hank accepts John's challenge and will answer his survey; the 3-minute-30-second limit will be quite a barrier, but he will do his best. (playful) — 00:03:31
2007-02-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th — Hank's assignment for the day is to complete his own survey, really fast. — 00:00:11
2007-02-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th — Hank says the survey section took only 3 minutes 27 seconds, so the challenge is complete even though the video runs longer than 3:30. — 00:03:44
2007-02-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble — Hank: The working computer is helping with Brotherhood 2.0 projects, chiefly their new MySpace page, which already has about 69 friends after John's SparksFlyUp post and Hank's bulletin. — 00:00:59
2007-02-23 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 23, 2007: Books — John: To answer Hank's questions about e-books, libraries and used bookstores, John brings in another author, Maureen Johnson, author of 'four, almost five' books. — 00:00:57
2007-02-27 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 27, 2007: Horseradish Challenge — ask: John: Before doing his own challenge, John sets Hank one: do something awesome with Nerdfighters; he adds that viewers have had excellent ideas for how to do it. — 00:00:35
2007-03-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. — John feels he hasn't given Hank many presents during the vlog, apart from physically hurting himself, which brothers like to see, and says he will try harder. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:31
2007-03-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. — John: For Christmas 2000 John bought Hank a DVD player and Hank gave John two pairs of white tube socks; John jokes Hank is still making up for it. (playful) — 00:00:31
2007-03-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls. — John: Inspired by Hank's earwax video, John proposes Hank could build the world's largest ball of earwax by the end of 2007, with viewers and their friends sending theirs. (joke) — 00:01:22
2007-03-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 2nd: Politics and Butt Explosions — Hank announces that he has been living with ulcerative colitis, and points to an advertisement ('Hidden fire. The great butt explosion.') to show what it is like. (playful) — 00:01:04
2007-03-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head — ask: John ends by asking Hank what is on his head. (playful) — 00:01:24
2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks — John says he has been doing a lot better since watching Hank's video, which made his week. — 00:00:00
2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks — John says Hank in particular, and all the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads, went above and beyond, showing him things one can put on one's head, from an ironing board to a knee-length boot. — 00:00:42
2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK — announcement: John gleefully tells Hank that Hank accidentally included him on a list of people he emailed about Mom, so Hank is going to be punished. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK — John: Inspired by Hank's video, John proposes that by April 2008 he and Hank find a way to put some fishing boat proceeds into their tax return. (playful) — 00:01:08
2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK — ask: John: Not feeling creative, John asks Nerdfighters to help decide Hank's punishment by leaving suggestions in the comments. — 00:01:31
2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John: According to YouTube, Brotherhood 2.0 has received 116,419 views. — 00:00:09
2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John notes people also spend time commenting, e.g. on how much cuter Hank is, and that Hank appeared on some blogs among five celebrities people would like to do things with; John didn't. (playful) — 00:01:10
2007-05-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 2: Book Banning — ask: John: If the committee doesn't reply, John tells Hank they can call them on Friday; he has their phone numbers. — 00:02:18
2007-05-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 4: The Top Secret Project — The description says John reveals the Top Secret Project: all the Nerdfighters come together to wish Hank a happy birthday. — video description
2007-05-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 4: The Top Secret Project — John notes it is Friday, May 4; tomorrow, Saturday May 5, is Hank's 27th birthday, and he wishes him happy birthday. — 00:00:20
2007-05-07 · May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza — Hank says John phoned before the film to tell them Neil Gaiman had posted a link to Brotherhood 2.0 on his blog. — 00:01:10
2007-05-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters — ask: John tells Hank he will need his help on Thursday to pick a house. — 00:02:49
2007-05-10 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 10: House Hunted? — John shows Hank a quick tour of the house they may live in if the owners accept the offer, and asks whether he likes it. (hedged) — 00:01:04
2007-05-10 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 10: House Hunted? — John calls it a great house in a great neighborhood and tells Hank it has a guest room just for him, so he will have to visit a lot. — 00:02:31
2007-05-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage — John says there is no Wikipedia entry at all about Hank Green and calls that unacceptable. — 00:02:10
2007-05-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage — announcement: John says that with the Nerdfighters' help he will make Hank a Wikipedia entry, because he has earned it. (playful) — 00:02:10
2007-05-15 · May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia — Hank is now on Wikipedia, feels important, and calls it another gift from John and the Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:57
2007-05-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground — John recalls the family living in Michigan, then moving to Birmingham, where Hank was born, then to Florida. — 00:02:08
2007-05-18 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal — John tells Hank that his Wikipedia entry has been repeatedly vandalized, with edits calling him gay and other offensive claims John won't repeat. — 00:01:28
2007-05-18 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal — John: Reading vandal sentences about the brothers and John's wife, John corrects their grammar: vandals should show reverence for the English language. (playful) — 00:01:58
2007-05-31 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating — John thinks Brotherhood 2.0 needs a forum because the comments are too many and too confused to follow, and challenges Hank to make one if viewers favour it. (hedged) — 00:01:45
2007-06-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 8: Studying the Clues — John thinks it's a great house and hopes Hank will visit; they have carved out a bedroom just for him. (hedged) — 00:01:45
2007-06-12 · June 12th: Hank Green "In the Wild" — John takes the rare chance of being in the same place as Hank to film what Hank is like 'in the wild', when he is not filming Brotherhood 2.0. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-06-12 · June 12th: Hank Green "In the Wild" — John reports Hank is as expected in most ways (enjoys breakfast, magazines, wistful sunset beach walks) but differs in one: Hank Green loves to sleep. (playful) — 00:00:39
2007-06-12 · June 12th: Hank Green "In the Wild" — John: At the end of a day of secretly filming Hank, Hank catches John, who says he is doing an anthropological study of Hank off-camera and follows him to the bathroom. (playful) — 00:01:34
2007-06-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 14: Good News/Bad News — John tells Hank it has been a great week and he loved hanging out with him, as fun as the Growing Pains theme promised. — 00:01:48
2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied) · June 26: The American Library Association Parties — a guest: At the Printz reception a speaker recalls checking the Brotherhood 2.0 website for John's video of the phone call and his happy dance, and Hank's toast the next day. — 00:01:19
2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied) · June 26: The American Library Association Parties — John says the convention was 'Hank-tastic': people kept calling him Hank Green's brother, four asked for Hank's phone number (he refused), and many praised Hank. (playful) — 00:01:53
2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied) · June 26: The American Library Association Parties — ask: John: Since Hank likes young adult literature so much, John encourages him to write some, saying he is bound to be an instant hit. (playful) — 00:02:21
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — announcement: John says July 2 is the first day of the second half of Brotherhood 2.0. — 00:00:03
2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John accepts that the brothers cannot veto their own punishments but proposes that their wives may veto punishments nerdfighters suggest, and hopes Hank agrees. (hedged) — 00:02:47
2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John finds Hank's face on the YouTube front page: the brothers' video has been featured. — 00:00:10
2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John congratulates Hank and says he will celebrate by putting Silly String in his hair and doing his happy dance. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:29
2007-07-31 · July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books — ask: John tells Hank he must someday write a nerdfighter's suggested 1960s-style protest song on why ninjas and pirates should end their mutual hatred to bring world peace. (playful) — 00:02:21
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John: Looking for a cat to lick, John asks people whether they own a cat or have close friends who do; he tells Hank the cat licking will have to wait till Thursday (16 August 2007). (playful, hedged) — 00:00:09
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — John thanks Hank, and the Nerdfighters, for the two-day birthday present, saying he knows how much work Hank put into it. — 00:00:00
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — Hank reveals he has been with John since Sunday and kept it from Nerdfighters by not saying when he would see John next. (playful) — 00:00:41
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — Hank loves John's house and half-jokes he may not leave; Sarah and Katherine are there, and their parents have just arrived. (playful) — 00:02:05
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — announcement: Hank announces there will be more 'Brotherhood Togetherness specials' and says he looks forward to hanging out with John all week. — 00:02:57
2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — John: With Hank visiting, John wakes him and says good morning in person at 11:40 on Tuesday morning. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — John thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters again for his birthday: the videos, pictures and songs rejuvenated his awesome. — 00:00:27
2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — John teases Hank for not getting up until 2 p.m., 'like a raccoon', then allows that Hank is probably awake and eco-geeking. (playful) — 00:01:13
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — both: The brothers say the surprise is that they are making a video together, so it is less 'good morning, Hank/John' than 'good morning, Nerdfighters'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — both: Asked why an 'I' is missing from 'communication' in the animated intro, they answer that there is no I in brotherhood. (playful) — 00:00:45
2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — Hank says the buzzing in the background is John mowing the lawn. — 00:00:10
2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — Hank and Katherine are about to go back to Montana, which is sad but also very happy. — 00:00:10
2007-09-04 · September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome — John objects that Hank implied he wasn't proud of 'Moe and the Lawns', which he calls the greatest of his many hypothetical band names. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-09-04 · September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome — John praises Hank for turning the Brotherhood2.com problems into the new Brotherhood2.com: the WikiWikiWookie is back and the forum 'my pants' is busy again. (playful) — 00:02:17
2007-09-04 · September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome — John thanks Hank and Katherine for visiting last week (week of 27 August 2007); he and the Yeti had a great time. — 00:02:46
2007-09-06 · September 6th: The Book Club Returns — John has just finished Deep Economy by Bill McKibben, the book Hank assigned him back around February, and really liked it. — 00:01:01
2007-09-06 · September 6th: The Book Club Returns — recommendation: John thanks Hank for recommending Deep Economy and enjoyed it, though it lacked the love stories, car chases or metaphors about existential isolation of most books he likes. (playful) — 00:02:26
2007-09-06 · September 6th: The Book Club Returns — announcement: John will make a draft of Paper Towns available to Hank and Katherine in a couple of weeks; how, without textual communication, remains to be seen. — 00:02:56
2007-09-10 · September 10th: Airports and Whitman — announcement: John is seven days from turning in what he hopes will be the biggest revision of the book; after that he thinks he will show it to Hank and Katherine. (hedged) — 00:00:11
2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker — John tells Hank he really liked what Hank read yesterday, thinks it has great potential, and hopes Hank finishes it one day. (hedged) — 00:00:10
2007-09-28 · September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! — John says Brotherhood 2.0 may be three quarters done, but nerdfighting is just getting started. — 00:02:38
2007-10-02 · Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) — John does not recommend vlogging while driving at 72 mph unless you are nine months into a 12-month project and have never missed a day. (playful) — 00:00:36
2007-10-02 · Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) — John thanks Hank for getting the Brotherhood 2.0 forum 'my pants' back up. — 00:01:55
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — John says he is totally in favor of Hank's stuff-on-your-heads idea, calling heads one of the last great areas for human exploration. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — announcement: John says he will keep Hank up to date on 'the great raccoon hunt of 2007'. (playful) — 00:01:57
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — John proposes feud topics with his picks: dragons over fairies, love over money, ninjas over pirates, rivers over lakes, puppies over kittens, books over movies, text over video, zombies over unicorns. (playful) — 00:01:57
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — ask: John asks Hank to suggest more feud topics if none of his work. (hedged) — 00:02:56
2007-10-16 · October 16th: John's Library Pwns — John reads Hank an entry from the childhood diary he says he kept at nine, dated October 16th, 1984: the best day, because his brother got sick. (joke) — 00:03:01
2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John thanks Hank for sharing 'It Just Isn't Fair', the book he wrote at eight, because it proves once and for all he is definitely a nerd. (playful) — 00:00:19
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — John congratulates Hank on his rap song from the day before: he laughed a lot, though not always with Hank. (playful) — 00:00:10
2007-11-09 · Nov. 9th: Sick Day — John notes that the Brotherhood 2.0 rules require a video every other weekday for all of 2007 but never require a long one. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John: A nerdfighter who is about to have a baby is considering naming it Hank and has posted a list of potential names online for people to vote on. — 00:01:30
2007-11-16 · November 16th: Green Cars at the LA Auto Show — The description says Hank is abducted at the end of the video and, in the abductor's voice, orders viewers to obey if they want to see him again. (fiction) — 00:03:29
2007-11-19 · November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY! — John thanks everyone who helped free Hank from his kidnappers. (joke) — 00:02:49
2007-11-20 · November 20th: A White Thanksgiving — announcement: Hank: Because Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, John posts tomorrow, Hank posts Friday and nobody posts Thursday; Hank notes a holiday finally falls on one of his days. — 00:03:29
2007-11-21 · November 21st: What I'm Grateful For — John is thankful to Hank for the amazing year of getting to know each other as grown-up siblings, though they spent much of it putting stuff on their heads and singing about Harry Potter. — 00:01:11
2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — John: Noting that Hank has railed against the commercialization of Christmas, John says he is also opposed to Christmas: he likes the religious holiday but nothing about its secular side. (playful) — 00:00:39
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — Hank announces Brotherhood 2.0 has passed its 10,000th subscriber; it actually has 10,022. — 00:00:10
2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John: In a 'purely hypothetical' example, five-year-old John teaches a two-year-old, 'probably my brother', not to take out 'the equipment' before he is in the bathroom with the door closed. (playful) — 00:00:39
2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — John concludes that sometimes you listen to the peer pressure of society and sometimes to the peer pressure of your brother, and calls Hank a great brother in that respect. — 00:03:34
2007-12-06 · Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto — ask: John asks Hank to tell him any other green tips. — 00:03:34
2007-12-07 · December 7th: Fight Night with the Green Bros. — Hank replays John's clip about teaching two-year-old Hank not to take out 'the equipment' before the bathroom, and says he suspects John never put it that way. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10
2007-12-10 · Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday) — John says he is so happy he forgives Hank for saying in his last video that John lies about his height, insisting he is genuinely six foot one. (playful) — 00:03:09
2007-12-13 · December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas — announcement: John: In a phone message, John tells Hank that Vlogbrothers has finally cracked YouTube's all-time most-subscribed directors list. — 00:03:33
2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY — John says Julie Strauss-Gabel sent Hank a copy of Paper Towns. — 00:01:00
2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY — Maureen Johnson: Asked by John which brother she likes more, Maureen Johnson answers Hank. (playful) — 00:01:00
2007-12-20 · December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! — John says the brothers have almost completed Brotherhood 2.0 and he is impressed with them. — 00:00:00
2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — announcement: Hank says Monday is the last day of Brotherhood 2.0 and that he is kind of sad about it. — 00:03:18
2007-12-27 · December 27th: The Gig! — announcement: Hank signs off saying he will see John's last Brotherhood 2.0 video tomorrow. — 00:03:48
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John: Watching Hank's 130 previous videos, John is always surprised Hank is so smart and funny, because the last time he knew Hank really well Hank was 11. — 00:00:22
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John is grateful for the project mainly because he now knows Hank as an adult: smart, funny, clever, with ideas both brilliant (naming the forum 'My Pants') and diabolical (making John wax his chin). — 00:01:34
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John says that, much as they enjoyed it, the brothers would never have finished the project if people hadn't watched, because it was hard and because he loves not finishing things. — 00:01:47
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John signs off to Nerdfighters 'in my pants', thanks Hank for all of this and says he'll see him on Monday. — 00:03:30
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — John: The song recounts that in 2006 John fell in love with 'Zay' (apparently Ze Frank) and told Hank they should do the same thing their own way. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The chorus says goodbye to Brotherhood 2.0, telling viewers the brothers know they will be sad to see it go. — 00:00:40
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The song asks whether the brothers are closer now than they were a year ago. (unsure) — 00:01:24
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The song says that while writing it they realised it has been about more than the two of them, which is why it is sad to sing goodbye. — 00:01:59
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — announcement: both: The song states that the project is ending and that its rules seem to need some amending. (hedged) — 00:03:00
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: Addressing all of YouTube, the song says hello to whatever comes next, toasts a thousand more secret projects, says they fell in love with nerdfighting, and greets 2008. — 00:03:00
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters the brothers will see them weekly in January. — 00:03:31

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2008

2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — announcement: John proposes a motto for the Vlogbrothers in 2008: being less frequent doesn't mean the videos will be better. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — John presents the new intro, which Hank designed, and asks nerdfighters to say in the comments whether they like it. — 00:00:00
2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — ask: John asks everyone to find the new site in the video info, build a profile and become his friend, since Hank has more friends than he does. (playful) — 00:00:36
2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank says he is one of millions of Americans who can afford and want health insurance but do not have it. — 00:01:20
2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank hates sesame seeds for the same reason he has no insurance: a disorder in his colon they irritate; his doctor forbids them, ruling out many buns. (playful) — 00:01:48
2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank says his name is William Henry Green II, after his grandfather; his mom wanted to call him Hank, which he likes, though banks balk at checks made out to 'Hank'. — 00:03:26
2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — John: Asked whether Hank will write more songs, John passes the question to Hank. — 00:00:36
2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — John: Asked 'Who the F is Hank?', John answers in the style of an astronomy entry: Hank is a ball of ice and rock once considered the ninth planet. (joke) — 00:00:36
2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — announcement: John says one of the brothers will post at least one video per week, and on other days there will be pictures and videos from Nerdfighteria on the Ning. — 00:01:06
2008-01-13 · Being Weird in the Airport — Hank announces that what he is about to do (per the description, a performance to 'They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard') will probably classify him as a freak. (joke, hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — announcement: Hank previews coming videos: lots of puppy-sized elephants, more from the Detroit Auto Show, the contents of the tri-tube, and more from Denver International Airport (with an Isengard clip). — 00:01:58
2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — Hank thanks the channel's 15,000th subscriber, a couple with their own YouTube channel. — 00:02:27
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — ask: John: First project: make sure Helen Hunt has seen Hank's months-old song about her and provide proof; if nerdfighters succeed, they can punish both brothers. — 00:03:14
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — John: In a phone skit John calls Orlando Bloom and asks him to put on his elf ears and get his bow and arrow, because 'they're taking Hank Green to Isengard'. (fiction) — 00:03:14
2008-01-28 · Denver Airport...Via Isengard — Hank performs the full 'Taking the Hobbits to Isengard' meme song at Denver airport, a full-length version of his earlier airport Isengard gag. (playful) — 00:00:23
2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) — John: Asked 'Who the F is Hank?', John answers with a mock spy dossier: CIA veteran, Navy SEAL, operative of a clandestine NSA division. (joke) — 00:01:05
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — John: Asked why the most-viewed Vlogbrothers videos are Hank's, John guesses Hank is funnier, but says one owes its views to a screenshot of two giraffes having sex. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:42
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — announcement: John: Asked why Maureen Johnson, who has read Paper Towns, can't talk about it, John says for the same reason Hank can't: it's secret. (playful) — 00:02:31
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John's favourite vlogger on YouTube is Hank. — 00:01:27
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John: 'Who the F is Hank?': John answers that Hank is a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried. (joke) — 00:02:51
2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — announcement: Hank: For the 20,000th subscriber, Hank, and possibly John, will video-chat via Stickam on Nerdfighters.com's front page tomorrow night at 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern. (hedged) — 00:02:19
2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — Hank can no longer work out who the 20,000th subscriber is because his counting method stopped working; he calls 20,000 subscribers insane. — 00:02:19
2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — announcement: John: Though Peeps hurt Hank's sensitive gut, John challenges him to a Peeps eating contest, the winner to get some magnificent prize. — 00:00:42
2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — announcement: John: The contest has two rules: three minutes of Peeps eating, and no cheating. — 00:01:09
2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — John ate 12 Peeps in three minutes, four of each kind, half a Peep fewer than a year ago, and nearly threw up 30 seconds in. — 00:03:57
2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — Hank complains John challenged him to a Peeps eating contest without consulting him, forgetting they agreed last year (2007) never to have one again; he 'defused' it by pinning a Peep John. (playful) — 00:01:23
2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — announcement: Hank concedes the Peeps eating contest: Peeps are no longer sold after Easter and his old Peep John would break his teeth, so he loses. (playful) — 00:03:00
2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — announcement: Hank tells John he thinks they should make videos more often. (hedged) — 00:03:29
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — ask: John: Because Shawn's Xbox 360 money will only go so far, John proposes that Nerdfighters help Shawn help people in Bangladesh, via the link in the sidebar. — 00:02:20
2008-04-10 · Barack John Obama Green — Hank: Reasoning that if Shawn could give his Xbox money he could too, Hank finds an Xbox 360 costs $250 and gives $250 through Shawn's PayPal. — 00:03:25
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — John thanks the hundreds of Nerdfighters on six continents who have given money to Shawn in Bangladesh; they have raised more than $3,000. — 00:00:00
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — ask: John says those who still want to donate can find a link in the sidebar; with Shawn's help they will make many lives more awesome. — 00:00:00
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · ITCHY MUSIC! — Hank has a rash over his entire body; his doctor says it is a side effect of a viral infection he probably got at the Barack Obama rally. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · ITCHY MUSIC! — Hank had a 103-degree fever for about five days; then his skin became blotchy and itchy. — 00:00:00
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John says Hank will be punished too: he lost the Peeps contest without participating and made a video over four minutes without a photo montage, which breaks the rule. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank says the illness he blamed on Barack Obama last week (week of 14 April 2008) was actually an allergy to sulfasalazine; his blood pressure fell to 80 over 40 and he needed IV rehydration. — 00:00:00
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank's doctor had said last week's (week of 14 April 2008) sickness was probably a virus, though Hank suspected his new medication had caused an allergic reaction. — 00:00:00
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank: Because the urgent-care doctor called it a virus, Hank went back on the cheap pills after returning from Texas; next morning he had a painful rash. — 00:00:44
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank: That afternoon Hank had a high fever, a bad headache and blood pressure so low he couldn't stand; the next day he went to the ER. — 00:01:29
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank: At the ER a first-year medical student struggled to place his IV; he got two liters of saline, then hydrocortisone and steroid pills and a prescription. — 00:01:53
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank: This time the rash covers Hank's whole body except two parts, and sometimes his skin hurts badly. (playful) — 00:02:22
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank is doing much better thanks to the ER doctors but wishes he hadn't had to go through it just because he can't get health insurance; he is back on the expensive drug. — 00:03:11
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John says Hank had to go to the hospital and pay for it himself because, to save money, his doctor had given him a drug John calls known to be unsafe. — 00:02:45
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John says the drug Hank was given is almost never prescribed in any European country with socialized medicine. (doubtful: almost never prescribed) — 00:03:14
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John says insurers will not cover Hank at any price, though his only wrong was being sick; this unfairness, unlike some of illness, can be fixed. — 00:03:14
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John admits he and the Nerdfighters forgot Hank's birthday: some Nerdfighters remembered, but they did not pool their cognitive surplus to make him something awesome. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John contrasts this with Hank getting many people to blenderize birthday cakes and eat them for John's birthday. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — ask: John asks everyone to wish Hank a happy birthday in the comments, then to suggest a really good idea, distinctly better than blenderizing birthday cakes. — 00:01:18
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — announcement: John will post again tomorrow, his first back-to-back videos in 16 months, and announce what they will do for Hank and when. — 00:01:18
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — announcement: John: Nerdfighters in or near Grand Rapids, Michigan can hear John, Maureen Johnson and Hank talk at a library on Thursday at 6:30. — 00:01:47
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — John coins 'Hankian' for his excited, busy state: like 'Nietzschean', but less frighteningly nihilistic. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — John urges Nerdfighters to watch the response videos, where many people made Hank awesome birthday presents, and thanks them for making him look less of a jerk. — 00:00:36
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — ask: John's project: Nerdfighters have 15 seconds or one photograph to show themselves doing something Hank would think is awesome, left vague for creativity. — 00:00:36
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John: Entries (pictures or videos) are due Saturday at midnight, sent to sparksflyup at gmail.com. — 00:01:05
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — John jumps to 'part four', then a later John interrupts to scold his earlier self for being unable to count to three. (joke) — 00:01:05
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John: As said yesterday, Hank, Maureen Johnson and John will speak at a Grand Rapids, Michigan library on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. — 00:01:05
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John's tripod is a stack of new Paper Towns galleys; he will give an advance reader's copy to one Nerdfighter whose entry is included in the birthday project. — 00:01:50
2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — Hank thanks everyone for his happy birthday videos. — 00:00:00
2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — announcement: Hank looks forward to seeing some viewers in Grand Rapids the next day. — 00:00:00
2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank recounts that the turnout expected at the Kent library grew from a misheard 16 to 60; about 75 were there on arrival and 97 Nerdfighters by the end, in a very small room. — 00:00:00
2008-05-19 · Three Things — announcement: John tells Hank his proper belated birthday present is coming later in the week. — 00:01:05
2008-05-19 · Three Things — John shows what Nerdfighter Shawn did with the Xbox money Hank sent him: in a very rural part of Bangladesh where few NGOs work, it will help a family keep their kids in school. — 00:01:05
2008-05-19 · Three Things — John: Everyone in the family but the father has had malaria; Shawn brought them a mosquito net, and Hank's money will fix the roof that leaks onto their bed. — 00:01:42
2008-05-19 · Three Things — John calls it sort of miraculous that Hank can see the actual people his money helps, and says all who donated to Shawn will experience that as he distributes more of the funds. — 00:01:42
2008-05-19 · Three Things — announcement: John reveals that he and Hank have been working on a semi-secret wiki about lies rather than facts, Omnictionary, named after the Wikipedia-like reference source in Paper Towns; Hank acquired the domain. — 00:02:11
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John says his last words would probably tell the Yeti he loves her; they have been married two years today, and he thanks Hank and Katherine for sustainably farmed flowers. — 00:02:13
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John: Asked if he is jealous of Hank, John says no, although Hank has eight of their nine most viewed videos. (playful) — 00:02:13
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John: Answering 'Who the F is Hank?', John says Hank is a tiny yellow songbird said to represent the soul of France, with an undetermined role in the Omnictionary Project. (joke) — 00:02:13
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John: If the time machine's buyer killed John first, a Schrödinger's cat situation would follow; John thinks this solves the Evil Baby Orphanage's relation to history and is their premise. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:11
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — John: The video is the Nerdfighters' birthday present for Hank: hundreds of Nerdfighters show him, in clips and photos, what awesome is. — video description
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — John apologizes to those whose submissions he didn't use: many clips and images wouldn't import into iMovie. — video description
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — recommendation: The description credits the music: Julia Nunes' 'Short and Sweet', Abby Simons' 'My Scientist', Jonathan Coulton's 'Fancy Pants' and Distemper's 'Think Who Is Your Friend'. — video description
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — a guest: Several Nerdfighters dedicate green actions to Hank's birthday: a scooter ridden to work, recycling with a reusable bag, and an architecture museum on transportation and the environment. — 00:07:06
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John announces the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting across America and hopefully a few places in Canada, telling Nerdfighters to mark their calendars for November. (hedged) — 00:00:48
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John says they believe what happened in Grand Rapids can happen everywhere, and that they will hopefully go everywhere. (hedged) — 00:01:20
2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — John tells Hank that proposing 'Tobian' as the opposite of nerdfighterly in his last video might have been a mistake. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John: For thing five, more time on the Ning, John updated its favorite photos and started text-based Question Tuesdays there; Hank added a poll to vote on favorite Going Postal blurbs. — 00:01:17
2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John: Asked (thing eight) to be like Hank and give an Xbox's worth of money to a charity, John says he already did so before leaving, to Save the Children. — 00:02:45
2008-07-01 · Live from LAX — John: Otherwise, people at the conference mostly asked John where Hank was. — 00:01:42
2008-07-01 · Live from LAX — announcement: John jokes that Hank missed ALA because he is training body and mind to meet 'tens of billions' of nerdfighters on the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008. (playful) — 00:02:11
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John says Brotherhood 2.0 was initially his idea; he has a crazy idea every 45 minutes and relies on Hank to reject them, but Hank said this one was not terrible. (playful) — 00:00:25
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — Sydney Green: On the phone, the brothers' mom says it was the other way around (Hank tried to kill John) and answers yes when John asks whether he ever tried to kill Hank. — 00:01:40
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John sums up that, according to their mom, the meanest thing Hank did to him was try to kill him with a hammer, and his own was spilling red cough syrup on Hank's bedspread and hugging him too hard. (playful) — 00:02:33
2008-07-13 · Willy's Elusive Head Turn — ask: John asks anyone who wants to make a video response with a sound they think Willy has never heard before. — 00:02:13
2008-07-22 · OMFG CATCHER IN THE RYE!!! — ask: John thanks Nerdfighters for their Willy sounds, says many of their videos made Willy turn his head, and asks them to email the sounds for a compilation video. — 00:03:12
2008-08-02 · Catcher in the Rye, Part 1 — John jokes, while comparing the hunting cap to a stuffed animal kept too long, that he believes Hank still has his stuffed ferret. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:40
2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — John names "Helen Hunt" as his favourite Hank song, with "I Sold Your Dog on eBay" as his dark-horse pick because you can rock out to it. — 00:02:38
2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — John says Hank got better grades than he did. — 00:03:07
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank tells John the only way to continue the awesome is to discuss the political situation in Georgia while giving himself a Ze Frank peanut butter mask. (playful) — 00:04:09
2008-08-12 · PEANUT BUTTER FACE (while discussing the Georgia-Russia War) — John says he would rather discuss The Catcher in the Rye or the 8/8/08 gathering, but Hank challenged him to discuss Georgia while putting on a peanut butter face, so he does. — 00:00:00
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank loses track of which part he is on and says this is why he doesn't do parts videos. (playful) — 00:02:03
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — announcement: Susan Carlson (quoted): The report says that after a year of video-only messages the brothers communicate in other ways again, but the vlogs will continue. — 00:03:27
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — announcement: John says in the report they will keep making the videos for as long as people will watch them. (hedged) — 00:03:27
2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 — a guest: A well-wisher tells John, Hank and the Nerdfighters to keep up the good work. — 00:01:18
2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces an October 16 New York launch party for Paper Towns' release with Hank, their parents, the Yeti, Maureen Johnson and other authors; Julia Nunes is floated as a 'rumor'. — 00:01:12
2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John: After a few days off, Hank, Katherine, sometimes the Yeti and John start the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008, from Plano, Texas, on November 2 to Ames, Iowa, on November 16. — 00:02:56
2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — John says he looks forward to three weeks in a car with Hank in November, joking it will not hurt their relationship. (playful) — 00:03:25
2008-09-07 · This Song is for Willy — Hank sings that John feared Willy had no new sounds left to hear, so he called on the Nerdfighters to act really weird. (playful) — 00:00:49
2008-09-10 · Willy Listening to His Song — John plays Hank's song for Willy to see how he reacts. — 00:00:00
2008-09-10 · Willy Listening to His Song — John thanks Hank, saying the song made Willy, John and the Yeti so happy. — 00:02:37
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John reports that months ago Nerdfighters sent Shawn money to help people in Bangladesh; Shawn has used much of it and wants to spend the rest with Save the Children. — 00:00:00
2008-09-13 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) — Hank rejects John's claim in a BlogTV chat that John talks faster, saying everyone would recognise that Hank talks faster. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:29
2008-09-13 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) — Hank says he is totally in favour of the discussed contest for who can talk faster on YouTube. (playful) — 00:02:29
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — John reads YouTube's most-subscribed directors list: the Vlogbrothers have 41,818 subscribers and Oprah 41,365, so they have 'pwned' Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:50
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — John credits the awesomeness of Nerdfighteria and of Hank for passing Oprah on the most-subscribed list. — 00:02:50
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — announcement: John says that, as previously agreed, passing Oprah means Nerdfighters get to punish the brothers. — 00:02:58
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — John: After reciting the cities at speed, John tells Hank that is how fast he can talk and challenges him to match it. (playful) — 00:01:41
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — John says the brothers do not pick their punishment; Nerdfighters do, and he names the most popular suggestions. — 00:02:10
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — announcement: John: With Hank's help, all Paper Towns and Nerdfighting Tour events are now on Facebook with up-to-date information; Eventful.com, now their 'mortal enemy', is dropped. — 00:02:20
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — German actor and chess boxer (name not given): The actor greets Hank after reading with John and says he is the runner-up European champion in heavyweight chess boxing. — 00:02:49
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — John announces that today is the first day of the brothers' month-long Brotherhood 2.0-style vlogging challenge, the first such in almost ten months. — 00:03:18
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank, who thinks John forgot to explain it in his last video, says Brotherhood 2.1, the brothers' private name for this month (October 2008) of vlogging, is their punishment. — 00:00:32
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — announcement: Hank says the Nerdfighters' punishment is for the brothers to vlog Brotherhood 2.0-style for an entire month. — 00:01:01
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John says this is only his second video of the month-long Brotherhood 2.1 project and he already has nothing to talk about. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — announcement: John will see Hank in real life at the Paper Towns release party on Thursday. — 00:03:15
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — John tells Hank he is awesome: the two days they just spent together in New York and Boston were the most awesome of his life. (playful) — 00:00:33
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John: A Penguin publicist told John that Hank is his 'Sarah Palin' who fires up the base, while John is the serious old one. (playful) — 00:03:15
2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — announcement: John will see Hank in person on Saturday as they get ready for the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008, which excites him. — 00:02:24
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
2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John: In Plano they met Shawn, the man from Bangladesh who has been working with Save the Children to decrease worldsuck with Nerdfighters' money. — 00:01:11
2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John says they will collect money for Save the Children Bangladesh throughout the entire tour. — 00:01:11
2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John says the tour has meant a lot of sitting in the car, but it has been fun: Katherine and Hank are excellent company in a minivan. — 00:01:48
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 says this is the last video of Brotherhood 2.1 and bids it goodbye. — 00:00:06
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
2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — announcement: Hank: The misreading gives Hank an idea: a video of 50 jokes, mixing his own favourites with viewers' jokes. (hedged) — 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
2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — John: The day starts with the iPhone alarm at an ungodly hour, brushing teeth while fielding questions about his hair, and meeting Hank and the Katherine in the hallway. (playful) — 00:00:14
2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — John live-broadcasts himself on BlogTV from inside the minivan thanks to Hank's contraption. — 00:01:04
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 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
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John enjoyed three weeks with Hank and Katherine on the Tour de Nerdfighting: playing cows, meeting thousands of nerdfighters, watching Hank become a rock star. — 00:00:00
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John is grateful to Hank and the nerdfighters for teaching him that awesome can become normal. — 00:00:49
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John says he means to remind nerdfighters and Hank how important they are in his life and what a community they are building and will keep building. — 00:01:43
2008-11-30 · 50 Jokes (Yes...actually 50 jokes) — Hank says the video consists of fifty jokes sent in by Nerdfighters, which he then tells in rapid succession. — 00:00:13
2008-11-30 · 50 Jokes (Yes...actually 50 jokes) — announcement: Hank says he kind of wants to make another video like this one. (hedged) — 00:03:55
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank introduces the Project for Awesome, which he believes is the largest YouTube community-inspired event ever. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when the YouTube community takes over YouTube to promote people who do things because they are right, not for money: charity. — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says they promote charity one day a year in the holiday season, then go back to silly songs, cat videos and being profane. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank officially announces that this year's (2008) Project for Awesome will take place on December 17, 2008, organised from projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:41
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank explains the plan: the mailing list will feature videos that supporters rate, comment on and favourite so they reach YouTube's big lists, until P4A videos are everywhere and everyone knows YouTube is awesome. — 00:01:39
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank says editable Photoshop and Fireworks thumbnail files are at projectforawesome.com and can be customised as long as the video stays recognisably P4A. — 00:02:08
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says YouTube changed how it picks thumbnails; after talking with YouTube and testing, non-partners should make the middle 10 seconds of the video the P4A image, e.g. 125 to 135 in a 3-minute video. — 00:03:07
2008-12-15 · Famous Last Words — John congratulates Hank on having been featured on YouTube the day before. — 00:00:00
2008-12-15 · Famous Last Words — John makes the video in honor of Hank's recent video of 50 jokes in four minutes. — 00:00:03
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank says it is the day before the Project for Awesome and he has spent all day organising it and making his own P4A video. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank says he, John and his wife will spend most of the 48 hours of the 17th and 18th on it: John on BlogTV from noon Eastern, Hank later into the night. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank apologises that the P4A thumbnail method is not working, according to reports. — 00:01:43
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank lists fixes: a green screen with the P4A image, picture in picture, or keeping the P4A image on screen; a printable image is linked in the sidebar. — 00:01:43
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank's fix for everyone: make the entire second half of the video the P4A thumbnail, then pick the last thumbnail in the edit-video settings. — 00:02:12
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank says he and John, with the help of all of YouTube and some particular people, organised the Project for Awesome; this video is a tiny part of it. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when YouTubers talk about their favourite charities, encourage donations and talk about people doing good things. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank says a cadre of about 10,000 people will promote P4A videos so they become YouTube's most viewed and discussed videos for at least two days. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — announcement: Hank thanks everyone taking part in the Project for Awesome and says he and John will be live on BlogTV. — 00:03:15
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — John says he and Hank live on opposite sides of the country, shows roughly where on a widescreen map, and notes their offices look very similar. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — announcement: Hank says they are here to introduce some of their favourite videos from the 2008 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — Hank describes the Project for Awesome as an annual holiday-season event in which tens of thousands of YouTubers draw attention to charities worldwide. — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — John tells Hank his Christmas present is a Heifer gift, jokingly 'five llama butts', since you can buy part of an animal. (playful) — 00:01:10
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — announcement: both: The brothers say YouTube let them be guest editors of its front page for a day. — 00:01:35
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — both: They thank the people known as Nerdfighters who helped make the project such a success. — 00:02:04
2008-12-22 · A Christmas Song! — Hank says the Project for Awesome was pretty freaking awesome this year (2008) and they will talk more about it soon. (hedged) — 00:03:31
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says he is still reeling from how awesome the Project for Awesome was; Nerdfighters lobbied for literally hundreds of great charities. — 00:00:00
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — ask: John asks Hank where his money is going, and asks Nerdfighters inspired by the P4A to give to charity where their money went. — 00:00:40
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says that during the Project for Awesome Nerdfighters commented on YouTube videos more than 200,000 times. — 00:00:40
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to leave any questions about Paper Towns in the comments. — 00:02:36
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

Also named in: Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!!

2009

2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — Hank restages his first Brotherhood 2.0 video from two years ago, including the camera glitch and the eye reflection, admitting he then did not know how to make videos. (playful) — 00:00:37
2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — Hank says John's news videos were one of the coolest things they did in Brotherhood 2.0: blissful ignorance is nothing compared to the crushing weight of the truth. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:19
2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank says the brothers' brotherhood very likely will not survive John's slander of Showbiz Pizza's Rock-afire Explosion band. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank says he honestly believes the Rock-afire Explosion created great music and will not rescind his love. (playful) — 00:00:39
2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank refuses to take it back: Showbiz Pizza no longer existing doesn't stop him liking the band, just as John Lennon's shooting doesn't stop him liking the Beatles. (playful) — 00:01:48
2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank reminds John that last night, after Hank showed him Rock-afire videos, John said he could hardly believe it and that it was so beautiful. (playful) — 00:01:48
2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — Hank: The narration says Hank's relationship with his Rock-afire-hating brother John is at its limit; Hank asks whether John has even heard the band's Beatles medley. (playful) — 00:00:00
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
2009-01-25 · Puppet Santa Dance Party / Hard Times in Book Publishing — announcement: John: Because text alone would be boring, John says Argyle, the one-eyed book-reading sock puppet, and Black Santa will hold a dance party to a song from Hank's new CD. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — John: In the childhood book, each family member makes a New Year's resolution: Mom to clean the drawers, Dad to weigh under 600 pounds, Hank to bathe, John to try his hardest; only John's comes true. (fiction) — 00:00:21
2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — John apologizes to his parents for the book's insults, then tells Hank he could in fact stand to take more showers. (playful) — 00:01:46
2009-02-03 · Five Parts — Hank says he can never do parts videos because he forgets his parts and adds new ones midway; he miscounts throughout, calling the last part 'part four' before guessing it is five. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-02-04 · 51 Jokes (in Four Minutes) — Hank sets out to fit 51 jokes into one four-minute video. (playful) — 00:00:01
2009-02-04 · 51 Jokes (in Four Minutes) — announcement: Hank says he might make another joke video like this. (hedged) — 00:03:43
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: Dressed as Hank (or as John in a Hank costume), John sends best wishes to cheer up Australian Nerdfighters, then shows a Nerdfighter-made John disguise. (playful) — 00:03:04
2009-02-11 · A Song About an Anglerfish — announcement: The description says Hank's CD is now available on iTunes. — video description
2009-02-18 (said on 2009-02-17, implied) · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: Hank gives away the signed copy of his CD to whoever told the best joke in the comments of the 51 Jokes video. — 00:00:00
2009-02-18 (said on 2009-02-17, implied) · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — Hank says the first 2,000 or so jokes in the 51 Jokes comments held some excellent candidates, and reads two of them. — 00:00:00
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
2009-02-25 · I Know (A Song in Ten Words) — announcement: Hank performs a song that he says uses only ten words. (playful) — 00:00:03
2009-02-25 · I Know (A Song in Ten Words) — announcement: Hank wrote the 10-word song for the Masters of Song Fu songwriting challenge, submits it today, and it will be up with other 10-word songs at quickstopentertainment.com on Thursday. — 00:01:48
2009-03-01 · Free Will Fetish — ask: John: To thank Nerdfighters, John says he and Hank will do pretty much whatever they are told, and asks for challenge ideas in the comments. — 00:02:12
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John says a gas leak caused an explosion of three buildings in Bozeman, Montana, and his first thought was the hope that Hank and Katherine were okay. — 00:00:00
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John says nerdfighters have raised thousands of dollars, now being spent to rebuild schools and build water filtration systems in rural Bangladesh. — 00:01:15
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — announcement: John announces his half of the Pwning Google Challenge: for every $10 raised for the Uncultured Project by March 22 he will eat one Peep on March 23. — 00:01:45
2009-04-01 (said on 2009-03-31, implied) · A Few Of My Favorite Things — Hank loves everything bagels but currently can't eat wheat or seeds because of his colon. — 00:00:58
2009-04-08 (said on 2009-04-07, implied) · Become a Time Traveller TODAY! — Hank has just finished the first section of his novel, about 150 pages, which John, a New York Times bestselling author, will proofread. — 00:00:25
2009-04-21 · Question Tuesday — John: Asked whether Hank will make a second CD, John says he hopes so. (hedged) — 00:02:04
2009-04-21 · Question Tuesday — ask: John urges viewers to buy Hank's first CD while waiting for a second; anyone who buys it in the next week gets a special secret bonus video emailed by John. — 00:02:04
2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — John: Asked whether Hank's book was any good, John says he still hasn't read it. — 00:01:04
2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — John thanks Hank for his made-of-awesome song this week (week of 20 April 2009). — 00:02:03
2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — Hank says a joke book he bought while thinking of another jokes video sucks; the jokes Nerdfighters leave in comments are far better. (playful) — 00:01:00
2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters, asking Hank to stop watching, that Hank's birthday is this Tuesday (5 May 2009). — 00:00:29
2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — announcement: John says he is getting Hank something he thinks is pretty nice. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — ask: John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — announcement: John reminds Hank his birthday is Tuesday, says he'll get him a little something, and hopes Nerdfighters will make videos too. (hedged) — 00:00:46
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John wishes Hank a happy birthday on Hanko de Mayo, noting Hank is 29, which makes John feel old. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John says lots of Nerdfighters are giving Hank presents all over the internet and that he has linked some favourites in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John reminds Hank that before Chuck E. Cheese there was Showbiz Pizza, which had an animatronic animal rock band, the Rock-afire Explosion. — 00:00:51
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John's present to Hank is a rare original-printing Rock-afire Explosion record with 'Happy Birthday Medley' on one side and 'Do You Love Me' on the other. — 00:00:51
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — announcement: John says he is in the process of getting the actual Rock-afire Explosion to record Hank's song Book 8, his 'real present', if all goes to plan. (hedged) — 00:01:29
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John asks whether eight-year-old Hank, listening to the Rock-afire Explosion, would have imagined writing a song they would record. (playful) — 00:01:29
2009-05-06 · Dead Boy's Girlfriend — Hank thanks viewers for his amazing birthday wishes the day before. — 00:03:46
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank goes to the post office to collect his birthday mail and, amazed by the first item, fetches the camera to film himself opening the rest. — 00:00:00
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank: Back at the post office, Hank finds he had far more mail held for him than he thought, too much to talk about individually. — 00:01:01
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank apologises for cards he missed or hasn't received and thanks Nerdfighters, who are made of awesome and know how to make a birthday fantastic. — 00:02:36
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — Hank sings that he began feeling ill at 23, with pain worsening for weeks, until a doctor ordered a stool sample and then a colonoscopy. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — Hank: In the song, the doctor tells Hank that what he has is ulcerative colitis. (playful) — 00:00:34
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — Hank: The song calls ulcerative colitis road rash on the colon: bleeding, pain, unknown cause, no cure and a raised cancer risk, though colon cancer is curable if watched. (playful) — 00:00:34
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — Hank: In the song, the doctor tells Hank he is not insured and will probably stay that way. (playful) — 00:01:04
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — Hank: In the song the doctor says the only cure is removing the whole colon and installing 'a little spout'; Hank says he would rather take costly pills. (playful) — 00:01:33
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 says the weekly Wednesday DFTBA Radio Hour will begin soon, with a link in the sidebar. — 00:02:50
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — announcement: Hank says he is very excited about LeakyCon, and he and John have been working on their speech all week. — 00:03:19
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — announcement: Hank says John leaves right after LeakyCon, but Hank will stay in Boston and play songs and gather with Nerdfighters at the LilyPad, 4 to 5:30pm Sunday. — 00:03:19
2009-05-24 · WROCK! — John says he and Hank just had two extraordinary days at LeakyCon, a Harry Potter conference. — 00:00:00
2009-05-24 · WROCK! — recommendation: John stops talking to show Hank "some awesome" from LeakyCon in the form of wizard rock. — 00:00:50
2009-05-27 · Open Letters — Hank thanks the staff of the Leaky Cauldron, who party like it is the end of the world, for letting him be part of it. — 00:02:01
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: Rather than only plug his label in the gap John left, Hank shares a clip he took at LeakyCon of Maureen Johnson explaining where the 'in your pants' phenomenon began. (playful) — 00:00:44
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John teases that Hank, though in better shape than him, also has 'a little bit more of you in the middle' than he used to. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:34
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — announcement: John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, a three-part contest - a three-mile run, consecutive push-ups, and getting closer to ideal BMI. — 00:01:34
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — announcement: John: Confident of winning, John proposes that the loser be punished by Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:06
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John has hired a personal trainer, a semi-professional strongman; in the first session he thought he would puke and was told to go ahead. (playful) — 00:02:06
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank got a Wii Fit, which will give him his body mass index; he doubts it will do more for his health than his $20 High School Musical 3 DDR dance pad. (playful) — 00:01:27
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank tells John he is ready to take him on in the fitness challenge, though he can't recall its name; he did six push-ups, his Wii Fit age went from 28 to 45, and his BMI went down. (playful) — 00:02:31
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank boasts he will beat John in body mass index: he started at 24 and says he only has to get to 22; he tells John to start doing push-ups. (playful) — 00:02:31
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — Hank says YouTube is a real community of people coming together to make the world better, citing this year's (2009) Project for Awesome, when thousands of YouTubers made videos for favourite charities. — 00:01:02
2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — John says he has lost about three pounds in the fitness challenge but expects Hank to win the BMI part, so he must focus on running and push-ups. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2009-07-09 · The Katherine is a Master of Science! — Katherine Green: Katherine says that in a freak storm she and Hank hid in a bush; talking to her mom, with her computer bag on her shoulder, she fell, hit her head and scraped her arm, but it's okay because she's a master of science. — 00:00:07
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
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John doesn't think making an awesome CD you work hard on, as Hank did, and telling people they can buy it is selling out, nor sharing his books, any more than Derek Jeter hitting hard. (hedged) — 00:01:30
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — recommendation: John calls Hank's album brilliant and life-changing, with a link in the sidebar. (playful) — 00:01:30
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John thanks Hank: they have been brothers for 29 years and Hank has never sold him out. — 00:03:36
2009-07-19 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — John says he saw the Harry Potter movie last night with the Yeti rather than at midnight on opening day as Hank did. — 00:00:38
2009-07-19 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — John says he answered 20Q honestly about Hank and it guessed Perez Hilton. (joke) — 00:02:43
2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank says he played 20Q.net thinking of John; it asked off-base questions and guessed Neil Armstrong and Rodney Mullen. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank reports 20Q then guessed 'John Green, author', and declares this the definition of famous: John is now officially famous. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank finds Rodney Mullen is a super awesome skateboarder, accepts the Perez Hilton guess for himself, and reports 20Q thinks he is Joe Jonas when he plays as himself. (playful) — 00:01:38
2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank plays 20Q as Michael Collins: it first guesses Neil Armstrong at question 17 and Buzz Aldrin at question 20, which he calls Collins's whole life summed up. (playful) — 00:02:22
2009-07-23 · 50 MORE JOKES in FOUR MINUTES — Hank: To celebrate how wonderful the world is, Hank tells fifty more jokes in four minutes, a follow-up to his earlier joke videos. (playful) — 00:00:04
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John says Nerdfighters have been playing a lot of 20Q at 20q.net, a site whose AI guesses the person you are thinking of from 20 questions. — 00:00:40
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John: A Nerdfighter emailed that 20Q guessed Flava Flav for Holden Caulfield; John jokes that the two have a lot in common. (playful) — 00:00:40
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John: Nerdfighters taught 20q.net about Hank. — 00:01:08
2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied) · HipPOTATOmus — announcement: John offers three suggestions ('we') for the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: extend the deadline to October 1st, make it Hank vs John vs all Nerdfighteria, and five ridiculous disciplines. — 00:01:45
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! — John names The Mountain Goats his favorite, second and fourth favorite band, with Hank third, and Hank's anglerfish song as his favorite Hank song. (playful) — 00:00:50
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank is 29, a video blogger and musician, and runs the environmental technology website EcoGeek. — 00:00:00
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John casts Hank as the small business people mean when they call small business 'the engine that drives job growth in America'. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank has ulcerative colitis, describing it comically as a disease whose details you don't want to know. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says that despite a successful business, Hank could not get health insurance for many years because insurers avoid covering ulcerative colitis, which is very expensive. — 00:01:06
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says insurers are not evil; they simply, and correctly, see Hank as a bad investment. — 00:01:06
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank must take a medicine costing $20 a day and has a greater risk of colon cancer, an incredibly expensive disease. — 00:01:06
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Montana, not known for liberal bias, partnered with a private insurer on a somewhat affordable plan open to anyone regardless of pre-existing conditions. — 00:02:04
2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank now has insurance through that plan, though without drug coverage he still pays $20 a day; worrying less about cancer and bankruptcy, he invests more in EcoGeek, which employs more people. — 00:02:04
2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John says that looking back on the year since the hardcover, he will remember it as the year Hank and the Nerdfighters changed his life. — 00:00:00
2009-09-27 · TV For Chickens — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters a non-rhetorical question: which is it to be, a world where chickens need TV for chickens to avoid homicidal psychosis, or a world with no chickens at all? — 00:02:08
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 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
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — announcement: John uses the album's first single to start the first event of the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: how many circuits of Jumping Jack Push-Up Dance Move during the anglerfish song. — 00:00:47
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — announcement: John rules that, to count, a dance move must feature at least two distinct movements. — 00:01:08
2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — announcement: John says Hank's album is already on iTunes but recommends buying the physical CD because it comes with a poster. — 00:01:05
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
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says Nerdfighteria has long wanted to punish Hank, but Hank keeps the rules: a video every Wednesday, a song every other Wednesday, never more than four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says that when Hank does break the rules, as when he briefly uploaded a seven-minute version of his Severed Hands of Star Wars video, he argues he broke the letter but not the spirit of the law. (playful) — 00:00:59
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John: After Hank posted a video of four minutes and two seconds last week (week of 9 November 2009), he called John saying the overrun was only the subscription screen and that he is on tour. (playful) — 00:00:59
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says that is what happens in a world without enforced rules; he may have to live with it in real life but will not stand for it in Nerdfighteria, and is still mad about the handball. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:28
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John argues that people, in sports and in life, tend to think breaking the rules isn't really breaking them unless and until they get caught. — 00:01:57
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — announcement: John announces that Hank is getting punished, and says he doesn't mind his own punishment since Hank is being punished too. (playful) — 00:01:57
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — ask: John asks Nerdfighters for punishment ideas in comments and to read through them and thumbs-up the ones they like most. — 00:02:27
2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank complains there were about 2,000 comments on how to punish him but only about two on how to punish John. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:38
2009-11-29 · John Reviews Twilight and New Moon — announcement: John says that on Tuesday he will announce Hank's punishment and discuss the political situation in Pakistan. — 00:00:00
2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — John reports a Nerdfighter's calculation that the extra two seconds of Hank's punished video, watched about 55,000 times, cost Nerdfighteria 26 hours; 'we want our 26 hours back'. (playful) (doubtful: 26 hours) — 00:03:03
2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — announcement: John sets Hank's punishment: be at the Missoula, Montana Target when it opens at 8 a.m. and stay, without leaving, until it closes 15 hours later. (playful) — 00:03:17
2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — announcement: John: Because the store closes, John adds a second punishment for the missing 11 hours: Hank buys a blender there and publicly blends and eats (or drinks) a meal of his choice in the Target restaurant. (playful) — 00:03:30
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank acknowledges he will have to spend 15 hours inside a Target as his punishment. — 00:03:04
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John thanks Hank for inventing the idea of the Project for Awesome and for all the work he did to make it happen. — 00:02:21

Also named in: HAPPY JOHN DAY!!!

2010

2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — announcement: John tells Hank the new rule means he has one week from today to spend 15 hours in a Target. — 00:02:39
2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank, tired and unwell, starts his punishment inside a Target with 15 hours to fill; five hours in, he is really bored. — 00:00:00
2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank says Nerdfighters came to see him in the Target. — 00:00:45
2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank: Near the end of his 15 hours in Target, Hank eats 'one last heaping spoonful', coughs, and calls it a horrible idea. (playful) — 00:03:09
2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John congratulates Hank on spending 15 hours in Target without going insane or getting arrested. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-01-18 · Fatherhood — John is comforted that even with a 'doofus' for a father, the baby will have an awesome mom and an awesome Uncle Hank and Aunt Katherine. — 00:02:28
2010-01-18 · Fatherhood — ask: John asks Hank to make him a video answering the questions kids ask (why is water wet, why do platypi lay eggs, why is the sky blue) so he won't look like an idiot once the baby is curious. — 00:02:39
2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank jokes the baby was surely named after John's 'younger, smarter, better looking brother', or possibly his grandfather, and will take after his mother, judging by his black hair. (joke) — 00:02:15
2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: On what Hank should name his dog, Maureen says YouTube has spoken: name it 'Boobs', imagining calling for it in the park; anything else would let Nerdfighteria down. (joke) — 00:03:20
2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John jokes that Hank never had a girlfriend in high school. (joke) — 00:01:48
2010-02-17 · WRONG WRONG WRONG — ask: Hank asks viewers to misquote John and him in the comments, attributing quotes they never said, which they might then say. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:42
2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — ask: John asks Hank and the Nerdfighters to tell him plainly when he gets fat, and says they failed to. (playful) — 00:01:13
2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John says Nerdfighters did not fail to tell him he was fat as he claimed; the problem was that he underestimated Nerdfighteria and wasn't listening. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John says a Facebook group called 'John Green Is Fat', founded in November 2009, collects every picture of him looking as fat as possible; he calls it one of the great Facebook groups. (playful) — 00:00:58
2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — ask: John apologizes to Nerdfighters for wrongly accusing them and asks them to keep the humiliation coming in comments, because it motivates him. (playful) — 00:02:03
2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John: Asked 'Who the F is Hank?', John answers that Hank is a small, remote, uninhabited coral atoll south of the equator. (joke) — 00:00:00
2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — announcement: John: Asked whether he and Hank are trying to get rich from VidCon, John jokes about it, then says any proceeds from VidCon will go to charity. — 00:02:35
2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — ask: John: Asked why the brothers no longer do challenges, John says he doesn't know and proposes to Hank that they do some challenges. — 00:02:35
2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank says Lemon is happiest right after pooping, which makes him nostalgic for the days when he enjoyed pooping. (playful) — 00:00:58
2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank says he has been feeling much better lately and got a prescription for a new drug that costs about half as much as the old one. — 00:00:58
2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank says his old drug's monthly price rose sharply within a year; he hopes the new, half-price one won't keep rising '100% every year'. (hedged) (doubtful: $3.85 a month; doubtful: $4.58 a month; doubtful: 100% every year) — 00:00:58
2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — ask: John makes ultimate concern the week's theme, asking Hank and Nerdfighters whether they have one, what it is, and whether they should have one. — 00:02:09
2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John's ultimate concern right now certainly involves making sure Henry is happy and healthy, but he doesn't know whether it should be limited to that. (hedged) — 00:02:15
2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John asks whether an ultimate concern should be limited to family, extend to politics, community, nation or species, weigh other species equally, or yield to self-preservation. (unsure) — 00:02:24
2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank: To find his ultimate concern, Hank lists the first five things he would give his life for, planning to narrow them down. — 00:00:00
2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank would die for his wife, freedom for people he cares about, restoring the lost Library of Alexandria, peaceful alien contact, and free non-polluting energy for everyone. — 00:00:29
2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank tried to rank his five in an imagined tournament but couldn't; he doesn't know his ultimate concern and isn't sure it interests him. — 00:02:11
2010-03-19 · Foreign John Green Books and the Ultimate Concern — John has been fascinated reading thousands of Nerdfighter comments on their ultimate concerns, whether to have one, or whether one priority should rank above all. — 00:00:00
2010-03-22 · Top 10 Weirdest Diseases — Hank says he is self-employed and has chronic pre-existing conditions. — 00:00:01
2010-04-05 · Google in your Brain — Hank opens with a dramatic reading of YouTube's auto-captioning of John's video imploring him to teach John's son science, lest John explain the blue sky with pterodactyl poop. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank tells baby Henry that his dad John is not good at science and worries he can't answer Henry's questions, so they are answering them pre-emptively. (playful) — 00:00:09
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters that in two weeks, on May 5, it will be Hank's 30th birthday, Hanko de Mayo, and they need to get ready. — 00:00:29
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — John says that when he asked Nerdfighters at a recent live show what to get Hank, they were flummoxed because Hank doesn't really like anything but ideas; then they realized he likes oxygen. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to plant seeds, saplings or plants on Hank's behalf ('Hank trees and Hank plants'), photograph or film it and email it to him for a big vlogbrothers Hank tree planting video. — 00:01:05
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John: The deadline is May 3; emails should give the sender's location and the number of plants or trees planted. — 00:01:34
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John encourages viewers to upload videos for Hank's birthday on May 5 and to use corndogs as birthday cakes, since Hank likes corndogs. (playful) — 00:01:34
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John: Half of John's proceeds from the corndog shirt go to planting trees where trees used to be; the other half to an account for Nerdfighteria to buy Hank 30 presents for his 30 years. — 00:02:03
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John says that is their first present, asks viewers to suggest inexpensive presents for Hank in the comments, and says he will pick 29 of them. — 00:02:03
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John: Viewers without a yard can plant in a container garden; John calls on Nerdfighteria to give Hank what he wants most, a higher oxygenation level of the planet. (playful) — 00:02:32
2010-04-30 · The Greek Debt Crisis Explained in Four Minutes — ask: John: After telling Hank to stop watching, John tells Nerdfighters there is still time to participate in 'our secret project' and to click for more info. — 00:03:38
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John wishes Hank a happy 30th birthday on Hanko de Mayo, which he calls the most wonderful day of the year. (playful) — 00:00:00
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says Hank is hard to shop for; Nerdfighteria got him the corndog shirt but felt it was not enough. (playful) — 00:00:00
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says that, because Hank likes oxygen, Nerdfighteria planted more than 10,000 plants and trees for him on six continents to raise the world's oxygenation. (playful) — 00:00:36
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John invites Hank to meet some of the thousands of 'Hank trees and Hank plants' that his awesome inspired Nerdfighters to plant. — 00:00:36
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — a guest: Nerdfighters show what they planted for Hank: a version of the topsy-turvy tomato plant, purple flowers in a hanging basket, flowers as nerdy as possible. — 00:04:41
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — Hank Green (quoted): Hank's song 'Nerdfighteria Island' imagines John and Hank waking on an island that is like the internet in 3D, full of nerdy friends making videos. (playful) — 00:05:07
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — Mike Lombardo's song 'You Should Know' tells Hank how much these people care, that this is just the beginning, and that they will be standing there for him. — 00:08:55
2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank says he just turned 30, realizes he is no longer young, and despite receiving the best birthday present ever feels a little bitter about it. — 00:00:00
2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank: Path ten: when you turn 30, have an awesome enough brother to get people to plant trees, so that after you die the trees planted because of you live on. — 00:03:25
2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank thanks John and everyone who helped with his amazing birthday. — 00:03:48
2010-05-10 · Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More — recommendation: John: For Justin Bieber songs stuck in your head ('Bieber fever'), John prescribes a heavy dose of the Mountain Goats and the website themountaingoatswillcureyourbieberfever.com. (playful) — 00:02:54
2010-05-12 · Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real — Hank: Days after the world was planting trees for him, Hank was up in front of a thousand geeks, living his dreams. (playful) — 00:01:53
2010-05-14 · Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More — John says he thinks majors are overrated: Hank majored in biochemistry yet is now, judging from his Wednesday video, a rapper, while John talks to sock puppets in a pizza suit. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:38
2010-05-14 · Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More — John thanks Hank for getting Wil Wheaton to say hello to him and for his rapping. — 00:03:52
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
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank gives his own YouTube story: his brother convinced him to do something ridiculous they thought would be about two people, and it turned out to be about many more. — 00:01:55
2010-05-28 · How To Do Everything — John points to Hank's video on how to make a website, which he says led to How-To Week. — 00:02:26
2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John names Hank the prime suspect, with motive (John hogged the Nintendo and loved it more than Hank) and opportunity. (playful) — 00:00:00
2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John recalls that Hank denied putting poop in the Nintendo and blamed Red Green himself. — 00:00:00
2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: With Mom, Dad and Hank all denying it, John says it was Red Green, a home invader, or a lying family member, and insinuates that it was Hank. (playful) — 00:02:58
2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: Answering newcomers asking 'who the F is Hank?', Hank says Hank is an unincorporated community in Texas, an inside joke the brothers can't let go of. (joke) — 00:00:00
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John's number six is singing on stage with Hank, which he calls the first and last time in his life. (playful) — 00:01:07
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John's number one is seeing Hank sing about particle physics in front of a thousand people who loved every second of it. — 00:02:49
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John thanks Hank for the thousands of hours he spent making VidCon and says it felt like his favourite parts of the internet existed in real life for three days. — 00:03:08
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — ask: John asks those who were at VidCon, in person or on the live stream, to say what their favourite parts were and, if Hank does it again, who and what they want at VidCon 2011. — 00:03:18
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — announcement: Hank says he and John both failed to make a video last week (week of 5 July 2010); viewers' forgiveness over VidCon doesn't count, since they agreed to keep the schedule, so both must be punished. — 00:02:13
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — announcement: Hank says they can't guarantee taking the most-voted punishment, but it will be something unpleasant. — 00:02:42
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — announcement: John says he is sure Hank will tell him what his punishment is on Wednesday. — 00:02:12
2010-07-24 (said on 2010-07-23, implied) · Grammar School with Snooki — John stresses that Snooki isn't stupid and that everyone makes mistakes, Hank (who misspelled her name) and John included, but says she doesn't value language or care about the quality of discourse. — 00:02:57
2010-07-24 (said on 2010-07-23, implied) · Grammar School with Snooki — announcement: John tells Hank he will find out his punishment on Wednesday. — 00:03:30
2010-07-28 · Umbrellas Amuse Me: Observations from One Day in Munich — John: Following Hank's lead, John shows Hank his Saturday, the day YouTube asked everyone to share their life in a day. — 00:00:00
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — John's hypothetical: saying you like your brother and showing love (thousands planting trees for his birthday) is not the same as telling him you love him, which John thinks Esther wants. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:26
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — John tells Hank that he loves him. — 00:02:55
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — announcement: John sets Hank's punishment: a makeup tutorial in the style of YouTube makeup tutorials, deadline September 1. — 00:02:55
2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — announcement: Hank notes both brothers owe punishments (his makeup tutorial is not done; John is unpunished) and proposes an agreement that both be complete seven days from now. (hedged) — 00:01:49
2010-08-23 · Make-up Tutorial: Katniss Everdeen Look — Hank has to make a makeup tutorial but neither he, Katherine nor anyone they know owns makeup, so they go to Target. (playful) — 00:00:04
2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John says it was because of Esther that on Esther Day he told Hank he loves him, which he does, though he doesn't want to talk about it. — 00:01:08
2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says he and Hank are in Sonoma, California, for Dad's 60th birthday party. — 00:00:49
2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John: Mom and Dad could not come because Mom broke her ankle, so the brothers celebrate Dad's 60th birthday without them and send them their love. — 00:00:57
2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says the video is short because they will honor Dad's 60th birthday (at wineries, Hank adds) and enjoy their rented house. — 00:01:22
2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John: As an example, John says he recently threw Hank in a pool to hurt him and make other people laugh, and the footage still makes him laugh. (playful) — 00:00:00
2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John tells Hank it was fun hanging out in real life, but they are back to video. — 00:02:36
2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — John signs books and visits the Waupaca public library's teen room (a poster of Hank, a gaming space, a chandelier playing Hank's music), where he and teens play a complicated game of 'bunny murdering'. — 00:01:40
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
2010-10-19 (said on 2010-10-18, implied) · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — John says Hank's shirt isn't a lie, just an oversimplification, and jokes he will use it to tell Henry baby giraffes come from the heart between necking giraffes. (playful) — 00:03:09
2010-10-22 · Making Adorable Music — John calls Hank's Wednesday song brilliant, the best song ever written about particle physics, and almost intimidatingly good. — 00:00:00
2010-10-22 · Making Adorable Music — John says he has always dreamed of playing music on stage with Hank and, lacking rhythm, has spent months learning an instrument to join Hank's band: the sing-a-ma-jig. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-10-22 · Making Adorable Music — John: Paraphrasing Christopher Walken, John says Hank needs more sing-a-ma-jig to reach the next level of his career. (playful) — 00:01:09
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John notes Hank's Monday video failed to address whether John can be his sing-a-ma-jig player, and pleads with him. (playful) — 00:00:01
2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — John says Hank's song about quarks is wonderful and helps him understand some things about quarks, but doesn't give the context needed to understand particle physics. — 00:02:16
2010-11-03 · Phineas Gage: A Song — Hank apologizes for not addressing whether John can be his sing-a-ma-jig player: he isn't sure he can write for it and thinks he took John to be kidding; now he'll research whether he can. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:32
2010-11-10 · Headless Monarchy: The French Revolution, Part II — announcement: John says his last French Revolution video will be uploaded tomorrow and Hank will educate them further on Friday. — 00:05:54
2010-11-29 (said on 2010-11-28, implied) · John and Hank: The Out-Takes — John recounts that the night before, Katherine wanted to thank the fish, and his wife answered 'I see you, fish', which he calls the best joke ever. (playful) — 00:03:05
2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — announcement: John says he can't wait for Hank's song on Wednesday and that on Friday they will learn about giant squids - not of anger, but of love. — 00:02:50
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — ask: John says he is a crier, doesn't think Hank has ever cried in their videos, and would like to see Hank cry in one; the last time was probably when John was punching him. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:12
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John: Citing his known hatred of pennies, John says he and Hank will donate one penny for every P4A comment, up to one million comments, to Save the Children and Partners in Health. — 00:00:28
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — ask: John repeats that each P4A comment, up to a million, is worth a penny to Partners in Health or Save the Children, and asks viewers to donate at projectforawesome.com. — 00:02:16
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John's favourite raffle names Hank's new album after the winner (a winner called Jeff means an album called 'Jeff'); he jokes he will enter it about 400 times. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:45
2010-12-31 · Is Lady Gaga a Man? — ask: Hank: Finding nothing autocompletes for 'is Hank Green' (no one cares), Hank asks viewers to Google 'is Hank Green awesome' so that, maybe, it will autocomplete. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:13

2011

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
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John: To 'Who the F is Hank?' John answers that Hank is a city of just over 3,000 people in southern South Dakota known for its pheasant season. (joke) — 00:00:21
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John: As kids the brothers mainly fought over John rewriting game rules mid-game to ensure his victory, which he saw as an older brother's privilege and responsibility; Hank was 'kind of a wuss' about it. (playful) — 00:00:34
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — recommendation: John: New Nerdfighters can pick up the old in-jokes by listening to Hank's music, reading John's books, watching old videos and hanging around. — 00:01:13
2011-01-12 · Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History — John one-ups Hank's top-five video from Monday with the top six pairs of conjoined twins in history, 'kind of a top twelve'. (playful) — 00:00:13
2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank has ulcerative colitis, a chronic illness with no known cure, and has taken the medicine Asacol for about five years. — 00:00:11
2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: Asacol's price kept rising; then Apriso, basically the same drug and significantly cheaper, came on the market, so Hank switched to it. — 00:00:25
2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank says Asacol's maker then created Asacol HD just as Asacol was about to go generic: basically the same drug under a name different enough to extend its patent. — 00:00:37
2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: Asacol used to cost Hank $300 a month; Asacol HD was offered to him at $50 a month. — 00:00:56
2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: After three months on Asacol HD, the pharmacy told Hank the price had gone up: $620 for him, which he calls a 1200% increase in one month. — 00:01:02
2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John recaps Hank's Monday video: Warner Chilcott, maker of Asacol HD, the drug that keeps Hank well enough to work, raised its price overnight and without warning by more than 1200%. — 00:00:00
2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: The CEO does not work for Hank or other people with ulcerative colitis but for shareholders like John; his business is a return on John's investment, not supplying Hank with Asacol. — 00:00:30
2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: Warner Chilcott offered Hank its drug for $50 a month and then raised the price to $620 a month, John says. — 00:02:11
2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: Because patients without a gastrointestinal anti-inflammatory might die, they are super-motivated customers who cannot negotiate fairly with Warner Chilcott. — 00:02:26
2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: Asacol is much less expensive in Canada, where Warner Chilcott negotiates with the entire population rather than with individuals, John says. — 00:02:42
2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: The free market fails miserably at efficient, inexpensive, effective health care: that buying Warner Chilcott stock is the rational response to its price hike shows the market does not incentivize good health. — 00:02:50
2011-01-28 · Is Hank Green Batman? — Hank: Typing 'is h' into Google now suggests Hank is awesome, and 'is Hank Green' brings up what people wonder about him, including whether he is gay and whether he is Batman. (playful) — 00:00:36
2011-01-28 · Is Hank Green Batman? — Hank: Apriso, a 'manageable facsimile' of Asacol (now $600), sent Hank a card promising he pays no more than $25, unless the cost exceeds $75; at about $200 he still pays about $150. — 00:02:27
2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — John: Asked who Hank is, John describes Batman: a DC comic-book superhero first appearing in 1939, also known as the Caped Crusader. (joke) — 00:00:59
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John says that if he has learned anything about brotherhood in the last four years, it is that it is about much more than sharing the same parents. — 00:03:23
2011-02-14 · CHUBBY BUNNY...blergh! — John congratulates Hank on Your Pants. (playful) — 00:02:10
2011-02-14 · CHUBBY BUNNY...blergh! — announcement: John: P.S.: Hank has just made a very funny Valentine's Day Truth or Fail; viewers can click the screen to see it. — 00:02:14
2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — announcement: Hank says he is going to Haiti with Water.org. — 00:03:15
2011-03-02 · How to Name Your Baby Properly — Hank's parents always called him Hank but named him William, so when asked his name at a doctor's office or airport he has to stop and think. — 00:00:58
2011-03-02 · How to Name Your Baby Properly — Hank has just had his immunizations for Haiti, where he will be in about a week. — 00:03:27
2011-03-07 · Why is Haiti Poor? — Hank says that the morning after the concert he gets up very early to go to Haiti, and takes his malaria medication two days before the trip. — 00:00:15
2011-03-07 · Why is Haiti Poor? — Hank says that does not mean we can't help people in small ways; he is excited to be part of that and hopes to let viewers help in future. (hedged) — 00:03:27
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — John thanks Hank for being the noble brother who goes to the front lines to decrease worldsuck, which lets John stay in his basement. (playful) — 00:00:03
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — John thanks Hank for going to Haiti and says they look forward to the most amazing Thoughts from Places videos ever. — 00:02:49
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — announcement: John says he will see Hank on Friday (11 March 2011), when John uploads the video Hank already made. — 00:02:52
2011-03-11 · Superhero Creation Myths — Hank says he is pre-recording this video because he will be in Haiti, without internet, by the time John sees it. — 00:00:01
2011-03-14 · Thoughts from Places: Los Angeles after the Earthquake — John welcomes Hank back from Haiti. — 00:02:31
2011-03-16 · Why Did Fukushima Explode? — announcement: Hank postpones his thoughts from Haiti to explain how nuclear reactors work and how that bears on the situation at Fukushima after the disaster in Japan. — 00:00:01
2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti — Hank says that last week (March 2011) he flew from Miami to Port-au-Prince, then on a small, bumpy plane to Pignon, to meet people there with Water.org and learn how they live. — 00:00:32
2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti — recommendation: Hank thanks Water.org and Haiti Outreach, and points viewers to Lisa Nova's and Timothy DeLaGhetto's channels: they were in Haiti with him and made videos about it. — 00:03:29
2011-03-23 · Why Does My Dog Eat Poop? — ask: John thanks Hank for his extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced video about Haiti, which gave viewers a real way to really help, linked in the description. — 00:00:00
2011-03-23 · Why Does My Dog Eat Poop? — John: Closing, John thanks Hank again for reminding viewers that the hardest problems are the ones that most need solving. — 00:02:53
2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — John recalls buying Warner Chilcott stock after the company 'Warner Chilcotted' Hank and others with ulcerative colitis; he sold it today for a $26 profit and can't recall feeling worse about making $26. (playful) — 00:01:39
2011-04-04 · Thoughts from The Well — Hank says that right after he first met the people of Savann Tabak, the village he visited in Haiti, they took him on a walk to where they currently get their water. — 00:00:03
2011-04-04 · Thoughts from The Well — Hank says the spring was not what he pictured: a warm, muddy hole in the ground where the village gets its water, minutes after he had worried about the kids eating too much sugar. — 00:02:07
2011-04-06 · Tales of Nerd Love! — John says Hank's Haiti videos inspire him and Nerdfighteria and that, to thank Hank, he has made a $300 gift to Water.org. — 00:03:08
2011-04-13 · 31 Jokes for NERDS! — Hank: Saying he likes funny stuff and nerdy stuff, Hank presents a video of funny nerdy stuff: 31 Jokes for Nerds. (playful) — 00:00:00
2011-04-13 · 31 Jokes for NERDS! — Hank writes that he made the video before Humpy Hank became a thing, but expects Humpy Hank to become more of a thing soon. (playful) — video description
2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — The description says the video collects animations of Hank humping an astonishing variety of people and animals (and himself) into a single music video. (playful) — video description
2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John reminds Hank that he recently made a video in which he briefly humped Google. (playful) — 00:00:05
2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John says that a couple of days later Nerdfighter Mattie Boosh posted an animation of Hank humping the TARDIS on his Tumblr, and the Humpy Hank phenomenon was born. (playful) — 00:00:05
2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank says Nerdfighteria's support runs from that to him humping things on Tumblr; he admits he did not mention it in his last video but was impressed. (playful) — 00:02:47
2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank: More seriously, Hank credits the community for the Project for Awesome and for his trip to Haiti to examine nonprofits' work there. — 00:02:52
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — announcement: John: Hank turns 31 on Hanko de Mayo, May 5; because John is desperately trying to finish his book, he outsources Hank's birthday to Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:42
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John: Asked 'Who the eff is Hank?', John gives a new joke answer: Hank is a trans-Neptunian object 27 percent more massive than Pluto, first named Zena after the warrior princess. (joke) — 00:00:51
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — ask: John: Asked about Hanko de Mayo plans, John points viewers to the link in the doobly-doo and forbids Hank to click it, with a mock threat. — 00:03:05
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: The description gives the P.O. box for belated birthday greetings (no money) and invites birthday videos as video responses. — video description
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John: It is Thursday, May 5, 2011, Hanko de Mayo: Hank is 31. — 00:00:08
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John: The video responses below hold many birthday wishes for Hank from Nerdfighteria, which John will tweet and reblog all day. — 00:00:13
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: For Hank's birthday John has taught Henry Hank's name; Henry then says 'Hank!'. — 00:00:17
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John: Hank receives today a large box of birthday greetings from Nerdfighters around the world, mailed to an Ohio P.O. box run by Valerie2776. — 00:00:23
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: John: Some cards contain a dollar or two; John and Nerdfighters challenge Hank to pool the money and spend it in the way that, in his opinion, most increases awesome. — 00:00:38
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: John: Nerdfighters who still want to can mail Hank a belated birthday card to the P.O. box in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:48
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John chose not to upload a video on Wednesday, reasoning that the best gift for his brother is the chance to make him do something humiliating, embarrassing or unpalatable. (playful) — 00:00:54
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. — 00:01:02
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: In a playful aside, John asks Hank, when choosing a punishment, to think not of the brother who (he jokes) tried to poison him with iodine as an infant or stole from his piggy bank, but of the brother he has made YouTube videos with for years. (playful) — 00:01:11
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: In the last year Hank made more than 100 videos that Nerdfighters watched more than ten million times. — 00:02:00
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: Hank inspired Nerdfighters to support building a well by traveling to Haiti with Water.org, John says. — 00:02:03
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank: A FedEx box arrived full of birthday gifts from Nerdfighters, including his Jayne hat, a taco dinner kit, duct-tape crafts and cards. — 00:00:43
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank calls a viewer-made 'Humpy Hank' birthday card, whose figure can hump different things at different speeds, the best birthday card of all time. (playful) — 00:01:44
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — announcement: Hank will turn five dollars folded into an origami star into a Christmas ornament and donate five other dollars to charity for the sender. — 00:02:06
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — announcement: Hank says that after a punishment drought three punishments are now owed: one for John not posting on Wednesday, and two (one per brother) for Nerdfighters getting Helen Hunt to see the Helen Hunt video. — 00:02:43
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John: After years as fans of the Eff Yeah Nerdfighters Tumblr, John and Hank both got Tumblrs earlier this month (May 2011), on the same day. — 00:02:34
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John says Tumblr seems to be the top destination for Nerdfighter jokes, Looking for Alaska quotations, DFTBA tattoos, Pizza John jokes and Humpy Hank sites. (hedged) — 00:02:50
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — ask: John tells Nerdfighters on Tumblr to follow Eff Yeah Nerdfighters, and also Hank at edwardspoonhands and John at fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com. — 00:03:09
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — Hank: In pre-filmed footage Hank takes $512 that Nerdfighters gave him for his birthday, including Canadian money and euros, to the bank to donate to an organisation of his choosing. — 00:01:10
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — Hank: After converting the foreign money, Hank found Nerdfighters had given him $634.12 for his birthday to donate to a charity. — 00:01:46
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — announcement: Hank gives the money to Water.org, with whom he went to Haiti, and, inspired by Nerdfighteria's charity, doubles the amount. — 00:02:07
2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — Hank asks what John was thinking when he gave himself a punishment, since he now has two because of the Helen Hunt thing. (playful) — 00:00:07
2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — Hank proposes a punishment adapted from Corey Vidal's video where viewers clicked annotations to choose two items he blended and drank: viewers will pick two of six ingredients for John's sandwich. — 00:01:19
2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — Hank proposes John's two punishments, without saying which is which: a video of more than 35 parts (six times six), and making many sandwiches with gross ingredients. (hedged) — 00:02:37
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John tells Hank the punishments in his last video are very mean and says he will talk more about that when he gets back to the States. — 00:00:31
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — announcement: John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new, as-yet-untitled but soon-to-be-titled book comes out. — 00:02:15
2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — John sets Hank's punishment as the one most popular in Nerdfighteria, Humpy Hank All Over Town: Hank must hump the town. (playful) — 00:02:23
2011-06-20 · On Religion — John: how to balance the urge to be more than nihilists with blunting consciousness's sharp edges through funny stuff like Paula Deen riding Paula Deen riding him, or Humpy Hank. — 00:02:58
2011-06-20 · On Religion — announcement: John: Apologising that the video had few jokes, John shows a baby rhinoceros and, as penance, says he will eat 36 disgusting sandwiches on Friday (24 June 2011). (playful) — 00:03:20
2011-06-24 · On Religion (Redux) — John says he has been sick lately and has a doctor's note saying he doesn't have to do his punishment, but wanted to continue the religion conversation. (playful) — 00:00:07
2011-06-27 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — Hank: John isn't feeling well and has stomach problems, which is why he hasn't eaten his sandwiches yet; Hank asks everyone to send him warm wishes. — 00:03:46
2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank performs his punishment, humping things around town to a dance track, and calls it a very punishing punishment. (playful) — 00:02:20
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
2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — John says he owes a punishment but cannot do the sandwich punishment, because his gallbladder was recently removed; he declines to show the scars. — 00:01:35
2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. — announcement: John gives his Tumblr address, fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com, with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:19
2011-09-07 · The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes — ask: John asks Hank two non-rhetorical questions to discuss in the comments: to what extent is Gatsby, and his quest, heroic, and is Hank's own quest heroic? — 00:06:31
2011-09-20 (said on 2011-09-19, implied) · Fifth Anniversary with The Katherine — Katherine Green: Asked whether her view of Hank has changed since the wedding, Katherine says no: they dated a long time before marrying, so she already had a formed opinion of him. — 00:01:08
2011-09-20 (said on 2011-09-19, implied) · Fifth Anniversary with The Katherine — Katherine Green: Katherine says she is appreciative of Nerdfighteria but, loving to hang out with Hank, is a little bit jealous of it sometimes. — 00:01:20
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John reports a nerdfighter's Tumblr discovery that as Hank ages he will look more and more like popcorn magnate Orville Redenbacher. (playful) — 00:00:00
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John congratulates Hank on five years of marriage. — 00:00:00
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John jokingly ranks his favourite bands: the Mountain Goats first and second, Hank Green third, and now the Permafrost singer fourth, a spot that used to be the Mountain Goats'. (joke) — 00:03:26
2011-09-28 · Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking — announcement: Hank will pick five frames and viewers will vote on which he should get, as he did with his current glasses some four years ago. — 00:00:00
2011-09-28 · Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking — ask: Hank shows five frames and asks viewers to vote by clicking through to a video per frame: its view count is the score, so viewers should watch only the one(s) they like best. — 00:03:08
2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — John opens with a montage of Hank saying 'balls', noting Hank said balls a lot in his last video. (playful) — 00:00:03
2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — ask: John says he really wants his brother Hank to answer the survey next. — 00:02:36
2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — John praises Hank's joke: when the CERN physicist asked what keeps him from falling to the center of the earth, Hank said 'my chair'. (playful) — 00:02:27
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — John tells Nerdfighters not to punish him: Hank permitted this longer-than-four-minutes, unedited video, which saves him time for signing books. (playful) — 00:00:14
2011-11-04 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — Hank: Because of many comments saying people like his goatee and do not want him to shave it, Hank has kept it for now. — 00:00:17
2011-11-04 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — ask: Hank: Calling the choice too big to make alone and a chance to fill the Foundation to Decrease World Suck before P4A, Hank asks viewers to vote with dollars at fightworldsuck.org on keeping or shaving his facial hair. — 00:02:44
2011-11-04 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — announcement: Hank says that, based on whether the 'shave it' or 'keep it' pile wins, he will say in his next video whether he will do 'Neanderthal November'. — 00:03:27
2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — announcement: John announces Hank is launching SciShow in early January: science news plus answers to age-old science questions like why the sky is blue. — 00:02:05
2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — John jokes that Henry has not yet asked science questions; his major questions are where mommy went and for more cupcake. (playful) — 00:02:05
2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — announcement: Hank says he and John are starting big new YouTube channels; his, SciShow, will cover science news and broader topics so everyone can be smarter. — 00:00:36
2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — Hank reports the Keep It / Shave It fundraiser result: Keep It $1494.43 beat Shave It $1449.98, together almost $3,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:10
2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — announcement: Hank says he wishes it had not been so close, feels he is betraying half of viewers, and is going to shave at the end of November. — 00:03:10
2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John tells Hank he hates his goatee and cannot believe he has to live with it for another 20 days. (playful) — 00:00:54
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — John says he has Hank's prior permission for the long video, so viewers who like punishing him should not try. (playful) — 00:00:37
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! — Hank adds that he also has 'SciShow and Crash Course things' going, but all is well as long as he can play Super Mario Bros. Wii with his wife. — 00:03:24
2011-12-02 · F#*%? An Explanation of Curse Words — Hank: On the end screen Hank shows off a new mustache and haircut and says he will post the full video of shaving his facial hair on Hank's channel. — 00:02:50
2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: The show will feature John reading from The Fault in Our Stars, Hank playing songs, discussion (and jokingly electrocution and puppetry); John will sign books and Hank CDs. — 00:01:49
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: Less than a year ago Hank was in Haiti with Water.org, which wanted to share its work with him so he could share it with the world through his camera. — 00:00:00
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: During Hank's visit Jenna, one of the youngest well-committee members, said in frustration there had to be a better way; now she has it, and she remembered Hank and asked where he was. — 00:00:58
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John: Everyone who has read The Fault in Our Stars, John and Hank included, signed non-disclosure agreements; Penguin paid for an embargo and skipped the usual advance copies to critics, movie people and foreign publishers. — 00:00:30
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John called Hank, as he does when mad, and Hank reminded him that his readers care not just about his books but about each other. — 00:01:52
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John thanks Nerdfighters for caring not just about Hank's music, his books and their videos but about each other, and calls himself very lucky. — 00:02:50
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John will see Hank in real life in about two and a half weeks. — 00:03:19

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2012

2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John marks five years since he uploaded his first Vlogbrothers video, on January 2, 2007, with a deliberately terrible jump cut. — 00:00:00
2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — announcement: John says Hank is launching SciShow today, a show where he talks about science, and that Hank is very funny. — 00:01:37
2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John notes the first SciShow episodes were filmed in November, so Hank has the 'hideous' goatee many viewers liked, and regrets Hank never filmed one with his policeman mustache. (playful) — 00:02:06
2012-01-06 · Kill your TV — announcement: Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. — 00:03:06
2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John wakes grateful and astonished to have the readers and the brother he has lucked into. — 00:02:19
2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank says he finally got the glasses viewers voted for long ago; they have anti-reflective coating, which is good for SciShow. — 00:00:54
2012-03-02 · LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun — The description says Michael Aranda recently moved to Missoula to help produce SciShow and Crash Course, and composed the video's music. — video description
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John: Asked 'Who the eff is Hank?', John answers that Hank is a cat running for the US Senate from Virginia. (joke) — 00:02:33
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says that on tour Hank told him his punishment would strike when he least expects it; it still hasn't happened, so maybe Hank has forgotten. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:39
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John thanks Hank for helping him out of the friend zone, 'as if' he was ever friend-zoned. (playful) — 00:03:24
2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV — John's son Henry watches little television but enjoys Uncle Hank's space videos; John watched 12 of the most popular toddler programs to understand what Henry might watch. — 00:00:01
2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV — John says he remembers Hank being a big fan of Blue's Clues in college, which is why he brings Hank this introduction to children's TV. (playful) — 00:00:10
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John can't believe Hank still asks the baby-Hitler question five years after the Evil Baby Orphanage began; he would not kill baby Hitler but kidnap him. (playful) — 00:00:53
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — announcement: John says he has a present for Hank that involves the viewers, which he will reveal on Hanko de Mayo. — 00:02:52
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John: For Hank's birthday John wrote an email to his congressman, Andre Carson, asking him to make sure NASA gets the funding it needs. — 00:01:13
2012-05-15 · Religion and Gay Marriage — John argues that limiting marriage's legal benefits to covenant marriages creates a huge problem: Hank and Katherine, wed in a field, might lose hospital visits, custody or joint taxes, and which churches would count? — 00:02:19
2012-05-15 · Religion and Gay Marriage — John notes that Hank and Katherine married in a field, while John married in a church. — 00:02:27
2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product — John praises Hank's Friday video explaining Facebook's IPO and stock markets, which ended by asking how a free service he will never pay for is worth $100 billion; John answers that question. — 00:00:00
2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product — recommendation: The description points people bragging about using ad blockers to a post on Hank's Tumblr about ad blocking. — video description
2012-05-29 · Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO! — John says he and Hank are at a family reunion in Seaside, Florida, which he calls the world capital of teenagers who don't know who they are. — 00:00:18
2012-05-29 · Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO! — John tells Hank that, though he is the younger brother, his marriage continues to be an inspiration to John. — 00:02:12
2012-06-01 · Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics — Hank says he has very much enjoyed the family vacation in sunny, steamy Florida (the people, the scenery, an adorable squirrel), especially hanging out with John. — 00:00:00
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John says his eyesight is only a little better than his dad's: once, after losing his glasses in the ocean, their dad asked John to move some clothes that were actually Hank. (playful) — 00:01:32
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
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — John says that on Friday Hank asked Nerdfighters to share their problems, they did, and John is here to help solve them. — 00:00:00
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — John rejects the premise that bad spelling limits nerdiness: his brother is a terrible speller and a tremendous nerd. (playful) — 00:03:04
2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada — John predicts that, if history is a guide, Hank will fail to upload his Friday video because of VidCon stress. (playful) — 00:02:13
2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to prepare punishment ideas for Hank and leave them in the comments. (playful) — 00:02:21
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank says he did make a video, and that the punishment ideas viewers suggested for him on John's last video could easily apply to John, who has at least one outstanding punishment. (playful) — 00:00:00
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank calls one suggestion, driving to Canada with only Mountain Dew, bread, peanut butter and $14, very good; it might be funny enough to do anyway, but he doesn't want to be blacklisted. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:22
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank mentions an idea for John's punishment: a livestream of John watching the Twilight movies, 'a full day of torture'. (playful) — 00:00:22
2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John: After a backstage clip in which Hank says he has to pee, John says about 98% of the time those are Hank's last words to him before they go on stage. (playful) — 00:00:03
2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John says what blew his mind most was several thousand people joining Hank in singing a song about particle physics. — 00:01:07
2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John thanks Hank for starting VidCon, and thanks the VidCon staff and all the volunteers who made it happen. — 00:02:34
2012-07-24 · The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds — John recalls their Memorial Day beach weekend noodle war: it was widely reported Hank won, but John says Hank abandoned his noodle, so John won. (playful) — 00:00:14
2012-07-24 · The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds — John says after the noodle war Hank picked him up and slammed him into the water, and John realized Hank has gotten fit. (playful) — 00:00:44
2012-07-24 · The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds — John says Hank has quietly followed an exercise regimen for months and become kind of buff; several people commented on it on Hank's last video. — 00:00:56
2012-07-24 · The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds — John says he didn't get the desk just because Hank got fit and he's jealous, but admits he was partly inspired by his Memorial Day dunking. (playful) — 00:01:05
2012-07-27 · Tumblr: The Musical — Hank thanks John for talking about his buffness; now everyone wants to see him shirtless, which he says would be very unimpressive. (playful) — 00:03:17
2012-08-03 · I Don't Understand My Life — Hank: Esther Earl was a Nerdfighter the brothers met in 2009 at the first LeakyCon; she and her friends were and remain very important to Nerdfighteria; she had lived with cancer a long time. — 00:02:08
2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John: At a massive Nerdfighter gathering John and Hank discussed the edgelessness of the universe and books belonging to their readers; John claims he won the sword fight that followed. (playful) — 00:00:33
2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — announcement: The description links the Secret Mailing List and says it will be used only once or twice and then deleted. — video description
2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — ask: Hank: Hinting at a secret important date coming soon, Hank asks viewers to sign up for a one-time-use mailing list by Saturday (18 August 2012) night, when the email goes out; helping is little work. — 00:03:09
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank and the Nerdfighters give John a birthday present: a picture of the brothers at VidCon 2011 made up of over 5,000 Nerdfighters doing the Nerdfighter sign. — 00:00:00
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — In the description John notes he has clearly underestimated Nerdfighteria again, beside the link to the Nerdfighter Kiva group. — video description
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — John says both brothers have outstanding punishments they haven't done because punishments suck, which he calls a roadblock in their relationship. (playful) — 00:01:56
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. — 00:01:56
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John: If the goal is missed before 1,000 videos, the punishment slate is wiped clean; the brothers might make videos more often to avoid punishment; John makes the rules as older brother. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:26
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — John thanks Nerdfighters for submitting so many pictures of themselves and Hank for turning those pictures into John. — 00:02:26
2012-08-31 · Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes — Hank: Nerdfighteria blew past John's goal: a million dollars raised for Kiva before Hank even made his first video promoting it. — 00:03:02
2012-09-04 · The Five Worst Places to Vomit — John: Aside from your lungs, the worst place to puke is onto another person; children always puke on their parents, so Hank should call their parents and thank them. (playful) — 00:02:46
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 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
2012-09-28 · THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana — announcement: Hank tells John he has also chosen a punishment, made gluten-free to accommodate his "terrible excuse for colon". (playful) — 00:03:08
2012-10-02 · What To Do With Your Life — John: decisions will be unmade by circumstance, e.g. a spouse's job in Kuala Lumpur, a sudden astrophysics PhD, an uncle's junkyard, or a little brother starting a video conference. — 00:01:28
2012-10-02 · What To Do With Your Life — John's college self would be surprised he became a novelist whose mustachioed face is on strangers' shirts, and Hank studied chemistry before writing Harry Potter songs. (playful) — 00:02:32
2012-10-02 · What To Do With Your Life — John says the brothers' best decision as videobloggers was also their first: to collaborate with each other. — 00:03:03
2012-10-16 · Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked whether Barack Obama's Tumblr really posted Hank's voting video, John first says no, then, surprised, tells Hank he is on the President's Tumblr. — 00:02:37
2012-10-16 · Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked why his main characters have no siblings, John jokes it is his way of telling Hank he doesn't exist in his narrative imagination, then 'who the eff is Hank?' (joke) — 00:02:48
2012-10-30 (said on 2012-10-29, implied) · TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas. — John has been to Las Vegas once before, for his bachelor party, which they called 'Nerds Do Vegas'; it was the exact opposite of The Hangover. (playful) — 00:00:20
2012-10-30 (said on 2012-10-29, implied) · TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas. — John recalls that on that trip Hank gambled once: he played Casino War, placed the minimum bet, won, walked away and retired from gambling a winner. (playful) — 00:00:31
2012-10-30 (said on 2012-10-29, implied) · TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas. — John concludes that, though he is the older brother, Hank is the wiser one when it comes to gambling and much else. (playful) — 00:02:22
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — announcement: The description says this is the first of six consecutive daily videos the brothers will make to fulfil the first of their two outstanding punishments. — video description
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — announcement: John says the brothers are doing a week of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily vlogs as a punishment. — 00:00:00
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — John says without Hank's large upfront investment VidCon would never have existed, which would suck because it is fun and has created jobs; the same holds, much larger, for YouTube. — 00:01:27
2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — John teases that Hank is jealous but too cheap to buy it, never having bought a vehicle over $500; he admires that and offers Hank a back-seat ride in Indianapolis. (playful) — 00:02:12
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
2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( — Hank says this concludes the week of Brotherhood 2.0-style videos; it was really fun and he wishes they could keep going. — 00:03:24
2012-11-16 · We're all Scared — announcement: Hank's description adds that the brothers are playing Carnegie Hall, linking the Carnegie Hall event page for An Evening of Awesome. — video description
2012-11-20 · Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story — announcement: John: To celebrate the first anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars, Penguin has rented Carnegie Hall for the brothers to have an evening of awesome of reading, talking and music. — 00:01:33
2012-11-20 · Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story — announcement: John: The Mountain Goats, whom John jokingly ranks as three of his four favorite bands (Hank is the fourth), will play Carnegie Hall with them; John says he won't sing. — 00:01:42
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
2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — Hank thanks YouTube and Google for funding SciShow and Crash Course and for supporting Vlogbrothers and all the brothers' endeavors over the years. — 00:02:51
2012-11-27 · Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers — John says no gift has lasted as long as books, showing Ship Breaker from Hank, The Human Stain from Sarah early in their dating, Microserfs from Dad (Christmas 1997) and Where the Red Fern Grows from Mom (age 10). — 00:03:24
2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank explains VidCon as a yearly gathering he and John started for everyone who loves online video: professionals, hobbyists and fans, creators, communities and the industry that enables them. — 00:01:47
2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon has two tracks: an expensive industry track that subsidizes the community track; community tickets are $100 for now and rise as the conference nears. — 00:02:16
2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank gives the VidCon 2013 schedule: an industry day on Thursday, August 1st, the conference open to everyone on the 2nd and 3rd, and Disney Day on the 4th. — 00:02:46
2012-11-30 · VidCon 2013! — announcement: Hank says VidCon planning is going very well and about a third of the tickets are already sold. — 00:03:15
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John says he and Hank were also privileged to have internet access in 2007 and $249 for cheap video cameras at the end of 2006; without that, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and VidCon would not exist. — 00:00:58
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says that, as in previous years, he and Hank will donate one penny per P4A comment, up to one million comments. — 00:02:26
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin… — Hank had planned a video on having friends with ulcerative colitis and how to treat them, after just posting a very personal video on his other channel about having the disease. — 00:00:28
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — ask: John asks viewers to head to projectforawesome.com, watch the livestream and comment like crazy, since every comment on a P4A video is a penny he has to donate to charity. — 00:02:49
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank gives a tour of the Crash Course and SciShow offices in Missoula and introduces the people who work there. — 00:00:00
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank reports more than 700,000 P4A comments, each costing John a penny, more than 15,000 individual donors and thousands of P4A videos. — 00:02:32

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2013

2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John calls 2012 an amazing year for the brothers: Hank co-created The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow and Crash Course, VidCon doubled, and The Fault in Our Stars spent 51 consecutive weeks on the NYT list. — 00:02:45
2013-01-04 · 53 Terrible Jokes! — Hank says he will tell a bunch of jokes and plans to beat his previous record, which requires 52 jokes in under four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:00
2013-01-04 · 53 Terrible Jokes! — Hank finishes with 53 jokes in four minutes, which he was not sure was possible. — 00:03:49
2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) · Addicted to the Internet — John says he will venture into the germy world of face-to-face contact because he thinks it is good for his mental health, especially before Carnegie Hall. (hedged) — 00:01:43
2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) · Addicted to the Internet — ask: John tells Nerdfighters without Carnegie Hall tickets that a link in the doobly-doo lists hundreds of places worldwide to gather, watch the event livestream and meet other Nerdfighters. — 00:01:59
2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) · Addicted to the Internet — John thanks Hank for the 53 'wonderful terrible jokes' and says he will see Hank on Saturday, when he gets back. — 00:02:25
2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — announcement: Hank says he really will see John on Monday and may see viewers too: there are two pre-Carnegie rehearsal shows in New York, tickets $10, all proceeds to charity. (hedged) — 00:03:44
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John says it is actually Monday: the Carnegie Hall show is tomorrow and they will be busy, so he is recording a day early. — 00:00:00
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John says Hank and Katherine's trip to New York was a nightmare of delays, missed connections and lost baggage, taking 23 hours from Missoula. — 00:00:00
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John hopes Hank's guitar arrives before Hank has to play songs on it at Carnegie Hall. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John films backstage at Housing Works, where they are rehearsing for tomorrow's Carnegie Hall show; Kimya Dawson is there. — 00:01:01
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John says their first rehearsal went well but was 'not the kind of thing you want to see at Carnegie Hall', and they are going to rehearse again. (playful) — 00:01:32
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — ask: John reminds viewers they can watch the show live at youtube.com/vlogbrothers on Tuesday at 7 PM Eastern, or at viewing places around the country and world (links in the doobly-doo). — 00:01:32
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — announcement: John says the show celebrates the one-year anniversary of the publication of The Fault in Our Stars and the six-year anniversary of the Nerdfighter community. — 00:36:35
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says he and Hank missed the easy collaborations of their teens, which is why they started Brotherhood 2.0 in 2007, wanting collaborators again; they never imagined this many. — 00:56:49
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John retells the Evil Baby Orphanage: Hank asked about killing baby Hitler, a commenter proposed an orphanage for evil babies, inspiring fan fiction, web comics and now a professionally produced card game. — 00:57:30
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says books seem one person's work, but TFIOS was partly written by Esther, his wife, Julie Strauss-Gabel, Jodi Reamer, John Darnielle, Hank and T. S. Eliot. — 00:59:48
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John introduces Hank as co-founder of VidCon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and DFTBA Records and founding editor of EcoGeek.org. — 01:01:29
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank says audience support let him launch SciShow and talk and sing about science, then sings 'The Universe is Weird', which he says he has never got through without a mistake. — 01:13:50
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank, inviting John back on stage, thanks everyone for an evening of awesome, Carnegie Hall, everyone at Penguin, friends and family, and closes with 'don't forget to be awesome'. — 02:41:58
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says the first thing he and Hank liked together as kids was They Might Be Giants, and they sing TMBG's cover of a song about New York City. — 02:43:06
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John calls the evening one of the coolest things that has ever happened to them, maybe top two, since he had a kid. (playful) — 02:47:21
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank, in New York, heads to Carnegie Hall for the show, joking that his biggest fear is that he runs away. (playful) — 00:00:05
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank: After the show Hank celebrates: 'We did it!' — 00:01:44
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — recommendation: Hank says the Evening of Awesome is preserved on the channel for those who missed it; it runs a couple of hours and he thinks it is worth watching (link in description). (hedged) — 00:01:44
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank thanks Neil Gaiman, Kimya Dawson, The Mountain Goats, Ashley and Daniel, Hannah and Grace, Elyse, their parents, their wives and all of Nerdfighteria for making the show possible. — 00:01:44
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John: Asked his favorite part of the Evening of Awesome, John answers: all of it. (playful) — 00:00:47
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John thanks Nerdfighters who were at Carnegie Hall or watched An Evening of Awesome at home: it was the highlight of his professional career; he thanks Hank for making it fun and surprisingly relaxing. — 00:02:41
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — Replying to Hank's video on the ownership of ideas, John agrees that current copyright law is 'a hot slice of crazy'. — 00:00:00
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — John: Agreeing with Hank that money changes things, John would be annoyed if CBS adapted TFIOS without permission but is happy with YouTube scene adaptations even with ads; there is no good way to define the difference. — 00:02:48
2013-02-01 · Football For Nerds — Hank says he is on a plane to England right now; three weeks earlier he decided to film this video, knowing America would be in a Super Bowl frenzy. — 00:00:00
2013-02-05 · Headless Statues and Elton John's Piano: Seeing Sights in London (Thoughts from Places) — John landed in London early in the morning, not even sure what day it was; it rained, then the sun came out six minutes later. (playful) — 00:00:00
2013-02-05 · Headless Statues and Elton John's Piano: Seeing Sights in London (Thoughts from Places) — John met up with Hank, Katherine and CGP Grey, who took them to a crypt that is also a cafe. — 00:01:56
2013-02-05 · Headless Statues and Elton John's Piano: Seeing Sights in London (Thoughts from Places) — John: The group walked past the Tate Modern, the Globe and Winchester Palace to a pub, where Hank said that even after six years it is impossible to act natural on camera. — 00:02:55
2013-02-08 · The Space Time Continuum: Thoughts from Dublin — Hank says that on the trip he also got to see Charles Darwin's grave, the man who figured out that life, like an individual, is a continuum of inter-related species. — video description
2013-02-08 · The Space Time Continuum: Thoughts from Dublin — Hank: After London, Hank (with John and Katherine) went to Dublin, where he was hit by the realization Americans have in Europe: this place is old. (playful) — 00:00:07
2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — John meant to make a Dublin Thoughts from Places video, but Hank used all of John's footage in his own Dublin video. (playful) — 00:00:03
2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — John lists joke questions he has prepared for the President: 'what is air?', ten duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck, pennies, and who the eff is Hank. (joke) — 00:01:30
2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — John: On tour the brothers met more than 6,000 Nerdfighters in ten days; many were nervous and embarrassed though, John says with authority, none had any reason to be, and John felt embarrassed too. — 00:02:20
2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — Hank got back from the United Kingdom and is jet-lagged. (playful) — 00:02:34
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — ask: In the description John asks viewers to subscribe to the Mental Floss YouTube channel, which he says the brothers host. — video description
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — announcement: John: Mental Floss, now an educational and trivia empire, has never had a YouTube channel; John and Hank are working on bringing it to YouTube, with list videos, quizzes and a cool intro. — 00:00:49
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: DFTBA Records has taken over an abandoned nursery school in Missoula and is bigger than ever; it aims to sell cool stuff that supports people you like, from CGP Grey and Wheezy Waiter merch to a poster partly designed by a 16-year-old Norwegian girl. — 00:01:39
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: Hank has just started teaching chemistry on Crash Course; it sounded unpromising but has been entertaining and interesting, and John is learning. — 00:02:25
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — ask: John: Most VidCon 2013 tickets are gone, so people who want one should get one now; John expects it to be really fun. — 00:02:39
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: Hank's 2D glasses, which render 3D movies in two dimensions, were an idea John thought terrible that turned out brilliant; the 2D glasses empire grows by the day. (playful) — 00:03:14
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: Hank has way too many ideas, but John thanks him for them because they pull him out of the quicksand of himself and force him to get to work. — 00:03:28
2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says he has long been the least educated in the family: Hank and Katherine have masters of science, Sarah a master of arts, John only a bachelor of arts. (playful) — 00:00:17
2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique — Hank says his job gets intense in VidCon planning time, which is starting now, 90 days out. — 00:01:23
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Danica works on Crash Course, doing its excellent chalkboard drawings and also the Mental Floss set. — 00:00:19
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Meredith writes for Mental Floss and, more importantly, is the CEO of the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers. (playful) — 00:00:33
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Mark is the producer and director of the Mental Floss channel, and Stan, as always, is working on Crash Course. — 00:02:11
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John wanted Hank to see the office because Hank had shown John his, and to meet the people who actually make Crash Course, Mental Floss and the Swoodilypoopers happen. — 00:02:40
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — ask: John asks Hank to fix this problem during his paternity leave. (playful) — 00:01:09
2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — announcement: John: During the leave there will be a Crash Course US History video every Thursday, a mental floss video every Wednesday, and Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers FIFA games every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. — 00:00:55
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig recites Hank's list from 'How to Be a Baby Properly' (stuck in the world, cry, sleep 2.5 hours at a time, put stuff in your mouth, cry again, be cute) and says it is what he did in college. (playful) — 00:01:09
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig tells Hank and John it is an honour to be on their channel, so he had to step up his usual game (he shows a clip of himself shirtless). — 00:01:26
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig parodies more things John does: Question Tuesday with fake questions, a 'Who the eff is Hank?' answer, Sharpie face (a cracker smashed on his forehead), a Thoughts from Places about his office, an Oscar Wilde reading, and a 'not-airport'. (joke) — 00:02:07
2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank says he is working hard to solve the problem of advertising valuing distraction as much as or more than engagement, but it is taking time. — 00:01:22
2013-07-02 · The Perks of Being John's Assistant — Rosianna Halse Rojas: Rosianna introduces herself as John's assistant and, 'as of way back when', John and Hank's secret London sister. — 00:00:01
2013-07-02 · The Perks of Being John's Assistant — Rosianna Halse Rojas: Jokes aside, Rosianna says being John's assistant is honestly the best job she has ever had, and it is really cool working with the brothers. — 00:02:58
2013-07-16 · The Ghost of Teenaged Future — Sabrina Cruz: Like a ghost in a Dickens novel, she warns Hank about the annoying things his niece and nephew might do as teenagers, at least according to stereotypes. (playful) — 00:00:19
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says Hank set up the camera in the single corner of their beautiful house that is covered in flies. (playful) — 00:00:31
2013-07-30 · Paternity Leave Ends! And I Find Myself… — John thanks Hank for the hotel room and will see him downstairs after editing. — 00:02:50
2013-08-03 · Esther Day 2013 — John says Esther Earl was a Nerdfighter the brothers met at LeakyCon 2009 in Boston. — 00:00:43
2013-08-03 · Esther Day 2013 — Hank confirms that LeakyCon 2009, his first major concert, was where he sold his first CDs ever. — 00:00:53
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John says VidCon was awesome but not restful, and thanks the staff, the volunteers and Hank. — 00:00:00
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John: Up with Henry at 2:30 a.m., John had his very first million dollar idea. — 00:00:33
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John explains that for about six years Hank has phoned him roughly once a week opening with 'I have a million dollar idea'. (hedged) — 00:01:02
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John: some of Hank's ideas were excellent (Project for Awesome, VidCon, DFTBA Records), some seemed terrible but turned out great (2D glasses), and most are actually terrible ('Hank Games times two'). (playful) — 00:01:02
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John notes that none of Hank's million dollar ideas has ever made him a million dollars; most are about charity. (playful) — 00:01:31
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John pitches his 'million dollar idea': a phone-baby app that cries, must be soothed (feeding, pacifier, shushing), can't be muted and wakes every few hours for 12 weeks, a parody of newborn care. (playful) — 00:01:31
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John admits his idea is not that good, even worse than Hank's. (playful) — 00:02:30
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John recalls refusing Hank's request for $1,000 to start the 2D glasses company ('go suck it'). (playful) — 00:02:50
2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John says he will never be the brains of the operation but is very grateful to be part of it, and thanks Hank for the gift of VidCon. — 00:02:59
2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon — Hank: Because most people who want to go to VidCon cannot, Hank talks about what he learned there rather than how great it was. — 00:00:26
2013-08-09 · What I Learned at VidCon — Hank says that over four years people urged them to sell VidCon to a big media company, take investment, obey sponsors or grow to 20,000 people; saying no has always been best. — 00:02:07
2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam — announcement: Hank reports that SciShow and Crash Course are going well and SciShow just hit a million subscribers. — 00:02:54
2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says Hank has ulcerative colitis, a chronic, very serious and extremely expensive illness, so no insurance company will ever choose to insure him. — 00:02:26
2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says Montana's catastrophic coverage plan caps Hank's out-of-pocket costs at $10,000 a year; before that law Hank could get no insurance and risked a million-dollar bankrupting illness. — 00:02:26
2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance. — 00:02:55
2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says Hank's investments are responsible for dozens of jobs and a significant growth of the pizza. — 00:03:24
2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John calls this his capitalist, fiscally conservative case for health care reform: the US has privileged employees over entrepreneurs, but needs entrepreneurs like Henry and Hank to maximize growth. — 00:04:52
2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John thanks Hank for being the engine of American job growth and for giving lots of people jobs, including John. (playful) — 00:04:52
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — John says that although the brothers agreed Hank wouldn't get him a birthday present (since John got Hank nothing), the original 'Nerd Fighters' arcade video game arrived at their office. — 00:00:00
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says Crash Course, SciShow and Mental Floss all have large and growing audiences. — 00:01:20
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John: According to Our Pants both brothers already owe punishments, so both are punished and John doubly. — 00:03:00
2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — In the description Hank says one of his favourite yearly things is editing a YouTuber's music with VidCon clips; this year (2013) he used Mike Diva's BFD. — video description
2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — Hank says it is crazy how big VidCon has grown, but it still feels like a special time for online communities to come together in the real world, and he is proud of it. (hedged) — 00:01:22
2013-11-19 · On Middle School Misery — John unexpectedly found himself alone on a train in New York, where Brotherhood 2.0 began for him and where they played a sold-out Carnegie Hall show earlier this year (2013). — 00:00:11
2013-11-19 · On Middle School Misery — John: At the Carnegie Hall soundcheck John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats told his sixteen-year-old self over the mic that he had survived and was playing piano at Carnegie Hall. — 00:02:41
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Sydney Green: Sydney says that, being Southern, they named Hank William Henry after his two grandfathers. — 00:00:36
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Mike Green: Mike says they didn't want him to be a Bill or a Willie and liked 'Hank' as cute, but realizes the name has been a monumental pain for Hank. (playful) — 00:00:41
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Hank recalls not knowing how to spell William at about thirteen. (playful) — 00:00:50
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Sydney Green: Sydney says she had no girl name for Hank because she knew he was a boy; the girl name for John was Elizabeth. — 00:00:59
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Mike Green: Mike says newborn Hank was a little blue and did not have a very high APGAR score. (playful) — 00:01:14
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Sydney Green: Sydney recalls that small Hank, who could not yet really talk, once got tired of John yelling at him and took a hammer to him. (playful) — 00:02:04
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Sydney Green: Sydney says their friends and family clearly understand what John does, but not what Hank does with the videos. (playful) — 00:02:21
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Mike Green: Mike says it surprises and amuses him that people ask whether Hank is okay with John being so famous and successful. — 00:02:31
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — announcement: Hank says he is giving away all his shirts except the six he loves most as perks; they are all men's mediums. (playful) — 00:01:12
2013-12-27 · The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things — Hank says in the week between Christmas and New Year he has nothing he must do and kind of wants to go back to work; maybe he is a workaholic or just has a great job. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:07

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2014

2014-01-17 · 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! — Hank says it has been over a year since he last told John jokes, so he will try to beat his record again with 54 jokes in under four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:00
2014-02-04 · Should We Raise the Minimum Wage? — John lists the businesses Hank has started: Crash Course, SciShow, DFTBA Records, VidCon and, jokingly, 'the ceaseless juggernaut' 2D Glasses. (playful) — 00:00:02
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John: Before going on stage for book events, John reminds himself of his many readings attended by zero to three people and gives thanks for Brotherhood 2.0, Nerdfighteria and Hank. — 00:00:38
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John says The Hollywood Reporter's article on the TFIOS film included a photo of him; a longtime nerdfighter posted herself 'johning', then Charlie McDonnell, Josh Sundquist, Hank and many others followed. — 00:00:07
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John: For Hank's birthday yesterday, John says that unlike last year (2013) he remembered a present, from himself and Nerdfighteria: the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game. — 00:00:36
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John: Getting 'Esther Day-y', John says listening to the album reminded him what a great musician Hank is and that he admires Hank and how he goes about his work. — 00:01:18
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John congratulates Hank on the album and thanks him for being a good friend and brother in this great but very weird time of his life. — 00:03:08
2014-05-20 · Deserving — John argues we don't deserve the terrible things either: Hank doesn't deserve ulcerative colitis, no one deserves chronic pain, dementia or poverty; deserving may not be the best way to imagine it. (hedged) — 00:01:53
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank lists census shares unaware of their shows: 14% Mental Floss, 30% SciShow Space, 33% Sexplanations with Dr. Lindsey Doe, 50% How to Adult, 64% Animal Wonders. — 00:01:00
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John says the collaboration between him and Hank and the community that grew from it mean more to him than anything else in his professional life, and thanks Hank; Hank thanks him back. — 00:00:11
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John: The day after, John says the premiere was amazing, laughing and crying with 1,200 people, and he was glad Hank sat two seats away. — 00:02:15
2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — John: Asked by Hank for a moral of the story, John says Hank's ability to come up with new ideas and execute them continues to astonish him - in an overwhelmed way, not a good way. (playful) — 00:02:30
2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup — John tells Hank he thinks Hank is super cool for having worn makeup in high school. (hedged) — 00:02:24
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John recalls Hank buying Vi Hart equipment years ago so she could make better videos more often - the best $1,000 he ever spent, as she became a phenomenally successful educational creator. — 00:02:31
2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — ask: John tells Hank he owes Nerdfighteria a punishment and asks Nerdfighters for punishment suggestions for Hank in the comments. — 00:02:51
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Answering John's claim that he owes a punishment, Hank says the brothers have been doing this so long, with so many punishable infractions, that it is getting confusing. (playful) — 00:00:01
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank says the brothers created the channel on January 1, 2007 with three rules: a video on your day, no video over four minutes, and no textual communication between them. — 00:00:21
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: That November Hank made a video two seconds too long and had to spend 15 hours in a Target. — 00:02:19
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Both brothers failed to upload during VidCon 2010; the punishment videos were John's 'Fitness for Nerds' and Hank's Katniss Everdeen makeup tutorial. — 00:02:28
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: In 2011 the standing deal to punish Hank if Helen Hunt saw his 'Helen Hunt' video came true: she tweeted him, and he had to hump his entire town. — 00:02:33
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank says that on October 28, 2012, with both brothers owing punishments for reasons he can't find, John bet Nerdfighteria: reach 1,000 videos before $1 million in Kiva loans and the punishments are wiped, otherwise doubled. — 00:03:17
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Nerdfighteria loaned the million dollars, so each brother had two punishments; they cleared one by making six videos in a week, three each, leaving one punishment each. — 00:03:34
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — ask: Hank says he got a really good idea for his own punishment from comments on John's video, and asks everyone to comment what John's punishment should be. — 00:03:48
2014-07-22 · Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John: Answering Hank's rant about punishments, John says that although he still believes he does not owe a punishment, he will do one because data does not lie. — 00:00:04
2014-08-01 · PUNISHMENT OF PAIN AND SCIENCE! — announcement: Hank says today's video, inspired by a comment on John's video about Hank needing to be punished, explains the science of pain while he experiences pain. (playful) — 00:00:02
2014-08-22 · Kidneys, LlamaJohn, Frankenstein, Back to School, and The Nerdfighter Online Video Workshop! — announcement: Hank: SciShow is about to reach two million subscribers, Crash Course just reached two million, and SciShow Space is about to reach 200,000; Hank thanks viewers. — 00:01:07
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John asks whether he should focus on Mental Floss, Crash Course, The Art Assignment, Vlogbrothers or the Wimbly Womblys, and whether doing all of them means doing none well. (unsure) — 00:01:38
2014-10-17 · MY FACE ON A BUS — announcement: Hank reveals he was in LA for YouTube's channel promotion: he, Michael Aranda and Caitlin Hofmeister were shot for SciShow print and TV ads now in Chicago, LA, New York and on TV. — 00:00:58
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John: Watching Hank's video, John realised that of everyone he knows Hank is the best at building things that have octothorpes inside them, and thanks him. — 00:03:29
2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank's description: registration for VidCon 2015 is officially open at VidCon.com. — video description
2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank announces that VidCon 2015 is officially happening. — 00:01:23
2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — Hank: last year (2013) VidCon had 20,000 people; 2015 will be the first year it doesn't grow, with tickets cut off at about the same size. — 00:01:54
2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: signing meet-and-greets continue but are 'Disney Fast-Passed': Community Track registrants rank whom they want to meet in early spring, the system assigns tickets, and badges become passes. — 00:02:03
2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: VidCon 2015 uses the whole convention center, twice the space for the same number of people, with five main-floor stages open to all for panels (including race and gender), performances, Q&As and concerts. — 00:02:30
2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank: a new Creator Track for people interested in the process, craft and business of online video offers panels, workshops, a lounge and a keynote; slightly pricier, without signings. — 00:02:49
2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — John says that over the last roughly 100 hours he, Hank, Katherine and both of their parents had norovirus. — 00:00:01
2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — John names his one-year-old daughter as the family's patient zero: five days before Thanksgiving she woke from a nap and vomited on him, though he did not get sick then. — 00:00:53
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — ask: John urges P4A video makers to watch Hank's tutorial and repeats Hank's point that a good P4A video can be imagined as an advertisement for your charity. — 00:00:37
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — announcement: John mentions a nonstop 48-hour livestream featuring many favourite YouTubers and tells video makers to upload at noon Eastern on Friday. — 00:02:31
2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — John tells Hank, of his P4A livestream performance, that he is the most beautiful mummy dancer the world has ever known. (joke) — 00:02:29

2015

2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — John says he is going back to writing, and that he heard on Tumblr that Hank is also writing a story, joking that this is how he learns about his brother's life. (playful) — 00:03:37
2015-02-03 (said on 2015-01-30, implied) · Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! — John says a movie-theater concessions worker, excited and speechless, finally told him it was wild because she had a huge crush on his brother. — 00:02:20
2015-02-13 · Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions — Hank: Asked about his book, Hank says he is thinking about writing a fiction-y thing, for now about a girl, a robot and what it means to be human. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2015-02-20 · Why Are Fewer People Studying Science and Engineering? — Hank says he was in New York doing press tours about science education because SciShow just got a big new sponsor. — 00:00:10
2015-03-03 · What's in the Box in the Box in the Box? — John: Finding a science and engineering fair participant badge, John jokes that their parents keeping his participant ribbon perhaps explains why Hank is the brother who took apart an adding machine. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:18
2015-03-03 · What's in the Box in the Box in the Box? — John says you could go through the whole box without knowing he had a brother, yet it is impossible for him to imagine his life without Hank. — 00:02:53
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John says Hank has a new haircut, seen in his video before the Batman song; Nerdfighter reviews were universally positive, but John is his brother. (playful) — 00:00:12
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John says Hank has had one hairstyle his whole life, which John calls 'The Hank', until this sudden, unannounced, radical change. (playful) — 00:00:36
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John says he admires people like Hank and the founders of AFC Wimbledon for working so hard to make awesome things real. — 00:03:09
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John concludes he kind of likes Hank's new haircut, and so, by extension, Kennedy's haircut in FIFA. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:18
2015-04-10 (said on 2015-04-11, implied) · This Video Makes No Sense — Hank notes that John recently made fun of his new hairstyle, which is fine because that's what brothers do. (playful) — 00:00:01
2015-04-10 (said on 2015-04-11, implied) · This Video Makes No Sense — Hank tells John he thinks his hair looks good, and that John should get a new poster. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:25
2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John reports reviews calling Hank's tour 'so fun' and Hank a 'surprisingly competent musician', an analysis he agrees with. — 00:00:07
2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — ask: John tells Nerdfighters in any of the tour cities to go to Hank's tour. — 00:00:38
2015-04-28 · Is the Paper Towns Movie Like the Book? Thoughts on Adaptations — John can't figure out what to do with the blank wall that bothers Hank, so he goes to the airport, where he knows how to make videos. (playful) — 00:00:01
2015-05-01 · A $100,000 Egg and A 200M Year Old Pinecone — Hank says the tour was fantastic and thanks everyone who came out to the shows. — 00:03:39
2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — John greets Hank on Tuesday, May 5, 2015, his 35th birthday; they are together in a ridiculously beautiful place. — 00:00:00
2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — announcement: John: As Hank's birthday present, John will get him a podcast the brothers make, starring them, with viewers deciding what it is about. — 00:01:20
2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — ask: John asks viewers to tell them what the podcast should be about, whether Sydneys and Jesses, which Sydneys and Jesses to discuss, who has the best Blue Steel, and whether AFC Wimbledon or Mars matters more. — 00:03:01
2015-05-12 · Becoming Someone Else — ask: John asks Hank whom he would become if he had to become someone else. — 00:03:27
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John liked the 'sixteen-ness' of Hank's Friday video so much that he makes a sixteen-part video of his own. (playful) — 00:00:02
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John announces the brothers' podcast will be called Dear Hank and John (he thinks of it as 'Dear John and Hank'), answering Nerdfighters' questions with second-rate advice plus news from AFC Wimbledon and Mars. — 00:00:22
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — recommendation: John: Meanwhile John recommends Hank's podcast with his friends, called on air the 'Tour Because Awesome Podcast'. — 00:00:42
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John admits he is bad at counting and loses track of which part he is on, guessing Part 7. (playful) — 00:01:09
2015-06-02 · Let's Go Outside — John answers Hank's second 15-part video with 16 things he loves about being outside, after his earlier 16-part reply made because he thought Hank's first video had 16 parts. — 00:00:01
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — announcement: Hank explains VidCon's meet-and-greet lottery: to get signings or pictures attendees rank favorite creators and the system assigns meet-and-greets; skipping the lottery means none. — 00:02:12
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank says only about half of VidCon registrants have signed up for the lottery so far, which terrifies him; he worries people will arrive and be disappointed. — 00:02:33
2015-06-09 · What Does It Mean to Be Human? — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters what they think it means to be human and invites them to continue the conversation in comments or via the linked page. — 00:03:21
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says he has been writing a novel-like book, not secretly but without broadcasting it, starting during NaNoWriMo in November (November 2014). — 00:00:01
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says he reached 15,000 words during November and, as of June 26th, has hit NaNoWriMo's 50,000-word mark, unbothered by his slowness. — 00:00:11
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says that with revisions he will probably still be writing the book a year from now, which terrifies him; it is unlike anything he has done and he has no reason to believe he can. (hedged) — 00:00:32
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says he has to do that and it will take a long time, but he is going to do it, and tells John to stop writing so he can catch up, then not to stop. — 00:03:31
2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon! — announcement: Hank says they are on the main stage of VidCon 2015. — 00:00:15
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John loves Nat and his brother Alex and watching them play music together, which reminds him of his own relationship with Hank. — 00:01:37
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John thanks everyone who made the movie, and thanks Hank for a great VidCon. — 00:03:49
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank says VidCon was great and he is buzzing about online video and internet culture; he thanks sponsors, attendees, creators, staff and volunteers, and was freaked out beforehand. — 00:02:46
2015-08-03 · I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 — John: It is the one day a year the brothers say they love each other, so John 'reluctantly' acknowledges he loves Hank immensely. (playful) — 00:00:33
2015-08-03 · I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 — John says Hank's patience and empathy have shut down that spiral for him countless times, consistently since Hank was about three; he thanks, admires and loves him. — 00:01:06
2015-08-04 · Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza — John thinks he would get further than Hank in American Ninja Warrior: watching it with Henry gives him the advantage of knowing what it is, and he likes his odds past the quintuple steps. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:13
2015-08-04 · Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza — John suggests to Hank adding American Ninja Warrior to next year's (2016) Quadragocon. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:29
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John objects to Census question 25, 'Who has better hair, Hank or John?', which pits his unwavering puff against Hank's fancy new hairstyle. (playful) — 00:01:26
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says he won't run a negative campaign, then jabs at Hank's hair: a haircut Tyler Oakley discarded in 2011, a young Republican's haircut, a de-mustachioed Leon Trotsky's face. (joke) — 00:02:57
2015-08-21 · Book Towers for Miles — announcement: Hank lists other NerdCon: Stories guests: Holly Black, Mara Wilson, M.T. Anderson, the Welcome to Night Vale folks, Nalo Hopkinson, Jacqueline Woodson, Rainbow Rowell, John Scalzi, Stephanie Perkins, Pat Rothfuss, Hank and John. — 00:02:51
2015-09-15 · John Gets a Tattoo — John, outside Firefly Tattoo with Rosianna, is getting an inkless tattoo as a punishment for something punishable he apparently did in 2012, which Hank and Nerdfighteria dredged up. (playful) — 00:00:03
2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling — John is vicariously happy for Hank about Mars news but says we haven't taken a second lately to be psyched about flowing water on Earth: 'What a planet!' (playful) — 00:01:11
2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling — John: Because many people complained about the blank blue wall behind him, John has finally put up his wall stuff; it is just a start but looks pretty good. — 00:01:33
2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling — John tours the wall's relics: Willy, a puppy-sized elephant, a card of Hank humping Peeps, Daniel Biss's 'bloated triangles' paper, an Agloe road map, An Imperial Affliction 'stolen' from the movie set. (playful) — 00:01:35
2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling — announcement: John: Breaking his hiatus to check Twitter, John learns Hank launched a new company: DFTBA Games, co-founded by Hank, has a Kickstarter for its first game, the card game Wizard School. — 00:02:26
2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling — John says he is excited, was one of the first ten backers, and that he and the Yeti are huge nerds for tabletop card games. — 00:02:53
2015-10-02 · Awkward Stranger Conversations — announcement: Hank is overwhelmed by the Wizard School Kickstarter's success: over 1000% funded, so they will get to make the game. — 00:02:52
2015-10-06 · Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books! — John would choose to be stuck in the world of Star Trek: The Next Generation, hanging out with Wesley Crusher, and suspects Hank agrees. (playful) — 00:03:38
2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank: Because VidCon 2015 went pretty well, Hank says VidCon 2016 will basically repeat last year (2014) with a little more: more stages, more space, more special guests. — 00:01:54
2015-11-20 · On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) — John hopes ulcerative colitis is cured someday but doesn't expect Hank to 'get well soon'; he hopes Hank lives a rich and full life and isn't marginalised for his illness, which he calls a big problem. — 00:01:32
2015-11-24 · Crime and Outrage — John notes that the drug whose price Warner Chilcott raised 1,200% overnight is one Hank needs to survive. — video description
2015-11-24 · Crime and Outrage — John: Such price hikes are neither new nor rare: in 2011 Warner Chilcott raised the price of Asacol 1200% overnight, and there are dozens of similar examples. — 00:02:19
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — John tells Hank that although many said Patreon funding would never work, it is working great: Crash Course and SciShow are now fully sustainable thanks to Patreon. — 00:00:55
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John says the brothers hope to expand both Crash Course and SciShow in 2016, and thanks supporters. (hedged) — 00:01:00
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John says the P4A's first half raises money for Save the Children and the UNHCR, matched by $350,000 from Save the Children donors plus $250,000 from Hank and John. — 00:01:41
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John announces a 48-hour P4A livestream with Hank, himself and many YouTubers, the one time of year his kids are likely to cover his face in Sharpie. — 00:02:28
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John tells Hank he will also appear on Friday, since it is his year to make a P4A video; to even things out he will see Hank next Tuesday (15 December 2015) and next Friday (11 December 2015). — 00:03:10
2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — John says Hank always tells him to make an end screen, and admits the video ran over four minutes, so he will probably be punished and accepts it. (playful, hedged) — 00:04:22

2016

2016-01-12 · Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things — John: As little kids, John says, he and Hank watched Grease 2 over and over on VHS and, by loving that mediocre movie, somehow made it great. (playful) — 00:03:09
2016-02-09 · Water in My Cereal: Taste Testing Various Liquid Accompaniments to Raisin Bran — John notes Hank said on the podcast that he tried cereal with water and disliked it: Hank is a milk guy. — 00:02:27
2016-02-09 · Water in My Cereal: Taste Testing Various Liquid Accompaniments to Raisin Bran — John: Despite their intractable disagreement, John thinks the brothers will keep respecting each other and collaborating, and there may be a lesson in that. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:32
2016-02-12 · Doing the Hard(er) Thing (and some very bad news) — Hank: The bad news behind Hank's sad times: his dog Lemon has bone cancer that has worsened fast, and she is now in a lot of pain, which is very hard for her and the family. — video description
2016-02-16 · Kindness — recommendation: John thinks Hank would love this particular book, though the books that floor John don't always floor Hank. (hedged) — 00:00:46
2016-02-16 · Kindness — John says one of his favorite things about Hank is his positive obsession, his nerdiness: unironic enthusiasm, and never tearing down without building up. — 00:01:37
2016-02-16 · Kindness — John thanks Hank for encouraging him to let go of that irony and for being, throughout his adult life, a model of positive obsession, even a guiding star at times. (hedged) — 00:02:05
2016-02-16 · Kindness — John tells Hank he is really sorry that Lemon is dying: just a dog, but a great dog. — 00:02:19
2016-02-16 · Kindness — John: Lemon was a racing greyhound, often not the best dog life, but after retiring she came into Hank's life, and each made the other's life better. — 00:02:31
2016-02-19 · Thanks, Lemon — Hank's dog died of osteosarcoma; like many owners, they chose to manage her pain rather than amputate. — 00:00:41
2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — John tells Hank that in 1800 he would probably have died before age five, given his serious childhood infections, a loss for everyone: his companies employ many, he teaches science, he invented 2D Glasses. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:53
2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — John says advances in health and development have let the world contain more Hanks, but we need even more, because history shows many innovators working on big problems find big solutions. — 00:02:18
2016-02-26 · Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) — Hank's 20-year goal is still to have a colon when he is 55. (playful) — 00:02:28
2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says today is also their dad's birthday. — 00:00:40
2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John wonders why it is so easy to say 'I love you' to his parents when he can only say it to his brother once a year, on Esther Day. (playful) — 00:00:56
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says SciShow and Crash Course are now bigger than Vlogbrothers in both views and subscribers. — 00:01:30
2016-05-13 · The Time I Fell Asleep with an M&M in My Mouth (and a song) — Hank: Asked how Hank Green differs from Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Hank says playing and listening to music is more fun with a band, so friends made one, but they play the same Hank Green songs. (hedged) — 00:00:11
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank says he takes a medicine that suppresses his immune system, so he gets sick a lot and deals with it. — 00:00:41
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank says he just learned that all normal pain relievers interact very badly with, and are literally dangerous to take with, ulcerative colitis; no one had told him. — 00:01:56
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank: After taking a lot of DayQuil and ibuprofen, Hank's colitis started acting up; he says he can never again take the nighttime cold medicine. — 00:02:04
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — The description says Hank's colitis is under control after an alarming symptom spike linked to DayQuil, and his medicine works very well for him even though it weakens his immune system. — video description
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — Hank says that for years many people have offered a cure for his ulcerative colitis: going gluten-free, grain-free, paleo or vegan, cutting short-chain carbohydrates, or fasting three days then eating an apple. — 00:00:08
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — Hank says one person at a party took about half the party to explain his cure to Hank. (playful) — 00:00:24
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — Hank says he tried many of those diets over the years and none worked; what worked was the medicine his doctor gave him. — 00:00:28
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — Hank says normal advice this past week (get rest, take it easy, sleep more) annoyed him surprisingly, not because it is bad advice but because it taps into his colitis experience. — 00:00:42
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — Hank says that after years of being offered cures for an incurable illness, he hears 'I have the secret to your wellness, if only you had the courage to use it' — and beneath it, that his illness is his fault. — 00:00:58
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — Hank says that when someone tells him, after more than a decade with ulcerative colitis, that they have the secret to his wellness, he can't help disliking them. — 00:01:27
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — Hank says he has heard the line so often, with so many fads and anecdotes, that all he hears is 'your illness is your fault'. — 00:01:44
2016-07-08 · Your Illness is Not Your Fault — ask: Hank asks people supporting someone sick to recognise that the person may be struggling with a feeling that they caused or deserved their illness. — 00:03:33
2016-07-19 · Pretty Bad Ways to Start a Conversation — John loved Hank's video last week (week of 11 July 2016) on race and racism in the US, but its comment section was a disaster. — 00:03:01
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank says the support from people buying his stuff, and knowing it would help pay bills, led directly to him creating DFTBA Records with Alan Lastufka. — 00:01:05
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank says he knows he is inside a life-changing moment right now because he is going to have a baby. — 00:01:21
2016-08-26 · I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes — Hank says that, having only alluded to it on this channel, he is having a child with Katherine in October, so he is on a travel moratorium. — 00:03:14
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John is excited because the tab lets him and Hank finally make their YouTube channels the community hubs they always wanted. — 00:02:34
2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John says he really liked Hank's video on Friday and continues their discussion of failure by turning to his new book. (hedged) — 00:00:01
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says SciShow and Crash Course were designed with YouTube's money systems in mind and have found a path to sustainability thanks to advertisers and Patreon patrons. — video description
2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says Crash Course and SciShow were both funded by YouTube grants, because YouTube wanted more high-quality content so advertisers would advertise. — 00:01:32
2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank lists past experiments: he humped things, John ate toilet paper, Hank sang songs, and they went to the developing world. (playful) — 00:00:15
2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John: Signing off, John says he will see Hank on Friday unless Hank has a child in the meantime. (playful) — 00:09:15
2016-10-28 · Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! — Hank says this is his last video before he goes on paternity leave. — 00:00:01
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John announces Hank is a dad: Katherine had a baby boy, Orin, over the weekend (30 October 2016); he is adorable and John is very happy. — 00:00:00
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: John says Hank is now truly on paternity leave, and several guest Hanks will fill in over the coming weeks, starting Friday with NerdyAndQuirky Sabrina. — 00:00:17
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John says he is suddenly old, since his baby brother had a baby, going from Cheez Doodles Guy excitement to glimpsing the void in under a minute. (playful) — 00:00:33
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: John announces a 48-hour livestream on the vlogbrothers channel from noon Eastern on December 9, hosted by Hank, John and lots of special guests. — 00:01:34
2016-11-07 · It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) — Hank says he is still on paternity leave but made this video early because he felt bad about not being able to make a Pizzamas video. — 00:00:02
2016-11-07 · It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) — Cory, the ink mixer, says he was listening to Hank's podcast before Hank walked in. — 00:01:19
2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — John jokes that Hank scheduled his child's arrival poorly and is on paternity leave, but managed to upload a video during his leave, with dancing in it. (playful) — 00:00:11
2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — John says Hank was named Winter Park High School's Best Dancer in 1998. — 00:00:29
2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts — John thanks Rosianna Halse Rojas, Hank, Sarah Green, Ilene Cooper and his old friend Marie for thoughts that went into the video, and says any mistakes or errors in fact or judgment are his alone. — video description
2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts — John says his nephew Orin was born ten days ago (30 October 2016); his parents bringing him into the world was an act of hope, which heartens John and was not misguided. — 00:02:42
2016-11-10 · The Museum of Pizza Johns Past — announcement: Valerie2776: Valerie says that this year (2016), as Hank said, they asked their favourite designers to design Pizza John shirts. — 00:01:50
2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — announcement: The description says Hannah Hart fills in for Hank during his paternity leave, and recommends her newly released book Buffering. — video description
2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — announcement: The description says Craig Benzine stands in for Hank on the second Monday of Pizzamas. — video description
2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — Craig Benzine: Craig takes up the question 'Who the eff is Hank?': he is not Hank but Craig, aka WheezyWaiter, and tells the asker to clean up their language. (playful) — 00:00:00
2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — Craig Benzine: For nerdfighters missing Hank, Craig imitates things Hank does: dancing with hip thrusts, singing rock music, breathing, and smiling while he talks. (joke) — 00:00:24
2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — Craig Benzine: Craig thanks Hank and John for having him, says he loves doing these, and asks them to have lots more kids. (playful) — 00:02:29
2016-11-16 · Why We Left Buzzfeed (Some Thoughts on Taking Risks) — announcement: The description says Allison and Gaby from Just Between Us stand in for Hank to talk about taking risks in a career and why they left BuzzFeed. — video description
2016-11-18 · Are Pets Ethical? — announcement: The description says Lex Croucher fills in for Hank on the last day of Pizzamas to talk about whether pets are ethical with her cat Felicity. — video description
2016-11-25 · You're Not Good Enough — announcement: The description says Nathan Zed fills in for Hank while he is on paternity leave, to discuss the taunt 'you're not good enough'. — video description
2016-11-29 · Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited — announcement: John announces a reunion video: Hank is making a triumphant but temporary return to vlogbrothers from his leave. (playful) — 00:00:05
2016-11-29 · Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited — Hank: Asked how Orin is, Hank says he is a good, very cute baby; he may have smiled at Hank that morning, or may just have been pooping. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:20
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — announcement: Hank lists NerdCon: Nerdfighteria guests: Hank and John, Nathan Zed, Craig Benzine, George Watsky, Hannah Hart and Emily Graslie, with music by Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers. — video description
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — Hank says his leave has been a really reflective time, and a main takeaway is how grateful he is for the community's support and that they get to do cool and good things together. — video description
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — announcement: Hank says he is on a paternity-leave break and pre-recorded this video to tell viewers about three VidCons. — 00:00:01
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — Hank thanks John and the guest hosts for taking care of the channel while he has been away; he does not know how it has gone because he pre-recorded this. — 00:02:51
2016-12-02 · Logging Off — announcement: The description says Rosianna fills in for Hank during his paternity leave to talk about logging off and the internet as a work in progress. — video description
2016-12-02 · Logging Off — Rosianna Halse Rojas: Rosianna introduces herself as John's producing partner, John and Hank's secret sister, a YouTuber and an avid user of the internet. — 00:00:02
2016-12-06 · Exactly Like the Human Sternum — announcement: John announces that a group of Nerdfighters with Hank and him offers $300,000 in matching donations, and donors from Partners In Health and Save the Children also match, so every dollar donated from midnight is worth $4; he thanks the matching donors. — 00:00:59
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — Hank announces he is back, says his mind is still a little hungover from P4A, and is glad that is how he came back. (playful) — 00:02:23
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — Hank says the last six weeks away were weird: his first time leaving the channel in almost ten years, during a moment when everyone wanted to talk about what was happening. — 00:03:00
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — Hank thinks the break changed him and is interested to see how that shows as he returns to making videos and says things he has been thinking about. (hedged) — 00:03:18
2016-12-16 · Fear in Art — The description says Tessa Violet fills in for Hank on the last day of his vlogbrothers paternity leave to talk about fear in art. — video description
2016-12-23 · 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) — Hank tells John he is back on the channel and is now officially a dad. — 00:00:00
2016-12-23 · 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) — Hank says that, being a dad at last, he can make a video he has wanted to make for years but felt unqualified for: 41 dad jokes in under four minutes. — 00:00:02
2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John's third memory: meeting baby Orin in Montana; there is nothing like the pride and happiness of seeing his baby brother be such a committed, loving father. — 00:02:01
2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John tells Hank that, visiting him, Katherine and Orin in Montana, he thought Hank had found the thing he is best at. — 00:02:15
2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — announcement: John says that when Hank next sees him it will be 2017, the vlogbrothers channel's tenth anniversary, and thanks Hank for doing this with him for a decade. — 00:03:07
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank lists the dream-like things of his ten years: friends, touring in a rock band, Carnegie Hall, a first home, creating VidCon, SciShow and Crash Course, a bobblehead, 2D glasses, interviewing the president. — 00:00:09

Also named in: Stress and Joy

2017

2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John announces that throughout 2017 he and Hank will rewatch every Vlogbrothers video for a new project, This Date in Vlogbrothers History. — 00:01:49
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John: As an example, John says on January 3, 2007 Hank first mentioned that people said the brothers looked like the Proclaimers. — 00:01:58
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John adds that on January 3, 2011 he made one of his most viewed videos ever, joking that this surely had nothing to do with the thumbnail. (playful) — 00:02:03
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John: The rewatched videos and the brothers' reflections appear on the vlogbrothers Community tab; subscribers can turn on notifications with the bell. — 00:02:09
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John: Since Hank's last 2016 video went over four minutes without being educational, there is a vlogbrothers punishment for the first time in years, to take place live on stage at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:59
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave suggestions for Hank's punishment in the comments. — 00:03:12
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John tells Hank that making things with him and Nerdfighteria over ten years and three days has been the great professional privilege of his life. — 00:03:18
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John: When the project started the brothers weren't close: John left for boarding school when Hank was 11, and they talked by phone maybe once a year; now at least twice a week. (hedged) — 00:03:25
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John says Nerdfighteria and its projects brought him much joy and fulfillment, but the best part has been growing closer to Hank and sharing in the awesome he brings into the world. — 00:03:37
2017-01-06 · Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) — Hank says he has spent a lot of time going through the Vlogbrothers archives for their This Day in Vlogbrothers project. — 00:00:00
2017-01-13 · Top 10 Best Dogs Ever — Hank ranks his dog Lemon, who passed away, tenth, saying the best dog is your own dog and there's nothing wrong with that. — 00:03:05
2017-02-14 · Human Life Is Getting Better. Faster Than Ever Before. — John recalls Hank telling him bad news happens all at once and good news slowly, making good news hard to notice; we still need it, maybe now more than ever. (hedged) — 00:04:13
2017-02-17 · As Cold as The Milk: Learning Spanish with Luzu — Luzu: Asked for a tutorial on being cool, Luzu says they have different kinds of cool: Hank is intellectually cool, Luzu cool in all the other ways. (playful) — 00:02:46
2017-03-14 · Green Brothers Reunited! — John announces a Question Tuesday on Pokémon and monkey turtles that is also a reunion video, with everyone together in the desert. — 00:00:08
2017-03-14 · Green Brothers Reunited! — John would rather have R2-D2 in his house than C-3PO, because hanging out with Hank already feels like having C-3PO. (joke) — 00:03:14
2017-03-31 · No Cut Confessional: Priorities — announcement: Hank says Wizard School has launched and people like playing it, but many Kickstarter perks have not been sent yet; he feels terrible and apologizes. — 00:02:10
2017-03-31 · No Cut Confessional: Priorities — Hank says there is now a baby: for the rest of his life his child will be his prime obligation, which is new for him. — 00:03:13
2017-04-11 · Making the World's Largest Ball of Paint — John thanks Hank and all the VidCon staff and volunteers for an amazing weekend (8-9 April 2017) in Amsterdam at VidCon Europe. — 00:02:53
2017-05-19 · Should I Have a Baby? — Hank says that after six months of parenthood his pros and cons list turned out to be wrong. — 00:00:50
2017-05-23 (said on 2017-05-14, implied) · Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday — recommendation: John: For marriage advice, Sarah reminded John of a Philip Larkin poem ending 'we should be careful of each other, we should be kind while there is still time'; John wishes the same for him and Hank. — 00:03:23
2017-06-13 · Cheyenne, Wyoming — John found Hank's productivity advice last week (week of 5 June 2017) helpful and astute but thinks creative productivity is somewhat different. (hedged) — 00:01:57
2017-06-13 · Cheyenne, Wyoming — John tells Hank he is sorry if he hasn't been around enough lately, that he will come home at some point, and that he misses him. — 00:02:50
2017-07-11 · Signing 200,000 Autographs — John: Asked 'can I Hanklerfish some?', John tells Hank he will be putting this box of sheets in the mail shortly. — 00:03:29
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: In December 2007, having done the project for its planned year and with 11,000 subscribers, the brothers thought about stopping but decided to keep going, which turned out okay. — 00:03:06
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John recalls Hank's idea that bad news usually comes all at once and good news slowly: declines in absolute poverty, child mortality and violent deaths go unreported because they are decades-long processes, not events. — 00:00:09
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: In July 2007 John was doing Brotherhood 2.0, a year-long project of weekday videos with Hank, watched by a few hundred people a day. — 00:02:12
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Ten years ago today (18 July 2007) Hank uploaded Accio Deathly Hallows, a song about his excitement for the publication of the last Harry Potter book. — 00:02:31
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: A decade later the brothers are lucky to still be talking to each other and to still have people watching; without Accio Deathly Hallows their lives would look different. — 00:03:24
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John thanks Hank for the song and for one of his favourite memories, and thanks everyone who watched then and watches now. — 00:03:46
2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — John tells Hank he loves him and admires his hard work, his relentless pursuit of decreasing world suck, and his love, kindness and patience as son, father, husband and brother. — 00:00:41
2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — John says he will not say 'I love you' to Hank again for a year, and at the end looks forward to saying it again in 365 short days. (playful) — 00:00:53
2017-08-15 · Very Hard to Desclibe — announcement: John announces that he and Hank are going on tour when Turtles All the Way Down comes out in October, their first tour together since 2012. — 00:02:39
2017-09-05 · John Reads the First Chapter of Turtles All the Way Down — ask: The description points to pre-ordering a probably signed copy (out October 10) or an unsigned one anywhere, and invites viewers to see Hank and John on tour. — video description
2017-09-07 · I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! — announcement: John announces that he and Hank are going on tour for the first time since 2012, to celebrate the release of Turtles All the Way Down and to spend a few weeks together. — 00:00:03
2017-09-07 · I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! — announcement: John lists the tour's 19 stops in one take, from New York through the South, Midwest and Northwest to two San Francisco Bay Area shows and Los Angeles, including Hank's high school auditorium in Orlando. — 00:00:25
2017-09-07 · I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! — announcement: John says sadly Hank will not be at the shows in Asheville and Atlanta. — 00:01:03
2017-09-07 · I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! — announcement: John says there will be no signing after the shows, partly because of the venues' size but mostly because of his brain malfunctioning; he is sorry and has struggled with it. — 00:02:16
2017-09-08 · How to Win Australia — Hank says he still honestly calls Denver Isengard and asks John if he remembers. (playful) — 00:00:06
2017-09-12 · How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday. — John is very much looking forward to the book tour: being on tour with Hank brings him great joy (don't tell Hank). — 00:01:37
2017-09-12 · How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday. — announcement: John says the Turtles tour shows in Bellingham, Chicago and Atlanta are sold out, sorry it happened so fast. — 00:01:47
2017-09-12 · How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday. — John congratulates Hank on a great VidCon Australia. — 00:03:30
2017-09-15 · My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia — announcement: The description links tour tickets and says the Orlando show is still not on sale; they are working hard to sort it out. — video description
2017-09-19 · Why Cities? — announcement: The description says that before Hank's novel the brothers are going on tour for John's new novel, Turtles All the Way Down. — video description
2017-09-19 · Why Cities? — announcement: John is thrilled that Hank is publishing a book next year (2018), An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, with a New York Times article linked below. — 00:03:42
2017-09-19 · Why Cities? — John says he is continually awed by Hank's ability to do so many things so well. — 00:03:49
2017-09-29 · What's This Video About? — Hank has been thinking a lot about stories because he has been working on his own and has just read John's. — 00:01:04
2017-10-03 · Let's Talk about Books — recommendation: John looks forward to unread books out this month (October 2017), Okorafor's Akata Warrior, Lockhart's Genuine Fraud and Stiefvater's All the Crooked Saints, so his tour reading is sorted. (hedged) — 00:02:56
2017-10-03 · Let's Talk about Books — announcement: John: In one week Turtles will be out and the brothers on tour; Nerdfighters can find out more at turtlesallthewaydownbook.com. — 00:02:56
2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — John: About to go on stage for their rehearsal show, John is super stressed while Hank is just chilling. — 00:00:36
2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — Hank: After their first warm-up show, Hank says it was only a rehearsal, yet to his surprise 150 people were going to be there; the brothers agree the audience was very nice. — 00:01:23
2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — John: Hank forgot the words to all his songs, but a young woman in the front row knew them all, so it worked out; Hank says differently from expected rather than better. (playful) — 00:01:42
2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — John: Asked how it feels to have Hank be a published author, John says he is so psyched, so happy and so proud of Hank. — 00:02:38
2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — John: On I-4 in Orlando, John remembers that about 12 years ago Hank had a viral hit website, ihatei4.com, and it makes him smile. — 00:00:10
2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — John: At Hank's old high school John signs books and thanks the Winter Park High School students who made a paper town and got them t-shirts and green room chairs. — 00:00:38
2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — John: The students got Hank's high school yearbook; John shows 'tiny baby Hank' and a caption of Hank and a classmate surfing the 'net who believe all seniors should get internet privileges ('Hank, I agree!'). (playful) — 00:00:52
2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — announcement: John: Now in Nashville (the rest of his Orlando footage got corrupted), John says it has been an awesome week: they have performed for more than 10,000 people, including spouses, children, parents and elementary school teachers. — 00:01:15
2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — John: Watching Hank perform at his old high school, John thinks of Hank's kindness: a month away from family and jobs to tour with him, his Twitter profile turned into turtles, and constant support since high school; John is lucky and grateful. — 00:01:56
2017-10-17 · Look at Tiny Baby Hank — John: To cut the sentimentality, John has his four-year-old daughter Alice insult Uncle Hank ('stupid butt'), adding it is kind of true given Hank's ulcerative colitis. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:30
2017-10-20 · Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School — Hank: This week (week of 16 October 2017) Hank went back to Winter Park High School, a place of good times and bad times but mostly just times, an experience that doesn't fit well into his brain. — 00:00:00
2017-10-24 · Tour Bus Bus Tour — John signed what he believes is every copy of Turtles All the Way Down for sale or borrowing in Sioux Falls, meeting librarians, booksellers and confused Target shoppers. (hedged) — 00:00:05
2017-10-24 · Tour Bus Bus Tour — John: The bus has eight bunks; John's (with two toy puppies from Target headquarters) is directly above Hank's, and neither made his bed. — 00:02:10
2017-10-24 · Tour Bus Bus Tour — John: The bus holds a bag of 850 plastic turtles, and turtles are everywhere: in the shoe closet, the Sharpie drawer, the microwave and the popcorn and applesauce drawer. — 00:02:38
2017-10-27 · The Secret to my Productivity — announcement: Hank: Tickets are still available for the tour shows in San Francisco and Pleasanton. — video description
2017-10-30 · I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! — John defines Pizzamas as two weeks of weekday videos between the brothers to celebrate brotherhood and affection; Hank adds pizza, John adds e-commerce. — 00:00:06
2017-10-30 · I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! — John feels Pizzamas is a gift Hank gives him every year, the weirdest time of year, with daily videos made only to hawk weird Pizza John merch, and he is grateful. (hedged) — 00:01:50
2017-10-31 · Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition — John says Hank will eat anything, such as a gas-station corn dog that has been rotating for hours on tour. (playful) — 00:01:37
2017-11-01 · Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! — John and Hank make pizza cocktails, using John's Pizza John shot glass and a hotel glass because Hank forgot his. — 00:00:08
2017-11-01 · Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! — John: The Hank is Strawberry Hill (here Mike's Hard Lemonade), vodka and Ovaltine, because Hank made an Ovaltine joke in the previous video; it is not good. — 00:01:44
2017-11-03 · Because We're Here — John says their tour ended last night (2 November 2017) in Los Angeles; almost every night for the past month he watched Hank's set from the side of the stage. — 00:00:01
2017-11-03 · Because We're Here — John says he loves Hank's music and loves watching him perform it, and that it also brings back memories. — 00:00:08
2017-11-03 · Because We're Here — John recalls the first time he saw Hank play in front of a crowd: 45 people in Grand Rapids, Michigan, almost a decade ago (May 2008). — 00:00:13
2017-11-06 · Banana Milk and Almond Orchards — Hank: At the last show of the tour, a big venue, Hank thanks people for showing up early, shows the books John will sign in the basement, and thanks whoever gave them donuts. — 00:02:19
2017-11-06 · Banana Milk and Almond Orchards — Hank is glad to have shared the intense tour with John and many others, made people happy and thought out loud about being a person, but very happy to be home. — 00:03:38
2017-11-07 · Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday — Hank: Asked how the tour has been, Hank says 'so good, so good, so good'. (playful) — 00:00:25
2017-11-09 · The New Zealand Five Cent Coin — John: The months before Turtles All the Way Down came out were difficult for John: overwhelmed by worry about its reception, the tour and publicity, and how to talk about his own mental illness. — 00:00:04
2017-11-10 · The Weirdest Living Animals - (With Dr. Lawrence Turtleman) — Dr. Lawrence Turtleman: Dr. Turtleman says Hank handed him the last day of Pizzamas, and he loved its videos: the haul videos, reunions, almond orchards and reviews. (playful) — 00:00:02
2017-11-21 · Two Love Stories — John: The Turtles All the Way Down tour returned to Washington, DC two days before their wedding; they came, and the brothers gave them a KitchenAid mixer and champagne. — 00:00:43
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — John says he and Hank don't do this because they are noble but because they can afford to: they have other jobs that pay well. — 00:00:33
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says he and Hank will match every donation in P4A's first half up to $250,000, so each dollar counts as much more than one. — 00:01:40
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — recommendation: John highly recommends Hank's guide to making a good P4A video, linked in the description. — 00:02:24
2017-12-01 · Let's Talk About Stress! — Hank is working on his book and, stuck in book land, hasn't been thinking about Vlogbrothers, so he asked everybody what he should talk about. — 00:00:04
2017-12-08 · I Have (a little bit) HAD IT! — Hank found in his jean jacket pocket questions from the live Dear Hank and Johns on tour, and will answer them, though not as he would in a good mood. — 00:00:19
2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — announcement: John: Because of matching donations, every dollar donated will count as four dollars. — 00:03:26
2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — announcement: John will see Hank and the rest of Nerdfighteria at noon Eastern this Friday (15 December 2017) for the 48-hour Project for Awesome livestream. — 00:03:45
2017-12-15 · Why Big Solutions Fail — announcement: Hank: In P4A's first part all money up to $700,000 will be matched, and the first half's money is split between Last Mile Health and Save the Children. — 00:02:41

2018

2018-01-02 · BRING IT IN 2018 — John: The Anthropocene Reviewed began as a joke between Hank and John, but John has decided to actually do it. — 00:01:14
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — recommendation: John has just read an amazing, properly brilliant book by first novelist Hank Green, but won't say more until it is available for pre-order. — 00:00:06
2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John's kids have discovered that their Uncle Hank is a musician on Spotify and won't stop listening to him. — 00:00:22
2018-01-23 · On Emergencies — recommendation: John says Hank mentioned the New Yorker profile of Partners In Health co-founder Ophelia Dahl last week (week of 15 January 2018), and since reading it John has been thinking about Ebola. — 00:00:01
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Hank fully recognizes that writing a book is much easier when you needn't worry whether a publisher or agent will read it and have published-author friends to help revise and vouch for you; he thanks Patrick Rothfuss for that. — video description
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank is there basically to get booksellers to like his book, which they cannot read yet but which now has a release date: September 25th. (hedged) — 00:00:12
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Hank: That, plus knowing agents and publishers would read the book because he is John Green's brother (thanks, John), is how he wrote it over and over until it was done. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:56
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank: Not all pre-orders will be signed: John set unrealistic expectations and Hank is bringing them back to reality. (playful) — 00:03:35
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John congratulates Hank on his book: so brilliant, the best book he has read about what now feels like, and a rip-roaring adventure story. — 00:00:03
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John says Hank must improve his self-promotion: his video about the book never mentioned its title. (playful) — 00:00:29
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — announcement: John: The book is An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; it comes out September 25th and is available for pre-order now. — 00:00:42
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John advises that whenever you talk about your new book, even to your spouse or cat, you include the title, the pub date and 'available for pre-order now'. (playful) — 00:00:51
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John gives the premise: a 23-year-old graphic designer names a ten-foot samurai sculpture Carl in a YouTube video and wakes up famous, as 50 other Carls have appeared worldwide. — 00:01:08
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John calls it the story of one woman's ascent, or descent, into fame and punditry, and an exploration of how humans behave facing big shared challenges. — 00:01:33
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John doesn't want to criticize Hank's promo game too much: Hank is a good person who understandably doesn't want to bombard their audience with marketing. — 00:01:45
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John: Hank has worked on the book for years and people want to know about it; Vlogbrothers shouldn't become a booktube channel about one book, though. — 00:01:58
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank: Asked how book editing is going, Hank says not great: a busy week, a deadline he may miss, and a lot of stress. (hedged) — 00:01:01
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — announcement: Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is available for pre-order now and comes out on September 25th. — 00:01:21
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank: After finishing his first book, Hank watched a French man play accordion in an airport while his children played, thinking that weird things happen both in his book and in the real world, then flew home. — 00:01:35
2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — announcement: Hank: Signed editions of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing will exist in limited number (not all pre-orders signed): now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, at local bookstores on release, US and Canada only. — 00:03:26
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John learned that the first video result for his name on Google is Hank's 2011 video 'John Green is an Idiot'; he will try to replace it by answering questions people ask Google about him. (playful) — 00:00:00
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John and Hank are brothers and there are no other siblings. — 00:01:09
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John technically co-founded VidCon, but only because he was on the phone with Hank when Hank came up with the idea; that is true of most things they made together. — 00:03:37
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John: Looking at his Wikipedia page, John mostly thinks of all the things Hank did while John was writing books. — 00:03:44
2018-05-15 · Seven Maps to Better Understand the World — announcement: John apologizes in advance for the awesome things he won't be able to sponsor, but will try to sponsor at least a few. (hedged) — 00:03:53
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: The description warns that the Kirkus review contains spoilers and points to a spoiler-free version on Hank's Twitter, alongside the full review. — video description
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: John: Hank is signing 40,000 sheets to be bound into his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which comes out September 25 and is available for pre-order now. — 00:00:51
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — John: Hank sent John 2,000 of the signed sheets to add something to, the way Hank has added his signature move, the Hanklerfish, to many copies of John's books. — 00:01:02
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: John: Breaking news mid-video: the first review of Hank's book, a starred review from Kirkus, has just come out. — 00:01:14
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John: Hank recently pointed out that if Vlogbrothers were a TV show it would be in its 12th season, a long run for TV and for a YouTube channel. — 00:02:23
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — announcement: Hank: The main narrator of Hank's audiobook is Kristen Sieh, who was in Orange Is the New Black, The Blacklist and House of Cards. — 00:03:03
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — announcement: Hank says many people have said nice things about his book, but he doesn't feel right reading them aloud, so he had his dad read them from paperboard cards. — 00:01:53
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — announcement: Hank says they are going on tour: all the new tour information is up at HankGreen.com, and tickets are apparently already selling fast. (hedged) — 00:02:54
2018-07-24 · Other John Greens — announcement: John says he will join Hank on tour in New York, Boston, North Canton (Ohio), Kansas City, Chicago and Indianapolis, and is excited for it. — 00:03:22
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — The description says Hank is going on tour and John is joining him for the East Coast leg. — video description
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John is very excited to tour with Hank in September; not knowing when they will tour together again, he will try to relish it. — 00:02:36
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — ask: John says tour tickets are selling out in many places, so now is the time to get them at hankgreen.com. — 00:02:45
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John is very excited for AFC Wimbledon's new season; all 'our' stadium advertisements now advertise An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, reaching third-tier English football supporters. (playful) — 00:02:52
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank's book comes out September 25th and is available for pre-order now. — 00:03:20
2018-09-07 (said on 2018-09-03, implied) · Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet — Tessa Violet: In an outtake, Tessa recalls Hank asking her to host a trivia show and telling her mom that Hank Green had emailed her. (playful) — 00:03:30
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — John reminds Hank that in May he said Hank's birthday present would be a little late, and says it is here. — 00:00:00
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — John: Asking what to get a 38-year-old man with no interest in worldly luxuries, John says he got Hank several billboards near their childhood home in Orlando, Florida. (playful) — 00:00:00
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John: For Central Floridians who want to see the billboards, John lists their spots: one at Weber and Mills, two at Corinne Drive and Winter Park Road, and two on US 441, before Silver Star Road and before the Glen Eagles Way turnoff. — video description
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John says Hank's book does not need the sponsorships to excite people: it has glowing starred reviews from Booklist, Library Journal and Kirkus. — 00:02:26
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — ask: John asks viewers to see Hank and him, or Hank alone, on the book tour: Boston and Santa Cruz are sold out, tickets remain elsewhere. — 00:03:24
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank shows the final first edition of his book, the version that will be in stores: pretty, beautiful, loved and terrifying. — 00:00:00
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank: It is not because they aren't competitive: put Hank and John on a mini golf course and hope no one comes out bleeding. (playful) — 00:01:53
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank will see John in New York City for the book's release on September 25th and the start of their tour. — 00:02:52
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — ask: The description asks viewers to come see Hank and John on tour next week (week of 24 September 2018), via hankgreen.com. — video description
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John: As Hank said, people often ask if the brothers are competitive; they are, in that John definitely wants to win at sports or board games. — 00:02:55
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John does not see Hank's success as his failure: they are striving together. — 00:02:55
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — ask: The description asks viewers to come see John and Hank on tour at hankgreen.com; every ticket comes with a free book. — video description
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — Hank: Nothing prepared Hank for half a decade with the same lump of clay: making it a pot, hating it, punching it back into clay, and again. — 00:02:09
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — announcement: Hank will see John on Monday (24 September 2018) to prepare their very weird stage show and book tour, and viewers on Tuesday, the day his book comes out. — 00:03:39
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — announcement: John: It is September 25th, so Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is out in the world. — 00:00:00
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — ask: The description says viewers can get tickets to see Hank, and sometimes John, on tour at hankgreen.com. — video description
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John imagines it is also stressful for Hank: what he worked on for more than five years is now read by many people, exciting but scary. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John is not much for puns but offers one because Hank loves a dad joke. (playful) — 00:01:56
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John: Hank worked on the book for more than five years but dreamt of this moment far longer; John congratulates him and is excited for everyone to read it. — 00:02:55
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — announcement: John looks forward to seeing many viewers tonight at the New York launch and on the rest of the tour. — 00:02:55
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank and John are together in Canton, Ohio, doing a 'Question Tuesday' of questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John's favorite word in Hank's book is 'deadpanned', which Hank used exactly once; John wonders if it was a shout-out and it made him happy. — 00:01:20
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank says his favorite word in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is 'beautiful'. — 00:01:20
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John says hanging out with Hank is the best part of the tour for him too. — 00:03:38
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — recommendation: John: Asked how to vote in every state, John says to look at Hank's 'amazing project' How to Vote in Every State. (hedged) — 00:00:34
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — John admires that Hank was working on How to Vote in Every State in the two weeks before his book came out (September 2018). — 00:00:34
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — John confirms he gave Hank permission to use the line. — 00:01:00
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — John: In a later coda, John says his part of the An Absolutely Remarkable Thing tour has ended. — 00:02:26
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — ask: John urges viewers to still go see Hank on tour: he's great. — 00:02:26
2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — announcement: The description says Hank's book is number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. — video description
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — announcement: Hank says, as Twitter followers may already know, he used part of his book advance to fund independent artists to make art based on the book; the pieces are on his Instagram. — 00:18:56
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — announcement: John announces that Hank's book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. — 00:00:03
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — John says the whole experience has been joyful: it is much better to have your brother publish a book than to publish one yourself. (playful) — 00:00:08
2018-11-01 · Should I Feel Guilty? — Hank says he deserves neither his guilt nor his advantages, nor his ulcerative colitis or healthy child: deserving is the wrong frame; the question is what to do with what you have. — 00:03:12
2018-11-02 · Let Us Now Praise the Panda Person — John says Hank sent him an article about a panda person who has spent thousands of hours picking flowers in World of Warcraft, refusing battles or sides: the best thing he has ever heard of. (playful) — 00:02:43
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — John recalls Hank saying on Twitter that he loves Coca-Cola but wishes it didn't exist; that is how John feels about Twitter. — 00:00:29
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — announcement: John says he and Hank will match all donations to the first half of the Project for Awesome up to $150,000. — 00:02:42
2018-11-20 · Cause for Celebration — John toasts to building rituals and traditions that help people come together and celebrate. — 00:02:55
2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Hank recalls being excited, after having a baby a couple of years ago, to officially tell dad jokes; now Orin, barely two, is telling jokes himself. — 00:00:00
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
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — announcement: John says that thanks to overwhelming support from matching donations, every dollar donated will count as four dollars. — 00:02:55
2018-12-14 · Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity — Hank: Asked the subject of the first SciShow episode, Hank answers non-Newtonian fluids. — 00:00:58

2019

2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — recommendation: Hank advises disputing claims made in error or with a good fair-use case, the only way the system works, but not claims on a song used Hank-Green-style just because it made the video better. — 00:08:43
2019-02-05 · Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images — John explains the opening is a deepfake by Ryan, a University of Washington professor, whose model maps the brothers' faces to put a mustache John once had on both of them. — 00:00:00
2019-02-05 · Deepfake: A Brief History of Unreliable Images — John jokes the deepfake shows how bad Hank would look with a mustache and reminds him that he himself is no Tom Selleck. (playful) — 00:00:00
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
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — Hank says he has ulcerative colitis. — 00:00:00
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — Hank describes ulcerative colitis as a chronic, so far incurable disease in which the immune system attacks the colon, causing diarrhea, bleeding, pain, fatigue, weight loss and eventually death. — 00:00:00
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — The description says Hank talks about his routine procedure to remove stigma, give advice and make clear that preventative medicine is important. — video description
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — The description says the procedure went great, Katherine filmed him being a dork, and he still has moderate inflammation in his distal colon, normal for him but worth treating. — video description
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — Hank: For other people with IBD, Hank says he currently takes mesalamine, an anti-inflammatory, and allopurinol, an immunomodulator. — video description
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — Hank says he was diagnosed in 2005 and, after first getting it under control, has had mild, moderate or no symptoms on and off since. — video description
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — Hank says severe ulcerative colitis can be cured by removing the colon, but that brings its own difficulties. — 00:00:26
2019-03-22 · How to Get a Colonoscopy — Hank says ulcerative colitis raises the chances of colon cancer and other diseases, so the colon must be watched with an endoscope. — 00:00:26
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 — John: Hank is sorting through titles for the sequel to his number one New York Times best-selling An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; helping him, John re-realized he is terrible at titles. — 00:00:00
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 — announcement: John tells Hank he is the training kit sponsor of AFC Wimbledon, 'America's favorite third-tier English football team'. — 00:00:00
2019-05-14 · An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers — John: Third lesson: on money opportunities Hank always asks John two questions: is this in line with our goals for our community, and are we adding more value than we're capturing? — 00:01:27
2019-05-14 · An Open Letter to Professional YouTubers — John: Last lesson, quoting Hank: diversify your identity; when friends, family, walks and Instagram all become your job, you can stop thinking of yourself as John Green the person, husband, father, AFC Wimbledon sponsor, avowed Hufflepuff, and see only John Green YouTuber. — 00:02:55
2019-05-21 · Keanu Reeves: A Love Letter — John agrees with Hank that Keanu is brilliant at interviewing because he really listens to precisely the question asked and answers it carefully. — 00:01:56
2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — Hank shows the editions of his book in all the languages it has been published in so far, calling them the coolest thing he owns. — 00:00:00
2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — announcement: Hank says his book will have a sequel he is working on, which led him to list, with Twitter questions, what he wishes he had known writing his first book. — 00:00:00
2019-07-12 · Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! — John pops in as a surprise guest and the brothers greet each other at VidCon. (playful) — 00:00:00
2019-07-12 · Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! — John says they have not done it for money for a long time; the main reason is the one from 2007: making stuff with people they like, each other and Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:33
2019-07-12 · Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! — John: Asked whether they would switch personalities and lives, John says no: he likes Hank's kid, but not as much as his own kids. (playful) — 00:02:33
2019-07-16 · star struck — John says part of what Hank explored so beautifully in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is how weird fame is. — 00:00:29
2019-07-16 · star struck — John: Fame is relative: Hank would probably act calm with Firmino, not from immunity but because to him Firmino isn't that famous, while John knows even his dentist's name. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — announcement: Hank says SciShow just released its first documentary film, on whether Apollo was actually a good idea, for Apollo's 50th anniversary. — 00:03:01
2019-07-26 · The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent — Hank's true answer: in the roughly three years between losing his insurance after grad school and Obamacare, he spent a little over $10,000 on prescription drugs. — 00:00:29
2019-07-26 · The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent — Hank: The drugs kept Hank out of constant pain, helped his body take in nutrition and stop bleeding into itself, and prevented a lifelong loss of physical ability. — 00:00:29
2019-07-26 · The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent — Hank's drug went from about $250 to $400 while he took it; he still takes it, and uninsured it would now cost $1,700 a month. — 00:00:29
2019-08-20 · Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion — John is again in an airport, unusual because it plays smooth jazz and contains Hank. — 00:00:00
2019-08-20 · Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion — John says the second most embarrassing thing about Hank is that he faked a British accent for a full year as a teenager. (playful) — 00:00:33
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
2019-08-20 · Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion — John says touring with Hank and Katherine has been fun, and thanks everyone who came and the Madison airport for its smooth jazz. — 00:03:31
2019-08-27 · Are Viruses Necessary? — recommendation: John tells Hank that Journey to the Microcosmos helped him grasp the diversity and ubiquity of life on Earth and is maybe his favorite YouTube channel of all time. (hedged) — 00:02:26
2019-08-27 · Are Viruses Necessary? — John says Hank's show has helped him see the microscopic world as more than a mere threat, which he appreciates. — 00:03:24
2019-09-20 · Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) — Hank searches 'why is Hank Green' and immediately takes it back. (joke) — 00:03:20
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
2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — announcement: The description says the $6.5 million donation is made by John, Katherine, Sarah and Hank, and that donations are now matched by a Nerdfighteria matching fund. — video description
2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — John says he and Hank are not experts, but learning from experts taught them that lasting change happens best through deep, ongoing, lasting partnerships, hence a long-term commitment of money and attention. — 00:04:24
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
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says Hank has just finished a sequel to his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:02:39
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says Hank writes the kind of stories he loves: about human individuals and the big ideas they must wrestle with to get through life. — 00:02:39
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says Hank was lucky to have a built-in audience but had no years of practice talking about his writing; he handled the pressure amazingly and still wrote another book, a hell of an accomplishment. — 00:02:39
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says he is used to looking up to Hank as a philanthropist, a YouTuber and his boss at Complexly, and now gets to look up to him as a novelist too. — 00:03:09
2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — Hank: John recently watched the five-minute video of Hank, Maureen and John in Grand Rapids, their first event together, which Hank finds very cute. — 00:02:45
2019-11-19 · Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit — John says this is why he and Hank have never trademarked 'Don't forget to be awesome' or DFTBA. — 00:03:15
2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — John recalls that in 2007 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck was mostly a joke, decreasing worldsuck by paying for people's first concerts: of some value, though maybe not the most efficient. — 00:00:51
2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — announcement: John says he and Hank will match the first $150,000 raised in this year's (2019) Project for Awesome. — 00:03:19
2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — announcement: John: As a reward for reaching the end, John shows a picture of himself and Hank as reindeer, one month of the 2020 Project for Awesome calendar. (playful) — 00:03:44
2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — John: Earlier this year (2019) John and Hank had a photoshoot with longtime nerdfighter Ashe Walker, which John thought was meant to produce a semi-professional picture for media use. — 00:00:00
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John's very favorite day of the decade was January 15, 2013, when he and Hank played a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall in rented tuxedos. — 00:00:19
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John jokes he'll probably never again see Hank in a tuxedo, so he is glad he took the chance. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:44
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Hank long supported John's writing: when Paper Towns came out in 2008, Hank and Katherine toured libraries and bookstores with him in a rented minivan, Hank singing and playing a turtle professor or sock puppet. — 00:02:27
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: On September 25, 2018, Hank's first novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing was published, and John got to support him at the launch at Town Hall in New York City. — 00:02:53
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Seeing Hank surrounded by copies of his book was one of the great joys of John's life. — 00:03:05

Also named in: Project for Awesome 2019 Recap (BUTT IS LEGS)

2020

2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank says SciShow and Crash Course long ago eclipsed Vlogbrothers in subscribers and views, but Vlogbrothers, without which they wouldn't exist, has had more impact despite a smaller audience. — 00:02:00
2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — ask: John says he will be on tour with Hank in St. Petersburg, Atlanta and Raleigh this weekend and invites viewers; he thinks one show is sold out. — 00:02:02
2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — announcement: John says Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, such a good title, comes out in July. — 00:02:29
2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — announcement: John will tour with both Hank and Sarah, hoping to help their books have good beginnings. — 00:02:35
2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — announcement: John cuts in: Hank made a whole video about his book without naming it, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7 and available for pre-order now. (playful) — 00:03:40
2020-01-14 · Foolish · Beautiful — John says he still uses Hank's line from the very first vlogbrothers video, 'auto power off, still some glitches to work out', whenever the camera goes wrong 13 years later. — 00:02:14
2020-01-21 · Gifts That Changed My Life — John tells Hank that the Aero Fighters video game machine Hank gave him meant much more to him than a check for its cost would have. — 00:00:29
2020-01-21 · Gifts That Changed My Life — announcement: John: In a P.S., John tells Hank he is getting a weighted blanket for his birthday. (playful) — 00:03:40
2020-02-04 · practice — John: Whether editing a video, recording a podcast or writing a novel, John says what he is really doing and loves is practicing, and thanks Hank for practicing with him. — 00:03:25
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — ask: John says he and Hank are coming on tour to Indianapolis, Columbus and Ann Arbor, hopes to see viewers there, and points to ticket links in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:00
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John recalls that before likes, when videos were rated on a five-star scale, the brothers often asked viewers to rate videos five stars because 'it makes new nerdfighters'. — 00:00:58
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John: Echoing what Hank has often told him, John says what matters is not how many people watch their videos but how many care about them. — 00:02:26
2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity — announcement: John says he and Sarah will tour together in support of the book, with dates announced March 9th on her Instagram. — 00:03:24
2020-03-06 · I Did Not Get Leprosy! — ask: In a comment John invites viewers to come see him and Hank on tour next week (week of 9 March 2020) in Indianapolis, Columbus or Ann Arbor. — creator comment
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — recommendation: John has just finished A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor and says it is so great that, like the last book, it seems impossible it was written by his brother, who is kind of a doofus. — 00:02:10
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — announcement: John says they are going on tour for Hank's book in July, maybe. (hedged) — 00:02:30
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — John says either he or Hank would be lucky to be the Brontë sisters' ne'er-do-well brother Branwell. (playful) — 00:02:45
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video — announcement: John says he and Hank are going to their show in Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow will be in Indianapolis and then Ann Arbor, Michigan. — 00:03:43
2020-03-17 · together. — recommendation: John praises Hank's Twitch streams playing Stardew Valley with his son, which John's kids have loved. — 00:02:26
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank: Around 2003 or 2004 Hank began feeling worsening intestinal pain and other bad symptoms, the pain being the big one. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank put off the doctor a little too long; the doctors had no idea what was wrong: perhaps bacterial overgrowth, an allergy, an autoimmune disorder or colon cancer, ranging widely in severity. — 00:00:29
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank: While undiagnosed and losing weight, Hank swung between feeling he was probably fine and feeling it was very bad. — 00:00:58
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank: After his first colonoscopy Hank was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. — 00:00:58
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank explains ulcerative colitis: immune cells attack the colon lining, which ulcerates and reabsorbs water poorly, and it greatly raises the risk of colon cancer. — 00:00:58
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank says ulcerative colitis expresses very differently in different people: drugs vary in effect, some need their colons removed quickly, others keep them for life. — 00:02:02
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank: Many years later, the possibility of someday needing his colon removed is a normal everyday thought for Hank; the new normal came, but not quickly. — 00:04:33
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank: Responding well to the oldest, mildest medicine and nearing remission, Hank decided he might not have the disease, went off his medicine and fell into his worst flare yet. — 00:04:33
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank says he didn't want the new reality to be real, so he looked for reasons it wasn't. — 00:05:17
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank: For a surprisingly long time Hank swung between taking the disease seriously and gut-level hope it wasn't real, and sometimes ate things he knew might cause a flare. — 00:05:55
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank: More than 15 years on, Hank has been popcorn abstinent for over a decade and structures his life around his disease a little. (playful) — 00:06:25
2020-03-20 · The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation — Hank knows things may get much worse, tries to be clear about that with people in his life, and expects pain, sometimes manageable and sometimes not. — 00:06:25
2020-03-24 · Mental Health Tips from People Who've Been There — John loved Hank's video on Friday, which gave him comfort and context. — 00:00:00
2020-04-03 · 11 Little Tips for Better Video Chat (For Teachers...and Everybody Else) — Hank recalls launching SciShow and Crash Course in 2011; both are now way bigger than Vlogbrothers, with over a billion views each. — 00:00:00
2020-04-07 · I am an artist. — announcement: The description invites viewers to join Sarah, John and special guests on the book's virtual tour. — video description
2020-04-14 · books that help — announcement: The description says Sarah's virtual book tour features John and others. — video description
2020-04-14 · books that help — ask: John asks Hank and viewers to say in comments what they are reading, looking at or listening to that helps them. — 00:03:20
2020-04-21 · hey now — John says Hank's 40th birthday is coming and tells the story of the great white whale of a present he has maniacally chased for 14 months. — 00:00:00
2020-04-21 · hey now — John recalls Hank once very seriously proposing a 478-part video series analysing each of the 478 shots in the All Star music video. (playful) — 00:01:27
2020-04-21 · hey now — John says Hank is on record calling the internet's remixing and reimagining of All Star one of his favourite things about online culture. — 00:01:27
2020-04-21 · hey now — John apologises to Hank for failing to get him the sing-a-ma-jig and wishes him a happy birthday nonetheless. — 00:02:54
2020-05-05 · YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! — John: On Hank's 40th birthday John presents the All Star sing-a-ma-jig, his white whale for 15 months as he hunted it across the globe to unite his love of sing-a-ma-jigs and Hank's of All Star. — 00:00:21
2020-05-05 · YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! — John wishes Hank a happy 40th birthday, despite the circumstances. — 00:03:25
2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank says he had a wonderful 40th birthday in isolation with his family, and thanks John and the community for being the online community he has long practice finding. — 00:00:29
2020-05-12 · We Could All Use a Little Change — John is grateful to Hank for keeping things running with compassion and determination. — 00:02:55
2020-05-19 · Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun — ask: In a comment John says Hank's wonderful book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out in under two months and can be preordered in the US while supporting a local bookstore. — creator comment
2020-05-22 · The Meteor Men Beg to Differ // Judging by the Hole in the Satellite Picture — John: In a pinned comment John says 'songs that Skynyrd sings' is far better than 'trying different things' and Hank should write for Kid Rock. (playful) — creator comment
2020-05-26 · you'll never know — ask: The description says Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out on July 7th and a signed copy can be preordered today. — video description
2020-05-29 · Get Paid — In a comment John recalls Hank telling him that selling something is fine, but once you sell it you don't own it anymore. — creator comment
2020-06-02 · --- — The description says Hank has been fundraising for the National Police Accountability Project. — video description
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank is doing a Penguin World's Book Club event on his first book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, with Cat Valente, who he says is amazing. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank and John will hold a launch event on July 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern, here, open to everyone. — 00:02:59
2020-06-23 · You'll Never Shine if You Don't Glow — John liked Hank's shooting-star video; streaks of light at night reminded him it is firefly season in Indiana, so he will tell of his complicated relationship with fireflies. — 00:00:00
2020-06-23 · You'll Never Shine if You Don't Glow — John recalls Hank telling him recently that some planets orbit no star, hurtling between solar systems, where everything is dark all the time. — 00:02:55
2020-06-23 · You'll Never Shine if You Don't Glow — Hank Green (quoted): As John recounts, Hank said geological temperature differentials might perhaps fuel life on such planets, but there would be no light, unless they make it themselves. (hedged) — 00:03:24
2020-06-30 · i like it — announcement: John: Hank is doing a virtual live tour and John is joining him for much of it; more at hankgreen.com. — 00:01:41
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: Tickets bought for the July 6th event Hank and John are doing together may have been refunded and need buying again; Hank is sorry. — 00:02:38
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — announcement: John: Hank's second novel comes out today, and Hank and John will be live at 7 p.m. Eastern on the Vlogbrothers channel to celebrate. — 00:00:00
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — announcement: John notes that Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is a New York Times bestseller and congratulates him. — 00:00:00
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John: The last time John hugged someone outside his immediate family was March 11th, and it was Hank. — 00:00:29
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John: Having a TikTok-famous brother feels mostly good to John, but a little worrying. — 00:03:21
2020-08-03 · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. — John tells Hank he didn't know him well back then: he left for boarding school when Hank was 11 and didn't keep close to him. — 00:02:20
2020-08-03 · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. — John felt his big-brother job was to protect Hank and felt great guilt at failing; saying 'I love you' grew harder because he hadn't said it in so long and felt he wasn't a good brother. — 00:02:31
2020-08-03 · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. — John: Working together, including on their Partners In Health project, has been John's way back into deep connection with Hank, and the work itself expresses their shared love. — 00:02:49
2020-08-03 · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. — John loves hanging out with Hank, their rambling phone calls and being on stage with him, unpredictable, fearless and funny without cruelty; Hank's love helps hold him together. — 00:03:05
2020-08-18 · what's wrong with taking the back streets? — John: Told the title is bad, John says he also hates this title thing, but they are 85% through the nightmare and, as Hank said on Friday, they are not giving up now. (playful) — creator comment
2020-09-01 · get the show on — John tells Hank he is a good brother and that he never would have done this without him, thanking him for the encouragement. — 00:03:24
2020-09-15 · All That Glitters Is Gold — John says some moments feel genuinely magical: an adventure, an amazing conversation with people you love, or watching your brother play music backstage to a crowd singing along. — 00:02:26
2020-10-05 · Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! — announcement: John announces Pizzamas: for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007 and sell stuff with John's mustachioed face, a reference to something from 2008 he doesn't remember. — 00:00:00
2020-10-05 · Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! — John: In a P.S., John says Hank's video on the All Star project left out that it was inspired by YouTube comments, especially one from Maddie. — 00:03:18
2020-10-05 · Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! — John: Five months ago, on John's video Hey Now, Maddie commented that Hank should title his next video You're an All Star and use the rest of the lyrics as titles, calling it Vlogbrothers 2.0 nonsense. — 00:03:18
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John: To cheer John up, Hank asked viewers of their new YouTube videos to send pictures of themselves with something silly on their heads, before smartphones made that easy. — 00:00:00
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John notes Hank's recent video alluded to their decision a couple of years ago to stop maximizing views, which informed five months of titles from a 'not very good' 19-year-old pop song. — 00:00:29
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John loves nerdfighter collaborations such as programming a singamajig to sing All Star for Hank's birthday. — 00:02:26
2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John notes that right after his video on no longer trying to maximize Vlogbrothers views, Hank made a video that hit Reddit's front page and got lots of views. (playful) — 00:00:29
2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: Four years ago today Hank was in the hospital, tired, a little anxious and very happy to have a healthy baby boy and a healthy wife who was now a mom. — 00:00:00
2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: Orin was around the 90th percentile in weight but 50th in head circumference, which worried Hank into much googling; within three days his head, squished by birth, was normal. — 00:00:29
2020-10-30 · Four Years Ago — Hank: One search was simply 'Orin', Katherine's granddad's name: they had not yet named their son and were searching baby names. — 00:02:36
2020-11-20 · Would I Take a COVID Vaccine? — Hank: Health-care workers have shown Hank tremendous kindness every time he went to the hospital, with a broken bone or for his ulcerative colitis. — 00:02:58
2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — recommendation: Hank says his publisher has put An Absolutely Remarkable Thing on sale as an ebook for $3, so now is the time to try it. — 00:03:22
2020-12-01 · The Utah Monolith, What It Means, Why It Matters, and Whether It's Aliens — John: Asked why the brothers address each other, John comments that the channel began thirteen years ago as their conversation; he still addresses videos to Hank and sees him as his first audience. — creator comment
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says starting a collaborative video blog back in 2006 was his idea. — 00:00:00
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says Hank has always been the realizer in their family: he created their YouTube channel, designed their website and animated their 2007 intro. — 00:00:00
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John recalls Hank inventing 2D glasses for 3D movies and projecting a million sales; John expected about 12, and Hank sold thousands. (playful) — 00:00:29
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says this began the brothers' long, fruitful tension: Hank believing anything he did would succeed beyond all possibility, John believing anything they did would fail completely. (playful) — 00:00:58
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says Hank has always had great collaborators because he is a great collaborator himself, and so realized many more ideas. — 00:00:58
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John lists ideas Hank has realized: VidCon, NerdCon, Subbable, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Truth or Fail, Crash Course, SciShow, a podcast, card games, T-shirts, Eons, books and coffee mugs. — 00:01:27
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John doesn't know how Hank does it all; asked in interviews how he writes books and makes videos, he answers: have you met my brother? (playful) — 00:01:27
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says Hank then kicked into high gear, realizing ideas with a new mission: ongoing, long-term, open-ended support to build better healthcare systems in impoverished countries. — 00:01:56
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 — John says Hank astonishes him, and he has only one question left: what's next? — 00:03:24
2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John: Sarah's book You Are an Artist and Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor both came out, but the touring John planned for them did not happen. — 00:01:56

2021

2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — John: Volunteers run the P4A, but it also relies on everyone watching, from hydration reminders to perk ideas about Hank's bean Furby, now apparently known as Beanie Sandfurbs. (playful) — 00:00:38
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank tells Beanie Sanfurbs it is famous and loved, though he concedes not everybody loves it. (playful) — 00:00:29
2021-02-23 · A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life — John: Echoing his 2021 vision board, John toasts perseverance, both the rover and the value, and thanks Hank for making him a Mars fan so he could openly weep when the rover landed. — 00:03:30
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John told his daughter her Uncle Hank loves corn dogs; she asked 'does he?', and John realized how successfully Hank has rebranded himself. — 00:00:58
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John: In 2010 Hank was a goofball corndog enthusiast; today he is a TikTok sensation among the world's leading science communicators, two phrases John had never heard in 2010. — 00:00:58
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John: 2007 Hank wasn't a father, an author or the CEO of an educational media company; he was a goofy YouTuber who loved corndogs. — 00:02:26
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John: For that John looks to Hank: they never let Hank being the younger brother stop him from being the wise older brother. (playful) — 00:03:24
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John: It seems to John that one of the ways Hank has stayed himself is by changing. — 00:03:24
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank: Answering John's claim that he rebranded away from loving corndogs while John is stuck with pizza, Hank admits to a ludicrous little crisis about it. (playful) — 00:00:00
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank: Much lore has faded: a couple of years ago Hank couldn't shut up about Metamucil, which he still uses and stands by. (playful) — 00:00:00
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — a guest: The pizza worker says Hank's TikToks show an intelligent, well-spoken person raising very interesting topics, a nice educational break in their feed. — 00:00:51
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank: That is one conception of Hank: the person didn't know his pelican, bean or 'don't eat stuff' content; his pelican TikToks aren't his most successful. — 00:00:51
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John thanks Hank for making Accio Deathly Hallows all those years ago. — 00:03:53
2021-05-11 · I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday. — John's favorite of 14 years of Vlogbrothers in-jokes: Hank left an I out of 'communication' in their 2007 intro and explained there is no I in brotherhood. — 00:00:12
2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank: On the Turtles All the Way Down tour John told Hank his idea of star-rating facets of the human-centered world; Hank made Hank Reviews Everything in four minutes and never thought about it again. — 00:01:35
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — announcement: John: The tour continues tonight with Radiolab co-host Latif Nasser and Sarah Urist Green, Wednesday with Hank and Sarah, Saturday with Ashley C. Ford and Sarah; tickets in the description. — 00:02:20
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — John tells Hank the book started with him: in sprawling conversations about our human moment and belly laughs on a tour bus during a cross-country road trip; so much of John's work and life starts with Hank. — 00:02:50
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — John cites the long-standing inside joke that his novels' protagonists are only children because he dislikes writing about siblings; really, siblings are too close to his vulnerable, beating heart. — 00:03:10
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — John: This book finally has a main character with a sibling: Hank is at its beginning, middle and end, telling John what he needs to hear with wit, empathy and love, as in real life. — 00:03:28
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — John loved writing about Hank almost as much as he loves and misses hanging out with him, and thanks him for inspiring the book and supporting him every step of the way. — 00:03:39
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: After a month touring for Turtles All the Way Down, published October 2017, John came home to Indianapolis and blazed a trail from his children's treehouse to the office, or shed, where he and his wife work. — 00:00:00
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: Getting better, John returned to a weekly Tuesday video and a weekly podcast with Hank but did not write: that fall and winter was his longest stretch without writing for an audience since he was 14. — 00:07:02
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John recalls Hank, a former biochemist, explaining: a person's biggest problem is other people, on whom they are vulnerable and reliant; for a 21st-century river, desert or polar bear, the biggest problem is still humans. — 00:08:22
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: On the fall 2017 book tour, Hank and John passed long drives trying to one-up each other with absurd Google user reviews, like a one-star review of Badlands National Park: not enough mountain. — 00:08:55
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: Marveling at five-star reviews of everything, John told Hank he had once had an idea to review Canada geese; Hank said: The Anthropocene Reviewed. — 00:10:02
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — The description says Hank and John are in the same place at the same time for the first time in a very, very long while. — video description
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — John says he used most of that money to buy baseball cards, which Hank sold without his permission when they were in college. (playful) — 00:02:57
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — John: Asked if they got emotional on seeing each other, John says yes: during the pandemic he has struggled to feel emotion in the moment and lets himself feel it later. — 00:03:25
2021-06-15 · VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! — announcement: Hank: Asked by John what they will do on Friday for Hank's video, Hank says he has no plans, then that he does have a plan. (playful) — 00:03:54
2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — The description calls this Hank and John's final reunion video for now, in which they discuss the facts that blow their minds. — video description
2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — recommendation: John jokingly points to Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which Hank wants viewers to know is available at bookstores, as it has been since 2018. (playful) — 00:00:00
2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — John shares a fact Hank taught him: 'before the Big Bang' is an incorrect idea, because the Big Bang created time as well as space as we understand them. — 00:01:20
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John says making the podcast is one of the highlights of his week because it's two uninterrupted hours with his brother. — 00:00:12
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John: 46 days ago listener Sarah wrote that when she was diagnosed with asthma eight years earlier, her doctor said sneezing is not normal and that the doctor never sneezes. — 00:00:17
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John: For eight years Sarah has thought of this doctor whenever she sneezes; now John does too, and since the episode aired hundreds of people have told him the same. — 00:00:43
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John wonders how the doctor explains their own sneezes: a fluke, a sneeze-adjacent phenomenon, or a moral weakness to hide from the public. (playful) — 00:01:07
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John says part of why he can't stop thinking about it is that Hank named the doctor Dr. NeverSneezer Scrooge, a perfect joke. — 00:01:30
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John: In our attention economy, where capturing attention is itself valuable, John says 'I never sneeze' captures more attention than being a good doctor. — 00:02:02
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John calls this a diagnosis, not a treatment, because he doesn't know the treatment for thinking of the line every time he sneezes. (unsure) — 00:02:44
2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John genuinely dislikes that a random doctor saying something ridiculous has reshaped his sneezing experience forever. — 00:03:19
2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — John says the brothers' few public disagreements have been about exceptionally silly things like whether Batman is a good superhero and whether butt is legs. (playful) — 00:03:02
2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — John says this reflects their real-life relationship: they almost never argue, and when they do it's over things like Batman. — 00:03:15
2021-07-20 · Reviewing Reviews of My Reviews — John: A two-star review says Hank Green knows his science but nothing about people; John gives the review two stars because it unjustly maligns his brother. (playful) — 00:01:27
2021-07-27 · Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns — John recalls Hank telling him that bad news tends to happen all at once while good news often happens slowly; the sunset is good news happening slowly. — 00:00:00
2021-07-27 · Savoring: The Sunset Series Returns — John wishes Hank were there to smell the pine trees and feel the wind, but notes the sun will set wherever Hank is and hopes he has a few moments to savor it. — 00:03:18
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John: On Esther Day John tells Hank he loves him. — 00:00:00
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John tells Hank he loves him and thanks him for loving him, growing with him and everything they get to do together. — 00:03:25
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John: Feeling Esther would want a joke, John shares something that just happened to him between takes: 'Sneezing is never normal. I never sneeze.' (playful) — 00:03:25
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: The other 55-ish percent of that revenue goes to Hank and John. — 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
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — John: After Hank's video in which the AI based on the brothers answered viewers, which John found only moderately dystopian, John tried the chatbot himself. (playful) — 00:00:58
2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. — John's best professional day was January 10, 2013, when he, Hank, Kimya Dawson, the Mountain Goats, Neil Gaiman and others played Carnegie Hall; he uploaded a video that morning. (slip of the tongue: January 10th, 2013) — 00:00:29
2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. — John: In late 2006, after An Abundance of Katherines came out, John quit his day job to write full time, found himself still inconsistent and the empty days terrifying, and three months later invented an unpaid job, this channel. — 00:01:34
2021-09-28 · 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — John tells Hank he loves a book about brotherhood, and Miracle's Boys might be his favorite. (hedged) — 00:00:58
2021-10-12 · Fine, I'll take the bait. — John: As Hank noted, no human had gone faster than about 120 mph until a century ago, unless counting Earth orbiting the Sun at 67,000 mph and the Sun circling the galaxy at 487,000 mph. — 00:00:29
2021-10-14 · Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday — John signed up for Hank's daily Pizzamas pizza-joke texts; yesterday's (13 October 2021) taught him that Pink worked at Pizza Hut, the only fact he remembers learning all week. — 00:01:57
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 his first failure was in 2009: Hank pitched glasses that render 3D movies in 2D for people who get headaches, and John called it the worst idea he'd ever heard. — 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
2021-11-23 (said on 2021-10-28, implied) · I have been playing a small trick on you. — John: Even if he finishes nothing, the month is productive if inter- and intrapersonally productive; John is reminding himself of Hank's lesson to count joy, connection and fulfillment as products. — 00:03:24
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — The description says John and Hank are absolutely delighted to find themselves in the same place at the same time. — video description
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — John: Asked what he dislikes most about the other, John says both he and Hank are 'a little much'. (playful) — 00:00:43
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — John says he has long wondered what the inside of Hank's head is like, Hank being the person he has known longest, and finds it funny how different heads are. — 00:01:12
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — John recalls Hank recently tweeted that he doesn't feel guilty for his thoughts, then sent John a worried follow-up text explaining it. — 00:01:12
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — John tells Hank he is not a bad person but enlightened: he can have a thought and understand that it is just a thought, and a thought is not an action. — 00:01:12
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
2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — announcement: The description says he very much likes making videos with his brother, and while together they recorded two more: more reunions next week (week of 6 December 2021). — video description
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John and Hank planned to look at their 2011 tweets, but John deleted all his 2011 tweets long ago, so they read Hank's ten-year-old tweets instead. (playful) — 00:00:00
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John notes that he and Hank are still together in person. (playful) — 00:00:00
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John reads Hank's 2011 tweet thanking Portland for an amazing night and saying he may never wear shoes again. (playful) — 00:00:00
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John reads Hank's 2011 tweet tallying the keep-it-or-shave-it vote, $993 to keep it and $879 to shave it, with Keep It making a comeback. (playful) — 00:00:28
2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John says the lasting aftereffect of keeping it is that the first episodes of SciShow and Crash Course were both filmed with Hank's goatee. (playful) — 00:01:16
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank says this is the last reunion video, a Question Tuesday YouTube edition answering real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — John says YouTube careers tend to be very short: in 15 years on YouTube they've seen really good careers not last, and those who stick around reinvent themselves a lot, which the brothers don't. — 00:00:27
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank: Asked when the next jokes-in-four-minutes video is coming, Hank says the first minute of Dear Hank and John is where he does that now. — 00:01:55
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — John names Hank as his oldest YouTuber friend: they are lucky to have each other, since otherwise he would have no peer who understands it from the inside. — 00:02:24
2021-12-14 · MAKE. BELIEVE. — John filled out the semi-annual Nerdfighteria Census and tells Hank it was unusually wonderful, and not only because it included a playful question about Waluigi. (playful) — 00:02:55
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John: Years ago at a party a very famous person asked John whether he was the science one or the other one; he said the other one, since Hank was always the science one. — 00:00:00
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John says even as kids Hank had an early webpage, the Hank Green Mars Exploration page, while John was into writing and history. — 00:00:00
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John: So now John is the science one too: there are two science ones and two writer ones. (playful) — 00:00:29
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
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — announcement: John: Hank and John will both take next week (week of 27 December 2021) off from Vlogbrothers, so this is John's last video of 2021. — 00:02:55

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2022

2022-01-28 · The Most Dangerous Thing We've Ever Done on Stage — Hank: On their 2017 tour, Hank and John had Hank play Sweet Caroline on guitar and asked the audience to stay perfectly silent where the crowd chant normally goes. — 00:00:27
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — recommendation: The description recommends Hank's video on how to make a good P4A video. — video description
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — John says they have handled ad revenue this way for years, possible only because both have other jobs: books for John and, for Hank, 10,000 jobs including books. — 00:01:27
2022-02-15 · My Most Valuable Books — John would have included one of Hank's books, but going through his copies he realized Hank has never signed one for him. (playful) — 00:03:24
2022-03-04 · The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! — Hank says Beanie Sanfurbs came back for some guest appearances but was not this year's (2022) P4A mascot, and was seen less and less as the show went on. (playful) — 00:01:27
2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John loved Hank's video last week (week of 28 March 2022): poignant, beautifully written and genuinely one of his all-time favorite vlogbrothers videos. — 00:00:00
2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John: Hank was to upload a secret video and John a secret reply so he needn't film on vacation, but Hank didn't upload his, and John's makes no sense without it. (playful) — 00:00:00
2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John: Of all the non-political celebrities he has met, John genuinely thinks Hank Green would make the best American president. — 00:03:24
2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John hopes Hank never runs, because he needs him making vlogbrothers videos like last week's (week of 28 March 2022) wonderful one. — 00:03:24
2022-04-08 · Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties — In the description Hank apologizes to John for not uploading this video last week (week of 28 March 2022): he got confused. — video description
2022-04-12 · Utter Chippy Butty Chaos — In a channel comment John states for the record that a proper chip butty is nothing like Hank's concoction: blame Hank, not the English. — creator comment
2022-04-19 · How do you cross the Sad Gap? — John: Answering Hank's question about how he overcomes despair and helplessness before big problems and comes to believe something can be done, John tells a story. — 00:00:00
2022-04-19 · How do you cross the Sad Gap? — John goes deep on maternal and child health in West Africa, Hank on climate change, and Rosianna Halse Rojas is getting a master's in refugee studies; all benefit from each other's priorities. — 00:02:55
2022-04-19 · How do you cross the Sad Gap? — ask: John lists other strategies viewers recommended in the comments of Hank's video below and asks viewers to add to them. — 00:03:24
2022-04-22 · My Life is on My Walls — Hank shows the X-wing he and Katherine built during the long video at whose end they announced they were having a baby. — 00:00:58
2022-07-01 · 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes — In a comment John says that when Hank tested positive but felt fine, John told him to retest because of false positives; Hank then texted that he now had double Covid. — creator comment
2022-07-05 · Director Hannah Marks Is Nervous To Meet You — Hannah Marks: Hannah says she just wants to meet Hank, whom she has never met, and is scared of the comments. — 00:00:00
2022-07-19 · Why Do Things Exist? — John addresses the video to Hank's son, who recently asked why things exist, and calls it a really good and really big question. — 00:00:00
2022-09-13 · A Million Things at Once — John says Hank is sick with shingles, which is extremely painful and sucks, and he is sorry. — 00:00:00
2022-09-13 · A Million Things at Once — John jokes that because Hank was too sick to make a video last week (week of 5 September 2022), John was deprived of four minutes of high-quality infotainment. (playful) — 00:00:00
2022-09-13 · A Million Things at Once — John says that when Hank is sick he feels sad and worried because Hank is so great. — 00:00:00
2022-09-16 · Here's Why Younger People are Getting Shingles — Hank is getting over shingles: it was very, very bad, but he feels much better and it now only itches. — 00:01:56
2022-09-20 · Against Nihilism — announcement: The description announces that on October 5 Hank and John will be together in person for their first show since March 2020, a small fundraiser called Pizzamas: After Dark. — video description
2022-09-26 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US — announcement: John announces Pizzamas: two weeks when he and Hank make videos every weekday like in 2007 and sell items with John's mustache at pizzamas.com for charity. — 00:00:00
2022-09-27 · The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary — Katherine Green: Asked for her favorite video they have made together, Katherine picks the one where they cooked bad old foods. — 00:00:34
2022-09-27 · The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary — Katherine Green: Katherine would fight four pelican-sized Hanks rather than one Hank-sized pelican, but would hug the Hank-sized pelican, to Hank's dismay. (playful) — 00:01:43
2022-09-27 · The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary — Katherine Green: Katherine's favorite Hank Green song is The Universe is Weird. — 00:01:43
2022-09-27 · The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary — Katherine Green: Asked whether Hank can or should grow a mustache, Katherine says he is welcome to if he would like. — 00:02:41
2022-09-30 · COMMIT TO THE BIT — John says he and Hank need a hard look in the mirror: are they doing everything they can to commit to existing bits and discover new ones? — 00:03:06
2022-10-04 · Hank and John Reunited at Last — John starts his Tuesday video and Hank surprises him on camera: it is a reunion spectacular. — 00:00:00
2022-10-05 · Asking an AI Image Generator for Pizza Johns — Hank, in John's home, notes that they are wearing the same outfit. — 00:00:00
2022-10-06 · The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over… — John tells Hank he used to be the one good at advertising and marketing, and asks when John became the sellout. (playful) — 00:00:43
2022-10-07 · Planets Don't Exist — John says that earlier in the day he and Hank saw art at a gallery and a fashion show at the IMA, and now they are in a treehouse. — 00:01:00
2022-10-07 · Planets Don't Exist — John recalls a favourite memory: discussing ejected planets, Hank said there would be no light and so no life, then paused and added 'unless they made their own light'. — 00:07:47
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
2022-10-25 · Instantly Debateable — John loved Hank's video on how online discourse creates dichotomies placing us in opposing camps, like whether a hot dog is a sandwich or cereal a soup. — 00:00:00
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
2022-11-01 · Is This Painting Upside Down? — ask: John asks viewers to join the Awesome Socks Club through his affiliate link in the description, not Hank's, since Hank already has many sales; it is not a paid ad. (playful) — 00:00:29
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 — ask: John points viewers who like ankle or regular socks to awesomesocks.club, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:05:54
2022-11-11 · Elon Was Right — ask: Hank says the Awesome Socks Club, unlike Twitter, brings him joy monthly: a pair by a different independent artist each month, free shipping, cancel anytime, ankle or mid-calf crew. — 00:03:24
2022-11-17 · A Quick Update for the Sock Fiends — ask: Hank says the sock subscription window will close on Monday the 21st, the last week for real this time. — 00:00:58
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
2022-11-22 · John's 2022 Gift Guide — announcement: John tells Hank, spoiler alert, that he is getting a donation to Partners In Health for Christmas. (playful) — 00:03:24
2022-11-29 · The Weight of Life — John recalls Hank's recent video: humans and their livestock together make up over 90% of mammal biomass. — 00:00:00
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says he has come to see Hank's two-book series as books that are getting better over time, without comparing Hank to Fitzgerald or Butler. — 00:02:26
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John finds it so weird that his brother wrote those books. (playful) — 00:03:24
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John hopes Hank finds spare minutes to write in 2023, because he really loves Hank's writing. — 00:03:24

2023

2023-01-10 · Introducing: The Format — announcement: The description says Hank is not alone in his ability to make a weird Vlogbrothers video: John now makes one too. — video description
2023-01-10 · Introducing: The Format — announcement: John's comment says he and Hank have created a playlist called The Format, so it might become something. (hedged) — creator comment
2023-01-10 · Introducing: The Format — John thanks Hank for keeping Vlogbrothers fresh for 16 years and counting. — 00:03:06
2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John answers the most-searched questions about Hank Green, as Hank's brother. — 00:00:00
2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — announcement: In a comment, John says he has an idea to follow Hank's formats for the whole year, finding the concept hilarious, though it will probably fall apart. (hedged) — creator comment
2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John says Hank has ulcerative colitis, has lived with it most of his adult life, and it is really hard, but he is doing it. — 00:01:27
2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John: In the lightning round John confirms that Hank is married. — 00:01:56
2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John tells Hank he is amazing and that John has been his biggest fan since Hank was born. — 00:03:30
2023-01-31 · I'm Going Back to College? — John calls Hank's newly announced Study Hall, a Complexly, ASU and Google partnership linking educational YouTube videos to college credit, brilliant. — 00:02:35
2023-01-31 · I'm Going Back to College? — John tells Hank he continues to be astonished by the stuff Hank helps bring into the world. — 00:03:28
2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — Hank thought he had a colonoscopy today, but after he started a new medicine it was pushed back to May; he had not taken it off his schedule, so he gained an extra day. — 00:00:00
2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — Hank: Apologising for the glitch, Hank quotes 'a man' who once said there are still some glitches to work out. (playful) — 00:00:43
2023-02-07 · Mid-Morning Existential Crisis: The Format Returns — In a comment, John jokes that he has to keep doing this ridiculousness for another 11.75 months. (playful) — creator comment
2023-04-11 · Wrexham's Most Amazing Feeling — John jokes that Ryan, part owner of many companies, is a real Hank Green when it comes to jobs. (playful) — 00:00:20
2023-04-14 · The Organism that Broke Biology — In a comment John thanks Hank for his kind words about AFC Wimbledon and jokes his five-year plan to have Hank fund the club's playing budget is on schedule. (joke) — creator comment
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — The description says Hank's first chemotherapy treatment begins as the video goes live. — video description
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — The description reports that a PET/CT scan showed the cancer has not spread from its original location in Hank's left armpit/chest area. — video description
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank announces the biopsy showed cancer: Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system and one of the most treatable cancers; the goal of treatment is cure. — 00:01:53
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank will very soon start the fairly well-established treatment, a system of chemotherapies; he does not look forward to it but looks forward to starting on the path. — 00:02:37
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank does not know whether he will make Vlogbrothers videos, Dear Hank and John, SciShow or Tangents during treatment; he is playing it by ear. (unsure) — 00:06:14
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank says his chemotherapy will last no less than four months. — 00:07:58
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John: After a rough week and couple of months, John tells Hank, who is starting chemo, that he loves him and that many people are in his corner. — 00:00:00
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John did not find it funny when someone described Hank as some kind of YouTuber but with cancer: it tries to be clever, but ick. — 00:01:27
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John: Since Hank said he was fine with prayers, John prays for him and for all of us that we be justified in our hope and unalone in our sorrow. — 00:02:34
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 — announcement: John tells Hank he will see him soon, whether or not he sees him on Friday. (unsure) — 00:03:51
2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — Hank sends the Los Angeles Times to D tier for calling him John Green's brother in the headline, including the short search-result version. (playful) — 00:02:26
2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — Hank: A week after his first chemo, Hank feels much better than a few days ago; chemo has been pretty miserable, but he is getting amazing care and much support. — 00:04:31
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John has been helping out with some of Hank's jobs because of Hank's chemotherapy and can hardly believe Hank does all of it. — 00:00:00
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — The description thanks Hank for making Crash Course real and everyone who makes it, from the team and teacher advisors to Thought Cafe, freelancers and supporters, and Joey Helms for the coin footage. — video description
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John: In a comment replying to a viewer about '15 billion subscribers', John concedes the slip, saying Hank would never have made that mistake. (playful) — creator comment
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John lists Hank's roles: CEO of Complexly and DFTBA.com, founder of the Awesome Socks and Coffee Clubs and Sun Basin Soap, host of Crash Course, SciShow, Journey to the Microcosmos, Vlogbrothers and an advice podcast. — 00:00:08
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John says he did come up with the idea for Crash Course: he loved making educational videos on Vlogbrothers but wanted to do it bigger and better, and knew they couldn't do it alone. — 00:00:29
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John says he did not and could not make Crash Course happen: to become and remain real it needed Hank and thousands of collaborators, from writers and animators to teachers and supporters. — 00:01:18
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John says supporters keep Crash Course free for everyone forever, some through Patreon but many through the Crash Course Coin, which was Hank's idea. — 00:01:45
2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John: Impressed by Hank's productivity and commitment, John says he has glimpsed how Hank does it: not alone, but with a huge array of colleagues and collaborators, making what none could make alone. — 00:04:20
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank's chemotherapy hits him hard on a Friday, then he gets a Friday off, then he is dosed hard again the Friday after. — 00:00:00
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — The description says Hank is posting the video from the infusion center while receiving chemotherapy. — video description
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank feels nearly normal now, before his next dose at 9 a.m. tomorrow. — 00:00:29
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Chemo is Weird, Y'all — Hank: For Hank the biggest and hardest side effect is fatigue: it does not feel possible to be that tired. — 00:03:01
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
2023-06-13 · touched by a king — John says Hank's swollen lymph nodes turned out to be lymphoma, but almost always swollen lymph nodes are no big deal, just the body dealing with an infection. — 00:01:43
2023-06-16 · So, About This HAIR… — Hank writes it is too early to tell how well treatment is going, but early signs indicate his cancer cells are responding well, meaning dying a bunch. (hedged) — video description
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 all these people were led by CEO Hank Green until Hank was 'fired by cancer', which demanded months of grueling treatment. (playful) — 00:00:15
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: With Hank 'fired', John became CEO, a prospect John says nobody was excited about. (playful) — 00:00:58
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 — 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
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John: Neither brother wants John to have the job, but John is grateful to Hank and his colleagues for building extraordinary companies with wonderful whys. — 00:04:23
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John's biggest conclusion so far: being the tail to Hank's comet is the world's best job. — 00:04:35
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John says Hank pre-made a Vlogbrothers video because he knew he would be too sick to make one this week (week of 19 June 2023). — 00:04:45
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John: However often John and Nerdfighteria tell Hank he needn't make a weekly video, Hank says to stop telling him he can't do what he loves; John thanks him. — 00:04:53
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says his Hodgkin lymphoma is stage 2A with no bulky disease (no X), which is great. — 00:06:50
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says a person of his age with his stage of Hodgkin lymphoma has about a 94% five-year survival rate and about a 90% chance of five-year disease-free survival. — 00:10:49
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
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John says that although Hank is tolerating treatment brilliantly, without the 'but': this sucks, and Hank gets really sick. — 00:01:36
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John says he can count on two hands the times he has seen Hank take a nap, and many of them were when Hank was very seasick on a boat. — 00:01:36
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — Hank reports a new chemo symptom: for the first time in his life, two ocular migraines, with auras and no pain while they were happening; it felt like hallucinating, in both eyes, so a brain problem. — 00:09:05
2023-06-27 · Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion — John: Closing on Dad still at work on the tree, John tells Hank he may be alone on the boat, but many people are trying to right that ship. — 00:10:25
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — The description marks the last chemo day of Hank's current treatment plan; he expects a terrible week, then radiation, plus an important scan next week (week of 3 July 2023) whose results will take a scary while. — video description
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — John thinks Hank would be a good comedian but it would take him about 15 years to get really good, as it does for everybody. — 00:00:51
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — John says Hank, historically less troubled than anyone he adores, may have a late-onset version of being intensely troubled: some get it at 2 like John, some at 43. (hedged) — 00:01:21
2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — John says Hank sometimes does such a good job, online and with family, of saying it's not that bad, but it really is that bad. — 00:03:54
2023-07-07 · What to Get for a Cancer Patient — Hank says he wants to hear advice from people who have had Hodgkin's lymphoma and ABVD, his chemo regimen; talking with people who have been through cancer has been very helpful. — 00:06:05
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — In a comment John cheers Hank's week and news: way to piss out that cancer, he is so happy. — creator comment
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says his lymphoma responded well and he has had the last chemo of his treatment plan, needing only four sessions. — 00:04:14
2023-07-28 · Let's Try Radiation Therapy! — Hank tells John that today was his very first radiation therapy appointment, which was weird. — 00:00:29
2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — announcement: The description names Laura Joukovski as DFTBA's incoming CEO. — video description
2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — In a comment, John says he is the club's temporary CEO and unpaid intern, and did not get Hank's salary with Hank's promotion. (playful) — creator comment
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John suspects part of Esther's thinking was that the two nerds found it hard to say 'I love you' to each other, so she made them do it yearly. (playful, speculative) — 00:00:29
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John confesses that after their occasional long phone calls in the college years he wanted to say 'I love you' to Hank but didn't, saying it only after hanging up. — 00:00:29
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John says he is now functionally forced to say 'I love you' to Hank once a year, and the brothers have been saying it more in private. (playful) — 00:00:58
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John says this Esther Day hits different: Hank's cancer diagnosis reminded them life is fragile and that they are fortunate in the people they share life with. — 00:01:27
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John tells Hank he doesn't just love him but deeply admires him; few gifts in his life stack up with the one he received on May 5th, 1980. — 00:01:59
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John notes that the brothers do not need money, so it was no big deal for Hank to leave his job at a moment's notice indefinitely, but for most people that and much more isn't easy. — 00:03:16
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John says the summer has sucked and he feels the need to add a 'but': he has gotten closer to his brother, though there were better ways to do it. (playful) — 00:03:45
2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — Hank says it has been quite a year, though he is happy with the current trajectory. — 00:00:29
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John lists what took 2023 up a notch: Hank got cancer and had to have chemotherapy and radiation. (playful) — 00:00:00
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
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John jokes that Hank also kept coming up with millions of business ideas, taking it up another notch. (playful) — 00:00:29
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John says they have both seen comments blaming Hank's cancer on a vaccination, on working too hard, or on his ulcerative colitis. — 00:01:56
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John stresses that such comments have been very rare for Hank and that almost everyone has been extraordinarily supportive. — 00:02:26
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — announcement: John says that since Hank's diagnosis they have suspended the four-minute rule for more flexibility, which he kind of loves; this video will run over four minutes. — 00:03:42
2023-08-11 · It's About a YouTuber with Cancer — The description says Hank is off to get the final radiation of his current treatment plan. — video description
2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — The description says John made the video before the news was public that Hank is in remission; John is grateful and relieved and hopes Hank will talk about it on Friday. — video description
2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank announces that this week (week of 21 August 2023) his doctor told him he is in complete remission from his cancer. — 00:01:14
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — John recalls that when Hank got cancer, he became the reluctant and temporary CEO of DFTBA.com. — 00:00:00
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — The description says John is proud that DFTBA not only stayed afloat during his tenure but even grew its donations a little. — video description
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — John says he did not necessarily want to be CEO and attend a lot of meetings, but is aware he was not the protagonist of the story. (playful) — 00:00:45
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — announcement: John announces that in one week (5 September 2023) he will no longer be the CEO of DFTBA.com. — 00:01:57
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — announcement: John tells Hank he is not going to be the CEO of DFTBA.com, though both brothers will remain deeply involved at DFTBA. — 00:02:55
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — 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
2023-09-01 · The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms — Hank expected side effects from cancer and chemotherapy but did not realize there would be side effects to stopping chemotherapy and no longer having cancer. — 00:00:26
2023-09-05 · I Ain't Even Here, Sergeant. I'm in Cheyenne, Wyoming. — John praises Hank's new beard: Hank looks different because he is different, moving through a profound, difficult experience and looking good; he might go full Tom Selleck. — 00:03:38
2023-09-12 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid — announcement: John says Danaher is on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Threads, and he and Hank will be in all those places amplifying viewers' messages. — 00:06:44
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John recalls Hank asking the community for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up: of about 400 regular viewers, about 350 sent pictures, before the iPhone. — 00:04:54
2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — The description says Hank has a new kind of pain after radiation, unlike muscle pain he has had before, and because it is new it is hard to deal with. — video description
2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank says having cancer has brought a whole bunch of new sensations, ways of feeling he had never felt before. — 00:01:08
2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — John tells Hank and Nerdfighteria it has been a joy to go through his eras with them. — 00:04:09
2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — announcement: John says he will see Hank tomorrow for more Pizzamas and potentially Hank's first-ever mustache; something will happen with his facial hair. (hedged) — 00:04:14
2023-09-26 · THE REVEAL — Hank says going bald, then having his hair grow back and suddenly getting facial hair, has shown him his face in many different ways, as if he were a different person. — 00:00:58
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John tells Hank he is extremely grateful, relieved and happy that Hank is, at least for the foreseeable future, through chemo and doing so well. — 00:00:58
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John recalls that five months ago the brothers discussed on the phone whether to cancel Pizzamas; some items were already ordered, so they could not. — 00:00:58
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John says the family is concerned that Hank hinted his mustache might become permanent, and insists it should only be a Pizzamas mustache. (playful) — 00:01:27
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John: As exhibit A, John says Hank looks like Minneapolis rapper Prof, except soft; after citing a memorable Prof lyric, he says Prof can pull off the mustache because he is hard. (playful) — 00:02:14
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John: As exhibit B, John cites the great goatee debacle of 2011: since it aged so poorly, a post-Pizzamas mustache might too, so it has to end with Pizzamas. (playful) — 00:02:14
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John says his 2007 self also could not know the terrible and hard things ahead, such as Hank getting cancer. — 00:03:33
2023-10-03 · Nourished by Leaving — John recalls Hank's TikTok: humans live briefly and our species is young, but seen as part of one continuous biological phenomenon called life, things look quite different. — 00:00:35
2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — John says he loves Pizzamas and thanks Hank for coming up with this weird idea. — 00:04:36
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says he has not been working at full capacity while transitioning out of cancer treatment into recovery; he doesn't always feel as well as he looks, and recovery takes time. — 00:00:00
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says the CEO interviews ran alongside finding a lymph node, a biopsy and his diagnosis on May 4, the day before his birthday; on his birthday he went to work for a long meeting about recruiting the CEO. — 00:02:00
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
2023-10-13 · Cancer Made me Do It. — Hank: During chemotherapy Hank expected to want long-form content, but he was so physically unwell and foggy that he couldn't enjoy things and had no attention span. — 00:00:16
2023-10-13 · Cancer Made me Do It. — Hank's doctor said he should avoid stress if possible because it can increase the chance of relapse, a big deal to him; comedy is fun on stage but not relaxing. — 00:02:58
2023-10-17 · My Next Book — John: In November 2017, just after publishing Turtles All the Way Down and a grueling tour, John's balance failed at home; he was hospitalized and diagnosed with labyrinthitis. — 00:00:00
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says this morning, watching an old Vlogbrothers video with him, his son Orin said that was Dada before his injury, and Hank did not know what to say. — 00:00:00
2023-10-20 · My 'Injury' — Hank says that to Orin it made sense: while Hank was ill Daddy couldn't do much, parts of him hurt badly and he couldn't pick him up or wrestle; they called it cancer without explaining what cancer was. — 00:00:13
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — The description says John is a big fan of his little brother. — video description
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John agrees with Hank's point that cancer is not really a disease but a category of diseases. — 00:00:08
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John recalls that for about a week they knew Hank had some cancer but not which one: another lymphoma, or a metastatic cancer spread to his lymph nodes. — 00:00:13
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says finally learning it was Hodgkin lymphoma was a tremendous encouragement, the best of the bad news they could have gotten. — 00:00:24
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John recalls that when Hank called with the diagnosis, one of the first things he said was that five-year survival is 93% with treatment and about 6% without. — 00:00:33
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says Hank was already thinking of the people who can't get access to treatment, which turns out to be a lot of people. — 00:00:45
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John: Against the common claim that cancer care in poor countries isn't cost-effective, John says nobody questioned whether Hank's care was cost-effective, because of who he is and where he lives. — 00:03:24
2023-10-24 · A Tale of Two Cancers — John says Hank made clear in that first call that the same cancer in two people in different circumstances is not really the same cancer: different standards of care mean different outcomes. — 00:04:00
2023-10-27 · I Keep Thinking About Taylor Swift — Hank recalls that when he first got sick and was losing his hair, people sent him lots of hats, which seemed pointless in summer; he still has them now that it is cold. (playful) — 00:00:12
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says keeping something for himself was forced on him by others rather than chosen, but that has changed some since he got sick, which he thinks is probably healthy. — 00:05:07
2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says going through chemotherapy was the worst thing that has ever happened to his body: it sucks immediately, gets a little better, then always a little worse. — 00:00:03
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — Hank says some days he doesn't know what his job is; after finishing cancer treatment he has stepped back asking what he is doing and whether this is his life. — 00:00:00
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — Hank says that also happens at 43, and he turned 43 the day before he was diagnosed with cancer; this is new and he doesn't love it. — 00:00:16
2023-11-28 · John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations — ask: John's first non-book recommendation is Hank's Cancer Socks: great designs, super comfortable, with 100% of the profit going to expand access to cancer care worldwide. — 00:00:58
2023-11-28 · John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations — ask: John tells Hank what he wants: another Viridian Sun bath box, sent to his house and wrapped by Hank, on Christmas Day. (playful) — 00:03:50
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: After selling VidCon and a successful book, Hank realized he didn't enjoy a much more expensive lifestyle and didn't need money. — 00:02:07
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank tells John that he got cancer, by far the worst thing that has ever happened to his body; untreated, he would be on his way to dying. (playful) — 00:00:00
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — The description says Hank is so happy to be cancer free, at the moment anyway, because chemotherapy exploded the cancer cells. (hedged) — video description
2023-12-19 · End of a Rough Year — John tells Hank this has surely been the hardest year of Hank's life, brutal, and one of the hardest of John's own. — 00:04:25
2023-12-22 · Let's Talk About Death — Hank: Before getting sick Hank thought he had a good grasp on what life was for, but once close to the edge he was amazed how quickly he lost it. — 00:00:54
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — In the description, Hank says he rewatched all their reunion videos this year (2023), got weepy, and saw the project grow from very silly and tiny to silly, big and sometimes too serious. — video description
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John says it sometimes surprises him that they don't fake it for the camera: the brothers genuinely get along. — 00:01:18
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — Hank: From a 2011 tweet, Hank recalls a donation vote to keep or shave his goatee ($993 to $879) that he calls a huge mistake, since the first SciShow and Crash Course episodes were filmed with it. (playful) — 00:16:34
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — Hank: On paternity leave with his son Orin, Hank says the most surprising thing about having a baby is the noise of the poops. — 01:06:29
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — Hank recalls that LeakyCon 2009 was his first major concert, where he sold his first CDs. — 01:42:12
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John and Hank are at a family reunion in Seaside, Florida, which John calls the world capital of teenagers who don't know who they are. — 01:51:34
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John: After having his gallbladder removed, John says he can't do the sandwich punishment and asks viewers to suggest another for Hank to pick. — 02:08:36

2024

2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Asked in the comments what drew the media attention they should not repeat, John answers that it was Hank getting cancer. — creator comment
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Beyond the Sierra Leone maternal and child care project, Hank's Cancer Socks raised over $350,000 this year (2024) to support better cancer care in impoverished communities. — 00:01:43
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — John recalls that Hank made a song many years ago, The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece, about how you cannot beat the god behind Tetris. — 00:01:35
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — John: Hank called John asking if he knew the kid who beat Tetris; John, a massive classic Tetris fan, had watched it live; Hank suggested Complexly sponsor him and John agreed. — 00:03:03
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — announcement: John says Patreon money does not fund the sponsorship: he and Hank are paying for it out of their own pockets. — 00:03:56
2024-01-23 · Breaking News: Complexly Signs Major Tetris Athlete — John thanks Hank for the idea: Hank's ideas are sometimes ludicrous and terrible, and sometimes ludicrous and awesome. (playful) — 00:05:00
2024-01-30 · How Vlogbrothers Will End — John: In the athlete metaphor, John says he and Hank are among the lucky few who hang around for many years, but they are not Tom Brady. (playful) — 00:02:12
2024-02-27 · I Was Wrong about the Average American — John: Joking that it is widely thought abnormal, John says Jessica does sneeze: Americans report a median of four sneezes a day. (playful) — 00:03:24
2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer — Hank says it has been more than four months since his last scan declared him in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma; that beats the alternative, but some things about it he doesn't like. — 00:00:00
2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer — Hank says in Missoula he was extremely well taken care of during treatment: he saw his doctor at least twice a month and was getting scans, chemo and radiation. — 00:00:58
2024-03-19 · Our $80,000,000 Bet — announcement: John says they are not asking viewers for money yet: the project can be covered by Hank, John and a few exceptionally passionate TB fighters in Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:55
2024-03-22 · The Internet Needs to Change — In a channel comment, Hank again asks for recognition for having invented the format. (playful) — creator comment
2024-04-09 · Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX — John and Hank say they have just been to Rax together. — 00:00:00
2024-04-09 · Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX — Hank: Riffing on regularity, Hank shouts out Metamucil; John retorts not until it gives Hank another brand deal. (playful) — 00:00:29
2024-04-09 · Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX — John says they got four sandwiches: his childhood Rax order, the Big Boy (a big roast beef), and three for Hank: a roast beef, a beef and cheddar, and a hoagie-like roast beef with lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. — 00:02:16
2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door — announcement: Hank shows the new German edition of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, out this week (week of 15 April 2024), asks viewers to tell their German friends, and thanks his German publisher for continuing to give the book life. — 00:01:56
2024-04-23 · Full Hank — John notes that Hank found out he had cancer almost exactly one year ago (April 2023). — 00:00:00
2024-04-23 · Full Hank — John: When Hank was diagnosed, John took on a few of Hank's many jobs and enjoyed the work so much that he seems to have gone 'full Hank'. — 00:00:00
2024-04-23 · Full Hank — John thinks he and Hank both need to find a better work-life balance. — 00:03:30
2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — Hank says Missoula holds a yearly parade where children and adults dress as animals; last year (2023) it fell the day after he learned he probably had cancer, before it was certain. — 00:00:00
2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — Hank says that as the anniversaries arrive, many things will remind him of the last year; that is scary and makes him wonder how he would deal with a relapse, online and in his body. — 00:01:13
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
2024-05-10 · Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg — Hank says he had a 'cheap cancer', scans being the costliest part, plus flexible work, support systems and money, so he didn't have to worry. — 00:11:44
2024-05-20 · Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! — sponsor: Jarrod: In a clip, Jared reads the sponsor message: the video is brought to you by the Turtles All the Way Down movie, out May 2nd on Max or HBO Max, depending on country. (playful) — 00:07:12
2024-05-21 · Getting Personal about Getting Personal — John says Hank's cancer socks could not have succeeded without Hank talking about his cancer, and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for better cancer care in impoverished communities: a benefit worth the cost. — 00:04:15
2024-05-24 · An Ancient Apocalypse — Hank says they had not done much big birthday celebrating in recent years, but last year (2023) on Katherine's birthday he got his chemo port placed, so celebrating felt right. — 00:00:00
2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John says his little brother getting cancer made him consider his life and work in an appropriately finite context. — 00:00:29
2024-06-11 · BEEF DAYS — ask: John invites Hank and anyone else interested to join his family's beef days. — 00:03:57
2024-06-14 · Some Reasons why People Suck — Hank says he is coming out of a few weeks of brain fog, fatigue and discomfort, maybe post-chemo, maybe normal depression; in survivorship you don't know what your body is telling you. (hedged) — 00:07:24
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
2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy — Hank tells an unshared moment: after an ultrasound suggested cancer, he asked his normal doctor before biopsy results whether he would be dead in a month; she could not say for sure. — 00:00:00
2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy — The description says Hank's head still isn't entirely on straight, but he learned how lucky he is in opportunities, support and a brain almost always interested in stuff. — video description
2024-06-25 · taking a break — John congratulates Hank on his comedy special: it is so good and John is so proud of him. — 00:00:00
2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) — John says he and Hank co-threw out a first pitch (actually the second of several) at the Angels game with about 12 minutes' warning, and the player who caught it signed his ball. (playful) — 00:00:25
2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) — John swears that Hank, thanking the players who caught their balls, asked one of them whether he plays baseball. (playful) — 00:01:13
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
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John tells Hank he loves him, noting they have traditionally said it only on Esther Day for fear of being too cloying or sentimental. — 00:00:45
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John says saying 'I love you' has become easier since Hank got cancer: they are more aware it is silly not to tell people you love that you love them. — 00:00:58
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John is extremely grateful to be Hank's brother: of his many jobs, which he likes, his best job is being Hank Green's brother. — 00:01:05
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John thanks Hank for encouraging him to take time off, which was helpful and productive even though he wasn't mainly producing things for the public. — 00:01:13
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John tells Hank he loves him too and says he will text and call many people today to say he loves them, grateful to be interwoven into humanity. — 00:03:35
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank says his TikTok star shone brightly, then he got cancer and Vlogbrothers had its biggest subscriber day in ten years. (playful) — 00:08:09
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank says he would not include that line if he did it over: it was not mission critical, and other things could have done its job. — 00:13:03
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank recalls early feedback asking whether April should use a fictional platform instead of YouTube; he answered that if YouTube stopped mattering, none of the book would. — 00:14:38
2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. — John recalls that several years ago he and Hank both got Gmail warnings that a foreign government had accessed their email, and they moved on. — 00:00:00
2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. — John: The man asked why the Russian government would go out of its way to hack John's and Hank's email, perhaps for criticising it on Crash Course; John said he did not know either. — 00:02:15
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John tells Hank he loved his video about Google and other large companies stealing from independent creators to train generative AI. — 00:00:00
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John: Had he and Hank stopped making videos in December 2007 as planned, John says, they would have netted nothing from their YouTube project. — 00:02:15
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says Hank bet on TikTok in 2018 and benefited financially when it blew up. — 00:03:14
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John: Agreeing with Hank's Friday video, John says YouTube differs from TikTok, Reddit, Facebook and Instagram, which take content, monetize it and give users only an audience and karma. — 00:04:06
2024-08-27 · How The Internet Is Rigged — John says that relationship is now at risk because Google has, as Hank pointed out, in a very roundabout way basically admitted to stealing the content of creators to train language models without permission. — 00:05:05
2024-09-26 · Something Very Strange Has Been Happening to Me — In a channel comment, Hank reminds viewers that he invented the Format and John popularized it. (playful) — creator comment
2024-09-26 · Something Very Strange Has Been Happening to Me — Hank says the book wanted to reach more people, so he made a copy for John and then a dozen or so for friends. (playful) — 00:02:40
2024-09-26 · Something Very Strange Has Been Happening to Me — announcement: Hank announces a Kickstarter to see how many copies of the book they can make. — 00:02:50
2024-09-26 · Something Very Strange Has Been Happening to Me — announcement: Hank says there are two versions; the first costs $14 so it can reach as many hands as possible. — 00:02:58
2024-09-26 · Something Very Strange Has Been Happening to Me — announcement: Hank says a nicer hardcover with nice paper costs $27, and two extra dollars guarantee shipping by Christmas. — 00:03:06
2024-09-27 · Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO — announcement: John congratulates Hank on blowing past the initial goal for the Book of Good Times and says he is proud of Hank's innovative work. — 00:05:05
2024-09-30 · Put a little bit of cinnamon in it — announcement: Hank: Before leaving the room Hank will launch the Book of Good Times Kickstarter; he is very nervous, having never done anything like it. — 00:00:13
2024-09-30 · Put a little bit of cinnamon in it — announcement: Hank launches the Kickstarter on camera: it is live, and he thinks it is going well. — 00:00:28
2024-09-30 · Put a little bit of cinnamon in it — Hank discovers the Kickstarter's shipping settings are wrong and fixes them from the venue bathroom on his phone's Wi-Fi, hoping no one notices. — 00:01:20
2024-09-30 · Put a little bit of cinnamon in it — Hank is fairly sure he fixed the Kickstarter shipping problem. (hedged) — 00:02:30
2024-09-30 · Put a little bit of cinnamon in it — announcement: Hank says the Book of Good Times is linked in the description and believes all hardcovers guaranteed by Christmas have sold out, while the rest remain available. (hedged) — 00:03:59
2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — announcement: Hank: Because many people wanted multiple copies, Hank made it possible on the Kickstarter to get five paperbacks, five hardcovers, or a bundle with one of each. — 00:04:52
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — John says the brothers are together in San Diego. — 00:00:00
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — Hank says if he relapses he will probably need an autologous stem cell transplant, his own marrow cleaned of cancer and put back, so he would need no donor. (hedged) — 00:01:00
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — John observes that Hank talks about his cancer sometimes in the present tense and sometimes in the past, often catching himself. — 00:01:30
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — Hank says his cancer is neither past nor present: he is in remission, and nobody can know for sure whether cancer cells remain in his body. — 00:01:30
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — Hank says that because he had cancer, the registry does not want his bone marrow. — 00:05:03
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — ask: John asks viewers, if for no other reason, to join the registry because Hank cannot. — 00:05:03
2024-10-11 · October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) — announcement: The description thanks everyone who backed the Book of Good Times Kickstarter: over 14,000 people got a book. — video description
2024-10-29 · If Hank and John Were God for 15 Minutes — John: For world peace, John recounts Hank's proposal from last night, which he found brilliant: if you hurt someone, it hurts you the exact same amount. (hypothetical) — 00:02:22
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — Hank: Asked about his curls, Hank says they seem to be going; after he wore a hat recently, his straightened hair looked like pre-cancer Hank. — 00:07:46
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — John says that, beyond a stressful moment, Hank is experiencing intense, pathological, clinical anxiety for the first time in his life. — 00:01:52
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — John reminds Hank that he just got better from cancer, and that intense anxiety is really common afterwards. — 00:01:52
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — John tells Hank he is doing a really good job; Hank says he has a very hard time believing it. — 00:04:31
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — Hank says he found when he was sick that if he could be interested he was doing okay; curiosity isn't about identity or status. — 00:06:49
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: After cancer treatment Hank felt bad but much better by comparison, with lots of energy, and more aware that his life is finite than before cancer. — 00:00:58
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank wants to feel less anxious; cancer didn't help: he has more anxiety now, as if the muscle grew stronger during diagnosis and treatment. — 00:05:46
2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — announcement: Hank says about 20% of Book of Good Times backers have not yet sent their addresses, and shipping starts next week (week of 11 November 2024). — 00:01:50
2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — ask: Hank asks backers to find the Kickstarter email survey in their inbox and fill it out now, to make life easier for the warehouse team. — 00:02:06
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 tells Hank that Good Store might prove to be his best idea ever, which is really saying something. (hedged) — 00:04:30
2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John thanks Hank for coming up with the weird idea of Good Store, Newman's Own for inspiring it, and everyone who has shopped there over the years. — 00:04:56
2024-11-22 · Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment — Hank says he knows two brothers who have used everyone-to-everyone communication, he hopes not as recklessly as some. (playful, hedged) — 00:18:26
2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — Hank says he also won the 'got cancer' lottery, but only after winning the lottery of being born when and where chemo was available, so it balances. (playful) — 00:00:00
2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' — Hank says he is fine, though not a hundred percent; he has been better, he is fine physically, and they are getting through it. — 00:05:10
2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' — Hank says that now whenever he tells people he is not doing well he has to add that he does not have cancer. (playful) — 00:05:20

2025

2025-01-07 · The Format but it hurts to stand up — John says he used to set specific, measurable goals, but the year Hank got cancer showed him that telling a year what will happen is a fool's errand; now he has only hopes, prayers and intentions. — 00:02:59
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says he finished chemo about 18 months ago and is probably about as recovered as he will get, which is pretty good. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank attributes the higher response partly to the community knowing SciShow exists because they made it and is not inevitable; later viewers don't see that a world without it could exist. — 00:04:57
2025-01-31 · Thanks, Shmed — Hank remembers Shmed working out the piano solo for I Know in front of him in about 90 seconds; it felt like a magic trick. — 00:02:27
2025-02-21 · No Video Today!! — Hank says he is very forgiving of humans, pointing to what we have made, from Christmas lights, vodka and pickles to Beanie Sanfurbs. (playful) — 00:01:18
2025-02-25 · EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS — John says reading a new book's first chapter is a Vlogbrothers tradition since he read Paper Towns' first chapter in 2008; both brothers have done it since. — 00:09:27
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says he has a job even more important than being the book's author: being Hank Green's brother. (playful) — 00:00:12
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 — John says Hank's idea SciShow has reached hundreds of millions of people with reliable information about science. — 00:00:56
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John calls Hank's novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing one of his favorite novels ever. — 00:01:02
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says some of Hank's ideas are terrible, but the main thing to understand is their sheer quantity: there are so many of them. (playful) — 00:01:06
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John recalls that one of Hank's early ideas was EcoGeek, a blog charting the intersection of technology and the environment, which he rooted for from afar. — 00:01:16
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says EcoGeek was successful, but the volume of Hank's other projects overwhelmed him and it sort of went away, except Hank Green ideas never do. — 00:01:28
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — announcement: John announces Hank is relaunching EcoGeek, no longer a blog but a subscription service for home cleaning products for eco-conscious homes. — 00:01:41
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — announcement: John says EcoGeek launches today and 100% of its profits go to the Coral Reef Alliance in support of its Maui Watershed Project. — 00:02:08
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
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John tells Hank that being his brother is stressful but his favorite job: Hank's idea calls are exhausting, always another horizon, yet invigorating and fun. — 00:03:00
2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John says Hank's ideas help coral reefs in Maui, hospitals in Sierra Leone and TB clinics in Lesotho, and Hank's desire to make a difference inspires him, especially now. — 00:03:18
2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank confirms that this week (week of 10 March 2025) they launched a line of eco-friendly cleaning products with all the profit donated to the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:00:00
2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says he is energized by so much that he struggles to focus, hence his many careers (novelist, novelty musician, stand-up, entrepreneur, science), and he lets the world direct him. — 00:01:52
2025-03-25 · Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday — John recalls that when Hank got Hodgkin lymphoma he said it has a 93% cure rate for those who can access treatment and a 20-70% cure rate in low- and middle-income countries. — 00:03:24
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 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank says the lymph nodes under his tongue have been a little swollen and sore for the last few weeks. — 00:00:00
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank: Still nervous, and nearing his two-year mark, Hank called and took the first oncology appointment available. — 00:00:58
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank's empathetic oncologist checked his lymph nodes, now the only monitoring he needs given his cancer, stage and scans, and found them all perfectly normal: no current signs of cancer. — 00:01:27
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank says last night in bed he felt more nervous than he had in a while, which made no sense since he had just been told he doesn't have cancer. — 00:02:58
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — Hank says before he got sick his anxiety was mostly his body usefully calling him to figure out something important; now it sometimes just calls out for no reason. — 00:04:10
2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — Hank first emailed John the idea in 2020; John liked it, they wrote it together, and the book was done by 2021. — 00:00:58
2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — Hank: After Hank got cancer and finished treatment, most of 2024 was his 'I'm not dead, I must do everything' year, and he pushed to get the book out. (playful) — 00:01:31
2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — Hank: The Kickstarter did amazingly and everything shipped perfectly on time, which Hank has never done with a Kickstarter before. — 00:02:01
2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — announcement: Hank: The typo is restored in the second printing, available now; the book had so far only been available during the Kickstarter. — 00:02:29
2025-05-16 · No One Knows When They Don't Die — Hank says he got a cancer, a disease often fatal, got medicine for it, and now seems likely to die of something else, so he knows he didn't die. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank was recently at his dermatologist for a skin check, because after his cancer treatment he has a higher than normal risk of melanoma. — 00:00:00
2025-06-03 · My Lies — John recalls telling Hank, when Hank joined Twitter in 2008, that he would never join because nobody needs to know his lunch; time proved him a liar. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-06-03 · My Lies — John tells Hank he is quite a good future predictor whose books foresaw things John never could have imagined, while John is bad at it. — 00:03:18
2025-06-17 · My Religion — John's most-asked question is whether he worries about atheist Hank's soul; he does not, because in almost every way they are called by the same voice. — 00:06:19
2025-06-17 · My Religion — John and Hank disagree on where the voice comes from but agree it calls humans to a more equitable, less hierarchical, less unjust world; fighting over its source wastes time. — 00:06:49
2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? — John says the social internet's downsides, long discussed with Hank, are obvious to heavy users: radical polarization, hijacking and monetization, dehumanization of the other, denuanced discourse and misinformation. — 00:01:36
2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? — John says he has no solution or resolution to offer, and suggests Hank may have one on Friday. (unsure) — 00:04:57
2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think — John: The brothers are together in John's future office, not yet finished; John hopes Hank likes it, as viewers may see more of it. — 00:00:00
2025-08-01 · We Stole a Man's Blood — Hank says he has a much higher risk of someday needing a bone marrow transplant himself, but many people need one right now. — 00:03:10
2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank says his oncologist was younger than him; Hank thinks the doctor regarded him as young. — 00:11:36
2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John says that as of recording Hank's app Focus Friend is the most popular app in the United States, ahead of ChatGPT, TikTok, Gmail and all others. — 00:00:03
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
2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John says that ever since inventing 2D glasses Hank has been on a non-stop run of making things; each new idea gives John gray hairs, so he asks Hank to slow down. (playful) — 00:03:50
2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John genuinely congratulates Hank on having the number one app, then goes back to writing with Focus Friend. — 00:04:15
2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John: After the sign-off John marvels that Hank keeps doing it, wonders where his energy comes from, and calls being the tail to Hank's comet a full-time job. (playful) — 00:04:30
2025-08-26 · Not to Criticize Hank… — John says that on Sunday, his birthday, Hank texted him at 10:12 p.m. with nothing but 'Happy birthday' and two exclamation points. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-08-26 · Not to Criticize Hank… — John says that as Hank's brother, oldest friend and closest collaborator he feels there is room for improvement in Hank's birthday-text game. (playful) — 00:00:20
2025-08-26 · Not to Criticize Hank… — John ranks the joy of birthday greetings: card, then call, then text, then Hank's late two-exclamation-point text; the birthday call is a nearly lost craft. (playful) — 00:02:55
2025-08-26 · Not to Criticize Hank… — John: Checking his own texts, John finds that on Hank's birthday, May 5th, he texted Hank only 'happy birthday' with two exclamation points, so he too has work to do. (playful) — 00:03:24
2025-08-26 · Not to Criticize Hank… — John says the real work is making someone feel loved and appreciated all year round, which Hank is brilliant at, and John is grateful to him. — 00:03:33
2025-08-26 · Not to Criticize Hank… — announcement: John tells Hank to expect a long and florid birthday text message on May 5th. (playful) — 00:03:45
2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank says that in the episode John read him a poem and Hank confided that he cannot hear poetry. — 00:00:00
2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank guesses, admitting he is talking out of his butt, that his trouble with poetry has to do with the very hard work his brain did early on to understand spoken and written words. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank wonders whether forcing effort is part of the point of poetry, adding that he does not know and that it seems hard for him but not for John. (hedged) — 00:00:58
2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank says that if there is any truth here, which there probably is not, listening to poetry as an adult might help him understand what language was like for himself at six, seven and eight. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank recalls going to poetry readings when he was in a writing program and having no idea what happened. — 00:02:26
2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank names his condition 'poetry blindness', says it is a real phenomenon, and wonders whether he is alone in it. — 00:02:26
2025-09-05 · Caffeine is Very… — Hank insists that coffee is technically a tea. (playful) — 00:04:19
2025-09-05 · Caffeine is Very… — Hank says his mornings are a little more delightful with a cup of tea than with coffee, at least for him. — 00:06:10
2025-09-05 · Caffeine is Very… — Hank thinks that delight is part of why tea remains the most popular drink in the world. — 00:06:10
2025-09-09 · Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better — John says Hank's video did not quite criticize coffee but came close, strongly implying tea is better because of a chemical giving chill vibes with awareness. (playful) — 00:01:56
2025-09-09 · Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better — John concludes coffee is far better than tea, unless coffee is a kind of tea as Hank argued, in which case coffee is the best kind of tea. (playful) — 00:03:53
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John says Hank has since published two best-selling novels of his own, and both started podcasts and raised children. — 00:01:56
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John: Showing Hank as he looked at three million subscribers, John notes Hank then had no books, no kid, no cancer and no number one app in the App Store. (playful) — 00:03:24
2025-09-26 · I've Not Been Doing Well — Hank: Following his oncologist's advice to come in if anything feels weird, Hank had tests and blood work and was relieved to find he is still normal and in remission. — 00:04:25
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says he once had a Wikipedia page and then lost it; on the talk page an editor said having a notable brother does not confer notability. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-10-01 · Real Reasons for Hope — John thanks Hank for recalling that the talk page of his proposed Wikipedia page said having a notable brother does not convey notoriety; Hank may be the more notable brother today, but John will always be the first notable brother in the eyes of Wikipedia editors. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John calls himself a geriatric YouTuber, though the upper age limit of YouTubers seems to rise a year every year as Rhett and Link and the Green brothers age. (playful) — 00:01:53
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John notes that Hank didn't take any time off even when he had cancer, so this may not be an issue for him. (playful) — 00:02:22
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John says they started the channel hoping to become closer to each other and definitely succeeded; he really values having a project with Hank. — 00:03:50
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John guesses the channel may taper from a few weeks off to most weeks off, or end abruptly; whenever it ends he hopes they still have projects together and will feel much gratitude. (speculative) — 00:03:50
2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege — John argues deserving is the wrong framework for life: he doesn't deserve his merch sales or his OCD; Hank didn't deserve cancer or the number one app. — 00:05:16
2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege — John praises Hank's video from yesterday: he knows this placeless place isn't forever but is glad it exists for now. — 00:05:45
2025-10-09 · I Like Being Alive — John says Hank's song yesterday gave this video its title and reminded him that he likes being alive, especially outside. — 00:00:00
2025-10-09 · I Like Being Alive — John thanks Hank for reminding him so many times over the last 19 years that he likes being alive. — 00:04:05
2025-10-09 · I Like Being Alive — John thanks Hank and Nerdfighteria for being with him on this exceptionally weird journey. — 00:04:05
2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem — Hank went through airport security with Beanie Sanfurbs in his bag; the dense, almost gel-like object flagged security, but a young TSA agent decided Beanie was not a threat. (playful) — 00:00:29
2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem — Hank says they wrote a mystical prompt journal together whose explicit goal is to get people out of the phone and into their own minds and communities; many have sent nice notes, and it is available via the description. — 00:03:29
2025-11-04 · The Real Question — Replying to Hank, John says his tuberculosis obsession is a path into a larger obsession he has had since being a hospital chaplain: why suffering is so unjustly distributed and what human-built systems can do about it. — 00:00:00
2025-11-04 · The Real Question — John says we instead build systems where his brother can receive cutting-edge curative cancer care while for others the same diagnosis is a death sentence. — 00:03:53
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank is pretty sure he will turn out to have been cured all along: the odds of it going the other way are like rolling a one on a 20-sided die. (playful) — 00:00:58
2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank: Had he gotten sick maybe 20 years earlier, Hank would probably have had about six months of treatment; he had two months of chemo then targeted radiation, cutting his long-term risks. (hedged) — 00:03:53
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John says, as Hank always reminds him, he is just 30 trillion cells trying to maintain homeostasis, which is hard work, so things will go wrong all the time. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John reminds himself that, as Hank noted last week (week of 3 November 2025), the ribbon has been cut on the completed Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. — 00:00:58
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — announcement: John presents Good Store's holiday bundles in three categories: socks and Sun Basin soap, candles and bath bombs fund the MCOE; coffee and tea fight TB; EcoGeek products fund the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:03:34
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — announcement: John says EcoGeek sells dish soap, laundry sheets and a new dishwasher powder designed in part by Alec from Technology Connections. — 00:04:03
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John calls Alec his current favorite YouTuber, a self-made dishwasher expert who serves as an unpaid intern for EcoGeek and their sock company because he is kind of an angel. (playful) — 00:04:03
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — Hank brought Good Store products to a $25-limit white elephant; it felt a little sneaky, but the EcoGeek items did great and everybody wanted them. — 00:14:54
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: John: After John's six days at home he will visit Hank in Los Angeles, and the brothers agree to make a reunion video together that Monday. — 00:31:07
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — John: Looking at Wikipedia's list of Eckerd College alumni, John says Hank is overwhelmingly the most famous, with writer Dennis Lehane second. — 00:38:39
2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank: After being told he could do QI, Hank got cancer and cancelled, actually ghosting them; once better he asked to do it again. — 00:04:21
2025-12-02 · The Meaning of Life with Hank and John — announcement: John says he is joined by his brother Hank, in person on the set of Ask Hank Anything. — 00:00:00
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John: Wondering how many things Hank has created or co-created, John presents the A to Z of Hank Green. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank's first novel, was an instant number one New York Times bestseller, about an art student who late one night discovers a statue that might be alive. — 00:00:00
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
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John: For Y, YouTube, John says he hasn't mentioned half the shows Hank helped produce, such as PBS Eons, Animal Wonders, Brain Scoop and Mental Floss. — 00:05:21
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John tells Hank his next project had better start with a Z, and predicts that, knowing Hank, it will, and soon. (playful) — 00:05:50
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — Hank tells John the project came together quickly because John's A to Z of Hank projects had no Z, so it was a good time to push out an idea he had long had in mind. — 00:03:53
2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — John says the Financial Times wrote a lovely article about the brothers and their work, but its sub-headline credited the Fault in Our Stars author and his brother. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — John says in real life he is Hank Green's brother: at an art show last week (week of 8 December 2025) someone recognised Sarah from The Art Assignment and asked if she was married to the brother. (playful) — 00:00:29
2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — John says at least a third of the time he is recognised, it is for being Hank Green, from people thanking him for organic chemistry to a woman shouting 'Hank Green!' in Philadelphia. (playful) — 00:00:29
2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — recommendation: John congratulates Hank on launching Zonderia, his ridiculous and beautiful channel that uses white noise to make money for charity, and says he uses it to sleep and focus. — 00:02:26
2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — John's message for his longest year, borrowed from Indianapolis's Kurt Vonnegut: we must find ways together to fight the terrible diseases of loneliness and isolation; he thanks Hank for helping. — 00:04:47
2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun — Hank: Whether or not 'John Green's brother' is his correct honorific, Hank points to his longest-held LinkedIn job, younger brother at Vlogbrothers, and says being a professional brother is great. (playful) — 00:00:00

2026

2026-02-06 · One week until P4A! — John says that since 2007 he and his brother Hank have hosted the Project for Awesome, an annual 24-hour charity livestream on YouTube with guest hosts viewers might recognize. — 00:00:00
2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag — John tells Hank the channel, the Project for Awesome and everything grown from them exist because he wanted to get closer to Hank through a shared project, which has worked for almost 20 years. — 00:03:47
2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag — John tells Hank they have been friends, or at least siblings, for over 40 years, which is probably why Hank is his favourite person to root for. (hedged) — 00:04:36
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John offers 20 prints of the Good News Bridge, which his mother painted after learning Hank's cancer was treatable rather than the worst case; John and his parents were on a walk there when they heard. — 01:00:55
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John: When a viewer makes the original Nerdfighter joke, John says he still thinks of 'auto power off, still some kinks to work out' all the time, because his camera still makes the same noise. (playful) — 01:57:42
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John tells Henry that Hank fact-checked something in Project Hail Mary and changed something in the book at the galley stage. (hedged) — 02:54:32
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John tells Henry that he and Hank don't fight anymore, and that Henry and Alice get along really well, which makes him proud. — 02:59:31
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says he is not convinced Twitter raises much money for the P4A, but knows it makes Hank really unhappy, and would rather see Hank happy. — 03:16:29
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John reports that the pizza Hank ordered arrived as a none pizza with right beef, which was still a pretty good job. — 06:49:29
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says Hank is joking about a better 2027, but the world really can be better in 2027 than in 2026, with fewer children dying; he does not know that we are good news, but truly believes we can be. — 07:15:19
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says he has read a couple of versions of the manuscript of Hank's book about cancer, offered as a P4A perk, and calls it brilliant on how cancer works and what it wants. — 08:05:05
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: John says two chapters of Hank's new book come with the $75 digital download bundle. — 01:02:25
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — John says people giving the community such significance in their lives for years is the coolest thing that ever happened to him, far better than anything from his books, and unimaginable when he and Hank started making videos. — 01:42:22
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: John says signed fish prints by him and by Hank are available, and asks donors not to hurt his feelings by choosing Hank's. — 02:18:21
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank's favorite Project for Awesome mascot of all time is his friend Beanie Sanfurbs. — 05:43:16
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Offering two chapters of Hank's new book about cancer as a $10 perk, John says the book, which he has read, is brilliant, an exploration of the disease's biology that is also immensely personal. — 02:46:32
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says Hank is almost always three minutes late to their meetings, leaving John to make awkward small talk; Hank almost never annoys him, except when he is late. (playful) — 03:04:42
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Hank arrives 45 minutes early, which John calls a Project for Awesome miracle, and John goes to get coffee while Hank hosts. (playful) — 03:23:16
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank: Calling a single-digit percentage small, Hank jokes that it is what his doctor said his chance of not getting cancer again was. (joke) — 03:25:23
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says Hank being early made his day, the biggest thrill of the Project for Awesome in 19 years for him; Hank admits he thought he was 15 minutes late. (playful) — 03:31:05
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says Hank, once addicted to TikTok and now to Hank's channel videos, will be making videos when he is 90. (playful) — 03:41:29
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: With viewers up by 1,000 to 4,457, John apologises for doubting Hank's video: Hank understands the YouTube algorithm in ways John does not, sometimes retitling John's videos without permission to get them more views. — 03:48:58
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John thanks Hank for genuinely trying to use his ability to understand and manipulate the algorithm and human attention for good, unlike some people they know. — 03:49:25
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John teases that Hank does not know what a suit is, having attended two of John's movie premieres not in a suit. (playful) — 04:14:10
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John thanks Hank for joining when he did and giving the livestream a big boost, because John was flagging a little. — 04:26:56
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Reading a poll on whether people will join Jared's new social media platform, Pretzel Tube, John tells Hank he knows it is Hank's dream to make one, because Hank loves drama and misery in his life. (joke) — 04:36:41
2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank recalls that at the 2011 Project for Awesome they pledged $10,000 to Partners In Health for its work in Haiti for a number of comments, he thinks their first direct gift to PIH. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says the brothers could start YouTube videos in 2007, an expensive hobby with no prospect of paying off, because they had professional flexibility. — 00:00:29
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says that flexibility came from earlier risks: in his early 20s Hank started the blog EcoGeek, which became profitable. — 00:00:58
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says if YouTube had not featured a song Hank wrote in 2007, the channel might not have survived to 2008. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John: Thanking Hank and everyone who took the risk, John says 13 babies were born on the MCOE's very first day. — 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
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John: Congressional staffers kept asking John whether Hank would run; at first he thought they were kidding, then realized they seriously want Hank in Congress. (playful) — 00:00:00
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John says Hank, by contrast, is an extrovert and a team builder who can manage. — 00:01:08
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John says Hank owns no suit and has no known political ambitions, which might actually be assets in Montana. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:38
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John confesses he kind of wants a brother in Congress, as people say you want a friend with a boat rather than a boat. (playful) — 00:01:38
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John thinks Hank would be pretty good at the job: Congress could use a science communicator and global health advocate. — 00:02:07
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John: If Hank runs, John will support him fully but with some misgivings, as with all politicians, who by definition are a little too ambitious for him. — 00:03:34
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John will tell congressional offices Hank probably won't run: he is too busy making Hank's channel videos about weird fish and co-creating apps that help John focus. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:34
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John expects Hank to pursue many forms of public service in the coming years, though he will not be Montana's next congressperson or senator. — 00:06:01
2026-03-13 · Pain — The description says that an hour after posting, Hank noticed a mild rash on his chest and found he has shingles. — video description
2026-03-13 · Pain — Hank says he has missed plenty of Vlogbrothers videos, but during chemo he never missed one, partly because he was not feeling too bad to make them. — 00:01:47
2026-03-13 · Pain — Hank notes the brothers no longer require themselves never to miss a day, and no longer get punished for missing one. — 00:03:04
2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles — John says Hank's pain video changed the way he thinks about this and thanks him for making it, though it was very difficult to shoot and edit. — 00:00:58
2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles — John says the reason Hank is in so much pain turns out to be that he has shingles again. — 00:00:58
2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles — John says the poem reminds him of what is impermanent, which is everything, including, hopefully soon, Hank's pain; he wishes Hank a speedy recovery. (hedged) — 00:05:13
2026-03-20 · I'm Sick Because of the Social Structures of Early Hominins — Hank has shingles; when sick he researches his disease until he finds it bizarre and fascinating and lets that distract him, which he has done with shingles before. — 00:00:00
2026-04-07 · I've Been Pooping All Wrong — John admits Hank has urged fiber supplementation for years, but Dr. Pasricha's case is more compelling to him than his little brother's. (playful) — 00:00:58
2026-04-07 · I've Been Pooping All Wrong — John notes Hank has always had to destigmatize pooping somewhat because he has ulcerative colitis. — 00:01:56
2026-04-07 · I've Been Pooping All Wrong — John says Hank has whined about Metamucil for about 20 years; only after the book did John start taking a fiber supplement. (playful) — 00:07:25
2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John: Picking up Hank's point last week (week of 6 April 2026) that we are lucky to have problems because the alternative is nothingness, John says babies are certainly a problem. (playful) — 00:00:00
2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John says Good Store, Hank's idea for a store giving 100% of profit to charity, has donated over $11.5 million, supporting everything from ambulance services to the NICU. — 00:03:53
2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John thanks Hank for his 'stupid idea' of a business that donates 100% of its profit to charity: a great stupid idea. (playful) — 00:04:52
2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John calls collaboration our species' superpower, to be used carefully, and thanks Hank and Nerdfighteria for using it for good. — 00:05:21
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John marks Hank's 46th birthday: he was born 46 years ago today and survived childhood scarlet fever and other illnesses that a century earlier might have killed him. — 00:00:03
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John hails Hank as inventor of 2D Glasses, TikTok science guy, Crash Course, VidCon and Project for Awesome man, best-selling novelist, Billboard-charting musician and Emmy winner. (playful) — 00:00:13
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — recommendation: John says he is first and foremost a Hank Green fan, of Hank's brand-new website on rising colorectal cancer rates among young people and of his 1994 Mars exploration page. (playful) — 00:00:32
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John jokes he was a fan before everyone else, back in the 1980s when Hank collected every nickel and penny he could in a gigantic bucket for fun. (playful) — 00:00:46
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John left for boarding school when Hank was 11 and they have never lived in the same city since; he knew Hank as a little brother tagging along, not as a person. — 00:01:03
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John always admired Hank: he worked far harder than John, admittedly a low bar, and was a really interesting thinker even in high school. — 00:01:14
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John says siblings, especially entering adulthood, sometimes need shared problems and opportunities, a shared site of interest, to connect; he and Hank have had that since 2007. — 00:01:40
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: Often siblings connect over aging parents; for them it is Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, Dear Hank and John and more, and working with someone you trust all the way down is beyond a gift. — 00:01:56
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: In Sierra Leone last week (week of 27 April 2026) John kept thinking of Hank and the thousands who donate monthly at pih.org/hankandjohn, most of whom have never been there. — 00:02:14
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John says most of those, Hank and Katherine included, who raised over $30 million for the MCOE and other efforts against maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone have never been there. — 00:03:24
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John says what he finds most impressive about Hank is his ability to truly imagine the world, and the lives of people in it, complexly. — 00:03:38
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: Asked what he wanted for his birthday, Hank told John he wanted a video raising money for the Maternal Center of Excellence. — 00:03:53
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John says it reminded him how lucky he is to have had Hank as a friend for 46 years, and thanks him for everything. — 00:04:30
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank once thought it would be fun to party on the day he would have died without cancer treatment: had he been born 100 years ago, lived where Hodgkin's is mistaken for TB, or refused treatment. — 00:00:00
2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank says Hodgkin cells usually die under treatment but sometimes survive, which is why he is technically still in remission rather than cured. — 00:02:26
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank confesses that as Crash Course and SciShow grew into Complexly he was hungry with jealousy of BuzzFeed, Vice and Mashable. — 00:00:39
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Hank's video last week (week of 18 May 2026) had a very clickbaity title, Why I Left Crash Course: Hank flew too close to the clickbait sun and made two critical errors. (playful) — 00:00:00
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John's comment says Hank's money comes from books plus Hank's channel, Focus Friend, VidCon, 2-D glasses (which made money) and endless Hank projects. — creator comment
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Hank did not leave Crash Course: he is still on the board of directors of Complexly, which makes it, and helps with Crash Course and Complexly projects all the time. — 00:00:22
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Hank's line that Crash Course is no longer owned by the brothers led people, justifiably, to conclude they sold to a private equity firm, and they disliked coin money going to Rich Uncle Pennybags. — 00:00:38
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that in 2011 he and Hank founded Complexly, which has made lots of educational content, from Bizarre Beasts to The Art Assignment to SciShow to Crash Course. — 00:00:58
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that, having other jobs, he and Hank never took profit distributions from Complexly; its money, never much, was reinvested into more educational video. — 00:01:08
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says that as Complexly grew into a biggish company, owning it felt like a lot for two random guys, and the pressure of so many livelihoods depending on them got to be a little overwhelming. — 00:01:18
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says he and Hank have more than enough money, and despite what billionaires believe, there is no difference between more than enough and much more than enough. — 00:02:55
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Hank realized that not owning Complexly didn't require profiting from it, and proposed giving it away as a non-profit; suddenly everything made sense. — 00:03:05
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says Hank should have said in his first ten seconds that Crash Course is a non-profit they no longer own, whose board Hank serves on unpaid. — 00:03:47
2026-05-26 · Hank Green Is a Fool — John says omitting the charity status was not Hank's finest moment, but turning Crash Course into a non-profit is one of his finest moments and most interesting choices. — 00:04:22
2026-06-02 · The Instagramification of Human Experience — John teases that Warhol in the 1980s, running many things and trying to stay relevant, was not unlike Hank. (playful) — 00:04:22
2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — John: Declining to make more Mark Twain content, John tells Hank there are things you can think and not share, and that it is quite rewarding. (playful) — 00:07:17
2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — John recalls the 2008 Great American Tour de Nerdfighting: he, Hank and Katherine drove around the country for a month in a minivan, Hank selling CDs and John Paper Towns; exhausting but exhilarating. — 00:00:00
2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — John: Hank can no longer spend a month in a minivan with John, a real bummer, but he is a parent now with a lot going on. — 00:03:07
2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — John: Hank recently asked John to edit a word game he invented, Smush; John told him, with love, that he needs to stop. (playful) — 00:03:07
2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — announcement: John: Hank will come to one tour event, maybe two; John will appear in conversation with friends and authors from around the country. — 00:03:37
2026-07-21 · One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy — John closes by recalling Hank's line that in this world no effort is wasted. — 00:04:52
2026-07-28 · 'Are You John Green?' — John says that these days half the time he is recognized as Hank: in Philadelphia on the Everything Is Tuberculosis tour, someone shouted 'Hank Green' and he waved, happy to take credit. (playful) — 00:03:56
2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — John tells Hank he loves him. — 00:04:08
2026-08-11 · Hollywood, Ending — announcement: The description says John reads the first chapter of Hollywood, Ending, out everywhere September 22, the eighth part of a series since 2008 in which the brothers read first chapters. — video description
2026-08-11 · Hollywood, Ending — John says reading a new book's first chapter is a tradition going back to 2008, when he read the first chapter of Paper Towns before it came out. — 00:06:46
2026-08-11 · Hollywood, Ending — John thanks Hank, who has already read the book, for reading it so generously. — 00:06:46
2026-08-18 · My Nemeses — announcement: John announces special guests on the Hollywood, Ending tour: Lily King in Portland, Maine, Sarah Urist Green in Birmingham, Clint Smith in DC, Suleika Jaouad in New York, Hank in San Diego, Sharon McMahon and Brandon Sanderson. — 00:01:56
2026-08-18 · My Nemeses — John asks Hank, not rhetorically, how to respond to professional provocateurs, saying he genuinely does not know even after all this time. (unsure) — 00:03:27
2026-08-25 · The Great Thing about Infectious Disease — John: Hank probably would not exist either: he had scarlet fever as a kid, easily cured, but a common cause of childhood death in the 19th century. (hedged) — 00:02:26
2026-08-28 · Why the Deadliest Virus Was the Easiest to Kill — Hank says eradication was proven in 1980, 46 years ago, joking that he knows because that is the year he was born. (playful) — 00:00:00
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank says there will be a moment when someone watches a Hank Green or Craig Benzine video for the last time, and that is when they truly die. (playful) — 00:00:30
2026-09-11 · Our Last YouTube View… — Hank: Craig is visiting to film A Day in the Life of Hank Green for his own channel, which Craig thinks will be out by the time this video is. — 00:01:29
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says YouTube's interest has always been co-creation between creators and audience: Nerdfighteria would be far less interesting without Sneezing Isn't Normal, Pizzamas and TB Fighters, which came more from the community. — 00:03:53
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John thanks Hank for riding the algorithmic waves with him all these years, regardless of how many views they get. — 00:05:21
2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — John thanks Hank for reading the book with kindness and generosity and for input that transformed it. — 00:04:12
2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank: As an example of bit commitment, a way he and John honour their friendship, Hank says every time he sneezes in front of John, John says 'Oh God, what was that?' (playful) — 00:01:20
2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank recalls they decided to upload a video every weekday of 2007 and relive that for two weeks every year in Pizzamas, not near Christmas and loosely based on pizza. — 00:01:30
2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank contrasts raising a child, which is about the child because the child matters, with saying 'Oh God, what was that?' instead of 'bless you', which honours what exists between them. — 00:03:24
2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — John: Prompted by Hank's video yesterday, John says that as he has gotten older he has started to think the meaning of life may be to commit to bits. (hedged) — 00:00:40
2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — John says the brothers' bit of making videos back and forth to each other has been the most interesting and important thing in his professional life. — 00:01:57
2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — John recalls that early on the brothers replaced text with video blogs for no reward but bit commitment: no money, and 200 videos before 200 subscribers. — 00:02:08
2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — recommendation: John hopes Hank and every viewer find bits to commit to and see making them as art, whether a hand-knit sweater, a home-cooked meal, a painting or a YouTube video. — 00:03:05
2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank: When Hank was sick and thought he might be nearer the end of his life, one of his few big regrets was not having done more of that supporting work. — 00:06:25
2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — Hank: Asked his favorite part of his day of punishment in Target, Hank recalls a nerdfighter coming to the Target's Starbucks (not yet a Starbucks then) with little penguin art (as heard) for him: a nerdfighter gathering of three. — 00:02:22
2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — John: After a sudden sneeze during the lightning question, John says he met the "sneezing is never normal" person on tour. (playful) — 00:03:19
2026-10-16 · Is Happiness the Goal? — Hank: On the 2017 Turtles tour Hank worked on the line edits for his book in the back of the tour bus. — 00:00:00
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — Hank recently got an email from Josh Wardle, maker of Wordle, saying he was impressed by decisions in 4x3; for Hank it was, he imagines, exactly like winning an Oscar. (hedged) — 00:02:00
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — Hank: Josh Wardle also sent Hank a video of himself playing 4x6, a game Hank was still working on, with a lot of advice on it. — 00:02:29
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — announcement: Hank announces that his game 4x6 is out now, though still in beta, so it may change here and there. — 00:02:29
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — announcement: Hank: In 4x6 there is a bank on the side, pieces can only be pulled from the right, and a color cannot go next to a different color; Monday is easiest, Sunday hardest; Josh Wardle's advice improved it. — 00:02:58
2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — announcement: Hank has brought on developer Austin Witherspoon to help with his games, which he finds rewarding and wants to do much more with. — 00:02:58
2026-10-27 · Should I Salinger… — John says holding these in tension is not always easy, but over the 21 years since his first novel came out it has been possible partly because his brother Hank is in the same boat and always there to talk to; he thanks Hank. — 00:04:08
2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank recalls Pizzagate, and Donald Trump being elected president just days after Hank's son was born, which he found weird. — 00:01:30

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