Hank Green

brother · in 890 videos (2007–2026)

Co-host of the channel and John's brother.

Married to: Katherine Green · Children: Orin Green · Works: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Awesome Socks Club, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, Focus Friend, Incongruent, What Would Captain Picard Do?, Emma Approved, Humans, Wizard School, Helen Hunt (song), The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, So Jokes, Accio Deathly Hallows, Hank's Helena, Montana song, A Song About an Anglerfish, Hank Green's stand-up comedy special on Dropout, Strange Charm, Ellen Hardcastle, This Machine Pwns n00bs (album), Hank's second studio album (untitled), Book Eight, Giraffe love shirt, Hank's 2011 Harry Potter song, I'm Gonna Kill You, Phineas Gage (song), Shake a Booty, The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece, The Universe is Weird, Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay, Edward Spoonhands

Speaks in 1341 videos; this page lists what is said about them. Their own account: their life as told.

Videos by year: 2007: 75 · 2008: 72 · 2009: 55 · 2010: 52 · 2011: 60 · 2012: 47 · 2013: 40 · 2014: 22 · 2015: 33 · 2016: 41 · 2017: 43 · 2018: 35 · 2019: 27 · 2020: 44 · 2021: 32 · 2022: 33 · 2023: 54 · 2024: 42 · 2025: 42 · 2026: 41

Also known as: Hank, Humpy Hank, hankimon, hankgreen

Threads

Often together

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

Sarah Urist Green (75) · YouTube (91) · DFTBA Records (46) · Partners In Health (40) · Project for Awesome (61) · doobly-doo (36) · Pizzamas (39) · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (23) · VidCon (38) · Katherine Green (45)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

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 · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
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
2007-01-15 · 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
2007-02-16 · 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
2007-03-02 · 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
2007-05-04 · 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
2007-05-15 · 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
2007-07-09 · 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
2007-08-27 · 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
2007-11-30 · 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
2007-12-13 · 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
2007-12-31 · 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
…and 123 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

Also named in: June 21: Gotta Get Outside!, December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!!

2008

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
2008-03-27 · 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
2008-04-10 · 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
2008-04-24 · 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
2008-05-11 · 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
2008-05-30 · 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
2008-08-12 · 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
2008-09-11 · 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
2008-10-08 (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
2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — announcement: Hank announces that he and Alan are starting a record label. — 00:00:53
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
2008-12-29 · 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
…and 164 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

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

2009

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
2009-02-25 · I Know (A Song in Ten Words) — announcement: Hank performs a song that he says uses only ten words. (playful) — 00:00:03
2009-03-08 · 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
2009-05-03 · 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
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — Hank: In the song, the doctor tells Hank that what he has is ulcerative colitis. (playful) — 00:00:34
2009-06-20 · 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
2009-07-14 · 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
2009-08-10 (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
2009-09-22 · 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
2009-09-29 (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
2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — announcement: John: For 48 hours after upload (until 19 November 2009), John will pay $2 toward Hank's CD for buyers using the DFTBA.com/John link, so it costs $13; he plans to pay Hank in $2 bills. (hedged) — 00:01:34
2009-12-01 · 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
…and 110 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

Also named in: HAPPY JOHN DAY!!!

2010

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
2010-03-10 · 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
2010-03-12 · 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
2010-03-17 · 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
2010-04-21 · 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
2010-05-07 · 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
2010-05-17 · 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
2010-07-14 · 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
2010-07-24 (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
2010-08-18 · 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
2010-09-11 (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
2010-12-17 · 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
…and 87 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

2011

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
2011-03-07 · 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
2011-03-23 · 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
2011-04-06 · 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
2011-05-05 · 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
2011-05-30 · 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
2011-06-10 · 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
2011-06-20 · 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
2011-08-05 · 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
2011-09-28 · 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
2011-11-04 · 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
2011-11-09 · 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
…and 109 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

Also named in: SHEEN or GADDAFI?, Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS!, Greek Phallic Disco Golf Balls: A Free Association Game

2012

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
2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John wakes grateful and astonished to have the readers and the brother he has lucked into. — 00:02:19
2012-05-05 · 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
2012-05-29 · 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
2012-08-17 · 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
2012-08-28 · 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
2012-08-31 · 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
2012-09-25 · 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
2012-11-08 · 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
2012-11-20 · 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
2012-12-04 · 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
2012-12-21 · 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
…and 73 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

Also named in: I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One.

2013

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
2013-01-15 (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
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank: After the show Hank celebrates: 'We did it!' — 00:01:44
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
2013-02-12 · 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
2013-02-19 · 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
2013-07-02 · 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
2013-07-16 · 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
2013-08-09 · 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
2013-09-03 · 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
2013-11-08 · 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
2013-12-13 · 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
…and 89 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

Also named in: Caviar Brownies - The Second Annual Hungry Games, The World Needs More Magic

2014

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
2014-05-20 · 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
2014-06-03 · 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 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
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 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
2014-07-22 · 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
2014-09-30 · 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
2014-11-20 · Announcing VidCon 2015! — announcement: Hank announces that VidCon 2015 is officially happening. — 00:01:23
- 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
2014-12-02 · 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
…and 28 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

2015

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
2015-05-05 · 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
2015-05-26 · 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
2015-06-26 · 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
2015-07-31 · 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 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
2015-08-18 · 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
2015-09-15 · 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 — 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
2015-10-02 · 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
2015-12-08 · 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
- 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 · also in: The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015
…and 49 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

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 — 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
2016-02-23 · 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
2016-07-01 · 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
2016-07-08 · 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
2016-08-26 · 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
2016-11-01 · 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
2016-11-10 · 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
2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — announcement: The description says Craig Benzine stands in for Hank on the second Monday of Pizzamas. — video description
2016-12-13 · 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
2016-12-27 · 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
…and 66 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

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
2017-05-19 · 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
2017-07-14 · 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: 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
2017-08-15 · 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
2017-09-07 · 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
2017-09-19 · 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
2017-10-17 · 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
2017-11-09 · 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
2017-11-28 · 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
2017-12-15 · 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
…and 73 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

2018

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
2018-01-30 · 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
2018-04-17 · 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
2018-07-06 · 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
2018-07-24 · 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
2018-08-31 · 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
2018-09-11 · 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
2018-09-21 · 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
2018-09-28 · 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
2018-10-05 · 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
2018-11-01 · 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
2018-12-07 · 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
…and 70 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2019

2019-04-09 · The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone — announcement: John: In coming months and years John and Hank will focus on long-term support for Sierra Leone's health care system, by far the channel's biggest project: intimidating, but the need is immediate and critical. — 00:05:30
2019-04-23 · untitled — ask: John 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
2019-05-14 · 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
2019-05-21 · 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
2019-07-12 · 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
2019-07-26 · 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
2019-08-27 · 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
2019-10-22 · 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
2019-11-01 · 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
2019-11-19 · 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 — announcement: John says he and Hank will match the first $150,000 raised in this year's (2019) Project for Awesome. — 00:03:19
2019-12-17 · 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
…and 44 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

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2020

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
2020-02-25 · 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
2020-03-10 · 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
2020-04-21 · 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
2020-05-05 · 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
2020-06-30 · 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
2020-08-03 · 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
2020-09-15 · 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
2020-10-07 (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
2020-10-30 · 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
2020-12-29 · 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
…and 80 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2021

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
2021-05-18 · 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
2021-05-25 · 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
2021-06-29 · 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
2021-08-03 · 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
2021-08-17 · 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
2021-09-14 · 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
2021-11-09 · 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
2021-11-23 (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
2021-12-03 · 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
…and 77 statements more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

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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) — 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
2022-04-05 · 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
2022-09-16 · 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
2022-09-30 · 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
2022-11-08 · 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
2022-11-17 · 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
2022-12-20 · 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
…and 36 statements more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

2023

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
2023-05-23 · 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
2023-06-02 (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
2023-06-23 · Understanding Cancer Survival Rates — Hank says his Hodgkin lymphoma is stage 2A with no bulky disease (no X), which is great. — 00:06:50
2023-07-14 · 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
2023-08-08 · 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
2023-09-01 · 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
2023-09-26 · 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
2023-10-06 · 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
2023-10-24 · 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
2023-11-28 · 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
2023-12-24 · 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
…and 140 statements more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

2024

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
2024-04-09 · Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX — John and Hank say they have just been to Rax together. — 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
2024-05-10 · 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
2024-06-14 · 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
2024-08-03 · 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
2024-08-27 · 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
2024-09-30 · 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
2024-10-02 · 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
2024-10-29 · 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
2024-11-01 · 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
2024-11-08 · 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
…and 75 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

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
2025-03-11 · 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
2025-03-25 · 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
2025-04-18 · 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
2025-06-17 · 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
2025-08-19 · 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
2025-08-29 · 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
2025-09-26 · 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
2025-10-07 · 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
2025-11-04 · 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
2025-11-11 · 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
2025-12-16 · 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
…and 96 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

2026

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
2026-02-14 · 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
2026-02-15 · 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
2026-03-10 · 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
2026-03-20 · 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
2026-05-05 · 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
2026-05-22 · 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
2026-06-05 · 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
2026-08-18 · 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
2026-09-15 · 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
2026-09-30 · 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
2026-10-27 · 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
…and 108 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026

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