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Hank's Cancer Socks

merch · in 14 videos (2023–2025)

Eight pairs of patterned socks Hank designed during chemo, sold at Good.Store with 100% of the profit going to make cancer treatment more available. They raised over $350,000, and in 2025 two designs became compression socks made with Vim & Vigr.

Part of: Good Store

Videos by year: 2023: 7 · 2024: 4 · 2025: 3

Also known as: cancer socks

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank asks viewers to buy Complexly calendars at complexlycalendars.com (2022) · Good Store: the brothers' store and subscription box at good.store giving all profit to charity (2023)

Often together

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

Good Store (10) · chemotherapy (4) · Awesome Coffee Club (4) · Sun Basin Soap (3) · Awesome Socks Club (4) · tuberculosis (5) · cancer (3) · hankschannel (2) · maternal death (2) · Complexly (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2023

  • 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says making things during treatment was very hard, but he found he could design socks: one shape and line at a time, a task he could leave, fall asleep on and resume. — 00:01:05
    • Hank announces that 100% of the profit from the socks will go towards making cancer treatment more available to more people. — 00:02:53
    • Hank says his cancer socks come in two styles, morning and evening, though he can't really say why each has its vibe. — 00:03:06
    • Calling the socks an excellent gift, Hank asks viewers to get them at good.store, via the description link, or by googling Hank's Cancer Socks. — 00:03:51
  • 2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — announcement: Hank recalls announcing last week (November 2023) the eight pairs of patterned socks he designed during chemo, now sold so more people can get cancer treatment. — 00:00:44
    • Hank tells viewers outside the US that today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas on the socks, Good.Store, Complexly calendars, DFTBA.com, McElroyMerch.com and the Dropout TV Store. — 00:01:05
  • 2023-11-24 · It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday — ask: Hank points viewers to his cancer socks at Good.Store, which he is wearing; all the money goes to making access to cancer treatment more equitable. — 00:03:36
  • 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
    • John says the socks' profit, which goes to cancer care access, is looking like it will reach several hundred thousand dollars. (hedged) — 00:01:27
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — ask: Hank says the store is full of holiday specials and bundles, his cancer socks, bath boxes and coffee boxes, which make great gifts for loved ones or yourself. — 00:05:53
  • 2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — Hank recalls designing socks while feeling like garbage on chemo, one of the only creative things he could do; friends picked their top eight. — 00:05:15
    • Hank says the socks will be available for a long time, but today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas Eve, so buy gifts now. — 00:06:09
  • …and 14 statements more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

2024

  • 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
  • 2024-05-10 · Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg — Hank gives Pete the cancer socks he designed during chemo and thanks him for the pin; Pete notes he also got a Garfield and is not leaving empty-handed. — 00:25:42
  • 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

Also named in: Sipping the Tea with Hank

2025

  • 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank, who nearly failed to get his art minor, says his art classes helped him design the socks he made during chemo, but the credential itself did not. — 00:08:29
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: Hank announces compression socks made from two of his Cancer Socks designs with Vim & Vigr, a compression-legwear company run by a Missoula friend; he wore them after hurting his ankle, and they launched today. — 00:05:34
    • Hank says the new cancer compression socks are even more useful for people who may be undergoing cancer treatment. — 00:12:20
  • 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — announcement: Hank's cancer socks have been repurposed into compression socks with Vim & Vigr, a Missoula company he has long known; it is their first product together. — 00:02:23
    • As this year's (2025) cancer product, the compression socks' money helps people who would not normally have access to cancer care get it. — 00:02:23
  • …and 1 statement more in 2025 — all statements of 2025