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2007

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2008

  • 2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank says he has been tagged in the YouTube tag game (by CharlieIsSoCool and Thoughts In My Head) and invites John to do one, as Nerdfighter Natalie tagged him. — 00:00:51
  • 2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank jokingly 'confesses' he is a paid actor hired by John's publisher, then says they really are full brothers, rebutting a YouTube drama report ('Trevor'). (playful) — 00:02:44
  • 2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — Hank films himself at a radio station wearing expensive headphones, with John talking in his ears; the station staff don't know why he is filming yet. (playful) — 00:00:07
  • 2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — Hank reveals he was at his NPR affiliate and John at his, to record an interview for All Things Considered, which Hank calls the nerdfighteriest radio program in existence. — 00:00:36
  • 2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — Hank says being on NPR feels like the nerd version of being knighted, with NPR as the queen of nerds; he was scared at the time and is excited now it's over. (playful) — 00:01:21
  • 2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — announcement: Hank says the interview airs tomorrow, Sunday, at 5 pm on All Things Considered, though times vary by affiliate, so check local listings. — 00:01:21
  • 2008-02-04 · Obama Says Subscribe — Hank declares a 'man crush' on Obama and says he and John are both pretty much Obama supporters now. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:02
  • 2008-02-19 · Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank — announcement: Hank says he will send John's valentines to him shortly, apologising that he hasn't yet. — 00:01:57
  • 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
  • 2008-03-27 · 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
  • 2008-04-21 · 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
  • 2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest in comments how the brothers should be punished, wondering about a shared or simultaneous punishment. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank: Owing a punishment for his infraction, Hank has been reading viewers' punishment ideas and asks for ones not involving death or torture. (playful) — 00:03:11
  • 2008-04-30 (said on 2008-05-01, implied) · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank says Vlogbrothers videos have been viewed 11 million times at 3.7 minutes each, 40.7 million minutes or 77.4 years: one human lifetime. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-04-30 (said on 2008-05-01, implied) · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank jokes that he and John have 'killed a man' with YouTube videos, each half-killing him. (joke) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John thanks Nerdfighters for their punishment suggestions and says he thinks they have settled on one. (hedged) — 00:01:47
  • 2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — Hank says 200 people there don't know what Nerdfighters are, 'so that'll be fun'; he will see John in a couple of hours. (playful) — 00:03:04
  • 2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank says he is glad John is good at handling a big crowd, because he wasn't. — 00:02:21
  • 2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank: At the event John read from Paper Towns and Maureen Johnson read from her new book Suite Scarlett, which Hank says viewers can buy via the sidebar. — 00:02:21
  • 2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank: John, Maureen and Hank went to Grand Rapids because the Michigan Library Association asked them to speak at its conference; Hank thanks its organisers. — 00:03:32
  • 2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — Hank says he is finally doing his punishment, which he learned only yesterday; it was chosen from suggestions by Nerdfighters and John. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — announcement: Hank says John will probably post a video this weekend and has promised two videos in the next seven days. (hedged) — 00:03:23
  • 2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — Hank says John has been dealing with something that kept him from making videos, and viewers will find out what soon. — 00:03:23
  • 2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — announcement: John: To make up for last week (week of 5 May 2008), John will do a punishment: a video every day this week (week of 12 May 2008), Sunday to Thursday, taking Friday off (jokingly as a Sabbath, though he isn't Jewish). — 00:02:34
  • 2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — announcement: Hank: The video description says there is no new video from John today because John is sick, and that the punishment will be completed on Friday. — video description
  • 2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — announcement: Hank says John's punishment was five videos in five days, but John is not going to manage it, for a reason Hank withholds at first. — 00:00:09
  • 2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — Hank explains John spent most of the day at the dog hospital: Willy is okay but has a broken foot, which is why John is excused. — 00:01:19
  • 2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — ask: Hank asks John to give the 'peg-legged' puppy an eyepatch, and maybe a parrot, for tomorrow's video; though on Team Ninja, he'd love a pirate puppy. (playful) — 00:01:37
  • 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John: Willy needed a new cast after eating the old one; the new one has a heart on it, which John finds unfit for a dread pirate, hoping for a skull and crossbones next. (playful) — 00:01:49
  • 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank announces that he and John are starting a temporary project, Obama's Idiots, about the 2008 presidential race, at youtube.com/obamasidiots. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank: During the project the brothers will raise money for Democratic candidates and, when goals are reached, do painful or embarrassing things; Hank has not yet got John to agree to that part. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts — announcement: Hank says John will deliver political commentary and news, while Hank will punish himself in return for donations to Barack Obama and other Democrats, starting with Daniel Biss. — 00:00:40
  • 2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John shows Willy, 'the Nerdfighting Puppy', getting his cast off; Willy still walks with a limp, which John jokingly says is because he thinks he still has the cast. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John: For thing ten, John goes into a bookstore to secretly sign one of his books, calling it one of his favorite secret hobbies; finding that the store seems not to have his books, he wonders what to sign. (playful) — 00:02:45
  • 2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — Hank shows John a video by a young nerdfighter in Indianapolis who went to get the book John signed and recorded her excitement. — 00:00:11
  • 2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — Marion says she is speeding to try to pick up the book John Green just showed he was signing, a Maureen Johnson book. — 00:00:51
  • 2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — Hank tells John he hopes John appreciates how much he is loved: by Hank, by the Nerdfighters, by everyone. — 00:02:08
  • 2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — announcement: Hank says he will see John this weekend. (playful) — 00:02:24
  • 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
  • 2008-07-27 · How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! — ask: Hank invites John, Nerdfighters and other viewers to vote in the comments among seven frames he will wear for about five years; he will order the winner immediately. — 00:02:07
  • 2008-07-27 · How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! — announcement: Hank gives Michigan Nerdfighters the place of John's talk: the Spring Lake District Library, 123 East Exchange Street, Spring Lake, Michigan, 2 p.m. Monday, July 28. — 00:03:17
  • 2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — announcement: Hank says they will hopefully be in the upstairs conference room; he won't have his guitar or sing, but will sign John's books for anyone who buys them. (hedged) — 00:01:15
  • 2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — Hank says they are holding the event because the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan apparently doesn't think John Green can draw a crowd, so this unsanctioned gathering will show that Nerdfighters can. (hedged) — 00:01:45
  • 2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — John says he proposed to the Yeti by having Hendrik Hertzberg, a writer she likes whom he met at a conference, sign a book to Sarah asking "Will you marry John Green?". — 00:02:09
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: At the gathering Hank called John and passed his phone around so people could talk to him. — 00:01:39
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: The next day Hank met John in Chicago; he says he always loves hanging out with his brother. — 00:01:39
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank and John gave a talk at Google's Chicago headquarters about YouTube, online video and online communities. — 00:02:13
  • 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
  • 2008-08-15 · Metric Sabbath — Hank says the eight days of awesome from his last video became about ten, thanks to John's peanut-butter-face Georgia discussion and his wife being glad he was home. — 00:01:36
  • 2008-08-17 · Stockholm Sweden — announcement: The description announces that the clue has been found and links to a Nerdfighter Ning forum thread to discuss it. — video description
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank says John won't see this for a while because he is on a boat in the ocean in Europe without internet; Hank never really knows what John is doing anymore. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank shows his new glasses, green in the right light and very cheap, and thanks Nerdfighters and YouTube for helping him choose them. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank admits he and John are embarrassingly bad at giving rewards; past Blurbing Book Club winners never actually received anything. (playful) — 00:00:35
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank bets he will get his next video up before John posts his Catcher in the Rye video. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:03
  • 2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — announcement: Hank says John started a new, European scavenger hunt; the first clue, in Sweden, has been found and deciphered, giving the letter B, whose meaning is unknown. — 00:03:32
  • 2008-08-20 · Scavenger Hunting — announcement: The description announces that the scavenger-hunt clue has been found and links to a Nerdfighter Ning forum thread for discussion. — video description
  • 2008-08-20 · Scavenger Hunting — ask: The description invites viewers who want to follow the scavenger hunt, with its (existent) prizes, to subscribe to the neverftba YouTube channel. (playful) — video description
  • 2008-08-20 · Scavenger Hunting — announcement: The description says the clue is in a Danish book, calling that pretty simple, and reminds Nerdfighters that calling is cheating. — video description
  • 2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — Hank says he enjoyed the report, which turns out to be mostly about John, but it has several factual inconsistencies he wants to comment on. — 00:00:46
  • 2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — Susan Carlson (quoted): The report says John was already a successful teen author whose fame skyrocketed through the internet, and that he was back in Chicago, where he once lived, promoting his books at the library. — 00:02:08
  • 2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 — The description presents the video as Nerdfighters saying happy birthday to John. — video description
  • 2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 — a guest: John turns 31: a Nerdfighter says goodbye to 30-year-old John. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-08-26 · The Catcher in the Rye, Part 2 — John has Willy tell Nerdfighters that the next scavenger-hunt clue is taped to a sign in Daniel Biss's front yard. (playful) — 00:03:15
  • 2008-08-29 · Sarah Palin: An Introduction — John tells Hank the Nerdfighters finished the second part of the scavenger hunt. — 00:02:33
  • 2008-09-07 · This Song is for Willy — Hank sings that John's new dog looks confused, then wary, then tilts his head when he hears a sound he has never heard before. (playful) — 00:00:07
  • 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 thanks Hank, saying the song made Willy, John and the Yeti so happy. — 00:02:37
  • 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
  • 2008-09-23 · 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
  • 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — Hank explains that his old idea of the brothers punishing themselves for donations to Obama's campaign was dropped: good, but not achievable alongside Nerdfighters, EcoGeek and Paper Towns. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — Hank: For newcomers, Hank explains that he is Hank, his brother John writes books, and anyone enjoying the video is probably a nerdfighter, made of awesome. (playful) — 00:02:08
  • 2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — ask: Hank says John wrote the first essay on the YA for Obama site, showing a side of John he rarely discusses on YouTube, and urges viewers to read it. — 00:02:41
  • 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — announcement: John got far too many author copies of Let It Snow and will give five away to random commenters on this video. — 00:03:18
  • 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — recommendation: John: For Nerdfighters who can't wait for Paper Towns, John recommends Let It Snow, the holiday romance anthology he wrote with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. — 00:03:22
  • 2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John's cards invite readers to meet the author at the store on October 18, say they may be a nerdfighter, which is a good thing, and are signed 'Jay Scribble'. — 00:01:17
  • 2008-10-09 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — announcement: Hank announces that Let It Snow, with stories by John, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, is available now, and teases John's top billing, which is alphabetical. (playful) — 00:01:20
  • 2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC — a guest: At a diner, a guest playfully introduces John Green, Scott Westerfeld and Maureen Johnson as famous people. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — Hank: While John is on the road across the US, Hank says he has had a tiny chance to relax, though he is a bit jealous of John's nerdfighter events. (playful) — 00:00:52
  • 2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — announcement: Hank: John found out he will debut at number five on the New York Times bestseller list for young adult fiction. — 00:01:07
  • 2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — Hank says John never thought this would happen and was very scared; it blew away his expectations and he is the happiest man on the planet. — 00:02:27
  • 2008-10-24 · IRON MAN BLOGTV CHALLENGE! — announcement: Hank says John's video will be online tonight and that John will be in Chicago tonight. — 00:01:17
  • 2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — ask: Hank asks viewers to capture the essence of Paper Towns in a blurb of ten words or less that John would be proud to put on the back of his book. — 00:02:20
  • 2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — announcement: Hank announces Paper Towns will spend a second week on the New York Times bestseller list, at number six, showing people beyond the first Nerdfighter rush are still buying it. — 00:01:23
  • 2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — announcement: Hank says John may be writing the Paper Towns screenplay for the people who made Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. (hedged) — 00:01:52
  • 2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — John: Nerdfighter-related presents include a Nerdfighter bracelet and, made of a spongy material, a puppy-sized elephant and a little Willy with a cast. — 00:01:06
  • 2008-10-31 · SPWNING Halloween — announcement: Hank will see John the next day at the airport as the tour begins. — 00:02:58
  • 2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank teases that John never edited and recorded a whole video for him on the road, as Hank did for John, and suggests John might do so next week (week of 10 November 2008). (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank: On the way home from the Knoxville gathering, John told Hank not to worry about his late video, since all Nerdfighters want from him is funny noises. (playful) — 00:01:08
  • 2008-11-07 · Vlogging from Gadsden — Hank jokes that John Green should have become president but lost to 'this scoundrel' Barack Obama, and that he himself would not have been John's vice president. (satire) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-11-07 · Vlogging from Gadsden — Hank shows John's signing table (John has wandered off, gets a big chair while Hank gets a little one), stacks of John's books, Nerdfighter shirts, and Katherine reading Paper Towns. (playful) — 00:00:46
  • 2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — Maureen Johnson: In a staged scene, Maureen Johnson says she and John are mortal enemies because wherever he goes he crosses her name out of Let It Snow; a truce is discussed. (joke) — 00:02:02
  • 2008-12-08 (said on 2008-12-07, implied) · I Am Afraid of Heights — Sarah Urist Green: Sarah, filming, tells John to get on the table after he says he doesn't think he can do it. — 00:02:02
  • 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!!! — announcement: Hank announces that he and John have both decided to put up a thousand dollars to donate to a P4A charity, chosen on the quality of the charity and its video. — 00:02:38
  • 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
  • 2008-12-17 (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 — Hank says that as part of the P4A he phoned John the previous afternoon (16 December 2008) and told him to microwave a CD for five seconds and touch steel wool to a 9-volt battery. — 00:00:29
  • 2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — John microwaves a Bridge to Terabithia soundtrack CD, panics and turns off the camera, then stands in his kitchen with steel wool and a 9-volt battery. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank says John doesn't understand science not because he isn't smart but because science education in the US is bad. — 00:00:58
  • 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 — 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 — 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 — announcement: John says that in the end he chose five P4A charities and is giving $200 to each. — 00:00:40
  • 2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — announcement: John's five: Save the Children of Bangladesh, the Wounded Warrior Project, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, MS research and Save Darfur. — 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
  • 2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says that when he and John started on YouTube probably 50% of their comments were negative; now the Nerdfighters generally say kind, supportive things. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says he heard John had a pretty good Christmas and received, among other things, a personal trainer. — 00:01:51
  • 2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank thanks John for 'all of my llama butts', saying he can hardly imagine life before them. (playful) — 00:02:21
  • 2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — announcement: Hank says he will see John soon in a video discussing the future of nerdfighting on YouTube for 2009, with amazing plans. — 00:03:27

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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
  • 2009-01-20 · Hank's Journal!!! — Hank tells John he appears in the journal at least twice, though Hank was never in John's journal; one entry is about John and Marie, apparently discussing phenomenology or something. (hedged) — 00:02:52
  • 2009-01-21 · Google Verb! A Meme. — Hank dedicates the video to John, who put the meme up on his website. — 00:00:11
  • 2009-01-28 · Stock Adviser (Via Britney) — announcement: Hank says John agreed it is perfectly okay to do parodies on Song Wednesdays, though John did not say Katherine could sing. — 00:00:32
  • 2009-02-03 · Five Parts — recommendation: Hank recommends The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by a friend from John's writing group who thanks John; he stayed up far too late finishing it and loved it. — 00:01:20
  • 2009-02-18 (said on 2009-02-17, implied) · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: Hank announces, for himself and John, that the Ningmasters have been selected. — 00:01:19
  • 2009-02-25 · I Know (A Song in Ten Words) — recommendation: Hank recommends thisisnottom.com, a set of riddles and challenges he has been following that are rewarding to solve and seem to be taking a turn for the awesome. — 00:02:18
  • 2009-02-25 · I Know (A Song in Ten Words) — Hank advises against working on the riddles while on NyQuil, which makes things more difficult. (playful) — 00:02:47
  • 2009-03-04 · Truth or Fail! START HERE — announcement: Hank introduces Truth or Fail, a new game he created: he states two facts and viewers say which one is true, or fail. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-03-04 · Truth or Fail! START HERE — announcement: Hank says the game guides viewers through a sequence of videos, and anyone correct all five times gets a very special prize he won't reveal. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-03-04 · Truth or Fail! START HERE — Hank: Question one: either John won his first writing award at age eight, or 'Helen Hunt' is the oldest Hank Green song viewers have heard. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) — announcement: Hank says he got one question wrong: the one about Perfect Strangers was actually the theme from Growing Pains, and hints viewers should click the Perfect Strangers answer. — 00:00:45
  • 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) — announcement: Hank corrects the rules: there are four questions to answer, not five. — 00:00:45
  • 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) — announcement: Hank apologises that the first video didn't show up in many subscription boxes, hopes this one will, and says it is all part of figuring out how Truth or Fail will work. — 00:00:45
  • 2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — announcement: Hank says John, bestselling author of Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines, is writing another book, This Is Not Tom, released through weekly riddles. — 00:02:38
  • 2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — Hank says a new riddle is posted weekly at youtube.com/isthistom, telling of a young girl on the run, and he started thisisnotforums.com where people help each other with hard riddles. — 00:02:38
  • 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
  • 2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank: Among birthday-mail superlatives Hank shows the largest birthday card he has ever received, a card with Katherine, John and the Yeti, and one saying he could have gone to Hogwarts had it not been stuck in time. (playful) — 00:02:06
  • 2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — announcement: Hank tells John he will see Hank and his new green screen tomorrow. — 00:02:36
  • 2009-05-13 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — Hank tells John he was a big fan of John's 'what would you do with a Poe bust' video. — 00:01:49
  • 2009-05-19 · Question Tuesday! — announcement: John says his ongoing story This Is Not Tom is already free online each week and will not be published as a book. — 00:01:49
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — Hank notes that John is jet-lagged and sick, his wife is sick too, and he is working 15 hours a day. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — announcement: Hank tells John that, whatever his excuse, he should have made his video and is being punished, which Hank says is overdue and he looks forward to. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — ask: Hank asks viewers to post punishment ideas for John in the comments. — 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
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — Maureen Johnson says she, John and E. Lockhart used to write together every day in a café. — 00:00:44
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — Maureen Johnson: Maureen says John, on Weight Watchers and complaining about points, flailed with his cream-cheese bagel and dropped it cream cheese down into his lap, filling his corduroy's grooves. (playful) — 00:01:30
  • 2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants — Maureen Johnson: Maureen says they played the game for the rest of the day and got nothing else done, and that is how the movement started, because John doesn't know how to eat. (playful) — 00:02:23
  • 2009-06-05 · JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment for not making a video on Sunday: eat the Carl's Jr. burger 'the way only John Green can' - not blenderized, but as its constituent parts. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2009-06-05 · JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way — Hank says four recipes at nerdfighters.com are nutritionally and chemically very similar to the burger, each with 50 g protein, 1,000 mg sodium, 9 g sugar, 47 g carbohydrates and 54 g fat. — 00:00:58
  • 2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John says he is very tired but is making the video anyway because he cannot afford to be punished again. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — announcement: John says the sandwich is winning the vote, so Hank will likely see him eat a fat sandwich on Tuesday. (hedged) — 00:03:46
  • 2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — Hank says John is currently unable to make a YouTube video: he is switching from iMovie to Final Cut Express, which Hank recently did too and calls a big pain, and it is taking John a long time. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — announcement: Hank announces the chosen punishment: strawberry-flavored protein powder dissolved into melted Crisco and made into a fat sandwich, like a Carl's Jr. burger eaten 'John's way'. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — Hank says John has done and filmed the punishment; John reported the first two bites were delicious and then he puked. — 00:00:29
  • 2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — Hank says the audio and video of John's video won't sync; they are pretty sure it is a YouTube problem because the video is fine on John's computer. (hedged) — 00:01:21
  • 2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — ask: Hank asks everyone to comment on and especially favorite John's fat sandwich video once it is up, as a thank-you to John. — 00:01:51
  • 2009-06-10 · Eating a FAT SANDWICH — announcement: John explains the challenge: eat the nutritional equivalent of a Carl's Jr. specialty burger as its constituent parts - fat, corn syrup, salt and protein - plus a bun. (playful) — 00:00:16
  • 2009-06-10 · Eating a FAT SANDWICH — John's recipe: a quarter cup of Crisco, one teaspoon of high fructose corn syrup (Mrs. Butterworth), one teaspoon of salt and two scoops of strawberry soy protein, blended, on a wheat bun. (playful) — 00:00:44
  • 2009-06-10 · Eating a FAT SANDWICH — John finds the fat sandwich 'kind of delicious' at first - strawberry, salty, sugary, fatty - but halfway through it tastes bad and he feels sick, and powers through. (playful) — 00:02:10
  • 2009-06-10 · Eating a FAT SANDWICH — John: A voiceover freezes the footage so young viewers need not see John vomit; John then finishes the sandwich. (playful) — 00:03:11
  • 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
  • 2009-06-23 (said on 2009-06-22, implied) · Fighting the Flame War! — recommendation: Hank: Asked why John never blinks, Hank jokes it is because Ze Frank, a pioneering video blogger, never blinked and 'everything we do is stolen' from him; he urges viewers to watch Ze Frank. (playful) — 00:00:53
  • 2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — John recalls that he did not ask the Yeti to marry him himself: he had Hendrik Hertzberg do it when signing John's copy of his book Politics. — 00:00:39
  • 2009-07-03 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — Hank says viewers may remember the original Truth or Fail as a great big fail, but he liked the idea and has refined it. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-07-03 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — announcement: Hank announces that he and John are relaunching Truth or Fail as of today: two facts are given and viewers choose the true one or fail. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-07-03 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — announcement: Hank says there are now two Truth or Fail channels: one to subscribe to with the first video, and a no-subscribe channel for all the answer videos, so subscribers avoid 25 videos per game. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-07-03 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — announcement: Hank says Truth or Fail videos will be posted on the host's channel and at youtube.com/truthorfail, with future hosts other than the vlogbrothers; the first other host is not yet announced. — 00:00:33
  • 2009-07-03 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — Hank poses the episode's question: either strippers earn more while ovulating than while menstruating, or Albert Einstein loved playing Scrabble; viewers pick the truth. (playful) — 00:01:31
  • 2009-07-15 · This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song — announcement: Hank announces a Harry Potter Truth or Fail today, guest hosted by Kristina Horner of the Parselmouths and the Five Awesome Girls. — 00:03:02
  • 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
  • 2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank concludes he shouldn't be upset if 20Q doesn't know him, since he hasn't been to the moon, and congratulates John on being more famous than the astronaut who stayed in the craft. (playful) — 00:02:53
  • 2009-07-30 · Mules are so Half-Ass — announcement: Hank says there will be no Truth or Fail this week (week of 27 July 2009), because it is stuck inside the broken camcorder. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-08-04 · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail — announcement: Hank: Following Shark Week, Hank presents a Shark Week edition of Truth or Fail. — 00:01:51
  • 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
  • 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — announcement: The description says the bobbleheads are sold out and that people on the secret project mailing list got first dibs. — video description
  • 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — The description credits the Ze Frank clip, picked as the 'Biggest Get', to Tom, Patricia, Lidewij and Lotte (Lotte and Lidewij also run Best Wishes from NL), and names Valerie2776 for 'Best Painter's Tape'. — video description
  • 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — a guest: In the montage, Nerdfighters from around the world, one from Bahrain, wish John a happy birthday with greetings, songs, cakes and other tributes. — 00:00:43
  • 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — Hank says he received over two hours of Nerdfighter birthday footage for John and cut it to nine minutes, longer than he wanted. — 00:08:58
  • 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — announcement: Hank says he is making John a comprehensive collaboration with much more Nerdfighter footage that did not fit in this video. — 00:08:58
  • 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — announcement: Hank announces John's birthday present from Hank and the Nerdfighters: a John Green bobblehead; 500 were made, nearly all sold, one is on its way to John. — 00:09:18
  • 2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — Hank says Dutch Nerdfighters acquired a final clip for John's birthday collaboration. — 00:09:42
  • 2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — John, the day after his 32nd birthday, thanks Hank for the birthday video and says, in playful hyperbole, it made him happier than anything ever has. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-08-26 · DEMOLITION DERBY! — announcement: Hank announces that This Is Not Tom is continuing and says the story continues to be amazing. — 00:03:18
  • 2009-08-26 · DEMOLITION DERBY! — announcement: Hank announces a Truth or Fail going live Friday with John and Jory from the Microwave Show, which he finds hilarious while editing. — 00:03:18
  • 2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! — John: Asked whether he likes his John Green bobblehead, John answers without a word, just rattling it so its head nods. — 00:00:12
  • 2009-09-01 · I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! — Hank found in a store that the Geektastic anthology includes a John Green story, which John had not mentioned. — 00:00:47
  • 2009-09-01 · I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! — Hank jokes that John has enough books now not to mention his anthology appearances; so far Hank has read only John's story and says it is very good. (playful) — 00:01:35
  • 2009-09-08 · My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) — announcement: John: To celebrate, John will give away one Paper Towns paperback a day for 14 days to his favourite 10-word comment on YouTube or the Ning. — 00:01:36
  • 2009-09-09 · Television Crime Shows Suck — recommendation: Hank lists things better than TV crime shows: John Green's books, all books, odd objects like fake hands, video games, and YouTube. (playful) — 00:02:43
  • 2009-09-09 · Television Crime Shows Suck — ask: Hank reminds viewers that leaving John's favourite 10-word comment of the day wins a free Paper Towns paperback. — 00:03:20
  • 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — John names four winners from the contest's first three days and reads their comments, one of which, saying his books changed her life, moved him. — 00:03:20
  • 2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — announcement: John says he needs 15 copies of the paperback by Friday (25 September 2009), when he will announce the winners of the 10-word challenge contest. — 00:01:45
  • 2009-09-25 · Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts — Hank says an anonymous person with marvelous photoshopping skills has run a fake John Green DailyBooth account for about three weeks, posting pictures of John in embarrassing circumstances. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: John announces the last ten Paper Towns paperback winners: a song-challenge winner chosen from many great songs, and nine 10-word comment winners. — 00:01:40
  • 2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — announcement: John says there were more than 15,000 entries, a 1 in 1,000 chance of winning, apologizes to non-winners and hopes they still consider getting the book. — 00:02:18
  • 2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — announcement: Hank says Truth or Fail is doing extremely well; its last guest host, Dan Brown, did a wonderful job on a Truth or Fail about The Lost Symbol. — 00:01:27
  • 2009-09-30 (said on 2009-10-01, implied) · 13 SEVERED HANDS! (1) — Hank says watching John's video from a couple of weeks ago, where Willy chewed the arm off Chewbacca, reminded him that he used to be a connoisseur of Star Wars hand removal. (playful) — 00:00:01
  • 2009-10-29 · EMBARASSMENT: The Live Show — announcement: Hank says the show will reveal what he loved at nine and embarrassing pictures of both him and John. (playful) — 00:00:24
  • 2009-11-04 · Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) — Hank tells John he has always been proud of him and his creative work, and that it means a lot that John gets what Hank is doing and likes it. — 00:03:19
  • 2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — ask: John challenges Nerdfighters to find him a copy or the author of Gus Is a Bug; if they do, they may punish him however they see fit. — 00:01:10
  • 2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — John congratulates Nerdfighters: they now get to punish him, and an official thread for discussing punishments is linked. (playful) — 00:02:33
  • 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
  • 2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank says John has 1 million Twitter followers and he has 10,000; he is really happy with his 10,000, which seems ridiculous to him. (playful) — 00:02:17
  • 2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank admits a little man inside him still feels a competitive urge with John, his big brother, which will never go away. — 00:02:17
  • 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
  • 2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — ask: Hank asks viewers to leave comments suggesting how to punish John. — 00:02:38
  • 2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank wishes John a happy Thanksgiving, is sorry they could not spend it together, and says he misses him most at holidays. — 00:03:06
  • 2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — announcement: Hank congratulates John on Let It Snow, his book with Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle, becoming a New York Times bestseller, and recommends it as a wintertime 'romp'. — 00:03:06
  • 2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — ask: Hank says John's punishment is still undecided; he floats John watching every Vlogbrothers video in order without sleeping (about 26 hours) and asks for suggestions in comments. (hedged) — 00:03:04
  • 2009-12-16 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — announcement: Hank says a single John Green bobblehead signed by both brothers is also being auctioned; his auction money goes to the Nature Conservancy, and John's (glasses, bobblehead) to stopping malaria. — 00:01:25
  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: The description lists P4A auctions (bobbleheads for Malaria No More and charity: water; So Jokes cover and disc art for the Nature Conservancy) and says Fall of Autumn Distro matches donations to Save the Music. — video description
  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: John says several P4A items are still auctioned on eBay, including a nerdfighter's bobblehead of John benefiting charity: water; links are in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:51
  • 2009-12-30 · The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) — Hank thanks John and Nerdfighteria for making 2009 an amazing year, more than he expected, and hopes 2010 can be even better. (hedged) — 00:03:45

Also named in: DFTBA, Where's Margo! A Nerdfighter Event!, 13 SEVERED HANDS! (2)

2010

  • 2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — announcement: John says he still owes a punishment too, which Hank has not yet given him; once Hank does, John will have a week to complete it. — 00:02:39
  • 2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — announcement: Hank assigns John's punishment: face his fear of heights with a full session on the Frog Hopper, and tell Hank he loves him while up there. (playful) — 00:03:17
  • 2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John thanks the Yeti for not going into labour during the game, and half hopes she will before next Wednesday (13 January 2010), so his Frog Hopper ride waits until after his paternity leave. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-13 · Froghoppin' with Gatsby — John is on his way to pick up his friend Chris to go to Xscape and get on the Frog Hopper. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-13 · Froghoppin' with Gatsby — John rides the Frog Hopper, screaming; the ride's audio is cut because Lady Gaga music was playing; afterwards the operator says he was the biggest guy she'd seen on it. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — announcement: Hank announces that January 20 is the birthday of John and Sarah's son: early that morning their 'two became three' when the baby was born. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank: In Hank's telling, John was a senior in high school in 1995 and took little notice of freshman Sarah, who remembers the 'charmingly nerdy upperclassman'; they had few interactions. (playful) — 00:00:12
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank: Ten years later Sarah's sparring partner at a Chicago boxing club turned out to be John's ex-girlfriend, also from Alabama, which reconnected John and Sarah. (playful) — 00:00:41
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank: John and Sarah then exchanged emails for over a year, roughly 'the length of a short Russian novel', which led to a string of dates in 2004. (playful) — 00:01:09
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank: In 2005 Sarah came home to a red rose on every step up to her fourth-floor apartment and John at the top with more roses and a ring; they married in a large Alabama church. — 00:01:34
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — John Green (quoted): Hank relays John's words: the birth was 'freaking weird', Sarah 'worked so hard', fatherhood is 'actually, like, really great', and he has been awake 46 of the last 48 hours. — 00:02:36
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — announcement: Hank declares John's paternity leave begun and tells Maureen Johnson he will see her on Friday. — 00:03:15
  • 2010-01-22 · ThisIsNotJohn — announcement: Maureen Johnson introduces herself and says she will be filling in for John while he is off being a father, for the next few days or weeks. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-22 · ThisIsNotJohn — Maureen Johnson: She says there is another side to John she can help viewers explore, and presents footage she shot of him, cut into a music-video homage. — 00:01:25
  • 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! — Hank reports he just talked to John, who is doing very well: John was changing a diaper when Hank called, Henry has the hiccups, and John and Sarah are both very tired. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! — Hank says hearing that John was changing a diaper hit home that John is really a dad now. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! — Hank hands over to a pre-recorded 'Hank from last week' to start an episode of Truth or Fail about dogs: two facts per round, click the true one or fail. — 00:02:38
  • 2010-01-25 · Name My Dog! — Hank: The first round offers two dog 'facts', one a lie: Chewbacca's vocalizations were based on an Alaskan Malamute's, or all dogs are ambidextrous; the answer is not given here. (playful, unsure) — 00:03:17
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: Maureen records at about 2:30 Wednesday morning while packing for a flight to London, so as not to be punished for a missed video. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: Maureen says 80% of the comments noticed that 'John Green' had boobs, an interest she says YouTube shares with baby Henry; 'the man just had a baby'. (playful) — 00:00:54
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Maureen Johnson: Like John, she thinks the coming revolution of e-books and other ways of delivering books will radically change the way we read, and we have to embrace it. (hedged) — 00:01:53
  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — announcement: Hank says the Harry Potter Alliance, a non-profit built on the Harry Potter fan community, is raffling remarkable prizes for Haiti, with all the money going to Haiti. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — announcement: Hank: Prizes listed include Harry Potter books signed by J. K. Rowling with a thank-you note, a guitar signed and used by Tom Felton, a cast-signed Deathly Hallows, signed Gaiman, Pratchett and John Green books, and Where the Wild Things Are artwork. — 00:01:17
  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — announcement: Hank says John and Maureen will each write a 1,000-word short story on any topic the raffle winner chooses. — 00:01:46
  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — announcement: Hank: Inspired by John and Maureen, Hank raffles a song: he will phone the winner, write a song about them, record it and make a music video, and wants it on his next album. — 00:02:15
  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — Hank says the Harry Potter Alliance, the Harry Potter community and the Nerdfighter community have together raised $86,000, enough to charter two cargo planes of aid to Haiti. — 00:02:15
  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — ask: Hank says the goal is $105,000, enough for three cargo planes to be named Ron, Harry and Hermione, and asks viewers at least to check out the prize list. — 00:03:00
  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — announcement: Hank says John is doing two events at the University of Indianapolis today, at 4:00 and 7:30, and urges anyone nearby to go hang out with his brother. — 00:03:00
  • 2010-02-05 · DARE TO SUCK — announcement: Maureen Johnson: Maureen says John is taking one more week of paternity leave with baby Henry (joking he will then make Henry get a job), so she fills in on Wednesday before John returns. (playful) — 00:03:25
  • 2010-02-10 · HOW TO GET AN AGENT — announcement: Maureen Johnson: Maureen says this is her last video for vlogbrothers. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-02-10 · HOW TO GET AN AGENT — announcement: Maureen Johnson: Ending her stint, done quickly while cooking dinner, Maureen welcomes John back, says she will miss the viewers and asks them to visit her. — 00:03:31
  • 2010-02-12 · Google Search Stories: Harry Potter — Hank thanks Maureen Johnson for being part of vlogbrothers during John's paternity leave. — 00:01:46
  • 2010-02-12 · Google Search Stories: Harry Potter — Hank welcomes John back, says everyone missed him, and hopes John won't hate them for taking him away from Henry. — 00:01:46
  • 2010-02-12 · Google Search Stories: Harry Potter — Hank says he will let the search story stand on its own, is excited to have the brotherhood renewed, and expects John's next video to be awesome. (playful) — 00:02:19
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John thanks Maureen for standing in as John Green, and thanks Nerdfighters for everything. — 00:03:26
  • 2010-02-17 · WRONG WRONG WRONG — Hank Sock tells Hank that John's video was wrong on five major points and that, back after three weeks, John must be held accountable. (playful) — 00:00:07
  • 2010-02-17 · WRONG WRONG WRONG — Hank rebuts John: he did have girlfriends in high school, naming four, all but one of whom would call him their boyfriend. (playful) — 00:00:25
  • 2010-02-17 · WRONG WRONG WRONG — Hank concludes that John embarrassed Amanda Bynes into deleting her tweets, and that the internet is so weird. (playful) — 00:03:09
  • 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
  • 2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! — Hank: Thinking about childhood injuries, Hank suggests to John that stories from their childhood could be this week's (week of 22 February 2010) theme. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! — Hank thanks John and all the Nerdfighters for helping to grow the community and do the things they do. — 00:03:31
  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — announcement: The description says the pizza mustache shirt is a pre-order at dftba.com/pizza, closing in a week and shipping in mid-March. — video description
  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John: As his childhood story, John says he used to be skinny and has technically gained 63 pounds since a 1995 photo, the first maybe 20 needed, the last 43 optional. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — announcement: John says he loves a fan photo of himself with a brief mustache and the word 'pizza' under his face, and wants it as a shirt. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — announcement: John says the funny pizza shirt is available until Wednesday (3 March 2010), with a link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:14
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank, answering John, insists he did not put poop in the Nintendo and offers a 'satisfaction guaranteed' argument in five points. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank ends with a late-1990s picture of John, himself, Maggie and Red. — 00:03:10
  • 2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — announcement: Hank announces that winners of the Harry Potter Alliance's Helping Haiti Heal raffle have been chosen and notified by email; the team will contact them soon. — 00:02:42
  • 2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — announcement: Hank lists the Nerdfighter-related prizes won: a song by Hank about the winner, signed copies of all his CDs, a John Green three-book package, and a 1,000-word short story by a New York Times best-selling author. — 00:02:42
  • 2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — announcement: Hank tells the winner of his song prize that he is going to write a song about her. — 00:02:42
  • 2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank says five planes full of aid supplies are already on their way to help Haiti heal. — 00:03:11
  • 2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — announcement: Hank appends a new episode of Truth or Fail that he has just made. — 00:03:16
  • 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
  • 2010-04-26 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — announcement: John: Nerdfighters with the HP Alliance raised enough to fill four planes with medicine and water for Haiti; the fourth and final plane leaves Thursday, and Partners in Health calls it the SS DFTBA. — 00:01:38
  • 2010-04-28 · Who's in Your Hug Bucket? — Hank says his own hug bucket is sturdy and quite full: daily hugs from Katherine, which he prefers above all, plus John, Alex Day, Charlie McDonnell, Shay Carl, friends and family. (hedged) — 00:02:09
  • 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
  • 2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank notes he is the only person besides YouTube's founders who appears twice on YouTube's community-history timeline, while John is not on it at all. (playful) — 00:00:45
  • 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
  • 2010-05-21 · How to Make a Website in Four Minutes — ask: Hank asks viewers to leave suggestions in the comments for things they want to learn that John or he know how to do. — 00:03:24
  • 2010-05-24 · How To Make a Baby — John says it is Monday of How-to Week and he is fulfilling the most common request received: how to make a baby, one of his 'fields of expertise'. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-05-24 · How To Make a Baby — ask: John tells Nerdfighters the brothers are doing more how-to videos this week (week of 24 May 2010) and asks for suggestions in the comments of what to teach them. — 00:02:10
  • 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank's description says John had said in his last video he would sue Viacom if that video went up and was monetized on Spike.com, and it was. — video description
  • 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: Spike.com has posted and monetized John's video about Viacom, so Viacom is monetizing a video about how it monetizes videos it does not own. — 00:01:27
  • 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Hank: John called: Viacom took his video down after 300 views, but had still made 60 cents from a video it didn't own. — 00:01:56
  • 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die — announcement: John: Inspired by Hank, John makes a World Cup episode of Truth or Fail, hoping to turn Hank into a football fan. (hedged) — 00:02:17
  • 2010-06-25 (said on 2010-06-26, implied) · Book Nerd PARADISE — announcement: Julie Strauss-Gabel: Asked whether the new book will be John's next book for sure, his editor says yes; she says she loves it, though she has not finished it. (playful) — 00:00:34
  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — John: Esther is a big supporter of the Harry Potter Alliance, a charity Nerdfighteria often partners with; together they raised $123,000 to help Haiti and sent the SS DFTBA there. — 00:01:57
  • 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
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — Hank says, as John noted in a recent Skype conversation, this marks three years of 'one of the coolest, weirdest, most awesome lives ever'. — 00:00:52
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — Hank: Via a sarcastic mustached alter ego, Hank lists recent honours: a character in a major Russian film did the Nerdfighter salute, an idol said he respects Hank's work, and John won a literary prize in Germany. (playful) — 00:01:22
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment, first suggested to him at VidCon: a 10-minute workout video working 'the whole nerd body', since John is doing well on his fitness plan. — 00:02:34
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — announcement: Hank: The punishment outfit must include a sweatshirt cut off at the ribs and a headband, preferably leg warmers, and possibly a whole-body leotard. (playful) — 00:02:34
  • 2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — ask: Hank hopes John is enjoying Germany and points viewers who want to see John there to information linked in the description. — 00:03:40
  • 2010-07-24 (said on 2010-07-23, implied) · Grammar School with Snooki — John says Munich is lovely and that his punishment sounds horrible. (playful) — 00:03:21
  • 2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · Hank's Life in a Day — Hank: At the garden plot Hank notes they have sunflowers too, telling John he doesn't have to go to Germany to see sunflowers. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · Hank's Life in a Day — Hank thanks everyone involved in 'this' (making video), from John, who had the idea in the first place, to everyone who watches and makes it possible. — 00:03:25
  • 2010-08-04 · Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! — Hank opens by telling John he loves him, then moves straight on. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-08-10 (said on 2010-08-09, implied) · JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! — Hank shows John an image from the Tumblr and tells him he is a meme. (joke) — 00:03:31
  • 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
  • 2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — announcement: Hank: With John banished from watching, Hank says John's birthday is August 24 and he plans a video made as no video ever has been, featuring thousands of Nerdfighters. — 00:02:17
  • 2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to join by signing up for the secret project mailing list at nerdfighters.com, reading the emails, and watching the instructional videos linked at the end. — 00:02:48
  • 2010-08-23 · Make-up Tutorial: Katniss Everdeen Look — announcement: Hank notes tomorrow is John's birthday without discussing it, and tells John he will see Hank and a lot of Nerdfighters tomorrow. — 00:03:12
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank says the birthday message comes from over a thousand Nerdfighters who photographed themselves doing what Hank did in a pre-prepared video. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank: An application Hank and Sam Rudge invented puts the submitted images together into one video starring thousands of people. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank: Showing his favourite book, Hank hopes the crowd shows many Harry Potters and some John Green books, and not so many Stephenie Meyer books. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank: On behalf of everyone in the video, Hank thanks John for being a great brother, person, father and author; people take part because John is awesome and they like him. — 00:01:30
  • 2010-09-02 · Fitness for Nerds — In the description, John says he fulfils his punishment with this video, a mock nerd workout he hosts as 'Fitness for Nerds'. (playful) — video description
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John admits the injury may really come from falling off his bike and breaking a rib. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:15
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says getting the hiccups with a broken rib last night was torture; Hank had made him laugh with a joke they cannot tell Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:02:25
  • 2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — Hank jokes that in the worst case, in 20 years John writes vampire novels and Hank plays an afternoon Vegas lounge show, singing his quark song to five people who don't know him. (joke) — 00:00:58
  • 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
  • 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — announcement: John announces the pizza shirt is back in stock at DFTBA.com/pizza; orders placed today ship tomorrow, until it runs out. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-11-17 · HARRY POTTER SONG! — Hank sings that, no joke, he also reads books his own brother wrote, and they too are not Harry Potter. (playful) — 00:01:22
  • 2010-11-29 (said on 2010-11-28, implied) · John and Hank: The Out-Takes — Hank, back home and missing John, says he rewatched their joint video, noticed how much funny material didn't make it in, and made a special Sunday video of it. — 00:00:12
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — announcement: John announces that this week (week of 29 November 2010) the brothers will be learning about the mating habits of animals, beginning with tortoises. — 00:00:01
  • 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
  • 2010-12-01 · Makin' Babies: A Song — Hank thanks John for making it animal sex week in a week when he has to write a song, so he wrote a song about animal sex. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John says the week's many examples of incredibly inefficient mating suggest sex is not actually the most important thing animals, including humans, do. (hedged) — 00:02:26
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John also cites flying the SS DFTBA, full of life-saving supplies, to Haiti with the Harry Potter Alliance and Partners in Health. — 00:01:41
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John lists P4A raffle prizes from YouTubers including Meekakitty, WheezyWaiter, Nerimon and Ryan Higa, plus Nerdfighter raffles including his nerd glasses and the last remaining BobbleJohn. — 00:02:24
  • 2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says this year (2010) they hacked for charity harder than ever: WheezyWaiter's chest hair, John's fear of heights, and YouTube itself from the inside out. (playful) — 00:01:56
  • 2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — Hank: John gave Hank a book about t-shirts, politics and world trade (title not said). — 00:00:23
  • 2010-12-31 · Is Lady Gaga a Man? — announcement: In the description Hank says he found many amazing autocompletes and might do this again, or John might. (hedged) — video description
  • 2010-12-31 · Is Lady Gaga a Man? — Hank types 'is John Green' (married, gay…), asks why everybody wants to know if everybody's gay, and answers the list, saying John is married and not dead. (playful) — 00:01:46

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2011

  • 2011-01-05 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job — Hank calls John's headdesk lame and demonstrates a proper one: aim for the mouse pad and thump the desk with your fists for the Foley effect, because they are about movie magic. (playful) — 00:01:41
  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John: Told his headdesk was lame, John tries a better one, 'excessively headdesks', and performs the rest of the video as if concussed, forgetting answers, his middle name and the day. (joke) — 00:02:07
  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John: Signing off, John says he thinks he actually gave himself a concussion with the headdesk, leaving other questions unanswered. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:00
  • 2011-01-14 · Top 5 Actual Conspiracies — Hank: After his Monday top five conspiracy theories and John's top six conjoined twins, Hank goes back to a top five, 'because I just can't best you': five real conspiracies. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-01-19 · YOU ARE WRONG! — Hank thanks John for Monday's glimpse into the complicated world of cotton, saying John didn't even scratch the surface of how complicated the global cotton industry is. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-01-19 · YOU ARE WRONG! — Hank recalls John recently telling him that 'it all comes down to the fact that the truth resists simplicity', a line he loves. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-01-19 · YOU ARE WRONG! — Hank: John is always saying marvelous things like that while Hank must type for hours to find one: that's why John is the professional writer and Hank the professional goofball. (playful) — 00:00:35
  • 2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: If Warner Chilcott does not change the policy, Hank thinks John and Nerdfighteria should make 'Warner Chilcott' a new curse word; he later uses it as a verb. (playful) — 00:03:10
  • 2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — ask: Hank asks John, in his next video, to help him understand the situation complexly and stop being so pissed off; there are much greater injustices in the world. — 00:03:29
  • 2011-02-07 · Cancer Sniffing Dog — announcement: Hank announces that he, John, WheezyWaiter, Alex Day and Elmify are creating a linked VYou space, which he calls like Question Tuesdays except forever and always. — 00:03:09
  • 2011-02-07 · Cancer Sniffing Dog — ask: Hank invites viewers to ask questions on VYou, which the five will answer in video, and says signing up instead of asking anonymously makes him much more likely to answer. — 00:03:22
  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — announcement: The description says John and Hank will be talking more about Moon Pasta soon, and links a video Hank calls genius. — video description
  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank shows his Bobble-John, Sandman comics and other graphic novels, Terry Pratchett, Mars trilogy and Neil Gaiman books and DFTBA CDs; his Hunger Games is loaned out. — 00:00:56
  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank also shows two giraffes, Cowboy Bebop's Jet, his junior-cotillion photo, a Pro Image of soccer-days John, VidCon and LeakyCon programs, an 'evil baby Hitler' and a concept Chevy Volt. (playful) — 00:01:09
  • 2011-02-16 · This Video Brought to you by Nyquil — Hank feels the brothers have been unfair to the giraffes and thinks they can make it up to them. (playful) — 00:02:28
  • 2011-02-18 · Thoughts from Places: Small Town America — John: Walter Manlove's wife Gussie was 28 when he died; John imagines her committing to a plot beside him without knowing her future, and pictures that she might have lived to 113 or, likelier, remarried. — 00:02:06
  • 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John points to Nerdfighters in Your Pants who are currently trying to solve the mystery of Gussie Manlove, Walter Manlove's wife; link in the description. — 00:01:20
  • 2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — announcement: Hank announces that with Nerdfighteria's hard work and John's detective work they have tracked down Gussie Audrey Horsey Gowen Manlove Brown. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — Hank: From the marriage record of the couple on the tombstone, Hank says, Gussie was born Gussie Audrey Horsey and was listed as a divorcée when she married Walter Manlove. — 00:00:18
  • 2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — Hank: Using the information gathered, Hank says, John found the obituary and final resting place of Audrey G Brown. — 00:02:10
  • 2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — Hank thanks John and the Your Pants Nerdfighters who spent hours tracking down her story, which proves again that everything is more complicated than it at first appears. — 00:02:55
  • 2011-02-28 · Harry Baals & Dick Trickle: The Funniest Names in History — John calls Hank's Friday video amazing and says he still can't get over the fact that Nerdfighters found Gussie Manlove. — 00:00:22
  • 2011-02-28 · Harry Baals & Dick Trickle: The Funniest Names in History — John notes Gussie died as Audrey Brown and was born Gussie Horsey, which he calls the worst name ever, until he researched the topic. — 00:00:24
  • 2011-03-07 · Why is Haiti Poor? — announcement: Hank says there is no internet in Haiti; he can't make a Friday video, so he filmed one yesterday about superhero superpowers, and John must upload it. — 00:03:35
  • 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
  • 2011-03-18 · TERRIBLE — John: Impressed by Nerdfighteria's Gussie Manlove hunting, John sends them on a new quest: a 427-year-old mystery starring Ivan the Terrible. — 00:00:04
  • 2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — ask: Hank announces John is doing a livestream today from 2:30 to 4:30 Eastern time and thinks viewers should come. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — announcement: Hank describes the planned livestreams: John reading nineteenth-century poetry, Hank talking theoretical physics, browsing Reddit together, reading books and playing songs. — 00:00:39
  • 2011-04-06 · Live on YouTube — ask: Hank points viewers to John's livestream, 2:30-4:30, at youtube.com/vlogbrothers, the brothers' YouTube channel. — 00:00:50
  • 2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank: End screen: Hank shows a photo from his college dorm room of John, just out of college, very skinny, throwing a dart. — 00:03:44
  • 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
  • 2011-05-06 · 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
  • 2011-05-11 · 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! — Hank says that because John hogged the family Nintendo (when it wasn't filled with poop), he grew up playing DOS simulation games instead. (playful) — 00:00:21
  • 2011-05-20 · How to Vlog: From the Vlogbrothers — Hank says his one imagined viewer started out as his brother, whom he knew how to please; now it is an amalgam of all of Nerdfighteria. — 00:01:07
  • 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
  • 2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — announcement: John: The title of John's new book is still not totally decided, so he can't say yet, but soon. — 00:01:14
  • 2011-06-17 · Top 7 Tips for LIFE — ask: Hank tells John to stop trolling and say what the title of his new book is. (playful) — 00:03:54
  • 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
  • 2011-06-23 · Do You Believe in God? — Hank thanks John for his Monday video: Nerdfighteria had long asked the question, and leaving it unanswered felt wrong, like a gap in their body of work. — 00:00:01
  • 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: It is different for Hank because the people he does things for care about him and are understanding, a rare gift; he thanks viewers, and John for never stressing him out. — 00:03:24
  • 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
  • 2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John can finally reveal the title of his new novel: The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — recommendation: The description links the Wall Street Journal article and asks readers to follow it with John's excellent analysis of it on his Tumblr. — video description
  • 2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank says John's new book The Fault in Our Stars, which he has read, is totally gripping, touching, hilarious and genius, though no one else knows yet. — 00:00:01
  • 2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank sincerely congratulates John on the pre-success of The Fault in Our Stars and says it deserves it, the Wall Street Journal article included. — 00:03:04
  • 2011-07-06 · John Green is an IDIOT! And so are you. — Hank tells John, lovingly, that he is a stupid idiot, because we are all stupid idiots: some of us are racist, pay $600 for a Gucci purse or watch Jersey Shore. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-07-06 · John Green is an IDIOT! And so are you. — Hank's example: John would reject an otherwise wonderful girl who hated the Mountain Goats, and thinks he is right to discount people who don't enjoy their music. (playful) — 00:01:41
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — Hank tells John that what was just shown was the Nerdfighter gathering John missed because of his 'stupid gallbladder'. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — Hank says those who were there can attest the gathering was fun without John. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:03
  • 2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John lists other Nerdfighter feats: getting Hank's album on the Billboard charts, chartering airplanes of medical supplies to Haiti, and getting Helen Hunt to hear the Helen Hunt song. — 00:01:15
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank recounts that last year (2010), when Esther was very sick, John promised the brothers would do whatever she wanted on her birthday in perpetuity, and she asked them to talk about family and love every year. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank says John missed a video because he was having his gallbladder removed, so as a medical exception viewers don't get to punish him. — 00:02:55
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank: Having put it off since the opening ('John, I will get to you later'), Hank ends the video by telling John 'I love you'. — 00:03:16
  • 2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! — Hank muses that 'Good morning, John' may be the most important words in the videos: it reminds him John is the key audience member and links every Vlogbrothers video to every other. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! — ask: Hank tells John to stop watching, then asks viewers curious about August 24 to sign up at nerdfighters.com within two days to learn how to join the celebrations; the description calls it a secret project for John. — 00:02:25
  • 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
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — John says someone told him gallbladder surgery is no big deal and afterwards he'd feel like he'd done a thousand crunches, which sounds horrible to him. (playful) — 00:01:11
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank wishes John a happy birthday and explains he is posting today rather than Monday because the brothers take each other's birthday days. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Nerdfighters made John a 367-day calendar, August 24, 2011 to August 24, 2012 (a leap year), each page a design, thought, idea or gift from a different Nerdfighter. — 00:00:58
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank made the first and last pages; the last collects extra submissions, because Nerdfighteria sent far more pages than could be used. — 00:01:41
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Having enough for a second year, Hank says that in the coming months they will create enough pages for a page-a-day calendar for the rest of John's life. — 00:01:41
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank tells John so many people like him that he could get a warm wish or good idea from a different person every day for life; he's a pretty special dude. — 00:02:04
  • 2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank says he is heading to FedEx to send the calendar overnight so John has it for August 25. — 00:02:04
  • 2011-08-29 · A Letter to the Aliens — ask: Hank asks John and Nerdfighters, in comments or a video response, what they would say to aliens if they could, calling it a really interesting exercise. — 00:03:42
  • 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says John is going to make a great Gatsby video on Monday. — 00:02:48
  • 2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com — Hank designed the site himself, had PSD2HTML turn it into a web page, got his friend Sam Rudge to write the code, and got John to write the first few newsletters. — 00:02:13
  • 2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com — announcement: Hank announces the first ReadIt1st newsletter, written by John, goes out Friday morning. — 00:02:32
  • 2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com — Hank says he created ReadIt1st for the world but with Nerdfighters, a resource only he and John have, and thanks them for everything they have created together. — 00:03:20
  • 2011-09-16 · Narrowly Avoiding Arrest: Some Airport Insanity — John hopes he is not suffering from 'signing madness', a disease he says he made up. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:55
  • 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
  • 2011-10-10 · Animal Mating and Librarian Talking — announcement: John: Having to get back to The Fault in Our Stars, John gives Hank instead a Truth or Fail on animal mating that he filmed in the past. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-10-10 · Animal Mating and Librarian Talking — announcement: John: Truth or Fail rules: two purported facts, click the true one or fail; one randomly chosen person who finishes the game will receive a signed copy of one of John's books. — 00:01:05
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Hank wishes John luck as he keeps signing 'like a madman' and refers to John's inflamed right hand. (playful) — 00:03:49
  • 2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — John says one of the symptoms of 'signing madness' is terrible fashion sense. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — John: Asked by a viewer who grew to hate pizza, John says he once stopped liking pizza because he had a diseased gallbladder and needed abdominal surgery, so yes, something is wrong. (playful) — 00:01:32
  • 2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank diagnoses John with 'signing psychosis', a disease that makes him dress poorly, and dresses poorly himself in commiseration (a 'Weekend at Bernie's' look). (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — ask: Hank asks all of Nerdfighteria to dress poorly in commiseration with John and post photos tagged 'signing psychosis', preferably on Tumblr or Twitter, so they can laugh at them. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank congratulates John on an amazing classic book cover for what he thinks will be an amazing classic book. (hedged) — 00:03:11
  • 2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John, in the grip of 'signing psychosis', wears a suit made of signatures he cannot remember the reason for and asks viewers to ignore his crazy eyes. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John thanks everyone for joining in Signing Psychosis: Nerdfighteria's fashion sense is getting worse along with his, which makes him feel better. (playful) — 00:00:09
  • 2011-10-26 · 7,000,000,000 People — Hank admits it is a little silly to discuss the pressing issue of global population while suffering from 'contact-signing psychosis'. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John says he has improved his fashion sense during Signing Madness by wearing a Nerdfighter-designed shirt. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-11-23 · Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous — Hank: By Green family tradition, Hank tells John what he's thankful for this Thanksgiving: his brother, his viewers, his family and his wife, fulfilling an obligation to their mother. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank remains committed to Read It First, but entries stalled because John was meant to write them at the height of his book signing; they will re-energize it. — 00:00:58
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — announcement: Hank says Truth or Fail now has over 130,000 subscribers; his latest is about the Muppets because the movie was amazing. — 00:01:57
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: Other ways to take part: donate to the P4A Fund or a charity you care about, and follow the live show at youtube.com/vlogbrothers, hosted by Hank, John and surprise guests. — 00:01:45
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank will start off the P4A live stream at noon tomorrow and John will join shortly after. — 00:02:35
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank plays another edition of Truth or Fail, a game show in which he gives two purported facts and viewers click the true one, this time on Christmas carols. — 00:01:27

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
  • 2012-01-06 · 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
  • 2012-01-06 · Kill your TV — Hank: Signing off, Hank says 'I will see you on Tuesday' sounds so weird, reflecting the new twice-weekly schedule. (playful) — 00:03:29
  • 2012-02-07 · 10 Misconceptions Debunked! — John says that in the last week of the tour Hank became obsessed with the universe having no edge, kept saying 'Dude, no edge!' and accused John of not being fascinated enough. (playful) — 00:01:14
  • 2012-02-07 · 10 Misconceptions Debunked! — announcement: John links CGP Grey's original video and Michael Aranda's video of Hank saying 'no edge' over and over. — 00:03:03
  • 2012-02-10 · How Big is the Universe? — Hank tells John that even though John doesn't seem to find the universe appropriately interesting, he still likes him a lot. (playful) — 00:03:10
  • 2012-02-17 · World's Smallest Animals — announcement: Hank says he made a No Edge shirt design, 'like my face', now available for pre-order at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:13
  • 2012-02-28 · On Cuties and Cooties — John asks why as a student he worked far too hard to be liked but not to read great novels or grasp the universe's edgelessness, and has no answer. (unsure) — 00:02:26
  • 2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John: Asked why the universe has no edge, Henry answers as John expected: Honey Badger ate the edge. (playful) — 00:03:21
  • 2012-03-16 (said on 2012-03-17, implied) · Exiting the FRIENDZONE — Hank says he has been in the friend zone himself, and teases that John, given his romantic past, has been there even more. (playful) — 00:01:26
  • 2012-03-24 · Disgusting Cookies - The 2012 Hungry Games — Hank: Listing the good-pile fillings, Hank includes 'John's favorite, a Peep'. (joke) — 00:00:57
  • 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank proposes that his title at 'Vlogbrothers Enterprises' become 'Hank Green, President of Space, Nerdfighteria' and asks John whether he can be president of space. (playful) — 00:01:01
  • 2012-04-12 (said on 2012-04-13, implied) · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — announcement: Hank says this video is part of a series he calls 'vlog extra days in April', which he hopes John will join. — 00:00:01
  • 2012-04-20 · Thoughts on Growing up — Hank thanks John for his well-received video answering questions on sex and relationships; out of sibling rivalry he answers Facebook and Twitter questions on adulthood and growing up. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — Hank says the project with John taught him that he likes to collaborate and be on a team, though none of his collaborators is as good as John. — 00:02:51
  • 2012-07-06 (said on 2012-07-07, implied) · The Higgs Boson — Hank says the field makes everything we love possible, from fireworks to dolphins to the ocean to your boyfriend, across a universe with no edge. (playful) — 00:03:21
  • 2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — Hank says he reads books very differently from John: he thinks about what they do to him, not how, and constant analysis would keep a book from doing its work. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — Hank says John was terribly unfair to single out Clarisse as unrealistic in a novel full of unrealistic characters; as a professional constructor of fake teenagers John may be hypersensitive; Hank likes her. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — Hank sings that driving in a van he told John 'dude, no edge': the universe has no center and no edge and doesn't exist in any way we can conceive. (playful) — 00:01:19
  • 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — announcement: Hank tells John that, after 385 weeks on bookstore shelves, Looking for Alaska was on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time last week (week of 9 July 2012). — 00:02:52
  • 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: When Esther was really sick, John told her the brothers wanted to celebrate her birthday every year the channel existed; after about two weeks she chose a day for saying 'I love you' to family and friends. — 00:02:19
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank says they now have a database of 5,000 Nerdfighters to photo-mosaic into anything, such as Mario, a TARDIS, John Green or Matt Damon, whom he loves. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank: On John's birthday and the eve of the 1,000th video, Hank says he is grateful, thankful and proud of all they have done together. — 00:02:11
  • 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
  • 2012-10-05 · 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song — announcement: Hank: Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. — 00:01:29
  • 2012-10-05 · 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song — Hank thanks John for helping him make a bunch of cool stuff. — 00:03:08
  • 2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos — Hank says he is happy to do educational video with John and many other great creators some viewers may not know, and shows some of them. — 00:00:58
  • 2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos — Hank: Nothing excites Hank more right now than revolutionizing how and what we teach; he thinks he and John are part of that innovation and lucky to be there. (hedged) — 00:03:25
  • 2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — announcement: John: For about the next 72 hours, six variations Hank made on Valerie2776's original Pizza John shirt design are on pre-order at DFTBA.com, then disappear forever. — 00:03:01
  • 2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — Hank is thankful for John, who always drives him to do new and difficult things, is raising a wonderful family and says wise things on Tumblr. — 00:03:32
  • 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

2013

Also named in: Best Moments of the Project for Awesome

2014

  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says the Harry Potter Alliance fights inequality and illiteracy and once worked with Nerdfighteria to send five airplanes of medical supplies to Haiti after the earthquake. — 00:01:07
  • 2014-05-23 · My Freakish Talent — announcement: Hank recalls that last year (2013) he and John ran a census of Nerdfighteria to know the community and let it know itself; it helps decide focus, tour stops and new shows, with the goal of making Nerdfighteria better. — 00:02:48
  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank reports that slightly more respondents have read J. K. Rowling's books than John Green's, and something like 92% have read The Fault in Our Stars. (hedged) — 00:02:46
  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — announcement: Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. (hedged) — 00:02:58
  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — announcement: Hank congratulates John and says he is getting on a plane tomorrow to come to John's premiere. — 00:03:39
  • 2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank says Vlogbrothers has done the opposite from the start: his real office, no makeup, T-shirts from a local printer with the process shown, set videos, and how both brothers feel. — 00:02:39
  • 2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — ask: Hank tells John he is proud of him and urges everyone to see the movie on the day it comes out in their country. — 00:03:38
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank finds John and notes his own badge has higher clearance than John's. (playful) — 00:01:42
  • 2014-06-27 · My Day Before VidCon — Hank: After rehearsal, John goes off to do an Ear Biscuit. — 00:02:26
  • 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: In June 2008 John missed a video and had to eat a sandwich made of lard and protein meal. — 00:02:12
  • 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 2013 Grace Helbig became the first non-brother punished, for a video over four minutes during John's paternity leave; though it was unclear the rules applied to her, she slapped herself. — 00:02:46
  • 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
  • 2014-08-03 · Happy Esther Day! — Hank tells John he loves him: John is a good brother and person, Hank is lucky to have him, and John makes him better and has good values. — 00:00:03
  • 2014-08-03 · Happy Esther Day! — Hank says John apparently told people at LeakyCon that Hank had a problem with showering at age 10 — true, but John could have kept it to himself. (playful) — 00:00:20
  • 2014-08-03 · Happy Esther Day! — Hank explains Esther Day: in 2010 John asked Esther Earl, a nerdfighter who helped inspire The Fault in Our Stars, what the community should do on her birthday; she chose love in families and friendships, not romance. — 00:00:35
  • 2014-08-03 · Happy Esther Day! — Hank recalls that John last year (2013) called Esther Day a Valentine's Day for the rest of love. — 00:00:51
  • 2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank has a head cold, but John has just come home from hospital with viral meningitis, so Hank will suck it up and try to entertain him. — 00:00:01
  • 2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank tells confused viewers that John, his brother, got viral meningitis last week (week of 28 July 2014); he is home from hospital and fine, though still in significant pain. — 00:01:46
  • 2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank says John has now missed three videos through hospitalisation: orbital cellulitis (an infection behind his eyeball), gallbladder removal, and now viral meningitis. — 00:02:16
  • 2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank really hopes to see John on Tuesday because he doesn't want to do this by himself anymore. (hedged) — 00:03:46
  • 2014-09-12 · Hanging with High School Hank — Hank: Emptying his bookshelf, Hank goes through the bottom shelf where he has kept his memory stuff and nostalgia. — 00:00:02
  • 2014-09-12 · Hanging with High School Hank — Hank finds his Magic cards and a $200 check from John that he never deposited; John's signature was different then. — 00:02:52
  • 2014-09-12 · Hanging with High School Hank — Hank finds Brotherhood 2.0 art and many photos of himself as a little kid, including one of him and John asleep on a couch. — 00:03:24
  • 2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — Jaz Sinclair: Asked whether John is a good executive producer, Jaz Sinclair says he does so much. (playful) — 00:00:46
  • 2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank recounts that in 2010 the brothers did shows on BlogTV, a now-defunct live-streaming platform; busy John often ate during them, and Nerdfighters mocked him with a Facebook group of pictures of John eating. — 00:00:38
  • 2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank says Pizza John began when John, in a video about Pakistan, slowly shaved his Movember beard, ending with a few seconds of mustache, crazy eyes and big hair; Hank dates it to 2011. — 00:01:32
  • 2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank: A nerdfighter screencapped that moment; Valerie2776, now the brothers' community manager, adjusted the contrast, traced it in Illustrator and made it white on red: that was Pizza John. — 00:01:44
  • 2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank: Valerie2776 posted it on her blog; John saw it and said he wanted it as a shirt, so they made one and some, not many, people bought it. — 00:01:57
  • 2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health — announcement: Hank lists perks: a replica of the An Imperial Affliction prop (seven pages, written by John, as Shailene Woodley reads in the movie) and a P4A-only green special edition of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:02:09

Also named in: Ranting about Books, What is The Oldest Song?, BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town!

2015

Also named in: Announcing NerdCon: Stories

2016

Also named in: 47 YouTubers Laugh Without Smiling, Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge

2017

2018

  • 2018-01-12 · 5 Songs You've Never Heard That You've Heard 1000 Times — ask: The description tells viewers this is their last chance to take the Nerdfighteria Census. — video description
  • 2018-01-19 · Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. — Hank: When a Bitcoin reached thousands of dollars, John kept emailing Hank that someone had once sent them a Bitcoin; Hank called it ridiculous and told him to stop having weird dreams. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-01-19 · Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. — recommendation: Hank recommends the article about Partners In Health linked in the description, a wonderful half hour; John shared it and it changed how Hank thinks about a lot. — 00:03:02
  • 2018-01-19 · Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. — Hank thanks John for finding their Bitcoin and still cannot believe John was right. (playful) — 00:03:10
  • 2018-01-19 · Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. — announcement: Hank has done the Nerdfighteria Census analysis; it is on Hank's channel, long and very interesting. — 00:03:17
  • 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? — Hank is pleased, honored and proud to have the book in the real world, feels very lucky, and thanks John for his support and kind words about it. — 00:03:09
  • 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
  • 2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank holds Question Tuesday on a Friday, complaining that John always gets to do question videos just because he posts on Tuesdays. (playful) — 00:00:04
  • 2018-02-23 · Dear Young People, You Terrify Me — Hank says he and John have both been shying away from cultural criticism on the channel, as he feels drawn to stability and to compassion for people who are intolerant without knowing it. — video description
  • 2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank misses believing that whatever John thought was cool was cool; he thinks our habit of making up our own minds about everything is the weird way, bringing stress, anxiety and maybe depression, and that a little more faith in other people's tastes would be more relaxing. (hedged) — video description
  • 2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank quote-tweeted it: his older brother thought it was a good idea to make video blogs, which Hank stresses is not an exaggeration. — 00:00:28
  • 2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank: Though John is not particularly musical, Hank says he has extremely good taste in music: every band he got Hank into was far better than a random selection. — 00:01:10
  • 2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank remembers John and Matt Brown bringing They Might Be Giants' album Flood into the house and playing it in Dad's giant CD player. — 00:01:28
  • 2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank: The band's lack of pretension and lean into enthusiasm and effort has maybe infected Hank's entire life, an infection that started with something John brought home. (hedged) — 00:03:12
  • 2018-03-09 · John's Best Gift to Me — Hank: The band has been a lifelong gift to enjoy and be inspired by; John didn't know he was giving it, but Hank thanks him anyway. — 00:03:36
  • 2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — Hank calls the video both advice and an apology to everyone, including John: he is sorry he is late all the time. — 00:03:19
  • 2018-04-13 · Who is in Control? — Hank thanks John and Taha Khan for advising him and helping him get things right, and Grant of 3Blue1Brown for the neural network image. — video description
  • 2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John: Besides those books, John wrote half of Will Grayson, Will Grayson and one third of Let It Snow. — 00:00:56
  • 2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — announcement: Hank says John's first book, published two years before John proposed making video blogs on YouTube, kept doing better and, now 13 years old, is becoming an eight-episode Hulu miniseries. — 00:00:01
  • 2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — Hank: A Hulu series is very cool and happens to basically no one, but Hank tells John nothing they have done beats finding joy in making stuff, a great community to make it in, and maybe some faith in humanity. (hedged) — 00:03:31
  • 2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — Hank thanks John for his pea video: his main problem with it is that it is very difficult to live up to, a beautiful thing. (playful) — 00:00:02
  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank: Reenacting how he read John's title 'How does this end?', Hank goes from calm to growling and answers: it ends in death, a word for which John once gave him. (playful) — 00:00:19
  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — John Green (quoted): John texts back that the word is eschatology, which covers the whole human apocalypse, not just individual death; eschatological anxiety is fear of apocalyptic events. — 00:01:20
  • 2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank: The comments left on John's video after he asked what people get out of Vlogbrothers were life-giving to Hank; he can return to them whenever he needs a lift, and thanks John and the commenters. — 00:03:30
  • 2018-07-13 · Why Do So Few Countries Have Nukes? — Hank: John's last video, on huge shifts in global power causing short-term catastrophe, made Hank think how deeply wonderful it is that we have got through 73 years as a nuclear species without destroying ourselves. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Dad was at PodCon, will come again, and says it was great. — 00:03:05
  • 2018-07-24 · Other John Greens — John: Calling himself an expert on people named John Green after 40 years, John introduces six of his favourite John Greens who aren't him. (playful) — 00:00:15
  • 2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank tells John he loves and appreciates him, that John will always be a big deal to him, and that he wants to work to keep John in his life. — 00:00:10
  • 2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank: Asked the weirdest thing he has caught John doing, Hank says nothing, besides sponsoring a third-tier English soccer team. (playful) — 00:00:34
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank writes that what you put out does not necessarily equal what gets brought in: John is kind, thoughtful and careful, yet most of his GIFs show him angry, upset or frustrated. — video description
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank wishes John happy birthday; John sent a photo of himself wearing Hank's birthday present, and Hank is glad he likes it. — 00:00:03
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank calls John a stunning 41-year-old man, which he guesses is middle age, but who cares. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:08
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank says John's age doesn't matter given all the wonderful and great things he has done, and that he is proud of him. — 00:00:14
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — announcement: Hank: To celebrate John's career, Hank presents John's life 'as decided by the hive mind': the top 10 GIFs from searching John's name in Twitter's GIF search. — 00:00:19
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank: Number 6 shows John frustrated; Hank rates it ten out of ten because John actually injured himself filming it. — 00:01:08
  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank toasts John's wonderful, wide-ranging life and career and is sure many more GIF-able moments are coming. — 00:02:33
  • 2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — Hank: Asked for the robot car chase scene John will never write, Hank says he is looking for ideas and inspiration can come from anywhere, so maybe. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:17
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank says press people have invariably asked him whether there is a sense of competition with John and whether he will compare his book's success with John's books. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank: It has never occurred to Hank that his book will sell as well as John's, not because it is ridiculous, which it is, but because he doesn't imagine his success in relation to John's. — 00:00:31
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank says the comparison has not happened between him and John, and he can't say why. (unsure) — 00:01:53
  • 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 — Hank feels that every time something good happens to John, it is a good thing happening to him. (hedged) — 00:02:23
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank: The Wall Street Journal reporter also asked whether John was planning projects to promote the book; Hank guessed probably. — 00:02:23
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank says he did not expect this, and thanks John for being the platonic ideal of a supportive older brother. — 00:02:52
  • 2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank thanks John for his support all his life and for supporting this hard, weird, different thing he made, which he is excited to see in the world. — 00:02:52
  • 2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank says the best part of the tour has been hanging out with his brother. — 00:03:38
  • 2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Hank says that line is one he stole from John, and that he asked first. — 00:01:00
  • 2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Hank's favorite quote from a John Green book is 'imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia', which he calls really good. — 00:01:00
  • 2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Hank: Now that both are authors, Hank says he is the science one and John is the old one. (playful) — 00:01:58
  • 2018-10-19 · This is the scariest graph I've ever seen — announcement: Hank congratulates John on launching Life's Library: it got its first thousand people and is now open for sign-ups; Hank has signed up himself. — 00:03:14
  • 2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — Hank: At the farmer's market someone asked if he was the author Hank Green; as usual he said no, that's John, but they had just read his book and liked it; Hank says being an author hadn't really sunk in that way yet. (playful) — 00:00:22
  • 2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank thanks John for yesterday's video but says it didn't stop him from constantly refreshing his feed last night, and he is still doing it. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank: Long ago Hank made an internet trivia game, Truth or Fail; it was great but relied on YouTube annotations, so it is now literally impossible. — 00:00:58
  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank tells John how important John's perspective has been to how he lives: John's energy added to his, and the focus John gave him, without which he doesn't know what he would be. — 00:01:27
  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank recalls that in 2011, when YouTube considered funding higher-budget channels, he and John could pitch ideas; in a recently found chat he had a dozen ideas, from top-10 shows to Pilates, chasing views. — 00:01:47
  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — John Green (quoted): In that 2011 chat John wrote that he wanted to do things that change the world and that YouTube will buy into, focusing on ideas YouTube would pay for that would also change the world. — 00:02:10
  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says he has never had too few ideas, but John helped him realize that a good idea isn't good unless it does good. — 00:02:33
  • 2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank thanks John for a video that reminded him to schedule a haircut; he can tell it's time when his hair invades his ear canal. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank: Echoing John's last video, Hank says he loves every individual thing he is doing. — 00:02:36
  • 2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank says that, as next week's (week of 19 November 2018) Dear Hank and John will show, he and John agree with Kurt Vonnegut that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance; Hank doesn't mind maintenance but prefers building. — 00:02:36
  • 2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — announcement: Hank: Because John wants to make a Project for Awesome video this week (week of 3 December 2018), Hank takes John's Tuesday video and John takes Hank's Friday video. — 00:00:13
  • 2018-12-14 · Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity — Hank: Asked when he and John were first in a Vlogbrothers video together, Hank guesses it was in the Dominican Republic. (speculative) — 00:02:55
  • 2018-12-21 · The Psychology of Package Thieves — Hank assumes John has seen Mark Rober's amazing new video, in which Rober builds a bait package that explodes glitter on people who steal it; its engineering is very good. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-12-21 · The Psychology of Package Thieves — announcement: Hank reminds viewers that John won't have a video next Tuesday (25 December 2018) because that day is Christmas. — 00:03:44

Also named in: The Parable of the Perfect Pot

2019

  • 2019-01-22 · Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow — John says the headlines' 'John Green novel' is not a John Green novel: in 2007 and 2008 he, Lauren Myracle and Maureen Johnson wrote Let It Snow together. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-01-22 · Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle's Let It Snow — John insists Let It Snow is exactly as much Lauren's and Maureen's book as his. — 00:00:58
  • 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says John's Tuesday video included clips of hockey, soccer and football games John did not own, and one company owning some of them blocked it on YouTube. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank says it is good that safe harbor laws spare YouTube responsibility for creators' dumb decisions, since even trustable creators like John and him can't be trusted not to break the law. (playful) — 00:06:47
  • 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank judges John's video probably not fair use, but argues it was excellent FA Cup promotion and even the English Football Association would agree it is better up than blocked. (hedged) — 00:09:05
  • 2019-02-01 · We Have Destroyed Copyright Law — Hank hints that, if John looks closely, he might be able to watch his blocked Tuesday video, slightly modified. (hedged) — 00:12:07
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — Hank notes John didn't post on Tuesday: they had said they would take vacation days, and now one has actually happened and Hank is adjusting. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — announcement: Hank says John is in Sierra Leone with Partners In Health, seeing how individuals and the whole community might help make life easier there, especially for pregnant people and babies. — 00:00:31
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — Hank says John had poor internet and little free time for a video, and Hank looks forward to hearing what happened in Sierra Leone. — 00:00:58
  • 2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — announcement: Hank says all of his and John's after-tax DFTBA profits will go to charity, probably to help do a project with Partners In Health. (hedged) — 00:01:15
  • 2019-04-19 · Making your Nothings into Somethings — The description says John's intentionality is wonderful but Hank doesn't know how possible it is for him: he doesn't like making decisions. — video description
  • 2019-05-03 · What Game of Thrones is Really About — Hank: Unlike a soccer game or a battle, where someone wins, against global warming we will spend resources indefinitely, not to win but to make life on average a little better. — 00:04:41
  • 2019-05-17 · Keanu. — Hank notes John has a thing for Keanu Reeves and will someday make his own Keanu video; this video is only about the one Colbert interview. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2019-05-17 · Keanu. — Hank tells John that he now sees what John sees in Keanu. — 00:03:36
  • 2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — Hank thanks John for the years of practice and jokes that his advice to John would be to write a soccer novel. (playful) — 00:03:29
  • 2019-06-18 · Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! — a guest: A guest says John is way funnier than people think, has more 'drip' than you'd expect, knows all the new music and is very hip. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — announcement: Hank announces a very short tour with John in Madison, Wisconsin and Minneapolis, Minnesota, doing live podcasts, one of them with Katherine. — 00:02:21
  • 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — announcement: Hank: John will do The Anthropocene Reviewed and the brothers a live Dear Hank and John; Hank calls it a Minitour. — 00:03:01
  • 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — announcement: Hank: Pricier tickets include meeting the brothers afterward, and all the tour's money will support the community's work improving maternal health in Sierra Leone. — 00:03:01
  • 2019-08-03 · I Love John: Esther Day 2019 — Hank tells John that he, his brother, loves him and thanks him for being a good brother. — 00:00:12
  • 2019-08-03 · I Love John: Esther Day 2019 — Hank tells John he appreciates him: a good person, hard worker and great dad; he loves him and loves working with him. — 00:03:01
  • 2019-08-16 · ...Not My Proudest Moment — Hank: John's video about almost failing a class until his teacher stopped it reminded Hank that exactly the same thing happened to him. — 00:00:00
  • 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
  • 2019-09-27 · Crisis — Hank says he and John are proper middle-aged men and should know how to deal with this. (playful) — 00:00:30
  • 2019-10-04 · In Defense of Bad Flags — ask: Hank tells viewers who haven't seen John's last video that this one is nothing to it: leave and click the card. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-10-08 · Looking for Alaska (...with Alaska) — a guest: Asked if they know how John feels about Keanu Reeves, a guest answers that John Green loves Keanu Reeves. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says, having not mentioned it on the channel, that DFTBA now gives all the profit distributions that would go to him and John to charity. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — Hank says John, mostly, and he have worked on the project a long time and been careful: if asking many people for money and risking their own, they want the best impact. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — ask: Hank says advising donors is a little what he and John try to do, and invites people to email hankandjohn@gmail.com so they can help them make the most of their dollars. — 00:02:11
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says Pizzamas starts next week (week of 28 October 2019), when he and John go back to 2007 vlogbrothers and make videos every day, so he will see John on Monday. — 00:03:33

2020

  • 2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank says that over ten years he and John have grown less interested in optimizing the channel for growth and new audiences; newcomers are welcome, but they aren't trying to grow it. — 00:00:26
  • 2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank says he and John gradually realized you don't need a million nails to build a house: the channel isn't about the biggest number under the video but about doing, creating and thinking together. — 00:02:13
  • 2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — Hank says he'll see John right now, because they are on tour together. — 00:03:36
  • 2020-01-14 · Foolish · Beautiful — announcement: Hank says he will send John the book, probably on Monday. (hedged) — 00:02:54
  • 2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — announcement: Hank says that is part of why DFTBA now gives all of his and John's profit to the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone. — 00:01:06
  • 2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE — Hank says he was watching John's 2011 video of signing The Fault in Our Stars very quickly, when John was a little frazzled, and admits he is a little frazzled too. — 00:00:50
  • 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
  • 2020-04-07 · I am an artist. — John: For a year before they dated, John and Sarah wrote hundreds of pages of emails about art, books, movies and their days; the book Sarah made of those emails is the most important in their library. — 00:00:33
  • 2020-04-24 · The Sharpest Tool in the Shed — John Green (quoted): Hank recalls John telling him he has tried every permanent marker there is and that Sharpie makes the best marker. — 00:02:32
  • 2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — Hank: At John's suggestion Hank heads to a big ball, though not actually: he is home in Montana and shows a road trip from just before things got hinky. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — Hank's route passed an attraction John had shared with him and that Hank had wanted to visit for about a decade. — 00:00:29
  • 2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — Hank tells John that Michael brought him up unprompted. — 00:02:04
  • 2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — Michael Carmichael: Michael says he wants to get a picture of John to put up. — 00:02:04
  • 2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — Hank says we all influence each other, but John would not have thought he could influence this man enough to bring him up unprompted. — 00:02:40
  • 2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — ask: Hank says he kept telling Michael what a big fan John is, and tells John that once this is all over he needs to go see Michael. — 00:02:40
  • 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
  • 2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank: Orin made Hank a rock sculpture of a ladybug on a leaf and a card with a spiral, which Hank thinks John would appreciate. — 00:03:26
  • 2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank thanks John for doing things for him and everyone for doing things for each other: that is the real stuff. — 00:03:26
  • 2020-05-29 · Get Paid — Hank can't believe John made a TikTok, and already has way more followers there than Hank. (playful) — 00:03:27
  • 2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: The description lists the July 6 ticketed event at The Town Hall with The Strand, with special guest John Green, and the free July 7 Vlogbrothers YouTube launch. — video description
  • 2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank tells John it is 25 days until July 7, when the Carl saga concludes and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is released. — 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
  • 2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank announces an all-digital book tour, so everyone can come: ticketed events July 6 with John, July 8 with Ashley Ford, July 9 with Roman Mars and July 10 with Cory Doctorow, with local bookstores. — 00:03:28
  • 2020-06-19 · Only Shooting Stars — announcement: The description lists the registration-only tour stops July 6-10 with John, Ashley C. Ford, Roman Mars and Cory Doctorow, plus the free July 7 YouTube launch. — video description
  • 2020-06-26 · You Might as Well Swim! — Hank reminds John that as kids at the beach he stepped on a dead Portuguese man o' war and was in pain for a full day. — 00:00:29
  • 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: The virtual book tour is still happening; more at hankgreen.com. — 00:02:35
  • 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
  • 2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — ask: Hank asks ticket holders to check their inbox for an email from The Strand, the bookstore hosting the event, to make sure they are still signed up. — 00:02:44
  • 2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — Hank really appreciates the positive feedback from John and from early readers. — 00:03:05
  • 2020-07-24 · Could I Spare some Change for Gas? — announcement: Hank: For a change of pace Hank sits in his yard and, taking a cue from John, answers viewer questions Question Tuesday style. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-07-24 · Could I Spare some Change for Gas? — Hank thanks John for being part of that curiosity, making stuff and love. — 00:03:33
  • 2020-07-24 · Could I Spare some Change for Gas? — announcement: Hank will see John not this Tuesday (28 July 2020) but next, because John is taking Tuesday off. — 00:03:33
  • 2020-07-31 · Your Brain Gets Smart, but Your Head Gets Dumb — announcement: Hank: Answering a viewer asking why John posted no video on Tuesday, a channel comment says John is fine and just took the day off. — creator comment
  • 2020-09-25 · i said yep — announcement: Hank tells John and everybody that he is not making a video today. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank reflects that we don't know what we sign up for: John asked him to do this in 2007, he said yep, and here they are in 2020. — 00:01:19
  • 2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank says he and John had something to do with what it is, but they are so lucky it was possible, and it was only possible because of the people who give them their attention. — 00:01:45
  • 2020-10-02 (said on 2020-10-01, implied) · I ain't she was with well and I so and it's and but so and I'll and — Hank says the more important reason was that both brothers wanted to prove they really don't want to grow the channel anymore; saying it differs from enacting a policy that limits growth. — 00:01:30
  • 2020-10-02 (said on 2020-10-01, implied) · I ain't she was with well and I so and it's and but so and I'll and — announcement: Hank says they finished the video before Pizzamas: for the next two weeks from Monday he and John will trade videos every weekday, as in 2007. — 00:03:13
  • 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
  • 2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John loves seeing people draw circles in response to his circle drawings; a Pizzamas t-shirt is such a drawing, made by a nerdfighter named Kimmy. — 00:01:56
  • 2020-10-08 · The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain — Hank recalls that he and John grew up going to Rax on days they had been good, when Wendy's wasn't good enough, to split a soft, gooey cookie. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-10-08 · The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain — In a channel comment John welcomes the many visitors arriving from Reddit, warns this is probably the peak of their Rax content, and points them to Pizzamas. — creator comment
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John: Dropping Alice off, John asked if she minded him wearing his Pizzamas mask; she suggested maybe he could wear it later. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — announcement: John says the mask has been one of the most popular Pizzamas items, along with the Three John Pizza Moon shirt. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John says Rax hosted a huge share of the brothers' childhood: he can still picture a Rax's exact layout, including the quasi-greenhouse room off its side. — 00:00:29
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John: Growing up in 1980s Orlando, from their Rax's greenhouse the brothers could see the house of the 'Rax Guy', whose fence signs called the government tyranny and pushed conspiracy theories about lizard people. — 00:01:21
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John: Even though John knew lizard people didn't run the government, the Rax Guy's worldview still affected him. — 00:01:50
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John's first remembered obsessive experience was the worry that no one else on Earth was a real person like him, but aliens in human costumes; it tortured him for years as a kid. — 00:02:20
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John: The Rax Guy didn't cause John's OCD, which he would have had anyway, but he shaped the particular worry that took over John's life at seven and eight. — 00:02:49
  • 2020-10-09 · The Rax Guy — John's point: information feeds shape us, his as a kid going to Rax in 1985 and his today; what you do with your attention is, in the end, what you do with your life. — 00:02:49
  • 2020-10-12 · What Matters — announcement: The description announces that Pizzamas week 2 begins. — video description
  • 2020-10-12 · What Matters — Hank closes with a jingle for the Pizzamas fanny pack, with a zipper in the front and a zipper in the back. (playful) — 00:03:46
  • 2020-10-13 (said on 2020-10-05, implied) · Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle — John announces his mustache is back, a Pizzamas miracle, adding that not all miracles are good. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2020-10-13 (said on 2020-10-05, implied) · Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle — ask: John asks viewers to get Pizzamas gear at pizzamas.com, available only for a few more days, with all proceeds going to charity. — 00:00:29
  • 2020-10-14 · John Predicts the Future! — Hank expected John's video predicting eight days ahead not to be interesting, since that's too short, but found it hugely interesting. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-10-14 · John Predicts the Future! — The description asks whether this counts as a collab video; Hank still really misses Brotherhood 2.0 and is happy Pizzamas exists. (playful) — video description
  • 2020-10-14 · John Predicts the Future! — Hank disagrees with John that the pandemic was an unknown unknown: it was a known unknown, something we knew could happen. — 00:02:26
  • 2020-10-15 · Civilization and the Lies We Love — recommendation: In a channel comment John highly recommends the Pizzamas hoodie, which is swaddling him as he types. (playful) — creator comment
  • 2020-10-16 · Still Riding a Big Wave that I Do not and Cannot Know — Hank accepts the adage that it is better to have a great wave than to be a great surfer: he built a career riding several significant waves without knowing how to ride waves. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-10-16 · Still Riding a Big Wave that I Do not and Cannot Know — Hank says he and John think about it so much that they do it in a way he is comfortable with and feels is ultimately good. — 00:01:35
  • 2020-10-16 · Still Riding a Big Wave that I Do not and Cannot Know — announcement: Hank says Pizzamas is over, which is wild: there are a bunch of videos he wanted to make and didn't. — 00:02:23
  • 2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — announcement: Hank announces that he and John are launching the Awesome Socks Club (on Monday, 23 November 2020), a subscription sending a different pair of socks each month of 2021, each designed by a different independent artist. — 00:01:40
  • 2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says starting a collaborative video blog back in 2006 was his idea. — 00:00:00
  • 2020-12-18 · How to Change What you Want — Hank had a great phone chat with John this week (week of 14 December 2020) and wants to share insights the brothers have developed together over the years but may never have discussed. — 00:00:00

2021

  • 2021-02-12 · Doing Better — Hank recalls that a couple of years ago John called him to pitch an idea, unusually since Hank is usually the one pitching; it was big, uncomfortable and really good. — 00:00:03
  • 2021-02-12 · Doing Better — Hank: When John asked him a few years ago to give a significant share of his current money and promise much of his future earnings to people seeking the best solutions, Hank swallowed hard and said yes. — 00:02:35
  • 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
  • 2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Hank: Though no Guinness representative can confirm it, Hank is fairly certain John has signed his name more than anyone else on Earth, maybe more than anyone who ever existed. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Hank says John is now upwards of 600,000 signatures. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Hank jokes that, unlike authors whose signatures are worth a fortune, John has the least valuable signature of any author in the world. (playful) — 00:00:58
  • 2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Hank: Signing an entire print run was not a thing before John decided it could be; it was hard, but John and the people at Penguin made it happen. — 00:03:00
  • 2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Hank: This reflects John's habit of imagining different ways of doing things, which Hank thinks the new book reflects better than any of his previous books. — 00:03:29
  • 2021-05-07 · Are We The Same Person? — Hank: The brothers have different skills and are energized by different things: John often reins Hank in, while Hank often draws John out. — 00:00:47
  • 2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank: In a comment reply Hank says John's videos tend to get more views, but the most viewed videos tend to be Hank's, because he makes more meant to go viral. (playful) — creator comment
  • 2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank reports Alexandre Daly's analysis of the transcripts on the Nerdfighteria wiki, about 600 per brother: John and Hank each average 759 words per video. — 00:00:10
  • 2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank argues that an exactly equal count means more than a shared goal: they pursue it in the same way, having settled into a nearly identical pace of speech. — 00:01:05
  • 2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank: Despite his last video, Hank says the brothers are not the same people: Vlogbrothers is cool because they experience the world very differently but share many values. — 00:02:05
  • 2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — announcement: Hank: John's virtual book tour runs May 17, 18, 19 and 22; tickets include a copy of the book, shipped or picked up at a partner store, chosen by store or guest host. — 00:03:24
  • 2021-05-21 · The 19 Best Facts — Hank spent a lot of time this week (week of 17 May 2021) trying to follow John's very good, very emotional video with something deep and profound, but is too overwhelmed for it right now. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Hank notes John, not very active on Twitter, is a little more active than he used to be, and welcomes him back. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Hank: Twitter offers a followable 'John Green actor' topic for John, an inaccurate one; Hank doesn't follow it, since following his brother as a topic is too much. (playful) — 00:00:09
  • 2021-06-04 · Is Twitter Redeemable? — Hank: Knowing John may disagree, Hank thinks he can stay on Twitter and bring perspective on how to use the platform better. — 00:01:22
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank found in his Gchat archives the story of how John told him the most impactful idea they ever had, in a chat on September 26, 2010. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — John Green (quoted): In the chat John proposes a hilarious, fun five-minute video with lots of visual aids covering the whole French Revolution, which no one in education treats as interesting. — 00:00:15
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — John Green (quoted): John's chat calls the deal made in an indoor tennis court the most interesting moment in world history, except for when the prince of Nepal became a serial killer. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank replied that it was a great idea, John said he would do it, and that, Hank says, is how Crash Course was born. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank admits he left something out: John wanted that video to be their entire pitch to [redacted] and other venture capitalists. (playful) — 00:00:51
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank says they were sure Crash Course could have impact but could not imagine funding it without traditional venture capital. — 00:00:51
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank: Thanks partly to John advocating for Crash Course over Hank's terrible other ideas, they never had to take investment, which kept Crash Course focused on staying free. — 00:01:12
  • 2021-06-25 · The Surprising Origin of Crash Course — Hank: More than 10 years in, Hank says they are excited to keep finding ways to lower barriers to learning, and tells John it was a great idea. — 00:03:39
  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — announcement: John: Tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, This Star Won't Go Out's annual gala is virtual and free, with special guests including Sarah Urist Green and chances to donate. — 00:01:27
  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — ask: John: In a P.S. John says he really hopes to see viewers at tonight's Esther Day Gala, linked in the description. — 00:03:25
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John's example is Pizza John: does he own it because it is his face from a screenshot of his video, or Valerie because they made the design? And who owns it when Alice makes one? — 00:01:27
  • 2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — Hank: The AI wistfully recalls pepperoncini and mushroom pizzas eaten while living in Ohio, which Hank calls hardcore John Green vibes. (playful) — 00:03:00
  • 2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — announcement: Hank: Two other things Hank and John wanted out by Christmas won't be, which is frustrating; Hank says they will happen eventually and be greater for the wait. — 00:02:39
  • 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
  • 2021-10-01 · A Lie I Heard this Week — Hank says humans have many biases, and he didn't understand that we are bad at dealing with ongoing long-term crises until John spent time helping him understand it. — 00:02:45
  • 2021-10-01 · A Lie I Heard this Week — Hank says that because John did that work, they have raised tens of millions of dollars for Partners In Health, and donors, Awesome Socks Club members, Pizzamas buyers and community members were all part of it. — 00:02:53
  • 2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John wonders how something Valerie designed all those years ago turned into all of this, and says he is so, so grateful. — 00:03:28
  • 2021-10-05 · Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? — Hank wishes John a happy Pizzamas and shows his shirt with little slices of pizza, John's face and the word pizza: a little warm, but perfect. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-10-13 · The Web of Care — Hank: Since speed is relative, Hank tells John that to him and probably many viewers any speed after 16 miles of running is effectively infinite, so John's 17 miles were not slow. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-10-13 · The Web of Care — Hank finds John's willpower to keep exercising inspirational: he hasn't managed it but John makes him feel he could; John is a pretty inspirational guy. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-10-13 · The Web of Care — Hank was reminded of this by the latest episode of the podcast Heavyweight, titled "John", in which John is the John in question, and is amazed John still had that story after 15 years online. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-10-13 · The Web of Care — Hank says John has cared for years about a person he would have had no connection with but for a peculiar, specific moment in his life. — 00:02:07
  • 2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says the coupon was John's idea if you don't like it, and also John's idea if you do; he only clicked the buttons. (joke) — 00:02:26
  • 2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank reminds John that 'Good morning, John' is how the videos start: John can't throw it in a couple of sentences into a video and not hear about it. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-11-19 · How do We Get Anything Done At All? — recommendation: Hank: Having time left the next day, Hank tells viewers to watch John's video from last week (week of 8 November 2021), which was lovely, thoughtful and beautiful and touched him. — 00:03:02
  • 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 — Hank says John has long talked to him about Crown Hill Cemetery, the highest point in Indianapolis. — 00:00:00
  • 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
  • 2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — Hank thanks John for showing him around and says John is becoming a legitimate Crown Hill tour guide. (playful) — 00:03:26
  • 2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — Hank says maybe being a Crown Hill tour guide will eventually be John's job. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:26
  • 2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John notes that he and Hank are still together in person. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-12-10 · 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

2022

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
  • 2023-01-13 · Why is There an Egg Shortage (And More) — Hank thanks John for joining him in their brand new format, which he is sure they will bring back, but today does something else. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2023-01-13 · Why is There an Egg Shortage (And More) — Hank tells John that after 16 years he still loves making videos with him; he doesn't know why it is so much fun, but he likes it. — 00:03:50
  • 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
  • 2023-01-20 · Behind the Scenes in the Deep Sea — Hank notes that for the last few videos John has copied whatever he did (low-budget Bo Burnham, a Google autofill video) and calls it cheating, or at least lazy. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • 2023-01-20 · Behind the Scenes in the Deep Sea — announcement: Hank: To make it hard for John to copy him, Hank takes him behind the scenes of one of the most advanced aquarium exhibits in the world. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • 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
  • 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — Hank gift-wrapped the Peeps labelled to open on P4A day one, but his son thought they were a present, opened them at John's house and ate them. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — Hank says he and John both crunched a lemon on the stream, and it went badly both times. (playful) — 00:02:56
  • 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — announcement: Hank: Committing to the bit, the brothers decided to make Rax a priority: having long talked about Rax without going, they are going to go to a Rax. — 00:05:45
  • 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — Hank calls it a truly magical P4A and thanks everyone who was part of it, in whatever way, and John. — 00:17:44
  • 2023-03-24 · The Two Reasons Why Humans Have Such Bad Backs — Hank is sorry to hear about John's back, hopes he feels better, and did a lot of research on herniated discs, since that's kind of his thing. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-03-24 · The Two Reasons Why Humans Have Such Bad Backs — Hank says he and John have very similar genetics and lifestyles, so he is now scared and will watch for the warning signs. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2023-03-24 · The Two Reasons Why Humans Have Such Bad Backs — Hank tells John he is sure this didn't help his pain at all, but it is pretty much all he knows how to do in a situation like this. — 00:03:50
  • 2023-03-28 · My Tuberculosis Reading List — Replying to a viewer hoping he feels better, John says he is massively better after injections, maybe not a permanent solution but a good one. — creator comment
  • 2023-04-07 · Getting One Million LinkedIn Followers — Hank says that after he took off on TikTok John joined and they now share it, but LinkedIn is his. (playful) — 00:03:42
  • 2023-04-14 · The Organism that Broke Biology — Hank admires John's effort to get nerds to like sports; he long thought John was trying too hard, but weekly AFC Wimbledon news, even bad, has started to get to him. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — John Green (quoted): John answered Hank with a very John Green thought: a year from now would have been better. (playful) — 00:04:20
  • 2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — Hank tells John he hopes John is fine with him making things when he feels up to it, because he loves it, and knows John will be fine with breaks. — 00:07:29
  • 2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — Hank says Hodgkin's was first thought to be a form of tuberculosis when discovered in the early 1900s, joking to John that everything is tuberculosis. (playful) (doubtful: early 1900s) — 00:11:14
  • 2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank expects John will probably take some time off, since posting only John on the channel would be weird; they will play it by ear. (hedged) — 00:13:00
  • 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
  • 2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — Hank puts his hometown paper the Missoulian in E tier: it only ran the wire story, mentioned John in the second paragraph and used the saddest frame from his video. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 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
  • 2023-05-30 · 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
  • 2023-06-20 · 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
  • 2023-06-30 · Bon Your Vivant — Hank: Asked what it is like watching his brother go to meetings for the companies, Hank says it is a bit of both: fun at John's expense and 'oh God'. — 00:03:54
  • 2023-07-07 · What to Get for a Cancer Patient — Hank says he treats everything in his life as a project, including his relationships with his son, his wife and his brother: things to invest in and schedule. — 00:05:36
  • 2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank admits that during the last year he sometimes thought John was over-investing in tuberculosis, a feeling he no longer has: going deeper shows people working on real solutions. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says John got into the rooms where drug-resistant TB is discussed and found a needless barrier; the community asked whether it could go, and within days it was gone. — 00:02:46
  • 2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank doubts the community will ever achieve something that big again: it was possible only because John spent over a year focused on a huge, neglected problem. — 00:03:16
  • 2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says he is really proud to be part of this community, to be John's brother, and of the memes, both critical of J&J and celebrating its action. — 00:03:16
  • 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — announcement: The description names Laura Joukovski as DFTBA's incoming CEO. — video description
  • 2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — ask: The description invites viewers to join the Esther Day livestream tonight at 8 PM Eastern. — video description
  • 2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — Hank thanks John for his lovely Esther Day video and tells him he loves him too. — 00:00:29
  • 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 replays a clip of his January 2023 video in which he said his only goal for the year was to take it down a notch. (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
  • 2023-08-11 · It's About a YouTuber with Cancer — Hank tells John he has finally found his own Penguins of Madagascar. (playful) — 00:05:13
  • 2023-08-25 · Remission — Hank says John has traditionally thought more about death; Hank thinks about it only in fun, silly ways, not wrestling with its implications. — 00:00:12
  • 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 — 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: Despite feeling necessary for years, Hank was able to stop and do what he needed, thanks to help from many people and especially John. — 00:04:49
  • 2023-09-15 · The Worst Disease in Human History — Hank says he would love to read a John Green book about tuberculosis; John is definitely the expert on it. — 00:00:35
  • 2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank tells John the last couple of weeks were a new sensation: the community affected the world so much, so quickly, that it is disorienting. — 00:02:25
  • 2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank says John's calendar showed him how much time John spent on it, pushing and playing a chess game; it was a lot of work and John was freaked out. — 00:02:37
  • 2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank says it happened not only through the community's energy but because John spent much time talking to experts and thinking about his tools, so he could, with others, find an opportunity and take it. — 00:03:36
  • 2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank says he is very proud of John, a feeling that is not new to him. — 00:04:02
  • 2023-09-26 · THE REVEAL — Hank says his shaving has reached a classic Pizza John, the mustache running down for peak ridiculousness, but he will clean his up: that one is John's, so what is his? (playful) — 00:02:15
  • 2023-09-28 · What the Heck is the UN? — Hank thought the UN was in Europe and was surprised that John's trip was to New York City, which made him realize he knows little about the UN. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-09-28 · What the Heck is the UN? — Hank finds it amazing that John was on the UN stage and said what needed saying: the continued burden of tuberculosis is a choice we are making. — 00:06:44
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank recalls that during his cancer treatment John took over as CEO of DFTBA and Complexly before LJ started. — 00:04:54
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank thanks John for being his brother, a temporary CEO, and for helping and supporting him. — 00:08:57
  • 2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says there is no word for this reverse relationship, but on the phone yesterday (2 November 2023) John called it a 'sarapocial relationship', which Hank thinks is the best possible term. — 00:01:40
  • 2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says the brothers are uncomfortable being the deciding voice in disagreements: he does not trust himself with that power, and those who disagree would feel alienated. — 00:06:07
  • 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank: Recalling John's video, Hank says a child in Sierra Leone waited years for a Hodgkin's diagnosis, then more years for good chemo at a hospital in Rwanda, over 4,000 miles away. — 00:02:37
  • 2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank says John gave him a motivation: promise to raise $25 million for a hospital in Sierra Leone without knowing how, which excites him in a way making money for himself did not. — 00:03:15
  • 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 — Hank: Asked for a five-word autobiography, Hank writes 'he made stuff with John'. — 01:08:32
  • 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

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2025

  • 2025-01-03 · My 2025 Bingo Card — Hank tells John he is pretty much his best friend and so on that list, hopes his wrist is doing okay, and is excited for his book to come out. — 00:06:13
  • 2025-01-07 · The Format but it hurts to stand up — In a channel comment, John says he could not find his comically long microphone before filming and will buy a new one for next time. — creator comment
  • 2025-02-11 · What's at Stake — ask: John says the fundraiser is live, with perks including the first chapters of his next book and a signed postcard of a frog version of himself, all at projectforawesome.com/donate. — 00:04:52
  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — ask: Hank tells viewers that giving to the Project for Awesome supports the charities' work and also gets them perks. — 00:00:58
  • 2025-02-18 · Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara — ask: The description says the P4A fundraiser is still live and links the donation page. — video description
  • 2025-03-07 · How Social Security Fraud Actually Works — announcement: Hank congratulates John on his book Everything Is Tuberculosis, out next week (week of 10 March 2025), and on its good reviews. — 00:11:09
  • 2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John opens by saying that now that he has a 50-foot microphone cord, nothing and no one can stop him. (playful) — 00:00:01
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says John dedicating a video to the launch the week before his long-worked-on book comes out is lovely and makes him feel very lucky. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — The description says that without this lucky thing, all the other lucky things in Hank's life would probably have brought him to worse places. (hedged) — video description
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says he made no informed choice to become John's brother: he was born into it, like a baby monarch inheriting a kingdom. (playful) — 00:00:53
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says it was maybe likelier to work than with a random person, since they share parents and many genes, though they are pretty different and get energy from different things. (hedged) — 00:01:23
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says John asks not what is the clearest path to something interesting but what is the most important problem to turn their energy toward, and Hank would be lost without that. — 00:02:39
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says John has focused for years on tuberculosis, a massive problem few others think about, which objectively makes sense even if not to Hank's interest-seeking brain. — 00:02:39
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says it is in John's nature to push against his nature, and when John shares a problem with compelling narrative, facts and beautiful language, Hank comes to care. — 00:03:38
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says both brothers think about directing attention, getting the algorithms to do what they want, but John takes it to another level. — 00:03:38
  • 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life — Hank says having John as his brother is a tremendous benefit, and everyone can have a bit of it through the vlogbrothers channel and the book. (playful) — 00:04:27
  • 2025-03-21 · The Second Most Important Book in Dublin — Hank jokes that the most important book in Dublin is John's new Everything Is Tuberculosis, which he also recently went to see. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2025-03-21 · The Second Most Important Book in Dublin — Hank congratulates John and thanks him for taking him and everyone on this journey to understand humanity: what we can be and do, and what we should not accept. — 00:00:55
  • 2025-04-04 · Morality — Hank thanks John for helping him over the years to examine and grow his morality, including with his new book Everything Is Tuberculosis. — 00:07:49
  • 2025-04-04 · Morality — ask: Hank tells viewers they can get the book everywhere, including as an audiobook read by John. — 00:07:49
  • 2025-04-11 (said on 2025-04-10, implied) · How Actually Crazy is This Mess? — Hank thanks John and everyone working with him on going to DC to lobby Congress to continue and escalate the fight against the deadliest infectious disease of today and of all time. — 00:18:12
  • 2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — announcement: The description offers the first book co-authored by Hank and John (and by a book) in soft or hard cover from the DFTBA store. (playful) — video description
  • 2025-05-09 · 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 says he thinks he and John just want to do something really weird, interesting, different and creative in a new way. — 00:04:37
  • 2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. — Hank thanks John for helping write their first co-authored project and hopes they do another. — 00:05:36
  • 2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank reminds everyone that Crash Course was John's idea, and congratulates him. — 00:06:14
  • 2025-05-27 (said on 2025-05-25, implied) · The Longest (and best) Day — The description says John completes the Double. — video description
  • 2025-05-30 · My Rare 'Disorder' — Hank reminds John that he lived in the Mountain time zone and woke at 10, noon for John, leaving little overlapping work time. — 00:04:02
  • 2025-05-30 · My Rare 'Disorder' — Hank thanks John for inviting him into his beautiful, risky and terrifying love of AFC Wimbledon and can't believe it turned out so well after he thought they had blown it. — 00:07:38
  • 2025-05-30 · My Rare 'Disorder' — Hank says he doesn't know how John loves sports: it is too scary, too much risk to invest in something he can't control. — 00:08:06
  • 2025-06-03 · My Lies — John: Since finishing Everything Is Tuberculosis John has been writing fiction; it may never come to anything and he will not promise it becomes a book, but the process has been thrilling. — 00:02:49
  • 2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech — Hank says he represents more than himself: the people at Crash Course, Study Hall, SciShow and Good Store, the community that is the only reason any of it happened, science communication and John. — 00:00:29
  • 2025-06-13 · Moving to Hope from Hopelessness (3 ways) — announcement: Hank: After a call with Partners In Health, Hank announces they have raised the $50 million it takes to build the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone and get it running. — 00:06:49
  • 2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank tells John that at VidCon 2025 he found out the dad of one of his favorite YouTube musicians is one year older than John, and apologises for telling him. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2025-06-20 · 'Influencer' Must Die. — Hank says he is lucky to have a brother who has always helped him turn his skills toward leaving the world better, and feels very happy to have done the work. — 00:04:58
  • 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information — Hank says 'Am I Cigarettes?' was on his own list of video ideas and John stole it; he forgives him, having stolen plenty from John, and John did it better. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information — Hank summarizes John's idea: the social internet may be quite bad for people, and at some point it starts using you, as cigarettes hack humans into users. — 00:00:29
  • 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information — Hank tells John the social internet isn't cigarettes but food: much is junk food or worse and making us sick, but much is nutritious, and we must learn to tell which. — 00:12:19
  • 2025-07-25 · The Molecule that Changed Everything — announcement: Hank says John's At Least There Are Trees shirt is still available, probably for the last reminder, with all proceeds to the Nature Conservancy to honor their dad, who is still at it. (hedged) — 00:07:30
  • 2025-08-03 · Why I Actually Love My Brother — Hank says saying 'I love you' to his brother is not physically difficult but not natural: even after all these years of Esther Days, the words feel like they belong somewhere else. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-08-03 · Why I Actually Love My Brother — Hank says he doesn't think John needs to hear that Hank loves him, nor does Hank need to hear it from John: he knows John does. — 00:01:45
  • 2025-08-03 · Why I Actually Love My Brother — Hank says he does need John to know he loves him regardless of what they do together, how John feels or whether John likes his ideas, because John is his brother, and that saying it unconditionally matters. — 00:02:14
  • 2025-08-03 · Why I Actually Love My Brother — Hank says his first instinct was to praise Vlogbrothers for making videos they know will not do well but think important, rather than ones that get views, but that is not why he loves John: it isn't conditional on a cool project together. — 00:02:28
  • 2025-08-03 · Why I Actually Love My Brother — ask: Hank invites viewers to the 15th annual Esther Day celebration, a virtual party starting at 3 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Mountain, where folks celebrate love, friendship and community; the link is in the description. — 00:03:14
  • 2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — Hank apologizes to John for his crappy birthday text. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — recommendation: Hank says the brothers recently met in an episode of Dear Hank and John, which he calls a banger and recommends checking out. — 00:00:00
  • 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 says graphic novels affect him similarly though less badly, making immersion more labor, and he is perplexed watching John parse poetry cleanly or Orin absorbed in a comic book. — 00:01:56
  • 2025-09-16 · Don’t tell John. Let him have this. — Hank says John just made a video he believes will get the channel to four million subscribers, seven years after it reached three million. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2025-09-26 · I've Not Been Doing Well — Hank says John and Katherine are great at advising him, but he feels he has a lot of power, and with that power comes great responsibility. — 00:01:29
  • 2025-09-26 · I've Not Been Doing Well — announcement: Hank tells John that Pizzamas need not be delayed for his rest: he is really looking forward to it. — 00:06:45
  • 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
  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says John was right in his video that there are many new people here who don't know the channel's history, so he looked it up on Wikipedia. — 00:01:05
  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says he and John see themselves as stewards of this energy, directing it into things that grow beyond the community and help people who don't know who they are. — 00:05:08
  • 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die — Hank: Recalling John's video last week (week of 29 September 2025) on the channel as a placeless place and the short lives of social media platforms, Hank thought of the ghost towns of Vine, Myspace, Neopets, Diaryland, GeoCities, Google+, Digg and Friendster, and how common ghost towns now are. — 00:02:22
  • 2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem — Hank tells John he loved his video yesterday, calling it thoughtful, kind and open. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem — Hank says he and John both understand the internet as it exists to be doing more harm than good; he is not arguing it now, only saying he carries that belief around. — 00:01:46
  • 2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem — Hank: Looking at what actually is, Hank says he and John have been aware of these problems for a long time and have not been doing nothing about them. — 00:02:49
  • 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
  • 2025-10-24 · What Will Books Become? — Hank points out John is doing serial publishing right now with his secret Patreon, which Hank thinks is not currently accepting new members. (hedged) — 00:04:03
  • 2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank says he has seen people online say John Green only cares about tuberculosis; it is a little silly but it gets under his skin. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank says the critics really ask why John focuses on a problem no one else does, and that John's genius is focusing on a problem people don't care much about. — 00:03:17
  • 2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank says that while people sometimes use their powers to watch numbers go up, John more than anyone uses his to put attention where it is most deserved. — 00:05:17
  • 2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank recalls that shortly after John's first video from Sierra Leone six years ago, the brothers pledged to raise $25 million for a hospital without knowing how, and exceeded the goal. — 00:05:47
  • 2025-11-07 · Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… — Hank made a whole video replying to John's video before leaving town, but it sits on his hard drive and he cannot upload it, so this video stands in for it. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-11-07 · Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… — announcement: Hank hopes to get home before John's next video and upload his finished video on Monday, though maybe not. (hedged) — 00:00:34
  • 2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank says John's video this week (week of 10 November 2025) said he got cutting-edge curative cancer therapy, and hopes that is only half wrong. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge — Hank is grateful to everyone creating new solutions, refining them, and making sure they are justly distributed, including John. — 00:04:50
  • 2025-11-14 · The End of The Penny (and of Congress??) — John Green (quoted): An opening clip argues that money exists to facilitate exchange, that pennies don't do that effectively, and that the penny is a metaphor for larger problems. — 00:00:07
  • 2025-11-14 · The End of The Penny (and of Congress??) — Hank says that 15 years after John first called for its destruction, the final US penny has likely been minted. (hedged) — 00:00:07
  • 2025-11-14 · The End of The Penny (and of Congress??) — Hank recalls that when John interviewed Obama on a Google+ Hangout about the penny, Obama said many small things that should be done are blocked by entrenched structures or the interests of a few. — 00:00:56
  • 2025-11-21 · I Wasn't Always Like This!! — Hank explains Complexly, the educational media company he and John started (SciShow, Crash Course, Eons): people who show up daily to wonder together and lower barriers to knowledge. — 00:03:40
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: Hank reveals that John will appear on the next season of a show of Hank's (title heard as 'Asking Anything') and thanks him. — 00:31:34
  • 2025-12-05 · Why Don't Rockets Melt Themselves — Hank thanks John for coming to Los Angeles to shoot Ask Hank Anything with him; after a crazy trip he is heading home. — 00:06:18
  • 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
  • 2025-12-19 · 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

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2026

  • 2026-01-02 · I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. — Hank: A few weeks ago Hank woke in the night with the room spinning; he hated it, partly because he knows it has happened to John and that John hates it. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-01-02 · I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. — Hank jokes that he still thinks of John as the sickly brother and of himself as the healthy one. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2026-01-09 · There is Only One Source of Value — Hank agrees with John's point that believing in a hopeful worldview makes it more likely that hopeful things come to pass: he thinks it is probably right. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2026-01-09 · There is Only One Source of Value — Hank says some of this bias is inevitable: with a stranger on one track and his brother on the other, he would absolutely pull the lever, being a human, not a moral calculator. (playful) — 00:01:56
  • 2026-01-20 · Am I ... Good? — John is writing fiction again, his first novel in almost ten years, and wonders whether anything he has to say will resonate with or be useful to anyone. — 00:03:09
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says his earlier tellings made it sound like John had an idea for a video, but John was clearly proposing a big idea: they discussed finding time, taking investment and dropping VidCon. — 00:00:38
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank quotes John in the chat, while they worked out funding and time: the ideas interested him, not the payoff. — 00:01:10
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank offered the $20,000 he had just made in affiliate marketing; John took $10,000, which funded the initial test episodes of Crash Course and became the seed of Complexly. — 00:01:17
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says that messaging in 2010 they clearly did not think it was a little idea, but had no idea how it would grow or how much impact it would have. — 00:03:14
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank says John will be founder emeritus, a role they will figure out, promising there will be things for him to do. (playful) — 00:04:58
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says he and John never took profit distributions from Complexly, saving the money in the company or paying team bonuses, and are donating its saved money to the new organization too. — 00:06:50
  • 2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — announcement: Hank reminds John that Complexly, the company they founded together 15 years ago, just became a nonprofit organization, which they think was a good idea. — 00:01:27
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says his work in progress is taking a long time to write: in early 2020 he read it aloud in semi-secret livestreams, when he was sad, depressed and alone like everyone else. — 01:15:37
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the novel he has not finished is about Hollywood, about two kids who are in a movie; he is trying to finish it and would like it published someday, though that is never certain. (hedged) — 02:57:23
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — ask: Hank asks viewers to donate to the P4A and buy perks, because he wants to reach $500,000 before John comes back. — 05:29:25
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: Hank says the total is at $487,000, and $13,000 more would pop another balloon before John arrives. — 05:47:54
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the story of his that Sarah has been reading is the one he read aloud in semi-secret livestreams in the earliest days of COVID. — 06:51:04
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says he has not published a novel in nine years, though he has published other books, and would like to publish one at some point. (hedged) — 07:49:56
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — Hank says the late-night stream will go on for about another hour, then take a break, and John will join viewers in the morning. (hedged) — 05:04:31
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — Hank: On the Project for Awesome Bingo card, Hank counts that John drank his Diet Dr Pepper in the first stream and says John will get a makeover tomorrow. — 05:08:38
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — Hank says the first cover for his book looked like a John Green book cover, an aesthetic set by The Fault in Our Stars' success, and he told them they could not do that. — 02:34:42
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — Hank is texting John, who tells him he is doing a good job hosting. — 06:33:44
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — announcement: Hank says Brennan Lee Mulligan's signed prints sell faster than John's and Hank's: 42 of 230 are left, against 64 of Hank's. — 05:00:09
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank: If not Montana, Hank would live in Indianapolis, because John is there: it's all about the people. — 05:35:34
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says he has spent the last few months in "Cheyenne, Wyoming", his metaphor for working very hard on writing, and it has been incredibly fulfilling, whatever comes of it. — 02:36:45
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says the last seven years of working on his novel taught him that writing, like art, is done for others but also for one's own clarity and fulfillment: it need not be read to be fulfilling. He used to think it was only for other people. — 02:37:14
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank says he is mostly famous as an internet person, while people who do not know him know John because of The Fault in Our Stars; John calls it weirdly one of the best-selling books of all time. — 03:32:36
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank recalls that when John first emailed him about the Maternal Center of Excellence project, John said people are good at responding to events that feel like disasters, but not to disasters that don't feel like events. — 04:08:59
  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank says he always feels like a bit of a faker talking about this, as it should be John's video, but it is a big deal. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank recalls that a few years later John told him of a big idea: responding not to a sudden disaster but to a long-term one that was just the way things had been. — 00:00:29
  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank says John pitched the project as very long, very hard and not making them more popular, convincing him it was not about most views but most good with their views. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank says he and John are among the top individual donors to the effort, but not even 10% of the total raised. — 00:02:26
  • 2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank says he did none of this: at most he had fun ideas that turned people's heads, and they did the rest; John turned his head, and Paul Farmer turned John's. — 00:04:47
  • 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — announcement: Hank tells John he is working on a new thing, a conversation podcast. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — announcement: Hank says he plans to have John as the podcast's first guest. (hedged) — 00:00:30
  • 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — Hank says the question matters to John, who is very creative and often does not feel safe. — 00:00:59
  • 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — Hank tells John he is often brave, carefully rather than recklessly, and that this is a huge part of his success. — 00:05:13
  • 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — announcement: Hank doesn't know John's answer to the question and says they may save it for the podcast, making this video promo for it. (hedged) — 00:05:49
  • 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
  • 2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — John: For a long time John thought he would never publish another novel: he didn't know what his fiction was for or what he wanted it to do. — 00:02:55
  • 2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — John has been trying to write this novel since 2017, with significant progress at points, but only in the last couple of years saw the path forward clearly. — 00:02:55
  • 2026-04-24 · The AI Question that No AI Person Asks — Hank says John is in Sierra Leone visiting the Maternal Center of Excellence; they were just texting, and Hank can't wait to see more of it. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-04-24 · The AI Question that No AI Person Asks — Hank hopes John is having a good trip and asks him to tell everyone at the Maternal Center of Excellence that their work really matters. — 00:07:58
  • 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
  • 2026-05-08 · My Deathday — Hank: As John said in his Tuesday video, Hank had scarlet fever as a child: another potential death day behind him that he never thinks about. — 00:04:52
  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank credits John with the first Crash Course episodes, which took the tropes of online video, added to them, focused them on a goal and intentionally overexposed them. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank says that for many reasons he never wanted to leave Montana, so he and John built a company brick by brick, nice and slow. — 00:02:10
  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank says neither he nor John ever felt okay taking money from Complexly; once its profit looked like real money, they felt they could not take any. — 00:02:55
  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank thinks the difference is that the community, not he and John, created Complexly: it could not have succeeded without the community's fuel, and it felt like a project of Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:30
  • 2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank thanks John for keeping him on the rails, for doing all this weird stuff with him and for having the best idea they have ever had. — 00:06:24
  • 2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank: Asked by Helen Hunt why he wants to perform alone, Hank had no answer then; the one he has since found is that it has been a great joy to share a stage with John. — 00:04:21
  • 2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — announcement: Hank announces that Humans, the show on which he interviewed Helen Hunt, launches next Thursday (4 June 2026). — 00:04:51
  • 2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — announcement: Hank thinks the Helen Hunt episode will be the third episode of Humans. (hedged) — 00:04:51
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — announcement: Hank tells John that a few weeks ago the two of them recorded the very first episode of Hank's new podcast, Humans. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank says comments and John feel like people, and Vlogbrothers remains among the most people-y things he has done online. — 00:04:57
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — announcement: Hank says the first episode of Humans, with John, is out now, and it covered almost entirely new ground for the brothers. — 00:05:26
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank: In the podcast Hank asks whether Mark Twain may have had something to do with the brothers' success, through John understanding his life. (speculative) — 00:06:10
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank says John understood Twain's life better than nearly all Americans: Twain was a public intellectual, a humorist and a writer. (playful) — 00:06:39
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank notes that John studied Mark Twain in college. — 00:06:39
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank recalls that John went to boarding school at 14 and came home with long, story-shaped stories that Hank listened to rapt. — 00:07:17
  • 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — John says that Hank believes in constructed meaning and he himself in derived meaning. — 00:11:21
  • 2026-06-13 (said on 2026-06-12, implied) · Wait...How Do You Pronounce Turkey??? — Hank says John's video gave him background he needs to hopefully start enjoying some World Cup, which he really wants to do, though it raised questions. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2026-06-13 (said on 2026-06-12, implied) · Wait...How Do You Pronounce Turkey??? — Hank: John's video was perhaps the first time Hank heard someone say Türkiye instead of Turkey, so the change doesn't seem to have caught on much. (hedged) — 00:04:52
  • 2026-06-13 (said on 2026-06-12, implied) · Wait...How Do You Pronounce Turkey??? — Hank says he is happy to create a language with John and a billion or so other people, a really weird activity. (playful) — 00:05:53
  • 2026-06-19 · You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower — Hank congratulates John on his new book and its beautiful new cover. — 00:03:37
  • 2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — Hank was enticed; he voices John's and viewers' objections: he has too many responsibilities, knows how miserable fronting an influential media event can be, and wears a Garfield shirt. (playful) — 00:02:26
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank has been rereading John's new book Hollywood, Ending, which he can do even though no one else has access to it yet. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says only John's remark made him realize how early, and so how defining, John was to authors' relationship with the internet; John being extremely online was part of TFIOS becoming a phenomenon. — 00:00:29
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says that in Hollywood, Ending John has been subtle with villainy, doing it again in a very interesting way; even saying that may be too much. — 00:03:04
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says that in his head there is John Green his brother and John Green the author, and he is still a fan of the author, separately from their brotherly relationship. — 00:03:04
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says he is a fan, John is good at that job, and he is so glad John wrote another novel; he didn't know if it would ever happen again. — 00:03:33
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank thanks John for the collaboration and for being a touchpoint who perhaps springs him back as he gets too close to the sun. — 00:05:15
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank made a Connections-like game called 4x3; on vacation many people played it, and John indulged him in talking about what a John Green game would be. — 00:05:15
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — announcement: Hank announces Smush, a Spelling Bee-like game with boards by John that plays much faster and rewards casual and strategic play, since each letter can be used only five times. — 00:05:55
  • 2026-07-24 · One Must Imagine Sisyphus Important — Hank would not suffer forever for such fame, but, as John says, perhaps Sisyphus does not suffer. (hedged) — 00:04:35
  • 2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — announcement: The description says that at tonight's free Esther Day Virtual Party, celebrating love, friendship and community, John joins Sarah Urist Green for a special Esther Day Dear Hank & John. — video description
  • 2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — ask: John hopes viewers will join him, Sarah and lots of others today for an Esther Day party hosted by Esther's family, with more info in the description. — 00:04:08
  • 2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank says community works by listening to each other's deeper views, not to move everyone to one person's position but to be moved by understanding; that is how this community and the brothers' brotherhood have always worked. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank tells John he is a good brother and thanks him for being frustrated with and worried about him kindly, with compassion and love the biggest part of his feelings. — 00:01:24
  • 2026-08-21 · Not (Just) Dunking on Jeff Bezos — Hank says John's video on professional provocateurs reminded him how glad he is to have no desire to be one, though he thinks he would be good at it; he is not built for it. — 00:00:00
  • 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
  • 2026-08-26 · Jad Abumrad on Dolly Parton: 'The Unicorn of Unicorns' — Hank: A few months ago Hank interviewed Jad Abumrad, known from Radiolab, for Humans, to ask how he made his Dolly Parton series and about Dolly Parton herself. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-08-26 · Jad Abumrad on Dolly Parton: 'The Unicorn of Unicorns' — Hank: Jad happened to be in Hank's town in Montana, so they filmed the episode in a little studio with three cameras, unlike most Humans episodes. — 00:00:31
  • 2026-09-04 · This is a Terrible Idea… — Hank thanks John for helping design the scent of the Memory soap, which reminds Hank of their dad's shaving cream from childhood. — 00:06:28
  • 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says that applying John's multiply-likes-by-30 rule to that video's 23,000 likes gives $690,000, which is not what the video made. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank corrects John: YouTube's switch to counting a view at the first frame happened a while ago, unannounced; it has moved the after-click threshold many times. — 00:04:56
  • 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank tells John and every creator listening that they don't have to be where YouTube is: it is just a website they can use as they want. — 00:09:04
  • 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — announcement: Hank says this is the last Vlogbrothers video before Hollywood, Ending is out, and he is pleased but unsurprised by its tremendous reviews. — 00:09:04
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank is frustrated that he can't talk about John's book after John's video about not wanting readers to know much going in, though that makes sense to him. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — announcement: Hank says that this week (week of 21 September 2026) John officially received a Guinness World Records title, something Hank had missed and didn't know was going to happen. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank: For many years the brothers have privately and publicly wondered whether John has signed his name more than anyone in history; Hank had decided he had. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank: Having done the research, Hank says John has not signed his name more than anyone else; that honor probably goes to a Brazilian man born around 1900. — 00:01:27
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank thinks John may have signed his name more than any living person, though that cannot be known for sure. (hedged) — 00:01:27
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank says more books are probably signed by John than by any other author, at least for now, though he is not fully sure. (hedged) — 00:01:27
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank: John has definitely signed the most tip-in sheets bound into books, 875,557 so far, which recently earned him the Guinness World Records title. — 00:01:56
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — John Green (quoted): On the phone this morning John told Hank he is a little proud of the record: he didn't expect a big deal, then it happened on stage and he was delighted. — 00:03:53
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank wanted John honored for the most signatures by anyone ever, sure he must be the most documented signer, but he was wrong: there is proof others signed more. — 00:03:53
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank is confident all the authors who have signed the most books ever are alive today, since mass signing is relatively new, and John is among them. — 00:07:47
  • 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John: For new viewers, John explains that Valerie2776 created Pizza John almost 20 years ago. — 00:01:52
  • 2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank says he and John are very good friends without perfect overlap, but one way both feel loved, connected and honoured as friends is bit commitment. — 00:01:10
  • 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 mentions a bet the brothers made nearly ten years ago, about to come due, that they talk about all the time. — 00:01:27
  • 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 says Pizzamas rests on a Nerdfighteria bit about John having a mustache for 20 minutes in 2008, and in 2026 they are still doing it. (playful) (slip of the tongue: 2008) — 00:01:45
  • 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
  • 2026-10-07 · The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species — Hank tells John he was sorry to hear about his friend and offers him, and everyone else, this video as a small gift. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank: After Pizzamas ends Hank is flying to San Diego to see John at Sunday's Hollywood, Ending tour stop. — 00:00:44
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank tells John he has done great: the touring, flying, press and podcast recordings alongside Pizzamas these past weeks are very impressive. — 00:00:51
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank says people would call John a hard worker with great self-control and determination, but knowing John and himself, he doesn't think that's what is happening. — 00:01:05
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank has been lucky to have relationships that make things matter (a brother, a boss, employees, a teacher, a mentor, a community of internet nerds), building skills, tools and connections. — 00:05:18
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank produces things not because productivity matters to him but because Pizzamas, Nerdfighteria, John, cancer treatment, Crash Course, SciShow, 4x3 and the media environment do. — 00:09:38
  • 2026-10-16 · Is Happiness the Goal? — Hank thanks John for having him along for the second-to-last stop of the Hollywood, Ending tour. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-10-16 · Is Happiness the Goal? — Lee (quoted): Answering Hank's joke, the nerdfighter Lee wrote that Hank's joy can matter to him because it matters to Katherine, Orin, John or whomever else. — 00:02:16
  • 2026-10-16 · Is Happiness the Goal? — Hank thanks viewers for letting him be vulnerable and John for an amazing show. — 00:04:36
  • 2026-10-23 · The Best Email I Ever Got — announcement: Hank's podcast Humans won a Signal Award for Best Conversation Starter for its episode with astronaut Reid Wiseman; Hank agrees and calls it a good place to start. — 00:03:28
  • 2026-10-30 · The Last Normal Year — Hank pitched this video idea to John, who rolled his eyes; Hank expects John to say he is wrong and invites him to disagree. — 00:00:58