John Green

brother · in 756 videos (2007–2026)

Novelist and co-host of the channel; Hank's older brother.

Married to: Sarah Urist Green · Children: Henry Green, Alice Green · Works: The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska (novel), Turtles All the Way Down, Everything Is Tuberculosis, The Anthropocene Reviewed (book), An Abundance of Katherines, John's untitled novel (2011), Hollywood, Ending, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, Let It Snow, This Is Not Tom, John's untitled new novel, Zombicorns, It Just Isn't Fair, John Green box set, John's novel in progress (2016), John's novel in progress about personhood (2015), John's work in progress (December 2013), John's new zombie apocalypse story, John and David Levithan's co-written book, John's desert-island novel in progress (2010), The Best New Years Resolution Ever: Happy New Year Streamers, Bio-Poem, It Doesn't Get Better Than These It Gets Better Videos, John's Kenyon College commencement address, John's Nerdfighters theme song, John's P4A 2012 e-book of stories, John's Stories, John's Washington Post essay on tuberculosis tests

Speaks in 1322 videos; this page lists what is said about them. Their own account: their life as told.

Videos by year: 2007: 90 · 2008: 65 · 2009: 57 · 2010: 56 · 2011: 56 · 2012: 26 · 2013: 44 · 2014: 15 · 2015: 21 · 2016: 22 · 2017: 27 · 2018: 30 · 2019: 16 · 2020: 32 · 2021: 24 · 2022: 25 · 2023: 35 · 2024: 35 · 2025: 39 · 2026: 41

Also known as: John, Beanie John

Threads

Same name, different thing

John Green (artist) · John Green (bigfoot researcher) · John Green (coloring book author) · John Green (designer) · John Green (oscar winner) · John Green (political scientist) · John Green (tv producer)

Often together

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

YouTube (83) · Katherine Green (51) · Humans (8) · Crash Course (40) · Project for Awesome (53) · Pizzamas (34) · Brotherhood 2.0 (33) · Orin Green (21) · Twitter (37) · Punishment (27)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank tells John they will no longer communicate by any textual means: no instant messaging or email, only video blogs and possibly phone calls. — 00:00:13 · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
2007-01-09 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th — Hank says it is nice of John to say he lives in a way commensurate with his values, but he has not felt that way lately. — 00:00:34
2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th — Hank: Expecting he may well be the first punished, Hank proposes that the unpunished brother choose the punishment, so the punished one can't take the one he'd most like; viewers see the other's pick. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK — John says he is back home. — 00:00:00
2007-05-09 · My 9th: Singing and Randy — announcement: Hank officially accepts John's challenge to write a song every two weeks, which 'the other guy from Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants' suggested; he will sing on each of his Wednesdays. — 00:00:10
2007-05-31 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating — John thinks Brotherhood 2.0 needs a forum because the comments are too many and too confused to follow, and challenges Hank to make one if viewers favour it. (hedged) — 00:01:45
2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John accepts that the brothers cannot veto their own punishments but proposes that their wives may veto punishments nerdfighters suggest, and hopes Hank agrees. (hedged) — 00:02:47
2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: Because John had to eat a blenderized Happy Meal, contributors blenderize birthday cakes for him and drink them on camera. (playful) — 00:00:47
2007-09-11 · September 11th: Floorcats, Recycling Bins and Memories — ask: Hank asks John, who he thinks never told him, and everyone else where they were on September 11. (hedged) — 00:02:46
2007-11-02 · November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award — Hank presents the footage as the moment John became a writer: a girl says she liked his book and it seemed like real life, and John feels the joy of being appreciated for what he made. (playful) — 00:01:50
2007-12-07 · December 7th: Fight Night with the Green Bros. — Hank says John was always good at pointing out when Hank did socially irregular things, but never kindly during Hank's first 13 years; that is how Hank got a scar on his knuckle from John's braces. (playful) — 00:00:41
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The chorus says goodbye to Brotherhood 2.0, telling viewers the brothers know they will be sad to see it go. — 00:00:40
…and 164 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

Also named in: June 13: Dominican Debacles

2008

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
2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — announcement: John: Though Peeps hurt Hank's sensitive gut, John challenges him to a Peeps eating contest, the winner to get some magnificent prize. — 00:00:42
2008-04-21 · 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
2008-05-18 · 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
2008-06-27 · 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
2008-07-27 · 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
2008-08-06 · 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
2008-08-20 · 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
2008-10-09 · 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
2008-10-30 (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
2008-12-17 (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
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says that during the Project for Awesome Nerdfighters commented on YouTube videos more than 200,000 times. — 00:00:40
…and 123 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

Also named in: Election Night In Indianapolis!, 50 Jokes (Yes...actually 50 jokes)

2009

2009-01-06 · The Rock-Afire Explosion Controversy — Hank says he honestly believes the Rock-afire Explosion created great music and will not rescind his love. (playful) — 00:00:39
2009-02-18 (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
2009-03-04 · 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 · also in: TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info)
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
2009-06-07 · 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 · 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
2009-07-03 · 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
2009-08-24 · 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
2009-09-28 · 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
2009-11-17 · 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
2009-12-16 · 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
…and 94 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

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

2010

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
2010-01-22 · 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
2010-01-27 · 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
2010-02-05 · 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
2010-03-12 · 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
2010-04-26 · 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
2010-05-17 · 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
2010-06-25 (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
2010-07-21 · 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
2010-08-24 · 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
2010-09-11 (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
2010-12-03 · 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
…and 95 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

Also named in: Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real

2011

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
2011-02-07 · 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
2011-02-25 · 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
2011-04-06 · 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
2011-05-05 · 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
2011-06-08 · 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
2011-06-27 · 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
2011-07-01 · 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
2011-08-03 · 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
2011-08-12 · 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
2011-08-24 · 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
2011-08-29 · 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
…and 82 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

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
2012-04-20 · 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
2012-07-13 · 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
- 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 — 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
2012-08-03 · 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: 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
2012-10-19 · 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
…and 23 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

2013

2013-01-25 · How to Make Friends — Replying to John's last video, Hank would not belittle the difference between the emotional intimacy of friendship and the emotional and physical intimacy of romantic relationships. — 00:00:58
2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — Hank says John announced Sarah's pregnancy on the live stream with President Obama, which he calls the coolest way any baby has ever been announced; he is excited, proud and speechless. — video description
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John says he will take a four- or possibly five-week paternity leave from Vlogbrothers and everything else, except probably Tumblr. (hedged) — 00:02:26
2013-04-12 · Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers — Hank thanks John for getting him into the online-video business and is grateful for the many people he can talk to who think intelligent, interesting thoughts about it. — 00:02:34
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — announcement: Hank says he and John will never put their content behind a paywall. — 00:01:33
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — announcement: John names Nerd Factor winners MagicTurtle643 and Nerdy and Quirky, who will stand in for him on Tuesdays during his paternity leave. — 00:01:27
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — announcement: Craig Benzine: Asked (in his own made-up question) when John is coming back, Craig is not sure, but says it will be a bunch of weeks with different people hosting each week. (hedged) — 00:02:19
2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — announcement: Hank says that, somewhat without John's knowledge, he decided to make Sexplanations, an entertaining sex-education show, with Lindsay Doe and team. — 00:00:55
2013-07-09 · The World Needs More Magic — MagicTurtle643 introduces himself as one of the two Nerd Factor winners chosen to fill in for John during his paternity leave. — 00:00:00
2013-07-16 · The Ghost of Teenaged Future — Sabrina Cruz: Sabrina introduces herself as the other Nerd Factor winner, known as NerdyandQuirky, and says that, following the pattern of previous videos, she is not John. — 00:00:03
2013-07-23 · Watermelon Internet Trolls — Maureen Johnson says she is filling in for John Green because once again he has contributed to the birth of a human child. — 00:00:01
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: Hank says he and John are helping the Harry Potter Alliance's Equality for the Win Indiegogo campaign, which has many great perks. — 00:02:17
…and 74 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 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! — 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
2014-06-06 · 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
2014-07-18 · 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
- 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 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
2014-08-08 · 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
2014-11-12 · 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
- 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
- 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
2014-12-12 · 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
…and 19 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

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

2015

2015-01-02 · Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things — ask: Hank thanks John for his video on racism this week (week of 29 December 2014) and points viewers who haven't seen it to youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:03:46
2015-02-06 · You Will Be Forgotten ...And That's OK — Hank says that, as John keeps driving home, oblivion is inevitable and no one will be left to remember anything, so being remembered forever is not a good goal because it is not achievable. — 00:00:57
2015-04-17 · 7 Weirdest Marriages (or Lack Thereof) From an Airport — announcement: Hank: For a week Hank and John sell two shirts from their Batman argument, Hank's 'We are all bat people!' and John's 'Batman is just a rich guy with an affinity for bats', and will count sales to see Nerdfighteria's side. — 00:01:08
2015-05-08 · QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! — Hank says it was great to spend time with John and the family doing things together, and he misses John already. — 00:03:40
2015-05-22 · 15 Rants in Four Minutes — Hank, wanting to make John feel better, asked Twitter whether to make a rant video or a joke video; the answer was overwhelmingly rants. — 00:00:01
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says his brother is not only a very successful writer but a very good one, which is intimidating, and playfully tells John to stop being so talented. (playful) — 00:00:46
2015-07-31 · Why Paper Towns is Awesome — Hank: Acknowledging it is stressful when things don't go as hoped, Hank, as John's brother and a fan, tells John he is great, makes really great stuff people love, and that he is proud of him. — 00:02:27
2015-08-21 · Book Towers for Miles — announcement: Hank lists other NerdCon: Stories guests: Holly Black, Mara Wilson, M.T. Anderson, the Welcome to Night Vale folks, Nalo Hopkinson, Jacqueline Woodson, Rainbow Rowell, John Scalzi, Stephanie Perkins, Pat Rothfuss, Hank and John. — 00:02:51
2015-09-25 · Pissed Off for a Better World — Hank thanks John for his video explaining how much better the world got in the last 15 years, which suggests we can make it even better in the next 15. — 00:00:01
2015-11-13 · Feeling About Paris — Hank says there is nothing useful he could say, tentatively offering 'hatred is not the correct response to hatred' and 'the world is broken, but hope is not crazy', calling one 'a John Green one'. (unsure) — 00:01:53
2015-11-17 · The Things that People Do (Thoughts from New York City) (Pizzamas Day 7) — Hank met up with John for a reunion, and Sarah took them around a number of art galleries in Chelsea. — 00:00:13
2015-11-27 (said on 2015-11-26, implied) · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ — announcement: Hank announces everything at DFTBA.com is 20% off this week (week of 23 November 2015) and that Bobble John and Bobble Hank bobbleheads are available. — 00:03:16
…and 13 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

Also named in: Announcing NerdCon: Stories

2016

2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank tells John that, though their lives are no longer normal or relatable, it is important that they remain authentic, even at some cost to relatability. (hedged) — 00:03:36
2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp — John is just back from a trip to northern Jordan with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. — 00:00:01
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank tells John he loves him not for their projects or as collaborator and thinker but because he's a great brother who stands by him even when he's a jerk. — 00:02:16
2016-08-26 · I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes — Hank says that early in Vlogbrothers the brothers did a lot of birthday stuff, one-upping each other until it was a lot of work; the John bobblehead was one such present, made in quantity. — 00:00:03
2016-09-16 · Let's Talk about Failure — announcement: Hank lists the programme: a John Green yoga adventure, talks with authors, live gaming, a live Dear Hank and John without Hank, workshops and panels. — 00:02:42
2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank says themes emerged, formats and ideas; the most important was when John distilled what the world needs into three words: 'imagine others complexly'. — 00:01:27
2016-11-10 · The Museum of Pizza Johns Past — Dave introduces Valerie, who lives in Missoula and works for VidCon, as the designer of Pizza John, which led to Pizzamas: her lasting legacy. — 00:00:35
- Valerie2776: Valerie gives the ten-second history of Pizza John: John likes pizza, once had a mustache in a video, and all of this followed. (playful) — 00:01:00
2016-11-29 · Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited — Hank: Asked for an autobiography in five words, Hank gives the one he wrote: 'He made stuff with John.' — 00:03:33
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — Hank thanks John for doing P4A with him and thanks everyone for supporting it. — 00:03:50
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank finds it scary when the community's focus seems to be him or John as people rather than values and goals: he wants to be a doorway into something bigger, not stuck in the doorway, and wants viewers here for the message, not for him. — video description
- Many say John and Hank lead a community, which is true in many ways, but Hank believes he is more a follower of this community than its leader. — 00:01:54
…and 28 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

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2017

2017-01-06 · Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) — Hank notes most Question Tuesday videos go to John, which makes sense as John posts on Tuesdays but is a bit unfair, so today is Question Tuesday on a Friday. (hedged) — 00:00:07
2017-03-31 · No Cut Confessional: Priorities — Hank says the second obligation, to existing things people rely on and love, is less exciting but more compelling: to VidCon attendees and creators, Nerdfighteria and John; he doesn't resent it. — 00:01:43
2017-05-19 · Should I Have a Baby? — announcement: Hank announces that he and John will be in Seattle on December 9 and 10 for PodCon, a podcast convention run with Night Vale Presents and the McElroys of My Brother, My Brother and Me. — 00:03:33
2017-07-07 · My Earthquake Story - (And Thoughts About Numbers) — Hank: John's Civil Twilight, with a faceless thumbnail and a non-clickbait title, got far fewer views than the average Vlogbrothers video, but counting views misses viewers' very different experience. — 00:02:36
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: In December 2007, having done the project for its planned year and with 11,000 subscribers, the brothers thought about stopping but decided to keep going, which turned out okay. — 00:03:06
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: In July 2007 John was doing Brotherhood 2.0, a year-long project of weekday videos with Hank, watched by a few hundred people a day. — 00:02:12
2017-08-04 · Why Bullets are Good for the Environment — announcement: Hank says John can't come to VidCon Australia, but he will be there. — 00:03:32
2017-08-08 · What You Make of It: Thoughts from Venice, Italy — John recalls cutting that visit short the next day to fly back to Amsterdam; his gallbladder turned out to need removing. — 00:02:12
2017-11-21 · Two Love Stories — The description's health update: after shooting the video, John was hit by vertigo that made him barf for days; it appears to be labyrinthitis and recovery is slow. — video description
2017-11-24 · The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) — announcement: Hank: The usual P4A calendar and t-shirt come before P4A this year (2017): a Vlogbrothers calendar from a silly photo shoot themed 'Silly brother, serious brother', proceeds to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:02:51
- Every year John and Hank run a census of Nerdfighteria: a long survey of about 20 minutes that helps them understand the community and decide what to do next. — 00:03:24
2017-12-29 · Can You Ever Really Change? — The description says, as John said in his last video, we don't give ourselves enough chances for self-reflection; tests can help but imply what they test is overly concrete, and no self is carved in stone. (hedged) — video description
…and 28 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

2018

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
2018-02-23 · 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: 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
- 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
2018-05-11 · 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
2018-07-06 · 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
2018-08-24 · 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
2018-09-14 · 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
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank says the best part of the tour has been hanging out with his brother. — 00:03:38
2018-11-09 · 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
- 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
…and 53 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

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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
- 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
2019-04-05 · 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
- 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
2019-05-03 · 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
2019-06-18 · 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
- 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
2019-08-16 · ...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
2019-10-25 · 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
- 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
…and 18 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

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
2020-03-10 · 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
2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — Hank tells John that Michael brought him up unprompted. — 00:02:04
2020-05-08 · 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
2020-06-12 · 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
2020-06-30 · 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
2020-10-02 (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
2020-10-09 · 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
2020-10-14 · 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
2020-10-16 · 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
2020-11-27 · 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
…and 53 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2021

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
2021-04-02 · 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
2021-05-14 · 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
2021-06-04 · 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 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
2021-08-03 · 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
2021-09-03 · 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 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
2021-11-30 · Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST — The description says John and Hank are absolutely delighted to find themselves in the same place at the same time. — video description
2021-12-03 · John and Hank at the Cemetery — announcement: The description says he very much likes making videos with his brother, and while together they recorded two more: more reunions next week (week of 6 December 2021). — video description
…and 38 statements more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2022

2022-01-07 · For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day — Hank: One day after John recorded the Vlogbrothers 15th-anniversary video, Hank, by coincidence, gets to record the channel's 2,000th video. — 00:00:00
2022-01-28 · The Most Dangerous Thing We've Ever Done on Stage — Hank: On their 2017 tour, Hank and John had Hank play Sweet Caroline on guitar and asked the audience to stay perfectly silent where the crowd chant normally goes. — 00:00:27
- After the first failure the brothers discussed dropping the bit, but kept it because success felt so good and failure was instructive. — 00:01:26
2022-02-15 · My Most Valuable Books — John's most valuable book (retail about $7) is The Spring and the Fall, co-written with Sarah: given to him at their engagement, it holds every email from the year and a half before they dated. — 00:02:55
2022-02-25 · When You Can't Fix Everything… — Hank endorses what John has said for years: it is easy to focus on what happens now and ignore long-term crises, which feel normal and so get solved more slowly than they could. — 00:00:29
2022-03-04 · The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! — Hank thanks John and everyone who took part in the P4A, however they participated, for their enthusiasm, creations, donations, videos and votes; it was what he needed. — 00:20:26
2022-03-11 · Is it All Hopeless? — Hank: Admitting he is the more optimistic brother, Hank says both he and John agree humans will exist in 200 years, probably with much more advanced technology: the most likely outcome. (hedged) — 00:01:19
2022-04-05 · Celebrities I've Met and Whether I'd Vote for Them??? — John: Hank was to upload a secret video and John a secret reply so he needn't film on vacation, but Hank didn't upload his, and John's makes no sense without it. (playful) — 00:00:00
2022-04-22 · My Life is on My Walls — Hank shows a tie in the plaid Mr. Rogers wore, bought for him by their dad, who probably got John one too; he calls him a good dad. — 00:03:16
2022-05-17 · Reasons Not to Care — John: As they discussed recently, John says nobody can care about everything all the time: empathy has limits, and must; grieving every death like a loved one's would make functioning impossible. — 00:01:27
2022-08-03 · Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? — announcement: Hank announces an Esther Day livestream tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern with people from This Star Won't Go Out, Esther's family, John and Sarah, and the Animal Wonders folks. — 00:02:40
2022-12-23 · You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) — Hank thanks John for sharing thoughts about Hank's books. — 00:00:00
…and 23 statements more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

2023

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
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — announcement: John asks people to spare a thought for the employees of DFTBA and Complexly, who now have him, a store-brand Hank Green, as temporary CEO. (playful) — 00:02:55
2023-06-20 · 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
2023-07-14 · 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
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — John recalls that when Hank got cancer, he became the reluctant and temporary CEO of DFTBA.com. — 00:00:00
2023-09-22 · 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
- 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
2023-09-26 · 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 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
2023-11-03 · 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
2023-12-01 · 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
…and 56 statements more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

2024

2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank recalls that John convinced him to help raise $25 million to build the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone with Partners In Health, which was scary and motivating. — 00:00:29
2024-04-09 · Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX — John and Hank say they have just been to Rax together. — 00:00:00
2024-06-14 · Some Reasons why People Suck — announcement: Hank announces John's two-hour livestream on the channel on Saturday, June 15, at noon Eastern: a look at how Partners In Health works and honoring and matching a longtime nerdfighter's bequest. — 00:08:45
2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. — Mike Green (quoted): John's dad concluded that they had decided John was neither an asset nor a threat, just a dad from Indianapolis. (hedged) — 00:04:01
2024-09-20 · Do I Regret TikTok? — Hank: Taking up John's Tuesday point that algorithms work with our biology to control us, Hank says creators like the brothers work with algorithms to do it too. — 00:02:55
2024-09-23 · IT'S HERE! — announcement: John announces Pizzamas: for two weeks the brothers make weekday videos back and forth as in 2007 and sell merch with John's mustachioed face for charity. (playful) — 00:00:00
2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — Hank says something sets some of these goals apart, which John hit on at the end of his video: something that answers the question of what exactly the point is. — 00:01:56
- Hank worries that his work on the internet solves problems for some people but also creates problems for others. (hedged) — 00:03:53
2024-10-25 · I Don't Want them to Get Away With It… — recommendation: Hank says he was lucky to read John's book Everything Is Tuberculosis early; it changed how he sees all illness, with fascinating histories and stories of present-day tragedies. — 00:04:05
- Hank says these things change when we pay attention, he would never have paid attention without John, and thanks him for his work and his book. — 00:04:55
2024-12-02 · John, You're Doing Great — Hank tells John he knows he is stressed with a lot to do, but he is doing a good job, Hank is proud of him, and the book is very good and worth the work. — 00:02:33
2024-12-13 · TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' — Hank says that when he thinks of John he has no words but a bubble of the things about John; John is many things stuck together in the shape of a John Green. (playful) — 00:00:40
…and 49 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

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2025

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
2025-03-14 · 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
2025-03-21 · 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
2025-06-03 · 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
2025-06-20 · '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 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
2025-09-26 · 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
2025-09-30 · 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
2025-10-10 · 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
2025-11-07 · 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
2025-11-10 · 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
2025-12-12 · 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
…and 64 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

Also named in: We Stole a Man's Blood

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
2026-02-04 · 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
2026-02-13 · 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
2026-02-15 · 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
2026-02-20 · 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
2026-03-31 · 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
2026-05-22 · 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
2026-06-05 · 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
2026-07-10 · 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
2026-09-18 · 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
2026-09-25 · 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
2026-10-09 · 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
…and 104 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026