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2007

2008

  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces an October 16 New York launch party for Paper Towns' release with Hank, their parents, the Yeti, Maureen Johnson and other authors; Julia Nunes is floated as a 'rumor'. — 00:01:12
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — both: The brothers note that Elizabeth Dole no longer has a job, thanking their Dad and Mom for not voting for her; 'we just don't like Elizabeth Dole'. (playful) — 00:00:44
  • 2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John spends Thanksgiving 2008 at his parents' house in Asheville, North Carolina, 'where it all started' for him. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — both: They say they featured none of their own videos and no best friends, except a video their parents made. (playful) — 00:01:35

Also named in: Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday)

2009

  • 2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — John: In the childhood book, each family member makes a New Year's resolution: Mom to clean the drawers, Dad to weigh under 600 pounds, Hank to bathe, John to try his hardest; only John's comes true. (fiction) — 00:00:21
  • 2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — John apologizes to his parents for the book's insults, then tells Hank he could in fact stand to take more showers. (playful) — 00:01:46
  • 2009-04-30 · A GOAT GIVING BIRTH — Hank did lose his camcorder charger and has no way to record, so he uses footage he shot at his mom and dad's house. — 00:00:03
  • 2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John says their father never taught him to shave; he didn't need to when he left for boarding school in 10th grade, and his 10th-grade girlfriend taught him. (playful) — 00:00:26
  • 2009-06-17 · The Fathers of the Founding Fathers — Hank thanks dads, especially his own, who 'created the vlog brothers', and wishes everyone a happy Father's Day. (playful) — 00:02:12
  • 2009-06-23 (said on 2009-06-22, implied) · Fighting the Flame War! — Hank records on Monday, June 22, rather than Tuesday because their parents come to town the next day and will want him to spend time with them. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — John hopes Hank is having fun with their parents and Katherine. (hedged) — 00:03:08
  • 2009-09-06 · How To (Not) Demolish a Wall — John: Step three: Dad said John needed a crowbar; John, likening crowbars to handguns, resisted but was eventually convinced to buy one. (playful) — 00:01:35
  • 2009-10-29 · EMBARASSMENT: The Live Show — Hank says his parents just sent him a box of his old things from the house, including his diary. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-12-16 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — Hank says the brothers' dad worked for the Nature Conservancy when they were growing up, as its Florida State Director. — 00:00:33
  • 2009-12-23 · Amazing Christmas Facts With John and Hank — John says he usually hates Christmas but is into it this year (2009): he and his wife expect their first kid, and Hank, Katherine, Mom and Dad are all there. — 00:00:34

Also named in: Star Trek: The Movie, Review

2010

  • 2010-01-18 · Fatherhood — John says their father is a really awesome father: always proud and supportive, he made many sacrifices and can do dad things like woodworking; a hard example to live up to, but John is lucky to have it. — 00:00:22
  • 2010-01-18 · Fatherhood — John: Their dad can always answer kids' questions like why the sky is blue; John cannot, even though Dad has explained it to him 'like a thousand times'. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John says the doors were locked overnight, so the suspects are the family and Red; he knows he didn't do it, and finds their parents unlikely since he thinks they liked the Nintendo keeping him busy. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:58
  • 2010-05-03 · Net Neutrality in the Shower — Hank: It is the brothers' dad's 60th birthday; Hank teases that he won't mention I Love Lucy, the lack of silicon transistors, or that both sons will soon be over 30. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: With Mom, Dad and Hank all denying it, John says it was Red Green, a home invader, or a lying family member, and insinuates that it was Hank. (playful) — 00:02:58
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says he and Hank are in Sonoma, California, for Dad's 60th birthday party. — 00:00:49
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John: Mom and Dad could not come because Mom broke her ankle, so the brothers celebrate Dad's 60th birthday without them and send them their love. — 00:00:57
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says the video is short because they will honor Dad's 60th birthday (at wineries, Hank adds) and enjoy their rented house. — 00:01:22

2011

  • 2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank shows a gift from Dark Horse Comics, an Orlando Solar Bears item from his dad (they went to hockey games), a Nerdfighter's gift, and Episode I figures dueling. — 00:00:38
  • 2011-03-07 · Why is Haiti Poor? — Hank recalls that long ago he and John went to the Dominican Republic and toured with a microfinance organization; that video is deep in the Brotherhood 2.0 archives. — 00:00:51
  • 2011-04-18 · 2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D — Hank thanks the people who made the glasses real: factory, web development, design and comic helpers, his dad for accounting and legal work, and DFTBA Records partner Alan and distribution help. — 00:01:39
  • 2011-06-06 · Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors — John went to a party with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, writer of 'Stand', to which John and Hank choreographed a dance in 1989 that their dad videotaped and lost. (playful) — 00:00:19
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank tells his dad he loves him for being an excellent father who never complains about how weird his sons are, and his mom for being proud of them even when they did weird things. — 00:02:26
  • 2011-10-07 · Steve Jobs and a Song — Hank says Steve Jobs made what the brothers do possible: from their first computer, the Apple IIe their dad got, to the computers bought in 2007 for this project and all their editing software. — 00:03:03
  • 2011-11-18 · Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ — Hank recalls that their dad took him to see Akira in a dinner theater when he was 10, which he says he will never forgive. (playful) — 00:00:08
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John woke at Mom and Dad's house, admired the view of Western North Carolina from the porch and went for a walk. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John: Mom and Dad raise goats and turn their milk into fancy soap and cheese; goats must have babies to produce milk. — 00:01:06
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John watched a long courtship (beard-rubbing, tail-wagging), hid so as not to discourage the goats, and after misplaced humping saw them mate; he was glad Henry didn't see. — 00:01:27
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John: Lost in thought, John got very lost in the woods; following water downhill, he found his trail by the skid marks from his fall, 'another life saved by dead leaves'. — 00:02:07

2012

2013

2014

  • 2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — announcement: John's description points to the TFIOS Preparedness Pack, a product he says was conceived by the brothers' dad. — video description
  • 2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — John says that over the last roughly 100 hours he, Hank, Katherine and both of their parents had norovirus. — 00:00:01
  • 2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — John names his one-year-old daughter as the family's patient zero: five days before Thanksgiving she woke from a nap and vomited on him, though he did not get sick then. — 00:00:53

Also named in: My Day Before VidCon

2015

2016

  • 2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says today is also their dad's birthday. — 00:00:40
  • 2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says few people know that their dad basically ran their company until a year ago, doing the payroll, budgeting and spreadsheets that made Crash Course and SciShow possible. (hedged) — 00:00:44
  • 2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John calls their dad a really great dad and person and wishes him a happy birthday with 'I love you'. — 00:00:52
  • 2016-05-31 (said on 2016-05-29, implied) · The Most Amazing Day — John's dad enjoyed the game. — 00:03:09
  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line — John: Their dad grew up in Indianapolis when it was nicknamed Naptown because nothing happened there, a place for people wanting quiet lives in America's flat, unbeautiful middle. — 00:01:09
  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line — John: Their dad worked hard to get out of Indianapolis; he and Mom left for good a few weeks after John was born and never looked back. — 00:01:27
  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line — John: In 2007, living in New York, John called Dad to say Sarah had a job in Indianapolis; Dad said, 'You can't be serious.' — 00:01:33
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John's first memory: attending the 100th running of the Indy 500 with his mom and dad and many friends. — 00:00:29
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John: From the Indy 500 John flew to London to see Nerdfighteria-sponsored AFC Wimbledon win at Wembley for a third-tier spot, then partied at their home stadium with his dad and players. — 00:00:50

2017

  • 2017-05-16 · The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job — John says their dad is a documentary filmmaker who, while they grew up, made films on everything from water in Florida to education in Alaska. — 00:00:02
  • 2017-05-16 · The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job — John grants they may have followed their dad by making non-fiction video, but calls vlogs not documentaries but very short podcasts featuring facial expressions, needing less visual-storytelling talent. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:08
  • 2017-05-16 · The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job — John says he inherited from their dad a really deep love for documentary films. — 00:00:34
  • 2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Fourth: in January 2006, engaged and walking in New York with his parents to register for wedding presents, John got a call that Looking for Alaska had won the Printz Award; his dad photographed the moment. — 00:01:24
  • 2017-08-04 · Why Bullets are Good for the Environment — Hank says their dad was the Florida state director of the Nature Conservancy, which is how he knows about an obscure law. — 00:00:36

2018

  • 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
  • 2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John says getting older need not mean yelling at clouds: his parents are wonderful models, having stayed passionate, hopeful and curious throughout their adult lives. — 00:01:02
  • 2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John: In ninth grade John played Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine loudly; his dad borrowed the CD despite the warning it was 'super alternative', found it compelling and bought his own copy. — 00:01:09
  • 2018-05-29 · How to Cook Eight Peas — John: A deer ate a lot of John's food a couple of weeks ago, so his dad built a fence. — 00:00:05
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Hank learned over dinner that their dad, at eight to ten, would come home from school and eat Wonder Bread topped with two or three teaspoons of sugar; Dad calls it an after-school ritual, not a habit. — 00:00:12
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Dad says he ate it alone, without his mother or brothers, and that it was just a snack, not getting away with something. — 00:01:01
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Tasting the recreated sugar bread, Dad recognizes the crunch and finds it not as bad as he expected. — 00:01:36
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: A blurb Dad reads praises the book's earnestly flawed bisexual heroine with direction and commitment issues and its generosity of spirit, calling it timely, sorely needed and highly recommended. — 00:02:04
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Another blurb calls the book funny, thrilling and an absolute blast to read, saying the writer knew Hank would be good at this but not this good on his first try. — 00:02:19
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: A third blurb calls it the book the writer's teen self would have loved and adult self obsessed over: joyful, devastating, personal, zeitgeisty, modern, classic, fast-paced and thoughtful. — 00:02:31
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Dad adds his own verdict: he read it, and it's a good book. — 00:02:46
  • 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
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Dad says Mama Green is coming to PodCon, though she doesn't like big conferences. — 00:03:11
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Dad recalls his mentor telling him that the more you cut, the better it gets. — 00:03:50
  • 2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — John's parents introduced him to the strategy as a kid; he has found it very helpful though hard to implement minute by minute, and will keep trying. — 00:03:18
  • 2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John's parents' solution: the family still visited his grandparents and he missed the game, but they had a trophy made reading 'John Green 1984 All-Star In Our Hearts'. — 00:01:56
  • 2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John's parents always praised his effort more than his achievements; even now his mom says she knows he worked hard rather than congratulating him on an award. — 00:02:26
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Hank: Of Orin's first joke, 'Mama. Dada.', Hank says he finds it funny too, and for the same reason Orin does. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:44
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — Hank: Joke three: pointing at his corduroy pants, Orin said 'Papa pants', Papa being their dad, who wears lots of corduroy; as far as Hank can tell, Orin is making fun of Dad's fashion advice, which Hank considers top notch. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:32
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John: When the internet first came to John's house in the early 1990s, it seemed to live inside a box; once his dad got it working, it was green letters on a black screen. (hedged) — 00:00:03
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John's dad showed him what the internet could do, like the current weather in Beijing or downloading the Apology of Socrates for free. — 00:00:13
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John: His dad then showed him that on the internet you could talk to people, pointing him to a French forum so he could practice his French. — 00:00:46
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John found an English-language version of the service, which changed his life: he made friends, including many of the most important friendships of his childhood. — 00:00:58
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John: Online John met a girl he eventually fell in love with and dated for most of college; when they first met in person, neither had ever seen a picture of the other. — 00:01:08
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John: CompuServe hired John, always in its student forum, as a moderator, meaning he got free internet; it taught him a little about online community building. (playful) — 00:01:40

2019

  • 2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? — John: On November 23, 1984, seven-year-old John watched Boston College play Miami, rooting for Boston College, and cried when Miami took a seemingly insurmountable late lead. — 00:00:00
  • 2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? — John: Boston College's quarterback threw a 52-yard pass to his roommate and best friend Gerard Phelan to win in what became the Miami Miracle; John's dad threw him in the air. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — Hank: On a bridge watching his son throw rocks into a creek, Hank told their dad a business idea; his dad asked 'you're not going to do that, are you?' and Hank said of course not. — 00:00:58
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: That Evening of Awesome included the Mountain Goats, Kimya Dawson, Neil Gaiman and many friends, with Sarah, Katherine and the brothers' parents all there. — 00:00:28
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Everything was perfect: singing with fans in a pub, then Wembley with his dad, Rosianna, his friend Stuart and Wimbly Womblies co-founder Meredith. — 00:01:21
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Lyle Taylor scored to put AFC Wimbledon into the third tier, and John partied all night with fans, friends, players and his dad. — 00:01:32

2020

  • 2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — Hank's dad has run businesses, and whenever Hank has a problem he can call him for help, which is extremely valuable. — 00:00:38
  • 2020-01-21 · Gifts That Changed My Life — John shows the world on a turtle that his parents gave him, which means a lot to him because of its symbolic resonances. — 00:00:58
  • 2020-10-20 · How to Sign Your Name 150,000 Times — John recalls winning a writing contest at nine to attend the 1987 Florida Young Writers Conference, where a famous author he loved refused his worn paperbacks, signing only new hardcovers he couldn't afford; he felt horrible. — 00:01:54

2021

2022

2023

2024

  • 2024-04-04 · The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie looks WEIRD!!! — Hank says he is in John's house while John is out of town, something that has never happened before: he is visiting their mom and dad and snuck in; John will be back soon. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank: Their dad chose where to move from Florida with a spreadsheet scoring places, including Obama vote share; he picked Asheville, North Carolina, but now lives in Indianapolis. — 00:33:12
  • 2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. — John: After the man left warmly, John immediately called his father to say he thought he had just met a spy and told him the whole story. — 00:03:45
  • 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
  • 2024-09-10 · The world will change. — John relays a story first heard from Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee: in 1950, the year their dad was born, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in Alaska. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-10-03 · Broadly in Favor of Humans — John says humanity is worth it: worth the toil of trying to make a better world and the hope and heartbreak of what his father calls hard-headed optimism. — 00:04:49

2025

  • 2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — ask: Hank: With the Project for Awesome coming soon, Hank asks people who can donate more than $500 to join the matching fund via the description form, which goes to their dad, who runs the program. — 00:06:54
  • 2025-07-22 · At Least There Are Trees — John says his dad was the state director of the Nature Conservancy when they were kids, and critics derided him as a tree hugger, as if he thought trees mattered more than people. — 00:00:28
  • 2025-07-22 · At Least There Are Trees — announcement: John says all his proceeds from the shirt will go to the Nature Conservancy in honor of his dad. — 00:05:10
  • 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

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John thanks the P4A 2026 matching donors (Partners In Health, Save the Children and hundreds of Nerdfighters) and the people who run the fund, including his father Mike Green. — 00:27:16
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John offers 20 prints of the Good News Bridge, which his mother painted after learning Hank's cancer was treatable rather than the worst case; John and his parents were on a walk there when they heard. — 01:00:55
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John says his father Mike Green, who donated, helped run the P4A matching fund with Amy, and thanks his parents for making a P4A perk again this year (2026). — 01:02:42
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John recalls first trying a swear word, the one starting with S, when a kite fell during a beach outing; his parents were unperturbed, which defanged swearing for him. — 01:12:13
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says his father ran the brothers' company for many years when they were wildly incompetent, teaching them how to do payroll. — 07:34:05
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says his father, who worked in nonprofits for most of his career, including the Nature Conservancy, offered to help with donor development and the matching fund, which now brings in about $1.5 million a year. — 07:34:32
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says that when he told his father he wanted to be a writer, his father asked his English teacher whether he was any good, then went all in, becoming a bigger fan of the idea than John himself. — 07:35:22
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — John says the 2026 matching fund raised over $1.5 million, because his dad and his colleague Amy are too good at raising money for it. — 01:15:11
  • 2026-03-03 · The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received — John: In third grade John wrote a story about death, It Just Isn't Fair, and won the Audubon Park Young Author Award for 1986. — 00:05:03
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John and Hank, greeting from a French barge, are on vacation for their parents' 50th wedding anniversary. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — Hank teases John that he gets a World Cup twice every four years, counting the Women's World Cup, but their parents' 50th anniversary happens once. (playful) — 00:03:32
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John says he is completely engaged in their parents' 50th anniversary, just short on sleep and not making a big deal of it. — 00:03:32
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John: Their dad took John, then 16, to the 1994 World Cup, which turned him into a soccer fan; Hank, not interested, didn't go. — 00:06:05
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John is very grateful to their parents for 50 long years of marriage, no small feat. — 00:06:34
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — both: Asked whether a long marriage is the biggest accomplishment, the brothers agree it is hard, also lovely, and takes luck. — 00:06:34
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John says a long marriage has an accomplishment piece and a beauty piece; they are lucky to be a close family with extraordinary parents who helped make them who they are. — 00:07:14
  • 2026-06-26 · No Video Today!! — Hank: The brothers are in France to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary, a trip planned for about two years. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-06-26 · No Video Today!! — Hank says the brothers' parents have made occasional appearances both in the channel's lore and on the channel. — 00:01:51
  • 2026-06-26 · No Video Today!! — Hank says how lucky the brothers are to have wonderful, thoughtful, empathetic, values-laden parents who worked hard to do good in their world and support each other, their children and grandchildren. — 00:02:20
  • 2026-07-17 · The Terrors of Middle Age — Hank: What lands: a favourite artist's 30th anniversary of a breakout album, and their parents' 50th anniversary where they held their 25th, which Hank attended as what he thought was an adult. — 00:01:14
  • 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