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Missoula, Montana

city · in 137 videos (2007–2026)

The Montana city where Hank has lived since moving there in 2003; he likes to note it has about as many people as Renaissance Florence. In 2016 he described his education-media business there as employing over 20 Montanans in a new downtown office, and in 2024 he booked Missoula's Roxy to build his stand-up show.

Includes: Unitarian Universalist church in Missoula

Videos by year: 2007: 26 · 2008: 8 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 8 · 2011: 10 · 2012: 13 · 2013: 6 · 2014: 9 · 2015: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2017: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2024: 12 · 2025: 4 · 2026: 4

Also known as: Missoula

Threads

Also named in the threads: John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) · Hank: turn off his house for Step It Up Day (2007) · The brothers reunite at a family reunion in the Dominican Republic (2007) · Winner, South Dakota: the brothers' midpoint and a Nerdfighter commune (2007) · Hank: eat a blenderized Christmas meal or give a one-hour public concert, as voted by Nerdfighters (2007) · John invites Nerdfighters to request a visit to their city on Eventful (2008) · Hank and Katherine buy a house (2008) · John loses his camcorder in Boston on the Paper Towns tour (2008) · DFTBA Records: founding of Hank and Alan's label for YouTube musicians (2008) · Hank and Katherine foster a greyhound, then adopt retired racer Lemon (2010) · Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010) · Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 edition · Crash Course: launch of the brothers' educational channel (2011) · SciShow: launch of Hank's science channel (2011) · The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) · The Brain Scoop: Emily Graslie's YouTube show from the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum (2012) · Tour Because Awesome 2014 edition: Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers' western US tour after VidCon · Hank asks viewers to attend The Night Before Our Stars screening and livestream (2014) · Awesome Socks Club: monthly sock subscription (2016) · Turtles All the Way Down tour: John and Hank's US book tour (2017) · Awesome Coffee Club: the brothers' coffee subscription for charity (2022) · Good Store: the brothers' store and subscription box at good.store giving all profit to charity (2023) · Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) · Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) · Hank's Cancer Socks: socks Hank designed during chemo, sold at good.store to fund cancer-treatment access (2023)

Often together

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

Montana (15) · Katherine Green (23) · SciShow (11) · Florida (7) · Indianapolis (11) · The Brain Scoop (2) · Mike Green (6) · Crash Course (8) · DFTBA Records (8) · Keats & Co. (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

  • 2007-01-19 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 19th — Hank: Inspired by John's morning walk around Manhattan, Hank walks around Missoula; with no nannies or rich kids for John's game, he plays 'picnic table park bench' in an abandoned park. (playful) — 00:00:09
  • 2007-02-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 2nd — Hank: Another good thing about Orlando is Little Vietnam: Missoula has little ethnic diversity, so Hank likes having a part of town different from everywhere else. — 00:02:14
  • 2007-03-05 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 5, 2007: Hank's Punishment — announcement: John sets the punishment: Hank buys 100 full-sized Peeps and eats as many as he can in six minutes, then gives the uneaten ones to worthy recipients in Missoula. (playful) — 00:00:39
  • 2007-04-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble — announcement: John: Options one to three: attend a senior water aerobics class (surely at the Missoula YMCA), have his chin waxed by a professional, or act out his most embarrassing moment with hand puppets. (playful) — 00:00:59
    • Options four and five: convince people in downtown Missoula to sing verses from the Nerdfighters song with him, or visit his local GM dealer and test-drive a Hummer. (playful) — 00:01:30
  • 2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — announcement: Hank's personal Step It Up project: turn off his whole house (so he won't be on the internet), attend a rally in downtown Missoula, and garden, which takes no power. (playful) — 00:02:18
  • 2007-04-19 · April 19th: For Sale?! — Hank says they love Missoula despite little work, bad winters and this spring, and two friends not moving back; the community and people are great and its size is comfortable. — 00:01:42
  • 2007-05-11 · May 11th: Heroes — Hank thinks a superhero's awesomeness depends on the size of his city: with few people to save, a superhero in Missoula would be very part-time. (hedged) — 00:02:58
  • 2007-07-06 · July 6: Ooooooops — Hank explains that in Missoula, when it gets too hot, people go tubing on the river instead of using air conditioners; probably his favorite part of summer, possibly the year. (hedged) — 00:00:37
  • 2007-09-21 · September 21: Court and Apples — Hank got a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign on his bicycle and has to go to court at Missoula's City Hall. — 00:00:09
  • 2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — announcement: Hank announces a gig booked through a friend: happy hour at the Badlander bar in Missoula, Montana, December 26, 6:30 to 7:30, playing guitar. — 00:01:50
  • 2007-12-26 (said on 2007-12-25, implied) · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop — ask: John reminds Nerdfighters in and around Missoula, Montana to go see Hank's show, with details in the video info. — 00:02:46
  • …and 26 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

2008

  • 2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — announcement: Hank will speak about social networking and Nerdfighters at the Missoula Art Museum next Tuesday (13 May 2008) at 5:30; $5 for students, $10 for everyone else. — 00:03:04
  • 2008-07-04 · America Stands for Awesome — Hank spends the Fourth of July watching a baseball game in Missoula, Montana, which he says he does 'for America'. (playful) — 00:00:00
    • Hank says there are probably very few nicer places in the world to watch baseball than Missoula, but the home team 'kind of sucks a lot'. (hedged) — 00:00:00
    • Hank says the local team has not won a home game yet this season. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-07-27 · How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! — Hank plans to buy frames online and have a friend at a cheap family-owned store in downtown Missoula make the lenses and adjust the glasses for free. — 00:01:38
  • 2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — Hank thanks Missoula's one and only breakdance crew, joking they'd be the best in town even among 10,000, and says it was a surprise to find breakdancing going on there. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — John says James Crumley died a couple of weeks ago in Hank's hometown of Missoula, Montana. — 00:02:20
  • 2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John: While Hank sits in his fancy new house in Missoula, John has been travelling the country collecting t-shirts and failing to get a camcorder. (playful) — 00:00:14
  • …and 3 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

2009

  • 2009-01-07 · Hank Green: Behind the Music — Hank recorded many of his YouTube hits with Schmidt, who he says owns THE music studio in Missoula, played on Weezer albums and made music for That '70s Show. (playful) — 00:01:03
  • 2009-09-16 · #@$%#!!! From Maine — Hank says he deleted the video he had made for John in Missoula, so he is filming on the iSight camera at a Maine hotel before leaving at 4 a.m. — 00:00:40
  • 2009-11-12 · On a Plane - On the Ground — Hank marvels that he sits down in Missoula and stands up in Seattle after going about 300 mph through the sky, yet he manages to hate flying. (playful) — 00:01:44
  • 2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — announcement: John sets Hank's punishment: be at the Missoula, Montana Target when it opens at 8 a.m. and stay, without leaving, until it closes 15 hours later. (playful) — 00:03:17
  • …and 1 statement more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

2010

  • 2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — announcement: Hank says the sequel to Maureen Johnson's Suite Scarlett is out, though no copy has reached Missoula yet. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-03-12 · Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires — Hank: After waiting for a new group of retired racing greyhounds to reach Missoula, Hank and Katherine adopted a very sweet dog whose track name was Tina Fey; they named her Lemon. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-04-16 · The Patron Saint of Youtube — John argues YouTube gives everyone the superpower of bilocation: he is in his Indiana basement and at Hank's house in Missoula at once. (playful) — 00:02:29
  • 2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — Hank: Reading in bed with his wife in hot Missoula, windows open, Hank heard simultaneous screams across his neighborhood and checked Twitter on his Droid: every tweet said goal. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · Hank's Life in a Day — Hank: At Missoula's farmers' market, a big deal in town, a cook made Katherine a fried egg sandwich (as for about a thousand others) and Hank got peanut curry. — 00:00:29
  • 2010-08-13 · The Marvelous Mystery of The Dan — Hank suggested Dan fly to Missoula to record a song with him; it rose to the top of Dan's decision engine, and a week later Hank picked him up at the Missoula airport. — 00:02:00
  • 2010-10-15 · TOP 7 FAILS OF HISTORY — Hank's description says he slept in and missed his speaking slot at an event in Missoula, felt like a failure, and read about history's worst fails to feel better. — video description
  • …and 2 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

Also named in: In Defense of Contemporary Art

2011

  • 2011-02-21 · Hank Interviews His Mayor — John Engen: Engen says the mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Missoula, which has about 500 full-time city employees. — 00:02:24
    • Hank had a great time talking to Engen and tells Missoula viewers they should vote for him. — 00:03:15
  • 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John loved Hank's interview with the mayor of Missoula and wishes he could be his mayor without moving there. — 00:00:04
  • 2011-06-17 · Top 7 Tips for LIFE — announcement: Hank plays two Missoula shows this week (week of 13 June 2011) and next; the first ('July 23rd' as said, description June 23rd) is at a Unitarian Universalist church with the Whomping Willows. — 00:03:40
    • Hank hopes all Missoula Nerdfighters come to the shows, because he would like to see how many of them there are. — 00:03:49
  • 2011-06-27 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — ask: Hank tells viewers who live in Missoula to come to the show; there is a link. — 00:02:03
  • 2011-08-22 (said on 2011-08-23, implied) · Thoughts from a Butterfly Hatch — Hank says that this weekend (20–21 August 2011) he and Katherine went hiking in the Bitterroot Valley and came across a hatch of butterflies, which John, having left Missoula, missed. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-10-31 · Pumpkin Slashing, Sexy Watermelons, and Zombie Tools with Jayne — Hank: As a Halloween special, Hank visited a company in his hometown, Zombie Tools, that makes tools specifically for killing zombies, brought them pumpkins and made a mini music video. — 00:00:42
  • …and 4 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

Also named in: 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD!

2012

Also named in: The Five Worst Places to Vomit, Thoughts from Dead Animals

2013

Also named in: Football For Nerds

2014

  • 2014-03-07 · Thoughts from a Cruise — Hank says that this time last week (week of 24 February 2014) he was pulling out of Port Everglades on a sunny evening on a boat, hard to believe given Missoula's current weather. — 00:00:01
  • 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — Hank apologises to people outside the Western US: SciShow, Crash Course and the other Missoula projects and people make it hard to be away more than a couple of weeks; he makes internet things so everyone can have them. — 00:03:18
  • 2014-05-16 · The Myth of Greatness — Hank says Missoula, Montana, often called a small town, has 70,000 people when the students are there, and the population drops significantly when they leave for the summer. — 00:00:01
    • Florence's population then, Hank stresses, was not millions or hundreds of thousands but 70,000, the same as Missoula. — 00:01:03
    • Hank thinks of Missoula as a little Florence full of unnoticed da Vincis; what separates the great people he remembers from those everyone remembers is, he thinks, 100% circumstance. (hedged) — 00:01:42
    • Asked why so much interesting happens in small Missoula (shows with Emily Graslie, Lindsey Doe, now Jessi), Hank says interesting things happen everywhere: not magical places or people, just people who found their passion. — 00:02:27
    • Hank is grateful Nerdfighteria gave him that: all he has done is because he found something to believe in; though he lives in Missoula, his first allegiance is to this community. — 00:02:59
  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank calls The Warehouse, a show made in the DFTBA Records warehouse by customer-service head Matthew Gaydos, their least-known project; he saw Gaydos play Sean Kelly's in Missoula. — 00:01:24
    • 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
  • 2014-07-11 · Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps — Hank says he has just got back home to Missoula from tour and shares one full day in the life of the tour, step by step. — 00:00:00
  • 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: For once writing 'see you tomorrow' in text in a video, Hank had to give away Peeps on the streets of Missoula, which is how he met Kurt the punk-rock Nerdfighter. — 00:00:44
  • 2014-12-26 · The Best and Worst of 2014 — Hank says Missoula, Montana, had its first same-sex marriage at the courthouse this year (2014); he can't believe it took so long. — 00:02:25
  • …and 5 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

2015

  • 2015-05-01 · A $100,000 Egg and A 200M Year Old Pinecone — Hank says Emily Graslie hosts The Brain Scoop, which she and Michael Aranda created in Missoula; the Field Museum then acquired it and she moved there, which was sad. — 00:00:29
  • 2015-06-19 · 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet — Hank says he has several times been asked to run for local election in Missoula and, as a local business owner and semi-celebrity, would have an okay chance. — 00:00:01
    • Hank says that whenever he is asked, he thinks he is not really from Missoula, Montana, but from the internet. — 00:00:11
  • 2015-10-02 · Awkward Stranger Conversations — Hank: When Hank first moved to Missoula, at around 23, a grocery cashier ringing up his taco ingredients asked 'So, tacos tonight?'; never having chatted with cashiers, he was flabbergasted. (playful) — 00:00:02
    • Hank says he had moved from a place where chatting with strangers wasn't normal to one where it is, and he kinda likes it, though some people don't. — 00:00:36
  • 2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze — recommendation: Hank recommends visiting Shakespeare and Company in Missoula, saying local bookstores are part of the fabric holding a community together; think of that next time on Amazon. — 00:02:09
  • …and 1 statement more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

Also named in: Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good

2017

  • 2017-06-16 · When Will You Die? — recommendation: Hank shares Patreon's video about the brothers' production studio in Missoula, which he calls fantastic. — 00:03:17
  • 2017-09-07 · I Love and Apologize to (Insert Location Here): Surprise Thursday Bonus Video! — announcement: John lists the tour's 19 stops in one take, from New York through the South, Midwest and Northwest to two San Francisco Bay Area shows and Los Angeles, including Hank's high school auditorium in Orlando. — 00:00:25
  • 2017-12-15 · Why Big Solutions Fail — Hank says it takes almost as much energy and work to get something he ordered off Amazon from China to the Missoula distribution warehouse as from that warehouse to his house. — 00:00:24

2018

  • 2018-02-09 · This is Going to Seem Dumb, but Stick with Me — Hank: Missoula tripled in population between 1900 and 1910, which is why a lot of its sidewalks were laid down in the 1910s and 1920s. — video description
    • Hank says Missoula people protect the maker's stamps: whole sidewalks get replaced but the stamped square is left, and sometimes the stamp is cut out and sunk in the ground beside the new sidewalk. — video description
    • Hank says Florida sidewalks where they grew up were boring, consistent and laid all at once, while Missoula's range from a hundred years old to new, a weird patchwork, many falling apart. — 00:00:43
  • 2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — Hank gets to the airport about half an hour before takeoff (it's Missoula, he checks in beforehand and never checks a bag) and in 10 years has never missed a flight. (playful) — 00:00:00

Also named in: Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity

2019

  • 2019-01-25 · A Floridian's Guide to Living Someplace Very Very Cold — Hank says that in 2003 he moved to Missoula, Montana, which was a shift. — 00:00:10
    • Hank says Missoula winters usually hover in the 20s and 30s Fahrenheit and sometimes drop to about negative 20, about as cold as it gets. — 00:00:14
  • 2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — announcement: John: At the DFTBA warehouse in Missoula, Montana, staff are crushing hundreds of these 'reprehensible' pennies into souvenirs as P4A perks. (playful) — 00:01:41

2020

  • 2020-07-17 · So Much to See — Hank: When Machiavelli, Da Vinci and Michelangelo were all working, Renaissance Florence had about as many people as Missoula, Montana. — 00:02:57

2021

  • 2021-04-09 · A Thought is Not an Idea — Hank: Keeping the club alive takes many people; Hank happened to know a woman in the sock business in Missoula, Montana, without whom they might not have managed it. (hedged) — 00:01:56
  • 2021-10-07 · We're Thinking About Facebook Wrong — Hank says Facebook's internal research has shown it can affect people's moods, and that it can inform or misinform, and make communities thrive or vanish, not for 60,000 people like Missoula but for billions. — 00:02:15
  • …and 1 statement more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2022

  • 2022-01-14 · Thank God We Got This Right… — Hank: In Missoula, newcomers say they go 'down' the Bitterroot, while longtime residents with a deeper connection to the land say 'up', because going there is south but upstream and uphill. — 00:00:29
  • 2022-11-04 · My Secret Obsession — Hank's accidentally funny examples include a Hall of Fame Missoula sign meant as two signs but impossible not to read as one, and a misspelled sale sign. (playful) — 00:02:41
  • …and 1 statement more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

2023

  • 2023-03-17 (said on 2023-03-16, implied) · This is a Video!! — Hank: Asked about how niche escalators are, Hank says Missoula recently lost its only escalator, in the Herberger's, but got another at the new airport. (playful) — 00:01:22
  • 2023-05-05 · New Office Tour!! — Hank: All the carpentry, installation and contracting was done by Jack Metcalf, whom Hank knew through local people in Missoula; Hank feels lucky to have found the pair. — 00:03:21
  • 2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John: Colleagues from Missoula to Sierra Leone count on the brothers to continue the Awesome Coffee and Socks clubs and everything else DFTBA makes. — 00:03:24
  • 2023-08-01 · Three Mornings — John says the coffee tastes really good because of a huge collaboration: farmers like Marta, labor activists like Dolores, roasting by First Crack in Missouri and packing in Missoula, Montana. — 00:04:06
  • 2023-08-04 · The Biggest Science Story of the Week — recommendation: Hank says the Awesome Coffee Club is also intentional and careful: rather than relying on certifications, they visit the coffee's makers, and the coffee is cared for from the tree in Colombia to their Missoula warehouse. — 00:05:34
  • …and 2 statements more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

2024

  • 2024-03-15 · The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer — Hank says in Missoula he was extremely well taken care of during treatment: he saw his doctor at least twice a month and was getting scans, chemo and radiation. — 00:00:58
  • 2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — Hank says Missoula holds a yearly parade where children and adults dress as animals; last year (2023) it fell the day after he learned he probably had cancer, before it was certain. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-05-10 · Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg — announcement: Hank says the DOT emailed that the Secretary would be in Missoula for the new airport's opening; Hank proposed a dual interview, with explanatory interstitials added in editing. — 00:00:00
    • Pete Buttigieg: Pete says airlines sometimes invest in airports, and in Missoula he is celebrating the Biden-Harris administration's federal funds for the airport. — 00:01:40
  • 2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy — Hank: Finishing chemo, Hank worked on stand-up with friend Sarah Aswell, booked Missoula's Roxy, and grew from 10 to 30 minutes into the bones of a 60-minute special. — 00:04:22
    • Hank kept working on the special for months with Sarah Aswell, his original Missoula comedy coach, and hired Ben Acker for parts he struggled with. — 00:06:25
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank says he never decided to move anywhere, being a coaster, but has decided many times not to leave Missoula, despite its terrible weather. — 00:31:17
  • 2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — announcement: Hank says SciShow recently started a residency for newer science communicators: four or five months paid on the editorial team pitching, writing and editing scripts, then flown to Missoula to host those episodes. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-09-13 · My Governor is Weirder than Yours — Ryan Busse: Busse calls public lands the ultimate freedom: outside Missoula you can hike public land for miles and camp for months without seeing anyone. — 00:05:12
    • Ryan Busse: Busse says Gianforte's administration rolled back local control with bills aimed at Missoula, though communities can work out their own solutions. — 00:15:40
  • 2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John says Good Store works with local Missoula-based companies for its soap and tea, and with Sucafina and directly with farmers in Colombia for its coffee. — 00:18:41
  • 2024-12-02 · John, You're Doing Great — announcement: Hank lists Good Store goods: the Dot's Day Out puzzle, plastic-free shampoo bars, good-smelling soaps, stationery printed in Missoula, Montana, and tea and coffee. — 00:01:35
  • …and 4 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

2025

Also named in: The Web is Going to Die

2026

  • 2026-01-23 · Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust — Hank says many Montana people feel big cities have too many people; in Missoula he knows what people are doing, but in a big city you cannot conceive of all the places people live and work. — 00:01:16
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — recommendation: John calls the Nerdfighter art perk his favorite: art made by a Nerdfighter goes to the DFTBA warehouse in Missoula and is sent to a donor; he gets it every year. — 01:59:23
  • …and 3 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026