Montana

us state · in 111 videos (2007–2026)

The US state where Hank lives, in Missoula, whose fairs, ranches, winters, health plans and politics he and John talk about from 2007 on. Hank says he never wanted to leave Montana, so he and John built their company brick by brick, nice and slow.

Videos by year: 2007: 21 · 2008: 5 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 7 · 2011: 4 · 2012: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2016: 10 · 2017: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2026: 9

Threads

• The brothers' 'movie magic': footage shot on another day presented as today's (2007) — running joke (last seen 2014), 2007–2014
• Hank is asked to be interviewed for a Weather Channel show on global warming (2007) — story, told 2×, last update 2007, 2007
• Hank's visit to John's house after John's birthday, with family (2007) — story, followed over 5 videos (2007), 2007
• Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — story, followed over 5 videos (2007), 2007
• John and his family visit Hank in Missoula (August 2011) — story, followed over 3 videos (2011), 2011
• Hank and Katherine's sixth-anniversary trip to northern Montana: Whitefish, Glacier and Big Mountain (2012) — story, told 1×, 2012
• Hank's cosmic-scale 'Draw My Life' (2015) — running joke, one-off joke (2015), 2015
• Hank is overcharged by a Bay Area taxi driver during the What If? book launch trip (2014) — story, told 1×, 2016
• Hank's Montana valley is socked with wildfire smoke; the Lolo National Forest fire flares (2017) — story, told 1×, 2017
• Hank: Montana's closure of nonessential businesses will likely last beyond April 10 (2020) — prediction, its date passed (2020); no outcome reported, 2020

Also named in the threads: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) · Hank's hard drive is corrupted; he may need a new computer (2007) · Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) · The brothers reunite at a family reunion in the Dominican Republic (2007) · The brothers' agreement never to use the L-word about each other (2010) · Hank asks viewers to check out Jessi Knudsen Castañeda's new Animal Wonders channel (2014) · Animal Wonders: launch of Jessi Knudsen Castañeda's rescued-animal channel (2014) · Hank's trip to New York City for the TFiOS film premiere (2014) · Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) · Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) · Humans: Hank's conversation podcast (2026)

Often together

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

Missoula, Montana (15) · United States Congress (11) · Florida (8) · Katherine Green (18) · Republican Party (7) · United States (20) · Los Angeles (6) · Delete This (2) · Donald Trump (6) · Reunion video (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

• 2007-02-07 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 — John: The narrator concedes that not literally everyone has: poor people can't afford to fly to Montana and babies are busy with their own, but statistically an improbably large number have. (fiction) — 00:00:42 · also in: Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book
• 2007-02-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 14th — Hank says he is back in Montana 'for real this time'; it is cold and snowing. (playful) — 00:00:04
• 2007-02-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble — Hank says he cannot get back into the swing of things in Montana because none of his computers work. — 00:00:59
• 2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — Hank: Step It Up events are everywhere: one each in Missoula, Glacier and Corvallis (for Montana, three block parties on one block) and about 400 in New York City alone. (hedged) — 00:01:32
• 2007-06-07 · June 7: Weather and My Pants — Hank doesn't know whether it will happen: the Weather Channel is finicky about him living in Montana, calling it a daunting task, which it wouldn't be if he lived in LA. (hedged) — 00:01:16
• 2007-06-15 · June 15: AIRRRRPORRRTS!!! — Hank, who hates flying, has been travelling since about 6 a.m. and will get home around 1 a.m.; he vlogs from the airport because his plane reaches Missoula after the deadline. — 00:00:32
• 2007-08-01 · August 1: It's Too Hot — Hank sings that anyone would have to be deranged not to believe in climate change when it is 102 degrees in Montana after dark. (playful) — 00:02:25
• 2007-08-13 · August 13: The Fair!!!! — Hank reports that he went to the fair (the Western Montana Fair, per the description). — 00:00:09
• 2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — Hank and Katherine are about to go back to Montana, which is sad but also very happy. — 00:00:10
• 2007-10-19 · October 19th: Missoula to Seattle — Hank is filming from an airplane; before the flight he and Katherine drove from Montana through Idaho into Washington, which he shows as a travelogue. — 00:00:03
  • Hank says a Montana casino-bar-restaurant-gift shop (and more) displays over 10,000 silver dollars that people gave it, which he says only readers of Neil Gaiman's American Gods might understand. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:53
• 2007-12-13 · December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas — Hank says the tree seller is an actual Montanan, a group he says is now pretty much outnumbered in Missoula, so it is good to see them. (playful) — 00:01:38
• …and 10 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

Also named in: Brotherhood 2.0: March 1, 2007: Sophistication. And balls., October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns, December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED!

2008

• 2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank started the new year sledding, as he did last year (2007), at a place he says was even more beautiful (the description: northern Montana). — 00:00:01
• 2008-04-10 · Barack John Obama Green — Barack Obama (quoted): In the speech clip, Obama says every child is our problem and our responsibility, and that we have to invest to make sure they are prepared. — 00:01:26
• 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
• 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: Back in Montana, Hank saw two great friends married, then went to the last day of the Western Montana Fair: goats, llamas, corn dogs and a demolition derby. — 00:03:39
• 2008-10-14 (said on 2008-10-13, implied) · Numa Numa Hank Dance — Hank says his video is late because his computer crashed about 18 times, noting it is Columbus Day and still the same day in Montana, and hopes to avoid a punishment. (playful) — 00:00:00
• …and 1 statement more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

2009

• 2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John says a gas leak caused an explosion of three buildings in Bozeman, Montana, and his first thought was the hope that Hank and Katherine were okay. — 00:00:00
• 2009-09-01 · I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! — Hank says his friends in Montana think he 'works on computers' and barely know what YouTube is, which he does not mind. (playful) — 00:03:06
• 2009-09-20 (said on 2009-09-21, implied) · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Montana, not known for liberal bias, partnered with a private insurer on a somewhat affordable plan open to anyone regardless of pre-existing conditions. — 00:02:04
• …and 2 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

2010

• 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank says the host, Heather, is an egg farmer, the kind of profession people have in Montana where he lives. (playful) — 00:02:20
• 2010-08-30 · Thoughts from Places: The Centennial Valley — Hank: About a week ago Hank woke at 6 am to watch the sunrise, which he had not seen in a while, while he and Katherine stayed at a working ranch in Montana's Centennial Valley. — 00:00:00
  • Hank says Monida, a town on the Montana–Idaho border, has a population of two. (playful) — 00:00:29
• 2010-10-11 · Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida — Hank says there are also things he loves: sweet tea, Waffle House, and a sun that breeds a variety of life Montana can't compare with. — 00:01:06
• 2010-11-22 · Thoughts from Places: On a Horse — Hank says he woke at a leisurely 10 a.m. Eastern (8 a.m. Montana time) and went horseback riding, 'the original ride'. — 00:00:00
• 2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — Hank got a light, so he can now make videos at night, which helps because in a Montana winter nighttime starts at four. (playful) — 00:00:14
• …and 3 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

2011

• 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — John tells Hank the last reason they came to Montana is that Hank is his brother and John likes him; both then find the moment too awkward. (playful) — 00:02:02
• 2011-10-03 · The LHC and Alex's Survey — Hank: Asked for his most expensive casual clothing, Hank shows a winter garment (prepared for Montana winters) and finds six dollars and a receipt for only a six-pack of Miller High Life in its pocket. (playful) — 00:00:29
• …and 2 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

• 2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John loves Missoula, the only Montana town he ever visits; it reminds him of Richard Hugo's poem 'Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg', some lines of which he recites. — 00:00:00
• 2012-09-28 · THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana — Hank and Katherine celebrated their sixth anniversary last week (mid-September 2012) by escaping the smoke to northern Montana: D&D characters, Glacier National Park, and a VH1 90s countdown that disappointed him in his generation. — 00:00:00
• 2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( — Hank: Because of its fairly large population, a State of Puerto Rico would have quite a bit of sway in the House, certainly more than Montana, which gets only one seat. — 00:02:55
• …and 2 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

Also named in: Thoughts from Dead Animals

2013

• 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John says Montana's catastrophic coverage plan caps Hank's out-of-pocket costs at $10,000 a year; before that law Hank could get no insurance and risked a million-dollar bankrupting illness. — 00:02:26
• …and 1 statement more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

• 2014-04-01 · VELOCIRAPTORS — John says the velociraptor wasn't famous until Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park and Spielberg's film, which show smart, people-sized, scaly pack hunters dug up in Montana. — 00:00:11
  • John says the velociraptor never lived in Montana; it lived in Mongolia and China. — 00:00:45
• …and 2 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

Also named in: The Great Goose Migration

2015

• 2015-02-13 · Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions — Hank: Doing 'Draw My Life', Hank says he takes up a trivial amount of space in Montana, itself tiny next to the Earth, solar system, galaxy and universe, and his lifetime is unnoticeable on a universal scale. (playful) — 00:02:54
• 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
• …and 1 statement more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

• 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank says he lives in Montana, a society where eating meat is normal and vegetarianism is not, unlike some other places in America. — 00:01:29
• 2016-02-12 · Doing the Hard(er) Thing (and some very bad news) — Hank: The walks have noticeably improved Hank's life (less stress, great sunrises), yet every frigid pre-dawn Montana morning he wants nothing more than to get back into bed. — 00:00:44
• 2016-04-01 · Loving Loving Things in Los Angeles — In the description Hank says one reason he lives in Montana is to stay a little disconnected from this culture, or he stops being a fan and gets competitive. — video description
• 2016-04-29 · The Time a Taxi Driver Stole My Money — Hank: A couple of years ago (2014), in the Bay Area for the launch of Randall Munroe's book What If?, Hank took a taxi whose very nice driver chatted with him about Montana and his trip. — 00:00:13
• 2016-06-17 · Hey, Let's Change Some Things — Hank: To Steve Daines, Hank writes that guns are part of Montana's history and culture and he has no wish to end his neighbors' access to firearms, but there is a problem that needs action. — video description
  • Hank thanks Senator Jon Tester, with whom he agrees more often, for supporting common-sense gun regulations, noting this is not an easy position in Montana and his moderate views hurt him. — video description
• 2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau — Hank introduces Superintendent Juneau, who is running for Congress to represent Montana. — 00:00:12
  • Denise Juneau: Juneau says the Superintendent of Public Instruction is basically the head of all Montana's schools, elected every four years as one of the statewide offices under the state constitution. — 00:02:08
  • Denise Juneau: Juneau says despite stereotypes about Montana, her coming out hasn't become a political issue, which she thinks speaks volumes for the state, the country and their direction. (hedged) — 00:03:35
• 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John explains the electoral college: states get electoral votes by congressional representation (California 55, Montana 3), most give all to the state winner, and 270 wins. — 00:00:30
• 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John's third memory: meeting baby Orin in Montana; there is nothing like the pride and happiness of seeing his baby brother be such a committed, loving father. — 00:02:01
  • John tells Hank that, visiting him, Katherine and Orin in Montana, he thought Hank had found the thing he is best at. — 00:02:15
• …and 4 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

Also named in: Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited

2017

• 2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John: The brothers asked Montana-based artist Claire Emery for limited-edition woodblock prints for the 10th anniversary; her three prints are on pre-order at DFTBA.com, black and white or hand-coloured. — 00:01:20
• 2017-08-25 · Trust and Fire - Thoughts from the Smoke — Hank says Montana's unseasonably hot, dry summer has socked his valley with smoke, sometimes enough that experts advised him not to leave his house, certainly not with an infant. — 00:00:03
• …and 1 statement more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

2018

• 2018-03-23 · Trump, Guns, and Net Neutrality...With Governor Steve Bullock?! — Hank says that in Montana's last big election Donald Trump won 70% of the vote while a Democratic governor was reelected with 54%, which he wants explained. — 00:00:07
  • Hank says Montana was the first state to push back on the net neutrality rollback, with Bullock signing an executive order for state protections. — 00:00:53
  • Steve Bullock: Bullock explains the order: providers selling internet services to Montana must keep the internet free and open for all Montanans; they may block and throttle, but then cannot sell to the state. — 00:01:07
  • Steve Bullock: Bullock says New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and Vermont governors did the same, basically taking Montana's executive order; Montana even offered a fill-in template. (hedged) — 00:01:25
  • Hank says he believes in pushing good progressive agendas, and having Bullock in charge of Montana helps that and functionally helps a lot of people. — 00:02:28
  • Steve Bullock: Bullock says Montana kids are in publicly funded preschools because of his administration's work, and focusing on that makes the hard parts of office easier. — 00:05:57
  • Steve Bullock: Bullock tells young people there is no magic age to get involved: a Montana state legislator had not graduated high school when elected. — 00:07:22
  • Steve Bullock: Bullock says Parkland, Florida students may fundamentally change things, Montana students walked out in protest, and maybe grown-ups will finally listen to kids. (hedged) — 00:09:02
• 2018-03-30 · The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam — Hank says Amsterdam's transport is partly circumstance (dense, old narrow roads, flat, no Montana snow) but also choice: individuals establishing and following norms. — 00:00:10
• 2018-05-18 · Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday — Hank says he is in Florida, where it is raining, and loves the wetness because Montana is so dry his skin breaks out and his nose gets crackly. (playful) — 00:00:00
• …and 2 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

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
• 2019-03-08 · Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? — Hank agrees no one wants to write positive stories about YouTubers, but notes national news never writes positive stories about Montana either, a place people don't understand. — 00:01:11
  • Hank says readers of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal lack a complex understanding of YouTube just as of Montana: it is not part of their culture. — 00:01:11
  • Hank says Montana makes national news only when a state senator wanted to legalize drunk driving or someone wanted to sell the state to Canada. (playful) — 00:01:11
• 2019-10-04 · In Defense of Bad Flags — Hank says he lives in a state whose flag was voted third to last. — 00:00:00
  • Hank admits Montana's flag is bad: it looks like every other state flag, and its seal shows a glacier meeting a large body of water, which doesn't happen in the state. — 00:00:29
• 2019-12-13 · Is This the Cutest Animal Noise? — Hank: Kemosabe lives with Hank's friends Jessi and Augusto in Montana at Animal Wonders, a permanent home and safe haven for exotic and native animals that can't return to the wild. — 00:00:43
  • Hank says Animal Wonders has a YouTube channel, Animal Wonders Montana, which Complexly helps produce; it is wonderful and educational, so subscribe. — 00:01:54
• …and 2 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

• 2020-03-27 · Take a Break with Some Feather Stars — announcement: The description says Montana has asked nonessential businesses to close until at least April 10th, likely longer, and that DFTBA will re-open. (hedged) — video description
• 2020-05-01 · I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place — Hank: At John's suggestion Hank heads to a big ball, though not actually: he is home in Montana and shows a road trip from just before things got hinky. — 00:00:00
• 2020-10-23 · 10 Reasons to Vote RIGHT NOW — Hank says Montana, where he lives, has a Democratic governor and a Democratic senator. — 00:01:27
  • Hank says that would not have happened if everyone who thought Trump would win anyway had skipped the polls. — 00:01:27
• 2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · Just Some Election Thoughts… — The description apologises that the video is more somber and less hopeful than it should be, because Montana's elections did not go well. — video description
• …and 1 statement more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2021

• 2021-03-05 · How Much Hope is OK? — Hank thinks his mood may come from Montana's winter: everyone he knew expected it to be very bad, and then they went through it heads down without mentioning it. (hedged) — 00:01:04
• 2021-07-02 · So...Orange Juice isn't What it Seems… — Hank grants fresh squeezed is the best, but shipping oranges worldwide so they are available year-round in Montana has a huge environmental impact, and packaging is involved too. — 00:01:15
• …and 1 statement more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2022

• 2022-10-28 · I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics — Hank says Trump won Montana by 16% in 2020 and 20% in 2016, yet in 2016 Montana also elected a Democratic governor, and it has a Democratic senator, Jon Tester. — 00:01:06
  • Hank thinks most people don't know Montana is a very red state that does a lot of pretty blue things, because that doesn't fit the national narrative. — 00:01:06
• …and 1 statement more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

2023

• 2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John says Hank is from Montana. — 00:02:26
• 2023-04-21 · On TikTok Bans — Hank says he lives in Montana, the first state to pass a TikTok ban. — 00:00:00
  • As perhaps the person in Montana with the most TikTok followers, Hank says reporters, local reporters and TikTok's comms people have been calling him for comment. — 00:00:21
  • Hank says Montana can probably not ban TikTok, at least at the moment. (hedged) — 00:00:47
  • Hank says at the Montana level the ban is the same performative stuff infuriating him lately: people over-obsessed with whatever Fox News is discussing that day. — 00:03:07
  • Hank is unsure whether to give it attention, since those he votes for won't be Montana's majority soon, and the others win points for this and like the attention. (unsure) — 00:03:07
• 2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — Hank says he loves the soap, has used it for years, and it is made in the mountains of Montana by people who care about their impact on the world. — 00:02:47
• 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — Hank: At a family reunion in the Dominican Republic, Hank says the most exciting part is the reunion of the brotherhood; Katherine is stuck in Montana at work. — 02:44:01
• …and 1 statement more in 2023 — all statements of 2023

2024

• 2024-08-30 · The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks — Sofishtication: Jaida says bull sharks swim in fresh water, and one has been found so far up the Mississippi that it was in Illinois. — 00:02:31
• 2024-09-13 · My Governor is Weirder than Yours — The description notes Montana has had a Democratic governor for 16 of the last 19 years, a reminder that politics, Montana and Gianforte are weird. — video description
  • Ryan Busse: Busse says he runs to make Montana better: public education is the backbone of democracy and in peril, and attacking women and freedom is wrong. — 00:04:47
  • In an editing insert Hank explains that Gianforte gave $300,000 to help start a creationist museum in eastern Montana, which shows a stegosaurus being put on the ark. — 00:10:12
  • Hank says people now imagine politics nationally, especially recent arrivals in Montana (part of its housing crisis), who may know little of state politics. — 00:11:27
  • Ryan Busse: Busse's campaign motto is 'get your Montana back': Montana is not really a red state but a live-and-let-live, egalitarian, purple place. — 00:25:43
  • Ryan Busse: Busse says that unlike US constitutional cases arguing what the framers thought, Montana has nine living framers; its environment article was written by Mae Nan Ellingson, then 24. — 00:41:16
  • Hank likes that Montana makes no political sense through a national lens: a very red state with strong labor laws. — 00:42:28
  • Ryan Busse: Busse says Montana's love of freedom, labor and equal access is a reaction against an era of abusive billionaires. — 00:43:26
• 2024-10-18 · My Ballot Made Me Angry — Hank explains Montana's ballot order: candidates start alphabetical, then rotate by one per ballot in the sequence, so although his ballot has Democrats last, every candidate is on top equally often. — 00:03:24
  • Hank says things are kind of okay only because people worked, thought and fought hard; though it's hard, making things more fair is worth the work, and he's glad of Montana's system. — 00:05:21
• 2024-12-27 · Cats are Better than Dogs, I Proved It. (PG-13) — Hank says a cat killing small animals is a red flag, but it eats them, and in Montana killing and eating your own food is normal roommate behavior. (playful) — 00:01:55
• …and 19 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

2025

• 2025-01-31 · Thanks, Shmed — Hank says he had no idea how lucky he was that Shmed lived in his small Montana town, with a backyard studio that came with a producer and multi-instrumentalist session musician. — 00:00:45
• 2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — announcement: John shows a subtler item, a Pizza John cutting board made in Montana, plus a Pizzamas fidget and the Pizza John Forever Coloring Book. — 00:04:01
• 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die — Hank says Granite, another Montana ghost town, boomed in the 1890s to over 3,000 people, more than Garnet's peak of about 1,000; Garnet was abandoned by the 1920s, but people lived in Granite in the 1960s without plumbing or electricity. — 00:01:05
• 2025-10-08 · Being Alive — Hank says that, much as he has benefited from and loves the place he actually lives (gesturing, not at Montana), he feels he may have mislaid some of the bricks. (hedged) — 00:03:46
• …and 1 statement more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

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
• 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank: If not Montana, Hank would live in Indianapolis, because John is there: it's all about the people. — 05:35:34
• 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John explains the Nerdfighter art perk: someone somewhere makes an artwork and sends it to the DFTBA warehouse in Montana, which sends it to a donor of $55, connecting the two; 392 of 1,475 are left. — 02:17:47
• 2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John says that last week (week of 2 March 2026) two of Hank's elected representatives, his congressperson and one of his senators, unexpectedly retired. — 00:00:29
  • John says Hank owns no suit and has no known political ambitions, which might actually be assets in Montana. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:38
  • Both Montana politicians announced retirements just before the candidacy filing deadline, essentially handpicking successors, so Hank cannot run, having filed no paperwork. — 00:04:04
  • John expects Hank to pursue many forms of public service in the coming years, though he will not be Montana's next congressperson or senator. — 00:06:01
• 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
• 2026-09-04 · This is a Terrible Idea… — Hank says Sun Basin Soap works with a Montana company making soaps from a secret recipe with all-natural ingredients and no plastic packaging, aged like cheese or wine before shipping. — 00:02:55
• 2026-10-07 · The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species — Hank: Fourth: the insignificant harp ground beetle from Montana; Hank cannot figure out why this one was deemed not to matter and calls it messed up. (playful) — 00:05:04
• …and 2 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026