All statements about Nerdfighteria

3068 statements about Nerdfighteria in 1192 videos, by upload date.

2007

2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John's last punishment idea: do your happy dance for 3 minutes 30 seconds, but only in 5-second clips; unable to phone Daniel this late, he works out 70 dances in 70 locations. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:27
2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John suggests the happy-dance idea might be a project rather than a punishment: the brothers intersperse their happy dances, 35 each, and he asks Hank if he is interested. (hedged) — 00:01:50
2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — Hank: In a 'Brotherhood 2.0 agreement moment', Hank backs John's idea of doing their happy dances for 3 minutes 30 seconds as a perfect Brotherhood 2.0 project. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — Hank: With a calculator from the University of Montana, Hank computes 3.5 minutes times 60 seconds divided by 5 seconds per clip: 42 clips. — 00:02:14
2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — Hank says John got the math very wrong, and Daniel Biss commented within seconds of the video going up to say so; he jokes about wanting a personal mathematician. (playful) — 00:02:37
2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 — John owns up to the '70-42 mishap': the right count is 42 five-second clips, not his 70; he jokingly blames a lifelong belief that a minute has 100 seconds. (playful) — 00:00:12
2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 — John asks whether they can agree to have their happy-dance compilation video done around the end of February. — 00:02:37
2007-02-27 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 27, 2007: Horseradish Challenge — ask: John: Before doing his own challenge, John sets Hank one: do something awesome with Nerdfighters; he adds that viewers have had excellent ideas for how to do it. — 00:00:35
2007-03-14 · March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter — Hank proposes there should be a way to become a nerdfighter, possibly a series of tasks. (hedged) — 00:01:17
2007-03-14 · March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter — Hank: First task: figure out what kind of nerdfighter you are; second: write a lyric for the nerdfighter song from that nerdfighter's perspective. (hedged) — 00:01:17
2007-03-14 · March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter — Hank performs his own nerdfighter lyric as a collectible-card-game nerd, with a Shivan Dragon and a Wizards of the Coast pun. (playful) — 00:02:21
2007-03-14 · March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter — ask: Hank asks would-be nerdfighters to click 'Nerdfighters' in the Brotherhood2.com sidebar, say what kind of nerdfighter they are, and post their lyrics. — 00:02:59
2007-03-20 · March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age — ask: Hank urges anyone who finds themselves getting older and less silly to do something about it: put something on their head. (playful) — 00:03:03
2007-03-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head — recommendation: John says the simple answer to a long bad day, with a weepy eye and people looking at you funny, is to put stuff on your head. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:33
2007-03-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head — ask: John sings that when you're sad with pink eye and suck levels are high, you gotta put stuff on your head; the colour doesn't matter, but don't use a plastic bag. (playful) — 00:00:55
2007-03-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 21st: Put Stuff on Your Head — ask: John ends by asking Hank what is on his head. (playful) — 00:01:24
2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — Hank thanks everyone who has taken his plea to put stuff on their heads seriously and says it is, at least in part, an opportunity to decrease world suck. — 00:03:11
2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — ask: Hank wants to see viewers' heads and suggests setting something up so people can send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads. (hedged) — 00:03:11
2007-03-26 · March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! — Hank presents a montage of dozens of people putting stuff on their heads (per title and description), set to a song whose refrain thanks someone 'for not being one of them'. — 00:00:10
2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks — John says he has been doing a lot better since watching Hank's video, which made his week. — 00:00:00
2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks — John says Hank in particular, and all the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads, went above and beyond, showing him things one can put on one's head, from an ironing board to a knee-length boot. — 00:00:42
2007-03-27 · March 26th: Thanks — John thanks the Nerdfighters, saying they are made of awesome. — 00:01:18
2007-03-28 · March 28th: Taxes — Hank says taxes are not fun and his last video, with all the people putting stuff on their heads, was definitely more awesome. (playful) — 00:01:13
2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK — John says his eye still looks jacked up and probably will for a week or two, and hopes the Nerdfighters will understand. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK — John: Inspired by Hank's video, John proposes that by April 2008 he and Hank find a way to put some fishing boat proceeds into their tax return. (playful) — 00:01:08
2007-03-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 29th: JUDGMENT FOR HANK — ask: John: Not feeling creative, John asks Nerdfighters to help decide Hank's punishment by leaving suggestions in the comments. — 00:01:31
2007-04-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble — announcement: John says picking Hank's punishment has been hard because Nerdfighters made great suggestions, so he will let Hank choose his own from a list of five. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10
2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — John rejects the break: injustice, despair, global warming and suck don't take every eighth week off, and nor will the Nerdfighters, who fight all year except weekends and occasional holidays. (playful) — 00:00:56
2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — John calls himself an English literature nerdfighter who needs no days off to recharge: a couple of stanzas of The Waste Land and he's good to go. (playful) — 00:00:56
2007-04-10 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 10th: Role Models — John thinks all nerdfighters are role models, but not in boring ways, and that all need to remember the importance of decreasing world suck. (hedged) — 00:02:51
2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — Hank says he doesn't know much about Kurt Vonnegut, but the English nerdfighters clearly do, and he mourns with them; the stuff on his head is for Vonnegut. — 00:00:00
2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — ask: Hank tells the eco-nerdfighters out there that he wants to see them stepping it up too. — 00:02:18
2007-04-23 · April 23rd: Celebrity — Hank says the brothers are appreciated to the tune of 126 votes at the Blogger's Choice Awards. — 00:01:50
2007-04-23 · April 23rd: Celebrity — Hank grants they are not the biggest video blog project, but says a lot of people watch him talk to John, which is weird, and he wants to thank them. — 00:02:19
2007-04-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving — ask: John suggests Hank or a Nerdfighter make it; he'd do it himself but is bad at animating and must work out moving to Indianapolis with all his books. (hedged) — 00:01:59
2007-04-26 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 26: Hollywood Meetings — ask: John jokingly gives Nerdfighters the mission of finding the sculptor, whom he is '100%' sure he doesn't like. (joke) — 00:00:15
2007-04-26 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 26: Hollywood Meetings — ask: John: In a P.S., John asks Nerdfighters who want to take part in a top secret project to email him. — 00:02:38
2007-05-01 · May 1st: Neil Gaiman in Helena — Hank: Because many Nerdfighters are Gaiman fans and want to be writers, Hank shares a clip he surreptitiously captured of Gaiman's lecture. — 00:00:40
2007-05-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 4: The Top Secret Project — The description says John reveals the Top Secret Project: all the Nerdfighters come together to wish Hank a happy birthday. — video description
2007-05-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 4: The Top Secret Project — announcement: The description points viewers to Brotherhood2.com for several more Top Secret Project birthday videos, including one from Maureen Johnson. — video description
2007-05-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 4: The Top Secret Project — John admits he was lying when he told Hank the Top Secret Project involved some kind of viral marketing; he doesn't even know what viral marketing is. (playful) — 00:00:20
2007-05-07 · May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza — Hank says on his last day of being 26 (4 May 2007) he woke up to about a hundred Nerdfighters giving him his best birthday greeting ever. — 00:00:12
2007-05-07 · May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza — Hank thanks everyone around the world for their birthday messages and says it was one of the happiest birthdays of his life. — 00:03:11
2007-05-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters — announcement: John says several birthday wishes for Hank got lost in his email and he will show them on Thursday. — 00:00:42
2007-05-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 8th: House Hunters — John says the Happy Birthday Top Secret Project taught him about the Nerdfighters, e.g. one will compete in this year's (2007) National Spelling Bee. (playful) — 00:00:42
2007-05-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage — John says Hank's Friday video sparked an intense debate on Brotherhood2.com over whether Nerdfighters should build a time machine and kill baby Hitler. — 00:00:00
2007-05-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage — John: A commenter, Brooke, proposed the 'evil baby orphanage': go back in time, take evil babies from their bad homes and raise them as heroic nerdfighter babies; John loves it. (playful) — 00:00:40
2007-05-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage — announcement: John says that with the Nerdfighters' help he will make Hank a Wikipedia entry, because he has earned it. (playful) — 00:02:10
2007-05-15 · May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia — Hank opens with a bit that one of the Nerdfighters told him to try, and says it was amazing. (playful) — 00:00:27
2007-05-15 · May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia — ask: Hank formally asks Brooke, who conceived the idea, and the other Nerdfighters working on it for permission for John and him to run with the Evil Baby Orphanage. — 00:00:56
2007-05-15 · May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia — Hank is now on Wikipedia, feels important, and calls it another gift from John and the Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:57
2007-05-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground — announcement: John says that, so far as he can tell, Evil Baby Orphanage creator Brooke has not officially permitted making it into a movie, novel, graphic novel or whatever, but he thinks they should move ahead with the project. (hedged) — 00:00:40
2007-05-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground — announcement: John proposes also posting the Evil Baby Orphanage videos on Brotherhood 2.0 over weekends so the Nerdfighters can see them, if and when they do this. (hedged) — 00:01:39
2007-05-17 · May 17th: Wikeeeeeepedia...and Happy Birthday Katherine — Hank says people in the comments were changing how they pronounce Wikipedia because John was wrong. (playful) — 00:02:29
2007-05-18 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal — John says he might get to meet some Brotherhood 2.0 viewers who live in the Netherlands. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2007-05-18 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal — John tells Hank that his Wikipedia entry has been repeatedly vandalized, with edits calling him gay and other offensive claims John won't repeat. — 00:01:28
2007-05-18 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 18: How to Write a Book Proposal — John: Reading vandal sentences about the brothers and John's wife, John corrects their grammar: vandals should show reverence for the English language. (playful) — 00:01:58
2007-05-23 · May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team — Hank announces that a Nerdfighter has made a WorldSuck widget for the Mac OS X dashboard that tracks WorldSuck levels, downloadable at Brotherhood2.com. — 00:02:45
2007-05-30 · May 30th: Ranavalona and Clean Coal — ask: Hank has emptied the coal mascot's thought bubble and encourages Nerdfighters to fill in what it would actually say, sending entries by email or in the comments; the best may win a prize. — 00:03:08
2007-05-31 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 31: Yogurt eating — John says Obama is smart, and that, maybe biased as a nerdfighter, he values intelligence. (hedged) — 00:00:41
2007-06-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 4th: The First Nerdfighter Wedding! — John says both brothers are happy about the first Nerdfighter marriage and hope for many more; the couple is honeymooning in Banff. (hedged) — 00:03:26
2007-06-07 · June 7: Weather and My Pants — Hank first frames his upgraded set (no clutter, more light, dark shirt, no They Might Be Giants posters) as for the Nerdfighters, then admits it is to get onto the Weather Channel. (playful) — 00:00:46
2007-06-07 · June 7: Weather and My Pants — Hank says the forum has grown so big, so quickly, that he can never take part in all of it; he praises the Nerdfighters' forumming and is glad he created it. — 00:01:46
2007-06-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 8: Studying the Clues — John, fuzzy on the last 24 hours, 'goes to the tape' and pieces together that he was out with friends at their going-away party from New York. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-06-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 14: Good News/Bad News — John playfully insists miniature donkey polo is not inhumane, pre-empting animal-rights Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:17
2007-06-15 · June 15: AIRRRRPORRRTS!!! — Hank says he and John worked on the Evil Baby Orphanage during the family vacation, and the idea is not getting any less awesome. (playful) — 00:01:02
2007-06-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving — ask: John: Prompted by the one legible comment ('I notice you are a nerd. Why?'), John asks Hank and Nerdfighters why they are nerds and why they are proud to be nerds. — 00:02:28
2007-06-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 20: Moving — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who are YouTubers to give the June 4th video a high rating so it might be featured again. (hedged) — 00:02:28
2007-06-28 · June 28: How to Be a Microfinancier — ask: John proposes that over the next week (to 5 July 2007) he and Hank give several gifts to Kiva.org, and hopes the Nerdfighters may join. (hedged) — 00:02:36
2007-06-29 · How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 — Hank: On camera Hank goes to Kiva.org and lends $200 to a clothing saleswoman who needs $575, leaving $375 to raise. — 00:02:31
2007-06-29 · How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 — ask: Hank enthusiastically promotes Kiva.org: it is loaning, not donating, yet feels like donating, and you get your money back; 'It's that easy!' (playful) — 00:03:00
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — John reports that he, Hank and the Nerdfighters raised many, many thousands of dollars for Kiva.org over the weekend. — 00:00:29
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — announcement: John says they have funded many loans and will keep funding loans 'like crazy' over the next week, for bakeries and shoe stores; they recently helped a man start a lasso factory. — 00:01:28
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — John says the Nerdfighters are probably getting tapped out, so what is needed is more nerdfighters: there is an 'acute nerdfighter shortage', and many are nerdfighters without knowing the term. (hedged) — 00:01:57
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — John divides people into four kinds: Decepticons (not nerdfighters); nerdfighters (the brothers, commenters, forum regulars, song writers); nits, or nerdfighters in training (occasional viewers); and would-be nerdfighters who don't know the word yet. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:57
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting — ask: John proposes mass promotions: nerdfighters to senior executive nerdfighters, nits to nerdfighters, the unaware to nits, who must then be told to lend money to Kiva.org. (playful) — 00:02:36
2007-07-03 · July 3: Decepticons — Hank says he could not keep up with the nerdfighters: he had Brotherhood 2.0 sponsor a new person on Kiva and the loan was fully funded almost at once. (playful) — 00:00:37
2007-07-03 · July 3: Decepticons — Hank: Agreeing with John that there could be more nerdfighters, Hank welcomes the new senior executive nerdfighters and is sure there will be projects for them soon. — 00:00:54
2007-07-03 · July 3: Decepticons — Hank tells viewers that anyone who has seen more than one episode of Brotherhood 2.0 is no longer a nit but a nerdfighter. — 00:01:04
2007-07-03 · July 3: Decepticons — ask: Hank: Recalling fans' nerdfighter knuckles, an Easter egg and driveway chalk, Hank asks nerdfighters to do things with the word 'nerdfighter' and send them in, likely to appear on the show. — 00:01:17
2007-07-06 · July 6: Ooooooops — Hank shows three nerdfighters who wrote 'Nerdfighters' across their apartment complex's huge driveway, probably used by about 300 people, with letters roughly 10 feet tall. (hedged) — 00:01:02
2007-07-06 · July 6: Ooooooops — ask: Hank tells Nerdfighters that the brothers will need some punishment ideas. — 00:02:59
2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John reports that the forum has set Hank's punishment, which will involve recreating a picture shown on screen; he doesn't know the other details. (hedged) — 00:02:12
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
2007-07-09 · July 9: The Punishment Fiasco — John says nerdfighters sometimes suggest maniacal punishments (a public happy dance 200 times, then sawing off a leg); his own objection shouldn't count, but the Yeti's is a deal-breaker. (playful) — 00:02:47
2007-07-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: Harry and the Potters are Nerdfighters! — John shows nerdfighters with Harry and the Potters doing the nerdfighter hand sign and cheers the band, calling them 'like the number one Harry Potter band in the world'. (playful) — 00:00:49
2007-07-13 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 13: Outside — John shows a nature-themed Nerdfighter photo about sunscreen ('SPF 30 or above'): nerdfighters may be pasty but can hang out at the beach. (playful) — 00:01:09
2007-07-17 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 17: Topless Dancer — John: The three medals: his Alabama Library Association Author Award, a medal for being an Audie Award finalist, and a homemade one from an ethernet cable and a nerdfighter's Evil Baby Orphanage button. (playful) — 00:01:19
2007-07-24 · July 24: More Harry Potter?! — recommendation: Hank: In a letter to nerdfighters who don't care about Harry Potter, Hank apologises for continuing and suggests the solution is to read Harry Potter and join the club. (playful) — 00:01:05
2007-07-24 · July 24: More Harry Potter?! — ask: Hank invites nerdfighters 'into my pants' to give their opinion on why Harry Potter is such a gigantic phenomenon. — 00:02:05
2007-07-24 · July 24: More Harry Potter?! — Hank suggests a tradition: Tuesdays are question days, on which one of the brothers asks the nerdfighters a question. — 00:02:05
2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John: Answering a 'get a life, nerd' comment, John argues no cool person has ever had a 'blank is cool' screen name, so the commenter is a nerdfighter, which is a good thing. (playful) — 00:00:50
2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John shows Hank embroidered pillows made by nerdfighters. — 00:01:40
2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John proposes that instead of saying 'cool' everyone always say 'jokes', and tries it out in several sentences. (playful) — 00:02:04
2007-07-26 · July 26: The Price of Fame — Hank takes up John's proposal and agrees it would be good to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool'. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:51
2007-07-27 · July 27: How Nerdfighters Drop Insults — John concludes that Shakespeare is how you insult people: Nerdfighters for the win. (playful) — 00:02:39
2007-07-30 · July 30: Mystery Lyrics and Paying Rent — Hank shows an awesome nerdfighting crest a nerdfighter created. — 00:01:10
2007-07-31 · July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books — John wouldn't be surprised if nerdfighters became secret siblings who take up vlogging and respond to the brothers' videos; he always wanted a big family, and nerdfighters can do anything. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:54
2007-07-31 · July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books — ask: John tells Hank he must someday write a nerdfighter's suggested 1960s-style protest song on why ninjas and pirates should end their mutual hatred to bring world peace. (playful) — 00:02:21
2007-08-02 · August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans — John congratulates Hank on another brilliant song, possibly his best yet, and says it inspired a song of his own ('It's quite jokes in here'). (hedged) — 00:00:09
2007-08-02 · August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans — announcement: John says hard-working Nerdfighters have found a textual communication he apparently sent Hank on January 11, 2007, so he, not Hank, is about to be punished. (hedged) — 00:01:49
2007-08-02 · August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans — John says the message read 'Hank, you should feel free to edit this'; had he written 'Hank should feel free to edit this' he would have been fine. (playful) — 00:01:49
2007-08-02 · August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans — John says he looks forward to everyone's punishment suggestions and reminds Hank that if the Yeti vetoes one, he doesn't have to do it. (playful) — 00:02:19
2007-08-03 · August 3: The Retail Dance — announcement: Hank says Nerdfighters discovered John textually communicated with him ten days after the project started, so John must be punished. — 00:02:27
2007-08-03 · August 3: The Retail Dance — Hank adopts a viewer's suggestion: John must call an ex-girlfriend and talk for at least one minute, mentioning certain things. (playful) — 00:02:59
2007-08-03 · August 3: The Retail Dance — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to suggest the things John must mention during the call. — 00:02:59
2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — announcement: John reports the Yeti has vetoed the ex-girlfriend punishment, feeling he has tortured his exes enough with radio pieces 'and all of that stuff'. — 00:00:43
2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John: Needing a punishment anyway, John phones Daniel Biss to ask whether he may accept contributions given because John injures himself, so the punishment decreases world suck. (playful) — 00:01:11
2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John proposes basing the severity of his punishment on the number of people who donate to Biss's campaign. (playful) — 00:02:03
2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John: Lower tiers via ActBlue: five or fewer donors, six saltines in a minute; 10, 1,500 calories of gross food; 25, saltines plus a novelty dance; 35, waxing a limb; 50, waxing plus licking a cat. (playful) — 00:02:03
2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — John: Upper tiers: 75 and 100 donors, breaking Kurt's Peeps eating record plus waxing; 200, a blenderized Happy Meal; 500, 16 hours in Walmart; 5,000, a Nerdfighter tattoo. (playful) — 00:03:01
2007-08-06 · August 6th: JK Rowling and I Will ... Be Punished — ask: John invites Hank and the Nerdfighters to suggest more punishments and offers to say how many donors each would take. — 00:03:01
2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — Hank says this skips a bunch of punishments: at the very least John must wax a limb of Hank's choosing while breaking the Peeps-eating world record set by punk rock Nerdfighter Curt. (playful) — 00:00:56
2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — Hank welcomes 'the age of the Nerdfighter', calling it very cool that Nerdfighters help each other and that Biss's campaign benefits so strongly from them. — 00:01:41
2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — ask: Hank wants to see the blenderized Happy Meal, 96 donations away, and though unsure it can be done, asks nicely for more donations. — 00:02:14
2007-08-07 · August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt — ask: Hank says viewers can instead give 50 cents or a dollar to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; it counts toward the total but does not go to Biss. — 00:02:14
2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury — announcement: John: Contributions to Biss's ActBlue page before midnight Eastern on Friday count toward John's punishment, as do contributions by non-US people and minors to the Fund to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:31
2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — Hank reports a count of 189 (by context, donors to Daniel Biss's campaign), 'not technically enough', but about 50 people also gave to the Foundation to decrease world suck. — 00:00:10
2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — announcement: Hank judges the total will not rise further and rules that John must eat a blenderized Happy Meal. (playful) — 00:00:10
2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections — announcement: Hank leaves the kind of Happy Meal and drink (a soda flavour, or milk) to John, and says he doesn't think he will watch. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:31
2007-08-10 · August 10th: Bears!!!! — announcement: John says it looks like he will eat a blenderized Happy Meal while waxing two of his legs, or, if Hank is kind, two of his arms. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:11
2007-08-10 · August 10th: Bears!!!! — John admits he never expected this punishment, not thinking so many would give to Daniel's campaign; he underestimated the Nerdfighters, a lesson for everyone. — 00:01:41
2007-08-10 · August 10th: Bears!!!! — John is still happy that his punishment can help decrease world suck and hopefully help get Daniel elected. (hedged) — 00:02:10
2007-08-13 · August 13: The Fair!!!! — announcement: Hank doesn't care which Happy Meal or drink John gets, but John must blend it and eat it. (playful) — 00:02:57
2007-08-13 · August 13: The Fair!!!! — announcement: Hank: Calling John a good sport, Hank offers, if John agrees, to cut the waxing to one leg; with licking a cat, John will be done. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:26
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John: Looking for a cat to lick, John asks people whether they own a cat or have close friends who do; he tells Hank the cat licking will have to wait till Thursday (16 August 2007). (playful, hedged) — 00:00:09
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John announces that Tuesday, August 14th, is the day of his punishment. — 00:00:24
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John: Presenting it as 'cooking with John Green', John blends a Happy Meal (orange drink, French fries, hamburger), keeping some drink to wash it down. (playful) — 00:00:56
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John feels like puking after one spoonful and retches, but eats the blended Happy Meal spoonful after spoonful until it is finished. — 00:01:58
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John: Before waxing a leg strip by strip, John tells himself it can't be as bad as the Happy Meal; the first strip hurts far more than Sarah's predicted five. — 00:03:16
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John says he would rather wax his entire body than ever eat a blenderized Happy Meal again. (playful) — 00:03:37
2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank says he didn't have time to write a song about John eating a blenderized Happy Meal. (playful) — 00:02:59
2007-08-15 · August 15: Getting Featured on YouTube — Hank says he looks forward to John finding a cat to lick. (playful) — 00:03:51
2007-08-16 · Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! — Hank thanks Melissa for becoming a nerdfighter and a secret sibling, saying it's really cool to have such a high-profile user as a secret sibling. — 00:00:03
2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat — John still thinks the Evil Baby Orphanage has tremendous potential as some kind of creative project, and that Nerdfighters are discussing it well in the forum. (hedged) — 00:00:57
2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat — John: With a Venn diagram John explains his cat-licking dilemma: no one he knows in Indianapolis owns a cat. (playful) — 00:01:26
2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat — John: Nerdfighters are the 'fourth circle': a Nerdfighter (name unclear) put John in touch with Indianapolis people who have a cat named Toby, to be licked that afternoon. (playful) — 00:02:08
2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat — John licks Toby on the head with the owners watching and declares the cat licked and his punishment finished. (playful) — 00:02:38
2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat — John thanks the Indianapolis Nerdfighters who offered help, since his backup plan was to take a kitten at PetSmart and run. (playful) — 00:02:38
2007-08-17 · August 17: Hmmm...A Secret Project? — Hank is impressed that some nerdfighters are so into Brotherhood 2.0 that they corrected John's cat-licking technique by licking cats themselves. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-08-17 · August 17: Hmmm...A Secret Project? — Hank reports Katherine's point that for some cat owners licking a cat isn't really a punishment; she sometimes puts Cameo's paw in her mouth. — 00:00:00
2007-08-17 · August 17: Hmmm...A Secret Project? — Hank won't lick Cameo because he hasn't been punished, and hopes never to be punished again because John's punishment set the bar far too high. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:40
2007-08-17 · August 17: Hmmm...A Secret Project? — ask: Hank: Noting John's birthday is coming up, Hank asks Nerdfighters who want to email him about a secret project to write to his Gmail address with 'secret project' in the subject line. — 00:02:12
2007-08-20 · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — John: Secret brother Tom calculated the midpoint between Hank in Missoula and John in Indianapolis: a town called Winner, South Dakota. (playful) — 00:00:09
2007-08-20 · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — John muses that the brothers and the Nerdfighters could pool their resources, buy Winner and build a Nerdfighting commune of sustainable buildings where everyone sleeps in race car beds. (hypothetical, hedged) — 00:00:54
2007-08-20 · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — John lists the Nerdfighters' recent work: animations, an intro for all secret siblings, helpers building the wiki, hundreds of Nerdfighter pictures, songs, and a humiliation-for-charity project he calls awesome. — 00:01:53
2007-08-20 · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — John: So many Nerdfighters are in the forum that the site sometimes goes down; John thanks Hank for working on it. (playful) — 00:02:22
2007-08-20 · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — John says old-school Nerdfighters are integrating the new ones well, so everyone finds they are made of more awesome than they thought possible. — 00:02:22
2007-08-20 · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — John: For the first time John feels the world may contain more nerdfighters than nerdhaters; having long thought himself suited to 'Loser, South Dakota', he now thinks maybe nerdfighting is for winners. (hedged) — 00:02:58
2007-08-21 · August 21: Hairy Hairy Head Hair — Hank finds it strange that Nerdfighters, not supposed to be 'jokes' (cool), kind of are: nerds but made of awesome, once the downtrodden masses, now 'the jokesest of the jokes'. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:01
2007-08-21 · August 21: Hairy Hairy Head Hair — Hank notes that the Nerdfighter Center of the Universe is at a place called Winner. (playful) — 00:02:01
2007-08-22 · August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS — John: Calling Harry Potter jokes 'so... jokes', John notes that using 'jokes' as an adjective makes calling a joke 'jokes' grammatically confusing, though English has precedents. (playful) — 00:01:02
2007-08-22 · August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS — ask: John says a Nerdfighter will shave off her hair if she raises $1,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and points viewers to more information. — 00:01:26
2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — a guest: The video opens with Happy Birthday sung to John and a WRAS Atlanta radio birthday dedication from his secret siblings and Nerdfighters in Atlanta. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — a guest: A performance of the Time Warp takes up most of the video as a birthday gift for John. (playful) — 00:00:42
2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — a guest: A montage of greeters wishes John a happy birthday, among them What The Buck, a Spanish-language greeting and a distro. (playful) — 00:04:00
2007-08-24 (said on 2007-08-23, implied) · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — announcement: Hank: As a gift from the Nerdfighters and Hank, John won't have to make his video tomorrow, which will be a special Nerdfighter day - 'something pretty awesome'. — 00:04:58
2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: Nerdfighters send John birthday greetings, including one from the entire Penn State College of Medicine class of 2010. (playful) — 00:00:03
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
2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: One contributor shows a cake spelling John in Nerds before blending it, as proof of dedication to Brotherhood 2.0 and the Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:32
2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 — a guest: The video closes by congratulating John on living and being a Nerdfighter for 30 years, then sings Happy Birthday. (playful) — 00:03:34
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — John thanks Hank, and the Nerdfighters, for the two-day birthday present, saying he knows how much work Hank put into it. — 00:00:00
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — Hank reveals he has been with John since Sunday and kept it from Nerdfighters by not saying when he would see John next. (playful) — 00:00:41
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — Hank, for both brothers, thanks all the Nerdfighters who helped with the most recent secret project. — 00:02:28
2007-08-27 · August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos — announcement: Hank says it probably won't be the last secret project: he and John are working on an idea, with more later this week (week of 27 August 2007). (hedged) — 00:02:28
2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — John thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters again for his birthday: the videos, pictures and songs rejuvenated his awesome. — 00:00:27
2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — ask: John: Relaying a forum question on the difference between a nerd and a geek, John admits he doesn't know and hopes he and the Nerdfighters can work one out. (hedged) — 00:01:13
2007-08-28 · August 28th: Starring Mom — Sydney Green: Mom says she keeps asking young people she meets whether they know about Nerdfighters, hoping one will give her the sign. (playful) — 00:01:42
2007-08-29 · August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John — Hank: The song recalls that John said his birthday beat Oprah's best birthday and that, instead of a wake, lots of people ate blended birthday cakes. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-08-29 · August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John — announcement: Hank says Nerdfighters should be very excited about tomorrow. — 00:01:47
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — both: The brothers say the surprise is that they are making a video together, so it is less 'good morning, Hank/John' than 'good morning, Nerdfighters'. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:10
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — both: Anyone who wants to become a nerdfighter probably already is one; technically you should go to Brotherhood2.com and write a song. — 00:01:14
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — John: Asked about the compilation they said in January they would make, they admit they didn't; John jokes there are '70 million' abandoned Brotherhood 2.0 projects, like Question Tuesdays and his tote-bag giveaway. (playful) — 00:01:43
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — announcement: Hank reveals the secret project: the brothers are asking Nerdfighters to help create the happy dance project. — 00:01:43
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — ask: John asks all Nerdfighters to send their happy dances, filmed in front of awesome places in their towns and neighborhoods, for a compilation video. — 00:02:15
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — announcement: both: Rules: happy dance videos should be about 10 seconds long and emailed to an address given on air. — 00:02:46
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — announcement: both: Because Nerdfighters procrastinate, the deadline is October 1st at the very latest. — 00:03:10
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — ask: both: They suggest wearing Halloween costumes if already made, and organizing dances in front of the seven wonders of the world, such as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon or the pyramids. (playful) — 00:03:10
2007-08-31 · August 31: Copyright and Airports — announcement: Hank: Sound from submitted happy dances won't be used, since music will likely play over the whole project, hopefully music that doesn't violate copyright. (hedged) — 00:01:43
2007-09-07 · September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks — ask: Hank reminds everyone that the happy dance project exists and that the deadline is October 1. — 00:01:13
2007-09-07 · September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks — Hank thinks the happy dance project is a very good idea: a five-minute video of happy dances in cool places, like Where the Hell is Matt but carbon neutral because Nerdfighters are already everywhere. (hedged) — 00:01:44
2007-09-07 · September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks — Hank finds it hard to process that people like his music; he always wanted to make music but never had a reason, and now the audience obliges him to work hard at it. — 00:02:11
2007-09-10 · September 10th: Airports and Whitman — announcement: John: With little time for Brotherhood 2.0, John takes up Nerdfighters' suggestion that he read Paper Towns excerpts on Wednesday and Friday, which would also give him feedback. (hedged) — 00:00:49
2007-09-11 · September 11th: Floorcats, Recycling Bins and Memories — Hank: The person who sent the pictures also told a story: friends painted her arms and face on a hot day, and she sunburned except where painted, a polka-dotted Nerdfighter. (playful) — 00:01:48
2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker — John admits even nerdfighters like him and Hank feel this 'giggly discomfort', pointing to the odd belief that baby girls like pink and baby boys blue. — 00:01:34
2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker — John says laughing at Chris Crocker for caring too much about Britney is fine, but laughing at him for being different gains nothing; all nerdfighters have been on the wrong side of that laughter. (hedged) — 00:03:32
2007-09-20 · Sept. 20th: Wacky String — ask: John reminds viewers that he and Hank are collecting nerdfighters' happy dance videos by email, with an October 1 deadline; a phone is enough to film one. — 00:01:20
2007-09-20 · Sept. 20th: Wacky String — John reports more than 100 happy dance videos received so far and hopes all nerdfighters everywhere will send theirs. — 00:01:49
2007-09-20 · Sept. 20th: Wacky String — John notes there are more than 6 billion people in the world, so over 6 billion happy dances remain unrecorded. (playful) — 00:01:49
2007-09-20 · Sept. 20th: Wacky String — John reports that a group of nerdfighters appeared on TV holding a 'Nerdfighters' sign outside the Today Show. — 00:02:19
2007-09-26 · September 26th: Norbert Wiener — announcement: John tells nerdfighters in or around Richmond, Virginia, that he will speak at the University of Richmond tomorrow at 7 p.m. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2007-09-28 · September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! — John was greeted by Nerdfighters in Richmond, Virginia, the night before (27 September 2007), and had a great time there. — 00:00:00
2007-09-28 · September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! — ask: John jokingly calls Richmond the world capital of Nerdfighterstan, Nerdfighterland or Nerdfighteria, and leaves the name for the Nerdfighters to decide. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2007-09-28 · September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! — John: In Richmond John talked a lot about Walt Whitman and met Nerdfighters doing cool, clever nerdfighting. — 00:00:00
2007-09-28 · September 28th: Nerdfighting!!! — John says Brotherhood 2.0 thus helped a progressive candidate reach the front page of a paper not noted for liberal bias: Nerdfighter evangelism is working. (playful) — 00:02:38
2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — announcement: Hank says he is considering launching a website called stuffonheads.com, 'coming soon'. (hedged) — 00:01:15
2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters who believe in stuff on heads to help: do it themselves, sort submissions, use WordPress, and value ridiculousness. — 00:01:15
2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — announcement: Hank will start a thread about it on the forum 'my pants', which he says is now fully restored. — 00:02:01
2007-10-01 · October 1st: Stuff on Heads...dot com??? — Hank wants people putting stuff on their heads in public and enjoying it; he says it is not a fad but a way of life. (playful) — 00:02:01
2007-10-02 · Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) — John imagines building a Nerdfighter outlet mall in Winner, South Dakota, with a Put Stuff On Your Head outlet, a Peeps outlet and a pants outlet. (joke) — 00:01:14
2007-10-02 · Oct. 2nd: Brotherhood 2.0 on the Road (Literally) — announcement: John: Noting they have never disagreed in nine months, John proposes a little feud, perhaps with Nerdfighters picking the winner, though he doesn't know what about. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:08
2007-10-03 · Oct 3rd: Baby I Sold Your Dog On EBay — ask: Hank asks John to talk about the happy dance project in tomorrow's video. — 00:03:53
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — John says he is totally in favor of Hank's stuff-on-your-heads idea, calling heads one of the last great areas for human exploration. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — John: Asked by Hank to talk about the happy dance project, John says there is not much to say, except that they received a lot of happy dances. — 00:00:39
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — announcement: John says Nerdfighters may still send happy dance videos late, though they can no longer guarantee these will be part of the project. — 00:00:39
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — John observes that happy dances tend to be arm-centric (like Hank's) or leg-centric (like his), and few Nerdfighters have torso-centric ones, perhaps from an inability to bust a move. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:39
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — announcement: John says, without wanting to build up expectations, that the happy dance project will be pretty nerdtastic when it finally happens. (playful) — 00:01:03
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — John proposes feud topics with his picks: dragons over fairies, love over money, ninjas over pirates, rivers over lakes, puppies over kittens, books over movies, text over video, zombies over unicorns. (playful) — 00:01:57
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations — ask: John asks Hank to suggest more feud topics if none of his work. (hedged) — 00:02:56
2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics — Hank plays John's feud video and responds to his picks, agreeing on some and saying pirates aren't even well-trained, though Ask a Pirate would be a good show. (playful) — 00:00:04
2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics — Hank offers new feud items with his picks: cheese over chocolate (more kinds of cheese), sxePhil over What the Buck, and Star Trek: The Next Generation over the Original Series. (playful) — 00:01:12
2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics — Hank suggests the Goonies may have been the original Nerdfighters, running through the gang: the inventor kid, Mikey, Mouth, Chunk and Sloth. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:41
2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics — recommendation: Hank urges young Nerdfighters who have never seen The Goonies to rent it: like Harry Potter with pirates in the real world of 1985, about friendship and social-outcast underdogs. — 00:02:11
2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics — Hank says there could be a real feud if John Edwards becomes a more substantial candidate, because he likes Edwards a lot. (hedged) — 00:02:39
2007-10-05 · October 5th: Feuding, Goonies and Politics — Hank says universal health care would be the way to anger John in a feud (wording partly unclear). (playful) — 00:03:08
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John answers Hank's Friday video on feud topics, which included the 2008 presidential election: Hank is mostly for John Edwards, John mostly for Barack Obama. — 00:00:00
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John believes politics, especially presidential politics this cycle, matter, but that smart, thoughtful people can honestly disagree, which is why there are Republican and Democratic nerdfighters. (hedged) — 00:00:39
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John says something matters a little more than the presidential debate they have had for months on the forum ('in my pants'): he is appalled that Hank prefers unicorns to zombies. (playful) — 00:01:35
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John says young adult authors have been feuding for months over whether zombies or unicorns are preferable. — 00:01:35
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John does not like zombies either: they have flesh hanging off them and are not technically people, and he would bet against a zombie versus a werewolf or vampire, though Shaun of the Dead was excellent. (playful) — 00:02:04
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John argues unicorns are worse: the worst parts of horses and rhinoceri, and in all of fiction they have accomplished nothing but carrying the Care Bears. (playful) — 00:02:33
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John prefers the hard truths of zombies to the easy lies of unicorns, and says that goes for his presidents as well as his myths. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:33
2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John: As a possible compromise, John suggests zombified unicorns. (joke, hedged) — 00:03:01
2007-10-09 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank is upset that John called John Edwards a schmuck: John favors honest discussion yet treats a gut feeling about a candidate as more important than what the candidate plans to do. — 00:00:10
2007-10-09 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank acknowledges that nerdfighters and everyone else can and will disagree with him on this. — 00:01:17
2007-10-09 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank: Remembering they are feuding, Hank repeats his point in a shout, then says feuding is not healthy. (playful) — 00:01:47
2007-10-09 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank would rather meet a unicorn than a zombie in an enchanted forest: zombies can only make more undead by killing the living, and he prefers something whose mission is not to kill him. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:47
2007-10-09 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank adds that unicorns are a mix of horses and narwhals, and he is a big fan of narwhals. (playful) — 00:02:29
2007-10-10 · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns — John likes John Edwards and is now equally for Edwards and Barack Obama, conceding that Hank has won that part of the feud. — 00:00:39
2007-10-10 · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns — John says Hank will never win the zombies-versus-unicorns part of the feud, and offers a 'foolproof' argument against unicorns only for those who have read Harry Potter 7. (playful) — 00:01:24
2007-10-10 · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns — John's argument 'Why do you guys hate Tonks so much?': Voldemort survives by drinking unicorn blood, so unicorns saved him, and his war killed Tonks; if you like unicorns, you killed Tonks, and Hedwig. (playful) — 00:01:53
2007-10-10 · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns — John is not defending zombies, which are disgusting, but zombies didn't kill Tonks; in Narnia unicorns only impale people and in Harry Potter they save villains, so unicorns kill while zombies only make people undead. (playful) — 00:02:22
2007-10-10 · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns — announcement: John announces that Looking for Alaska is a finalist for the Inky Award, and any Nerdfighters under 25 can vote via a link. — 00:03:17
2007-10-11 · October 11th National Coming Out Day — Hank: In the feud, Hank says he may be ready to accept that zombies are more awesome than unicorns, though not for John's reasons, but will not give up his place on Team Unicorn. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:57
2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — announcement: John: In honour of Gore's prize, John proposes that the brothers end their feud and return to Brotherhood 2.0's real business, decreasing world suck. — 00:00:14
2007-10-19 · October 19th: Missoula to Seattle — ask: Hank says anyone who correctly identifies the song he is singing in the car will win a Nerdfighter prize. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-10-19 · October 19th: Missoula to Seattle — recommendation: Hank tells 16-year-old nerdfighters that getting a car is like getting a tattoo: cool when young, but later you are stuck with it and come to despise and resent it. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:01
2007-10-23 · October 23rd: Some Explaining to Do… — Hank says he isn't especially proud of heading Team Unicorn, but is quite proud of being on Team Science. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:04
2007-10-23 · October 23rd: Some Explaining to Do… — Hank assumes this is what John meant by calling young-earth creationism anti-intellectual in the comments, and says that, unlike on zombies and unicorns, he agrees with John. (hedged) — 00:02:40
2007-10-23 · October 23rd: Some Explaining to Do… — Hank tells of two nerdfighters at one high school who each thought they were the only one, found each other, and are stronger together. — 00:02:40
2007-10-24 · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING — John says Nerdfighters have supported Kiva.org for months, a website that lets regular people be microfinanciers. — 00:02:42
2007-10-24 · October 24th: RANDOM NERDFIGHTING — ask: John tells viewers that borrowers are back on the site, so everyone can go back to making loans at Kiva.org. — 00:03:12
2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — Hank: At the concert Hank met the first Nerdfighter ever to recognize him in public; he feels better, since John had already been recognized and he had not. (playful) — 00:00:03
2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — Hank instead found a snippet of John's childhood to share with Nerdfighters, of special interest to readers of Looking for Alaska: 'John Green's fifth book', It Just Isn't Fair. — 00:00:51
2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — John Green (quoted): In the book, narrator Alvin, a smart 'total nerd' nicknamed Wimp, spends money on clothes to be cool, which fails; he befriends Rick, whose father is dead, and both end up popular. (fiction) — 00:01:22
2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — John Green (quoted): The book's author note says John Green, born in Indianapolis, is eight, has written five books, hopes to finish his latest by the end of the school year, and much of the story isn't true. (hedged) — 00:02:44
2007-10-29 · October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair — Hank concludes from the book that John was a Nerdfighter from birth. (playful) — 00:02:44
2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John thanks Hank for sharing 'It Just Isn't Fair', the book he wrote at eight, because it proves once and for all he is definitely a nerd. (playful) — 00:00:19
2007-10-30 · Oct. 30th: My Name Is John Green. And I'm a Nerd. — John: The book's cover shows John as a quasi-abstract painting and a popular kid saying 'wimpy, wimpy'; John says at eight he thought cool meant hiked-up mismatched plaid pants, so he thought nerds were cool. (playful) — 00:00:30
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — John likes Nerdfighters more than anything, has never met one he didn't like, and enjoys their forum posts in 'my pants', comments, videos and pictures. — 00:00:10
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — John describes Nerdfighteria as a small nation built out of nerds from all over the world, comparable to Liechtenstein. (playful) — 00:00:10
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — John: On Halloween night a six-year-old Nerdfighter came to John's door trick-or-treating dressed as Louis XIV, announcing 'L'etat c'est moi'. (playful) — 00:00:49
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — John's two favourite kinds of Nerdfighters are little ones and Nerdfighters who find each other and 'fall in nerdfighter-like'. (playful) — 00:00:49
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — announcement: John: One of the secret siblings, unnamed at her request, has just started seeing a somewhat prominent Nerdfighter. — 00:01:19
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — John: The problem is geography: Liechtenstein is in one place but Nerdfighteria is in about 30,000 places; online hangouts like 'my pants' are fine, but sometimes people need to touch and hug. (playful) — 00:01:58
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — John: The secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend are separated by a distance a train could cover, but as Nerdfighters they have no money for the ticket. (playful) — 00:02:23
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — announcement: John: Remembering that the brothers created a foundation for exactly this kind of problem, John says they are going to do it despite complexities and complications. — 00:02:23
2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — ask: John: The project will cost around $100; Nerdfighters who want to contribute can do so at Brotherhood2.com. (hedged) — 00:02:53
2007-11-02 · November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award — announcement: Hank tells Nerdfighters in Englewood that he has a surprise for them at the end of the video. — 00:00:04
2007-11-02 · November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award — Hank is willing to help and thinks the brothers' foundation can cover the $100 train fare. (hedged) — 00:00:43
2007-11-02 · November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award — Hank says that after reading John's childhood book It Just Isn't Fair on Monday, he discovered it received the Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award. — 00:00:43
2007-11-05 · November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan — John announces that the generosity of many Nerdfighters has raised enough money to bring the secret sibling and her Nerdfighter boyfriend together. — 00:01:46
2007-11-05 · November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan — John: Though the couple has been basically outed on the forum, John will not name them until they agree; he says they are cuter than the animals on Cute with Chris. (playful) — 00:02:05
2007-11-05 · November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan — John reports Nerdfighters found scavenger hunt clues (dollar bills in Indianapolis and Englewood, Florida, a note near Chicago), solved the anagrams and found the hidden video; a day's pause follows. — 00:03:33
2007-11-06 · Nov — ask: Hank says he doesn't understand John's Pakistan update and asks him to explain what is happening, who the bad guy is and why, while consuming something inedible. (hedged) — 00:00:40
2007-11-08 · November 8th: SUGAR HIGH! — Hank unveils a homemade marshmallow Peep shaped like John, made by a nerdfighter, fulfilling John's stated lifelong ambition; Hank says nerdfighters can make dreams come true. — 00:01:30
2007-11-09 · Nov. 9th: Sick Day — John thanks the nerdfighter who made the Peep that looks like him. — 00:01:03
2007-11-09 · Nov. 9th: Sick Day — announcement: John says the ear infection won't stop the scavenger hunt: Hank's clue is not ready yet but something will show up somewhere this weekend. — 00:01:03
2007-11-12 · November 12th: Brotherhood Clue Point Oh! — Hank: Nerdfighters anagrammed a phrase on the dollar bill to 'four-part harmony', leading them to Hank's video singing 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants' with three friends. — 00:00:54
2007-11-13 · November 13: You Can't Scare Me. I'm Stickin' to the Union. — ask: John asks the negotiators to go back to the table and make a deal so that he can announce some very exciting news to the Nerdfighters. — 00:03:05
2007-11-13 · November 13: You Can't Scare Me. I'm Stickin' to the Union. — announcement: John gives today's scavenger hunt clue, warning it is a doozy: a South Dakota place name (heard as 'Winter'; probably Winner, South Dakota). — 00:03:52
2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John won the first International Inky Award, the Silver Inky, an Australian young adult literature award, and thanks his Australian readers and the nerdfighters who voted for Looking for Alaska. — 00:00:39
2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — John: A nerdfighter who is about to have a baby is considering naming it Hank and has posted a list of potential names online for people to vote on. — 00:01:30
2007-11-15 · Nov 15: Jay-Z, the Inkys, Nerdfighteria, and Venn Diagrams! — ask: John encourages all Nerdfighters to follow the link in the video info and vote for Hank immediately. — 00:01:59
2007-11-16 · November 16th: Green Cars at the LA Auto Show — recommendation: Hank calls the new Toyota Yaris a viable choice for a nerdfighter who is not extremely wealthy. — 00:00:39
2007-11-21 · November 21st: What I'm Grateful For — John is thankful for the Nerdfighters, whose collective awesome has changed the brothers' lives; seeing what people do together has made him much more optimistic. — 00:02:09
2007-11-21 · November 21st: What I'm Grateful For — John says Faulkner was right to decline to accept the end of man, and quotes his claim that man will not merely endure but prevail; being able to believe this is a gift from Nerdfighters. — 00:02:09
2007-11-21 · November 21st: What I'm Grateful For — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters what they are grateful for. — 00:03:08
2007-11-23 · November 23rd: BLACK FRIDAY! — announcement: Hank: Instead of working harder to buy people more stuff, Hank says he will give people his time this year (2007): to John, Nerdfighters and everyone he loves, if they ask. — 00:02:37
2007-11-26 · Nov. 26th: Writing Advice (And Notes on Surnameless Tiffany) — ask: John gives two clues (excellent penmanship at 10, likes horses) and says there will be a very handsome reward if Nerdfighters track Tiffany down. (playful) — 00:01:08
2007-11-27 · November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping — Hank says Paige Lester-Niles, director of Eagle's Nest Camp, emailed him: many people have been calling and emailing the camp about Tiffany with no last name. — 00:00:00
2007-11-27 · November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping — Hank thinks the director wants Nerdfighters to stop calling; she was not angry, said the camp can't share such information and couldn't answer every request. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2007-11-27 · November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping — announcement: Hank announces that he and John have won Best Video Blogger in the Blogger's Choice Awards because Nerdfighters clicked for them; he doesn't know what the prize is. — 00:00:39
2007-11-28 · November 28th: Amy Winehouse and Brain Liquefication — ask: John challenges Nerdfighters to work out whether a liquefied brain would come out of his eyes, nose, ears or a combination, saying he has learned not to underestimate them. (playful) — 00:01:14
2007-11-28 · November 28th: Amy Winehouse and Brain Liquefication — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters he will deliver their handsome reward before the end of the year in some fashion. — 00:01:14
2007-11-28 · November 28th: Amy Winehouse and Brain Liquefication — announcement: John says he wants to talk about Christmas on Friday, and is thinking he could answer Nerdfighters' questions early next week (week of 3 December 2007). (hedged) — 00:01:37
2007-11-28 · November 28th: Amy Winehouse and Brain Liquefication — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to leave questions of any kind, from Pakistan to his glasses, in the comments. — 00:02:16
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Hank: For newcomers Hank explains that Nerdfighters and 'secret siblings in my pants' have teamed up to decrease world suck with a scavenger hunt; he calls it 'pretty jokes' and apologises for the terminology. (playful) — 00:00:10
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Hank says the brothers have finally come to respect the power of the Nerdfighters, who took the Tiffany search more seriously than expected and found the owner of a Los Angeles Corvette plated 'Shazam'. (hedged) — 00:01:31
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Hank reports that, from a variety of sources, a liquefied brain would most likely come out through the eyes. (hedged) — 00:02:11
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Hank: Because the eyes connect to the nose through the tear ducts, and the nose to the mouth and stomach, Hank says the brain would probably exit via nose and mouth, some dripping into the stomach. (hedged) — 00:02:11
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Hank says exit through the ears is less likely because the eardrum would have to break. — 00:02:11
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — Hank: Some suggested the nose because ancient Egyptians removed pharaohs' brains that way; Hank says a bone must be broken there, while liquid could slip around the bone at the base of the eye sockets. — 00:02:40
2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — announcement: Hank says that next week (week of 3 December 2007) he wants to announce a final Brotherhood 2.0 project, the ultimate test of awesome, needing every Nerdfighter's combined efforts to make the awesomest thing happen. (hedged) — 00:03:03
2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — announcement: John says he was supposed to finish the happy dance project by December 1 but will not; he will finish it in December instead. — 00:00:00
2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — announcement: John promises Nerdfighters that there will be a happy dance project and that it will change their lives. (playful) — 00:00:39
2007-11-30 · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT — ask: John says there is no scavenger hunt clue this weekend; instead Nerdfighters should go to the forum ('my pants') and help solve 'our identity crisis'. — 00:02:36
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank says the all-time greatest Nerdfighter project he told viewers about last week (week of 26 November 2007) will have to be secret, since people not taking part must not know about it yet; it has to be a surprise. — 00:01:57
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — ask: Hank asks viewers to go to Brotherhood2.com or click the sidebar link and sign up for the secret project email list. — 00:01:57
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank says taking part in the secret project will require a YouTube account, and apologises to non-YouTubers because the project is somewhat YouTube-centric. — 00:02:27
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank promises the secret project will be extremely awesome, on YouTube, and a combined effort of many Nerdfighters to decrease world suck. — 00:02:56
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — ask: Hank says now is a good time to sign up for YouTube, and that a way will be found to involve non-YouTube Nerdfighters who want to take part. — 00:02:56
2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank says today's scavenger hunt clue is online only and has something to do with the secret project. — 00:03:25
2007-12-04 · December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! — John opens Question Tuesday: though about 7,500 people are watching him talk to his camera, he will answer as many questions as he can within four minutes. — 00:00:00
2007-12-04 · December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! — announcement: John: Asked why sign-ups aren't getting the emails, John says they may be in spam (unblock nerdbot@ and hank@brotherhood2.com) or blocked by Hotmail, which the brothers are working on. — 00:00:00
2007-12-04 · December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! — ask: John urges viewers to sign up for the mailing list, which will be 'the best mailing list ever'. (playful) — 00:00:39
2007-12-05 · December 5th: The Adorable Cannibal (PG-13) — announcement: Hank tells John he fixed the newsletter: anyone can now sign up, and people who haven't received the confirmation email will soon. — 00:03:26
2007-12-07 · December 7th: Fight Night with the Green Bros. — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters whether they have ever been in a fight, how it went, why, and whether it was worth it, in comments, the forum ('my pants') or video responses. — 00:03:00
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — announcement: Hank announces the first Secret Project newsletter goes out tonight, so people should sign up now; it is an introduction, not the main organizational newsletter, which comes later. — 00:00:10
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — announcement: Hank says December 17 is the day: watch YouTube; only those on the email list and signed up for YouTube can participate. — 00:00:50
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — ask: Hank asks those on the list to keep December 17 as clear as they can, since the project may need a significant amount of time from all of them. (hedged) — 00:00:50
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — Hank says a pretty good number of people have signed up so far and cheers the Nerdfighters. — 00:00:50
2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — ask: Hank urges viewers to sign up for the Secret Project now, as he is about to send the email; not signing up by Friday (14 December 2007) will make participating hard, and 'we need every one of you'. — 00:02:41
2007-12-12 · Dec. 12th: w00t is the WORD OF THE YEAR?! — ask: John invites Hank and the nerdfighters to write to Merriam-Webster to express disappointment that 'nerdfighter' was not picked; contact details are in the video info. (playful) — 00:02:32
2007-12-12 · Dec. 12th: w00t is the WORD OF THE YEAR?! — ask: John asks whether he and Sarah should get a puppy and, if so, what to call it; Sarah vetoed his suggestion, 'Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy'. — 00:02:32
2007-12-13 · December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas — Hank says the response to the Secret Project is going extremely well. — 00:02:34
2007-12-13 · December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas — announcement: Hank reads a Merriam-Webster reply forwarded by a Nerdfighter: many letters came in about 'Nerdfighter'; the word-of-the-year poll is closed, but they hope Nerdfighter and Nerdfighting go in their open dictionary. — 00:02:34
2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY — John says he was just working on the happy dance project. — 00:00:03
2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY — John thanks Nerdfighters for names for his hypothetical puppy, lists favorites (Rana Valona, Chomsky the Nerdfighting Puppy, Wootponer, Optimus Prime, Johnny Funtimes) and picks Norbert Wiener the Puppy as winner. (playful) — 00:01:52
2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY — announcement: John: Because the rebirth of Question Tuesday went so well, John will do it again, and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions for his Tuesday video. — 00:01:52
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank declares December 17 secret project day and welcomes viewers to the 2007 Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — Hank explains 'Nerdfighter' as, in John's phrase, a person made of awesome inside, and 'Power' as the Nerdfighters' strength in being many and working together. — 00:00:00
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank: The project is to take over YouTube by making the P4A image the thumbnail of hundreds of videos, from channels with 50,000 subscribers to channels with 5. — 00:00:40
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank: Every Project for Awesome video promotes a charity of its maker's choice that they believe reduces the amount of suck in the world. — 00:00:40
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — ask: Hank asks viewers to comment a lot, rate and favorite this and every video with the P4A thumbnail; if commenting is blocked, refresh and enter the captcha. — 00:02:38
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank says the brothers will seed the P4A videos with questions that commenters can answer. — 00:03:18
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John shows Hank that the most discussed page of YouTube is filled with Nerdfighter videos (and one Mike Huckabee video). (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John announces it is Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters, after first answering questions about the Secret Project. — 00:00:00
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John says that watching hundreds of Secret Project videos and discussing them with thousands of Nerdfighters made him the happiest he has been, apart from his wedding day, since about age seven. (playful) — 00:00:00
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John says it is amazing to see so many people come together to support each other and worthy organizations, and thanks them. — 00:00:39
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — announcement: John: Answering whether there will be a punishment before year's end, John says yes: Hank communicated with him in the comments of Nalts's video, so Hank will be punished. (playful) — 00:00:39
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest lots of punishments for Hank in the comments, as time is short. — 00:00:39
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John: Asked whether a Nerdfighter alone in the forest is still made of awesome, John says Nerdfighters are even more awesome when they act nerdfighterly with no one watching. (playful) — 00:01:09
2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank: The song recounts that the Project for Awesome began on December 17 with the goal of decreasing world suck, helped by sxePhil, Nalts and WhatTheBuck. (playful) — 00:01:05
2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank: The song's refrain calls the Project for Awesome the day the nerds took over YouTube, joking that their center screenshot proved more powerful than 'two boobs'. (playful) — 00:01:25
2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank: The song says people promoted 300 charities, such as levees.org, Toys for Tots and Autism Speaks. (playful) — 00:01:50
2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank rejects a viewer's punishment suggestion that he pay five dollars for every hand gesture in every video, saying he would be destitute. (playful) — 00:03:20
2007-12-20 · December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! — John says Nerdfighters get bloodthirsty at punishment time and reviews suggested punishments he had to dismiss. (playful) — 00:01:28
2007-12-20 · December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to vote by leaving a comment for their preferred punishment. — 00:03:29
2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — announcement: Hank announces the vote result: his punishment is performing Nerdfighter songs for at least an hour, drinking Strawberry Hill wine blended with Peeps if he needs a drink; he says he deserves it. — 00:01:22
2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters who live in Missoula to come to the Badlander gig. — 00:02:19
2007-12-21 · December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment — announcement: Hank says there will be a surprise for all the Nerdfighters on Christmas Eve. — 00:02:48
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — announcement: both: The brothers present the Brotherhood 2.0 Happy Dance Project at long last: Nerdfighters from six continents sharing the dance they do when really happy. — video description
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — announcement: The description addresses Nerdfighters whose happy dance does not appear in the video, apparently apologising. — video description
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — ask: both: The brothers apologise to Nerdfighters whose happy dance is missing from the compilation and ask them to upload it to YouTube as a video response. — video description
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — John: Over the dances, John calls the happy dance 'the dance that you do when you're incredibly happy' and tells the viewer they are a Nerdfighter. (playful) — 00:02:01
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — Debbie Kitto's tribute song thanks John and Hank: the world is better because of them, and the global Nerdfighter community will stand. — 00:07:43
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT — Debbie Kitto: The tribute lists what the brothers brought: intelligent humor, blended meals, 'In My Pants', DFTBA, songs on Wednesday, stuff on heads, awesome and togetherness. — 00:08:13
2007-12-26 (said on 2007-12-25, implied) · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop — John notes that his parents really have a Hedwig ornament, calling them Nerdfighter parents. (playful) — 00:01:25
2007-12-26 (said on 2007-12-25, implied) · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop — John calls this one of his favourite Christmases, first because of the Happy Dance Project, which has made him happy nearly every minute for days and which he thinks will be his cure for sadness. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:47
2007-12-26 (said on 2007-12-25, implied) · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop — John thanks his dad again for all his help editing the Happy Dance Project. — 00:02:46
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
2007-12-27 · December 27th: The Gig! — Hank: Closing the show, Hank thanks a friend for helping set it up, his brother, the Nerdfighters and his wife. — 00:03:07
2007-12-27 · December 27th: The Gig! — announcement: Hank: A Nerdfighter filmed the whole concert and has put it on YouTube; Hank will link it so viewers can watch 'the whole horrible mess'. — 00:03:07
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John says that, much as they enjoyed it, the brothers would never have finished the project if people hadn't watched, because it was hard and because he loves not finishing things. — 00:01:47
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John: In part two John makes clear that Nerdfighters are not about him and Hank. — 00:02:37
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John says Nerdfighters are about a made-of-awesome book by a woman in Australia going to a baby in the US, raising money and awareness for causes, and a supportive community of friends 'in my pants'. — 00:02:41
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John: Nerdfighters, John adds, are about stupid beautiful projects and making each other laugh and think with t-shirts, pocket protectors and rants about Pakistan, whose situation he says sucks right now. — 00:02:57
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John: Borrowing 'things fall apart and the center cannot hold', John says that in the contemporary world you have to imagine a community where there is no center. — 00:03:04
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John has come to think a lot of life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck, which is why he enjoyed the Happy Dance Project and the Project for Awesome. (hedged) — 00:03:11
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — John: Asked by Hank for a message to the Nerdfighters, John tells them they are the best, adding that he does not mean it figuratively. (playful) — 00:03:31
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters the brothers will see them weekly in January. — 00:03:31

Also named in: Brotherhood 2.0: March 9, 2007: Peeptastic!, April 27th: Bad Day,,,, Brotherhood 2.0: May 29: The Goth Scene and Evil Ladies, June 12th: Hank Green "In the Wild", July 12: Pizza, Punishments and Potter, September 24: Airports and M. T. Anderson, October 22nd: The Anniversary of Young Earth Creationism, November 19th: HOORAY HOORAY HAPPY HOORAY!, November 20th: A White Thanksgiving

2008

2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — John presents the new intro, which Hank designed, and asks nerdfighters to say in the comments whether they like it. — 00:00:00
2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — announcement: John announces that nerdfighting will become more collaborative in 2008: a new site built on Ning where everyone can have a Nerdfighter profile, pictures, videos and blogs. — 00:00:00
2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday next week (week of 7 January 2008) and asks nerdfighters to leave questions in the comments. — 00:03:31
2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank says the new intro was not all his doing: its music is by a Nerdfighter named Ben and his band Centercourse, whom he thanks. — 00:00:51
2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — John: Asked whether he'd rather have an elephant-sized puppy or a puppy-sized elephant, John picks the puppy-sized elephant and writes a letter asking Evolution to make him one. (joke) — 00:00:00
2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays — announcement: John says one of the brothers will post at least one video per week, and on other days there will be pictures and videos from Nerdfighteria on the Ning. — 00:01:06
2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · John and Hank on NPR Today! — announcement: Hank previews coming videos: lots of puppy-sized elephants, more from the Detroit Auto Show, the contents of the tri-tube, and more from Denver International Airport (with an Isengard clip). — 00:01:58
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — John: Since Evolution may take millions of years to answer his letter asking for a puppy-sized elephant, John shows the puppy-sized elephants nerdfighters made for him instead. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — John says several nerdfighters pointed out right after his last video that evolution had in fact made puppy-sized elephants, thousands of years ago. — 00:01:06
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — John imagines Evolution's reply: it made him a puppy-sized elephant, but humans killed it; you're welcome for your thumbs. (joke) — 00:01:59
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — announcement: John: Because nerdfighters miss punishing the brothers, John announces projects: when viewers complete one, they earn the right to punish or challenge the brothers, with the wives keeping veto power. — 00:02:29
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — John says that, under this system, the stunning success of the first annual Project for Awesome would have earned nerdfighters a punishment. — 00:02:29
2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — ask: John: First project: make sure Helen Hunt has seen Hank's months-old song about her and provide proof; if nerdfighters succeed, they can punish both brothers. — 00:03:14
2008-01-30 · I Am Not A Pornographer — ask: John asks nerdfighters living in or near Depew to attend the school board meeting on February 5th to support those defending intellectual freedom. — 00:03:37
2008-02-04 · Obama Says Subscribe — Hank says this is not a Nerdfighter endorsement: nerdfighters span every color, race, creed and political persuasion, Republicans included. — 00:02:31
2008-02-04 · Obama Says Subscribe — ask: Hank says John wants to do a Question Tuesday, possibly on Wednesday, and asks viewers to leave questions for John in the comments. — 00:03:29
2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) — John reports many people attended Tuesday's (5 February 2008) Depew school board meeting on his book, which he appreciates, but procedure let none of them speak. — 00:00:00
2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) — John introduces Daniel Biss as Brotherhood 2.0's resident mathematician and future state congressperson, asks whether his new baby looked awesome on the ultrasound, and concludes babies are born awesome. (playful) — 00:03:12
2008-02-11 (said on 2008-02-12, implied) · Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! — announcement: Hank launches the Nerdfighting Blurbing Book Club: the brothers and participating Nerdfighters read a book every two weeks and each writes a blurb of ten words or less. — 00:01:31
2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — ask: John asks all Nerdfighters to vote for Daniel against stiff competition; in one category he is nominated alongside John McCain, John Edwards and Mitt Romney's five sons. — 00:01:36
2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — John says he and Hank are proof that nerds can meet and fall in nerd love, but romance doesn't always come easily to nerdfighters. — 00:03:01
2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity — ask: John: To recreate that feeling, John asks Nerdfighters to comment on this video at the Ning, visit each other's profiles to wish happy Valentine's Day, and maybe make new friends. — 00:03:30
2008-02-19 · Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank — Hank says the affiliate reports also show what people buy, and that Nerdfighters' buying habits are 'interesting', meaning nerdy; he lists examples. (playful) — 00:00:58
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — announcement: John wants to hold Question Tuesday on an actual Tuesday; having nothing else to talk about today, he shows outtakes from last week's (week of 11 February 2008) Question Tuesday instead. — 00:00:27
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — announcement: John: On the next Question Tuesday John will try to break the world record for most questions answered in four minutes. (hedged) — 00:00:36
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in the comments; any he doesn't answer in the video he'll try to answer in a big blog post on the Ning. — 00:00:41
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — John: Asked whether Helen Hunt has seen the Helen Hunt song, John says no and tells Nerdfighters to keep fighting. (playful) — 00:02:56
2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — John tells teenage Nerdfighters wondering whether self-consciousness ever goes away that it doesn't. (playful) — 00:00:31
2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — announcement: John: The world-record Question Tuesday planned for today is moved to next Tuesday (4 March 2008) because John hasn't finished going through more than 2,000 questions. — 00:01:08
2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters in or near Depew, New York to attend the Tuesday, March 4th meeting on whether to keep Looking for Alaska in the Depew High School curriculum. — 00:01:43
2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — John loves Nerdfighter babies and Nerdfighters falling in 'nerdfighter-like', which makes him feel there is more 'like' in the world because of the community. — 00:02:47
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John: In a Question Tuesday, John answers more than 55 viewer questions in four minutes, his world-record attempt. (playful) — video description
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — announcement: John: Many more questions were taped than fit; John says he may run some of them in a follow-up. (hedged) — video description
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John says a book written by all nerdfighters should be about the Evil Baby Orphanage, which would be a dream come true for him. (playful) — 00:01:27
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John: Nerdfighters can make their own Nerdfighter shirts; John says lots of people do. — 00:02:51
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John: Asked whether the brothers will ever throw a nerdfighting convention, John says he doesn't know, maybe, and asks what viewers think. (hedged) — 00:03:50
2008-03-15 (said on 2008-03-14, implied) · Ruins, LOLBooks, and the Blurbing Book Club — recommendation: John suggests that Nerdfighters living in Mobile might see the show, since Hank probably can't; a link is in the sidebar. (hedged) — 00:01:00
2008-03-21 (said on 2008-03-22, implied) · Twitter After School Time — Hank says Twitter followers are a new, undefined kind of relationship, probably like his with Nerdfighters: not fans, not friends, but in between; some Nerdfighters are now his friends. (hedged) — 00:02:12
2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — John: A Nerdfighter gave John the Peeps in South Carolina weeks ago; though some say not to eat Peeps after Easter, their expiration date is November 2009. (playful) — 00:00:42
2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest in comments what the winner and/or loser of the contest should get. — 00:01:09
2008-03-27 · PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful — John: Since watching someone eat Peeps for three minutes is boring, John intercuts his eating with pictures of Nerdfighter awesomeness from the Ning. — 00:01:09
2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — announcement: Hank tells John he thinks they should make videos more often. (hedged) — 00:03:29
2008-04-01 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — ask: Hank asks viewers who want more frequent videos to say so in comments on YouTube or nerdfighters.com; the reaction will decide, and comments make them feel appreciated. — 00:03:29
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John reports the vote: by 4,336 to 11, Nerdfighters decided the brothers should make more videos more often. — 00:00:00
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John: Since this video will have few jokes, John says he will make up for it with a 'joketacular' Question Tuesday next Monday (14 April 2008). — 00:00:00
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave lots of questions in comments, especially about a book or books, for a themed Question Tuesday. — 00:00:00
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — John says Nerdfighters taught him over 15 months that there is no them, only facets of us: every imagined 'them' turned out to be part of us. — 00:02:20
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — ask: John: Because Shawn's Xbox 360 money will only go so far, John proposes that Nerdfighters help Shawn help people in Bangladesh, via the link in the sidebar. — 00:02:20
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — John calls this not charity but an experiment in community, and says donors should still give to Save the Children and Oxfam; it does not get them off the hook. — 00:02:20
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John: Shawn will make videos on his YouTube channel so donors can see exactly where the money goes, whom it helps and how; John made this video a response to one of Shawn's. — 00:03:03
2008-04-10 · Barack John Obama Green — Hank: Reasoning that if Shawn could give his Xbox money he could too, Hank finds an Xbox 360 costs $250 and gives $250 through Shawn's PayPal. — 00:03:25
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — John thanks the hundreds of Nerdfighters on six continents who have given money to Shawn in Bangladesh; they have raised more than $3,000. — 00:00:00
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — ask: John says those who still want to donate can find a link in the sidebar; with Shawn's help they will make many lives more awesome. — 00:00:00
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — announcement: John cannot do Question Tuesday today, thanks viewers for thousands of book questions, and vows to do it by the end of the week or be punished. — 00:00:43
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — announcement: John: Until publication John will give away as many ARCs to Nerdfighters as he can; today everyone commenting on YouTube or the Ning goes in a hat for this galley. — 00:01:41
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · ITCHY MUSIC! — ask: Hank asks what Nerdfighters have been listening to and invites music suggestions, mainstream or obscure, in the comments; he trusts their taste. — 00:03:37
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · ITCHY MUSIC! — Hank reminds John that he promised a Question Tuesday not on Tuesday and must deliver before the week is out or be punished. (playful) — 00:03:37
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John admits he didn't do his Question Tuesday video last week (week of 14 April 2008), which means he will be punished. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest in comments how the brothers should be punished, wondering about a shared or simultaneous punishment. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — announcement: John: Paper Towns is not dedicated to the Nerdfighters, but they are in the acknowledgements. — 00:00:53
2008-04-24 · Pills Pills Pills — Hank: Owing a punishment for his infraction, Hank has been reading viewers' punishment ideas and asks for ones not involving death or torture. (playful) — 00:03:11
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — announcement: John doubles the Paper Towns giveaway: one advance copy to a random commenter on the Ning and one to a random commenter on YouTube. — 00:00:00
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — announcement: John draws random numbers to pick a Ning winner and a YouTube winner; the YouTube winner has 48 hours to claim the prize or it goes to someone else. — 00:00:40
2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John: The Yeti told John she doesn't get some of the brothers' jokes; John welcomes new Nerdfighters and says it will all make sense later. — 00:01:17
2008-04-30 (said on 2008-05-01, implied) · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank says YouTube and the internet provide ways to participate, and hopes the Vlogbrothers are something viewers and the brothers do together, not a waste of time. (hedged) — 00:03:18
2008-04-30 (said on 2008-05-01, implied) · BLOOD! I'm a KILLER! — Hank thanks Nerdfighters for whatever small chunks of their lives they give, and says the brothers will give theirs in return. — 00:03:41
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John admits he and the Nerdfighters forgot Hank's birthday: some Nerdfighters remembered, but they did not pool their cognitive surplus to make him something awesome. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John contrasts this with Hank getting many people to blenderize birthday cakes and eat them for John's birthday. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — ask: John asks everyone to wish Hank a happy birthday in the comments, then to suggest a really good idea, distinctly better than blenderizing birthday cakes. — 00:01:18
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — announcement: John will post again tomorrow, his first back-to-back videos in 16 months, and announce what they will do for Hank and when. — 00:01:18
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John thanks Nerdfighters for their punishment suggestions and says he thinks they have settled on one. (hedged) — 00:01:47
2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — announcement: John: Nerdfighters in or near Grand Rapids, Michigan can hear John, Maureen Johnson and Hank talk at a library on Thursday at 6:30. — 00:01:47
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — John urges Nerdfighters to watch the response videos, where many people made Hank awesome birthday presents, and thanks them for making him look less of a jerk. — 00:00:36
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — ask: John's project: Nerdfighters have 15 seconds or one photograph to show themselves doing something Hank would think is awesome, left vague for creativity. — 00:00:36
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John: Entries (pictures or videos) are due Saturday at midnight, sent to sparksflyup at gmail.com. — 00:01:05
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — ask: John asks viewers in Indiana and North Carolina to vote today, punning that their vote counts ('Count Chocula'). (playful) — 00:01:05
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John: As said yesterday, Hank, Maureen Johnson and John will speak at a Grand Rapids, Michigan library on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. — 00:01:05
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — ask: John: Because they might want to do such events more often, they set up an Eventful profile where Nerdfighters can request a visit to their city; they might come. (hedged) — 00:01:50
2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — announcement: John's tripod is a stack of new Paper Towns galleys; he will give an advance reader's copy to one Nerdfighter whose entry is included in the birthday project. — 00:01:50
2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — Hank thanks everyone for his happy birthday videos. — 00:00:00
2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — Hank says he has seen viewers' videos and thinks they are 'so jokes' (cool). (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — announcement: Hank looks forward to seeing some viewers in Grand Rapids the next day. — 00:00:00
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
2008-05-07 · From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike — Hank says 200 people there don't know what Nerdfighters are, 'so that'll be fun'; he will see John in a couple of hours. (playful) — 00:03:04
2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank recounts that the turnout expected at the Kent library grew from a misheard 16 to 60; about 75 were there on arrival and 97 Nerdfighters by the end, in a very small room. — 00:00:00
2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — Hank shows the inaugural Maureen Johnson happy dance from three angles filmed by Nerdfighters, calling it possibly the most important thing that happened that night. (playful) — 00:02:21
2008-05-11 · Nerdfighting IRL — ask: Hank asks viewers to request the brothers' presence in their city on eventful.com, linked in the sidebar; many already have. — 00:04:12
2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — Hank says he is finally doing his punishment, which he learned only yesterday; it was chosen from suggestions by Nerdfighters and John. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John tells Hank and the Nerdfighters he hasn't made a video in almost a week and a half, and it isn't because of his hilariously bad haircut. — 00:00:11
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John shows gifts Nerdfighters brought the brothers in Grand Rapids: a ceramic DFTBA cup and a book called 'Scruffy Teddy Likes to Play in Your Pants'. — 00:00:30
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John: The real reason for the absence: John and the Yeti have made an extraordinary, unbelievably time-consuming acquisition, a puppy. — 00:00:46
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John wanted to name the puppy 'Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy', but the Yeti said a boy named Bubbles would be weird to explain; John adds people would ask if Nerdfighters are for or against nerds. (playful) — 00:00:54
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John: They call him Willy; his full name, Fireball Wilson Roberts, refers to the first sentence of James Crumley's novel The Last Good Kiss, which John reads aloud. — 00:01:14
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — recommendation: John's message to Nerdfighters considering a puppy: it is so hard; Willy needs constant attention. — 00:01:45
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — ask: John: The week includes two Question Tuesdays, so John asks Nerdfighters to leave questions and comments. — 00:02:42
2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — announcement: John: With every video this week (week of 12 May 2008), including this one, John will give away one copy of Paper Towns to a random commenter. — 00:02:47
2008-05-19 · Three Things — announcement: John tells Hank his proper belated birthday present is coming later in the week. — 00:01:05
2008-05-19 · Three Things — John shows what Nerdfighter Shawn did with the Xbox money Hank sent him: in a very rural part of Bangladesh where few NGOs work, it will help a family keep their kids in school. — 00:01:05
2008-05-19 · Three Things — John: Everyone in the family but the father has had malaria; Shawn brought them a mosquito net, and Hank's money will fix the roof that leaks onto their bed. — 00:01:42
2008-05-19 · Three Things — John calls it sort of miraculous that Hank can see the actual people his money helps, and says all who donated to Shawn will experience that as he distributes more of the funds. — 00:01:42
2008-05-19 · Three Things — announcement: John says Shawn is slow to post videos because he is in Bangladesh, but they will keep track of him; his YouTube channel is linked in the sidebar. — 00:01:42
2008-05-19 · Three Things — ask: John officially opens Omnictionary to the world and invites viewers to rewrite the story as they see fit, calling it a jokes opportunity for writers. — 00:03:13
2008-05-19 · Three Things — ask: John thanks Nerdfighters for their questions, asks for more, and says there will be two Question Tuesdays this week (week of 19 May 2008). — 00:03:13
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John: Asked the key to YouTube popularity, John says YouTube's new demographics feature shows Nerdfighters are extremely loyal, which he thinks is because nerdfighting is something they all do together. (hedged) — 00:01:10
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — announcement: John reminds viewers there is one more Question Tuesday this week (week of 19 May 2008) and that he gives a Paper Towns copy to a random commenter every day; leave questions in comments. — 00:03:40
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — Hank claims his own version of Question Tuesdays: answering one question long-windedly and then asking viewers twelve, little known because they have never done it. (playful) — 00:00:16
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — Hank asks whether, excluding wars, there are more murders on TV or in real life. — 00:02:27
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — Hank wonders what happens to change forgotten at airport security (he has left 35 cents four times) and thinks transportation security staff should get a tip jar because the job sucks. (hedged) — 00:02:37
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — Hank also asks about anagrams in math, whether evil people like Hitler or Stalin had pets, and what an iota is. (playful) — 00:03:05
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — announcement: Hank gives away a copy of Paper Towns to one random commenter, the first time he gets to give one away. — 00:03:19
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — ask: Hank asks viewers to leave answers in the comments to his questions and to all the questions in the world. — 00:03:39
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — John: The video is the Nerdfighters' birthday present for Hank: hundreds of Nerdfighters show him, in clips and photos, what awesome is. — video description
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — John apologizes to those whose submissions he didn't use: many clips and images wouldn't import into iMovie. — video description
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — recommendation: The description credits the music: Julia Nunes' 'Short and Sweet', Abby Simons' 'My Scientist', Jonathan Coulton's 'Fancy Pants' and Distemper's 'Think Who Is Your Friend'. — video description
2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — a guest: Several Nerdfighters dedicate green actions to Hank's birthday: a scooter ridden to work, recycling with a reusable bag, and an architecture museum on transportation and the environment. — 00:07:06
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John announces the five winners of Paper Towns advance copies from his punishment week, from the Ning and YouTube, and asks them to email their addresses. — 00:00:00
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John says they believe what happened in Grand Rapids can happen everywhere, and that they will hopefully go everywhere. (hedged) — 00:01:20
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John says Nerdfighters on Omnictionary are writing a novel wiki-style; the wished-for Nerdfighter encyclopedia is a good idea, but not for Omnictionary. (hedged) — 00:02:19
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John restates the standing challenge: proof that Helen Hunt has seen or heard Hank's Helen Hunt song lets Nerdfighters challenge the brothers, subject to their wives' veto. — 00:02:47
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John says Nerdfighters value quality over quantity in recruiting, so as not to dilute the awesome. (playful) — 00:02:47
2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — announcement: John announces a second celebrity challenge: if and when the brothers pass Oprah on YouTube's most-subscribed list, Nerdfighters may challenge them any way they see fit. — 00:03:23
2008-06-01 · Tetris Day! — Hank recalls writing a Tetris song, 'The Man Who Threw the Tetris Piece', on acoustic guitar; nerdfighter Bill Martin (Dr. Noise) covered it hardcore, and the cover plays under this video. — 00:00:00
2008-06-01 · Tetris Day! — Hank: In the Tetris music video, Nerdfighters from all over the world pretend to play Tetris and the pieces pop out of their TVs; Hank shows an example he made with Katherine. — 00:01:29
2008-06-04 · VEEPSTAKES! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters, and potentially Barack if he reads the channel's comments, to say who should be vice president. — 00:03:44
2008-06-08 · Monkeys!!! (with pants) — announcement: Hank apologises that there are no Nerdfighter events on this trip, though he would have liked to see Nerdfighters. — 00:00:30
2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — announcement: John: To apologize to Tobies and Tobians, John proposes removing 'Tobian' from the Nerdfighter vocabulary and replacing it with 'Decepticonian', which has a nice Draconian ring. — 00:01:12
2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — John recalls that Daniel Biss, the brothers' 'resident mathematician', was one of the very first Nerdfighters and is running for state representative. — 00:01:12
2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — John notes that in recent weeks they have asked a lot of Nerdfighters: money for Daniel Biss, Tetris pieces, T-shirt ideas and a collaboratively written novel. — 00:03:17
2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) — ask: John asks Nerdfighters what he can do for them (jumping jacks, pudding, a poem recited shirtless) and says he'll do ten of their requests in a video filmed this weekend. — 00:03:46
2008-06-24 · Questions Answered! — Hank recalls asking Nerdfighters a couple of weeks ago to answer some questions; they did remarkably well on all but one, a hard one. — 00:00:41
2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John frames the video as doing ten things the Nerdfighters asked of him; the first two were to see more of Willy and more of the Yeti (Sarah). — 00:00:00
2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John: For thing five, more time on the Ning, John updated its favorite photos and started text-based Question Tuesdays there; Hank added a poll to vote on favorite Going Postal blurbs. — 00:01:17
2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John expects many teenage Nerdfighters hate Catcher in the Rye but thinks they should read it anyway; they can say why they dislike it and he will explain why they should like it. (hedged) — 00:01:47
2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John: Asked (thing eight) to be like Hank and give an Xbox's worth of money to a charity, John says he already did so before leaving, to Save the Children. — 00:02:45
2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — announcement: John: Agreeing to thing nine, John will do a Question Tuesday next Tuesday (1 July 2008) and asks Nerdfighters to leave him questions and comments. — 00:02:45
2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — Hank says he has the maker's permission to use the footage, is not making fun of her but is in awe, and remixed it to experience the awesome of Nerdfighteria differently. — 00:00:25
2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — Hank tells John he hopes John appreciates how much he is loved: by Hank, by the Nerdfighters, by everyone. — 00:02:08
2008-07-01 · Live from LAX — announcement: John apologizes that there will be no Question Tuesday today and says he will do it soon. — 00:00:00
2008-07-01 · Live from LAX — announcement: John jokes that Hank missed ALA because he is training body and mind to meet 'tens of billions' of nerdfighters on the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting 2008. (playful) — 00:02:11
2008-07-01 · Live from LAX — John says he is amazed how much Hank, the nerdfighters and all the world's librarians are made of awesome. — 00:02:11
2008-07-02 · Live and In Person — John jokes the live chat is like Question Tuesday, but with about a 1-in-1 chance of a question being answered instead of 1 in 400. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — announcement: John announces a Question Tuesday in which, instead of many quick answers, he will answer a few questions at length. — 00:00:12
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John says he is recognized fairly often in big public spaces and finds it nice to meet Nerdfighters; at Disneyland's Indiana Jones ride a fan's little brother asked if he was wearing a disguise. — 00:02:48
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — announcement: John has no Paper Towns advance copies to give away; earlier winners are still waiting for theirs, which he hopes to rectify tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:03:22
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — ask: John offers three rare Paper Towns discussion guides, which he jokes he stole from his publisher, to viewers who leave a question in comments for his next Question Tuesday. — 00:03:32
2008-07-13 · Willy's Elusive Head Turn — ask: John asks anyone who wants to make a video response with a sound they think Willy has never heard before. — 00:02:13
2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — Hank thanks the Nerdfighters for working together to get Accio Deathly Hallows up to 1 million views. — 00:00:30
2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — announcement: Hank says he thinks he has fixed 'my pants', central to the Nerdfighter community: the spam filter had been out of control and locked many people out. (hedged) — 00:00:51
2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — Hank proposes joke titles for Book 8, such as 'Harry Potter and the Paper Towns' and 'Harry Potter and the nerdfighters'. (joke) — 00:02:57
2008-07-18 · Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song — Hank thanks everyone for an amazing year since Accio Deathly Hallows and for the Nerdfighter experience in general. — 00:04:14
2008-07-22 · OMFG CATCHER IN THE RYE!!! — ask: John thanks Nerdfighters for their Willy sounds, says many of their videos made Willy turn his head, and asks them to email the sounds for a compilation video. — 00:03:12
2008-07-27 · How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! — announcement: Hank says he will do two things at the glasses store: ask Nerdfighters to help pick new glasses, and experiment with how to get glasses cheaply. — 00:00:00
2008-07-27 · How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! — ask: Hank invites John, Nerdfighters and other viewers to vote in the comments among seven frames he will wear for about five years; he will order the winner immediately. — 00:02:07
2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 — announcement: John announces that at 2 p.m. on August 8, 2008 he will be at the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago, talking, signing books and giving things away. — 00:00:25
2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 — announcement: John: Because the day coincides with the Harry Potter conference Terminus, John says special guests will come: Secret Brother Adam, Secret Sister Rosianna, some of the Five Awesome Girls and Guys, and a surprise guest. (playful) — 00:00:25
2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 — announcement: John says that after he finishes at 4 p.m. the group will go to Grant Park to hear wizard rockers (names unclear) and possibly a special guest. (hedged) — 00:00:48
2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 — announcement: John says that at 8:08 p.m. on 8/8/08 he and, he hopes, many Nerdfighters will join Amy Krouse Rosenthal at The Bean in Millennium Park, where she will do something awesome. (hedged) — 00:00:48
2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — ask: Hank: Worried the Chicago library where they will speak lacks space, Hank asks people to pre-register via the sidebar, though he doesn't know if it guarantees anything. (hedged) — 00:02:36
2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Breakdancing in Missoula Montana — announcement: Hank tells viewers not to worry if too many people come to Chicago: 'we're going to figure something out. I promise.' — 00:02:36
2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — announcement: Hank announces he will be at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square at 6 o'clock the next day with special guest Maureen Johnson, who will sign her books bought there. — 00:00:46
2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — ask: Hank tells Nerdfighters anywhere on the East Coast they have to come, excusing only those as far away as Florida, then softens it to 'if you can, do it'. (playful) — 00:00:46
2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — announcement: Hank says they will hopefully be in the upstairs conference room; he won't have his guitar or sing, but will sign John's books for anyone who buys them. (hedged) — 00:01:15
2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — Hank says they are holding the event because the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan apparently doesn't think John Green can draw a crowd, so this unsanctioned gathering will show that Nerdfighters can. (hedged) — 00:01:45
2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — ask: Hank asks viewers who want to help to come to the Barnes & Noble in Union Square at 6 o'clock the next day, which he confirms is August 6. — 00:01:45
2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — announcement: Hank says this is the only New York video, since they are going to Chicago next, and he will see John in about three days. — 00:02:14
2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — announcement: John: Asked about the 8/8/08 Nerdfighter event in Chicago, John says the Harold Washington Library will try to accommodate everyone for the 2 p.m. event, and there will be awesome for those who cannot get in. — 00:00:00
2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — announcement: John adds that they will meet at 4 o'clock for the wizard rock concert in Grant Park and at 8:08 p.m. at The Bean, where Amy Krouse Rosenthal will "make awesome happen". — 00:00:00
2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — ask: John says he will do another Question Tuesday next week (week of 11 August 2008) and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions and comments. — 00:03:36
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: In New York City Hank met the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, who said he admires EcoGeek; Hank says it felt like being king of nerddom for a day. — 00:00:40
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: The next day (6 August 2008) Hank and about 50 Nerdfighters flash-mobbed a Barnes & Noble store after a short announcement, then hung out across the street. — 00:01:09
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank says over 380 Nerdfighters came to the Chicago library event, including many prominent Nerdfighters he had never seen outside YouTube. — 00:02:42
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank played songs at a wizard rock concert in the park, with Lena, Leanne and Lauren and by himself. — 00:03:11
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: At Chicago's Bean they took part in what Hank calls one of the largest collaborative movie projects ever. — 00:03:11
2008-08-15 · Metric Sabbath — Hank says many Nerdfighters at Terminus asked about the Nerdfighter T-shirt contest; it is in the works and hopefully a video about it will come soon. (hedged) — 00:02:33
2008-08-17 · Stockholm Sweden — announcement: The description announces that the clue has been found and links to a Nerdfighter Ning forum thread to discuss it. — video description
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank shows his new glasses, green in the right light and very cheap, and thanks Nerdfighters and YouTube for helping him choose them. — 00:00:00
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — Hank introduces the non-existent Nerdfighting Prize of the Day, a badge of honour for a deserving Nerdfighter, which he has been awarding in his head and sometimes in comments. (playful) — 00:00:35
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — ask: Hank announces a secret project needing a lot of Nerdfighter help and asks people to sign up at nerdfighters.com; it uses the same list as an earlier secret project. — 00:02:03
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — announcement: Hank says submissions to the Nerdfighter T-shirt design contest are closing, shows the entries in rapid motion, and asks Nerdfighters to vote on them at nerdfighters.com. — 00:02:34
2008-08-18 · This Video Comes in Threven Parts — announcement: Hank says John started a new, European scavenger hunt; the first clue, in Sweden, has been found and deciphered, giving the letter B, whose meaning is unknown. — 00:03:32
2008-08-20 · Scavenger Hunting — announcement: The description announces that the scavenger-hunt clue has been found and links to a Nerdfighter Ning forum thread for discussion. — video description
2008-08-20 · Scavenger Hunting — ask: The description invites viewers who want to follow the scavenger hunt, with its (existent) prizes, to subscribe to the neverftba YouTube channel. (playful) — video description
2008-08-20 · Scavenger Hunting — announcement: The description says the clue is in a Danish book, calling that pretty simple, and reminds Nerdfighters that calling is cheating. — video description
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — John, interviewed in the report, says the brothers are trying to bring people who feel like outsiders into a place where they feel like insiders. (hedged) — 00:01:43
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — Susan Carlson (quoted): The report says John was already a successful teen author whose fame skyrocketed through the internet, and that he was back in Chicago, where he once lived, promoting his books at the library. — 00:02:08
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — Susan Carlson (quoted): The report says about 400 young adults came to the library event, some waiting over two hours to meet the brothers. — 00:02:08
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH — a guest: A fan in the report says the appeal is having somebody with so much in common with them, like valuing reading and education and thinking that's cool. — 00:02:58
2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 — The description presents the video as Nerdfighters saying happy birthday to John. — video description
2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 — a guest: A well-wisher tells John, Hank and the Nerdfighters to keep up the good work. — 00:01:18
2008-08-26 · The Catcher in the Rye, Part 2 — John has Willy tell Nerdfighters that the next scavenger-hunt clue is taped to a sign in Daniel Biss's front yard. (playful) — 00:03:15
2008-08-29 · Sarah Palin: An Introduction — ask: John asks Nerdfighters, particularly Republican nerdfighters, to say in comments what they think of the Palin pick. — 00:02:22
2008-08-29 · Sarah Palin: An Introduction — John tells Hank the Nerdfighters finished the second part of the scavenger hunt. — 00:02:33
2008-09-04 · 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
2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces the Paper Towns tour stops from October 17 to 30: Boston, Indianapolis, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami, Orlando, Chicago suburbs and city, Phoenix, Seattle, San Francisco, and a Nerdfighter Halloween party in Los Angeles. — 00:01:43
2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters which tour stop or stops they are coming to. — 00:03:25
2008-09-07 · This Song is for Willy — Hank sings that John feared Willy had no new sounds left to hear, so he called on the Nerdfighters to act really weird. (playful) — 00:00:49
2008-09-10 · Willy Listening to His Song — John thanks Hank, saying the song made Willy, John and the Yeti so happy. — 00:02:37
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John reports that months ago Nerdfighters sent Shawn money to help people in Bangladesh; Shawn has used much of it and wants to spend the rest with Save the Children. — 00:00:00
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — ask: John tells viewers that Shawn has laid out several options and that everyone can vote on what should be done first with the money, which Shawn will then do. — 00:01:05
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — John recalls that at the end of the Chicago Nerdfighter night on 8/8/08 hundreds of Nerdfighters met Amy Krouse Rosenthal at the Bean without knowing her plan. — 00:01:34
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — announcement: John says Rosenthal made a film, The Beckoning of Lovely, starring many Nerdfighters including him; it is only the first part of her project. — 00:01:55
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos — recommendation: John points to about 20 minutes of extended Question Tuesday he did with Worthington Libraries, covering him and his books. — 00:02:52
2008-09-13 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) — announcement: Hank tells John that Paper Towns is not going to be published in the United Kingdom, which angers many UK Nerdfighters. — 00:02:29
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — John opens 'Riddle Sunday', answering riddles from Nerdfighters, ending with an anagram riddle that points to Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — John credits the awesomeness of Nerdfighteria and of Hank for passing Oprah on the most-subscribed list. — 00:02:50
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — announcement: John says that, as previously agreed, passing Oprah means Nerdfighters get to punish the brothers. — 00:02:58
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. — 00:02:58
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — announcement: John says details of the Paper Towns tour dates are starting to be posted at eventful.com. — 00:03:15
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to meet the tour halfway: find the nearest tour stop, come to it, and bring friends. — 00:00:43
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — announcement: John: Before the tour, John will be in the Twin Cities this Friday (26 September 2008) and Saturday and at a public event in Berlin, Germany, on October 1. — 00:01:12
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — announcement: John says the events are entirely free and open to the public, and tickets are not needed except in a couple of cases. — 00:01:41
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — announcement: John says Julia Nunes will not be at the New York event but will be at the Boston event. — 00:02:10
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — John says the brothers do not pick their punishment; Nerdfighters do, and he names the most popular suggestions. — 00:02:10
2008-09-23 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to vote for their favourite punishments in the comments. — 00:02:46
2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — Hank explains that his old idea of the brothers punishing themselves for donations to Obama's campaign was dropped: good, but not achievable alongside Nerdfighters, EcoGeek and Paper Towns. — 00:00:00
2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Obama llama Duck — announcement: Hank says he and John have almost finished the Paper Towns tour dates; a tour list with RSVPs will soon be at sparksflyup.com (John's site) and nerdfighters.com. — 00:02:08
2008-09-25 · SPOON FINGERS IN VIDEO RESPONSES — ask: John: From a hotel in Minneapolis, John urges anyone in or near Minneapolis to come to one or both of his events, tomorrow night and Saturday afternoon; info in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — John has just got back from Berlin, Germany, where he met Nerdfighters, including Jenny, who got him a flag. — 00:00:00
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — John: Before Berlin, John was in Minneapolis and met hundreds of Nerdfighters; he says the vlog will be unstuck in time like Billy Pilgrim. — 00:00:00
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — announcement: John: With Hank's help, all Paper Towns and Nerdfighting Tour events are now on Facebook with up-to-date information; Eventful.com, now their 'mortal enemy', is dropped. — 00:02:20
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — John announces that today is the first day of the brothers' month-long Brotherhood 2.0-style vlogging challenge, the first such in almost ten months. — 00:03:18
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank says Eventful showed three nerdfighters in Missoula, one of them himself and one Katherine, and thanks the unknown third. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank, who thinks John forgot to explain it in his last video, says Brotherhood 2.1, the brothers' private name for this month (October 2008) of vlogging, is their punishment. — 00:00:32
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank describes the arrangement: the brothers ask Nerdfighters to do amazing things, and in return Nerdfighters get to punish them. — 00:00:32
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank says the brothers asked Nerdfighters to help them 'pwn' Oprah, and together they got more YouTube subscribers than Oprah. (playful) — 00:00:32
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — announcement: Hank says the Nerdfighters' punishment is for the brothers to vlog Brotherhood 2.0-style for an entire month. — 00:01:01
2008-10-08 (said on 2008-10-07, implied) · Hanks actual Vlog — announcement: Hank has coloured Karen's map and put it on PaperTowns.com: each city links to its Facebook event page, and the brothers' heads to their Facebook profiles. — 00:01:33
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John says this is only his second video of the month-long Brotherhood 2.1 project and he already has nothing to talk about. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John: Searching YouTube for Paper Towns, John found groups of Nerdfighters slipping notes into his books in bookstores inviting readers to Paper Towns and Nerdfighter gatherings; he calls it fantastic and will copy it. — 00:00:00
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John: To avoid using new paper, John cuts pages of the Paper Towns manuscript into quarters, including blank page 308, and writes on them. (playful) — 00:00:48
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John's cards invite readers to meet the author at the store on October 18, say they may be a nerdfighter, which is a good thing, and are signed 'Jay Scribble'. — 00:01:17
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — John: At the Borders in Indianapolis where he will sign in ten days, John plants the cards in his books while filming, joking he fears being arrested. (playful) — 00:01:47
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — ask: John thanks Borders staff and the Nerdfighters who gave him the idea, and says anyone else who wants to do it will find it surprisingly easy. — 00:02:16
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday on Friday and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions and comments. — 00:02:16
2008-10-09 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — Hank is glad for Nerdfighters who got early copies as a prize for pre-ordering and thanks them; Amazon customers can feel good, since Amazon followed the publisher's wishes. — 00:00:31
2008-10-09 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — announcement: Hank says the brothers will be at the New York City launch event, viewers can RSVP on Facebook via papertowns.com, and he hopes to see many across the US through November. — 00:02:48
2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — John holds Question Friday, the day he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:29
2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — announcement: John: At the Nerdfighter gatherings, John says, songs will be sung, Paper Towns read, books discussed, questions answered and stuff signed. — 00:02:37
2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — announcement: John will sign books other than Paper Towns on tour, anything except skin. — 00:03:15
2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — announcement: John will see Hank in real life at the Paper Towns release party on Thursday. — 00:03:15
2008-10-14 (said on 2008-10-13, implied) · Numa Numa Hank Dance — ask: Hank asks viewers to comment whether or not they want him to be punished. — 00:03:32
2008-10-14 · Paper Towns Reading — John reports that nerdfighters voted on whether Hank should be punished for his slightly late video, and the consensus seems to be no. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-10-14 · Paper Towns Reading — John playfully insists the punishment decision is his, not the nerdfighters', then agrees with them: Hank is a good brother and should not be punished. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-10-14 · Paper Towns Reading — John: Paper Towns opens with two epigraphs, one from a poem written by a nerdfighter, Katrina Vandenberg. — 00:00:56
2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — announcement: Hank and several nerdfighters have recorded Paper Towns songs for a Paper Towns collaborative album, which they are giving away for free. — 00:00:34
2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — ask: Hank: First condition for the album: make a picture of yourself with Paper Towns your MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and every other profile picture. — 00:00:58
2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — ask: Hank: Second: buy Paper Towns at a local bookstore and leave notes in copies saying how much you love it, like a blurb but from a normal reader rather than a reviewer. — 00:01:27
2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — ask: Hank: Third: comment on the video and send an email saying you have done all of this, to get download access to the album. — 00:01:27
2008-10-16 (said on 2008-10-15, implied) · Paper Towns Collab Album Project!!! — announcement: Hank: Those who qualify can also pay $3, the cost of making and shipping the CD, for a hard copy. — 00:01:56
2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC — John reports from the Paper Towns release party with Liane from the Five Awesome Girls, his agent Jodi, Hank's wife Katherine, and Alex and Charlie from London. — 00:00:00
2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC — Hank says he is now in Boston before another Nerdfighter event and will soon see John at dinner with their parents and cousin. — 00:03:02
2008-10-17 · Vital Status Report from NYC — Hank tells nerdfighters who could not come to the events that the brothers love them and will always be on the Internet, which is their first and last place. — 00:03:29
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — John, on the Paper Towns tour, is in Columbus, Ohio, super tired after a long day of touring. — 00:00:00
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — John left his camcorder in Boston, so he is recording on the iSight camera until he gets a new camcorder. — 00:00:00
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — John tells Hank he is awesome: the two days they just spent together in New York and Boston were the most awesome of his life. (playful) — 00:00:33
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — John: The camcorder he has filmed every video with since January 2, 2007 did not really blow up; he left it at the event space while watching Julia Nunes play in Boston. — 00:00:33
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — ask: John asks nerdfighters who might have picked up the camera he has used for the last 22 months to email him. — 00:01:02
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John: Later this week (week of 20 October 2008) John will be in Atlanta, where the show starts at 6, not 6:30 (people should probably come early), then Miami, Orlando and Naperville. (hedged) — 00:01:02
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — ask: John says everyone should come to the Naperville event, which will be big, fun and awesome. — 00:01:02
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John will also do a smaller Saturday 4 p.m. event at a bookstore in Lincoln Square, Chicago, giving tickets to the first 45 people who email. — 00:01:02
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John will stream every event on BlogTV for the rest of the tour, for Hank and nerdfighters who cannot attend. — 00:02:42
2008-10-21 (said on 2008-10-20, implied) · Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely — announcement: John: Nerdfighter gift exchange: gifts nerdfighters give the tour will be passed on to nerdfighters at the next stop, keeping John's luggage carry-on. — 00:02:42
2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — Hank: While John is on the road across the US, Hank says he has had a tiny chance to relax, though he is a bit jealous of John's nerdfighter events. (playful) — 00:00:52
2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — announcement: Hank: Many people are now eligible for the Paper Towns collab album; the album is ready, the digital version goes online soon and everyone eligible will be emailed. — 00:02:17
2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — Hank expected 50 or 60 people in total to take part but it has been about 50 or 60 a day, hundreds overall; he thanks them and asks them to continue. — 00:02:17
2008-10-21 · Lonesome Cloud — Hank wishes John a good time in Melbourne, Florida the next day. — 00:03:43
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John: Students at Vero Beach High School gave John a shirt with all the things he loves on it. — 00:00:00
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
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John notes Hank's previous video was 4 minutes 16 seconds long and expects a 'weird semantic argument' against being punished. (playful) — 00:00:36
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John: After the MacBook's iSight camera freezes during his happy dance, John says it is why he is buying a camcorder tomorrow. (playful) — 00:01:06
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John: Vero Beach High School nerdfighters gave John every item Lacey, Ben, Q and Radar pick up at their first BP stop in Paper Towns, including Nerds; he says it is no spoiler. — 00:01:24
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John says he loves Nerdfighters because they are just so awesome. — 00:01:50
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John says Hank's 4:16 video contained no montage, which is clearly against the rules. — 00:02:00
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — Hank: On the phone Hank argues his video was 3 minutes 50 seconds; the rest was black space because the song ran longer than the video track. (playful) — 00:02:32
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — ask: John lets the Nerdfighters decide: he asks them to vote on whether Hank should be punished. — 00:03:09
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — announcement: John hopes to see nerdfighters tonight in Miami, tomorrow in Orlando or on Friday in Naperville, Illinois. — 00:03:43
2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — Hank: In a phone skit with another Hank, Hank says he can see 'their point' and concedes his video was technically longer than four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — Hank: Rebutting the 'evil Hank' on the phone, Hank says it was he, not the evil Hank, and above all the Nerdfighters who helped John get there. (playful) — 00:01:35
2008-10-24 · Talking to Myself — Hank: John told Hank the Florida nerdfighter event had a fantastic atmosphere; Hank's best friend from high school and John's elementary-school best friends were there. — 00:02:27
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John tells Hank he is being punished by having to do something he once agreed to: dress as Carrie Bradshaw for the Sex and the City movie, at home since it has left theaters. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — announcement: John thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters for making it possible for Paper Towns to debut at number five on the New York Times bestseller list next week (week of 27 October 2008). — 00:00:51
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John says Nerdfighters showed last December they could take over YouTube, but he did not think they could take over the New York Times bestseller list. (playful) — 00:00:51
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — John says hanging out with 200 Nerdfighters last night, with hundreds more watching on BlogTV, is the nicest gift he has ever been given. (hedged) — 00:01:50
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — ask: John: In solidarity with Hank's punishment and in gratitude, John asks Nerdfighteria what he can do for them, offering examples, and asks for answers in comments. — 00:01:50
2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — announcement: Hank says he flies to Seattle tomorrow, where he will see John and many Nerdfighters, and urges people near Seattle to come. — 00:00:44
2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Early Voting with Hank — announcement: Hank says John then goes on alone: Menlo Park on the 29th and a final Paper Towns Halloween special on October 30th for anyone in the western United States. — 00:00:44
2008-10-28 · The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) — John greets Hank with Nerdfighters in Phoenix, Arizona, filmed on his new camcorder, which he is very excited about. (playful) — 00:00:08
2008-10-28 · The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) — John recalls that in his last video he asked Nerdfighters what he could do for them after they put Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, and they sent requests. — 00:00:34
2008-10-28 · The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) — John finds one request he can fulfil, recording his happy dance in 18 different states, and says yes. (playful) — 00:03:37
2008-10-28 · The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) — announcement: John says he will see Hank in a few minutes at the Seattle Public Library. — 00:03:52
2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — Hank and Katherine just got back from the Seattle event; Hank thanks the Nerdfighters there and thinks the library never had a bigger crowd. (hedged) — 00:00:54
2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is Late (dr horrible) — announcement: Hank announces Paper Towns will spend a second week on the New York Times bestseller list, at number six, showing people beyond the first Nerdfighter rush are still buying it. — 00:01:23
2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — John devotes Show and Tell Thursday to real presents Nerdfighters gave him on his tour, of two kinds: related to his book, and related to Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — John: Nerdfighter-related presents include a Nerdfighter bracelet and, made of a spongy material, a puppy-sized elephant and a little Willy with a cast. — 00:01:06
2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — John says he kind of misses Willy and can't wait to get home, because a Nerdfighter in Los Angeles made a puppy-sized elephant costume for Willy. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:06
2008-10-31 (said on 2008-10-30, implied) · Show 'n Tell Thursday — John thanks Nerdfighters for these, for all the Peeps, and for the hundreds of other made-of-awesome presents he has received. — 00:02:24
2008-10-31 · SPWNING Halloween — Hank calls Halloween a very Nerdfighterly day: Nerdfighters don't need an excuse to be weird, and he thinks they should do it every day. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:25
2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John: In Plano they met Shawn, the man from Bangladesh who has been working with Save the Children to decrease worldsuck with Nerdfighters' money. — 00:01:11
2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John says they will collect money for Save the Children Bangladesh throughout the entire tour. — 00:01:11
2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — John says Nerdfighters make him believe in America again. — 00:03:14
2008-11-03 · BlogTV in St Louis! — announcement: Hank says they will do a Question Tuesday on Monday, which is what today is in St. Louis. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — announcement: Hank says there may be a special update later with official news, and that Nerdfighters will see John on the road to Louisville, Kentucky tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:01:45
2008-11-05 · On Loving One Another or Dying — John opens with 20 seconds of Hank singing in front of many Nerdfighters in Louisville, a song only available on the Paper Towns secret collaboration album. — 00:00:00
2008-11-05 · On Loving One Another or Dying — John calls the Nerdfighter community one of the most thoughtful and respectful communities he has ever been privileged to be part of. — 00:01:38
2008-11-05 · On Loving One Another or Dying — John: But in political discourse, John says, the quality of Nerdfighter conversation plummets on all sides into name-calling and oversimplification. — 00:01:38
2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank says this is the last video of Brotherhood 2.1 and bids it goodbye. — 00:00:06
2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank: On the way home from the Knoxville gathering, John told Hank not to worry about his late video, since all Nerdfighters want from him is funny noises. (playful) — 00:01:08
2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank: The printers of Hank's album misread So Jokes as 50 Jokes on the order form; the album itself is unaffected. — 00:01:38
2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — John: With Hank in the next hotel room, John greets Nerdfighters and presents a day in their life on tour. — 00:00:14
2008-11-17 · Life on Tour — John says the routine would be tiring if Nerdfighters weren't so awesome and if he didn't keep getting amazing shirts, like a Culver Creek t-shirt with a swan. — 00:02:51
2008-11-19 · Sharing Presents in Westport — John and Hank have just reached their hotel in Westport, Connecticut, and are unpacking the gifts nerdfighters have given them. — 00:00:00
2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank says the Tour de Nerdfighting was fantastic and that, thanks to viewers, he lives in Nerdfighteria, the best place in the world. (playful) — 00:00:23
2008-11-24 · DFTBA Records — Hank thanks viewers for supporting his music, saying without them he would have no reason to write songs. — 00:03:03
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John enjoyed three weeks with Hank and Katherine on the Tour de Nerdfighting: playing cows, meeting thousands of nerdfighters, watching Hank become a rock star. — 00:00:00
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John says it is weird what can become normal: talking to his brother by video blog before thousands, crowds singing Hank's songs, caring for people in Bangladesh like family, being a nerdfighter. — 00:00:00
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John is grateful to Hank and the nerdfighters for teaching him that awesome can become normal. — 00:00:49
2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John says he means to remind nerdfighters and Hank how important they are in his life and what a community they are building and will keep building. — 00:01:43
2008-11-30 · 50 Jokes (Yes...actually 50 jokes) — Hank says the video consists of fifty jokes sent in by Nerdfighters, which he then tells in rapid succession. — 00:00:13
2008-12-08 (said on 2008-12-07, implied) · I Am Afraid of Heights — John jokingly boasts that he has shown physical courage and proven 'once and for all' that Nerdfighters are tough. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:53
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank introduces the Project for Awesome, which he believes is the largest YouTube community-inspired event ever. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when the YouTube community takes over YouTube to promote people who do things because they are right, not for money: charity. — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says they promote charity one day a year in the holiday season, then go back to silly songs, cat videos and being profane. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank officially announces that this year's (2008) Project for Awesome will take place on December 17, 2008, organised from projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:41
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank explains the plan: the mailing list will feature videos that supporters rate, comment on and favourite so they reach YouTube's big lists, until P4A videos are everywhere and everyone knows YouTube is awesome. — 00:01:39
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank says editable Photoshop and Fireworks thumbnail files are at projectforawesome.com and can be customised as long as the video stays recognisably P4A. — 00:02:08
2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says YouTube changed how it picks thumbnails; after talking with YouTube and testing, non-partners should make the middle 10 seconds of the video the P4A image, e.g. 125 to 135 in a 3-minute video. — 00:03:07
2008-12-15 · Famous Last Words — John notes W.C. Fields's last words were addressed to Carlotta, his mistress, not his wife Hattie; he says he tones the quote down for young nerdfighters. — 00:02:37
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank says it is the day before the Project for Awesome and he has spent all day organising it and making his own P4A video. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank says he, John and his wife will spend most of the 48 hours of the 17th and 18th on it: John on BlogTV from noon Eastern, Hank later into the night. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank recalls last year's (2007) P4A as a huge YouTube-wide party: he and Katherine commented across videos and he found new YouTubers who became real-life friends. — 00:00:29
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank apologises that the P4A thumbnail method is not working, according to reports. — 00:01:43
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank lists fixes: a green screen with the P4A image, picture in picture, or keeping the P4A image on screen; a printable image is linked in the sidebar. — 00:01:43
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank's fix for everyone: make the entire second half of the video the P4A thumbnail, then pick the last thumbnail in the edit-video settings. — 00:02:12
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank says he and John, with the help of all of YouTube and some particular people, organised the Project for Awesome; this video is a tiny part of it. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when YouTubers talk about their favourite charities, encourage donations and talk about people doing good things. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank says a cadre of about 10,000 people will promote P4A videos so they become YouTube's most viewed and discussed videos for at least two days. — 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — announcement: Hank thanks everyone taking part in the Project for Awesome and says he and John will be live on BlogTV. — 00:03:15
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — announcement: Hank says they are here to introduce some of their favourite videos from the 2008 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — Hank describes the Project for Awesome as an annual holiday-season event in which tens of thousands of YouTubers draw attention to charities worldwide. — 00:00:00
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — announcement: both: The brothers say YouTube let them be guest editors of its front page for a day. — 00:01:35
2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — both: They thank the people known as Nerdfighters who helped make the project such a success. — 00:02:04
2008-12-22 · A Christmas Song! — Hank says the Project for Awesome was pretty freaking awesome this year (2008) and they will talk more about it soon. (hedged) — 00:03:31
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John recalls that on 8/8/08 he, Hank and many Nerdfighters made a movie, The Beckoning of Lovely, with his friend and mentor Amy Krouse Rosenthal. — 00:00:00
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — announcement: John says the movie turned out to be the first part of an ambitious project by Amy, also called The Beckoning of Lovely; more information is linked. — 00:00:00
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says he is still reeling from how awesome the Project for Awesome was; Nerdfighters lobbied for literally hundreds of great charities. — 00:00:00
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — ask: John asks Hank where his money is going, and asks Nerdfighters inspired by the P4A to give to charity where their money went. — 00:00:40
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says that during the Project for Awesome Nerdfighters commented on YouTube videos more than 200,000 times. — 00:00:40
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says the many CAPTCHA codes produced made-up-sounding words for which Nerdfighters invented definitions: a Nerdfighter Captcha Dictionary. — 00:01:27
2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters to leave any questions about Paper Towns in the comments. — 00:02:36
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says that when he and John started on YouTube probably 50% of their comments were negative; now the Nerdfighters generally say kind, supportive things. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank explains Nerdfighters: people who watch John, Hank and other Nerdfighter programming, made of awesome inside, fighting for nerds' rights, intellectualism and accepting people. — 00:00:00
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says front-page exposure brings many non-Nerdfighters and reminds him how hateful YouTube can be; the difference now is that Nerdfighters pounce on the haters. — 00:00:53
2008-12-29 · Comment Haters and Christmas — Hank says Nerdfighters are good at insulting people and often invoke Shakespeare, reading one commenter's Shakespearean reply to an offensive comment. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:53

Also named in: America Stands for Awesome, Catcher in the Rye, Part 1

2009

2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — announcement: John announces that a few volunteer Ningmasters will soon feature new content on the Ning's main page, organize and moderate its forums and raise its awesomeness. — 00:02:09
2009-02-01 · Super Bowl Analysis from an Idiot — announcement: John tells over-21 Nerdfighters near Chicago he will be part of Mark Bazer's live talk show at the Hideout on Friday, February 6 at 6:30; it costs five dollars. — 00:00:00
2009-02-03 · Five Parts — ask: Hank says viewers are split on the new intro (too impersonal, music sucks, love it) and asks what they think, as the brothers are considering maybe a new intro or song. (hedged) — 00:00:23
2009-02-03 · Five Parts — Hank relays a Nerdfighter's request to ask a named Nerdfighter to marry him, votes yes (partly so he'll stop emailing), while stressing her free choice. (playful) — 00:00:50
2009-02-03 · Five Parts — ask: Hank shows a Hank sock made by a Nerdfighter and given to him on the Nerdfighter tour, and asks for ideas of what he and the sock could do besides embarrassing-moment sock puppet theater, which was already done. — 00:01:45
2009-02-04 · 51 Jokes (in Four Minutes) — The description says all 51 jokes were submitted by Nerdfighters. — video description
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John introduces the Fail Boat, the puppy-captained vessel Nerdfighters use to travel Nerdfighteria and to sail the world learning about places experiencing world suck. (playful) — 00:00:06
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John says Nerdfighteria takes the attack on women's pants personally: the in-your-pants book-title joke is funny, a hoopskirt designed to rob women of power is not, and Williamson will not take his in-your-pants jokes. (playful) — 00:01:33
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: The brothers have many Nerdfighter friends living in southern Australia; John says they are both concerned and sends their thoughts and prayers. — 00:02:54
2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John: Dressed as Hank (or as John in a Hank costume), John sends best wishes to cheer up Australian Nerdfighters, then shows a Nerdfighter-made John disguise. (playful) — 00:03:04
2009-02-10 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — John finally answers real Nerdfighters' questions about his new book Paper Towns, for the Nerdfighter Blurbing Book Club per the description. — 00:00:00
2009-02-10 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — ask: The description asks viewers to leave questions in the comments for the Question Tuesday after next. — video description
2009-02-10 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — John thanks Nerdfighters for reading Paper Towns and responding with thoughtfulness and depth, which reminds him why he loves his job. — 00:03:27
2009-02-11 · A Song About an Anglerfish — Hank tells John he enjoyed his Question Tuesday and especially Captain Willy's voyage on the Fail Boat. — 00:02:48
2009-02-18 · Fake Movie Talk With A Sock — Hank says the Nerdfighter whose proposal he relayed on Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 hid in his girlfriend's attic, waiting for her to check vlogbrothers, CuteWithChris and Stuff on My Cat. — 00:01:31
2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — John: In a bonus video, helped by Willy and pre-recorded questions from 'past John', John answers Paper Towns questions he didn't get to in his last video. — 00:00:00
2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — announcement: John: On Thursday, March 19th, John will be in Amsterdam for the launch of the Dutch edition of Paper Towns. — 00:00:30
2009-02-21 (said on 2009-02-14, implied) · Paper Towns and PUPPY — ask: John invites European Nerdfighters to a public Nerdfighter gathering that Thursday night in Amsterdam; details are not set yet, but he asks them to sign up via the sidebar. — 00:00:30
2009-02-24 · How to Make Guys Like You — John devotes Question Tuesday to a single question, emailed by a 15-year-old girl who is not very popular: how does she get boys to like her? — 00:00:00
2009-03-01 · Free Will Fetish — ask: John: To thank Nerdfighters, John says he and Hank will do pretty much whatever they are told, and asks for challenge ideas in the comments. — 00:02:12
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John says nerdfighters have raised thousands of dollars, now being spent to rebuild schools and build water filtration systems in rural Bangladesh. — 00:01:15
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — announcement: John announces his half of the Pwning Google Challenge: for every $10 raised for the Uncultured Project by March 22 he will eat one Peep on March 23. — 00:01:45
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — announcement: John says he will then make a video of himself eating the Peeps, and months later Shawn will make a video showing the real school viewers built. — 00:02:15
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — announcement: John says he will try to set the Question Tuesday world record on Tuesday, and tells Hank to dress up as Carrie Bradshaw soon to avoid a YouTube mutiny. (playful) — 00:02:42
2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You — John says his first draft of the Paper Towns screenplay is due in three days, so he lacks time to break the Question Tuesday world record. — 00:00:00
2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You — John: Asked why he never sings, John says at the end of 2007 he gave nerdfighters the gift of him not singing anymore. (playful) — 00:02:40
2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You — ask: John says he is up to 100 Peeps so far, which is nothing, and asks viewers to keep donating. — 00:02:55
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — announcement: John reminds viewers of an Amsterdam Nerdfighter gathering on Thursday night at 7 o'clock at De Jaren, with more information in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — recommendation: John: Rather than recounting the genocide, John tells Nerdfighters to read the first Brotherhood 2.0 book club book, 'We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families'. — 00:00:24
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — John announces Nerdfighteria and the Harry Potter Alliance will make many videos for Rwandans, posted on CandlesForRwanda.org, some played at a big ceremony in Rwanda on April 7. — 00:01:23
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — ask: John's steps: get a real candle (his remote control is a stand-in; mind fire safety), film yourself giving name, age and country and lighting a candle of hope for Rwanda, hold it silently 5-10 seconds, send via YouSendIt. — 00:01:52
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — ask: John hopes Hank and many Nerdfighters will light a candle for Rwanda and send in videos, and says he will too as soon as he has a candle. — 00:02:21
2009-03-15 · Lighting a candle for Rwanda — announcement: John says he will see many Nerdfighters in Amsterdam on Thursday and promises an Amsterdam video by the end of the week. — 00:02:21
2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — Hank opens with his own candle statement: Hank Green, 28, living in the United States, lighting a candle of hope for Rwanda. — 00:00:00
2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — Hank says that, with the anniversary near, John and he, the Harry Potter Alliance and Candles for Rwanda ask viewers to show Rwandans they are cared for as neighbours, friends, 'one of us'. — 00:00:57
2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — ask: Hank asks viewers to make a video under 30 seconds lighting a candle, saying who they are and holding it for 10 seconds, and to follow the sidebar instructions to send it. — 00:01:45
2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — ask: Hank is writing an Irish song that needs Irish fiddle and asks Nerdfighter Irish fiddle players with good microphones to email him. — 00:01:45
2009-03-18 · Lighting Candles for Rwanda — ask: Hank asks viewers to vote, preferably once a day for seven days, for Nerdfighter Travis Ritchie to become a member of the Big Gay Sketch Show; no sign-up needed. — 00:02:14
2009-03-18 · Dr. Manhattan's Dangle and Brain Crack — ask: Hank hopes Nerdfighteria will also free their brains of brain crack - the world needs ideas, not ideas stuck in heads - and wants them in comments and video responses. — 00:03:31
2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John thanks all the Nerdfighters who made the Amsterdam gathering so amazing. — video description
2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John has just come home from a week touring Holland with two other American authors, Jordan Sonnenblick and Steve Kluger, and says it was fun. — 00:00:39
2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John: On Thursday night more than 100 Nerdfighters gathered in Amsterdam for an evening of fun, including John failing to read in Dutch. — 00:01:34
2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John tells Hank that people sang a song Hank wrote in a bar in Amsterdam. — 00:02:22
2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — John: A Dutch journalist told John she had read Paper Towns in English and Dutch and found the Dutch version much better, because it was funnier. — 00:02:30
2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — ask: John urges Nerdfighters who read Dutch to buy Paper Towns in Dutch so his publisher Lemniscaat brings him back to Holland for more bitterballen. (playful) — 00:02:46
2009-03-22 · John Loves Amsterdam — announcement: John says he will talk to Hank about the Peeps-eating situation on Tuesday. — 00:03:01
2009-03-24 · Peeps! Prom! Puppy! — John says he was supposed to eat about 315 Peeps yesterday (23 March 2009) but ate none. — 00:00:00
2009-03-24 · Peeps! Prom! Puppy! — John: A group of Nerdfighters banded together and ate more than 200 Peeps on John's behalf, so he now has to eat only about 102. — 00:00:24
2009-03-24 · Peeps! Prom! Puppy! — announcement: John will eat the remaining Peeps this Sunday (29 March 2009) and make a video of it. — 00:00:53
2009-03-24 · Peeps! Prom! Puppy! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest in the comments what else DFTBA could stand for. — 00:01:47
2009-03-25 · Squirrel Attack! — Hank thanks six Nerdfighters for the Irish fiddling and penny whistle parts he cannot play himself, which he had them record for the song. — 00:00:06
2009-03-29 · Tiny Chickens Cause Epic Fail — announcement: John: Because of the steroids the doctor ruled out eating 102 small sugary meals, so John's Peeps eating must wait; he says he will do it once the doctor allows. — 00:00:35
2009-03-29 · Tiny Chickens Cause Epic Fail — John says Hank has owed a Carrie Bradshaw dress-up for about six months and won't do it, and claims to speak for Nerdfighters in being mad. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:35
2009-03-29 · Tiny Chickens Cause Epic Fail — John shares his favourite DFTBA expansions other than 'Don't Forget to Be Awesome': Did Four Teletubbies Blind America, Decepticons Fear the Brilliant Autobots, Drink Fruity Tang Before Alcohol, Don't Forget That Bunnies Attack, Dead Frogs Teach Bored Anatomists, Dorks Form the Best Alliances, Darling Fetch the Battle Axe and Dude Find the Best Acronym. — 00:01:44
2009-03-29 · Tiny Chickens Cause Epic Fail — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to upload illustrations of their favourite DFTBA acronym to the Ning. — 00:01:56
2009-04-01 (said on 2009-03-31, implied) · A Few Of My Favorite Things — Hank calls Nerdfighteria his favourite thing and shows Nerdfighters' illustrations of favourite DFTBA acronyms made after John's Sunday request, thanking them. — 00:02:40
2009-04-05 · The EVIL BABY ORPHANAGE Returns for North Korea — John says building the needed time machine is no challenge: nerdfighters do everything asked, e.g. they ate 317 Peeps for him. (playful) — 00:02:27
2009-04-05 · The EVIL BABY ORPHANAGE Returns for North Korea — John cites nerdfighters' pond sand filter in Bangladesh as proof of what they can do. (playful) — 00:02:45
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — announcement: John announces a Nerdfighter gathering on Sunday, May 31 in Melbourne, Australia, featuring him. — 00:00:20
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — John's favourite thing about YouTube is the comments; he admits discourse in many YouTube comments is poor, but for 'our community' comments and video responses are a huge portion of these videos. — 00:03:06
2009-04-12 · The Death of Youtube?? Redesign Coming — ask: John tells Hank and Nerdfighters they are not watching anything and invites them to continue the conversation in the comments. — 00:03:34
2009-04-19 · Weekend of Surreality — John says he told Nerdfighters following him on Twitter, as a joke, that if they got Ashton Kutcher to follow him he would give $1,000 against malaria, thinking it a safe bet. — 00:00:00
2009-04-19 · Weekend of Surreality — John: Ashton Kutcher is now following John on Twitter; John says he underestimated the power of Nerdfighteria and gave $1,000 to buy bed nets. — 00:00:48
2009-04-19 · Weekend of Surreality — recommendation: John advises Nerdfighters planning a wedding to designate a specific guest to bring the couple what they need during the evening. — 00:01:47
2009-04-19 · Weekend of Surreality — announcement: John admits he never ate the 317 Peeps he promised; after several doctor visits he cannot eat even one Peep without further testing. — 00:02:16
2009-04-19 · Weekend of Surreality — ask: John: To make it up, John wants to do 317 of something and asks Nerdfighters to suggest things he could do 317 times in one day that would make them laugh. — 00:02:16
2009-04-21 · Question Tuesday — announcement: John confirms an awesome Nerdfighter gathering from 2 p.m. in Melbourne on May 31 to promote the Australian edition of Paper Towns; booking and details are in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2009-04-21 · Question Tuesday — ask: John says he still needs more questions and asks viewers to leave them in comments. — 00:03:31
2009-04-23 · DFTBA — Hank says the song was not all his work and thanks the Nerdfighters who suggested DFTBA acronyms and those who illustrated them. — 00:04:13
2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — John says this is a rare Saturday Brotherhood 2.0 video that is also Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — announcement: John adds that he will also be in Sydney, Australia at 7 p.m. on June 3, with more information in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — John: Asked whether his opinion on zombies vs. unicorns has changed since 2007, John says only in that he hates unicorns more than ever. (playful) — 00:01:34
2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — ask: John thanks Nerdfighters for their questions and asks them to leave more in the comments. — 00:02:03
2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — Hank says a joke book he bought while thinking of another jokes video sucks; the jokes Nerdfighters leave in comments are far better. (playful) — 00:01:00
2009-04-28 · 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes — ask: Hank asks anyone else who wants to give short book reviews to do so in the comments. — 00:03:20
2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — ask: John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters who couldn't get a ticket to the Melbourne event that there is a second event, and that he will be in Sydney on June 3. — 00:00:19
2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to answer in comments what you can do with a bust of Edgar Allan Poe. (playful) — 00:00:39
2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — announcement: John reminds Hank his birthday is Tuesday, says he'll get him a little something, and hopes Nerdfighters will make videos too. (hedged) — 00:00:46
2009-05-04 (said on 2009-05-03, implied) · Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu — ask: John tells Hank and Nerdfighters to wash their hands, cover their coughs, and balance the futility of effort with the necessity to struggle; he will keep struggling. — 00:03:09
2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John says lots of Nerdfighters are giving Hank presents all over the internet and that he has linked some favourites in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2009-05-06 · Dead Boy's Girlfriend — Hank thanks viewers for his amazing birthday wishes the day before. — 00:03:46
2009-05-06 · Dead Boy's Girlfriend — Hank hopes even the non-Harry Potter Nerdfighters enjoyed the song. (hedged) — 00:03:46
2009-05-08 · Star Trek: The Movie, Review — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighteria for their opinions of the film in comments or longer reviews on nerdfighters.com, some of which will be featured over the weekend. — 00:03:08
2009-05-10 · What Could You Do with a Poe Bust?! — announcement: John: In a P.S. voiced as the Poe bust, John tells Australian Nerdfighters to look in the sidebar for information about his upcoming events. (playful) — 00:01:30
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank: Back at the post office, Hank finds he had far more mail held for him than he thought, too much to talk about individually. — 00:01:01
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks — Hank apologises for cards he missed or hasn't received and thanks Nerdfighters, who are made of awesome and know how to make a birthday fantastic. — 00:02:36
2009-05-13 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — ask: Hank: Unsure what else to do with the green screen, Hank asks Nerdfighters to leave ideas in the comments for what he should do with it. (playful) — 00:01:49
2009-05-17 · Burma! Myanmar? BURMA! — ask: John tells Nerdfighters he will answer their questions on Tuesday and asks them to leave questions in comments. — 00:03:35
2009-05-17 · Burma! Myanmar? BURMA! — announcement: John tells Australian Nerdfighters he will appear in Sydney on June 3rd; booking information is in the sidebar. — 00:03:40
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — Hank Sock: Hank's sock puppet, 'Hank Sock', asks whether Hank is annoyed that John gets to answer questions every Question Tuesday and Hank never does. (joke) — 00:02:20
2009-05-20 · Ulcerative Colitis: A Song — announcement: Hank says John leaves right after LeakyCon, but Hank will stay in Boston and play songs and gather with Nerdfighters at the LilyPad, 4 to 5:30pm Sunday. — 00:03:19
2009-05-24 · WROCK! — announcement: John says he is short on time because he is going to Australia, and invites Nerdfighters in Melbourne or Sydney to hang out with him (details in the sidebar). — 00:00:00
2009-06-05 · JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way — ask: Hank asks viewers to go to nerdfighters.com and vote for the most punishing recipe, deciding how John eats the constituent parts. — 00:01:30
2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John says he met hundreds of Nerdfighters, including Natalie (Community Channel), Frezned, and "our secret Australian family, the kiddos". — 00:02:03
2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John: At the Melbourne Nerdfighter gatherings Debbie warmed up the crowd with the Happy Dance song, and Natalie and Calvin sang about puppy-sized elephants. — 00:02:32
2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John thanks Australian Nerdfighters for making his visit so awesome. — 00:03:46
2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — ask: John tells Nerdfighters they can still vote on his punishment. — 00:03:46
2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — announcement: Hank announces the chosen punishment: strawberry-flavored protein powder dissolved into melted Crisco and made into a fat sandwich, like a Carl's Jr. burger eaten 'John's way'. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-06-14 · Iran Election Fraud: 5 Reasons to Doubt the Results — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to vote in comments on whether he should keep or shave his beard; unlike Iran, he says, he will adhere to the results. (playful) — 00:00:05
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John reports almost 5,000 people voted on his beard, preliminarily to keep it - but says the Yeti always has 10,000 votes, and asks Sarah to decide. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John: An off-camera compromise to keep half the beard follows (who proposes it is unclear); John shaves off half, which took like 45 minutes, cutting himself six times. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:26
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — announcement: John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, a three-part contest - a three-mile run, consecutive push-ups, and getting closer to ideal BMI. — 00:01:34
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — announcement: John: Confident of winning, John proposes that the loser be punished by Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:06
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John has hired a personal trainer, a semi-professional strongman; in the first session he thought he would puke and was told to go ahead. (playful) — 00:02:06
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — John: In a P.S. John says he abandoned the half-shaved look and shares Nerdfighters' pro- and anti-beard chants from 'the great beard debate of 2009', finding the anti-beard one most convincing. (playful) — 00:02:35
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank thanks the Yeti for vetoing at least half of John's beard and says Green men were not meant to wear beards. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank got a Wii Fit, which will give him his body mass index; he doubts it will do more for his health than his $20 High School Musical 3 DDR dance pad. (playful) — 00:01:27
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank tells John he is ready to take him on in the fitness challenge, though he can't recall its name; he did six push-ups, his Wii Fit age went from 28 to 45, and his BMI went down. (playful) — 00:02:31
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank boasts he will beat John in body mass index: he started at 24 and says he only has to get to 22; he tells John to start doing push-ups. (playful) — 00:02:31
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — announcement: Hank says he called John to help YouTube announce its new Video Volunteers program, which he says will prove how awesome YouTube can be. — 00:00:03
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — John says their back-and-forth videos spawned a community of Nerdfighters who fight for awesome and raise a lot of money for charity, sometimes via the brothers' horrible stunts, like his blenderized Happy Meal. — 00:00:33
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — Hank says YouTube is a real community of people coming together to make the world better, citing this year's (2009) Project for Awesome, when thousands of YouTubers made videos for favourite charities. — 00:01:02
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — announcement: Hank announces that through YouTube's Video Volunteers program everyone in the YouTube community can partner with a nonprofit and help bring attention to its cause. — 00:01:31
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — ask: Hank: Viewers are told to go to youtube.com/videovolunteers, where charities need creative people to make videos explaining their work and why it matters. — 00:02:00
2009-06-21 · The World Sucks: Help it Suck Less — ask: both: The brothers tell YouTube this is a chance to use video-making skills to decrease worldwide suck, and hope viewers will take it. (hedged) — 00:02:29
2009-06-23 (said on 2009-06-22, implied) · Fighting the Flame War! — Hank defines Nerdfighters as people who fight for awesome, love learning and discovering, and try to understand others complexly; anyone who wants to be one probably is. — 00:02:54
2009-06-23 (said on 2009-06-22, implied) · Fighting the Flame War! — ask: Hank thanks viewers for considering the Video Volunteers program and hopes to see them making video volunteer videos soon. (hedged) — 00:03:38
2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — John notes that in their two-and-a-half-year conversation the brothers have uploaded more than 500 videos, watched many times thanks to Nerdfighters. — 00:00:10
2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — announcement: John announces he will do a Question Tuesday on Tuesday and asks Nerdfighters to leave good questions in the comments. — 00:03:04
2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — recommendation: John says Paul DeGeorge, half of Harry and the Potters, was in his house, and tells Nerdfighters who do not know the band that their lives are about to get better. — 00:00:00
2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — John says he has lost about three pounds in the fitness challenge but expects Hank to win the BMI part, so he must focus on running and push-ups. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — John: Asked to propose for a viewer, John says Nerdfighters sometimes meet, fall in 'nerdfighter-like' and occasionally love, but he is unsure about proposing to someone other than his wife. (playful) — 00:00:39
2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — John congratulates the couple, thanks them for being made of awesome and part of the community, and closes the call with 'best wishes'. — 00:02:49
2009-07-11 (said on 2009-07-10, implied) · Chewbacca for President! Let the Wookie Win! — announcement: John: After John's last video more than 100 Nerdfighters asked for a Chewie for President 2012 t-shirt; the brothers designed one, on sale at DFTBA.com. — 00:01:14
2009-07-12 · On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments — John says Nerdfighters have a guy in Bangladesh, Shawn, who pwns poverty with their money, and that Shawn has an amazing new video about his work there. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-07-12 · On Iran, Islam, and Amazingly Stupid Comments — John: Since his Iran election video John has read many amazingly stupid YouTube comments; he says Nerdfighter comments are generally thoughtful and respectful, unlike non-Nerdfighters'. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John reports many Nerdfighters commented that almost all ads beside his Sunday video were for Scientology or mail-order brides. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John says the brothers do not want Nerdfighters buying mail-order brides online: buying a wife on the internet is immoral. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John thinks it would be selling out to tell or imply that people couldn't be Nerdfighters unless they bought the brothers' stuff. (hedged) — 00:02:07
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John says the Nerdfighter community is so tight-knit and focused on making the world suck less that he doesn't want selling-out questions pulling it apart. — 00:02:37
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to say in comments whether they (A) trust the brothers and find money talk gross, (B) want a fuller, transparent accounting of money to them versus charity, or (C) want a shareholder-style vote on their compensation; bonus: define selling out. — 00:03:06
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — John tells Nerdfighters they never have to buy anything to be a nerdfighter. — 00:03:36
2009-07-14 · Sell Outs! — announcement: John: In a P.S., John announces he is doing a Nerdfighter gathering in Chicago next Thursday (16 July 2009), with more info in the sidebar. — 00:03:36
2009-07-15 · This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song — Hank and Katherine went to the midnight showing of Half-Blood Prince last night, found it awesome and saw Nerdfighters there. — 00:03:02
2009-07-17 · Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave — Hank says selling books, CDs and t-shirts is not outside what Nerdfighteria is: on YouTube Hank has written songs since (apparently) his Helen Hunt song, and John books. — 00:01:25
2009-07-17 · Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave — Hank reports that many people responded to John's video saying money feels dirty and they trust the brothers to be good people. — 00:02:52
2009-07-19 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — announcement: John announces he will be in Chicago this Thursday (23 July 2009) at 11 a.m. for a free Nerdfighter gathering at the Harold Washington Library, details in the sidebar. — 00:00:00
2009-07-19 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — John describes a website Nerdfighters have been discussing where an artificial intelligence plays 20 Questions, and says it is astonishingly often right but fails badly when wrong. — 00:01:39
2009-07-19 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — John says that when he played 20Q thinking of puppy-sized elephants, a creature 'in pre-existence', it guessed unicorns. (joke) — 00:02:08
2009-07-19 · Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave questions about love or romance ('nerdmans') in comments. — 00:03:10
2009-07-21 · Twenty Questions and Michael Collins — Hank says 20Q knowing John is definitely the Nerdfighters' doing, and he is under no illusions about it. — 00:00:56
2009-07-26 · Volunteering (In Your Pants) — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to join him in making video volunteer videos at youtube.com/videovolunteers. — 00:00:00
2009-07-30 · Mules are so Half-Ass — Hank says the album is for people who have been to Nerdfighter gatherings and want to relive them, and for those who couldn't come. — 00:02:29
2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — Hank says he, John and the Nerdfighters have somehow become the go-to guys for talking about doing good on YouTube, and he is proud of it. — 00:00:00
2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — ask: Hank: Global Geek Week asks the whole geek community, Nerdfighters included, to make videos of up to two minutes about being a geek, why giving back matters and how geeks can give back. — 00:00:58
2009-08-02 · ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!! — ask: Hank urges viewers to move fast: videos must be in by Thursday (6 August 2009) at midnight Pacific time or they do not count. — 00:01:32
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John says Nerdfighters have been playing a lot of 20Q at 20q.net, a site whose AI guesses the person you are thinking of from 20 questions. — 00:00:40
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John: Nerdfighters taught 20q.net about Hank. — 00:01:08
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John: A Nerdfighter named Paige emailed suggesting Nerdfighters make someone up and convince 20q.net's AI that the person is real. — 00:01:08
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John and other Nerdfighters, in a BlogTV room, invented DJ Paige Railstone's identity, history and career; Alan made a website, Karen Kavett photos, plus Twitter and Facebook pages. — 00:01:49
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John: Within two days, typing 'Paige' into Google gave Paige Railstone as the first suggestion. — 00:01:49
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John: The 20Q database is not yet convinced Paige Railstone is real, but John would not put it past the Nerdfighters. — 00:02:18
2009-08-06 (said on 2009-08-05, implied) · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone — John says the point is to find out how real made-up people can become and to remind us we are not innocent bystanders in celebrity: Pattinson has us to thank and blame for his beauty. — 00:02:47
2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied) · HipPOTATOmus — ask: John thinks they should get the Nerdfighters something and asks Nerdfighters what they want. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied) · HipPOTATOmus — John can show little footage because the Yeti is in all of it, and showing her would make Nerdfighteria collapse. (playful) — 00:00:23
2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied) · HipPOTATOmus — announcement: John offers three suggestions ('we') for the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: extend the deadline to October 1st, make it Hank vs John vs all Nerdfighteria, and five ridiculous disciplines. — 00:01:45
2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied) · HipPOTATOmus — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest ridiculous fitness challenges in the comments. — 00:01:45
2009-08-11 · The Island of Nerdfighteria? — John jokes that if each subscriber gave the brothers $100 they could buy a private island and make Nerdfighteria a real country. (joke, hedged) — 00:00:00
2009-08-11 · The Island of Nerdfighteria? — John: Having asked in his last video what the brothers could get Nerdfighters as thanks, John reads out some of their real suggestions. — 00:00:32
2009-08-11 · The Island of Nerdfighteria? — announcement: John says he and Willy will give $1,000 to the charity of Nerdfighteria's choice. — 00:02:28
2009-08-11 · The Island of Nerdfighteria? — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave a comment naming the charity they want him and Willy to give money to. — 00:02:28
2009-08-12 · Vegetables that look like Penises — Hank says the song was maybe his gift to Nerdfighteria for helping the channel reach 100,000 subscribers, or possibly his punishment, depending on perspective. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:57
2009-08-12 · Vegetables that look like Penises — Hank says Nerdfighteria's gift to him is a reason to make whatever he wants, like a penis-vegetable song with iPod-commercial styling, without justifying it: people will just say 'that's Hank'. — 00:02:05
2009-08-12 · Vegetables that look like Penises — Hank thanks YouTube and Nerdfighters for making it possible for him to be weird and not feel weird about it. — 00:02:30
2009-08-12 · Vegetables that look like Penises — ask: Hank asks people interested in a secret project to sign up for the secret-project mailing list at nerdfighters.com; those who do within 24 hours will get an email about an important secret project he is excited about. — 00:02:40
2009-08-18 (said on 2009-08-19, implied) · So Jokes: Video EP — Hank: The song lists stories Hank wants told (Harry's sons, Grindelwald and Dumbledore, the veil, Hagrid's parents) and proposes joke titles such as 'Harry Potter and the Nerdfighters'. (joke) — 00:00:10
2009-08-19 · The Political Situation at the County Fair — ask: Hank recommends a long New Yorker article linked in the sidebar on why US health spending is so large, hopes all Nerdfighters read it and wants to discuss it with John. (hedged) — 00:03:30
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — announcement: The description says the bobbleheads are sold out and that people on the secret project mailing list got first dibs. — video description
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — The description credits the Ze Frank clip, picked as the 'Biggest Get', to Tom, Patricia, Lidewij and Lotte (Lotte and Lidewij also run Best Wishes from NL), and names Valerie2776 for 'Best Painter's Tape'. — video description
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — a guest: In the montage, Nerdfighters from around the world, one from Bahrain, wish John a happy birthday with greetings, songs, cakes and other tributes. — 00:00:43
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — Hank says he received over two hours of Nerdfighter birthday footage for John and cut it to nine minutes, longer than he wanted. — 00:08:58
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — announcement: Hank says he is making John a comprehensive collaboration with much more Nerdfighter footage that did not fit in this video. — 00:08:58
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — announcement: Hank announces John's birthday present from Hank and the Nerdfighters: a John Green bobblehead; 500 were made, nearly all sold, one is on its way to John. — 00:09:18
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! — Hank says Dutch Nerdfighters acquired a final clip for John's birthday collaboration. — 00:09:42
2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — John, the day after his 32nd birthday, thanks Hank for the birthday video and says, in playful hyperbole, it made him happier than anything ever has. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — John says people made the birthday songs, art and clips not to become famous or rich but, quoting Faulkner, to create something that did not exist before. — 00:00:42
2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — John says what he loves most about the Nerdfighter community is making stuff with and for each other as gifts, not for money, attention or subscribers. — 00:01:12
2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — announcement: John announces Paper Towns is nominated for a Teens' Top Ten award and invites teens to vote for it or other books. — 00:02:38
2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — announcement: John says he will soon break the Question Tuesday world record by answering 100 questions in four minutes and asks for many succinct questions. — 00:02:38
2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — announcement: John announces the Global Geek Week winner, a geek-art video, winning two Virgin America tickets anywhere in the continental US; the runner-up wins only his respect. — 00:02:38
2009-08-26 · DEMOLITION DERBY! — Hank says he wrote the song collaboratively on Etherpad, where Nerdfighters filled in lines, so several lines are from Nerdfighters. — 00:03:18
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! — John attempts to answer 100 viewer questions in four minutes, on a Sunday. — 00:00:00
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! — John: Asked whether he likes his John Green bobblehead, John answers without a word, just rattling it so its head nods. — 00:00:12
2009-09-03 (said on 2009-09-02, implied) · WTF IS GOING ON!!! — Hank says some of the best things in the world, like lolcats, 4chan and Nerdfighters, were created not for money, fame or power but with the goal of awesome. — 00:00:00
2009-09-03 (said on 2009-09-02, implied) · WTF IS GOING ON!!! — Hank says he wants to make viewers' lives better, joking that his toucan nose already has, because viewers are making his life better. (playful) — 00:01:47
2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — ask: John says there are no Nerdfighters in Antarctica, and asks viewers to vote for Kristina Horner in a contest so she can go there. — 00:01:36
2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — John is excited to see Nerdfighters seeking political office, joking that the Nerdfighter agenda is 'in your pants' book titles and puppy-sized elephants. (playful) — 00:02:51
2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John says that looking back on the year since the hardcover, he will remember it as the year Hank and the Nerdfighters changed his life. — 00:00:00
2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John credits their commitment and organization with putting Paper Towns on the New York Times bestseller list, thanks them for gifts, and says the tour let him meet Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John says Paper Towns is coming out in many countries and won the Edgar Award, and that none of it would have happened without Nerdfighters. — 00:00:47
2009-09-22 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John thanks Nerdfighters for reading Paper Towns, giving it to friends and making cakes of the paperback cover. — 00:00:47
2009-09-23 · Where's Margo! A Nerdfighter Event! — Hank jokes that Margo Roth Spiegelman escaped John's head, and says he asked Nerdfighters to photograph her wherever they saw her, and they complied. (playful) — 00:00:00
2009-09-23 · Where's Margo! A Nerdfighter Event! — Hank: The song lists places where Margo was photographed, from Hawaii, Pisa and Disneyland to Kyoto, '19th century Croatia' and Florence. (playful) — 00:02:15
2009-09-25 · Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts — announcement: Hank says there is a chance he will tour the western US with the new album, though it comes out soon and he is not guaranteeing anything; the Tour de Nerdfighting covered the east. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2009-09-27 · TV For Chickens — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters a non-rhetorical question: which is it to be, a world where chickens need TV for chickens to avoid homicidal psychosis, or a world with no chickens at all? — 00:02:08
2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — John announces that Nerdfighters have convinced the bots at 20q.net that Paige Railstone is a real person. (playful) — 00:00:06
2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — ask: John says they are relaunching the wiki and asks Nerdfighters to contribute at wiki.brotherhood2.com, saying they really need them to. — 00:00:41
2009-09-28 · Paper Towns Winners and Ningmasters — ask: John urges Nerdfighters in or around the Bay Area to attend an October 10 gathering raising money for Shawn Ahmed's Uncultured Project, where Wheezy Waiter's Driftless Pony Club will play. — 00:01:11
2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — Hank says a Nerdfighter messaged him about touring to Olympia, Washington, which got the Rancid song 'Olympia, Washington' stuck in his head; he reworked its chords. — 00:00:58
2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — announcement: Hank says that, planning a tour of the western United States, he doesn't know where Nerdfighters are, and will go where lots of people sign up, as with the Tour de Nerdfighting. — 00:02:40
2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — ask: Hank asks everyone, even outside the West Coast, to sign up on Eventful and say where they are, so he knows where to hold Nerdfighter gatherings; link in the sidebar. — 00:02:40
2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — John says he forgot to ask Nerdfighters for questions, so he can't do Question Tuesday; instead he makes an old-school video in three parts. — 00:00:00
2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — announcement: John says he will make two appearances in the next week; Chicago-area Nerdfighters can see him in La Grange on October 13. — 00:01:01
2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — ask: John asks Nerdfighters what he should call the sidebar, now that it isn't a sidebar. — 00:01:36
2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — ask: John tells viewers in the Bay Area to hang out with the Bay Area Nerdfighters this Saturday (10 October 2009), October 10. — 00:01:36
2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — recommendation: John recommends The Beckoning of Lovely, a profoundly moving community-based project his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal is doing with many people, including many Nerdfighters. — 00:01:59
2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — announcement: John hopes to see many Nerdfighters in Chicago and Indianapolis, promising presents and lots of hilarity. (hedged) — 00:02:29
2009-10-11 · Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism — John says that when he gets cranky, he puts Willy in his tiny elephant costume. (playful) — 00:00:16
2009-10-11 · Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism — announcement: John will read, sign and hang out with Nerdfighters this Tuesday (13 October 2009) at a bookstore in La Grange, Illinois, and next Tuesday (13 October 2009) at the library in Columbus, Ohio; both events are free. — 00:00:22
2009-10-11 · Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism — ask: John tells Nerdfighters who want to see a 'made of awesome' free market in action to go to Kiva.org. — 00:03:15
2009-10-18 · The Balloon Boy Hoax — John's question of the day: since fame leads to divorce, personality disorders, head-shaving and general ass-hattery, why do people want fame and sell out values and loved ones for strangers' attention? — 00:03:02
2009-10-20 · The Bella Twins Like Paper Towns — John is in Columbus, Ohio, getting ready for a Nerdfighter gathering, and has to make a video or he will be punished. — 00:00:00
2009-10-20 · The Bella Twins Like Paper Towns — announcement: John announces that Paper Towns won the Teens' Top Ten vote, beating great books like The Hunger Games, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and the last Twilight book. — 00:00:29
2009-10-20 · The Bella Twins Like Paper Towns — John credits the power of Nerdfighters for the win and thanks them for voting for Paper Towns. — 00:00:29
2009-10-20 · The Bella Twins Like Paper Towns — John thanks the teens who took part and the librarians who get great books to kids; the award means most because teenagers choose it, and he deeply respects teens as readers. — 00:01:27
2009-10-25 · Fame: The Road Trip — John recalls his Balloon Boy video last week (week of 12 October 2009) and its question: why do people want fame despite ample evidence it is sucky and destructive? — 00:00:39
2009-10-25 · Fame: The Road Trip — John says most viewer answers fell broadly into three categories. — 00:00:39
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank tells John that Nerdfighters are a tribe, a very advanced one: on average probably about a level-four tribe. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank thinks Nerdfighteria is level four: it operates on the assumption 'we are great', which lets it do awesome things like happy dance projects and yearly charity gatherings on YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:51
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank concludes that if 60,000 people watch this, a Michelangelo, a Da Vinci, a Machiavelli and a Raphael are watching right now; it's about what you think you can do and your community. (hedged) — 00:01:21
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to donate cameras above 6 megapixels, camcorders exporting via FireWire or USB, digital audio recorders and headphones better than earbuds; they already have computers. — 00:03:08
2009-10-28 · Mad Science with Dr. Horrible (Hank) — Hank says (as a prank pretext) that Dr. Suzanne Martin contacted him about using Nerdfighters in an experiment on how hearing interacts with seeing, tracked by eye-motion software. (joke) — 00:00:26
2009-10-28 · Mad Science with Dr. Horrible (Hank) — ask: Hank asks viewers to film their eyes while watching the rest of the video a foot from the screen and post it as a video response (at least 200, ideally a thousand). (playful) — 00:01:24
2009-10-28 · Mad Science with Dr. Horrible (Hank) — Hank says that while they are not really doing science, they are using the power of community to do something awesome. (playful) — 00:03:17
2009-10-31 · Vegas Baby...It's like...well. Hrmm — announcement: Hank announces a Las Vegas Nerdfighter gathering at S&K Music on Sunday (1 November 2009) from 5 to 7, in a venue found by Dr. Noise (Bill Martin); address and map are in the sidebar. — 00:01:27
2009-10-31 · Vegas Baby...It's like...well. Hrmm — announcement: Hank says he will bring copies of So Jokes and the DFTBA compilation album to the gathering, and everyone who comes gets a special surprise. — 00:01:27
2009-10-31 · Vegas Baby...It's like...well. Hrmm — announcement: Hank says he will probably be in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego or Phoenix soon, so people there need not drive far to see him this once. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2009-11-01 · NaNoWriMo!!! — John holds that no great book can be written in a month, as he told Nerdfighters who asked about NaNoWriMo when Brotherhood 2.0 began in 2007. — 00:00:30
2009-11-01 · NaNoWriMo!!! — announcement: John says he has always admired the Nerdfighters who take on the NaNoWriMo challenge and this year (2009) he will join them. — 00:00:59
2009-11-01 · NaNoWriMo!!! — ask: John points Nerdfighters joining NaNoWriMo to a group on the Ning and an official discussion forum on the NaNoWriMo website. — 00:02:45
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — John: Speaking as a fellow Nerdfighter rather than a brother, John calls it one of the most made-of-awesome albums he has heard and says he is proud of Hank. — 00:00:47
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — announcement: John uses the album's first single to start the first event of the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: how many circuits of Jumping Jack Push-Up Dance Move during the anglerfish song. — 00:00:47
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — announcement: John rules that, to count, a dance move must feature at least two distinct movements. — 00:01:08
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — ask: John tells Nerdfighters they can and should pre-order the album at DFTBA.com, with a bundle of CD, t-shirt and Hank pinup poster while supplies last. — 00:03:19
2009-11-04 · Please Buy My Album (A Song / Medley) — Hank thanks everyone supporting YouTube musicians and says he thinks all Nerdfighters will enjoy the album. (hedged) — 00:03:19
2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — announcement: Hank says he is going on tour next week (week of 9 November 2009) and admits it is lame that he has not talked about it yet. — 00:00:32
2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — recommendation: Hank says people coming to his tour stops (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle) probably should not order the CD, since he will reach them first; they can buy it there. (hedged) — 00:02:00
2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — Hank says Nerdfighter gatherings have been some of the best days of his life. — 00:02:29
2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — ask: Hank hopes everyone near the tour stops will come and share the experience with him. (hedged) — 00:02:29
2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — announcement: Hank shows a graphic of the tour stops and says he will make a video for each location with details of the shows. — 00:02:29
2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — announcement: Hank: In a song Hank apologises to Canada: the tour is not going there because the forms and taxes make it hard; Vancouver was close but did not happen. (playful) — 00:02:58
2009-11-08 · H1N1 Vaccine Fears — ask: John tells Nerdfighters he will be in Hinsdale, Illinois this week (week of 2 November 2009) and invites them to come; details in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:00
2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies — Hank says he is going on tour, so he is learning all his songs properly rather than the way he normally knows them; his fingers hurt. — 00:00:00
2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies — ask: Hank: Building a set list, Hank asks viewers to comment which songs he should play and what to talk about at his shows, where he will also answer questions. — 00:02:07
2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies — announcement: Hank re-shows his tour graphic with new information for Phoenix and Portland; Seattle is still being worked on, and viewers can click their city for details. — 00:02:34
2009-11-12 · On a Plane - On the Ground — Hank expects his own tour to go about the same way. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:44
2009-11-12 · On a Plane - On the Ground — announcement: Hank tells San Francisco he will see them in two days and shows the tour graphic one last time, still without news for Seattle. — 00:03:04
2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — John: Despite extensive searching John cannot find a single copy; a teacher reprinted the text online, so he knows it but not the author or the pictures. — 00:01:10
2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — ask: John challenges Nerdfighters to find him a copy or the author of Gus Is a Bug; if they do, they may punish him however they see fit. — 00:01:10
2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — ask: John: Even without a copy, John proposes Nerdfighters remake the book: draw pictures for the text he reads and upload them to the Ning so he can reconstitute his childhood experience. (hedged) — 00:01:40
2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — John reads the full text of Gus Is a Bug aloud as the text to illustrate: Gus has fuzz, runs, naps, tugs, and ends with no fuzz. (playful) — 00:02:09
2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in the comments and says he will do a Question Tuesday on Tuesday. — 00:02:34
2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — John confirms Gus Is a Bug was found: what he could not do in three years, Nerdfighteria did in about 20 minutes, and the book is on its way to him. — 00:02:33
2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to keep sending Gus illustrations. — 00:02:33
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
2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — announcement: Hank, in a Phoenix hotel, is leaving this section of the tour for the Pacific Northwest, with gatherings in Portland and Seattle. — 00:00:00
2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — announcement: Hank announces the Seattle show at the Sunset Hill Community Center, 3003 Northwest 66th Street, from 6 to 9; the room holds only 150 people. — 00:00:25
2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — announcement: Hank: Because the rented room costs about $500, Hank asks for an optional $5 suggested donation to help cover it. — 00:00:25
2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — Hank says he lost his keys that day; a group of Nerdfighters ordered pizza and ate with him on a street corner while he waited for a locksmith. (playful) — 00:01:24
2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — Hank shows gifts from Nerdfighters on the tour, including an in-depth 'dream of Nerdfighteria' he plans to scan, In-N-Out ketchup, a portrait made of Nerds and a Lay's-bag crane. — 00:01:24
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says Nerdfighteria has long wanted to punish Hank, but Hank keeps the rules: a video every Wednesday, a song every other Wednesday, never more than four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says that is what happens in a world without enforced rules; he may have to live with it in real life but will not stand for it in Nerdfighteria, and is still mad about the handball. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:28
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — announcement: John announces that Hank is getting punished, and says he doesn't mind his own punishment since Hank is being punished too. (playful) — 00:01:57
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — ask: John asks Nerdfighters for punishment ideas in comments and to read through them and thumbs-up the ones they like most. — 00:02:27
2009-11-24 · 50 THINGS!! That I'm Thankful For — Hank is thankful for personal things: being his age and still finding farts funny, a wife who does too, friends, his bed, his cat, his guitar, Nerdfighters and Nerdfighteria, and his wife. (playful) — 00:02:43
2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — Hank complains there were about 2,000 comments on how to punish him but only about two on how to punish John. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:38
2009-11-25 · Things I'm Not Thankful For — ask: Hank asks viewers to leave comments suggesting how to punish John. — 00:02:38
2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — ask: John puts his 'non-rhetorical question for the day' to Nerdfighters: where do you start? — 00:02:56
2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — John reports a Nerdfighter's calculation that the extra two seconds of Hank's punished video, watched about 55,000 times, cost Nerdfighteria 26 hours; 'we want our 26 hours back'. (playful) (doubtful: 26 hours) — 00:03:03
2009-12-02 (said on 2009-12-03, implied) · This Machine Pwns n00bs: A Song — Hank: The song recounts losing his keys after the Phoenix, AZ show and eating pizza on the sidewalk with Nerdfighters, who wanted Yogurtland and In-N-Out, and 'First Officer Spock'. (playful) — 00:01:37
2009-12-02 (said on 2009-12-03, implied) · This Machine Pwns n00bs: A Song — Hank shows gifts from the tour's final part: a 3D-printed ten-sided die, Kinder Eggs from Canada (after he complained they're unavailable in America), a duct-tape wallet, a bass-amp maker's shirt, a DFTBA headband. — 00:02:44
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — Hank thought $40,000 would make the Project for Awesome a little more awesome. (playful) — 00:00:30
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — Hank says he, John, the Nerdfighters and YouTube are unusually good at being a tight-knit community that is geographically disparate, making this a chance to 'prove our awesome'. — 00:00:30
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighteria and the YouTube community in the continental US, with a car and cell phone and free on Saturday, to join the Search, Discover, and Confirm team. — 00:00:58
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank: To join, email DARPANERD at gmail.com titled 'Search Team' with name, city, state (optionally neighborhood and phone), and sign up in the box on nerdfighters.com. — 00:01:24
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank asks people to go out and look for the balloons themselves and to report any balloon they or friends and family see, by calling or texting 66069DFTBA or emailing DARPAnerd. — 00:01:53
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank: Those outside America, without cars or not free on Saturday also have 'very important jobs', revealed only by signing up for the mailing list on nerdfighters.com. — 00:02:22
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank: A report must include a street address or nearby intersection, the balloon's number (without it the report does not count) and ideally a name so they can say thanks. — 00:03:00
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — ask: Hank: Warning that many for-profit teams will do anything to get their information, Hank asks that known balloon locations be kept secret. — 00:03:29
2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — Hank closes: nobody else has a team like theirs, and this is going to be amazing. — 00:03:29
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John says Nerdfighteria lost the DARPA balloon challenge despite being tantalizingly close to winning $40,000 to make the Project for Awesome more awesome. — 00:00:05
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John says thousands of Nerdfighters, including hundreds sent to drive around their cities after false leads, seemed on the verge of completing the challenge when MIT won. — 00:00:29
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John claims MIT's team had nerdy friends in Michigan put up a fake balloon with a fake DARPA representative to trick Nerdfighteria, which worked. (playful) (doubtful: MIT called some nerdy friends of theirs in Michigan and they conspired to put up a fake balloon with a fake DARPA representative) — 00:00:59
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John hopes Nerdfighteria gets to do something like this again, saying it was a real pleasure to share the day with them. (hedged) — 00:01:25
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John thanks the thousands of Nerdfighters who sent tens of thousands of tips and who planted false information so convincing that it sometimes tricked the team. — 00:01:25
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John says the day was the most fun they have had not winning $40,000, and that every time Nerdfighters come together to do something it is incredibly fun. — 00:02:54
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says they falsely accused MIT of planting the fake balloon; it was another of the many competing teams, and he apologises to MIT. — 00:00:29
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank wants his government to know how to anticipate and disrupt groups that would mobilise this way to hurt people; disrupting the network is what Nerdfighters, MIT and others were also doing. — 00:01:07
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says all is fair in love, war and balloon challenges: MIT did a fantastic job, MIT students are among Nerdfighteria, and nerds can't turn on other nerds; it was a well-played game. (hedged) — 00:01:36
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank says, as he said on Twitter, the team may have found only nine of the ten balloons in the real world. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:36
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — ask: Hank says John's punishment is still undecided; he floats John watching every Vlogbrothers video in order without sleeping (about 26 hours) and asks for suggestions in comments. (hedged) — 00:03:04
2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank lists who will attend: Nerdfighteria creators from CharlieIsSoCoolLike to WheezyWaiter and online video stars including Michael Buckley, Dave Days, Shay Carl, Natalie Tran and Shane Dawson. — 00:01:29
2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — John says a noted Nerdfighter and YouTuber is in an eyelash company's $100,000 giveaway; if she wins, most goes to college and some to Heifer.org to buy an ark. — 00:02:05
2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — ask: John asks Nerdfighteria to go to tinyurl.com/winkitty and comment on and rate the video, counting as two votes, every day until December 21st, to get the ark. — 00:02:58
2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday on Tuesday, with half the questions on the Project for Awesome and half on relationship advice. — 00:02:58
2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — recommendation: John: In a message for a friend a viewer is in nerdfighter-like with, John says: don't freak out, think it through; it is an 'I like you if you like me' thing that needn't jeopardise the friendship. (playful) — 00:02:50
2009-12-16 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — announcement: Hank says a single John Green bobblehead signed by both brothers is also being auctioned; his auction money goes to the Nature Conservancy, and John's (glasses, bobblehead) to stopping malaria. — 00:01:25
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: The description lists P4A auctions (bobbleheads for Malaria No More and charity: water; So Jokes cover and disc art for the Nature Conservancy) and says Fall of Autumn Distro matches donations to Save the Music. — video description
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — ask: John: Meekakitty will give to Heifer International if she wins the Lashes to Riches contest; John asks viewers to vote for her by commenting and rating her video. — video description
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: John says several P4A items are still auctioned on eBay, including a nerdfighter's bobblehead of John benefiting charity: water; links are in the doobly-doo. — 00:01:51
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — announcement: John says the Vlogbrothers channel traditionally reinvents itself at the end of each year, and will do so again this year (2009) with viewers' help. — 00:03:04
2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — ask: John asks what viewers want more and less of (an island? more projects, news, funny, interaction? pants?) and says they take comments seriously and always read them. — 00:03:04
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank says Nerdfighteria is the community that sprang up around their videos, which gets together to do awesome things, have a good time and fight world suck. — 00:00:26
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — John says they asked natural selection for puppy-sized elephants, adorable enough to have an evolutionary advantage, and are waiting. (playful) — 00:01:41
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank says putting stuff on your head makes you feel better about life. (playful) — 00:01:50
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank says Nerdfighter gatherings are when Nerdfighters get together, sometimes with the brothers there. — 00:01:54
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank defines notsome as the opposite of awesome, pointing also to Fail Puppy and the Fail Boat. — 00:02:50
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — announcement: John says they have made a playlist of twenty Vlogbrothers videos to give newcomers a broader sense of what is going on in Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:06
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — John thanks Nerdfighteria for being awesome and for their support as the brothers continue into their fourth year of making videos. — 00:03:49
2009-12-30 · The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) — Hank thanks John and Nerdfighteria for making 2009 an amazing year, more than he expected, and hopes 2010 can be even better. (hedged) — 00:03:45

Also named in: Winners and Winners and Ningmasters, Truth or Fail! START HERE, Become a Time Traveller TODAY!, Question Tuesday!, Eating a FAT SANDWICH, My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns), NERD ALERT: Presidential Last Words, John Reviews Twilight and New Moon, THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!!

2010

2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — announcement: John announces rule four: breaking any rule brings a punishment chosen by Nerdfighters and the other brother, to be completed within one week of being assigned. — 00:02:39
2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — announcement: John says he still owes a punishment too, which Hank has not yet given him; once Hank does, John will have a week to complete it. — 00:02:39
2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank says Nerdfighters came to see him in the Target. — 00:00:45
2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — announcement: Hank assigns John's punishment: face his fear of heights with a full session on the Frog Hopper, and tell Hank he loves him while up there. (playful) — 00:03:17
2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John thanks the Yeti for not going into labour during the game, and half hopes she will before next Wednesday (13 January 2010), so his Frog Hopper ride waits until after his paternity leave. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John credits the Nerdfighters who illustrated the Gus is a Bug video book: Dr. Noise, Kaiti, Becca, Andrea, Minna, Sara Roscoe, Suzanne and SamWiseGirl. — video description
2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John recalls asking Nerdfighters months ago to find his favourite childhood book, which he called Gus is a Bug; they found it although that was not its real title. — 00:00:58
2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John says Nerdfighters drew their own versions of Gus is a Bug, which he likes even more than the original, and he made them into a video book that will introduce his baby to Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:58
2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John thanks the Nerdfighter illustrators, regrets not including more, and thanks one who drew Gus as a non-bug larva (species name unclear) for reminding him smart is cooler than cute. — 00:02:03
2010-01-13 · Froghoppin' with Gatsby — John is on his way to pick up his friend Chris to go to Xscape and get on the Frog Hopper. — 00:00:00
2010-01-13 · Froghoppin' with Gatsby — John rides the Frog Hopper, screaming; the ride's audio is cut because Lady Gaga music was playing; afterwards the operator says he was the biggest guy she'd seen on it. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-01-15 · Introduction to Chemistry with Hank — ask: Hank says Nerdfighter Shawn Ahmed, doing amazing work in Bangladesh, is one of five finalists to possibly attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, and asks everyone to vote for him via the sidebar. — 00:02:55
2010-01-22 · ThisIsNotJohn — Maureen Johnson: She describes herself as a friend of John's and fellow YA author, probably best known to Nerdfighters as the originator of the 'In Your Pants' joke. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — Hank says the Harry Potter Alliance, the Harry Potter community and the Nerdfighter community have together raised $86,000, enough to charter two cargo planes of aid to Haiti. — 00:02:15
2010-02-03 (said on 2010-02-04, implied) · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — Hank says he is amazed at the power of these communities and thanks everyone for helping. — 00:03:00
2010-02-05 · DARE TO SUCK — Maureen Johnson: Asked by a viewer afraid of sucking at writing, Maureen tells nerdfighters, who want to decrease world suck, that they should instead dare to suck. (playful) — 00:00:27
2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John: Reason three: not everyone watching is a nerdfighter, as a YouTube message asking them to upload 'hot videos like kisses and other' shows; John doesn't want that sender seeing much of Henry. (playful) — 00:02:30
2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John thanks Maureen for standing in as John Green, and thanks Nerdfighters for everything. — 00:03:26
2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — In the description John says the pony's daisy with one petal removed is clearly a Looking for Alaska reference he missed until nerdfighters pointed it out. — video description
2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — ask: John asks Hank and the Nerdfighters to tell him plainly when he gets fat, and says they failed to. (playful) — 00:01:13
2010-02-19 · Henry's Pee and My Gut — John lists hints he missed: a Nerdfighter said he looked like the Barenaked Ladies' lead singer, and a comment called him the smart uncle and Hank the hot cousin. (playful) — 00:01:13
2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! — ask: Hank: To see how long viewers have been around, Hank asks in the comments: since-2009 viewers about broken bones, since-2008 about scars, since-2007 about surgeries. — 00:02:54
2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! — Hank thanks John and all the Nerdfighters for helping to grow the community and do the things they do. — 00:03:31
2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John says Nerdfighters did not fail to tell him he was fat as he claimed; the problem was that he underestimated Nerdfighteria and wasn't listening. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — John says a Facebook group called 'John Green Is Fat', founded in November 2009, collects every picture of him looking as fat as possible; he calls it one of the great Facebook groups. (playful) — 00:00:58
2010-02-24 · JOHN GREEN IS FAT. — ask: John apologizes to Nerdfighters for wrongly accusing them and asks them to keep the humiliation coming in comments, because it motivates him. (playful) — 00:02:03
2010-02-26 (said on 2010-02-27, implied) · Ningmaster Tom — Hank says Tom, known as NingMasterTom, a graphic-design student, is more or less the de facto leader of the community at nerdfighters.com and has done much to make Nerdfighteria better. — 00:00:49
2010-02-26 (said on 2010-02-27, implied) · Ningmaster Tom — announcement: Hank announces Tom was hit by a car while riding his bike and hit his head; the brothers waited until they had talked to his family. — 00:01:18
2010-02-26 (said on 2010-02-27, implied) · Ningmaster Tom — announcement: Hank reports Tom's family thinks he will probably be okay, though how seriously he is injured is not yet known and recovery will not be instant; he and John are very nervous. (hedged) — 00:01:47
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — announcement: John reports Ningmaster Tom is conscious and has spoken to his family but has a long way to go in recovery; the community will be with him throughout. — 00:00:00
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — ask: John points Nerdfighters to a letter on the Ning in which Tom's family thanks them for their letters, and asks them to keep writing to NingMasterTom at gmail.com. — 00:00:00
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John says unlike NBC, Nerdfighteria is not in the advertiser business but in pond sand filters, Haitian relief and the pizza shirt, and above all in taking care of each other. — 00:02:14
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John says he loves Nerdfighteria because it lets people who have felt on the outside looking in be inside something awesome and important. — 00:02:14
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John says he has never loved Nerdfighteria more than in the last few days, seeing hundreds of emails come to Tom and his family wishing them well. — 00:02:14
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS — John tells Jeff Zucker that Nerdfighteria may be only a YouTube-based community but is more real than all his reality shows combined. — 00:02:44
2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — announcement: John says a Question Tuesday video will come over the weekend rather than on Tuesday. — 00:00:05
2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave their questions in the comments. — 00:00:08
2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — announcement: John says he has five advance reader copies of Will Grayson, Will Grayson at home and will give all of them away to random commenters here or on the Ning. — 00:01:07
2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — ask: John makes ultimate concern the week's theme, asking Hank and Nerdfighters whether they have one, what it is, and whether they should have one. — 00:02:09
2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John's ultimate concern right now certainly involves making sure Henry is happy and healthy, but he doesn't know whether it should be limited to that. (hedged) — 00:02:15
2010-03-15 · Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition — John asks whether an ultimate concern should be limited to family, extend to politics, community, nation or species, weigh other species equally, or yield to self-preservation. (unsure) — 00:02:24
2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank: To find his ultimate concern, Hank lists the first five things he would give his life for, planning to narrow them down. — 00:00:00
2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank would die for his wife, freedom for people he cares about, restoring the lost Library of Alexandria, peaceful alien contact, and free non-polluting energy for everyone. — 00:00:29
2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank tried to rank his five in an imagined tournament but couldn't; he doesn't know his ultimate concern and isn't sure it interests him. — 00:02:11
2010-03-19 · Foreign John Green Books and the Ultimate Concern — John has been fascinated reading thousands of Nerdfighter comments on their ultimate concerns, whether to have one, or whether one priority should rank above all. — 00:00:00
2010-03-19 · Foreign John Green Books and the Ultimate Concern — John: Many Nerdfighters named saving or preserving life; John calls this a utilitarian worldview, the greatest good for the greatest number: legitimate, but nobody actually lives by it. — 00:01:01
2010-03-19 · Foreign John Green Books and the Ultimate Concern — John: Quoting a Nigerian writer (make your children safe in the world, or make a world safe for children), John values the week's talk on balancing the two. — 00:02:56
2010-03-24 · Top 10 Animal POWER MOVES — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to share their favorite animal power moves in the comments. — 00:03:33
2010-03-29 · Quotations (And Holden Hats) — John: At tax season John reports to the IRS, for the 32nd consecutive year, that he has no fishing boat proceeds: they are the unicorns of his tax return. (playful) — 00:00:02
2010-03-29 · Quotations (And Holden Hats) — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave their favorite quote in the comments and to think about what it says about them. — 00:02:21
2010-04-02 · Will Grayson, Will Grayson — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters when they last cried; for him, he says, it was yesterday. — 00:03:00
2010-04-07 · Shmancy Hotel Room Is Shmancy — ask: John asks Nerdfighters whether they find it harder to read books these days. — 00:02:45
2010-04-12 · On the Separation of Conjoined Twins — John is in New York City, still on tour for Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and thanks the Nerdfighters who came out and those who gave him t-shirts. — 00:00:00
2010-04-14 · Fun is Important. Being Serious Isn't — Hank tells John and Nerdfighters they are lucky to be in new media, where things needn't be taken so seriously; he least wants it to become serious business and lose the fun. (hedged) — 00:01:28
2010-04-14 · Fun is Important. Being Serious Isn't — Hank says he feels lucky that he can go outside on a beautiful day and share his thoughts with so many interesting and thoughtful people. — 00:01:47
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — John: The Foucault talk is a ruse: John orders Hank to stop watching, asks Katherine to make him, and greets Nerdfighters free of Hank. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John tells Nerdfighters that in two weeks, on May 5, it will be Hank's 30th birthday, Hanko de Mayo, and they need to get ready. — 00:00:29
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — John says that when he asked Nerdfighters at a recent live show what to get Hank, they were flummoxed because Hank doesn't really like anything but ideas; then they realized he likes oxygen. (playful) — 00:00:29
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to plant seeds, saplings or plants on Hank's behalf ('Hank trees and Hank plants'), photograph or film it and email it to him for a big vlogbrothers Hank tree planting video. — 00:01:05
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John: The deadline is May 3; emails should give the sender's location and the number of plants or trees planted. — 00:01:34
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — announcement: John: Half of John's proceeds from the corndog shirt go to planting trees where trees used to be; the other half to an account for Nerdfighteria to buy Hank 30 presents for his 30 years. — 00:02:03
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John says that is their first present, asks viewers to suggest inexpensive presents for Hank in the comments, and says he will pick 29 of them. — 00:02:03
2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — ask: John: Viewers without a yard can plant in a container garden; John calls on Nerdfighteria to give Hank what he wants most, a higher oxygenation level of the planet. (playful) — 00:02:32
2010-04-26 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — John opens with hundreds of Nerdfighters saying hello to Hank, which was yesterday; the video is about today. — 00:00:00
2010-04-26 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — John thanks the Nerdfighters for making his day possible and the tour such a blast. — 00:01:38
2010-04-26 · Nerdfighters, They Named a PLANE After Us — announcement: John: Nerdfighters with the HP Alliance raised enough to fill four planes with medicine and water for Haiti; the fourth and final plane leaves Thursday, and Partners in Health calls it the SS DFTBA. — 00:01:38
2010-04-28 · Who's in Your Hug Bucket? — Hank: A Nerdfighter's comment about a 'bucket list of hugs' led Hank to coin the 'hug bucket': the bucket all your hugs go into, with people you want to get inside it. (playful) — 00:01:04
2010-04-30 · The Greek Debt Crisis Explained in Four Minutes — ask: John: After telling Hank to stop watching, John tells Nerdfighters there is still time to participate in 'our secret project' and to click for more info. — 00:03:38
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John wishes Hank a happy 30th birthday on Hanko de Mayo, which he calls the most wonderful day of the year. (playful) — 00:00:00
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says Hank is hard to shop for; Nerdfighteria got him the corndog shirt but felt it was not enough. (playful) — 00:00:00
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says that, because Hank likes oxygen, Nerdfighteria planted more than 10,000 plants and trees for him on six continents to raise the world's oxygenation. (playful) — 00:00:36
2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John invites Hank to meet some of the thousands of 'Hank trees and Hank plants' that his awesome inspired Nerdfighters to plant. — 00:00:36
2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank says he just turned 30, realizes he is no longer young, and despite receiving the best birthday present ever feels a little bitter about it. — 00:00:00
2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank: Path ten: when you turn 30, have an awesome enough brother to get people to plant trees, so that after you die the trees planted because of you live on. — 00:03:25
2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Hank thanks John and everyone who helped with his amazing birthday. — 00:03:48
2010-05-10 · Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More — John says he asked Nerdfighters on Twitter whether they had any problems, and it turns out they do. — 00:00:09
2010-05-10 · Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More — recommendation: John: To get more Nerdfighter friends in real life, John suggests wearing your pizza shirt everywhere until someone recognizes it. (playful) — 00:01:39
2010-05-10 · Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More — recommendation: John: For Justin Bieber songs stuck in your head ('Bieber fever'), John prescribes a heavy dose of the Mountain Goats and the website themountaingoatswillcureyourbieberfever.com. (playful) — 00:02:54
2010-05-10 · Advice on Dumb Boyfriends, Going to College, and More — ask: John will give more advice on Friday and asks viewers with problems to leave them in the comments. — 00:03:20
2010-05-12 · Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real — Hank: Days after the world was planting trees for him, Hank was up in front of a thousand geeks, living his dreams. (playful) — 00:01:53
2010-05-12 · Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real — announcement: Hank tells John he'll see him on Friday, when John answers Nerdfighter questions. — 00:03:01
2010-05-14 · Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More — John says hundreds of Nerdfighters aged about 12 to 23 asked whether something is wrong with them for not having had a first kiss; he says nothing is wrong with them. — 00:00:20
2010-05-14 · Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More — ask: John says Esther Earl, one of their favourite Nerdfighters, is sick, and asks Nerdfighters to sign her guestbook en masse to say they are thinking of her and think she is awesome. — 00:03:39
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank: The other shows Hank and Katherine on a thrift-store couch singing about how amazing the first Project for Awesome was; Hank says the P4A has since grown bigger and better. — 00:01:10
2010-05-24 · How To Make a Baby — ask: John tells Nerdfighters the brothers are doing more how-to videos this week (week of 24 May 2010) and asks for suggestions in the comments of what to teach them. — 00:02:10
2010-05-31 · Farmville!!!!! A Song — Hank: Viewers submitted their farms for the single's artwork; Hank used one in which a viewer had written 'nerdfighters' with FarmVille items, and thanks her. — 00:02:53
2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: To test Hank's theory, John asked on Twitter for miniature dachshund owners to measure the dogs' anus height; several dozen nerdfighters did. (playful) — 00:00:50
2010-06-07 · Viacom PWNED on Piracy — ask: John asks Viacom where Coulton's $37 is, says he emailed Viacom that question, and invites Hank and nerdfighters to do the same via a link in the description. — 00:02:27
2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — ask: John tells Nerdfighters who want to go to VidCon that they should probably register now. (hedged) — 00:00:45
2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — John: Ningmaster Tom, comatose the last time he appeared in a video, is fine: he has problems with his left eye but is doing much better and is grateful for Nerdfighters' support. — 00:01:52
2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John's new website, JohnGreenBooks.com, lists forthcoming Nerdfighter gatherings and other events, in places like Washington, D.C., Munich, Edinburgh and London. — 00:02:17
2010-06-18 (said on 2010-06-19, implied) · You just lost THE GAME! — Hank, with Nerdfighteria, stages a mock intervention: John must cut back on soccer, since making a second Twitter account to tweet about the World Cup is too much. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — announcement: Hank calls it a colossal win for him, Nerdfighteria and YouTube that VidCon is about 50 tickets away from selling out. — 00:02:55
2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · GOOOOOOOL!!!! — ask: Hank tells viewers who want VidCon tickets to get them now, because it is almost sold out. — 00:03:24
2010-07-05 · With Esther — John: Seeing relationships that began online in Nerdfighteria be so sustaining and meaningful in real life made John proud to be a Nerdfighter. — 00:00:24
2010-07-05 · With Esther — John: Without Harry Potter John would have no Esther, and there probably would not be a Nerdfighteria. (hedged) — 00:01:51
2010-07-05 · With Esther — John: Esther is a big supporter of the Harry Potter Alliance, a charity Nerdfighteria often partners with; together they raised $123,000 to help Haiti and sent the SS DFTBA there. — 00:01:57
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John's number five is the mass hug at the Nerdfighter gathering, involving hundreds of Nerdfighters. — 00:01:29
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank thanks everyone who supported VidCon and says its success came from low expectations and a really amazing community, making it a really important thing. (hedged) — 00:03:11
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — ask: John invites Nerdfighters in Munich to come see him later this week (week of 19 July 2010), and those in London or Edinburgh next month (August 2010); more information in the description. — 00:00:26
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — John says Hank's choice reminded him that they are not in the balls business but the nerdfighting business: he makes videos, writes books and is in Munich because he likes doing awesome stuff with awesome people. — 00:01:43
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — John says his proudest day as a Nerdfighter came last week (week of 12 July 2010), not when the Vlogbrothers hit 300,000 subscribers, but when Nerdfighters came together with Esther and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. — 00:01:43
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — John says that is what the community does: there is a place for liking balls and giraffe sex, but helping such causes is the community's real work. — 00:01:43
2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment, first suggested to him at VidCon: a 10-minute workout video working 'the whole nerd body', since John is doing well on his fitness plan. — 00:02:34
2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — ask: Hank hopes John is enjoying Germany and points viewers who want to see John there to information linked in the description. — 00:03:40
2010-07-24 (said on 2010-07-23, implied) · Grammar School with Snooki — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to keep suggesting punishments for Hank in the comments; he reads them all. — 00:03:26
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — ask: The description points to Esther's own vlog and asks viewers to wish her a happy birthday and to make someone they love aware of that love today. — video description
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to join Esther and him in telling someone they love that they love them today. — 00:02:55
2010-08-11 · College Advice From an Expert — John says he tweeted Nerdfighters the day before asking for questions; they answered en masse, mostly about college. — 00:00:04
2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — announcement: John thanks everyone who gathered in London and Edinburgh and says he can't wait to come back to the UK. — video description
2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John met many nerdfighters at a bookstore who said good morning to Hank; one had a ukulele version of Hank's guitar and many were in the PEN15 Club. — 00:01:12
2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John: After staying up almost all night, John took a train to Edinburgh, where nerdfighters on a beautiful hill said good morning to Hank and songsfrompaul sang. — 00:02:00
2010-08-16 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — John says he is happiest as part of a community that helps him choose more intelligently and with greater empathy, and likes the choices made that weekend, thanking Nerdfighteria and Hank. — 00:03:14
2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — announcement: Hank: With John banished from watching, Hank says John's birthday is August 24 and he plans a video made as no video ever has been, featuring thousands of Nerdfighters. — 00:02:17
2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to join by signing up for the secret project mailing list at nerdfighters.com, reading the emails, and watching the instructional videos linked at the end. — 00:02:48
2010-08-20 · The Fox Hat IS REAL, but Are Zombies People? — ask: John: Unsure himself, John asks Nerdfighters whether zombies are people and invites them to continue the conversation in the comments. (hedged) — 00:00:58
2010-08-20 · The Fox Hat IS REAL, but Are Zombies People? — John reports that made-of-awesome Nerdfighters are making a crowdsourced book, a guide to nerdfighting, with Nerdfighter language definitions, stories from Nerdfighteria and artwork. — 00:00:58
2010-08-20 · The Fox Hat IS REAL, but Are Zombies People? — John says he loves his life and loves Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:18
2010-08-23 · Make-up Tutorial: Katniss Everdeen Look — announcement: Hank notes tomorrow is John's birthday without discussing it, and tells John he will see Hank and a lot of Nerdfighters tomorrow. — 00:03:12
2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank says the birthday message comes from over a thousand Nerdfighters who photographed themselves doing what Hank did in a pre-prepared video. — 00:00:00
2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank: An application Hank and Sam Rudge invented puts the submitted images together into one video starring thousands of people. — 00:00:00
2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — announcement: In the description Hank thanks everyone who sent pictures and videos, through the Photomatron or otherwise; the videos did not fit, but he has a plan. — video description
2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John reports that Esther Earl, the Nerdfighter who inspired many of Nerdfighteria's recent worldsuck-decreasing projects, died earlier this week (week of 23 August 2010), aged 16. — 00:00:01
2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John: Esther was a great friend to many in Nerdfighteria and to John; the community was a huge part of her life, her best friends were Nerdfighters, who gave her a scrapbook from hundreds of them. — 00:00:09
2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John says that with Esther the Nerdfighter community came together and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. — 00:01:02
2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John thanks everyone who took part in the birthday video. — 00:02:29
2010-09-02 · Fitness for Nerds — John: Coaching viewers to face a bully, John says punching would not be very nerdy: Nerdfighters don't throw punches, but they do deflect them. (playful) — 00:05:40
2010-09-06 · I HATE PENNIES!!!! (Also Nickels.) — ask: John reminds Nerdfighteria that a vlogbrothers shirt designed by Nerdfighter Vondell Swain is on pre-order at DFTBA.com for one more week: get it now. — 00:03:37
2010-09-08 · Where are the Space Aliens?! — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighteria whether they think there is life out there in the galaxy, whether we'll ever see it, and whether it would kill us or be friendly. — 00:03:25
2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — Hank adds that Facebook does not understand Nerdfighteria. (playful) — 00:02:05
2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — ask: John says that despite his broken rib the brothers are thinking of exercising over the weekend and asks viewers for exercise suggestions, specifically nerd exercises. (hedged) — 00:02:45
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ — Hank says Rick, a YouTube employee who was very clearly a giant nerdfighter, gave him a little tour of YouTube. — 00:00:29
2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John's note to the people he 'TP'd' says the Tootsie Pops are not part of a marketing campaign but of Positive Pranking, an initiative started by Amy Krouse Rosenthal with the help of the Nerdfighters, and invites them to start their own positive pranking adventure. — video description
2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John says his friend Amy Krouse Rosenthal called him with the idea of positive pranking: using the pranking ethos to decrease world suck. — 00:00:29
2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — John says Amy launched the positive pranking campaign by reinventing ding-dong ditching, delivering actual Hostess Ding Dongs to strangers throughout Chicago; the video is linked in the description. — 00:00:29
2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — ask: John turns positive pranking over to Hank and Nerdfighteria and asks everyone to work together in the comments on excellent positive prank ideas. — 00:02:07
2010-09-15 · Positive Pranking: The TP Edition — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who positive-prank to videotape it and upload it as a video response to this video or Amy's. — 00:02:07
2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank says he has decided to follow John's and Amy Krouse Rosenthal's lead and do some positive pranking. — 00:00:20
2010-09-17 · Positive Prank Calls!! — Hank turns the most common prank, the prank call, positive: he calls people with encouraging and true facts about the world. — 00:00:35
2010-09-20 · Life Is Like Pizza — John says we all want to be on the inside of our communities (Ireland, the US, a clique, Nerdfighteria), and whether insiders need outsiders is a hard question Ulysses explores. — 00:01:39
2010-09-20 · Life Is Like Pizza — John says asking what we really mean by such identifiers is a better start for conversations about who is American or a Nerdfighter than shouting at each other. — 00:01:54
2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank tweeted, as a joke rather than a serious question, asking for the word for when there should be a word for something but there isn't. — 00:01:09
2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank says Nerdfighters, 'because Nerdfighters know this stuff', quickly tweeted back that there is a phrase for it: lexical gap. — 00:01:19
2010-09-22 · Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? — Hank: After another follower suggested 'lacuna', Hank explains that for linguists a lacuna is a missing word that should exist; with non-linguists, 'lexical gap' is clearer. — 00:01:54
2010-09-24 · Dumping My Girlfriend — Fran says she is a big fan of Nerdfighteria and feels like she is a Nerdfighter. — 00:01:54
2010-09-27 (said on 2010-09-28, implied) · Stop Embarrassing Yourself — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighteria to help him feel better about his façade mistake by telling him in the comments words they have mispronounced in public. — 00:03:46
2010-09-29 · MY FRIEND CHESTER — John says that, according to the comments on Hank's Monday video, mixing up 'orgasm' and 'organism' in biology class happened a lot. (playful) — 00:02:40
2010-09-29 · MY FRIEND CHESTER — ask: John proposes that commenters instead non-snottily ask and answer the grammar and pronunciation questions they have always had; he can't pronounce 'Avett Brothers' or tell lie from lay. — 00:02:46
2010-10-01 · Supernote and Charlie's Birthday — ask: Hank asks viewers to join the Vlogbrothers SuperNote team and upload a video of their SuperNote as a video response to this video. — 00:00:25
2010-10-01 · Supernote and Charlie's Birthday — announcement: Hank says there is also a prize for the cumulative team effort, so if all of Nerdfighteria posts SuperNotes the team could become SuperNote champions of the world. (playful) — 00:00:54
2010-10-04 · The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca — announcement: John: At the festival party John meets 'noted positive pranker' Amy Krouse Rosenthal, who is organizing an event at the Bean in Chicago, 'a kind of sequel to 8-8-08'; John will play a very minor role. — 00:01:56
2010-10-07 · The Fermi Paradox: A Song — Hank says he is doing it because songs are stuck in his head and he needs motivation to get them out, so he is motivating himself through Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:00
2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — announcement: John says today's video was going to be about a Nerdfighter gathering on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Chicago before the Beckoning of Lovely, with more info on screen. — 00:00:00
2010-10-08 · GEEKING OUT Over Dying Declarations — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who have met him or Hank in real life for an honest appraisal: were they disappointed, put off by the brothers' weirdness, or did they have fun? — 00:02:40
2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — John does his happy dance in his basement because he was too socially awkward to do it in front of hundreds of Nerdfighters at the Bean in Chicago, and shows theirs. (playful) — 00:00:47
2010-10-13 · On Hope and Chile — John met many Nerdfighters, several of whom have permanent reminders not to forget to be awesome on their bodies. — 00:01:05
2010-10-19 (said on 2010-10-18, implied) · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — announcement: The description says giraffe-love shirt pre-orders stay open for two more weeks and the shirts ship in the first week of November. — video description
2010-10-19 (said on 2010-10-18, implied) · Giraffe Sex: A Terrifying Introduction to Nature at Work (and Play) — announcement: John says Hank designed and tweeted a cute image of giraffe love, which is now a t-shirt available for pre-order at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:19
2010-10-20 · Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks — Hank calls dft.ba one more way that Nerdfighteria is taking over the internet. (playful) — 00:02:15
2010-10-22 · Making Adorable Music — ask: John tells Nerdfighters there is only one week left to pre-order Hank's shirt celebrating giraffes who love giraffes, with the link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:04
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says a Nerdfighter made Henry a Halloween costume: he is going as pizza. (playful) — 00:00:01
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John says Shawn from the Uncultured Project is now in Bangladesh, working with Save the Children to help 10,000 kids in a project funded by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:01
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John says Shawn has heard since arriving that the pond-sand filter Nerdfighteria funded is still up and running. — 00:00:01
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — ask: John says the $540 is not his money but Nerdfighteria's, so Nerdfighters must decide where it goes, and asks them to say so in the comments. — 00:02:04
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John's inclination is to give it to This Star Won't Go Out and then hold a matching BlogTV fundraiser for the Uncultured Project and Save the Children, or the reverse, or something else. (hedged) — 00:02:04
2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John thanks Nerdfighteria for all it does to decrease world suck, from their own communities to Bangladesh, and for being awesome. — 00:02:47
2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — Hank just got Fable III; before buying it he asked Nerdfighteria on Facebook and Twitter whether he should, given he'd likely be unproductive for weeks, and the overwhelming answer was yes. — 00:01:27
2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — ask: Hank says today is the last day to pre-order the giraffe love shirt. — 00:02:58
2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — ask: Hank asks any Nerdfighters dressing as Phineas Gage to send him pictures. — 00:03:19
2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to say in the comments what they thought of Glee and what they will be for Halloween. — 00:03:19
2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — ask: John asks Nerdfighteria to suggest topics: something from school they don't understand, or something they wish they had learned in school. — 00:03:15
2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — John thanks the many Nerdfighters who made Nerdfightastic pumpkins this year (2010); his favorite is a This Star Won't Go Out pumpkin. — 00:03:15
2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — announcement: John says that, with Nerdfighteria's permission, the brothers have temporarily suspended the four-minute rule to get through the week of educational videos. — 00:05:18
2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! — ask: John's non-rhetorical question of the day: using the app, were Nerdfighters able to balance the federal budget, and how? — 00:02:26
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — recommendation: The description advises that P4A videos work best when well edited and showing how the charity changes lives for the better. — video description
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — recommendation: John: As models, the description points to Shawn's Uncultured Project video, Tyler Oakley's for the Trevor Project and Kristina Horner's about First Book. — video description
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — The description adds that such videos are often useful to the charities themselves, so makers may be contacted by the organization. — video description
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — Hank recalls that in 2007 the brothers realized Nerdfighteria had become a big deal and wanted to use its power; the project has grown every year for three years. — 00:00:22
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — ask: John hopes all viewers will upload Project for Awesome videos on December 17 that show charities they care about in action. (hedged) — 00:01:04
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — ask: John urges viewers to get out there: leaving the bedroom is no fun, but a better P4A video makes for a better universe. (playful) — 00:01:19
2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — John: Saying they couldn't figure it out, John tells Nerdfighteria that if they determine whether moon pasta beats earth beef, the brothers will let them challenge them to do something horrible. (playful) — 00:02:46
2010-11-29 (said on 2010-11-28, implied) · John and Hank: The Out-Takes — Hank: When John says the brothers will let Nerdfighteria challenge 'us' to something horrible, Hank says he thinks John means only himself, then says he'll do something horrible too. (playful) — 00:01:52
2010-11-29 (said on 2010-11-28, implied) · John and Hank: The Out-Takes — John replies he'll do something more horrible, saying he loves the horrible things and is a masochist. (playful) — 00:02:00
2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John tells Nerdfighters that because they proved space pasta far less efficient than Earth beef, they now get to challenge the brothers to do something difficult and/or horrible. — 00:02:45
2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave challenge suggestions in the comments and upvote their favourites. — 00:03:11
2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters — The description links Nerdfighters' tongue-twister videos in many languages, among them Danish, Norwegian, Croatian, Cantonese, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Amharic and Japanese. — video description
2010-12-07 · Tongue Twisters — Hank says he asked Nerdfighteria on Twitter for tongue twisters in their native languages and shares a montage of submissions (captioned as Palestinian Arabic, Dutch, Icelandic, Amharic, French, Cantonese and Norwegian). — 00:03:00
2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — announcement: The description sets the plan: an official thumbnail is coming, and on December 17 at noon Pacific everyone uploads their P4A videos at the same time. — video description
2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — ask: John tells Nerdfighters he hopes they are working on their Project for Awesome videos and urges them to make them awesome. — 00:03:19
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — John says Vi Hart has been a Nerdfighter since 2007 and designed the original Nerdfighter pirate logo. — 00:02:30
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — ask: John urges Nerdfighters to watch a Vi Hart video, saying it will change their lives. — 00:02:35
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — John sums up that what he loves is Nerdfighters writing books, making music and making videos about 'mathemusicianship'. — 00:03:15
2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to tell him things they love so he can find new things to love. — 00:03:19
2010-12-15 · Adult Female: A Song — announcement: Hank says it is Song Wednesday, the Wednesday before the Project for Awesome, and that John's video about things he loves inspired him to play a song about something he loves. — 00:00:00
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John says Nerdfighteria has already learned that people in very different circumstances are not fundamentally other, having seen what happens when you stop seeing people in poverty as other and start seeing them as part of us. — 00:01:26
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John: As evidence John cites Nerdfighteria's work with Save the Children and Shawn's Uncultured Project on a pond sand filter in Bangladesh that still provides clean water after two years. — 00:01:34
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John defines 'us' as people who 'do this' (an on-screen gesture) to remind themselves to be awesome and who happy dance even after tragedy; keeping it going helps the poor and helps us. — 00:01:56
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John lists P4A raffle prizes from YouTubers including Meekakitty, WheezyWaiter, Nerimon and Ryan Higa, plus Nerdfighter raffles including his nerd glasses and the last remaining BobbleJohn. — 00:02:24
2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John thanks Nerdfighters for all their P4A videos and for inspiring the brothers, and hopes the fourth P4A is the best yet. — 00:03:18
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says that in 2007 a group of people 'hacked YouTube', using YouTuber tricks harder than they normally would to get views, which felt awesome rather than dirty because it was for charity. — 00:00:01
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank jokes that Mike Huckabee's attempt to 'hack' the Republican presidential nomination kept P4A from taking over the whole first page of 'most discussed', but P4A's hack was more successful. (playful) — 00:00:19
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says the real reason YouTube wants to be involved is that it sees how powerful this community is, and how much more powerful it could be by combining the community with YouTube's platform. — 00:01:41
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank calls P4A 2010 the most successful ever: 600,000 comments on over 3,000 videos with a total running time over 40 hours and over 10 million views. — 00:02:17
2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank thanks everyone and John. — 00:03:22
2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John says he also worried that P4A would raise no money, the website would break, and Nerdfighteria would hate the brothers and exile them to Elba. (playful) — 00:00:11
2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John reports that P4A 2010 generated more than 3,000 P4A videos and raised more than $135,000 that can be confirmed, probably much more. (hedged) — 00:00:31
2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John says a Nerdfighter librarian, Julia, on Jeopardy! yesterday, didn't know the Final Jeopardy answer and wrote 'Who is John Green?' as a shout-out, so Alex Trebek said his name. — 00:01:04
2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John thanks Nerdfighters for making P4A videos, donating, commenting, and for making Alex Trebek say his name on television. — 00:01:38
2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters what they most enjoyed about the vlogbrothers in 2010 and what they would like the brothers to do with their time on the channel. — 00:03:08
2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — announcement: Hank says the brothers restructure the channel every year, are discussing it now, and have ideas viewers will be excited about for doing more awesome things in 2011. — 00:03:18
2010-12-31 · Is Lady Gaga a Man? — ask: Hank: Finding nothing autocompletes for 'is Hank Green' (no one cares), Hank asks viewers to Google 'is Hank Green awesome' so that, maybe, it will autocomplete. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:13

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2011

2011-01-03 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? — John wishes Hank a happy four-year YouTube anniversary and says he dressed up because it is their special day. — 00:00:00
2011-01-03 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? — announcement: John: Thanking Nerdfighters for sticking with them, John says the vlogbrothers will continue Monday-Wednesday-Friday videos in 2011 and, having heard viewers, will make more question videos, Thoughts from Places and 'info-tational' videos. — 00:02:24
2011-01-03 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? — announcement: John will do a Question Tuesday video this Friday (7 January 2011), asks for questions in the comments, and will answer as many as he can in four minutes. — 00:02:37
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John opens Question Friday, the day he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — recommendation: John: To find other Nerdfighters at school, John recommends getting or making a DFTBA shirt; DFTBA means Don't Forget To Be Awesome. — 00:00:59
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John would name his puppy-sized elephant Lewis, and they would be best friends. (playful) — 00:01:08
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — recommendation: John: New Nerdfighters can pick up the old in-jokes by listening to Hank's music, reading John's books, watching old videos and hanging around. — 00:01:13
2011-01-12 · Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History — ask: John tells Nerdfighters about the devastating floods in Queensland, Australia, and points to a link in the doobly-doo to help those affected. — 00:03:47
2011-01-17 · Cheating Cheaters of Cheatery: The Amazing Story of Brazil's Cotton War with the U.S. — John says Brazilian Nerdfighters petitioned Brazilian publishers to publish Looking for Alaska in Portuguese, and it worked. — 00:00:00
2011-01-17 · Cheating Cheaters of Cheatery: The Amazing Story of Brazil's Cotton War with the U.S. — ask: John: Telling Nerdfighters the American taxpayer already paid for much of his shirt, John invites them to pay the rest at DFTBA.com/pizza: $18, 'thanks to bad economic policymaking'. (playful) — 00:03:11
2011-01-19 · YOU ARE WRONG! — ask: Hank loves that the phrase is a simple truth about how rare simple truths are, and asks Nerdfighters in the comments whether there is a word for that. — 00:00:54
2011-01-21 · Looking for Alaska Five Years After the Printz Award — John: Taking part in big, interesting conversations with Hank and the Nerdfighters through his books is the most fulfilling thing in his life, John says, then jokes that it is really Henry and Sarah, with Nerdfighters close behind. — 00:02:55
2011-01-21 · Looking for Alaska Five Years After the Printz Award — John's joke top five: Sarah and Henry, pizza, the rest of his family, Nerdfighteria, the Mountain Goats. (playful) — 00:03:11
2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — ask: The description asks viewers to write a nice letter to Roger Boissonneault asking why the price rose so much, why the programme expired four months early, and why his doctor was not contacted. — video description
2011-01-24 · The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs — Hank: If Warner Chilcott does not change the policy, Hank thinks John and Nerdfighteria should make 'Warner Chilcott' a new curse word; he later uses it as a verb. (playful) — 00:03:10
2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John: Speaking as an owner, John says that if Warner Chilcott can't deliver real drugs at fairly negotiated prices, it can 'go Warner Chilcott itself'. (joke) — 00:03:24
2011-01-31 · Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction — John: Lots of Nerdfighters asked John to make a video about Egypt, so he does. — 00:00:19
2011-01-31 · Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction — announcement: John: As a reward for listening, John will do a Question Tuesday on Friday and asks viewers to leave questions and comments. — 00:03:49
2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — John: The blue creatures behind John were sewn for him by a nerdfighter, possibly as a present for Henry, but he took them. (playful) — 00:01:27
2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — John is down $32 on his Warner Chilcott stock and tells the company to do a better job of 'Warner Chilcott-ing' sick people so he gets his money back. (playful) — 00:03:17
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
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John piles up old in-jokes: pizza in the mustache, the singamajig, his puppy-sized elephant, the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts and French the Llama, Tender Morsels in your pants. (playful) — 00:00:18
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John notes much conversation on Tumblr, the Ning, YouTube and Twitter about Nerdfighteria changing as it grows and how to keep the community strong, and offers his two cents. — 00:00:56
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John sets two rules, for Nerdfighteria and for human existence generally: number one, don't be mean; number two, DFTBA. — 00:01:07
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John says Nerdfighteria has accomplished a ton in recent months, including raising more than $10,000 with Esther for This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:01:36
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John argues no one can tell you whether you're a Nerdfighter, nor you anyone else: it is a chosen identity, collectively defined by living it, not by talking about it. — 00:02:59
2011-02-11 · 200 People in Your Pants — Hank shows his Bobble-John, Sandman comics and other graphic novels, Terry Pratchett, Mars trilogy and Neil Gaiman books and DFTBA CDs; his Hunger Games is loaned out. — 00:00:56
2011-02-16 · This Video Brought to you by Nyquil — Hank likes a Your Pants thread where people tell how they became Nerdfighters: everyone finds the videos a different way. — 00:02:11
2011-02-18 · Thoughts from Places: Small Town America — John: Walter Manlove's wife Gussie was 28 when he died; John imagines her committing to a plot beside him without knowing her future, and pictures that she might have lived to 113 or, likelier, remarried. — 00:02:06
2011-02-21 · Hank Interviews His Mayor — Hank says he and John are less presidents of Nerdfighteria than co-mayors, since it is more like a town or small city, so he wanted to ask a mayor about the job. (playful) — 00:00:21
2011-02-21 · Hank Interviews His Mayor — ask: Hank apologises for never letting Nerdfighteria challenge the brothers as the reward for solving space pasta, and asks for challenges in the comments, like interviewing your mayor. — 00:03:31
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John: A year ago today, John notes, their friend Ningmaster Tom almost died in a bicycle accident and was long in a coma, but survived and is here. — 00:00:10
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John recalls carbon-neutralizing Nerdfighteria in October 2007 for about 30 dollars and sets out to do it again now that views have grown. — 00:00:23
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John: Guessing that partial viewing and other Nerdfighter activity average out to 3.5 minutes per view, John gets 427 million minutes, which at 525,600 minutes a year (from Rent) is more than 812 years. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:52
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John jokes that the 812 years of viewing time make Nerdfighteria more than 812 years old. (joke) — 00:01:15
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John points to Nerdfighters in Your Pants who are currently trying to solve the mystery of Gussie Manlove, Walter Manlove's wife; link in the description. — 00:01:20
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John says about 7,116,667 hours of viewing, at an average 120 watts per hour for a computer browsing the internet, comes to about 854,000 kilowatts. (playful) (doubtful: 120; slip of the tongue: 854,000.04) — 00:01:30
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John: At about 1.35 pounds of carbon per kilowatt in the US, John calculates Nerdfighteria is responsible for 1,152,900 pounds of carbon. (playful) (doubtful: about 1.35) — 00:01:56
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John says that in four years Nerdfighteria has emitted more carbon than the average Swede will in a lifetime, though it is not a person but an idea. (playful) — 00:02:00
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John: If Nerdfighteria, which most people have never heard of, is responsible for a million pounds of carbon, John says, it shows how huge the problem we face really is. — 00:02:47
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John still thinks YouTube and Nerdfighteria are awesome, but says we need to be aware of the price of that awesome. — 00:03:05
2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — ask: John says Nerdfighters from Bahrain to New Zealand to Libya to Morocco face mega-worldsuck for different reasons, and asks Nerdfighteria to pay attention and help where they can; links in the description. — 00:03:13
2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — announcement: Hank announces that with Nerdfighteria's hard work and John's detective work they have tracked down Gussie Audrey Horsey Gowen Manlove Brown. — 00:00:00
2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — Hank: From the marriage record of the couple on the tombstone, Hank says, Gussie was born Gussie Audrey Horsey and was listed as a divorcée when she married Walter Manlove. — 00:00:18
2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — Hank: Using the information gathered, Hank says, John found the obituary and final resting place of Audrey G Brown. — 00:02:10
2011-02-25 · Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! — Hank thanks John and the Your Pants Nerdfighters who spent hours tracking down her story, which proves again that everything is more complicated than it at first appears. — 00:02:55
2011-02-28 · Harry Baals & Dick Trickle: The Funniest Names in History — John calls Hank's Friday video amazing and says he still can't get over the fact that Nerdfighters found Gussie Manlove. — 00:00:22
2011-02-28 · Harry Baals & Dick Trickle: The Funniest Names in History — John notes Gussie died as Audrey Brown and was born Gussie Horsey, which he calls the worst name ever, until he researched the topic. — 00:00:24
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — John says that this morning he went to Your Pants and asked Nerdfighters for questions, and now answers them. — 00:00:16
2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — ask: John asks viewers with good title ideas for the novel to leave them in the comments. — 00:01:12
2011-03-18 · TERRIBLE — John: Impressed by Nerdfighteria's Gussie Manlove hunting, John sends them on a new quest: a 427-year-old mystery starring Ivan the Terrible. — 00:00:04
2011-03-18 · TERRIBLE — ask: John gives Nerdfighters the task of searching out everything knowable about the library, in a thread he created on Your Pants (link in the description). — 00:03:23
2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti — ask: Hank asks viewers to go to my.water.org/vlogbrothers to follow the Savann Tabak community as it meets its milestones. — 00:02:48
2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti — Hank says a key lesson from Haiti is that not all non-profits are equal; having done due diligence on how Water.org operates, he is comfortable asking viewers to donate to it. — 00:03:06
2011-03-21 · Helping Haiti — ask: Hank says Savann Tabak has hard work ahead before it has sustainable water, but viewers can help: no amount is too great or small to help people out of a situation that sucks. — 00:03:17
2011-03-23 · Why Does My Dog Eat Poop? — ask: John thanks Hank for his extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced video about Haiti, which gave viewers a real way to really help, linked in the description. — 00:00:00
2011-03-25 (said on 2011-03-24, implied) · Hank is an Adorable, Drunk Princess — Hank apologizes to Nerdfighteria but won't turn off ads, since otherwise he couldn't make the videos, and believes their entertainment outweighs the advertisers' damage to viewers' brains. — 00:02:21
2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — John says Butler star Matt Howard's sister really is a Nerdfighter: sports and Nerdfighteria, the connections are endless. — 00:00:34
2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — John says Nerdfighteria generated more than 2,000 titles for his new book, many very good, none of which he will use. — 00:01:50
2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — ask: John invites anyone with new title suggestions to leave them in the comments. — 00:02:26
2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — John says we choose what we care about, and caring about sports is ultimately about community, like caring about Harry Potter, Dungeons and Dragons or Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:49
2011-03-30 · The Ice Cream Changes — Hank writes that the video has no cuts, a moonpasta challenge he silently accepted, and that viewers should keep challenging him because he likes it. — video description
2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — announcement: John says it is April Fool's Day and one of the video's eight parts is a lie; viewers either guess it or he wins an arbitrary contest of his own creation. (playful) — 00:00:07
2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — John says Nerdfighters have researched Ivan the Terrible's library so thoroughly that they are now the internet's largest resource on it, uncovering a crazy story. (playful) — 00:00:22
2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — ask: John wants to use the $26 to decrease worldsuck, preferably in a way that hurts Warner Chilcott, and asks Nerdfighters for ideas in comments. — 00:01:50
2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — ask: John says this is seven truths and one lie and asks Nerdfighters to leave their guess in comments. (playful) — 00:02:28
2011-04-01 · Many Truths, 1 Lie! — recommendation: John: In a P.S., John urges Nerdfighters who haven't seen Hank's Ice Cream Chords video to watch it to learn what Rebecca Black and Slipknot have in common. — 00:02:36
2011-04-04 · Thoughts from The Well — Hank says what the village needs is a well plus community infrastructure to keep it a sustainable water source for the community's lifetime, and that Water.org is going to get them that. — 00:03:08
2011-04-04 · Thoughts from The Well — ask: Hank points viewers to my.water.org/vlogbrothers to see Savann Tabak's progress toward a sustainable water source and to give Water.org money for them and others like them. — 00:03:25
2011-04-06 · Tales of Nerd Love! — John says Nerdfighters sometimes meet and fall in 'Nerdfighterlike' and presents four stories of nerd love. — 00:00:00
2011-04-06 · Tales of Nerd Love! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave their own Nerdfighterlike stories in comments. — 00:03:04
2011-04-06 · Tales of Nerd Love! — John says Hank's Haiti videos inspire him and Nerdfighteria and that, to thank Hank, he has made a $300 gift to Water.org. — 00:03:08
2011-04-06 · Tales of Nerd Love! — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to join him in giving and in following 'our community in Haiti' via the link in the description. — 00:03:11
2011-04-11 · Is My Boyfriend Gay? Is He Cheating? — ask: John tells Nerdfighters with boyfriends and girlfriends to talk to each other. — 00:02:43
2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — The description says the video collects animations of Hank humping an astonishing variety of people and animals (and himself) into a single music video. (playful) — video description
2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John reminds Hank that he recently made a video in which he briefly humped Google. (playful) — 00:00:05
2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John says that a couple of days later Nerdfighter Mattie Boosh posted an animation of Hank humping the TARDIS on his Tumblr, and the Humpy Hank phenomenon was born. (playful) — 00:00:05
2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — announcement: Hank: DFTBA Records has not made posters so far; Hank, a fan of posters, wants to do posters and will look into it. — 00:01:46
2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — ask: Hank asks viewers for good poster design ideas in the comments. — 00:01:53
2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank says without Nerdfighteria as a launching platform he could not have done anything with his idea; Nerdfighteria supports his hare-brained schemes. — 00:02:32
2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank says Nerdfighteria's support runs from that to him humping things on Tumblr; he admits he did not mention it in his last video but was impressed. (playful) — 00:02:47
2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank cannot express how thankful he is to make videos; this should be the 500,000-subscriber video, but he needs no special occasion to thank viewers. (hedged) — 00:03:02
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — John: Feeling his pee-joke book was outclassed, John remembered that Nerdfighters had helped rebuild a school in cyclone-ravaged Bangladesh and wanted to tell Mortenson. — 00:01:03
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — John: At the cocktail party John told the man he took for Mortenson about Nerdfighters' pond sand filters, Kiva loans and the school, talking for twelve minutes without letting him speak. — 00:01:33
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — announcement: John: Hank turns 31 on Hanko de Mayo, May 5; because John is desperately trying to finish his book, he outsources Hank's birthday to Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:42
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to discuss ways to make Hank's birthday awesome in a Your Pants thread linked in the description, and tells Hank not to read it. — 00:02:57
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — announcement: John will do a Question Tuesday on Friday about things that don't make sense to new viewers, and asks for questions in the comments. — 00:03:11
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John reveals that the lie in his April Fools video was that there was no lie. (playful) — 00:01:57
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John: Helen Hunt has not yet heard Hank's Helen Hunt song, John says, pointing out that Helen Hunt has a Twitter. — 00:02:01
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — John gives Willy's full name as, technically, Wilson Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy Roberts. (playful) — 00:03:00
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — ask: John: Asked about Hanko de Mayo plans, John points viewers to the link in the doobly-doo and forbids Hank to click it, with a mock threat. — 00:03:05
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: The description gives the P.O. box for belated birthday greetings (no money) and invites birthday videos as video responses. — video description
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John: It is Thursday, May 5, 2011, Hanko de Mayo: Hank is 31. — 00:00:08
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John: The video responses below hold many birthday wishes for Hank from Nerdfighteria, which John will tweet and reblog all day. — 00:00:13
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John: Hank receives today a large box of birthday greetings from Nerdfighters around the world, mailed to an Ohio P.O. box run by Valerie2776. — 00:00:23
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: John: Nerdfighters who still want to can mail Hank a belated birthday card to the P.O. box in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:48
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. — 00:01:02
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: Hank inspired Nerdfighters to support building a well by traveling to Haiti with Water.org, John says. — 00:02:03
2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John: Hank would say none of this could be done without Nerdfighteria, which is true, but John says Nerdfighteria needs Hank just as he needs them, and thanks him. — 00:02:17
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank reports that on his birthday (5 May 2011) Helen Hunt tweeted at him that she had seen his videos. — 00:00:09
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank: A FedEx box arrived full of birthday gifts from Nerdfighters, including his Jayne hat, a taco dinner kit, duct-tape crafts and cards. — 00:00:43
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank calls a viewer-made 'Humpy Hank' birthday card, whose figure can hump different things at different speeds, the best birthday card of all time. (playful) — 00:01:44
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — announcement: Hank says that after a punishment drought three punishments are now owed: one for John not posting on Wednesday, and two (one per brother) for Nerdfighters getting Helen Hunt to see the Helen Hunt video. — 00:02:43
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — ask: Hank asks viewers to post punishment ideas in the comments and thumb up the ones they like. — 00:03:05
2011-05-09 · Trading Underwear for Rice Crispy Treats: Queens Day in Amsterdam (Thoughts from Places) — John met Nerdfighter Tobias, the only person in Amsterdam not wearing orange, and says the orange-clad crowds make him anxious. (playful) — 00:01:01
2011-05-18 · The Education Continuum WARNER CHILCOTTED — John says that in his opinion the soft-hard continuum is complete nonsense, using 'Warner Chilcott' in place of a swear word. — 00:00:49
2011-05-20 · How to Vlog: From the Vlogbrothers — Hank says his one imagined viewer started out as his brother, whom he knew how to please; now it is an amalgam of all of Nerdfighteria. — 00:01:07
2011-05-20 · How to Vlog: From the Vlogbrothers — ask: Hank says people can vlog however they want, but he encourages all viewers to vlog, and to do it well. — 00:02:54
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — ask: John asks Nerdfighters whether they like his shirt-jacket combo: he will wear it at a party only if they do. (playful) — 00:00:16
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John recalls that when the Yeti was pregnant with Henry, Nerdfighteria illustrated his favourite out-of-print picture book, Gus Is a Bug, so he could read it to Henry. — 00:01:23
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John says Suzanne Van Leir went the extra mile, turning her Gus Is a Bug illustrations into an actual book that Henry loves, that is, chews on; he calls it amazing. — 00:01:32
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — ask: John: About nine months in advance, John begins asking Hank and Nerdfighteria not to spoil the book. — 00:02:07
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John says Tumblr seems to be the top destination for Nerdfighter jokes, Looking for Alaska quotations, DFTBA tattoos, Pizza John jokes and Humpy Hank sites. (hedged) — 00:02:50
2011-05-27 · Older Than Gravity In Bruges: Thoughts from Places — John woke up last Sunday (22 May 2011) in Bruges, joking about a night of beer, having left his toothbrush in Amsterdam, and set out to buy a toothbrush and Belgian chocolate. (playful) — 00:00:01
2011-05-27 · Older Than Gravity In Bruges: Thoughts from Places — John: Most Bruges shops were closed on Sunday morning; John found chocolate first, then many places without toothbrushes, until a small neighbourhood shop sold him one. (playful) — 00:00:27
2011-05-27 · Older Than Gravity In Bruges: Thoughts from Places — John met Nerdfighters from all over Belgium in a park, grateful to be part of a community that builds friendships while trying to make the world suck less. — 00:02:21
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — Hank: In pre-filmed footage Hank takes $512 that Nerdfighters gave him for his birthday, including Canadian money and euros, to the bank to donate to an organisation of his choosing. — 00:01:10
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — Hank: After converting the foreign money, Hank found Nerdfighters had given him $634.12 for his birthday to donate to a charity. — 00:01:46
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — announcement: Hank gives the money to Water.org, with whom he went to Haiti, and, inspired by Nerdfighteria's charity, doubles the amount. — 00:02:07
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — announcement: Hank reports via my.water.org/vlogbrothers that Savann Tabak has formed a well committee, created a budget and chosen a location and a guard for the well. — 00:02:25
2011-05-30 · Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family — ask: Hank again encourages viewers to follow Savann Tabak at my.water.org and to donate directly to Water.org rather than sending money to him first. — 00:02:38
2011-06-01 · The Evil Baby Orphanage Returns...for George Washington? — John recalls the Nerdfighter idea of the Evil Baby Orphanage: instead of time-travelling to kill evil people as babies, kidnap them and rehabilitate them there. — 00:00:08
2011-06-01 · The Evil Baby Orphanage Returns...for George Washington? — ask: John's non-rhetorical question: given history's complexity, how do we know who belongs in the Evil Baby Orphanage, and that our own lives would not land us there? He invites discussion in comments and Your Pants. — 00:02:05
2011-06-03 · I AM A BAD PERSON! — Hank says the discussion of whether George Washington was an evil person spread across Nerdfighteria, on Your Pants and in the comments. — 00:00:09
2011-06-03 · I AM A BAD PERSON! — Hank likes that a Nerdfighter called Deflin on Your Pants proposed listing criteria for entry to the Evil Baby Orphanage, and that most discussion focused on intent. — 00:00:21
2011-06-03 · I AM A BAD PERSON! — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to go a little vegetarian this month (June 2011), perhaps meat-free at lunch or meat only on weekends. — 00:02:44
2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — Hank proposes a punishment adapted from Corey Vidal's video where viewers clicked annotations to choose two items he blended and drank: viewers will pick two of six ingredients for John's sandwich. — 00:01:19
2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to suggest in the comments things to include in John's sandwiches. — 00:02:58
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John thanks the Belgian and Dutch Nerdfighters who came out to his events and the Dutch Literature Foundation for making his stay possible. — 00:01:19
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John says that in the almost ten months since Esther died, more than $10,000 has been raised for This Star Won't Go Out, and thanks Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:02
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John says the probable title of his new novel, and its central observation, were taken from a Nerdfighter, and thanks Nerdfighteria. (hedged) — 00:02:30
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — ask: John: Saying the brothers are not that creative, John asks Nerdfighteria what they would like to see happen and do on the tour (where to go is a separate conversation). — 00:02:39
2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — ask: John asks whether Nerdfighters would like him to read the audiobook, though it is a little weird because the book is narrated by a young woman. — 00:02:51
2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — ask: John points to a purchase link (outside the US the book is probably public domain and free) and asks readers, first-time or returning, even past haters, to read Gatsby with him. — 00:01:32
2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — John sets Hank's punishment as the one most popular in Nerdfighteria, Humpy Hank All Over Town: Hank must hump the town. (playful) — 00:02:23
2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — John's biggest inspiration is Nerdfighters: he writes books and makes videos to tell them interesting, hopefully helpful stories, as books changed his own life. — 00:02:47
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
2011-06-17 · Top 7 Tips for LIFE — ask: Hank hopes all Missoula Nerdfighters come to the shows, because he would like to see how many of them there are. — 00:03:49
2011-06-20 · On Religion — ask: In the description John invites viewers to continue the conversation about religion in Your Pants (yourpants.org). — video description
2011-06-20 · On Religion — John: Nerdfighters often ask whether the brothers are religious; they have been reluctant to discuss it because the quality of internet discourse about religion is atrocious. — 00:00:01
2011-06-20 · On Religion — John: Nerdfighteria has discussed these questions for years, some through a religious lens and some through a secular one; the lens interests John less than the questions. — 00:03:10
2011-06-23 · Do You Believe in God? — Hank thanks John for his Monday video: Nerdfighteria had long asked the question, and leaving it unanswered felt wrong, like a gap in their body of work. — 00:00:01
2011-06-24 · On Religion (Redux) — The description frames the video as closing an unplanned 'Religion Theme Week' and revisiting the 2011 vlogbrothers theme that the truth resists simplicity, so we must live with ambiguity. — video description
2011-06-24 · On Religion (Redux) — ask: In the description John again invites viewers to continue the conversation in Your Pants (yourpants.org). — video description
2011-06-24 · On Religion (Redux) — John: Likewise, John says, Nerdfighters are constantly inventing and evolving the definition of the word 'nerdfighter'. — 00:02:25
2011-06-27 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — announcement: Hank is playing a show with Harry and the Potters tomorrow night, which is scarier because they are the coolest people ever. — 00:01:59
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
2011-06-27 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — Hank: It is different for Hank because the people he does things for care about him and are understanding, a rare gift; he thanks viewers, and John for never stressing him out. — 00:03:24
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — John says he kind of stole the title from a Nerdfighter, Miss X. Rojas, on YouTube, and thanks Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:00
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John: The Fault in Our Stars is number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble; John thanks everyone who pre-ordered it. — 00:00:29
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — ask: John points to the pre-order link in the doobly-doo (dft.ba/tfios), where the book costs only about $9. — 00:00:29
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — John: In the last 24 hours Nerdfighters made hundreds of covers for The Fault in Our Stars, many really good, shown to a Sing-a-ma-jig concert. — 00:01:39
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John starts talking about The Great Gatsby today, but only its epigraph and first sentence, so no spoilers. — 00:02:13
2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John's assignment: read the first six chapters of Gatsby within two weeks from today, and there will be a quiz. (playful) — 00:03:12
2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank says the people who watch the videos helped more than he did, and thanks them. — 00:00:19
2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank thanks Nerdfighters for making this a huge deal and being part of something he thinks is historic in the timeline of the publishing industry. — 00:03:13
2011-07-04 · How to Turn Your Dumb Summer Job Into $162,000 — ask: John names the Nerdfighters to vote for in YouTube NextUp Europe: missxrojas, DeEelcoShow, BarryAldridge, dutchforn00bs, Beckie0, booksandquills, OMFGItsJackAndDean, tristopiatv, willsodyssey, thegearskeepturning, musicfromblueskies and tyrannosauruslexxx. — video description
2011-07-04 · How to Turn Your Dumb Summer Job Into $162,000 — ask: John: Many Nerdfighters reached the voting round of YouTube NextUp Europe; John links their entries and asks viewers to watch all the videos and vote, since they can shape YouTube's future. — 00:03:26
2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — John thanks Nerdfighters for continuing to make The Fault in Our Stars a bestseller on Amazon and Barnes & Noble: 'you're made of awesome'. — 00:02:29
2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — John: Nerdfighters Julie and Martha made a website asking whether all pre-orders of The Fault in Our Stars will be signed, John's favourite website ever, which answers a question he was asked hundreds of times this week (week of 4 July 2011). — 00:02:37
2011-07-08 · Kill the Dollar Bill! — ask: John reminds viewers to read the first six chapters of The Great Gatsby by Wednesday (13 July 2011): homework from YouTube. — 00:03:05
2011-07-11 · Hank Talks to NASA About the Space Shuttle — Hank says NASA has clearly embraced the spirit of Nerdfighteria, which means a great deal to him; he thanks NASA for understanding the community and Nerdfighteria for being awesome, noting that Charlie Bolden's boss is Barack Obama. — video description
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: John gives people who haven't yet read the first six chapters of The Great Gatsby an extension until Monday (18 July 2011). — 00:00:00
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — John reports he is at LeakyCon 2011, which he jokingly calls Hogwarts, with many nerdfighters downstairs. — 00:00:00
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: John apologises to Nerdfighters for not talking about The Great Gatsby in this video, because he has been sick. — video description
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — John says he feels guilty that his social anxiety disorder makes it impossible for him to take pictures with nerdfighters or hug strangers. — 00:00:21
2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — ask: John tells viewers who want a Vlogbrothers video of Hank saying their ten words to buy a copy of Ellen Hardcastle and await emailed instructions. — 00:01:27
2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — Hank says he is at LeakyCon but pre-recorded this video along with his new Harry Potter posters. — 00:00:00
2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — Hank says LeakyCon has been amazing and he is about to go to a huge Nerdfighter gathering there. — video description
2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — Hank declines to describe LeakyCon: absentees would feel they are missing out, and words would not capture it for attendees. — 00:02:57
2011-07-15 · Harry Freaking Potter — announcement: Hank shows his album Ellen Hardcastle, thanks buyers and says he looks forward to making videos with their scripts. — 00:03:41
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — Hank tells John that what was just shown was the Nerdfighter gathering John missed because of his 'stupid gallbladder'. — 00:00:03
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — Hank says those who were there can attest the gathering was fun without John. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:03
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — Hank says he hurt his neck at LeakyCon. — 00:00:24
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank reports Billboard called him because Ellen Hardcastle is charting, and tells viewers they made him chart, admitting he is a little teary. — 00:03:07
2011-07-25 · I Am Not a P#$$Y - this video contains mild swear words. — Hank says that at LeakyCon a young woman asked him how he dealt with bullying, and it troubles him that he could not give her a good answer. — 00:02:48
2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John says Penguin told him it had watched the comments and Nerdfighters wanted the book before May, and credits their 'hardcore pre-ordering' for the earlier date. — 00:00:28
2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John says Nerdfighters raised $150,000 in 48 hours during the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:08
2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John lists other Nerdfighter feats: getting Hank's album on the Billboard charts, chartering airplanes of medical supplies to Haiti, and getting Helen Hunt to hear the Helen Hunt song. — 00:01:15
2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John says a Nerdfighter guessed on her blog he would have to sign 70,000 books in about 180 days and couldn't; he must sign twice as many in half the time and says he will. — 00:01:29
2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — announcement: John explains the boxes hold 150,000 pages he signs, which go to Pennsylvania to be bound into the book with a cover that doesn't exist yet; he shows Nerdfighter-designed covers. — 00:02:06
2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John reports Nerdfighters voted in a Your Pants poll on his Sharpie colour; green won, but rejecting winner-take-all he will split colours like a German federal parliament (40% green, 20% purple). (playful) — 00:03:01
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank says Esther was an awesome Nerdfighter who did amazing things with her friends; she would have turned 17 today had she not died of cancer. — 00:00:00
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank says he and John have a long-standing agreement (jokingly 'from birth') not to use the L-word about each other, though Nerdfighteria kept asking why they never say they love each other. (playful) — 00:00:58
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — ask: Hank tells viewers that this is what Esther Day is about: tell the people you love that you love them so that they know. — 00:01:56
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — ask: Hank asks viewers to say in the comments who they love and how they're going to tell them. — 00:02:26
2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank says John missed a video because he was having his gallbladder removed, so as a medical exception viewers don't get to punish him. — 00:02:55
2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — ask: The description invites viewers to pre-order John's new book, The Fault in Our Stars. — video description
2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! — Hank says the idea would not be possible without Nerdfighteria and thanks Nerdfighteria for supporting it and for being a source of tremendous inspiration. — 00:02:25
2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! — ask: Hank tells John to stop watching, then asks viewers curious about August 24 to sign up at nerdfighters.com within two days to learn how to join the celebrations; the description calls it a secret project for John. — 00:02:25
2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — John says he owes a punishment but cannot do the sandwich punishment, because his gallbladder was recently removed; he declines to show the scars. — 00:01:35
2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John says he brought the sheets because he cannot take a week off from signing: everyone who pre-orders The Fault in Our Stars gets a signed book, and 5% will be Hanklerfished. — 00:03:00
2011-08-17 · Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT! — announcement: Hank adds that The Fault in Our Stars is available at a link below and all copies will be signed. — 00:02:54
2011-08-17 · Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT! — John says the brothers love making awesome stuff with awesome people, always have, and feel very lucky to be part of a community where that happens. — 00:03:30
2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — announcement: John says his novel The Fault in Our Stars comes out in January and all pre-ordered copies will be signed. — video description
2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — John says someone told him gallbladder surgery is no big deal and afterwards he'd feel like he'd done a thousand crunches, which sounds horrible to him. (playful) — 00:01:11
2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — announcement: John says the brothers are such big fans of Michael 'Whatthebuck' Buckley that they are stealing his Buck Factor idea; the title and description name it Nerd Factor. — 00:02:02
2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who recently made an awesome video deserving a wider audience to post it as a video response; the brothers will watch all and feature a few in a future video. — 00:02:02
2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Nerdfighters made John a 367-day calendar, August 24, 2011 to August 24, 2012 (a leap year), each page a design, thought, idea or gift from a different Nerdfighter. — 00:00:58
2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank made the first and last pages; the last collects extra submissions, because Nerdfighteria sent far more pages than could be used. — 00:01:41
2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — announcement: Hank: Having enough for a second year, Hank says that in the coming months they will create enough pages for a page-a-day calendar for the rest of John's life. — 00:01:41
2011-08-24 · HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! — Hank says he is heading to FedEx to send the calendar overnight so John has it for August 25. — 00:02:04
2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. — John checks the date on his calendar and thanks someone for it (apparently the Nerdfighters' birthday calendar). (playful) — 00:00:00
2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. — John: Asked to do Question Tuesday with peanut butter face, John does it briefly and says he is proud of his career as a man who puts peanut butter on his face. (playful) — 00:02:23
2011-08-29 · A Letter to the Aliens — ask: Hank asks John and Nerdfighters, in comments or a video response, what they would say to aliens if they could, calling it a really interesting exercise. — 00:03:42
2011-08-31 · How to Become An Adult — John says Ilene is the only reason Looking for Alaska exists, he has a job writing books, and there is Brotherhood 2.0 or Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:46
2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank announces that, for the first time, there are vlogbrothers posters, for sale now at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:26
2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — Hank thanks the Nerdfighters who designed the posters: Ryan for one shown on screen, Lorian for the llama poster, and Vondel Swain for the Ellen Hardcastle Hank Green one. — 00:00:26
2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says posters must be ordered on their own, without other DFTBA items, because they ship in a tube; to make up for it, poster shipping is free. — 00:02:20
2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says the Nerd Factor contest received about 6,000 entries, so getting through them is taking a while; many are really amazing. — 00:02:48
2011-09-07 · The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes — announcement: In the description John says his new novel The Fault in Our Stars is available for preorder and all preorders will be autographed. — video description
2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — announcement: Hank says the posters are out of stock but should be back hopefully by Monday (12 September 2011); viewers can back-order them at DFTBA.com and they will ship when they arrive. (hedged) — 00:01:29
2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — Hank says there are many great Nerdfighters on Tumblr, which amazes him as a place that encourages creation in a new, interesting, fun and fascinating way. — 00:03:11
2011-09-09 · 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III — Hank says anything anyone does with the letters DFTBA, however impermanent, might be seen by another Nerdfighter and make their day. — 00:03:36
2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John thinks some Nerdfighters were put off by Hank's Friday video, feeling he did not address 9/11 directly or seriously enough. (hedged) — 00:01:04
2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John says the great thing is that the brothers are not the only Nerdfighters: thousands work together through YouTube comments, Twitter, Tumblr, the Ning and Your Pants to improve the maps, making better maps than anyone could alone. — 00:01:50
2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography — John says Nerdfighters call each other to pay attention: in short, Nerdfighteria is in the business of reminding each other to be awesome, and he would argue business is good. — 00:02:20
2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com — ask: Hank wants all of Nerdfighteria to sign up for ReadIt1st at readit1st.com and to tell their friends. — 00:03:17
2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com — Hank says he created ReadIt1st for the world but with Nerdfighters, a resource only he and John have, and thanks them for everything they have created together. — 00:03:20
2011-09-16 · Narrowly Avoiding Arrest: Some Airport Insanity — ask: In the description John says the entire first printing of The Fault in Our Stars will be signed and suggests today may be the day to order it. — video description
2011-09-20 (said on 2011-09-19, implied) · Fifth Anniversary with The Katherine — Katherine Green: Katherine says she is appreciative of Nerdfighteria but, loving to hang out with Hank, is a little bit jealous of it sometimes. — 00:01:20
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — announcement: John says they have finally gone through almost 2,000 Nerd Factor video entries and chosen six winners. — 00:00:00
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — announcement: John's list of Nerd Factor winners also names 'Fictional Characters: Emotional Pain?' by lindseythenerdiest, 'Chicago Adventure and the Dark Night' by MitenSoni, the 'Bizarre Fruits' song by Kaysysconundrum and 'Thomas Jefferson: The Musical' by theonlinemusical. — video description
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John says the idea of Nerd Factor was blatantly stolen from Michael Buckley of What the Buck. — video description
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John thanks Danica and Stan for helping with Nerd Factor, and everyone who took part. — video description
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John says he cannot believe how much talent there is in Nerdfighteria and is sick that only six winners can be picked when there could be hundreds. — 00:00:34
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner one, an unpretentious, well-edited, funny, authentic video blog that has only about 117 views and three likes and deserves a wider audience. — 00:00:34
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner two, a Thoughts from Places video from Bloemfontein, South Africa, that he says improved on the format; its maker has no subscribers, a problem John says 'we can fix'. — 00:01:23
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John names winners three to five: a song about bizarre fruits, a rant about romanticizing fictional characters, and what he calls the best musical about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. — 00:01:58
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner six, the Permafrost music video: he can't stop listening to it, and her other songs are just as good. — 00:03:26
2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — announcement: John leaves video responses open on this video so viewers can find work made by nerdfighters there. — 00:03:26
2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — John says he will explain credit crunches, why they are so evil, and how Nerdfighteria could dramatically decrease world suck by becoming better bankers. — 00:00:00
2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — John has joined the Kiva Nerdfighters group, which has loaned more than $33,000. — 00:02:55
2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — ask: John encourages Nerdfighters to check out and join the Kiva.org Nerdfighter group and lend, from as little as $25, saying they can do even better. — 00:02:55
2011-09-26 · Awesome Bankers? — announcement: John: In a PS John says the Keep Calm and DFTBA posters are not just a rhetorical gambit but actually for sale at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:24
2011-09-28 · Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking — announcement: Hank will pick five frames and viewers will vote on which he should get, as he did with his current glasses some four years ago. — 00:00:00
2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — John reports Nerdfighters have loaned more than $55,000 to entrepreneurs in the developing world through Kiva, and says Nerdfighters are made of awesome. — 00:00:24
2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — John: After singing about his spinny chair, John apologizes, saying he promised Nerdfighteria he wouldn't sing anymore. (playful) — 00:02:43
2011-10-03 · The LHC and Alex's Survey — Hank thanks viewers: no one would talk to him about awesome things if it weren't for them. — 00:02:07
2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — announcement: John says that, however the next month goes, he is going to sign every copy of The Fault in Our Stars, and thanks Nerdfighters for giving him such a wonderful problem. — 00:01:53
2011-10-14 · Defying Wadsworth! — announcement: John: Laurena Segura, Nerd Factor winner for her song 'Permafrost', has an EP out on iTunes through DFTBA Records by popular demand, with 'Permafrost', a song in French and 'Fireflies of Montreal', which John plays. — 00:01:01
2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — announcement: John: Excited by the fan-designed covers for The Fault in Our Stars, Penguin will let Nerdfighteria design the new cover of An Abundance of Katherines; one submission becomes the actual cover, maybe forever. — 00:01:02
2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — ask: John asks viewers to submit covers via abundanceofcovers.com (linked in the doobly-doo), joking that the future of An Abundance of Katherines depends on it. — 00:01:02
2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — John: Asked by a viewer who grew to hate pizza, John says he once stopped liking pizza because he had a diseased gallbladder and needed abdominal surgery, so yes, something is wrong. (playful) — 00:01:32
2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday next week (week of 24 October 2011) as well and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in comments. — 00:02:30
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — ask: Hank asks all of Nerdfighteria to dress poorly in commiseration with John and post photos tagged 'signing psychosis', preferably on Tumblr or Twitter, so they can laugh at them. (playful) — 00:00:00
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank especially loves it when groups of Nerdfighters get together and do cool things without the brothers even knowing. — 00:00:29
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank: A group of people worked for nine months on an iOS game, John and Hank's Awesome Adventure, starring the brothers; asked what they needed, the makers wanted the brothers' voices. — 00:00:29
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — announcement: Hank: The makers gave the brothers a cut of the game's proceeds, which they are putting into a fund Hank cannot talk about yet. — 00:00:58
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — recommendation: Hank thanks the game's makers, led by the person who put the project together, and says the game is fun and costs $1.99. — 00:01:27
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank cites the hundreds of people who designed covers for The Fault in Our Stars as another example of Nerdfighters doing something awesome together. — 00:01:27
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank says the fan-cover project convinced a publishing company, for the first time in history, to put a book in bookstores with a cover designed by its fans. — 00:01:27
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank finds it interesting that so many Nerdfighters dislike the TFiOS cover, when it is only so good because of them. — 00:01:56
2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — recommendation: Hank recommends two blog posts on the cover: one by Karen Kavett, Nerdfighteria's unofficial chief creative officer for years, and one by the Yeti, John's wife and a modern-art museum curator. — 00:01:56
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John thanks everyone for joining in Signing Psychosis: Nerdfighteria's fashion sense is getting worse along with his, which makes him feel better. (playful) — 00:00:09
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — ask: John: At Holiday Park in Indianapolis, John asks Nerdfighters to explain the park's weird fake ruins, hoping their combined research powers can figure them out. — 00:02:07
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John recalls that Nerdfighters uncovered the story of Ivan the Terrible's library and found the truth about Gussie Manlove. — 00:02:11
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John says the ruins in the Indianapolis park were built as fake ruins but have kind of become real ruins through decades of neglect. (hedged) — 00:02:16
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — announcement: John: Your Pants, which would suit this research, is still broken, so John suggests a forum on the Ning or the YouTube comments instead. (playful) — 00:02:30
2011-10-24 · Signing Psychosis Takes Over — John says he knows many Nerdfighters, himself included, have struggled or are struggling with mental illness. — 00:03:04
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — John tells Nerdfighters not to punish him: Hank permitted this longer-than-four-minutes, unedited video, which saves him time for signing books. (playful) — 00:00:14
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — ask: John points to doobly-doo links to pre-order a signed copy; all copies will be signed, nobody should feel obligated, and he prefers they reach Nerdfighter homes. — 00:27:40
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — John thanks viewers for making it possible to sign all these books, after three months of TV, audiobooks and signing; it has been fun and he is grateful. — 00:28:13
2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — John closes with an inside joke he says viewers will get, 'French the llama', running straight into thanks for making his career possible by watching into the 36th minute. (playful) — 00:30:01
2011-10-31 · Pumpkin Slashing, Sexy Watermelons, and Zombie Tools with Jayne — ask: Hank: Saying Halloween can sexify anything, Hank playfully challenges the world and Nerdfighteria to create a sexy Marie Curie costume for him; he has not found one yet. (playful) — 00:00:20
2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 they created the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers gave the money to things like Save the Children and train fare for two Nerdfighters to meet. — 00:00:37
2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — announcement: John announces that as part of P4A 2011 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck comes back, with no stupid stuff: Nerdfighteria will pool money and choose together how to spend it to decrease the most world suck. — 00:01:07
2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — announcement: John says that afterwards they will teach other courses, such as literature, chemistry or physics, whatever Nerdfighteria wants. — 00:01:19
2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — announcement: John: Anticipating angry comments that Nerdfighteria will die, John says Vlogbrothers videos aren't changing: same Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule and basement shooting. — 00:02:42
2011-11-07 · IS THIS HEAVEN? — John says Nerdfighteria has long been his hometown and he is not moving; the new channels only bring more nerdy, awesome stuff into the world. — 00:02:42
2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — Hank reports he did go a month without meat after his video about it, though he never talked about it again; his life became very cheese-centric. — 00:02:40
2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — Hank says giving up meat is not an easy life choice and it is clear why most people eat meat: it is delicious and easy; he doubts his cheese-heavy month was healthy. — 00:02:40
2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — announcement: Hank announces the Project for Awesome is happening again this year (2011) on December 17th. — 00:02:40
2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: With the brothers' match, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has already raised more than $8,000, to be distributed through the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:23
2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: The graphs of Nerdfighter Kiva loans show that Nerdfighters like food and prefer to lend to women. — 00:02:17
2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John suggests Nerdfighters prefer lending to women perhaps because Nerdfighters are mostly women. (hedged) — 00:02:17
2011-11-14 · T-Shirt and Jeans - A Song — announcement: Hank says that despite nerdfighters who think his music belongs on other channels, he will do music on vlogbrothers when he feels like it. — 00:03:20
2011-11-16 · Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME — John wonders whether zombies, being 'ex-human', are still people, and says he loves zombie apocalypses because they ask the big questions. (playful, unsure) — 00:00:29
2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John: Before Chicago, John was at Brilliance Audio, his audiobook publisher, narrating The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:35
2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — announcement: John: There will be two audiobooks of The Fault in Our Stars: the real one narrated by Kate Rudd, available everywhere, and John's, only in a physical limited-edition box set from DFTBA. — 00:00:41
2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — John says Kate Rudd sounds exactly like Hazel and her recording is brilliant, while he sounds like a 34-year-old man, which makes for awkward moments. — 00:00:49
2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to continue the conversation in the comments. — 00:03:26
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John reads Chapter 2 of his new book The Fault in Our Stars aloud, thanking his publisher Penguin for allowing it. — 00:00:07
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — John says he is nervous: apart from recording the audiobook, he has never read the book aloud. — 00:01:23
2011-11-25 · Chapter TWO of The Fault in Our Stars — ask: John puts links in the doobly-doo to all the places viewers can pre-order the book. — 00:22:54
2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank jokes that his outdoorsy Montana friends mostly watch his videos of humping things or wearing a dress, and thanks Nerdfighteria for paying attention without the dress. (playful) — 00:00:00
2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — ask: Hank: The Project for Awesome happens again on December 17th and 18th; Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote videos then and clear their schedules. — 00:03:24
2011-12-05 · 5 Worst Typos of History — ask: John points viewers to doobly-doo links to pre-order a signed copy of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:03:08
2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — Hank says nothing is changing with the Project for Awesome: it has always used the online video community, and Nerdfighteria specifically, to make great content for non-profits and to promote and curate the best videos. — 00:02:19
2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank: Videos will be submitted at projectforawesome.com, not fully working until P4A begins at noon on December 17th; people, Hank included, are already making their P4A videos. — 00:02:58
2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank: Viewers will be able to vote for the charities in P4A videos; the most-voted charities get a piece of the money being raised for P4A, already over $10,000. — 00:03:27
2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank's own Project for Awesome video will come on Saturday, not Friday, because that is when P4A is. — 00:03:27
2011-12-14 · Greek Phallic Disco Golf Balls: A Free Association Game — ask: John announces the brothers will play a game of word association and that viewers will then continue the game in the comments. — 00:00:09
2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: The official time to upload P4A videos is noon Eastern time tomorrow, Saturday, December 17th. — 00:00:00
2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: No funny business: the P4A Fund money is distributed to the charities that get the most votes at projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:47
2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: ProjectForAwesome.com launches at noon for submitting videos; each video's charity goes into a database and people vote on whether they deem it worthy and like the video. — 00:00:47
2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: A guide shows how to vote for a charity seen in a video: search for it on the site (e.g. the Foundation to Decrease World Suck) and click vote. — 00:01:16
2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: Video makers should tag 'P4A' and 'P4A 2011', use the P4A thumbnail if they are partners, upload at noon, and submit the video at projectforawesome.com so its charity can get P4A Fund money. — 00:01:16
2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank will start off the P4A live stream at noon tomorrow and John will join shortly after. — 00:02:35
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: The citizens of Savann Tabak had asked one of Water.org's partner organizations to help them build a well; their water source was a muddy hole about a 20-minute walk away. — 00:00:29
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: Back home, Hank told viewers about the villagers and asked them to donate to Water.org; working together, Nerdfighteria gave the village something it needed. — 00:00:29
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank names several villagers and says they now have a well, thanks to Nerdfighteria and Water.org. — 00:00:58
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank: Because of the well, villagers spend less time fetching water and being sick, leaving more time to grow their economy and educate themselves and their children. — 00:00:58
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — ask: Hank asks viewers to consider donating to Water.org, which he says does it well and does it right. — 00:01:53
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — ask: Hank asks viewers to vote for Water.org at projectforawesome.com so it gets a share of the Project for Awesome fund. — 00:01:53
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank thanks everyone who gave, calling the well one of the most amazing, touching and inspiring things he has ever been part of. — 00:01:53
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — announcement: Hank will see John on the P4A livestream; an end-screen video explains what the Project for Awesome is and how to take part. — 00:01:53
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: In the last 48 hours the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raised $75,000. — 00:00:03
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Alex Day is donating the proceeds from remixes of his song Forever Yours to charity, which John says will come to $15,000. — 00:00:03
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Other P4A projects also succeeded, such as iJustine's project to get wells built in the developing world and Rosie raising money for the Stroke Association. — 00:00:43
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Added up, the Project for Awesome raised more than $100,000. — 00:00:43
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: The Project for Awesome generated thousands of videos about charities, millions of views, tens of thousands of tweets and hundreds of thousands of comments. — 00:00:43
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: To fulfil a P4A challenge Hank released a picture of himself as an eight-year-old, which Nerdfighteria began to remix; John shows and loves the remixes. (playful) — 00:01:13
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John says this was the most fun he has had at the Project for Awesome since 2007. — 00:01:13
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — announcement: John: The foundation will distribute the money according to how the community decided it should be distributed; more in the coming weeks. — 00:01:13
2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John calls Hank's P4A video about the well Nerdfighteria built in Haiti amazing; it reminded him how lucky they are to be in the Nerdfighter community and he is to be Hank's brother. — 00:02:25
2011-12-21 · 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! — announcement: Hank hopes that by Friday (23 December 2011) John will have the Project for Awesome voting results, showing which charities get the money everyone raised. (hedged) — 00:03:07
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John: As word spread, more and more Nerdfighters on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook pledged not to read the book before January 10, or not to spoil it for the majority who receive it then. — 00:01:52
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John says the week reminded him never to underestimate Nerdfighteria, which is always an 'A number one' community. — 00:02:21
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — ask: John wants everyone to have the same reading opportunity and thanks viewers in advance for not posting spoilers; he closes with 'Please don't post spoilers.' — 00:02:21
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — ask: John: The Fault in Our Stars is still available for pre-order, and meanwhile viewers can read John's other books (the description names Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns). — 00:02:50
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John thanks Nerdfighters for caring not just about Hank's music, his books and their videos but about each other, and calls himself very lucky. — 00:02:50
2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank announces the P4A charities by votes: Kids in Need of Desks fifth (915), Kiva fourth (1,043), the Harry Potter Alliance third (1,393), Water.org second (2,000), This Star Won't Go Out first (2,224). — 00:00:00
2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — announcement: Hank: Kiva's share will be split: half to running and maintaining Kiva.org, half to loans for entrepreneurs in the developing world. — 00:00:00
2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank says Nerdfighteria knows what it's doing (of the Harry Potter Alliance) and notes Water.org was the one he suggested. (playful) — 00:00:29
2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank: Each of the five charities will receive $14,269.22: the roughly $71,000 raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck divided by five. — 00:00:58

Also named in: Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012

2012

2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John says five years ago he would never have guessed there would be a Nerdfighteria, a Project for Awesome, In Your Pants jokes or an Evil Baby Orphanage (which still doesn't exist but should). — 00:00:00
2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John says the other reason is that, in trying to make three videos a week, they let slide the project-based nerdfighter work of increasing awesome and decreasing world suck. — 00:01:37
2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to say in the comments what they would like to see more of from the brothers, and in the community, in 2012. — 00:02:06
2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John acknowledges that change sucks and says he hopes Nerdfighters understand. — 00:02:06
2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — John says Nerdfighteria has shaped TFIOS in so many ways he can't list them, as readers will probably see. — 00:02:46
2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) · TFiOS PARTY! — announcement: Hank warns that buyers of the audiobook from DFTBA Records should not watch its DVD before reading or listening to the book, because the DVD contains spoilers. — 00:01:07
2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) · TFiOS PARTY! — Hank thanks everyone who has bought and is reading The Fault in Our Stars and posting pictures of themselves with it on Tumblr. — 00:01:32
2012-01-20 · Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans — Hank thanks the internet, President Obama, Nerdfighters and John. — 00:02:01
2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — John: Asked how being number one feels, John calls it ridiculous, says he loves Nerdfighteria and that, much as he'd like credit, it has nothing to do with him. — 00:00:51
2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — Hank says Nerdfighters would have pre-ordered even a horrible book, but John instead wrote an amazing book. (playful) — 00:00:51
2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank thanks the many people who made the tour possible, especially those who came out and were enthusiastic, and says he doesn't know how he got so lucky. — 00:03:18
2012-02-14 · Things I Can Do — recommendation: John recommends The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by longtime Nerdfighter Jennifer Smith: beautifully written, super romantic and extremely thoughtful. — 00:00:29
2012-02-14 · Things I Can Do — ask: John says Thought Bubble, who animate Crash Course, are kickstarting a documentary; if enough Nerdfighters help fund it, Nerdfighteria will be its executive producers. Link in the description. — 00:02:55
2012-03-09 · The Future of Manned Space Exploration — Hank converts the SLS lift capacity into more than 23,000 puppy-sized elephants. (joke) — 00:01:08
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says that this year (2012) the Foundation to Decrease World Suck distributed more than $88,000 to charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community. — video description
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — announcement: John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, a Nerdfighteria project for over five years, is finally becoming an actual charity that can take tax-deductible donations; the process is ongoing and complicated. — 00:00:30
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says more than $16,500 went to each of five charities chosen by Nerdfighteria: Kids in Need of Desks, This Star Won't Go Out, the HP Alliance, Water.org and Kiva. — 00:00:59
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John thanks Nerdfighters for their hard work during the Project for Awesome and points to how much suck was decreased. — 00:01:24
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John explains Kiva.org lets regular people lend to developing-world entrepreneurs (he lent to a farmer in Peru and a shopkeeper in South Sudan), who repay, giving them cheap credit others take for granted. — 00:01:24
2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John hopes many Nerdfighters take the offer so the group grows and they discover the wonders of microfinance. (hedged) — 00:02:52
2012-03-16 (said on 2012-03-17, implied) · Exiting the FRIENDZONE — ask: Hank: Since viewers probably can't manage either door, Hank suggests alleviating others' suffering through Kiva and asks them to join Nerdfighteria's group so it becomes the biggest. — 00:03:35
2012-03-16 (said on 2012-03-17, implied) · Exiting the FRIENDZONE — Hank says Nerdfighteria now has the second-largest group of all time on Kiva. — 00:03:43
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — announcement: John says he is going to the Netherlands this week (week of 19 March 2012); there will be a Nerdfighter gathering in Amsterdam on Friday night, with info in the description. — 00:00:26
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — ask: John lets the Crash Course theme play the video out and asks Nerdfighters who haven't checked out the show to do so. — 00:03:20
2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John thanks the Dutch Nerdfighter community for its support and his Dutch publisher Lemniscaat for bringing him back to Amsterdam, the city he loves so much. — video description
2012-03-30 · Springtime Hunger Games Zit Bully Walk — Hank: When Hank had a landline, nerdfighters who phoned him worried that his number was publicly listed, and he had to explain that that is what a phone book is. (playful) — 00:00:00
2012-03-30 · Springtime Hunger Games Zit Bully Walk — Hank says YouTube, online video and Nerdfighteria are like that: always changing, but always cool, exciting and breathtaking. — 00:02:26
2012-04-03 · Idiotic Governance: How Our Political Discourse Hurts Our Economy — John says many conservative Nerdfighters probably now think he is a big pinko communist, but he is not. (playful) — 00:02:22
2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank proposes that his title at 'Vlogbrothers Enterprises' become 'Hank Green, President of Space, Nerdfighteria' and asks John whether he can be president of space. (playful) — 00:01:01
2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank: Having met them, Hank calls the Northrop Grumman space sciences people good, some of the smartest in the world, and fun despite their big bureaucratic organization; they praised Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:27
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — ask: John: In a P.S., John asks Nerdfighters what they are doing for Hanko de Mayo and hopes they will do lots of fun nerdfightastic things. (hedged) — 00:02:52
2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — announcement: John says he has a present for Hank that involves the viewers, which he will reveal on Hanko de Mayo. — 00:02:52
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — ask: The description gives John's own email to his congressperson and senators to copy, amend or replace, as Nerdfighteria tells elected officials that increasing awesome through scientific exploration matters. — video description
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — ask: John asks viewers outside the US to contact their own representatives too, since the James Webb Space Telescope is a collaboration among many nations and their government is likely involved. — video description
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John thanks the people at NASA and Northrop Grumman who made Hank's present possible, especially Ron Birk, Charlie Atkinson and Rolf Danner, and Michael Gardner at EcoGeek for facilitating it. — video description
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John: For Hank's birthday John wrote an email to his congressman, Andre Carson, asking him to make sure NASA gets the funding it needs. — 00:01:13
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to join him in wishing Hank happy birthday by writing to their own elected officials; how-to information is in the description. — 00:01:43
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John gives Hank a second present: part of Webb's primary mirror backbone support structure (PMBSS), a spare part Northrop Grumman sent for Hank. — 00:01:43
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John: Video responses are open, with birthday wishes for Hank from all over Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:41
2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — ask: John urges viewers to contact their politicians: it is easy, and they listen because they are scared of you. (playful) — 00:02:41
2012-05-08 · Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote — John goes to the wrong polling place and has to try again; on the upside he meets two nerdfighting poll workers. (playful) — 00:01:38
2012-05-15 · Religion and Gay Marriage — ask: The description invites viewers to continue the conversation in comments, remembering that Nerdfighteria is about respect and generosity. — video description
2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product — ask: John: Unsure, John asks Nerdfighters whether Chrysler, super PACs and scammy online dating sites should fund Nerdfighteria and whether to be okay with being the product, to discuss in comments. (hedged) — 00:02:33
2012-05-25 · The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody) — ask: Hank invites a conversation: if people want YouTube neither ad-supported nor free, or know a way to run an online company without auctioning users' psyches and habits, let's talk. — 00:02:45
2012-06-01 · Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics — John: Asked for one goal this year (2012), John says he would like to do a couple of cool projects with Nerdfighteria, noting he and Hank work on different scales. — 00:03:25
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — announcement: John: Asked what happened to the An Abundance of Katherines cover contest, John says it is part of why he is going to New York: on Thursday (7 June 2012) he announces the winner and reveals the cover. — 00:00:31
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John confirms that the Yeti (his wife Sarah) is a nerdfighter. (playful) — 00:01:56
2012-06-12 · Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo — announcement: John was at BEA for interviews and signings and to reveal the new An Abundance of Katherines cover, designed by a 17-year-old longtime nerdfighter who then left for her prom. — 00:00:29
2012-06-12 · Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo — John met nerdfighters (one gave him a singamajig), spoke to an enormous room, and ate dinner with Shannon Hale and M. T. Anderson, with whom he once broke into abandoned buildings in Detroit. — 00:01:27
2012-06-15 · Flinching in the Shower — Hank says Nerdfighteria has been a primary source of inspiration for him for five years, and he has become obsessed with ideas bigger than us: identify problems, think creatively about solutions, then act. — 00:02:18
2012-06-15 · Flinching in the Shower — ask: Hank asks people to leave the problems they see, from small ones like YouTube's subscription system to big ones like hunger, with (not actual) points for uniqueness and for rarely commenting. — 00:02:51
2012-06-15 · Flinching in the Shower — ask: Hank asks viewers who don't have a copy to order it now or buy it at their local independent bookstore. — 00:03:41
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — John says that on Friday Hank asked Nerdfighters to share their problems, they did, and John is here to help solve them. — 00:00:00
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — ask: John says participating is more fun than watching and gives three easy ways to be nerdfightastic: a free first Kiva loan, reading Fahrenheit 451, and replying to comments with niceness, which is surprisingly entertaining. — 00:02:39
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! — announcement: John, also an older Nerdfighter, says he has created a Facebook group for older Nerdfighters so they feel less alone. — 00:03:10
2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to prepare punishment ideas for Hank and leave them in the comments. (playful) — 00:02:21
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank says he did make a video, and that the punishment ideas viewers suggested for him on John's last video could easily apply to John, who has at least one outstanding punishment. (playful) — 00:00:00
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank calls one suggestion, driving to Canada with only Mountain Dew, bread, peanut butter and $14, very good; it might be funny enough to do anyway, but he doesn't want to be blacklisted. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:22
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank mentions an idea for John's punishment: a livestream of John watching the Twilight movies, 'a full day of torture'. (playful) — 00:00:22
2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John recaps VidCon: Hank performed with Felicia Day and George Watsky before thousands, Meghan Tonjes sang about John's book, they met nerdfighters, discussed educational video, watched a Gregory Brother hula-hoop. — 00:00:37
2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — announcement: John says the Nerdfighter Book Club is reading Fahrenheit 451; the first assignment is to finish Part One, 'The Hearth and the Salamander', by next Tuesday (10 July 2012). — 00:01:36
2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — announcement: John says both brothers will read Fahrenheit 451 and make videos about it; their readings will probably differ, letting the community discuss how and why we read and what is fulfilling. (hedged) — 00:01:36
2012-07-10 · Feeling More Alive: Fahrenheit 451's The Hearth and the Salamander — ask: John says he'd like to know what viewers thought of the book and what makes their lives feel meaningful, to continue the conversation in comments. — 00:04:16
2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — Hank also thinks that, as a science-fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451 sketches its culture poorly, though it is a short book; he may save that discussion for next time. (hedged) — video description
2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — Hank says John was terribly unfair to single out Clarisse as unrealistic in a novel full of unrealistic characters; as a professional constructor of fake teenagers John may be hypersensitive; Hank likes her. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — Hank is thankful to the book for helping him examine himself and understand what he loves about life; he doesn't care how it does it, as long as it does. — 00:03:24
2012-07-31 · Nerd Olympics — announcement: John announces that Friday is Esther Day, honoring Esther, who inspired much of The Fault in Our Stars and Nerdfighteria, by telling people we love that we love them. — 00:02:03
2012-07-31 · Nerd Olympics — John loves Esther Day and is grateful to Esther for the gift of making people say 'I love you' to each other. — 00:02:32
2012-08-03 · I Don't Understand My Life — Hank: Esther Earl was a Nerdfighter the brothers met in 2009 at the first LeakyCon; she and her friends were and remain very important to Nerdfighteria; she had lived with cancer a long time. — 00:02:08
2012-08-03 · I Don't Understand My Life — ask: Hank: This Esther Day viewers 'get a gold medal in love' if they say 'I love you' to people they don't usually say it to; don't take love for granted or assume people know how you feel. — 00:03:03
2012-08-03 · I Don't Understand My Life — Hank thanks Nerdfighteria for spreading these ideas and making the world suck less, more awesome and a little weirder. — 00:03:29
2012-08-07 · An Open Letter to Students Returning to School — announcement: John: The brothers did not make the Evil Baby Orphanage card game: they saw it, contacted its makers, were shown it and think it looks really cool; if the Kickstarter raises enough, the makers will release a Nerdfighter-specific expansion pack, which John calls 'pretty jokes' in 2007 vlogbrothers terms. — video description
2012-08-07 · An Open Letter to Students Returning to School — announcement: John announces that a professional gaming company is Kickstarting an Evil Baby Orphanage card game and asks viewers to check it out. — 00:03:41
2012-08-10 · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony — announcement: Hank says the people at Weird Games took up the idea; when he saw their Kickstarter he asked to help and they showed him the whole game. — 00:02:57
2012-08-10 · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony — announcement: Hank says at $50,000 the Kickstarter adds a Nerdfighter expansion in which players can play John and Hank as time nannies. — 00:03:17
2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John shows gifts from Brazilian Nerdfighters at LeakyCon: a Brazilian soccer jersey signed by Pelé, who wrote DFTBA on it, and a book hundreds of them read and annotated. — 00:00:00
2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John: At a massive Nerdfighter gathering John and Hank discussed the edgelessness of the universe and books belonging to their readers; John claims he won the sword fight that followed. (playful) — 00:00:33
2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John: Embarrassed, overwhelmed by people and needing a new phone, John walked toward the Apple Store, first crossing to Grant Park, scene of his first wizard rock concert on 8/8/08. — 00:01:26
2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John says that day he first found that other people knew the words to Hank's songs and began to understand how awesome Nerdfighters and Harry Potter fans are in real life. — 00:01:55
2012-08-14 · To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012 — John recalls that the Bean was where the first huge Nerdfighter gathering happened on 8/8/08 at 8:08 p.m., when Amy Krouse Rosenthal began The Beckoning of Lovely. — 00:02:25
2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — announcement: The description links the Secret Mailing List and says it will be used only once or twice and then deleted. — video description
2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — ask: Hank: Hinting at a secret important date coming soon, Hank asks viewers to sign up for a one-time-use mailing list by Saturday (18 August 2012) night, when the email goes out; helping is little work. — 00:03:09
2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — Hank: Remembering something he forgot, Hank calls it a puppy-sized llama elephant, then sings 'French, the puppy-sized llamaphant'. (joke) — 00:03:32
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank and the Nerdfighters give John a birthday present: a picture of the brothers at VidCon 2011 made up of over 5,000 Nerdfighters doing the Nerdfighter sign. — 00:00:00
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — In the description Hank thanks everyone who is part of what the brothers do: no one does anything alone, and that is truer for the two of them than anyone. — video description
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank notes that their Evil Baby Orphanage idea is now a real card game with two decks of cards. — 00:00:58
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank credits online community, a marvelous, weird new thing with no structure or rules, as a new way for people to organize, act, give and care about each other. — 00:02:11
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — ask: Hank asks viewers over 18 to vote for somebody, not caring whom they vote for. — 00:02:41
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — In the description John notes he has clearly underestimated Nerdfighteria again, beside the link to the Nerdfighter Kiva group. — video description
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John shows the new box set, designed by Karen Kavett, with hardcovers of Looking for Alaska without the candle, the new Paper Towns design and Nerdfighter Sarah Turbin's Katherines design. — 00:00:29
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — John says both brothers have outstanding punishments they haven't done because punishments suck, which he calls a roadblock in their relationship. (playful) — 00:01:56
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. — 00:01:56
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John: If the goal is missed before 1,000 videos, the punishment slate is wiped clean; the brothers might make videos more often to avoid punishment; John makes the rules as older brother. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:26
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — ask: John sets homework: Nerdfighters should finish Fahrenheit 451 by next Tuesday (4 September 2012). — 00:02:26
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — John thanks Nerdfighters for submitting so many pictures of themselves and Hank for turning those pictures into John. — 00:02:26
2012-08-31 · Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes — Hank: Nerdfighteria blew past John's goal: a million dollars raised for Kiva before Hank even made his first video promoting it. — 00:03:02
2012-08-31 · Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to keep lending through Kiva.org, saying it is proven economically that microfinance is a really great way to help the developing world. — 00:03:12
2012-09-04 · The Five Worst Places to Vomit — John: After his Steak 'n Shake video, a Nerdfighter called vomit in a urinal the worst place to puke ever; John submits there are at least five worse places. (playful) — 00:00:16
2012-09-04 · The Five Worst Places to Vomit — John advises Nerdfighters furious with their parents to remember that they vomited on them and their parents kept them anyway. (playful) — 00:03:11
2012-09-04 · The Five Worst Places to Vomit — John: To Nerdfighters wondering whether the brothers will only make profound videos now, John offers this video. (playful) — 00:03:20
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank lists his songs about quarks, ponies, Harry Potter and Helen Hunt, notes Helen Hunt tweeted him about hers, and recalls inventing 2D glasses and turning Pride and Prejudice into a video blog. (playful) — 00:01:36
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank says they made new things they could never even have conceived of without the support of this community. — 00:02:02
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank says they made remarkable friends worldwide and helped create and define a creative community that he thinks is bound for really amazing things. (hedged) — 00:02:21
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank thanks everyone who watched a video, took part in a project or donated to their charities, for helping them be better people. — 00:02:56
2012-09-21 · You. Must. Vote. — Hank says that, from his perspective, the only wrong vote is no vote, and almost all the reasons people give him for not voting are terrible. — 00:00:05
2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John notes Nerdfighters make awesome things: a Nerdfighter from Britain's Got Talent's first album, Elmify's Etsy store, This Star Won't Go Out banners in Nerdcrafteria; only some have commercial life. — 00:00:29
2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John found watercolor paintings with quotes from his books by Malaysian Nerdfighter May; they print posters he signs, and the royalties can support her through university and a graphic-design job search. — 00:01:56
2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — announcement: John announces posters from work by Erin, a 19-year-old student in California, and two shirts by college student Marina: 'Daisy Buchanan Thinks You're a Beautiful Fool' and Augustus Waters' first t-shirt. — 00:02:26
2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John is excited for DFTBA Records to also become a place where talented people without built-in audiences can make things that help pay for college and travel. — 00:02:55
2012-10-02 · What To Do With Your Life — John: On Question Tuesday John answers one question from a college freshman about how to figure out what to do with life, a question the brothers get almost every day. — 00:00:05
2012-10-16 · Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It's Question Tuesday — John says he met a lot of Nerdfighters the previous night in Cincinnati. — 00:00:04
2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos — Hank says they are even luckier to have a community of people who support that work, and thanks everyone who does. — 00:03:25
2012-10-30 (said on 2012-10-29, implied) · TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas. — John has to go give a speech to people who work at colleges, and jokes he will tell them to accept all high-school Nerdfighters to all colleges. (playful) — 00:02:26
2012-10-30 (said on 2012-10-29, implied) · TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas. — announcement: John: In a P.S. John says the video was recorded before Hurricane Sandy came ashore and tells Nerdfighters without power to stay safe. — 00:02:41
2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — Hank says they just had a Halloween with all the Nerdfighter pumpkins, which he loves. — 00:00:00
2012-11-02 · Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! — ask: Hank asks viewers to spread the DFTVA graphic far and wide so everyone who can will vote, to do their civic duty, and to post it everywhere, especially on election Tuesday. — 00:01:41
2012-11-05 · Spicy Summer Camp Story — ask: Hank: Giving the story's 'moral', Hank asks viewers to vote if they can, to photograph themselves at their polling place or with a ballot for a free DFTVA sticker, and to make sure everyone they know votes. — 00:03:34
2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — recommendation: John's three-part guide to voting: wake at 6:22 a.m. anxious, research your polling place and all the races (link in the doobly-doo), then go vote. (playful) — 00:00:41
2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — ask: John: Speaking as a former non-voter, John asks viewers to vote, promising they will never regret it. — 00:01:35
2012-11-06 · Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story — John says the moral of his spicy summer camp story is also: vote. (playful) — 00:03:09
2012-11-07 · The 51st State — Hank thanks everyone who voted on 6 November 2012 in the US and Puerto Rico and asks all to proceed toward a more perfect union, however many states it has. — 00:03:36
2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( — Hank: They can't keep it up because of Crash Course, SciShow and other work, and Hank hopes Nerdfighteria thinks that is worth it. (hedged) — 00:03:24
2012-11-16 · We're all Scared — announcement: Hank's description adds that the brothers are playing Carnegie Hall, linking the Carnegie Hall event page for An Evening of Awesome. — video description
2012-11-20 · Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story — announcement: John: To celebrate the first anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars, Penguin has rented Carnegie Hall for the brothers to have an evening of awesome of reading, talking and music. — 00:01:33
2012-11-20 · Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story — announcement: John: The Mountain Goats, whom John jokingly ranks as three of his four favorite bands (Hank is the fourth), will play Carnegie Hall with them; John says he won't sing. — 00:01:42
2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — Hank is thankful to finally have a robust, stable forum that can handle the weight of Nerdfighteria, linked in the description. — 00:02:45
2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History — Hank thanks the Nerdcrafteria Minecraft server, Tumblr, the Ning and other online places where Nerdfighters gather, and the people who watch and support his work, even sappy videos like this. — 00:03:14
2012-11-27 · Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to tell him in the comments what he should be reading. — 00:02:55
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: every year on December 17th the Nerdfighter and YouTube communities come together to decrease world suck. — 00:01:27
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — ask: John asks viewers to upload, at noon Eastern (5pm GMT) on December 17th, a creative video about a nonprofit or cause they believe in, ideally showing its work, and embed it at projectforawesome.com for voting. — 00:01:27
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says a 48-hour P4A livestream will work to find and promote P4A videos by commenting, liking, favoriting, tweeting and tumblring. — 00:01:56
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says money raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck goes to the organizations in the five most-voted videos, at the discretion of an all-Nerdfighter P4A board, so a rigged vote cannot win. — 00:01:56
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says the P4A already has more than $15,000, thanks to Nerdcrafteria donations and to the Evil Baby Orphanage card game makers, who quietly donated part of their proceeds. — 00:02:26
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John announces that four anonymous donors will match every dollar donated to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, up to $50,000. — 00:02:26
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says an Indiegogo page will go up around December 16th; donations are not tax deductible, but all proceeds go directly to the P4A charities. — 00:02:55
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — announcement: John: Wearing a suit and a Holden Caulfield hat, John delivers the Bank of Nerdfighteria's 'quarterly' report, now more annual, because the Project for Awesome is coming up. — 00:00:00
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says that after last year's (2011) Project for Awesome the Foundation to Decrease World Suck gave more than $80,000 to five charities chosen by the YouTube community, leaving it broke. — 00:00:29
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says the foundation now has $15,000 in the bank plus $60,000 in pledges, which he says should be bigger than last year (2011). (hedged) — 00:00:29
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says Nerdfighteria used to be a YouTube-based phenomenon but now has many places, listing Minecrafteria, Facebook groups, the Ning, Our Pants, Reddit, Tumblr and Kiva, and probably more. — 00:00:58
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John sums up: the lending arm is going like gangbusters and the giving arm is ready for the Project for Awesome. — 00:02:37
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to make a video about a charity they feel passionately about and upload it on Monday at noon Eastern. — 00:02:37
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin… — announcement: Hank says projectforawesome.com will be the central place for the P4A and the livestream will be on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:00:55
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin… — ask: Hank says everyone who can should make a video promoting the charities they care about most, so that on Monday (17 December 2012) they take over YouTube for good stuff. — 00:00:55
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John announces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: today people all over YouTube are making videos about their favorite nonprofit organizations. — 00:00:00
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — ask: John asks viewers to go to projectforawesome.com to submit their P4A videos and to vote for favorites, which helps decide where the P4A funds go. — 00:00:00
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John says a 48-hour livestream on the Vlogbrothers channel will comment on, share and like P4A videos, making the internet about charity for a couple of days. — 00:00:23
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — John recalls that in 2009 Nerdfighters worked with Shawn's Uncultured Project and Save the Children to build a pond sand filter giving a Bangladeshi village clean water. — 00:01:21
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John says that for this year's (2012) Project for Awesome he is supporting Save the Children. — 00:02:20
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John says that, with no overhead, 100% of donations through the Foundation to Decrease World Suck go to P4A charities, which viewers partly choose. — 00:02:49
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank says P4A 2012 drew a huge number of charity videos and that Indiegogo told them the campaign broke a number of the site's records. — video description
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank says the staff offered to donate their time shipping out items for the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:45
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank reports the P4A 2012 Indiegogo campaign raised $397,000 and, with other donations across the internet, more than half a million dollars. — 00:01:45
2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank reports more than 700,000 P4A comments, each costing John a penny, more than 15,000 individual donors and thousands of P4A videos. — 00:02:32
2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome raised more money than anybody expected. — 00:01:50
2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — announcement: Hank says the plan was to split the money among the charities in the top five P4A videos, but with so much raised they are talking about expanding to ten charities. (hedged) — 00:01:50
2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — ask: Hank: Because this was not the original plan, Hank leaves it to the community: a poll on Our Pants, linked in the description, asks whether to split the money among five or ten charities. — 00:01:50
2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — Hank says they think it might be nice to have more winners and that the money would do more good spread across more charities. (hedged) — 00:02:19

Also named in: World's Smallest Animals, Thoughts on Romance and Sex in an Airport, Is College Worth It?, VOLT! A Dream Comes True., I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One.

2013

2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John says these successes happened 'because government' (also Nerdfighteria): Somalia, lacking a government, roads, public schools and telecom investment, produced no popular YouTube Pride and Prejudice adaptation. (playful) — 00:02:57
2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? — John: In a P.S. John marvels at six years of the channel and thanks the American government for running well enough that he can make videos in his basement for Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:03:44
2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) · Addicted to the Internet — John says he will venture into the germy world of face-to-face contact because he thinks it is good for his mental health, especially before Carnegie Hall. (hedged) — 00:01:43
2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) · Addicted to the Internet — ask: John tells Nerdfighters without Carnegie Hall tickets that a link in the doobly-doo lists hundreds of places worldwide to gather, watch the event livestream and meet other Nerdfighters. — 00:01:59
2013-01-11 · On the Ownership of Ideas — announcement: Hank says he really will see John on Monday and may see viewers too: there are two pre-Carnegie rehearsal shows in New York, tickets $10, all proceeds to charity. (hedged) — 00:03:44
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John says it is actually Monday: the Carnegie Hall show is tomorrow and they will be busy, so he is recording a day early. — 00:00:00
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John films backstage at Housing Works, where they are rehearsing for tomorrow's Carnegie Hall show; Kimya Dawson is there. — 00:01:01
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — John says their first rehearsal went well but was 'not the kind of thing you want to see at Carnegie Hall', and they are going to rehearse again. (playful) — 00:01:32
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) · North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall — ask: John reminds viewers they can watch the show live at youtube.com/vlogbrothers on Tuesday at 7 PM Eastern, or at viewing places around the country and world (links in the doobly-doo). — 00:01:32
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — announcement: John says the show celebrates the one-year anniversary of the publication of The Fault in Our Stars and the six-year anniversary of the Nerdfighter community. — 00:36:35
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says Esther, a Nerdfighter reader very sick with cancer when they met in 2009, taught him what Augustus learns: the real hero's journey goes from strength to weakness. — 00:54:11
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John retells the Evil Baby Orphanage: Hank asked about killing baby Hitler, a commenter proposed an orphanage for evil babies, inspiring fan fiction, web comics and now a professionally produced card game. — 00:57:30
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John argues that daily collaborations, silly or serious, are what Nerdfighteria is: people working together to build meaning, which like a good book helps them feel unalone. — 00:59:26
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John thanks the audience: this collaboration has been the great joy of his professional life and helped him, in Maurice Sendak's phrase, to fall in love with the world. — 01:00:55
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John announces a live Question Tuesday: two teams, questions sent on Twitter read by teammates, and whoever is talking at the end is punished with mild electrocution. (playful) — 01:43:42
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank says he had a crush on his junior-year high-school English teacher, who is now a Nerdfighter taking part in the Project for Awesome and the comments. — 01:53:19
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank says he met Kimya Dawson at a tiny warehouse show while on tour with Harry and the Potters; she liked his music, found Nerdfighteria and immediately became a Nerdfighter. — 02:18:10
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank, inviting John back on stage, thanks everyone for an evening of awesome, Carnegie Hall, everyone at Penguin, friends and family, and closes with 'don't forget to be awesome'. — 02:41:58
2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John calls the evening one of the coolest things that has ever happened to them, maybe top two, since he had a kid. (playful) — 02:47:21
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank, in New York, heads to Carnegie Hall for the show, joking that his biggest fear is that he runs away. (playful) — 00:00:05
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank: After the show Hank celebrates: 'We did it!' — 00:01:44
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — recommendation: Hank says the Evening of Awesome is preserved on the channel for those who missed it; it runs a couple of hours and he thinks it is worth watching (link in description). (hedged) — 00:01:44
2013-01-18 · Thoughts from Carnegie Hall — Hank thanks Neil Gaiman, Kimya Dawson, The Mountain Goats, Ashley and Daniel, Hannah and Grace, Elyse, their parents, their wives and all of Nerdfighteria for making the show possible. — 00:01:44
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John: Asked his favorite part of the Evening of Awesome, John answers: all of it. (playful) — 00:00:47
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John: Asked why his Tumblr is called Fishing Boat Proceeds, John says since 2007 he has hoped for fishing boat proceeds so he can tick a special box on his tax return; it hasn't happened yet. (playful) — 00:01:48
2013-01-22 · How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday — John thanks Nerdfighters who were at Carnegie Hall or watched An Evening of Awesome at home: it was the highlight of his professional career; he thanks Hank for making it fun and surprisingly relaxing. — 00:02:41
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — John says this is why their shop now focuses on royalties for Nerdfighter designers: he splits Pizza John shirt royalties half-and-half with its designer Valerie2776. — 00:00:58
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — John: Scrolling the TFIOS tag on Tumblr, John found a poster he wanted on his wall, reblogged it and asked the user to do it on DFTBA Records; she had not designed it. — 00:00:58
2013-01-29 · Across Three Continents: A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright, and Excellent Posters — John: Agreeing with Hank that money changes things, John would be annoyed if CBS adapted TFIOS without permission but is happy with YouTube scene adaptations even with ads; there is no good way to define the difference. — 00:02:48
2013-02-12 · Talking to the President — John: On tour the brothers met more than 6,000 Nerdfighters in ten days; many were nervous and embarrassed though, John says with authority, none had any reason to be, and John felt embarrassed too. — 00:02:20
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
2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — Hank says President Obama gave Nerdfighteria a shoutout during the Hangout, which still leaves him without words. — video description
2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — ask: Hank doesn't know why dance-craze songs are bilingual; his guesses aren't good enough to share, so he asks viewers for ideas. — 00:01:25
2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — Hank reports that, in the interview, the President refused to name John's unborn child. — 00:02:37
2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — Barack Obama (quoted): Obama explains he won't state a name preference: if the parents chose otherwise, the child would forever say the President doesn't like its name. — 00:02:42
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John and his wife are expecting their second child, whom the President told not to forget to be awesome. — 00:00:05
2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: The P4A charities have not been announced because the total is not yet known; John expects to know in a couple more weeks, after working out PayPal and shipping costs. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2013-02-22 · Translating Dance Songs — Hank reports viewers' consensus on why we dance to songs we don't understand: we hear the passion in the words but project our own circumstances onto their blank canvas, which he finds nice and sensible. — 00:00:00
2013-02-22 · Translating Dance Songs — ask: In the description Hank asks how many languages Nerdfighteria speaks, pointing to a discussion on the Nerdfighteria forum to find out. — video description
2013-03-01 · Top 25 Life Hacks of Reddit — recommendation: Hank recommends the LifeProTips subreddit and says the nerdfighters subreddit is a pretty cool way to spend time. — 00:03:24
2013-03-05 · The Gray Speckled Walls Encroach: The Perks and Liabilities of Frequent Flying — announcement: In the description John says he made the video before vlogbrothers hit 1,000,000 subscribers, thanks viewers for the community, and says he feels lucky to be a nerdfighter. — video description
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — Hank: On the day they hit 10,000 subscribers they launched the first Project for Awesome, feeling it a shame not to use their community to do good. — 00:00:58
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome has been a huge success every year, and this year (2013) raised over $400,000. — 00:00:58
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank: The P4A money goes to the Office of Letters and Light, Not Forgotten, the Wildlife Waystation, the Alzheimer's Society, the Harry Potter Alliance, Save the Children, BGSU Dance Marathon, Uncultured Project, a charity heard as 'Taycho', and Love146 Dayton Task Force. — 00:01:27
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — Hank: Or maybe, Hank says, this community is simply a one-of-a-kind, never-to-be-seen-again thing. (hedged) — 00:02:31
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank: Without overstating viewers' power, Hank thinks it is "our job" to stop that happening; it won't be hard, but it won't happen on its own. (hedged) — 00:00:51
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank says one P4A perk was choosing a Vlogbrothers video topic; many such videos will be uploaded unlisted, but one donor asked for a video on something the brothers care about, so this is it. — 00:00:58
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — announcement: Hank says he misses vlogging more, will vlog every day in April, and encourages viewers to do the same. — 00:02:26
2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — ask: Hank invites Nerdfighteria to discuss, in the comments, Our Pants and the Nerdfighter subreddit, what they love, how to broaden, how content is discovered and whether there is a better way to fund it. — 00:03:13
2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John says he and Hank are perhaps the only two people in Nerdfighteria bothered by advertising, but he is still bothered, so he makes the video for Hank. (playful) — 00:00:33
2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John recalls that in 2007, with a few hundred regular viewers, the Nerdfighter community did interesting things: Nerdfighters made their first thousand dollars in Kiva loans with under a hundred subscribers. — 00:01:53
2013-03-20 · Ads Work...but for Whom? — John asks how to make interesting, important projects without a million views sustainable, and says the comments on Hank's last video offered five models. — 00:02:07
2013-03-22 · How Much is a Human Life Worth? — Hank says that besides being annoyed by pre-rolls, he and John avoid them because they undervalue this community's time; valuing it at a tenth of TV viewers' time is 'dumb'. — 00:01:37
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John tells new Nerdfighters that Esther Earl was a Nerdfighter and friend of his who died of cancer in 2010 at 16. — 00:00:00
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John admits the film makes Nerdfighteria and him nervous, but calls director Josh Boone brilliant and deeply understanding of the book; Boone's first film Stuck in Love opens in June. — 00:01:27
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says he is about to have a child, due around May or June (Sarah points out he will not be the one having it, but he will be its father). — 00:02:26
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — announcement: John says guest Johns will fill in during his absence, including Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig and a Nerdfighter now watching. — 00:02:26
2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to make one favourite video of theirs a video response; winners will be featured on Vlogbrothers and one will be a paternity-leave guest host. — 00:02:55
2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says Hank's Friday video inspired him: after six and a half years of YouTube videos there is still room to do new things, and Nerdfighters are willing to change with them. — 00:00:01
2013-04-26 · Cat GIF Critique — Hank says Nerdfighters expect nothing particular from the brothers except not making terrible content; their mandate seems to be 'make good stuff, we don't care what'. (hedged) — 00:01:52
2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Sarah (the Yeti) is due to have their baby on June 1, though it might come earlier. (hedged) — 00:03:04
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — Hank's research: counting regular watchers Nerdfighteria is bigger than 61 countries (incl. Barbados); counting subscribers, 85 countries (incl. Djibouti, Africa's least populous). (doubtful: the smallest population of all countries in Africa) — 00:00:44
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — Hank notes that with his, there were two Question Tuesdays in one week, and says his was a bit more ambitious. (playful) — 00:02:55
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — Hank says the best answers to this week's (week of 13 May 2013) Question Tuesday came from Nerdfighteria, citing viewer answers on invisibility, the Great Gatsby film and ferrets. — 00:02:57
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — ask: Hank tells viewers to feel free to answer the questions he answered in this video. (playful) — 00:03:35
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — ask: Hank tells John not to do a Question Tuesday next Tuesday (21 May 2013), as that would be overkill. (playful) — 00:03:48
2013-05-24 · What's Up with Start Ups — Hank prefers businesses built on real money and creations that do things for people; real relationships and fun work well enough for Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:02
2013-05-24 · What's Up with Start Ups — ask: Hank says they are hiring: amazing graphic designers (e.g. motion graphics) who want to join a team 'changing the world' should apply via the link in the description. — 00:02:02
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — John says advertisers value the number of views over their quality: Thoughts From Places videos are the channel's least viewed, yet Nerdfighters say they are among their favourites. — 00:00:32
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — John thanks the more than 1,600 people who posted videos to the Nerd Factor competition; he is sad only two can replace him. — 00:01:13
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
2013-05-28 · NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) — announcement: John declares two more winners, both singers: Ruby Day and the Swot Sisters, whose whole song he calls amazing. — 00:02:51
2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — John announces in a pre-recorded video that his baby has been born; he jokes about his 'epic loins' before conceding Sarah did the birthing and he only reinforced the doctor's 'push'. (playful) — 00:00:01
2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — John: In a short insert recorded after the birth, John reports that everything is good: baby and mother are healthy, and the parents are exhausted. — 00:01:45
2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — John thanks Nerdfighters for making the community exist, for making it a wonderful part of his life, and for letting him briefly step away to be a full-time dad. — 00:01:58
2013-06-07 · How To Be a Baby Properly — Hank welcomes Alice to Earth, 'a wonderful, terrible place', and says she is being born into what may be the most interesting time in human history. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2013-06-07 · How To Be a Baby Properly — Hank's description says he has talked to John a lot since the birth: John is excited, exhausted, enjoying time with his family, and far less freaked out than when Henry was born. — video description
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig explains he is there because John had a baby - Sarah had the baby, John helped - and they brought Alice Green into the world. (playful) — 00:00:48
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig makes a 'Nerdfighter clone' to practise talking to Nerdfighters; the clone says DFTBA and is sent to decrease worldsuck in the bathroom with a mop. (joke) — 00:01:43
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig parodies more things John does: Question Tuesday with fake questions, a 'Who the eff is Hank?' answer, Sharpie face (a cracker smashed on his forehead), a Thoughts from Places about his office, an Oscar Wilde reading, and a 'not-airport'. (joke) — 00:02:07
2013-06-14 · What is the Strongest Force on Earth? — announcement: Hank: he and John think they probably do not understand the community as accurately as they like to believe, so they decided to do a census of Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:43
2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank: according to Weird Games, the Evil Baby Orphanage card game has now sold over 4,000 copies. — 00:00:26
2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank: the Nerdfighteria census results were fascinating (his overview on Hank's channel took 23 minutes); 130,000 people filled it out and 100% of those who started finished. (hedged) (doubtful: 100%) — 00:02:53
2013-07-09 · The World Needs More Magic — MagicTurtle643: He says all it takes is a community of people who love reading about things that never happened and singing about magical teenagers to make things a little better: Nerdfighters. — 00:03:16
2013-07-12 · Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song — John: Asked about Alice, John says she is great and beautiful and they love her; he thanks Nerdfighteria for its good wishes and says they enjoy being a family of four. — 00:02:59
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John: Asked whether Alice has done a Nerdfighter salute, John says she is one month old and has made no intentional gestures yet. — 00:01:24
2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says Henry read in a Berenstain Bears book that baby sisters bop you on the nose, so he waits by Alice's arm and cheers when she moves involuntarily. — 00:01:36
2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — Hank: Cultural changes need activation energy and catalysts; Hank feels Nerdfighteria, now a powerful force, could be the activation energy and Subbable the catalyst. (hedged) — 00:01:00
2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — Hank credits developer Peter Jaros, designer Andrew Willis and the support of Nerdfighteria for making Subbable possible. — 00:02:38
2013-07-30 · Paternity Leave Ends! And I Find Myself… — John: Many Nerdfighters were on the Lake Michigan coast, but John only met them when he took his shirt off at the beach and someone would ask if he was John Green. (playful) — 00:00:41
2013-07-30 · Paternity Leave Ends! And I Find Myself… — John thanks Nerdfighteria for being understanding during his paternity leave and the guest hosts who made it more fun than 'regular me'; links in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:42
2013-08-03 · Esther Day 2013 — ask: The description asks viewers to tell someone they love them today, even and especially if it is hard. — video description
2013-08-03 · Esther Day 2013 — John: Esther was a dear friend and a really important Nerdfighter; she died in 2010 at sixteen. — 00:00:59
2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — John is concerned about this in his own life and wants Nerdfighteria to be an active, effective force against world suck, not just another community aiming to grow big and powerful. — 00:02:17
2013-08-13 · Shailene's Hair, Unfair Monopoly, and the Just World Fallacy — announcement: John says the brothers will try to make things even more transparent so Nerdfighteria can hold them accountable and they can decrease world suck effectively together. (hedged) — 00:02:37
2013-08-27 · On the TFIOS Movie Set — John thanks Nerdfighteria for making his dreams come true. — 00:02:45
2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam — Hank says Nerdfighteria is his biggest inspiration: when he lacks a video idea he asks on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram, and this video is made from their suggestions. — 00:00:10
2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — Hank says that in the Nerdfighter survey a huge majority said they wished he would spend more time writing, producing and releasing songs, which surprised him. — 00:00:18
2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — Hank thanks Nerdfighteria for supporting him in something he loves, apologizes for having been dumb about it, and celebrates "now more music". — 00:03:24
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — announcement: John does a quick Question Tuesday with Ansel Elgort, who plays Gus, and says viewers can submit questions so that maybe they will do another one with real questions. (hedged) — 00:02:53
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — John does a Question Tuesday in the woods with Nat Wolff, who plays Isaac in the movie, asking him questions viewers submitted on Twitter. — 00:00:10
2013-10-04 · Q&A with Ansel Elgort and Mike Birbiglia from The Fault in Our Stars Movie Set — John says that earlier in the week he asked Ansel Elgort, who plays Augustus Waters, real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:19
2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — Hank admits he takes on maybe more responsibilities than he should, but feels responsible to the world, John and Nerdfighteria and values the opportunities: how can you say no? (hedged) — 00:02:49
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says Nerdfighteria is growing in lots of ways, e.g. his books are reaching a much larger audience than he ever imagined. — 00:00:56
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John now regularly gets all-caps emails from 80-year-old grandmothers whose retirement-home book clubs read his book, asking what happens to Anna's mom; he welcomes more old people in Nerdfighteria. (playful) — 00:01:01
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John fears that as communities grow, especially without deepening, they paradoxically often become less important. — 00:01:35
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John: If Nerdfighteria keeps growing, John wants to make sure it grows like the core Harry Potter community. — 00:02:05
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John recommits to Nerdfighteria that the channel is truly a collaboration among all of them. — 00:02:18
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John also wants to make good, funny, nerdy things with Nerdfighteria, starting today. — 00:02:34
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John: For new viewers John explains: Our Pants is the forum; videos may not exceed four minutes unless educational; he likes pizza, Hank corn dogs; Nerdfighters fight to make the world suck less. — 00:02:47
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — ask: John asks Nerdfighters for lots of punishment suggestions in the comments. — 00:03:05
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank loved John's video this week (week of 14 October 2013) and thinks it was important for them as brothers and for the whole community. (hedged) — 00:02:39
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — Hank loves explaining things but also doing things never done before, because the community is so interesting and, he feels, unique in history; coming together to do cool things is their best opportunity. (hedged) — 00:02:45
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — announcement: Hank says there are lots of genius and terrifying punishment suggestions; they are going to gather them and then hold a poll. — 00:03:05
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — announcement: Hank: Since it is October and pumpkin-carving season, Hank announces a Nerdfighter pumpkin carving contest with a post on Our Pants. — 00:03:12
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — ask: Hank asks Nerdfighters to post their pumpkin carvings in the Our Pants thread linked in the description. — 00:03:19
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — announcement: Hank: The top 10 carvings by forum upvotes will get a book from Hank's bookshelf, inscribed to them, and the pumpkins will be featured in a video. — 00:03:25
2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — ask: Hank asks viewers to write in the comments, with no math and no Google, how long ago they think a million seconds was. — 00:00:45
2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — Hank: The Nerdfighter pumpkin contest is going well, there is plenty of time to keep submitting, and some people have planned Nerdfighter pumpkin carving meetups. — 00:03:00
2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — announcement: Hank: Because things are boring at the DFTBA warehouse, every package that is not a poster now gets a Hanklerfish card; poster-only orders get a free DFTBA wristband. — 00:03:07
2013-10-29 · Perspective — John: Asked by Hank's video to guess how long ago a million seconds was, John's immediate thought was 12 years; it is in fact 12 days. (playful) — 00:00:10
2013-10-29 · Perspective — John admits he is bad at measuring time, as long-time Nerdfighters will remember: he once acted as if a minute had 100 seconds. (playful) — 00:00:15
2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — Hank thanks everyone who submitted nerdy pumpkins to the Nerdfighter pumpkin carving contest, whose prize is a book from his shelf inscribed by him. — 00:03:22
2013-11-01 · Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space — ask: Hank asks viewers to look at all submitted pumpkins and vote; in a week the most-voted entries will be tallied and get the prizes. — 00:03:22
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — announcement: The description says the pitch-side ads are 16 feet long and 3 feet high, and tells ad designers to design accordingly. — video description
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — recommendation: John: To learn more about the club, John points to a short documentary on the collapse of Wimbledon F.C., its disastrous move to Milton Keynes and the formation of AFC Wimbledon. — video description
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — John calls AFC Wimbledon a truly extraordinary club, the most awesome football club in the world, and says he wants to help it stay in the Football League. — 00:02:42
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — announcement: John will play as AFC Wimbledon in FIFA 14 but keep his vow not to be a professional FIFA player: all ad revenue from the videos will sponsor the real club. — 00:02:44
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — announcement: John: The sponsorship will buy billboards in the stadium and ads in the match program, all designed by Nerdfighters. — 00:02:57
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — John hopes the sponsorship helps keep the club in the Football League so he can play them in FIFA 15, 16 and beyond, and maybe one day send them to the Premier League. (hedged) — 00:03:02
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who want to help to subscribe to HankGames and watch the videos, via his face or the link in the description. — 00:03:22
2013-11-05 · Our Strangest Project Yet? — ask: John invites viewers to start designing ads together, with more information and videos of AFC Wimbledon's short but glorious history below. — 00:03:27
2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — Hank tells John he thinks Nerdfighteria sponsoring a professional football team is an amazing idea that just feels pretty cool. (hedged) — 00:01:46
2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment, a mix of suggestions: Henry decides and cooks John's dinner, short of poisoning him, and John has to eat it. (playful) — 00:02:12
2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — announcement: Hank admits the pumpkin carving contest was unfair, since early posters got far more votes, so all entries are moving into a separate poll. — 00:03:19
2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — ask: Hank asks viewers to vote for their favourite pumpkin now and thanks all the carvers and voters. — 00:03:19
2013-11-19 · On Middle School Misery — John unexpectedly found himself alone on a train in New York, where Brotherhood 2.0 began for him and where they played a sold-out Carnegie Hall show earlier this year (2013). — 00:00:11
2013-11-19 · On Middle School Misery — John says kindness has been the hallmark of the Nerdfighter community for more than seven years; he is proud to be a Nerdfighter and wishes he could have been one in seventh grade. — 00:02:20
2013-11-19 · On Middle School Misery — John says there are always Nerdfighters in Our Pants (linked in the description) who will listen to you if you listen back. — 00:02:34
2013-11-19 · On Middle School Misery — John: At the Carnegie Hall soundcheck John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats told his sixteen-year-old self over the mic that he had survived and was playing piano at Carnegie Hall. — 00:02:41
2013-11-22 · How to Apologize like a Fartbag — Hank says Nerdfighteria's slogan of seven years, 'Don't forget to be awesome', is good because it is hard: being awesome needs constant vigilance and everyone will slip up. — 00:00:09
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says the Nerdfighter community hosts YouTube's Project for Awesome every year: a 48-hour event in which thousands of people upload videos about their favorite charities. — 00:00:15
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says last year's (2012) P4A raised more than $400,000 for organizations fighting illiteracy, domestic violence and global poverty, among other things. — 00:00:39
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Sitting where Brotherhood 2.0 began, John says he never imagined the community would lend more than $3 million, and thanks Nerdfighteria and Hank. — 00:03:16
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — announcement: John says Nerdfighters ask about the 'Don't Forget to Be Awesome' rug at Urban Outfitters: the brothers didn't license it, aren't paid, aren't happy, could stop it but won't. — 00:00:00
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says the brothers popularized the phrase: it had almost no Google hits or searches before Nerdfighters began using it. — 00:00:39
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John would kind of like to: he doesn't want corporations co-opting Nerdfighteria and is tired of emails asking why slogans are at Hobby Lobby, which until a month ago refused to carry menorahs. (hedged) — 00:01:00
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John explains that trademarks cannot be enforced selectively: trademarking DFTBA would mean telling everyone to stop, including Nerdfighters who make and sell things on Etsy. — 00:01:15
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says the phrase belongs not to the brothers but to Nerdfighteria, so they won't trademark it, since that would claim ownership of something not really theirs. — 00:02:07
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John accepts that the brothers will occasionally have to deal with companies trying to co-opt the Nerdfighter community's sayings. — 00:02:18
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John suspects most Nerdfighters will keep making their own DFTBA stuff, buying from independent creators, or buying at DFTBA.com. (hedged) — 00:02:23
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says royalties from Nerdfighter merchandise at DFTBA.com are always shared with the Nerdfighters who design it. — 00:02:27
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John contrasts companies terrified of genericization with the community, which is defined not by its name or mottoes but by the values they represent, values that don't lose meaning when shared. — 00:03:21
2013-12-10 · Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: Slobber Carrots and Gross Barbecue — In the description John is glad to have the punishment behind him and thanks Henry and Nerdfighteria for the horror. — video description
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Hank introduces a special Question Tuesday in which his real mom and dad answer real questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:01
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank explains that since 2007, every December 17, Nerdfighteria and the wider internet community spend one day of their internet experience on making the world a better place instead of fandom and cat gifs. — 00:00:24
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank says last year (2012) P4A raised $400,000, and this year (2013) an anonymous donor matches donations up to $125,000. — 00:01:41
2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says 100% of the money raised goes to organizations the community chooses by voting at projectforawesome.com, so it is up to everyone to be good stewards of it. — 00:00:24
2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John truly believes Sammy and more than a million children like him will be better off if Nerdfighteria partners with effective and efficient organizations like Save the Children. — 00:02:54
2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — John says P4A is his favorite time of year to be a Nerdfighter and when he is proudest of the community, because he sees the work they do together. — 00:02:46
2013-12-31 · GOOD NEWS: 14 Reasons 2014 May Be the Best Year Ever — John notes ten years ago there was no YouTube, so this conversation and a Nerdfighter community raising more than three quarters of a million dollars for charity were impossible. — 00:03:19

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2014

2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — ask: John urges Nerdfighters of Greater London to see AFC Wimbledon play Torquay, saying they should be able to just show up and get standing-room tickets. (hedged) — video description
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — John says Esther Earl was the brothers' friend and a Nerdfighter who died of cancer when she was sixteen. — 00:00:40
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — announcement: John announces a book launch event on February 1st in Boston with Nerdfighters, wizard rockers and Esther's family, livestreamed on youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:01:06
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — announcement: John announces that the Nerdfighter community is now officially a sponsor of AFC Wimbledon, a football club owned by its fans. — 00:01:34
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — announcement: John says AFC Wimbledon play Torquay in League Two this Saturday (11 January 2014), and Nerdfighter messages will be on the side of the field and in the program. — 00:01:44
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — ask: John hopes Nerdfighters of Kingston, Wimbledon and Greater London will go to the game, so there is Nerdfighter support at the first official Nerdfighter game. (hedged) — 00:01:55
2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times — John sums up: Esther's dream of being a published writer is coming true and Nerdfighteria sponsors a fourth-tier English professional soccer team; life in Nerdfighteria is weird and wonderful. — 00:02:12
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John reports that AFC Wimbledon has played its first game as a team sponsored by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:25
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — Rosianna Halse Rojas: Rosianna, an internet kid who loves GIFs, Instagram and YouTube, finds something cool in the physical boards at the pitch designed by Nerdfighters living far away. — 00:00:30
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John: Wimbledon lost the game, but, invoking the long arc of history bending toward justice, the speaker says they will be fine. (playful) — 00:00:46
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says Nerdfighters raised more than $860,000 in this year's (2014) Project for Awesome. — 00:00:50
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John: After paying to make and ship perks, the remaining P4A money goes to charities chosen by Nerdfighteria; John announces ten winning charities that each receive $50,000. — 00:00:53
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
2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John describes TECHO as mobilizing young people, including a group of Nerdfighters in Argentina, to build houses for people living in poverty around Latin America. — 00:01:49
2014-01-17 · 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! — In the description Hank thanks the Nerdfighters on Twitter who helped with the jokes and the jokes' original creators, and says he has now told 289 jokes across his jokes videos. — video description
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John still has no fishing boat proceeds (his Tumblr makes GIFs, not income); he notes the seven-year-old joke is lost on most and trusts old Nerdfighters to explain it. (playful) — 00:02:45
2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John says that if you want to be a Nerdfighter, you probably already are one. (hedged) — 00:03:02
2014-02-18 · 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave in the comments the names of books they love that he probably hasn't read. — 00:00:15
2014-02-18 · 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — announcement: John says he will read 18 of the suggested books and review them in a future video. — 00:00:18
2014-03-07 · Thoughts from a Cruise — Hank says John Hodgman sat in a hot tub answering questions every day; Hank discovered new talents, met his idols and hung out with Nerdfighters, which is why everyone was there. — 00:01:51
2014-03-11 · Question Tuesday: TFIOS Movie, Existential Crises, and Symbolism — John calls 'I don't watch your videos, why should I?' a terrible Question Tuesday question, since such a viewer by definition won't hear his answer. (playful) — 00:00:47
2014-03-11 · Question Tuesday: TFIOS Movie, Existential Crises, and Symbolism — ask: John says he is most excited right now about The Art Assignment and asks viewers to say in comments what they are most excited about. — 00:03:34
2014-03-14 · Sexual Abuse, Consent, and Culture — In the description, Hank thanks the task force for helping him edit the video so he wasn't too clumsy. — video description
2014-03-14 · Sexual Abuse, Consent, and Culture — announcement: Hank says they have already started working with a group of Nerdfighters, including survivors of sexual abuse, who will work as a task force against abuse and assault. — 00:03:01
2014-03-14 · Sexual Abuse, Consent, and Culture — announcement: Hank says they are looking to partner with existing sexual assault organizations to bring their work and resources into the community, and hopefully other online communities. (hedged) — 00:03:20
2014-03-25 · I Gotta Go: Signing Off and Thinking about Inspiration — John notes that for the first time in several years Hank ended a video without 'John, I'll see you on Tuesday'; 'several nerdfighters' noticed - two people and John. (playful) — 00:00:05
2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — Hank: Phone footage shows Nerdfighters volunteering to pack Project for Awesome shirts; Hank thanks them. — 00:02:03
2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to like and reblog their state on Tumblr so that Nerdfighters decide where the tour goes. — 00:02:23
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John: Before going on stage for book events, John reminds himself of his many readings attended by zero to three people and gives thanks for Brotherhood 2.0, Nerdfighteria and Hank. — 00:00:38
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John signed books for several hours, meeting fans with 'okay, okay' shirts, TFIOS phone cases and nails, a dog named Alaska, and a couple who met through Nerdfighteria and married. — 00:00:56
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John says he loves Nerdfighteria and talking about what he cares about but does not want to be a real celebrity, which is why they always turned down TV; he went because he is proud of the TFIOS film. — 00:01:59
2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles — John tells Nerdfighteria the film's attention will be weird and hopefully awesome, but they should focus on continuing to do what they are good at. (hedged) — 00:02:44
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John: For Hank's birthday yesterday, John says that unlike last year (2013) he remembered a present, from himself and Nerdfighteria: the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game. — 00:00:36
2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John also gave Hank a donation to Partners In Health for his birthday. — 00:00:52
2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — ask: Hank tells viewers to get VidCon tickets right now because it is 95% sold out, and says he would love as many nerdfighters as possible to be there. — 00:02:40
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: Grateful to see so many nerdfighters and talk about the film with the actors, John nonetheless felt disconnected: with outsiders watching, he felt self-conscious as a nerdfighter and found it hard to be a community together. — 00:02:25
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John: During a Q&A a young woman told them The Fault in Our Stars has helped her as she lives with lymphoma; everyone was emotional, and thousands in the crowd began chanting her name. — 00:02:47
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John realised that even under outside scrutiny Nerdfighteria is still Nerdfighteria: the community was never about the brothers but about big conversations around big questions and lifting up people who need it. — 00:03:07
2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — John thanks nerdfighters from Miami to Dallas for welcoming new people while sticking together, lifting each other up and decreasing suck; they make him feel less far from home. — 00:03:25
2014-05-16 · The Myth of Greatness — Hank thanks Nerdfighteria for inspiring that belief in him for the last seven years; because of this community he has never questioned how important and wonderful it is. — video description
2014-05-16 · The Myth of Greatness — 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
2014-05-16 · The Myth of Greatness — Hank: The only difference between something being vitally important and not important at all, Hank says, is whether you believe it is; he believes this is important, a gift Nerdfighters gave him. — 00:03:28
2014-05-20 · Deserving — ask: John reminds Nerdfighters to read Behind the Beautiful Forevers, which he is rereading for the Nerdfighter Book Club, by June 10th. — 00:00:12
2014-05-20 · Deserving — John: Speaking, he acknowledges, from an extremely privileged position, John believes gratitude is the proper response to the astonishment of being alive and aware; he is grateful to Hank and all of Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:10
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
2014-05-23 · My Freakish Talent — ask: Hank asks viewers with time (it takes 10 to 30 minutes, with real questions) to fill out the census via the description link; it will make the community better. — 00:03:03
2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — John: Nerdfighteria uses ad proceeds from a FIFA video series to sponsor AFC Wimbledon, a fan-owned club that fights homophobia and racism; it finished 20th, avoiding relegation from English football's fourth tier. — 00:01:18
2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — announcement: John: Nerdfighteria's new community ambassador Valerie2776 has created a map and calendar of upcoming events and gatherings. — 00:02:55
2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — John: Even within tiny Nerdfighteria there are many ways to connect: gatherings, The Art Assignment, the Wimbly Womblys. — 00:03:07
2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — John: For John the best connections are not just about feeling less alone but about seeing the universe more broadly and enthusiastically; it's less about what you like than how you like it. (hedged) — 00:03:17
2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — ask: John asks Nerdfighters what their lens is these days. — 00:03:49
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — ask: The description says viewers who haven't taken the 2014 census still can. — video description
2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank says 75% of census respondents have been watching since before 2013, so the drop is not because people weren't around last year (2013). — 00:00:35
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — John says the collaboration between him and Hank and the community that grew from it mean more to him than anything else in his professional life, and thanks Hank; Hank thanks him back. — 00:00:11
2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere — ask: John thanks Nerdfighteria for being part of the process and tells viewers to read the book first. — 00:03:02
2014-06-10 (said on 2014-06-07, implied) · Our Old Friend Complexity: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — ask: John asks Nerdfighters what they took from the first four chapters and what they think of luck: how to make sense of a world where luck shapes triumphs and tragedies. — 00:03:31
2014-06-17 · Old. — John says all the money from his FIFA videos now goes to AFC Wimbledon, a real football club. — 00:00:42
2014-06-17 · Old. — John has a little crisis about being old because he wants to be a Nerdfighter for the rest of his life, and hopes and thinks there are other old Nerdfighters. (hedged) — 00:02:23
2014-06-17 · Old. — John says mostly he hopes Nerdfighters can still be friends with him though he is old and shoulder-less. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:30
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — ask: John invites brilliant video editors and motion-graphics artists in Nerdfighteria to take Henry's idea and run with it. (playful) — 00:00:13
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John: Every year there is a huge Nerdfighter gathering at VidCon to talk about what's ahead for Nerdfighteria; John shares some of what came out of it. — 00:00:25
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: One: they want more IRL events - more Nerdfighter gatherings with the brothers and facilitating gatherings without them; John finds travel hard right now because of family. — 00:00:32
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John asks whether and how to run pre-rolls; options: keep things as they are, delete ads entirely, or run pre-rolls and give all the money to the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck or to education and Nerdfighter projects, or a mix. — 00:02:17
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to take the survey linked in the doobly-doo on ads and on what they want from Crash Course and education content on YouTube. — 00:02:50
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Thanks to HankGames fans, Nerdfighteria has increased its AFC Wimbledon sponsorship: next season its design will be on the shorts of the actual AFC Wimbledon uniforms. — 00:02:59
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John tells Hank that playing as AFC Wimbledon in FIFA 15 he will see the design on their computer shorts: Nerdfighters made it to FIFA. (playful) — 00:03:17
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to say in comments where they would like Nerdfighteria to go. — 00:03:26
2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — announcement: John reports that tens of thousands answered his question from last week (week of 7 July 2014); they voted overwhelmingly to turn on vlogbrothers pre-roll ads and split the income between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund for educational video projects. — 00:00:13
2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — announcement: John says the brothers will do what the vote decided and promises Nerdfighters updates on how the money is spent. — 00:00:25
2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — ask: John tells Hank he owes Nerdfighteria a punishment and asks Nerdfighters for punishment suggestions for Hank in the comments. — 00:02:51
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Nerdfighters led by Valerie2776 made a spreadsheet of all the brothers' punishments and their reasons, which Hank turns into this video, going fast so as not to be punished. — 00:00:06
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: In March John missed a video while hospitalised and replied to Hank on a forum, so he ate a blenderized Happy Meal, waxed his legs and licked a cat; Hank is unsure why three, possibly Daniel Biss donations. (hedged) — 00:01:03
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: In 2011 the standing deal to punish Hank if Helen Hunt saw his 'Helen Hunt' video came true: she tweeted him, and he had to hump his entire town. — 00:02:33
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank says that on October 28, 2012, with both brothers owing punishments for reasons he can't find, John bet Nerdfighteria: reach 1,000 videos before $1 million in Kiva loans and the punishments are wiped, otherwise doubled. — 00:03:17
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Nerdfighteria loaned the million dollars, so each brother had two punishments; they cleared one by making six videos in a week, three each, leaving one punishment each. — 00:03:34
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — ask: Hank says he got a really good idea for his own punishment from comments on John's video, and asks everyone to comment what John's punishment should be. — 00:03:48
2014-07-22 · Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — ask: John says he looks forward to reading viewers' thoughts in the comments when he returns. — 00:03:28
2014-08-01 · PUNISHMENT OF PAIN AND SCIENCE! — announcement: Hank says today's video, inspired by a comment on John's video about Hank needing to be punished, explains the science of pain while he experiences pain. (playful) — 00:00:02
2014-08-03 · Happy Esther Day! — Hank explains Esther Day: in 2010 John asked Esther Earl, a nerdfighter who helped inspire The Fault in Our Stars, what the community should do on her birthday; she chose love in families and friendships, not romance. — 00:00:35
2014-08-03 · Happy Esther Day! — ask: Hank asks viewers to take time today to say 'I love you' to people they don't normally say it to: it's a good thing to do, and it's what Esther wants. — 00:01:09
2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank says John has now missed three videos through hospitalisation: orbital cellulitis (an infection behind his eyeball), gallbladder removal, and now viral meningitis. — 00:02:16
2014-08-08 · Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! — Hank recalls that the first time John missed a video, for the eye infection, the community made a video of people putting stuff on their heads to help him feel better. — 00:02:29
2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis) — John thanks Nerdfighters for putting stuff on their heads to cheer him up; it did the trick when he desperately needed it. — 00:03:49
2014-08-26 · Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World — John: For John's birthday Nerdfighteria got him 174.3 llamas through Heifer for families in need; he jokes about the family getting 0.3 of a llama. — 00:00:02
2014-09-02 · MORTIFICATION — John: Sarah reassured John that nerdfighters are forgiving and few outside Nerdfighteria would see an agriculture video; within a day Bill Gates, the WFP head and Ethiopia's foreign minister had seen it. (playful) — 00:01:49
2014-09-05 · REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! — recommendation: John suggests finding nerdfighters at university by wearing nerdfighter clothing, and notes many colleges now have nerdfighter clubs. — 00:01:02
2014-09-05 · REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! — ask: Hank urges viewers whose university has no nerdfighter club to start one; John adds 'You can start one.' — 00:01:10
2014-09-09 · Going to College (in Ethiopia) — John: The students say they watch YouTube for fun and for school; John declares them nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:01:42
2014-09-09 · Going to College (in Ethiopia) — John says he heard much concern, familiar to nerdfighters, that book learning might not translate into real-world success. — 00:02:40
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — In the description John thanks everyone in the nerdfighter community who supported the movie, and him, through the whole process. — video description
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — ask: John: Asked about meetups, John points to location-specific nerdfighter groups around the world (link in the description), says there are many gatherings he has enjoyed, and urges viewers to check them out. — 00:01:37
2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — Hank praises John Plays FIFA: fictional players both named John Green raise a child while raising real money for the real team, so Nerdfighteria's logos are now on its uniforms. — 00:00:11
2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — announcement: Hank says vlogbrothers has run pre-roll ads for over a month, building a pile of cash the brothers are distributing to awesome creators. — 00:03:22
2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — Hank says he found Kelly's work, reached out, and offered her some of Nerdfighteria's money; she is very excited. — 00:03:42
2014-09-23 · Looking Away — announcement: John says Water.org set up a Nerdfighter fundraiser for sustainable water in Ethiopia; if $100,000 is raised in 10 days, Bill Gates will match it, bringing safe water to 8,000 people. — 00:02:40
2014-09-26 · Gettin' Real with Hank — Hank says that in about four days the community raised $260,000 to help people get clean water, and the most common donor comment is 'I'm sorry I couldn't give more.' — 00:00:50
2014-09-26 · Gettin' Real with Hank — Hank says their weird and wonderful position was granted by pure dumb luck and by the viewers, who forget they are the reason things exist. — 00:01:08
2014-09-26 · Gettin' Real with Hank — ask: Hank has made a survey where viewers rank things the brothers might do and add ideas for what to do with the community's power. — 00:02:43
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says what he does know is that he likes writing books and making stuff for and with Nerdfighters. — 00:01:09
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says the TFIOS movie was awesome mostly because it felt like Hollywood making a $15 million present for Nerdfighteria, and thinks the Paper Towns movie will be the same or more so. (hedged) — 00:01:14
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John: Agreeing with Hank, John calls these problems of extreme privilege he is grateful to have, but wants to learn how to be a good Nerdfighter in a strong community. — 00:01:48
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says the community just raised $300,000 for Water.org in Ethiopia, more than the first six Projects for Awesome raised combined. — 00:02:02
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says the survey's top choice was that the brothers spend more time with friends and family, which made him weep, knowing he should spend more time with his children. — 00:02:21
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says viewers next wanted help understanding current events, which the brothers haven't done enough of lately because it is a lot of work. — 00:02:40
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John's favourite survey result: making viral videos that get views came dead last; what metrics and business strategy advise interests Nerdfighteria least, and him too. — 00:03:08
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — ask: John: Without making a survey, John asks viewers what the brothers should do less of, so he can write a book and have more time to be a Nerdfighter. (hedged) — 00:03:31
2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John thanks Nerdfighteria for raising more than $300,000 for Water.org, which he says will permanently transform the lives of more than 10,000 people in Ethiopia. — 00:03:44
2014-10-03 · Hong Kong Protests Explained — In the description Hank thanks Hong Kong Nerdfighters for keeping him informed and unnamed China experts who helped his research. — video description
2014-10-10 · I Kinda AM Batman — announcement: Hank says that on October 10th it is time to start thinking about the Project for Awesome; they are working on perks, including a compilation album of Nerdfighter music. — 00:03:21
2014-10-10 · I Kinda AM Batman — ask: Hank invites anyone who wants to contribute Nerdfighteria-inspired music to the P4A compilation album to find information in the description. — 00:03:31
2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John reports that Nerdfighters have now loaned more than $4.5 million through Kiva.org to developing-world entrepreneurs, one of the biggest groups in Kiva's history, though growth has slowed lately. — 00:00:57
2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says Nerdfighteria has a federally sanctioned, tax-deductible charity, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which gathers money mostly around the Project for Awesome and gives it all away. — 00:01:22
2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says the foundation now has about $45,000, partly from Nerdfighter projects like Nerdcrafteria (he says 'Minecrafteria') and more Vlogbrothers income - its best shape ever going into P4A. — 00:01:44
2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says HankGames ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon, a fourth-tier club formed by fans after their club was moved to Milton Keynes, and this year (2014) the sponsorship is on the team's shorts. — 00:01:58
2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John: Noting Looking for Alaska came out ten years ago (second grade to senior year), John says he is having a smidge of a crisis about being old and asks older Nerdfighters for advice. (playful) — 00:03:23
2014-10-28 · The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! — John: Long-time Nerdfighters know John's slightly tortured experiences with Paper Towns in Hollywood over the years; now everything is going well, and he thanks everyone who read and supported the book. — 00:03:17
2014-11-04 · Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns — ask: John reminds Hank and Nerdfighters in America over 18 not to forget to vote. — 00:02:59
2014-11-11 · Lacey and Angela Question Tuesday: Pizzamas Day 2 — Halston Sage: After several flubbed attempts, Halston Sage introduces Question Tuesday, answering real questions from real nerdfighters. — 00:00:20
2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank recounts that in 2010 the brothers did shows on BlogTV, a now-defunct live-streaming platform; busy John often ate during them, and Nerdfighters mocked him with a Facebook group of pictures of John eating. — 00:00:38
2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank: A nerdfighter screencapped that moment; Valerie2776, now the brothers' community manager, adjusted the contrast, traced it in Illustrator and made it white on red: that was Pizza John. — 00:01:44
2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank says the Pizza John face is weird, recognizable and bold, fits the nerd aesthetic and takes a little bravery to wear in public, so it became a kind of nerdfighter badge. — 00:02:07
2014-11-12 · The History of Pizza John! — Hank says Vlogbrothers is a video project between two brothers talking to each other, though their lives are weirder now, and a community sharing values: equality and knowing the world deserves to be understood complexly. — 00:03:10
2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — John: After Hank posted a circa-1981 photo of the brothers on Thursday, Nerdfighters photoshopped it (as a rap duo, playing cards): 'the many gifts of Pizzamas'. — 00:00:31
2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — ask: John invites Nerdfighters who want to photoshop the picture further to use the link in the description. — 00:00:47
2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6 — ask: John: P.S.: only four days are left in Pizzamas, so viewers who want John's mustachioed face on any item must order within four days (link in description). — 00:02:43
2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank: internalising this has been a lifelong process and only works where he is among people he trusts and feels confident around, as on the Vlogbrothers channel and in Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:07
2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank: embarrassment is not about being wrong but about feeling wrong, and it is hard for him to feel wrong here because viewers are nice. — 00:02:26
2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank: In the comments of his Friday video Hank owned up to 'dipthong', likening it to John's recent 'hectacre', and asked people for their own 'hectacre moments'. — 00:02:40
2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — Hank read the roughly 300 replies before filming: hilarious, wince-inducing, several also about façade; he thinks the thread was cathartic for everyone in it. — 00:02:49
2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — ask: Hank asks viewers who have time to share an embarrassing thing that happened to them, so everyone can feel better knowing everyone does dumb things. — 00:03:13
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John: the Project for Awesome is an annual charity event in which the Nerdfighter community tries to decrease world suck and increase world awesome. — 00:01:00
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John: the P4A started in 2007 with YouTubers making charity videos, when videos were found via the Most Discussed and Top Rated pages, and Nerdfighteria came together to hijack YouTube's algorithm. — 00:01:47
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John: traditionally 100% of the Project for Awesome's money goes to charities chosen by Nerdfighteria at projectforawesome.com. — 00:02:16
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — ask: John asks Nerdfighteria for feedback and any new ideas on his proposal. — 00:02:36
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John proposes that day two raise money for charities chosen by Nerdfighteria, with meaningful discussions in P4A video comments instead of comment-spamming. — 00:02:55
2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — John: the P4A's format and scope have changed a lot over the years, but it is always his favourite time of year to be a Nerdfighter. — 00:03:43
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — John thanks Nerdfighters for their feedback on Project for Awesome 2014 and says he will talk more about it when he is less exhausted. — 00:01:57
2014-11-21 (said on 2014-11-20, implied) · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown — ask: John: P.S.: John tells Nerdfighters the AFC Wimbly Womblys have just played the most important games in their history, with links in the description. (playful) — 00:03:00
2014-11-25 · Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns — John: it is Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters, but today he asks the questions and the guests answer. — 00:00:13
2014-11-28 · Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For — John is grateful for Nerdfighteria: the chance to be part of a community committed to doing good and also having a lot of fun. — 00:01:02
2014-11-28 · Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For — ask: both: John and Hank ask Nerdfighteria to say one serious thing and one silly thing they are thankful for. — 00:02:59
2014-11-28 · Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For — John thanks Nerdfighters for letting him sign so many things in the last year and hopes to keep it up for the rest of his life. (hedged) — 00:03:16
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — announcement: John says the Project for Awesome starts in five days and he made this bonus video so everyone in Nerdfighteria is ready. — 00:00:22
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — John: For new Nerdfighters, John explains that the Project for Awesome is an annual 48-hour event that raises lots of money for charity while many people make videos about charities. — 00:00:28
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — John thanks everyone who donated time and effort, from Natalie Tran to Troye Sivan to Nerdfighters who made art perks like French the Llama paintings; many perks are one-of-a-kind. — 00:01:11
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — John says they asked Nerdfighteria a few weeks ago how to divide the money; the biggest concern was keeping P4A a place where small charities get important funding. — 00:01:31
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — announcement: John announces a trial: day-one donations are split between Save the Children and Partners in Health, longtime Nerdfighteria partners highly rated for efficient work on poverty and disease. — 00:01:39
2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — announcement: John says many perks are saved for day two onward, when money goes to charities Nerdfighteria votes for, likely many small ones; he asks for careful, thoughtful voting. — 00:02:06
2014-12-09 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns — John introduces Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, and says he will ask her real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:06
2014-12-09 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns — Cara Delevingne: Asked whether the world should contain a puppy-sized elephant or an elephant-sized puppy, Cara chooses the puppy-sized elephant, to John's delight. (playful) — 00:03:10
2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health — announcement: Hank: More perks: a calendar of YouTubers' baby pictures including Hank, pressed pennies stamped with P4A and Nerdfighteria logos, Hank's Hanklerfish drawings, Hank and Katherine's Princess Bride commentary, Nerdfighter music and art compilations. — 00:02:28
2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — John thanks Nerdfighters who donated, made, watched, shared and commented on P4A videos and watched the live show; for him it was the best P4A yet, and he wants to hear viewers' views in comments. — 00:00:44
2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — announcement: John says donations are tax-deductible in the US and all money after manufacturing and shipping costs goes to charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:42
2014-12-19 · BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! — Ettore Rossetti thanks 'you and your community' for the time and contributions, calling them truly awesome, as their name suggests. — 00:03:27
2014-12-19 · BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! — Hank thanks everyone for P4A 2014: six trending hashtags, dozens of guests donating tens of thousands of perks, hundreds of thousands of votes on 900+ videos, and $1,282,750 raised. — 00:03:33

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2015

2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John says that for the past couple of years Nerdfighteria has been sponsoring AFC Wimbledon, an actual professional soccer team in England. — 00:00:02
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John says the brothers pay for the sponsorship by sending AFC Wimbledon all the advertising revenue from their channel HankGames. — 00:00:27
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — announcement: John says this year (2015) the sponsorship grew enough that Nerdfighteria is on the shorts of the AFC Wimbledon uniform. — 00:00:35
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — announcement: John says the AFC Wimbledon scarves with DFTBA on them are back in stock at dftba.com, with all royalties going to the club. — 00:00:45
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — announcement: John says the game is on American television at 3 PM Eastern on Fox Sports 1, where viewers can see the Nerdfighter advertisements by the field. — 00:02:10
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — ask: John suggests Nerdfighters who don't care about sports use the match to connect with parents who don't understand them. (playful) — 00:02:19
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John says he cares intensely and irrationally about Liverpool's community, but ultimately has to root for the team with DFTBA on their shorts: Nerdfighteria wins over Liverpool. (playful) — 00:02:33
2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing — John thanks everyone who watches the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys on HankGames for making the sponsorship possible. — 00:03:24
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — In the description John says hundreds of people at AFC Wimbledon told him how much the Nerdfighter community's support means to them, and thanks Rosianna for spearheading the sponsorship. — video description
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — John notes they are in the official match day programme and exults that Nerdfighteria sponsors a team that is playing Liverpool. — 00:01:00
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — John points out a Liverpool player taking a corner in front of the word Nerdfighter. — 00:02:17
2015-01-06 (said on 2015-01-05, implied) · AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth — John thanks everyone at Wimbledon for hosting them, and everyone who watched the game and sent pictures of the DFTBAs and Nerdfighterias all over the pitch. — 00:02:54
2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — announcement: John says smaller grants of still over $10,000 go to the next ten charities chosen by Nerdfighteria, and names them. — 00:03:16
2015-01-20 · REUNION MINIGOLF — both: John opens Question Tuesday from a minigolf course, pretending Hank is too busy with the President; Hank is there with him in Florida. (playful) — 00:00:00
2015-02-03 (said on 2015-01-30, implied) · Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday! — John says if Nerdfighteria were a sovereign nation its national bird would be the owl, for wisdom, superpower hearing, swallowing mice whole and Hedwig, but he is open to suggestions. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:04
2015-02-13 · Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions — Hank says that, with nothing pressing to make a video about, he turned this one over to the Nerdfighters of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit to decide what he would do. — 00:00:01
2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — John says there is even a poster of the line at DFTBA.com, designed by Nerdfighter Risa. — 00:00:36
2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — John corrects the record: the line was written several years ago by a 13-year-old Nerdfighter, Melody, who often quoted his books and made art on her Tumblr; someone assumed he wrote it. — 00:01:44
2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — announcement: John says they have been selling a poster with a quote attributed to him that a 13-year-old wrote; Melody and Risa will now share its royalties, and Melody is being paid retroactively for posters already sold. — 00:02:14
2015-02-17 · Places I've Never Been — announcement: John says he liked an artwork of Melody's so much that it is now a DFTBA.com poster, available for pre-order, with the royalties going to Melody. — 00:02:27
2015-03-13 · Screaming Into Pillows — Hank tells Nerdfighteria they are really important in his life, so it feels wrong not to talk about important things happening to him, on video or social media. — 00:00:59
2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets — announcement: Hank tells Nerdfighters in the tour areas he hopes to see them in April. (hedged) — 00:03:48
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John says Hank has a new haircut, seen in his video before the Batman song; Nerdfighter reviews were universally positive, but John is his brother. (playful) — 00:00:12
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John says there are two AFC Wimbledons in his life; his fictional FIFA team, the Wimbly Womblys, has risen from League Two to its first Premier League season. — 00:02:08
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John says the ad revenue from the FIFA series is used to sponsor the real AFC Wimbledon. — 00:02:34
2015-03-31 · Hank's Haircut and Related Existential Crises — John concludes he kind of likes Hank's new haircut, and so, by extension, Kennedy's haircut in FIFA. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:18
2015-04-10 (said on 2015-04-11, implied) · This Video Makes No Sense — Hank notes that John recently made fun of his new hairstyle, which is fine because that's what brothers do. (playful) — 00:00:01
2015-04-10 (said on 2015-04-11, implied) · This Video Makes No Sense — Hank tells John he thinks his hair looks good, and that John should get a new poster. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:25
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
2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — ask: John tells Nerdfighters in any of the tour cities to go to Hank's tour. — 00:00:38
2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John: Shown the two competing Batman shirt designs, Sarah laughed for minutes and asked why anyone would buy the 'Batman's just a rich guy' shirt; John fears for his chances in the contest. (playful) — 00:00:45
2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John recalls his first European Nerdfighter gathering (Amsterdam, 2008, 30-40 people), where a Dutch Nerdfighter from Best Wishes from the Netherlands asked him to introduce them to the Belgian boys. — 00:02:04
2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John: Seven years later one of those Dutch girls is marrying one of those Belgian boys; John congratulates them. — 00:02:23
2015-04-21 · A Stunning Turn of Events — John loves it when Nerdfighter-like turns into Nerdfighter-love, and notes that Nerdfighters meeting at Hank's concerts could likewise fall in love and get engaged. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:33
2015-05-01 · A $100,000 Egg and A 200M Year Old Pinecone — Hank says the tour was fantastic and thanks everyone who came out to the shows. — 00:03:39
2015-05-12 · Becoming Someone Else — John is nostalgic for 2007-2009, when everyone who met him on the street was a nerdfighter, though that is terrible since good things followed: his children, his book's success and film. — 00:01:41
2015-05-19 · Pain Destroys Language: John after the Dentist — John says much suffering is completely unnecessary, and his favorite thing about the Nerdfighter community is that it tries to do something about it. — 00:01:32
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John announces the brothers' podcast will be called Dear Hank and John (he thinks of it as 'Dear John and Hank'), answering Nerdfighters' questions with second-rate advice plus news from AFC Wimbledon and Mars. — 00:00:22
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to send questions or problems for the podcast to hankandjohn@gmail.com. — 00:00:36
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John: Nerdfighteria-sponsored AFC Wimbledon will stay in League Two after finishing the season 15th, so they remain a full-time professional team, playable in the next FIFA game. — 00:01:24
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John: Bank of Nerdfighteria update: Vlogbrothers ad revenue is split in half between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content such as Physics Girl and The Financial Diet. — 00:02:05
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John: So far this year (2015) the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has raised about $40,000, mostly from people watching ads on Vlogbrothers; John thanks viewers for 'ingesting' the advertising. — 00:02:18
2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — recommendation: John: The foundation also got money from Tab for a Cause, a browser extension built by Nerdfighters that raises money for charity as you surf; John says it really works and links it. — 00:02:29
2015-05-29 · 15 of My Favorite Feelings — Hank found the video surprisingly hard to make: even in their open, honest corner of the internet, sharing things he likes was difficult, perhaps from self-consciousness or fear of bragging. (hedged) — 00:03:14
2015-05-29 · 15 of My Favorite Feelings — ask: Hank invites viewers to share their favorite feelings in the comments, and their hang-ups to consenting strangers. — 00:03:45
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank says some videos he makes for as many viewers as possible, and some just for Nerdfighters who watch no matter what; he really likes the latter, without pressure, saying what's in his head. — 00:00:10
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank says the community has given him many gifts; feeling in debt to many people, one way he can repay it is making videos just for the people who have supported the brothers. (hedged) — 00:00:55
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank says Nerdfighteria should be defined now and then: told on Tumblr that someone was shamed in a Nerdfighter community for being transgender, he says that is not what a Nerdfighter does. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank worries that people do wrong things in the name of the community without understanding it. — 00:01:28
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank worries about the decoupling of productivity and wages: the rich may just get richer while the poor do not benefit, creating instability and suffering. — 00:01:34
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank wants to do more with Nerdfighteria, like a scavenger hunt; viewers may help, but he won't say how because he already did. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:31
2015-06-05 · Just for Nerdfighters — Hank thanks those who watch every video no matter what; it means a lot to him. — 00:03:41
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John tells German Nerdfighters he will post on Twitter if more Berlin tickets become available and hopes they enjoy 'Margos Spuren'. — 00:00:17
2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters for more of their thoughts on wages and productivity (the description invites continuing in comments). — 00:03:37
2015-06-09 · What Does It Mean to Be Human? — ask: John asks Hank and Nerdfighters what they think it means to be human and invites them to continue the conversation in comments or via the linked page. — 00:03:21
2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff — John records Question Tuesday in the back of a movie theater in Berlin with Nat Wolff, who plays Q, and Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo Roth Spiegelman in the Paper Towns film. — 00:00:06
2015-06-30 · Some News — John is in an airport on his way to Brazil for the Paper Towns premiere there and will not be home for 28 days except for a brief stop. — 00:00:03
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John thanks Nerdfighters, saying he is a bit lost in the wilderness at the moment and that this place, where he can make things and have people respond thoughtfully and generously, is tremendously important to him right now. — video description
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:45
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John is exhausted and drained: he is not good at interviews and misses his family and home; the last month has been exhausting with two weeks still to go. — 00:01:29
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John says Nerdfighters have noticed, commenting that he seems tired and shouldn't worry about taking a break, and he appreciates it since no one else in his professional life says so. — 00:01:53
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John: So even vlogging over unchosen music and making videos that aren't that good, John will 'just keep swimming', because Nerdfighteria is a big part of what keeps him going. — 00:02:42
2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John thanks Nerdfighters for worrying, says he is okay, and is excited to meet some of them on tour instead of answering the same 8 questions from press outlets. — 00:02:53
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — announcement: John: The secret hashtag John invented for following Nerdfighteria's responses to the Paper Towns movie is #wallofcow. — video description
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John says the past week was intense and overwhelming, with lots of interviews, which he is not good at, but he was usually with Nat Wolff, who makes everything better. — 00:00:04
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John met many thousands of Nerdfighters around the country, and many wanted to say hello to Hank, as crowds then do. — 00:00:16
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John hopes Hank and Nerdfighteria like the movie and thanks everyone who has shared this journey with him. — 00:02:57
2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY — John: Caring mostly about responses from Nerdfighteria and people who care about the story, John invented a fake hashtag to follow instead of the official ones, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:14
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John says the Paper Towns movie is out in most of the world and thanks everyone who watched it and shared responses via Nerdfighteria's #wallofcow. — 00:03:29
2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John says the past two months were long and difficult; he missed his family and is glad to be home, but the tour week was an adventure that brought him closer to people he loves. — 00:03:37
2015-08-03 · I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 — John says Esther Day is the day to say 'I love you' to family and friends even, especially, when it's hard. — 00:00:27
2015-08-03 · I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 — announcement: John will do a Question Tuesday tomorrow and asks Nerdfighters to leave brief questions in the comments. — 00:01:31
2015-08-04 · Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza — John's Question Tuesday answers real questions from real Nerdfighters; he had asked for brief questions and got them, starting with 'briefs or boxers?' (boxer briefs). (playful) — 00:00:01
2015-08-14 · Corndog Ghost Attack, Book Towers, and Census — announcement: Hank launches the third annual Nerdfighteria Census, run since 2013, so the community can know itself, Hank can analyse it, and future tours can be planned around where people are. — 00:02:59
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says so many Nerdfighters made amazing book towers that he tries one himself in his library; it collapses. (playful) — 00:00:01
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John shows off the John Green Stand at AFC Wimbledon's stadium. — 00:01:19
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John objects to Census question 25, 'Who has better hair, Hank or John?', which pits his unwavering puff against Hank's fancy new hairstyle. (playful) — 00:01:26
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says the brothers use the Census every year to choose Crash Course topics and Vlogbrothers videos and to understand Nerdfighteria's interests, and thanks everyone who fills it out. — 00:01:37
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says one of the weirdest and most beautiful things about Nerdfighteria is that in eight years it has never let the brothers have a proper sibling rivalry: always Team Hank and John. — 00:02:18
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says he won't run a negative campaign, then jabs at Hank's hair: a haircut Tyler Oakley discarded in 2011, a young Republican's haircut, a de-mustachioed Leon Trotsky's face. (joke) — 00:02:57
2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria — John says early Census responses imply an 85 percent unemployment rate in Nerdfighteria, and he can't tell whether that is selection bias. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:24
2015-08-25 · Question Tuesday: The Goat Edition — both: Hank interrupts John's Question Tuesday; at dinner the night before he made a dumb face in a photo that everyone decided was 'goatobombing', photobombing while looking like a goat. (playful) — 00:00:05
2015-09-04 · Addicted to Outrage — Hank: Census results: Nerdfighteria has gotten three years older in the last year, which Hank finds weird, and has gone from 24% to 33% college graduates. — 00:03:15
2015-09-15 · John Gets a Tattoo — John, outside Firefly Tattoo with Rosianna, is getting an inkless tattoo as a punishment for something punishable he apparently did in 2012, which Hank and Nerdfighteria dredged up. (playful) — 00:00:03
2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to tell him in the comments what his wall is missing. — 00:02:25
2015-10-06 · Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books! — John says that for about eight years an online community has been generous and kind to him and his work, and criticism mostly thoughtful and respectful. — 00:01:00
2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — John says Daniel believed government service was noble; in 2008 Nerdfighteria helped raise money for his campaign and he lost, but he won in 2010 and was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2012. — 00:01:03
2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — ask: John encourages viewers, whatever their political beliefs, who live in a country where their voice matters, to get involved in the political process. — 00:03:43
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — John has trimmed his beard because Nerdfighters had started calling it the 'Under Puff'. (playful) — 00:00:09
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — ask: John asks Nerdfighters whether they would be excited or scared if their favourite creators made such a subscriber-only show ('asking for a friend'). — 00:02:47
2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video — ask: John says he genuinely doesn't know whether YouTube Red is a step toward or away from that ideal and looks forward to continuing the conversation in comments. (unsure) — 00:03:35
2015-10-30 · Feeling Thankful in Portland — Hank thanks everyone who left positive, constructive, fascinating comments on John's YouTube Red video. — 00:02:52
2015-11-03 · Monkey Hangers — John says Nerdfighteria and he sponsor fourth-tier, fan-owned AFC Wimbledon as its back-of-shorts sponsor. — 00:00:13
2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — Hank says he is getting a little worried the channel will acquire so many traditions that eventually every day will have something from Nerdfighteria history prescribed. (playful) — 00:00:28
2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — Hank thinks the channel's traditions and inside knowledge are wonderful but can be intimidating for people who are new. (hedged) — 00:00:47
2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — ask: Hank lists ways to take part in P4A: make a charity video, donate through the week-long Indiegogo campaign with perks from YouTubers, watch and promote the livestream and videos, and vote for favourite videos. — 00:01:52
2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — ask: John tells Nerdfighters to upload their P4A videos at that time, noon Eastern on December 11; their videos could raise money for their favourite charities. — 00:00:48
2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — John describes the Project for Awesome as an annual charity event organized by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:56
2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — announcement: John says he is going to do a Question Tuesday on Thursday because it seems like the right time. — 00:02:47
2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — ask: John asks Nerdfighters for questions, preferably brief ones, in the comments. — 00:02:52
2015-11-19 · Is Success a Bad Idea? (Pizzamas Day 9 of 10) — Hank is grateful for friends, family and a community that make him feel valued, make him question himself and his beliefs, and challenge him to become a better person. — 00:03:29
2015-11-20 · On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas) — John quotes a Nerdfighter's reply to one too broke to enjoy Pizzamas, that it is as much a state of being as a consumerist holiday; he adds that this is true of all holidays now. (playful) — 00:00:42
2015-11-24 · Crime and Outrage — John: Such price hikes are neither new nor rare: in 2011 Warner Chilcott raised the price of Asacol 1200% overnight, and there are dozens of similar examples. — 00:02:19
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
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — John says Kiva loans can be as small as $25 to an entrepreneur of your choice, with a 99% chance of repayment, playfully likening it to a savings account at -1% interest. (playful) — 00:00:25
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John says the second half raises money for charities chosen by viewers, who from Friday can watch P4A videos and vote at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:59
2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — John says the Foundation already has $80,000 before P4A starts, mostly from Nerdcrafteria and Vlogbrothers ad revenue, half of which sponsors online educational projects and half goes to the Foundation. — 00:02:42
2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — announcement: John opens the ninth annual Project for Awesome, pointing to the 48-hour livestream, perks and voting at projectforawesome.com, where votes decide where much of the money goes. — 00:00:00
2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — John says Hank always tells him to make an end screen, and admits the video ran over four minutes, so he will probably be punished and accepts it. (playful, hedged) — 00:04:22
2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John says all money raised in the second half goes to charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community through voting at projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:43
2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — John thanks viewers for donating and for voting, stressing that all the charities were decided by their votes at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:44
2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — ask: John asks Nerdfighteria to answer in the comments what they want more or less of on Vlogbrothers next year (2016), and whether the rules and the schedule should change. — 00:02:10
2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — ask: John playfully asks whether Nerdfighteria will really punish him because his video about refugee camps in Ethiopia ran over four minutes, calling them monsters. (playful) — 00:02:22
2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John says he is off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies, which can be found on HankGames. — 00:02:33

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2016

2016-01-26 · Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to say in the comments which other global human challenges they would like the brothers to discuss. — 00:03:31
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank: Through the Vlogbrothers ad revenue grants, this month (February 2016) the brothers sent money to Science With Tom, Eternally Curious, SimonOxfPhys and Unacademy, India's largest free education initiative. — 00:01:39
2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank wants to be open with the people of this community, and this video is part of that. — 00:03:50
2016-02-09 · Water in My Cereal: Taste Testing Various Liquid Accompaniments to Raisin Bran — John: Nerdfighteria, usually very supportive, condemned his habit swiftly and nearly universally, sending studies on eating cereal with milk and a Vine recreating cereal with water. (playful) — 00:00:10
2016-02-09 · Water in My Cereal: Taste Testing Various Liquid Accompaniments to Raisin Bran — John: By 'a scientific study of his taste buds', the best liquid for Raisin Bran is water, then coffee, lemon-lime Gatorade, milk and orange juice. (playful) — 00:02:15
2016-02-16 · Kindness — John thanks Nerdfighters for their kindness. — 00:03:05
2016-02-26 · Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) — Hank marks nine years of making vlogbrothers videos with a Question Tuesday of things people still don't know about the brothers, using questions he gathered on Twitter. — 00:00:18
2016-03-29 · My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! — John announces a Question Tuesday answering 50 real Snapchats from real Snapchatters, which he does in four minutes. — 00:00:00
2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says he did not shave for six consecutive weeks because AFC Wimbledon, the fourth-tier English team sponsored by Nerdfighteria, kept winning. (playful) — 00:02:13
2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says AFC Wimbledon lost a game, letting him shave, and then another team failed to win, so Wimbledon made the playoffs anyway. — 00:02:34
2016-05-03 · No Fumar — announcement: John says that if AFC Wimbledon make the final, he is going to Wembley Stadium to watch the game. — 00:02:43
2016-05-03 · No Fumar — ask: John tells Nerdfighters that to take part in VidCon signings and meet-and-greets they must register by May 13. — 00:02:58
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — The description says Hank is grateful for the things that keep him from making more videos: nothing on his list of projects is something he would want to stop doing. — video description
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says they must make only one video a week mainly because the community has given them opportunities to do important things they believe in. — 00:01:08
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says viewers who rely on him for a good idea every week are vital to his life; he couldn't have done the last 10 years' amazing things without his obligation to Nerdfighteria. — 00:01:52
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank hopes he never lets Nerdfighteria down; he spends a lot of time thinking about doing what they would want. — 00:03:11
2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — John says AFC Wimbledon, the fourth-tier English team Nerdfighteria sponsors, has reached the play-off final, one victory from becoming a third-tier team. — 00:02:35
2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — John says that on May 30 AFC Wimbledon, wearing DFTBA on their shorts, will play a one-game playoff against Plymouth Argyle at Wembley, a 90,000-seat stadium. — 00:02:46
2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — John says Wimbledon have the smallest stadium in their league and among the smallest budgets, and would be the only fan-owned English team as high as the third tier. — 00:02:59
2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — John says he is leaving directly from the Indianapolis 500 to go to the game in London. — 00:03:20
2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — ask: John asks Nerdfighters in or near London to come to Wembley on May 30 to cheer on the Dons, and tells those who can't afford a ticket to email him so he can try to work something out. (hedged) — 00:03:24
2016-05-27 · Reaction Video: THE THING! — In the description Hank calls the past couple of weeks fascinating and hard to process, says they helped him realize or reinforce what is special about 'this thing that we're doing', and thanks everyone who came out. — video description
2016-05-27 · Reaction Video: THE THING! — Hank says it is easy to get caught up in simple metrics like views or subscribers, but knowing they can have a real, positive impact on individual people is wonderful and rewarding, and he is so pleased to be part of it. — video description
2016-05-27 · Reaction Video: THE THING! — Hank says the tour was really fun, with many great shows and great people, and that he really likes the community. — 00:03:25
2016-05-31 (said on 2016-05-29, implied) · The Most Amazing Day — John reports AFC Wimbledon won, securing promotion to League One. — 00:03:09
2016-06-17 · Hey, Let's Change Some Things — ask: Hank tells everyone watching that instead of their usual evening they will all write a letter to someone who represents them in government, as homework. — 00:00:20
2016-06-17 · Hey, Let's Change Some Things — ask: Hank: Whatever their issue or country, Hank wants the community to reach out to their governments, say they care about their countries, and do it within the next 24 hours. — 00:02:28
2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon — The description says VidCon so far has been magnificent, poignant and inspiring, all Hank hoped, and thanks the community. — video description
2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon — Hank: Overwhelmed by VidCon, Hank records early, on Tuesday, and does a Question Tuesday because anything more complicated would destroy him. (playful) — 00:00:24
2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon — announcement: Hank says another announcement he can't reveal yet comes on Saturday at the Nerdfighter meetup, and people near or in Boston may want to pay attention. — 00:02:34
2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon — Hank thanks everyone who did his homework assignment: he got many letters on Snapchat, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter. — 00:03:27
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank calls it as close as they will ever get to bringing Nerdfighteria into the real world. — 00:02:26
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — announcement: Hank: Since only people with a spare $60 get to come to such events, registrants who can may fund a half or full scholarship for another Nerdfighter; applications come later. — 00:03:00
2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank thanks everyone in the community, especially those who cannot come to NerdCon: Nerdfighteria: they will be there in spirit. — 00:03:30
2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Hank thanks the community's black members for being part of it, for their strength and courage, and for sharing their experiences. — 00:02:38
2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — ask: Hank asks everyone who has time today to take time to listen — not to shout, judge, fight, dismiss or even comment — calling listening the most underappreciated verb in internet discourse. — 00:03:01
2016-07-19 · Pretty Bad Ways to Start a Conversation — ask: John asks Nerdfighters for other suggestions to improve the quality of conversations here and in the wider world; he'll be in comments trying to listen. — 00:03:27
2016-07-22 · Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) — Hank: Some say plussing makes discussion harder in a sea of pluses; for them a nerdfighter named Melvin made a Chrome extension removing plus comments, and Hank thanks him. — 00:02:36
2016-07-22 · Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) — Hank says he has always been proud of this community and known it is almost entirely kind, thoughtful people, from the comments and from meeting many in real life. — 00:02:50
2016-07-22 · Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) — Hank says this is already happening in corners of the internet and he is proud it is happening here. — 00:03:45
2016-07-26 · El Chapo and Me — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who have read one of his books to share in comments how they came to it, or any story of a book reaching them unexpectedly. — 00:02:05
2016-08-02 · Beckoning Lovely — John recalls August 8, 2008 as a big day: the brothers' first huge Nerdfighter gathering, helped by coinciding with a Harry Potter convention. — 00:01:25
2016-08-02 · Beckoning Lovely — John: That day John first met Rosianna, then a high school student and now his production partner in movie stuff. — 00:01:35
2016-08-02 · Beckoning Lovely — John: That evening Amy hosted The Beckoning of Lovely at the Bean in Millennium Park; what stuck with John most was singing an old soldiers' song to Auld Lang Syne with hundreds of people. — 00:01:40
2016-08-02 · Beckoning Lovely — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to say in the comments who those generous people have been in their lives. — 00:02:47
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — The description says Esther Earl, a Nerdfighter who died in 2010 at 16, asked that her birthday be a day for saying "I love you" to people you love but don't tell enough. — video description
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank: Adding to John's video, Hank recalls picking up 100 CDs of his music from Kinko's before Terminus: 'Songs from Hank Green's Pants Terminus Edition', mostly ripped from his YouTube videos. — 00:00:11
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank says the CDs were not a high-quality enterprise, but they sold every copy they did not give away. — 00:00:30
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank says selling those CDs showed him in a new way how much support the community gave, and selling his music felt good; he wants a memento of that day. — 00:00:46
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank: Terminus was Hank's first Harry Potter convention and one of his first times playing music for people; he met people who are still dear friends. — 00:00:58
2016-08-03 · Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 — Hank says Esther Day, August 3, celebrates kinds of love society is less good at celebrating, though they hold society together. (hedged) — 00:02:03
2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John lists among the good news that AFC Wimbledon is in League One and that 'our' new advertising is up in their stadium. — 00:03:20
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
2016-08-26 · I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes — Hank values the community's support for launching new things, and says he doesn't feel he betrays what they built as long as new projects are good for the world, fun, interesting and good for the community. — 00:01:56
2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says Water.org told him Nerdfighteria has just funded a capped spring water well in northern Ethiopia that serves over 2,000 people. — 00:00:46
2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says half of the channel's ad revenue goes to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and half sponsors online education projects. — 00:00:59
2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — Hank says he was struck by how many commenters don't know about all the things the brothers have done over ten years and are doing now. — 00:02:25
2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — Hank says he is reminded about once a year that he doesn't understand the community as well as he could, first realising it with the first Nerdfighteria Census in 2013. — 00:03:03
2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — Hank says the Census gives a deep understanding of the community so the brothers know what to create, what viewers want and what to do together; it matters hugely to him and John. — 00:03:30
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John says live shows are now easier and better, as viewers can see when he does a live Question Tuesday today. — 00:02:41
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John says Nerdfighteria knows Chris mainly from once appearing in a Vlogbrothers video in a Speedo, but promises viewers will like him. (playful) — 00:03:24
2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says most Nerdfighters who answered the Census get their YouTube videos from the subscriptions feed, good for the brothers since it is the only page showing all of a creator's videos. — 00:00:55
2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank lists past experiments: he humped things, John ate toilet paper, Hank sang songs, and they went to the developing world. (playful) — 00:00:15
2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank says thousands of chances to figure out who he is before people he respects, and their kind judgement, made him a kinder, more enthusiastic, more compassionate person. — 00:00:58
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John says the Project for Awesome began in 2007 when Nerdfighteria essentially tricked YouTube's algorithm into featuring videos about charity. (hedged) — 00:00:51
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John says the most-voted charities get grants; last year (2015) the top-voted charities received $25,000 each. — 00:01:25
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: John says the second half raises money for charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community through voting at projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:15
2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John says last year's (2015) winning charities ranged from Water.org to a suicide-prevention charity. — 00:03:23
2016-11-08 · A PIZZAMAS MIRACLE — John says the Pizza John story is too complicated to explain to new Nerdfighters, but Hank made a video with the highlights a while back. — 00:00:46
2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts — John says Nerdfighteria is also an echo chamber: just 4% of Nerdfighters who filled out this year's (2016) census said they would vote for Donald Trump. — 00:01:17
2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts — John says he doesn't know how to make the community more inclusive without opening it up to cruelty and hatred. (unsure) — 00:01:24
2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts — John says he honestly feels lost and is looking to the community for guidance and clarity, as he has for almost a decade. — 00:01:38
2016-11-14 · Who the Eff Is Hank? — Craig Benzine: For nerdfighters missing Hank, Craig imitates things Hank does: dancing with hip thrusts, singing rock music, breathing, and smiling while he talks. (joke) — 00:00:24
2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — ask: John asks viewers buying a Pizza John hoodie at DFTBA.com to also buy an AFC Wimbledon Nerdfighteria scarf; all proceeds go to the club, which might help them back to the playoffs and Wembley. — 00:01:42
2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — announcement: John says he thinks he will close out his part of Pizzamas on Thursday (17 November 2016) with an old-fashioned Question Tuesday. (hedged) — 00:02:52
2016-11-17 · Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday — recommendation: John: Asked to mention The Road to Nerdfighteria, John calls it an amazing project where nerdfighters around the world tell how they found Nerdfighteria, linked in the description. — 00:01:59
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — Hank says his leave has been a really reflective time, and a main takeaway is how grateful he is for the community's support and that they get to do cool and good things together. — video description
2016-12-06 · Exactly Like the Human Sternum — announcement: John says the tenth annual Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria's annual charity event, begins at noon Eastern on Friday (9 December 2016), when viewers should upload their P4A videos and submit them to projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:05
2016-12-06 · Exactly Like the Human Sternum — announcement: John announces that a group of Nerdfighters with Hank and him offers $300,000 in matching donations, and donors from Partners In Health and Save the Children also match, so every dollar donated from midnight is worth $4; he thanks the matching donors. — 00:00:59
2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — Hank says he is proud of the community: the tenth Project for Awesome saw Nerdfighteria work together to raise over two million dollars. — 00:02:21
2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — The description says John re-introduces Nerdfighteria to giraffe sex, long a staple of the vlogbrothers channel. — video description
2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John thanks Nerdfighteria for 9.99 amazing years of creating the community together: it has done so much amazing stuff together, and each of them is a vital part of that. — video description
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
2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John: Answering those who ask how he can be excited about England's 82nd best football team, John says AFC Wimbledon are now actually the 55th best. (playful) — 00:01:13
2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to share their best of 2016 in the comments, or make a video and link to it there. — 00:03:02
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
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank thanks viewers for an amazing ten years and says how lucky he is. — video description
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank: Of everything done in ten years, Hank says he is proudest of this community, and though that sounds hokey, he will explain. — 00:00:27
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank: 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
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank: By wanting to do this and listening, Hank says, they created a community giving joy, connection, value and meaning to many, unlike any previous kind of community. — 00:02:34
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank says this is why Nerdfighteria is the most interesting thing he has ever been part of: it is a model for that, tested over ten years. — 00:03:32
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank: Beneath the newsworthy achievements, Hank says, lies an amorphous community whose size, interest and maybe importance no one understands. (hedged) — 00:04:14
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank says Nerdfighteria is his proudest achievement not as a slogan or cheerleading but because it is a rare model for building community in an internet-based, hyper-individualized world. — 00:04:27
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — Hank thanks everybody who has watched and participated over the last ten years for being his leader. — 00:05:03
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — ask: Hank invites as many people as can to NerdCon: Nerdfighteria in Boston, February 25-26, the community's first central gathering, as real-world meeting is an important part of community. — 00:05:27

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2017

2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — ask: The description asks viewers to watch AFC Wimbledon on Saturday and find Nerdfighters to watch with. — video description
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
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John says Nerdfighteria sponsors third-tier AFC Wimbledon, who play Sutton United in the FA Cup third round this Saturday (7 January 2017) at 10 a.m. Eastern, televised on Fox Sports 1. — 00:02:23
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John notes Wimbledon players wear DFTBA on the back of their shorts, visible live in high definition on Saturday. — 00:02:41
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John: Colorado Nerdfighters will watch the game at the Three Lions Pub in Denver; there may be other places to watch with Nerdfighters, and John started a Reddit thread on it. (hedged) — 00:02:47
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave suggestions for Hank's punishment in the comments. — 00:03:12
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John tells Hank that making things with him and Nerdfighteria over ten years and three days has been the great professional privilege of his life. — 00:03:18
2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — John says Nerdfighteria and its projects brought him much joy and fulfillment, but the best part has been growing closer to Hank and sharing in the awesome he brings into the world. — 00:03:37
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
2017-01-10 · What Is the Real Unemployment Rate? — ask: John apologizes to non-American Nerdfighters for such an American video amid a US political discourse crisis and asks for non-American topics in comments to cover next week (week of 16 January 2017). — 00:04:58
2017-01-27 · Screaming for Four Minutes Straight (with WheezyWaiter) — Hank says people suggested things for him and Craig to do together and questions to ask each other. — 00:00:22
2017-02-07 (said on 2017-02-02, implied) · Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday — ask: John made a playlist of the songs the question brought to mind and asks Nerdfighters to share the songs or art that have been important to them, so they can discover cool stuff from each other. — 00:03:06
2017-02-24 · Doing Bad Things To Make Good Things Happen — Hank tells John this is one of the best, most helpful and most important lessons he learned in ten years of doing this with him and the community, and thanks him. — 00:03:46
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John recalls Esther Earl, a Nerdfighter who with her friends helped run the Project for Awesome behind the scenes and who died of cancer in 2010 at 16. — 00:00:18
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John and Esther met in Boston, where her Make-A-Wish brought him and some of her Nerdfighter friends; now they were there again, dancing and singing to songs Esther loved. — 00:00:25
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: On Saturday (25 February 2017) John visited Esther's grave with her parents and one of her sisters; many Nerdfighters have visited over the years, leaving artwork, keychains and This Star Won't Go Out bracelets. — 00:00:34
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: Esther met her Nerdfighter friends in the comments of the brothers' old BlogTV live shows, staying in the chat after the shows: their friendship happened in a space the brothers created and then vacated. (hedged) — 00:00:44
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: Instead John thinks about people making stuff together and using it to connect, such as the Project for Awesome and scavenger hunts. — 00:01:16
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John recalls an Amsterdam Nerdfighter gathering in 2008 where two people met who later married. — 00:01:20
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John says the brothers have been incredibly fortunate that so many awesome people chose to invest themselves in Nerdfighteria over the last decade. — 00:01:55
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: At Esther's grave John kept wondering how to thank and repay someone who is gone for the lasting gifts of their love and friendship. — 00:02:13
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: But you are here, whoever you are: the brothers are lucky and grateful to have you, and while here together, let's try to be kind and create spaces where cool stuff can happen. — 00:02:36
2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John thanks Nerdfighters for their comments, art, writing, collaborations and all the awesome they have brought into the world in ten years. — 00:02:48
2017-03-03 · PUNISHED: Blenderized Audience Choice: LIVE! — The description says John stuck his bare hand into a jar of peanut butter, Maureen Johnson had to leave the stage from queasiness, and Hank avoided puking in front of 3,500 Nerdfighters. — video description
2017-03-14 · Green Brothers Reunited! — The description says John and Hank pause on a long desert walk to answer Nerdfighters' questions, mostly on two topics chosen by John's children: Pokémon and monkey turtles. — video description
2017-03-14 · Green Brothers Reunited! — John announces a Question Tuesday on Pokémon and monkey turtles that is also a reunion video, with everyone together in the desert. — 00:00:08
2017-03-14 · Green Brothers Reunited! — John: Neither brother knows which Pokémon looks most like Hank; John says he is excited to find out from his viewers. (unsure) — 00:03:27
2017-03-21 · My Information Diet — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to say in the comments whether they have similar problems with the social internet or whether his experience is an outlier. — 00:03:04
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
2017-05-16 · The Introducer, My Childhood Dream Job — recommendation: John recommends The Road to Nerdfighteria, a free ongoing documentary project on how people found this corner of the internet and what it means to them; it still accepts submissions. (hedged) — 00:03:25
2017-05-23 (said on 2017-05-14, implied) · Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday — John: At VidCon John most looks forward to the annual Nerdfighter meetup, where they talk about future plans for Crash Course and more. — 00:01:42
2017-05-23 (said on 2017-05-14, implied) · Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday — John: Asked his favourite superhero, John jokingly says Batman, then says Batman isn't a superhero but a rich person. (playful) — 00:02:32
2017-05-30 · What Should We Keep? — announcement: John says an academic library recently contacted the brothers about preserving material from Brotherhood 2.0 and Nerdfighteria. — 00:01:30
2017-05-30 · What Should We Keep? — John says much is already gone: the comment that started the Evil Baby Orphanage, lots of early Nerdfighter artwork; sites are shuttered and links dead. — 00:02:52
2017-05-30 · What Should We Keep? — John doesn't want Nerdfighteria to be backwards-facing, nor thinks it will matter to scholars, but says it is significant to him. — 00:02:59
2017-05-30 · What Should We Keep? — ask: John asks longtime and new viewers what they think of when they think of Vlogbrothers and Nerdfighteria, what should be archived, and whether they have copies. — 00:03:13
2017-06-06 · My Favorite Subreddits: Joy, Wonder, Knowledge, and Birds with Arms — recommendation: John points to the Nerdfighters subreddit, where you can follow along with all the happenings in Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:22
2017-06-06 · My Favorite Subreddits: Joy, Wonder, Knowledge, and Birds with Arms — John says High Quality GIFs gets better the longer you hang around, his favourite kind of internet community and the kind he hopes Nerdfighteria is. — 00:03:40
2017-06-13 · Cheyenne, Wyoming — announcement: John says a Nerdfighter gathering at VidCon in Anaheim in a couple of weeks, Thursday at 9:30 am, is where he and Hank will announce exciting new Complexly projects. — 00:03:11
2017-06-20 · FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again — John introduces a special edition of Question Tuesday in which he asks Hank questions that contain the word 'first'. — 00:00:04
2017-07-07 · My Earthquake Story - (And Thoughts About Numbers) — In the description Hank calls followers, likes and views seductive surrogates for meaning, and says that without this kind, thoughtful community he would leave the internet. — video description
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: In the early days the brothers' main community was not on YouTube but at brotherhood2.com, whose discussion questions included how Hank should take Nerdfighters to the next level and the first book you ever loved. — 00:03:24
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Of John's five memories of shocked joy, the first two are his children's births: expected, yet both times the feeling, an overwhelmedness of joy and awe, was a complete surprise. (hedged) — 00:00:59
2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — ask: John hopes viewers will take a moment on Esther Day to tell people in their lives that they love them, especially if it is hard to do. — 00:00:57
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
2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — The description says race is uncomfortable for Hank to talk about and he tends to stay in his lane and amplify more credible voices, but black friends and Nerdfighters encouraged him to speak as an American too. — video description
2017-08-29 · 40 — ask: The description asks viewers to donate to help those affected by flooding in South Asia, the worst in decades, through Save the Children or Oxfam India. — video description
2017-08-29 · 40 — ask: John tells friends and viewers affected by flooding in Texas, Louisiana, India, Nepal and Bangladesh that they are thinking of them, and asks Nerdfighters who are able to join him in donating to relief organizations via links below. (hedged) — 00:02:59
2017-10-03 · Let's Talk about Books — announcement: John: In one week Turtles will be out and the brothers on tour; Nerdfighters can find out more at turtlesallthewaydownbook.com. — 00:02:56
2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — announcement: John: The final hardcover hides a secret under its dust jacket, designed by people in Nerdfighteria; the brothers do not show it on camera. — 00:01:57
2017-10-30 · I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! — John notes the shot glass is a first, a sign Nerdfighteria is getting older; Hank says you can drink anything from it, like Ovaltine. (playful, hedged) — 00:03:09
2017-10-31 · Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition — The description says Hank and John sneaked around backstage in Bellingham, Washington, and found a theatre set for a Question Tuesday meant to be mostly pizza questions. — video description
2017-11-03 · Because We're Here — John recalls the first time he saw Hank play in front of a crowd: 45 people in Grand Rapids, Michigan, almost a decade ago (May 2008). — 00:00:13
2017-11-09 · The New Zealand Five Cent Coin — John: eBay lacked enough coins, so John reached out to Kiwi nerdfighters; the project was led by Megan, a librarian and teacher who wrote to her local newspaper asking for coins for an American author. — 00:01:24
2017-11-21 · Two Love Stories — John: On the January 2012 Fault in Our Stars tour, at a hotel ballroom outside Washington, DC, Nerdfighters Sara and Luis met before the show, hit it off and later began dating. — 00:00:11
2017-11-21 · Two Love Stories — John: Sara and Luis married with many Nerdfighter friends present; the dress code, 'comfortable but dressy rainbow colors', makes it almost certainly the greatest wedding ever. (playful) — 00:01:04
2017-11-21 · Two Love Stories — John: To viewers wondering why this never happened to them, John says that if you're lucky it happens exactly once in your life. (playful) — 00:02:27
2017-11-24 · The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) — Hank: 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
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says that since 2014 all Vlogbrothers ad revenue has been split evenly between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content. — 00:00:04
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — John says he and Hank don't do this because they are noble but because they can afford to: they have other jobs that pay well. — 00:00:33
2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — ask: John: In P4A's second half money goes to charities chosen by Nerdfighteria: John asks viewers to make a video about a charity and upload it at noon Eastern on December 15th, so people can vote at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:52
2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — ask: John says noon Eastern on Friday is when viewers should upload their video about a charity they care about. — 00:03:13
2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — announcement: John will see Hank and the rest of Nerdfighteria at noon Eastern this Friday (15 December 2017) for the 48-hour Project for Awesome livestream. — 00:03:45
2017-12-15 · Why Big Solutions Fail — announcement: Hank: In P4A's second half, money is split among charities voted on by the community: people make videos promoting charities and viewers vote at projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:15
2017-12-19 · History Is Happening — John thanks everyone who took part in the Project for Awesome by donating, making videos, commenting or joining the livestream. — 00:01:45

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2018

2018-01-12 · 5 Songs You've Never Heard That You've Heard 1000 Times — ask: The description tells viewers this is their last chance to take the Nerdfighteria Census. — video description
2018-01-19 · Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. — announcement: Hank has done the Nerdfighteria Census analysis; it is on Hank's channel, long and very interesting. — 00:03:17
2018-01-23 · On Emergencies — John: Nerdfighteria has donated more than a million dollars to Partners In Health over several years; John finds it helpful to see how far the money has gone and how far is left. (hedged) — 00:03:16
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank holds Question Tuesday on a Friday, complaining that John always gets to do question videos just because he posts on Tuesdays. (playful) — 00:00:04
2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — John: In 2014 John and some nerdfighters auctioned their World Cup love and raised over $10,000 for sarcoma research. — 00:02:01
2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions — John: Hank and John have made Vlogbrothers videos for more than 11 years; the community around them calls themselves nerdfighters because they fight for intellectual engagement and celebrate unironic enthusiasm. — 00:03:08
2018-05-01 · How to Win — John says the community sponsors the third-tier English team AFC Wimbledon, its logo sitting between the left thigh and buttock on their uniform. (playful) — 00:00:14
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — Hank says folks on the Nerdfighteria subreddit have been having a good time, and shows several of their posts. — 00:00:07
2018-06-15 · Sports are Dumb — Hank: John's video made Hank laugh so hard he peed a little; it may have got fewer views because nerdfighters are more like Hank than John about sports. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:03
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — John: These days viewers want to be here, not pushed by the trending page: they are here because they are nerdfighters, which is what makes it fun for John. (hedged) — 00:02:45
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — ask: John asks viewers what they get out of Vlogbrothers videos, what makes them meaningful, what makes time with nerdfighters valuable, and what the brothers should change or keep. — 00:03:06
2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — ask: John: Having worked for 'this company' for 12 years, John requests three weeks of unpunished vacation per year, not to be used now or all at once; that, he says, is why he made the video. (playful) — 00:03:21
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank: The survey results say people are fine with the brothers taking three weeks of vacation. — 00:00:40
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
2018-08-03 · How Do Adults Make Friends? — Hank marks Esther Day, a day in the community, and ideally the world, to celebrate non-romantic love by telling the people you love that you love them, even if awkward. — 00:00:00
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John introduces Question Tuesday as the day he answers a prime number of real questions from real Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:00:02
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John is very excited for AFC Wimbledon's new season; all 'our' stadium advertisements now advertise An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, reaching third-tier English football supporters. (playful) — 00:02:52
2018-08-21 · SYSTEMS!!!! — John: Nerdfighteria has been working with Partners In Health for a decade. — 00:03:16
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing has ads around AFC Wimbledon's stadium and is the club's training kit sponsor, seen before its game against West Ham United. — 00:00:29
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank calls this a valuable gift, given to him at least in part by this community and this project, and is very thankful. (hedged) — 00:02:23
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — announcement: John tells Nerdfighteria the book is in libraries and bookstores everywhere, with a Discord for discussing it while reading. — 00:02:55
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank and John are together in Canton, Ohio, doing a 'Question Tuesday' of questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — announcement: John: All profits from Life's Library go to Partners In Health, which they have worked with for over a decade and which provides health care to the poor. — 00:02:16
2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John opens Pizzamas: once a year for two weeks the brothers trade videos every weekday as in 2007; it is Nerdfighteria's third most important holiday, celebrating love, pizza and e-commerce. (playful) — 00:00:00
2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: This year (2018) all Pizzamas profits and royalties go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, to be used as matching funds during the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:31
2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John is very excited about this year's (2018) Pizza John calendar, full of pizza artwork from nerdfighters around the world. — 00:02:07
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John — John says he recently discovered that all Vlogbrothers comments can be searched, so they will find out what commenters say the brothers look like. (playful) — 00:00:00
2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — John feels fortunate that this community remains a lovely, fulfilling place for him to hang out, and hopes viewers feel the same. — 00:03:24
2018-11-07 · A New Thing? — Hank loves the internet, its social nature, the good social things it has done, and Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:29
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John explains that Nerdfighteria's charity, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, is a real charity despite its silly name, raising money all year for the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:14
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — announcement: John says more of the brothers' Nerdfighteria work is shifting to supporting charity: Pizzamas royalties go to the Foundation and proceeds of Life's Library, his book club with Rosianna, to Partners In Health. — 00:01:05
2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John's second reason: revenue generated by Nerdfighteria should be spent in ways in keeping with Nerdfighteria's values. (hedged) — 00:01:30
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — announcement: Hank says the yearly Nerdfighteria Census is live now, to understand where the community is and what to do next; it has been shortened significantly since last year (2017). — 00:03:24
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — ask: Hank says the Nerdfighteria Census is still open for a while, takes people about 15 minutes, and asks viewers to pause the video and fill it out now. — 00:00:00
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — announcement: Hank says Census responses gave him many ideas for his upcoming punishment; he is pretty sure he knows what he will do, and it will be unpleasant. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank: A much more common Census theme: respondents don't want to be a burden, fear the brothers are stressed out, and want to help give them time off. — 00:00:33
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — Hank: Like Nerdfighters who want him less stressed, Hank wants that too; some things he can't or won't change, but he thinks there are ways to be a little more free. (hedged) — 00:03:06
2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank plugs a book of poetry Nerdfighters created together, with all proceeds going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:02:39
2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — John says the community has worked with Partners In Health and Save the Children for over ten years, supporting Save the Children's work in refugee camps and its health, education and nutrition help for children. — 00:02:26
2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John: The P4A weekend reminded John how the best of the internet feels; he felt grateful to be part of a vibrant, joyous community working together to make the world suck less. — 00:03:08

Also named in: My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY, How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday

2019

2019-01-01 · How to Make Goals, Not Resolutions — The description marks the 12th anniversary of the channel's founding; John is grateful to viewers and to Hank for the conversation of the last twelve years. — video description
2019-01-29 · Do You Believe in Miracles? — John: The urge to find and share hope is why John writes books, makes videos, gardens and sponsors AFC Wimbledon, the third-tier English team wearing DFTBA on their shorts. — 00:01:55
2019-02-19 · Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday — John still eats cereal with water, says it is still delicious and refuses to be shamed for it. (playful) — 00:02:26
2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: The description says that, because of how their accounting works, DFTBA profit going to Partners In Health extends back through the entire last year (2018). — video description
2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank explains that DFTBA profit not going to Partners In Health is either held as an operating reserve or distributed to small minority owners who invested when the company needed it. — video description
2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank: With big goals for maternal health in Liberia with Partners In Health, Hank says DFTBA will give the vast majority of its after-tax profit to PIH for that project, with more information soon. — 00:02:56
2019-04-05 · TOO MANY MILKS — announcement: Hank says John is in Sierra Leone with Partners In Health, seeing how individuals and the whole community might help make life easier there, especially for pregnant people and babies. — 00:00:31
2019-04-09 · The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone — John: Investing means time and attention to listen carefully, not barging in with preconceived solutions: what the community learned from a decade working with Partners In Health. — 00:05:05
2019-04-23 · untitled — ask: John: Life's Library has slots open for its new book, Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits; sign up at lifeslibrarybookclub.com, with all proceeds going to Partners In Health's work in Sierra Leone. — 00:02:26
2019-04-23 · untitled — announcement: John: Nerdfighteria's project with Partners In Health Sierra Leone will provide ongoing funding to improve the health care system there, because long-term problems need long-term solutions. — 00:02:55
2019-04-30 · The Thing with Feathers — announcement: John tells Hank he is the training kit sponsor of AFC Wimbledon, 'America's favorite third-tier English football team'. — 00:00:00
2019-07-12 · Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! — John says they have not done it for money for a long time; the main reason is the one from 2007: making stuff with people they like, each other and Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:33
2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — announcement: Hank: Pricier tickets include meeting the brothers afterward, and all the tour's money will support the community's work improving maternal health in Sierra Leone. — 00:03:01
2019-08-02 · The Cutest Octopus — announcement: Hank: To raise money for the community's work decreasing maternal mortality in Sierra Leone, DFTBA Pin Pals launches a Bizarre Beasts pin subscription club. — 00:03:05
2019-08-02 · The Cutest Octopus — ask: Hank notes Esther Day is tomorrow and tells everyone to get ready to tell the people they love that they love them. — 00:03:37
2019-08-03 · I Love John: Esther Day 2019 — The description says Esther Earl was a Nerdfighter, activist and cool person who died of thyroid cancer in 2010. — video description
2019-08-03 · I Love John: Esther Day 2019 — Hank: For ten years, at the request of nerdfighter Esther Earl, the community has taken a day to tell friends and family, not internet faves or crushes, that we love them. — 00:00:45
2019-08-03 · I Love John: Esther Day 2019 — ask: Hank asks everyone else, first-timers or ten-year veterans, to text, email, call or write a letter telling people who probably know it that they love them; they'll love hearing it. — 00:03:25
2019-08-09 · Decluttering the Somewhat Embarrassing Nightstand of a 39 Year-Old Best-Selling Author — ask: Hank: For viewers into enamel pins who want to support the community's work decreasing maternal mortality in Sierra Leone, the Pin Club is open just two more days at $12 a month with free worldwide shipping. — 00:01:48
2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — John says that, working with PIH over the last 10 years, the community has seen its success helping build health care systems in impoverished communities from Haiti to Rwanda. — 00:03:21
2019-10-22 · Why We're Donating $6,500,000 — announcement: John says generous Nerdfighters have built a matching fund of $120,000 per year, so every dollar donated is matched up to that amount, and thanks the matching donors. — 00:06:13
2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says, having not mentioned it on the channel, that DFTBA now gives all the profit distributions that would go to him and John to charity. — 00:00:29
2019-10-28 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! — announcement: John announces Pizzamas, the most magical time of year in Nerdfighteria, when for two weeks they make weekday videos as in 2007. — 00:00:00
2019-10-28 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! — announcement: John presents two pins, 'pineapple pizza forever' and a crossed-out pineapple saying 'nope'; whichever sells more will be declared Nerdfighteria's collective opinion on pineapple on pizza. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:46
2019-11-05 · Letting It Snow with Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Anna Akana, and Blogbrother John Green — The description says John poses real nerdfighters' questions to Isabela Merced, Kiernan Shipka, Shameik Moore, Odeya Rush, Jacob Batalon and the rest of the Let It Snow cast. — video description
2019-11-08 · Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? — Hank: John recently watched the five-minute video of Hank, Maureen and John in Grand Rapids, their first event together, which Hank finds very cute. — 00:02:45
2019-11-19 · Kylie Jenner Shows Me What's Wrong with Reddit — John says this is why he and Hank have never trademarked 'Don't forget to be awesome' or DFTBA. — 00:03:15
2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — announcement: John says the first half of the P4A raises money for pre-selected Save the Children and Partners In Health, which the community has worked with for over a decade and which reach the most vulnerable. — 00:01:48
2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — announcement: John: Right now every donated dollar is matched by nerdfighters who contributed to a matching fund and by donors to PIH and Save the Children. — 00:03:28
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John says the two best days of his decade and his life were the days his kids were born. — 00:00:09
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John's very favorite day of the decade was January 15, 2013, when he and Hank played a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall in rented tuxedos. — 00:00:19
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Next favorite day: May 30, 2016, when AFC Wimbledon, with DFTBA on their shorts, played a play-off final at Wembley for promotion to the third tier. — 00:01:07
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Hank long supported John's writing: when Paper Towns came out in 2008, Hank and Katherine toured libraries and bookstores with him in a rented minivan, Hank singing and playing a turtle professor or sock puppet. — 00:02:27

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2020

2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank tells viewers they are part of something that helps stuff exist in the world: sometimes real things, sometimes ideas they wouldn't have without thinking together as a community; he is really happy about it. — 00:03:04
2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — ask: John hopes viewers will begin the year with the Nerdfighteria Census, which helps the brothers set the community's priorities; links are in the description and comments. — 00:03:32
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — The description says Hank is a little nervous about the plan: maybe it will work, maybe not, but he thinks it might, and if it does it will be fun. (hedged) — video description
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — Hank's secret: every business he has launched that succeeded was launched with the support of a really wonderful online community. — 00:00:51
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — Hank: Looking honestly at where the value came from, Hank feels much of it came from the employees and the community, less from him, one person. — 00:01:20
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — Hank says in business it is important to understand where your value comes from and your strengths, and the community has always topped their list. — 00:01:38
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — Hank: The community is not just a market, Hank says: it finds people who know how to do things, people to hire, and gives immediate product feedback. — 00:01:48
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — Hank says basically no one has this asset: others have similar ones, but nothing like Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:03
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — announcement: Hank: Having hesitated to give advice when his biggest asset is something he does not tend to share, Hank proposes that he and the community build a business together. — 00:02:10
2020-01-17 · It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity — ask: Hank asks business people who could mentor or help pick submitted business ideas, and who have expertise for a small decision board, to fill out the 'I can help' form in the description. — 00:02:19
2020-01-21 · Gifts That Changed My Life — John: This year (2020) John gave to a college student in Oregon and received from a nerdfighter in Pennsylvania a $100 donation to Partners In Health and a weighted blanket. — 00:01:43
2020-01-28 · Looking Away (Again) — ask: John asks viewers to make a monthly or one-time donation at pih.org/hankandjohn, each dollar matched by generous people within Nerdfighteria. — 00:05:16
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John recalls that before likes, when videos were rated on a five-star scale, the brothers often asked viewers to rate videos five stars because 'it makes new nerdfighters'. — 00:00:58
2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing? — John suspects the real reason for the astonishingly consistent like-to-view ratio is that their audience is really consistent. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2020-03-17 · together. — recommendation: John recommends Tuataria, a Discord for Nerdfighters, to anyone looking for social connection. — 00:02:55
2020-04-21 · hey now — John says he had to find the toy for Hank's 40th, but few exist and their owners really don't want to part with them. — 00:01:56
2020-04-21 · hey now — John says that, twice, he was ripped off by people who claimed to have the All Star sing-a-ma-jig but did not. — 00:02:25
2020-04-21 · hey now — John says that earlier this year (2020) a collector showed him the toy over FaceTime and agreed a price after hearing the story, then decided at the last moment not to sell. — 00:02:25
2020-04-21 · hey now — John apologises to Hank for failing to get him the sing-a-ma-jig and wishes him a happy birthday nonetheless. — 00:02:54
2020-04-21 · hey now — ask: John asks viewers with ideas for another present for Hank, or with an All Star sing-a-ma-jig, to let him know. — 00:02:54
2020-05-05 · YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! — The description says: never underestimate Nerdfighteria. — video description
2020-05-05 · YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! — John says a nerdfighter in Tokyo named Rebecca, helped by her partner Ocean, found one, shipped it to him and brought his quest to an end. — 00:00:50
2020-05-05 · YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! — recommendation: John recommends Rebecca's beautiful Instagram art project about traffic cones, Cone Life, and says he loves Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:50
2020-05-05 · YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! — John says the Nerdfighter subreddit made a version of All Star using only clips from the brothers' videos. — 00:01:19
2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank says he had a wonderful 40th birthday in isolation with his family, and thanks John and the community for being the online community he has long practice finding. — 00:00:29
2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank's parents-in-law watched the Nerdfighter-made All Star mashup of Vlogbrothers clips, their first exposure to Smash Mouth's All Star. — 00:01:58
2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank says finding the original All Star sing-a-ma-jig is amazing, but making a Smash Mouth sing-a-ma-jig is next level. — 00:02:27
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
2020-06-05 · So Much to Do — Hank introduces Maya Rupert, part of the community since her first Vlogbrothers video in 2007, an advocate and writer who managed Julian Castro's campaign and now works with Elizabeth Warren. — 00:00:00
2020-06-05 · So Much to Do — Hank says the Census asks about race and the majority of the audience is white. — 00:13:32
2020-06-05 · So Much to Do — Maya Rupert: Maya says she remains impressed by the community: people seeking community, grace and humility, which rarely find a home online, and wanting to do good together. — 00:26:11
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John: The community's response has been incredible: donations have kept going up every month despite everything; John thanks donors and points to pih.org/hankandjohn. — 00:02:52
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — recommendation: John: To make friends online, John recommends online Nerdfighter communities, linked in the doobly-doo. — 00:03:21
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John: Last year (2019) Nerdfighteria voted to give the brothers three weeks of vacation per year; John has not used much of it. — 00:03:21
2020-07-24 · Could I Spare some Change for Gas? — announcement: Hank: For a change of pace Hank sits in his yard and, taking a cue from John, answers viewer questions Question Tuesday style. — 00:00:00
2020-08-03 · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. — John recalls that just over ten years ago Esther Earl texted him that she wanted the holiday Nerdfighteria celebrated on her birthday, August 3rd, to be about love. — 00:00:20
2020-08-03 · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. — John: Esther's friends from those Nerdfighteria days remain close, most recently gathering at one's wedding; seeing these decade-plus friendships flourish is a great joy of the online community. — 00:01:09
2020-08-03 · you're bundled up now? wait till you get older. — ask: John hopes viewers will take a moment to tell friends and family that they love them and are grateful for their love. — 00:03:42
2020-08-11 · never get bored — John always loved the Life's Library Book Club, where Nerdfighteria reads together while raising money to fight maternal mortality, but really loves it right now. — 00:02:34
2020-09-01 · get the show on — John loves seeing viewers' circles, drawn to grieve a loss, understand their own large numbers or for the relief of doodling, and thanks those sharing them on the Nerdfighter subreddit and Discords. — 00:02:55
2020-09-08 · That's the way. — John suggests that might be why he is so enthralled with AFC Wimbledon, the third-tier English football team 'we' sponsor. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2020-09-15 · All That Glitters Is Gold — ask: The description says the video contains a clue leading eventually to a secret livestream, and invites viewers to solve it with others at Tuataria or the nerdfighters subreddit. — video description
2020-09-22 · the world is gonna roll me — ask: The description says the video contains a clue leading to a secret livestream and invites viewers to solve it with friends at Tuataria, the nerdfighter subreddit or other nerdfighter communities. — video description
2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank says everybody understands and supports that the brothers put such things first, which is one of the things he loves about this. — 00:00:00
2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank says the channel is clearly not focused on growth right now and hasn't been for a while; it is something everybody here is doing together. — 00:00:46
2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank says even viewers who just watch, never comment and aren't excited about Pizzamas are part of it; generally, just by being there you are part of the media you engage with. — 00:00:46
2020-09-25 · i said yep — Hank says the channel would not exist, or would be deeply different, without the people who engage with it, even just by clicking and watching. — 00:01:45
2020-09-29 · How 'bout Yours? — ask: The description says the video contains a clue leading to a secret livestream, best solved with others, and invites viewers to join a clue-solving team at the nerdfighters subreddit, Tuataria or other nerdfighter groups. — video description
2020-09-29 · How 'bout Yours? — John remembers a walk ten years ago (2010) with his friend Esther: for her Make-A-Wish she gathered Nerdfighter friends and invited him, and on the way to gelato they had to cross a bridge. — 00:00:29
2020-10-02 (said on 2020-10-01, implied) · I ain't she was with well and I so and it's and but so and I'll and — Hank says the goal of Vlogbrothers is creating a community, which feels less real past some size: a breeding ground for ideas, weirdness, community and change that enables things like Crash Course. — 00:02:13
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John: To cheer John up, Hank asked viewers of their new YouTube videos to send pictures of themselves with something silly on their heads, before smartphones made that easy. — 00:00:00
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — ask: The description says the video contains a clue leading to an unlisted livestream, easier to solve with others in comments, the nerdfighters subreddit or Tuataria. — video description
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John says he then realized they weren't making videos for an audience but with an audience. — 00:00:29
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John says Nerdfighteria did lots of cool things between 2014 and 2017, but honestly he enjoys it more these days. — 00:01:56
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John loves making a video every Tuesday and seeing nerdfighter groups flourish from Facebook to Reddit to Discord. — 00:01:56
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John loves nerdfighter collaborations such as programming a singamajig to sing All Star for Hank's birthday. — 00:02:26
2020-10-07 (said on 2020-10-06, implied) · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers — John says they raised more money for charity in the last 12 months than in any year of Nerdfighteria's history, by over a million dollars. — 00:02:55
2020-10-16 · Still Riding a Big Wave that I Do not and Cannot Know — The description thanks viewers for another amazing Pizzamas: Hank always thinks it will be too much, but it goes by in a flash, and he is grateful for the community. — video description
2020-10-27 · The time I met Joe Biden — The description says this video, like all John's recent ones, contains a clue leading to a secret livestream, easier solved together via r/nerdfighters or Tuataria. — video description
2020-11-03 · Alaska for Looking — John: Like all his recent videos, this one contains a clue leading to a secret livestream, repeated four times near the end. — 00:03:24
2020-11-17 · Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update — John: Thanks to thousands of monthly donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, matched by donors within Nerdfighteria, current rates will raise over $15 million over five years. — 00:04:43
2020-11-17 · Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update — John: Altogether over $18.5 million has been raised, which John calls the most amazing thing Nerdfighteria has done in 13 years. — 00:05:13
2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — announcement: Hank says a charity calendar is coming fairly soon as part of Nerdfighteria's commerce this season, though not ready yet. — 00:02:58
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — ask: The description says the video contains a clue leading to a secret livestream: the clue is where John started this videoblog. — video description
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says a few years ago the brothers decided their portion of the profits from these businesses should go to charity. — 00:01:27
2020-12-31 · Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed — John played a bit part in an experience Amy curated for hundreds of people on August 8, 2008, in Millennium Park, but it was never again like the early days. — 00:12:35

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2021

2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — announcement: John: The first half raises unrestricted funds for pre-selected charities, this year (2021) Partners In Health and Save the Children, long-time community partners; the second half funds charities chosen by viewers. — 00:00:29
2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — Hank thanks viewers in advance, whether they do none, one or all four things, for being part of this community. — 00:02:26
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — John: A chunk of Vlogbrothers ad revenue sponsors educational video projects, and John often discovers new favourite channels that way. — 00:00:56
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — recommendation: John is a massive fan of Karen Puzzles, a beautifully shot, satisfying jigsaw puzzle channel by Karen Kavett, part of Nerdfighteria since 2007. — 00:01:54
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — John: Even after 14 years on YouTube, John is still astonished by the community's creativity. — 00:02:52
2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — John: Last week (week of 1 February 2021) nerdfighter Julia, inspired by one of John's signing livestreams, made an animated video, Lo-Fi Lang Syne Beats to Sign Your Name 250,000 Times To; John closes with part of it. — 00:02:52
2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — John: Volunteers run the P4A, but it also relies on everyone watching, from hydration reminders to perk ideas about Hank's bean Furby, now apparently known as Beanie Sandfurbs. (playful) — 00:00:38
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank: For his first ever meme review Hank asked Nerdfighteria whether the video could be long, and they said yes. — 00:00:13
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank tells Beanie Sanfurbs it is famous and loved, though he concedes not everybody loves it. (playful) — 00:00:29
2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank: Contributions to the community make Hank feel part of something, which he calls really valuable: being part of a community and of change in the world. — 00:11:53
2021-03-02 · What's Not in the Frame — John: To be creative John needs the accountability and discipline weekly videos give, and he gets encouragement and connection from this community, feeling lucky to have it now. — 00:00:18
2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank: That is one conception of Hank: the person didn't know his pelican, bean or 'don't eat stuff' content; his pelican TikToks aren't his most successful. — 00:00:51
2021-04-20 · Breaking Ground!!! — John: Nerdfighteria is amazing: the driving force behind raising over $20 million for a maternal and infant care center at Koidu, and for the things it makes all the time. — 00:03:13
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John: Views surged in 2013 and especially 2014 as the success of The Fault in Our Stars drew Nerdfighteria toward broader pop culture, and many people went back to watch the 2007-2012 videos. — 00:00:00
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John feared leaving trending would destroy the community, but it grew stronger: the comments became far more pleasant and Nerdfighter groups such as Tuataria and other Discord communities emerged. — 00:00:29
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John: It wasn't always so: in 2007 the most viewed video, Accio Deathly Hallows, was also the most important, bringing thousands of new people into Nerdfighteria, many experienced in building online communities. — 00:00:58
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John says the brothers didn't really invent Nerdfighteria, those newcomers did, and without Accio Deathly Hallows Vlogbrothers would not still exist. — 00:01:27
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John: Impact is almost impossible to quantify; after 15 years of analytics John concludes they shouldn't worry much about views but always about the community's health and productivity. — 00:01:56
2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John really loves the Vlogbrothers community right now, and that is the metric that matters most to him. — 00:02:55
2021-05-14 · This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind — Hank: Though the channel, community and projects are an amalgam of both brothers and the viewers, Hank had still imagined that what he and John do is pretty different. — 00:01:20
2021-05-18 · Saying What I've Needed to Say to Hank for a While — John: In response, Nerdfighters Jim and Rhett made theanthropocenereviewed.com, where people share their book's approximate location and review that location; John is glad he never bought the domain. — 00:00:24
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — ask: John: Readers who have the book are asked to add their copy to the map at theanthropocenereviewed.com, made by Nerdfighters Jim and Ret. — video description
2021-06-08 · Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford — John introduces Question Tuesday, answering real questions from real nerdfighters, with best-selling memoirist and friend Ashley C. Ford, whose Somebody's Daughter is out now. — 00:00:03
2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — John says it took him long to understand that Vlogbrothers videos are not about their topics but about Nerdfighteria being a productive community where people feel fulfilled and connect. — 00:02:43
2021-07-13 · The Vlogbrothers Videos I Didn't Make — John: Years ago John wrote a would-be funny video on the brothers' differences and how Nerdfighteria's factions might line up in a civil dispute; Rosianna said it would get many views but weaken the community. — 00:03:21
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John: After Esther died, the community talked about doing things not just for her or in her memory but with her, carrying her legacy in its work. — 00:01:56
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John: For John nothing rights the wrong of Esther's illness and death or lessens the grief of those who loved her, but he is very proud of how Nerdfighteria responded. — 00:01:56
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John sees the response in thousands celebrating Esther Day, the community's commitment to child health including pediatric cancer care in impoverished communities, and support for This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:02:26
2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — ask: John hopes viewers take a moment today to acknowledge the love in their lives, especially the kinds that are hard to say out loud. — 00:02:55
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — In the description Hank calls it preposterous that this is a 'YouTube channel', a thing with no name, and says focusing on enjoyment rather than frustrations makes the community better at some things than others. — video description
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank: Griping is selfish, Hank says, because it is about his own gripes rather than what is most broken in the world, and not impactful, because he would be griping to people who agree with him. — 00:00:29
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank: Few Nerdfighters disagree with Hank about vaccines; he jokes that Nerdfighteria is the most vaccinated state in America. (playful) — 00:00:29
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank says Esther Day this week (week of 2 August 2021), and all the lovely things that happened around it, reminded him what is so remarkable about this community, an even more important reason not to make gripe videos. — 00:00:48
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank calls Nerdfighteria an extremely productive place that has made really amazing things together, though some projects have gone nowhere. — 00:00:58
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank recalls wanting to start ReadIt1st, urging people to read the book before the film or show; community members asked why he wanted to control how people enjoy things, and after pushing back he saw it ran counter to the vibe. — 00:00:58
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank says those projects are no longer just Nerdfighter projects: they have impacts far outside the community, because of it. — 00:01:27
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank: The community tries to enjoy things, learn and do positive, impactful things together; Hank sees great value in a constructive community with shared values, which feels uncommon these days. — 00:02:26
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank thinks it is very important to belong to groups based on common enjoyment, appreciation and mutual accomplishment, and is glad to be part of some, most importantly this one. — 00:02:55
2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special — Hank: It is never going to be perfect, but one foundation of the community is to focus not on what frustrates or disempowers us but on what we can do with what we have. — 00:02:55
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — recommendation: John recently read Jennifer Burek Pierce's Narratives, Nerdfighters, and New Media, an academic book about online community and Nerdfighteria; he can't be objective about it, but loved it. — 00:00:00
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John notes the book discusses how Nerdfighteria is often constructed as a place, with maps of Nerdfighteria and with its own rules and norms. — 00:00:00
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — The description adds that money is not the only currency online: attention is a valuable resource exchanged online, and by paying attention to Nerdfighteria viewers essentially make it exist. — video description
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: In this imagined place there is lots of real activity, John says: social connections form, art gets made, memes are memed. — 00:00:29
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: Viewers also make the videos more valuable by watching them, and their comments and art are not just responses to the videos but expansions of them. — 00:01:27
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: Rather than by laws alone, Nerdfighteria's value is governed partly by norms (it is uncool to repost without credit) and partly by private corporations' terms of service, which tend to be a bit rigged. — 00:01:56
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: Google receives just over 45% of all revenue generated by Nerdfighteria on the YouTube platform. — 00:01:56
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John says the brothers' share also seems high, because the money belongs to Nerdfighteria, not to them; that is why half goes to grants for educational creators and half to charity. — 00:02:26
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — Jennifer Burek Pierce (quoted): Burek Pierce writes that Nerdfighteria's answer to the conundrum is, in part, to recognise that money accrues from creative work and to make a gift of it to others. — 00:02:26
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John stresses the 'in part': the brothers can afford not to make money from Vlogbrothers and DFTBA only because they earn elsewhere, John from books and Hank from his many jobs. — 00:02:55
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: That other work is bound up in Nerdfighteria: John talked about his books on Vlogbrothers, they reached a wider audience, and he kept much of the royalties; he asks where the line is and should be. — 00:02:55
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: Nerdfighteria has generated tens of millions of dollars for efforts aimed at social good. — 00:03:24
2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John: Money is nowhere near the most important thing Nerdfighteria makes, John says: it makes joy, connection and chances to understand the universe and his place in it, which he would not price. — 00:03:24
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — announcement: Hank opens a Question Tuesday with real questions from real Nerdfighters, but says it is not really Tuesday and it is not really going to be him answering. — 00:00:00
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — announcement: John: On his 44th birthday John announces that his preferred lifespan is officially 97: a nice solid prime number, since rooting for triple digits would be gauche. (playful) — 00:02:08
2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. — John's best professional day was January 10, 2013, when he, Hank, Kimya Dawson, the Mountain Goats, Neil Gaiman and others played Carnegie Hall; he uploaded a video that morning. (slip of the tongue: January 10th, 2013) — 00:00:29
2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. — John: Overall, making videos on a schedule gives John a sense of orientation and community, most valuable when he is sad, scared or overwhelmed; he thanks viewers for being there. — 00:03:15
2021-09-28 · 11 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — ask: John asks viewers to tell him in comments which books he probably hasn't read they would recommend. — 00:03:24
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
2021-10-01 · A Lie I Heard this Week — Hank says this is what a strong community can do: look past what is new to see what is important. — 00:03:10
2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John: For the 10th anniversary there is a Pizza John zine in which Nerdfighters from all around the world tried to draw Pizza John from memory; John calls it amazing. — 00:03:10
2021-10-04 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — John: Every year the people at DFTBA and the designers in Nerdfighteria astonish John. — 00:03:18
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank: Using a path metaphor, Hank says the community is off most well-trod paths, so it sometimes feels it can't see far ahead, and he guarantees they don't know where they are going. — 00:00:29
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says Pizzamas, Vlogbrothers and Nerdfighteria fit no well-defined box and are unlike a normal YouTube community: hard to talk about, but it keeps them under the radar, which he likes. — 00:01:27
2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says that may be part of why they started donating all Pizzamas profit: not making money helps it not feel like work. (hedged) — 00:01:56
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank says that when he or John bring an idea into the world they don't control its shape: the community's shared values and expectations are in charge, and ideas that mesh with them achieve amazing things. — 00:00:29
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank says a community project can't be done the normal way: e.g. a monthly subscription with artist-designed items, open only in short windows to avoid waste, with all profit donated to health systems in poor communities. (playful) — 00:00:58
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — announcement: Hank: Dropping the conceit that he invented socks, Hank announces the second year of the Awesome Socks Club, a sock subscription for charity that the community energized and that has grown beyond it. — 00:01:27
2021-11-05 · We Have Invented Something Marvelous — Hank says the community didn't invent socks but, with its values and excitement, a new way to do socks: expert-picked monthly surprises, compostable packaging and all profit for a better world, instead of an awkward Target aisle. (playful) — 00:02:55
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank says this is the last reunion video, a Question Tuesday YouTube edition answering real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — announcement: Hank explains the Nerdfighteria Census, yearly but this time two years apart, as a survey that tells them what to focus on and how to understand the community. — 00:03:14
2021-12-14 · MAKE. BELIEVE. — John filled out the semi-annual Nerdfighteria Census and tells Hank it was unusually wonderful, and not only because it included a playful question about Waluigi. (playful) — 00:02:55
2021-12-14 · MAKE. BELIEVE. — John says the census helps them understand the community's values and priorities and has hugely affected everything from Crash Course to their work with Partners In Health. — 00:03:24
2021-12-17 · What State of Matter is Fire — announcement: Hank says this year's (2021) Project for Awesome calendar is available, released before the P4A so people can have it, celebrating Nerdfighteria's history with images from different eras. — 00:03:20
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — John: A longtime nerdfighter commented that 13 years ago John said the reverse: he had a crazy idea every 45 minutes and counted on Hank to call it terrible. — 00:01:27
2021-12-21 · NOW I AM THE SCIENCE ONE… — ask: John asks those able, at year's end, to join the thousands of nerdfighters making monthly or one-time donations to PIH's work to reduce maternal mortality, at pih.org/hankandjohn. — 00:02:55

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2022

2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John: Since then thousands of viewers have become monthly donors, and hundreds more formed a matching fund so every monthly dollar is matched. — 00:00:58
2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — announcement: John: With PIH's own fundraising and support from Life's Library and the Awesome Socks Club, ground has broken on the Maternal Center of Excellence. — 00:00:58
2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — announcement: John announces the project is on track to raise over $25 million, meaning if monthly donations continue at about their current level. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John: Nerdfighteria is large but not that large, and reaching such an ambitious target faster than even the rosiest projections shows what such communities can accomplish. — 00:01:27
2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John says the project got here the only way people get anywhere good: together. — 00:08:29
2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — John: If John has learned one thing from 15 years on YouTube, it is never to underestimate Nerdfighteria. — 00:09:21
2022-01-07 · For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day — Hank calls it an amazing, weird, fun run that would not have been possible without the community and the people at Complexly, VidCon and DFTBA. — 00:02:55
2022-02-04 · How John and I Talk About Ideas — The description says there has never been a better guide than Nerdfighteria's values, and the list of things made or inspired together is very good stuff. — video description
2022-02-04 · How John and I Talk About Ideas — Hank says the term comes from a Vlogbrothers week of top 10 lists: the videos did about 10 times better than average but did not grow the community or teach anything. — 00:02:18
2022-02-04 · How John and I Talk About Ideas — Hank: The bigger part, Hank says, is a large group of passionate, supportive people with good values that gives new ideas activation energy but also a constraint: ideas must fit the community's values. — 00:03:17
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — Replying to a complaint, John says the community decides where P4A money goes, not him or Hank; donors wary of some nonprofits should give in the first half. — creator comment
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — In a comment John jokes there are still no fishing boat proceeds and he really needs to get a fishing boat. (playful) — creator comment
2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — John: Every year Nerdfighters join the brothers in a P4A matching fund, a big reason the Project for Awesome donated over $2.3 million to charity last year (2021). — 00:01:56
2022-02-22 · On the Death of My Hero — John: Told nothing could be done about one in 17 Sierra Leonean women dying in pregnancy or childbirth, Farmer said otherwise; so the community came to support PIH's maternal and child care center at Koidu. — 00:02:26
2022-02-25 · When You Can't Fix Everything… — announcement: Hank: A nerdfighter named Jim is making laser-cut wall plaques reading '15 years of Vlogbrothers' as perks for donors. — 00:02:06
2022-02-25 · When You Can't Fix Everything… — announcement: Hank: The second half, also matched, raises money for organizations voted on by the community at projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:04
2022-03-04 · The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! — Hank says Beanie Sanfurbs came back for some guest appearances but was not this year's (2022) P4A mascot, and was seen less and less as the show went on. (playful) — 00:01:27
2022-04-19 · How do you cross the Sad Gap? — John says they started working with Partners In Health in 2010 in response to the Haiti earthquake, focused on it because everyone was; as a community they felt powerless. — 00:00:00
2022-05-06 · Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) — Hank thinks that is why the community has done so much: it shoulders the weight together and does good with it. — 00:02:26
2022-05-17 · Reasons Not to Care — John: System strengthening can radically reduce maternal mortality: as Sierra Leone's health system grows stronger, partly through the community's investments, maternal mortality there fell over 10% in five years. — 00:02:26
2022-05-17 · Reasons Not to Care — John: The gains come from government commitments, Sierra Leonean health workers' hard work, and people choosing to care and focus resources on a world where no one dies for want of a transfusion or C-section. — 00:02:55
2022-05-31 · A Casting Announcement — John says he has never managed a cameo in an adaptation of his books: in The Fault in Our Stars movie he had two lines, but his acting was so bad the scene was cut. (playful) — 00:00:29
2022-05-31 · A Casting Announcement — announcement: John says he will make more Question Tuesday videos with the movie's cast and with its directors. — 00:02:09
2022-07-05 · Director Hannah Marks Is Nervous To Meet You — John says he doesn't want to overhype them, but in general the channel's people are nice. — 00:00:00
2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — Hank: What has excited the brothers for 15 years is not building a community to make a living but building a community, and communities can build things together. — 00:01:45
2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — Hank: Crash Course would never have got funding or its initial viewership without this community: it is something Nerdfighteria built, like many of their projects, which Hank sees as things 'we' did. — 00:02:20
2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — Hank: To Hank that is the best outcome: the community builds things that spread across the world doing good, with people unaware it made them. — 00:03:17
2022-07-22 · What are These Boys Doing?? — Hank: Whether or not viewers want the coffee, Hank hopes they feel the same pride he does in the impact this community has had. — 00:03:40
2022-08-03 · Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? — Hank explains that Esther Earl, an early community member, died of cancer in 2010, and asked how to celebrate her birthday, chose non-romantic love: a Valentine's Day for all other kinds of love. — 00:01:56
2022-08-03 · Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? — Hank says anything new is hard the first time, and outside one's experience still hard the fifth, but after about 12 Esther Days it is easier, which is a good gift. — 00:02:40
2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank imagines Complexly as a project of Nerdfighteria, which is where it started. — 00:00:00
2022-09-13 · A Million Things at Once — ask: The description invites viewers to join the thousands of nerdfighters who donate monthly to the project to radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. — video description
2022-09-13 · A Million Things at Once — John says the community is on track to raise over $30 million over the first five years of this decade for a stronger health system in Kono District, Sierra Leone. — 00:02:04
2022-10-14 · The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters — Hank runs through early prompts: DFTBA, Pizza John Yourself, Breezy Fall Day (a reference to his second novel), Just the Word Pelican, Surprise Fiddle Concert, Nerdfighteria and Pizzamas. — 00:00:58
2022-10-14 · The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters — Hank: After all these years, Hank is very happy and excited not to be in control of many of the cool things that happen in the community. — 00:02:50
2022-10-28 · I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics — Hank says most of what the brothers have done over the years has been nationally focused, which makes sense because their audience is international. — 00:00:29
2022-11-08 · Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders — The description admits the video is over four minutes and probably not educational, so John technically probably owes Nerdfighteria a punishment. (hedged) — video description
2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — John says the community, working with Partners In Health, is now on pace to raise over $35 million in the first five years of the project to radically reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:00:00
2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — John recalls that three years ago the community began supporting PIH's efforts to strengthen the health system in Kono District, the epicentre of the global maternal mortality crisis. — 00:00:00
2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — John recalls that in 2019 they committed to help PIH raise $25 million over five years to break ground, unsure how, but Nerdfighteria should never be underestimated. — 00:00:58
2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — John says thousands donate monthly at pih.org/hankandjohn, thousands more have given once, and around a hundred Nerdfighters give $2,000 to $100,000 a year so every dollar is matched. — 00:02:55
2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — Jon Lascher (quoted): PIH's Jon Lascher wrote to John that the community, now a shared community, has paved the way for more partners to join and for PIH to expand its work. — 00:04:52
2022-11-15 · 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next — John says we can choose a world where maternal and child deaths are rare, and he really believes the community is helping bring it about. — 00:06:49

2023

2023-01-03 · TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH — John says making a Vlogbrothers video every Tuesday can feel natural but is a gift newly given each week: making things with his brother and a community he cares about. — 00:00:00
2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — ask: In a channel comment, John explains that nerdfighters giving over $500 form a matching fund so P4A donors see their impact doubled, and asks those able to join. — creator comment
2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — ask: John says the P4A needs a matching fund that he, Hank and hundreds of nerdfighters join every year, and asks those able to give $500 or more to join at projectforawesome.com/matching. — 00:03:30
2023-01-24 · Behind the Scenes of my TUMBLR MEME LORD ERA — John: Feeling the club, not he, should have all those followers, John handed the password to longtime nerdfighter Payton and bid farewell to Twitter. — 00:00:58
2023-01-27 · An Announcement 3 Years in the Making — Hank names his two most powerful tools: this community, which has supported many good things over the years, and the people who work at Complexly and what they have made. (hedged) — 00:00:10
2023-02-03 · My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis — ask: Hank says he will be doing the Nerdfighteria Census soon and asks those who haven't filled out the survey to use the link in the description. — 00:02:10
2023-02-07 · Mid-Morning Existential Crisis: The Format Returns — John says a group of nerdfighters has raised over $300,000 for a matching fund so that everyone who donates during the P4A gets their donation matched. — 00:02:20
2023-02-07 · Mid-Morning Existential Crisis: The Format Returns — ask: John asks those able to donate $500 or more to join the matching fund via the link in the description. — 00:02:20
2023-02-17 · COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME — Hank says this year's (2023) P4A already builds on over $700,000 in matching grants: if $700,000 is raised during the P4A, all of it will be matched, reaching $1.4 million. — 00:02:04
2023-02-17 · COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME — announcement: Hank says money from the second half goes to registered nonprofits voted on by the community, split among 20 to 30 depending on how much is raised. — 00:03:02
2023-02-21 · Maybe Art Only Needs to Be — John: All weekend John kept thinking how lucky he and Hank are to still be able to do this and feel the warmth and light of this community. — 00:01:18
2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — Hank: Fan art notes Nerdfighteria turned 16 this year (2023), so it has a driver's license and is an organ donor. (playful) — 00:13:03
2023-04-11 · Wrexham's Most Amazing Feeling — John recalls watching AFC Wimbledon, sponsored by them for over a decade with DFTBA on their shorts, win a play-off final against Plymouth Argyle; a crying Plymouth fan answered his condolences with 'Great day for you lot, though.' — 00:01:05
2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — ask: In a channel comment John teases that Hank is bad at promotional comments and urges viewers to get Sun Basin Soap at good.store, which gives 100% of its profits to charity. (playful) — creator comment
2023-04-28 · I Discovered a Soap Secret — ask: Hank invites viewers to check out Sun Basin Soap at good.store. — 00:02:55
2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — John: Helped by the nearly $40 million Nerdfighteria and PIH raised over three and a half years, the MCOE will be the world-class center Kono's mothers and children deserve. — 00:01:27
2023-05-02 · GOOD NEWS — John tells the thousands of monthly donors, the one-time givers and those who shared the project that this is the change they are making. — 00:05:21
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — Hank: Nobody will expect anything of Hank, but as a driven person who runs on obligation he worries most about pressuring himself, something he must get better at. — 00:06:42
2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — Hank says he is fine but not fine; it sucks most for him but also for everybody in the community; he feels like apologizing but won't. — 00:13:00
2023-05-23 · Rough Week — John thanks everyone in the community for their kindness toward the brothers and each other; it has meant a lot this week (week of 22 May 2023). — 00:03:38
2023-05-26 · My Cancer Press Tier List — Hank guesses the NPR author, Tilda Wilson, is already in the community: a They Might Be Giants lyric in the Twitter bio, and they follow him. (playful, speculative) — 00:01:56
2023-06-20 · Reflections from a Terrible CEO — John: However often John and Nerdfighteria tell Hank he needn't make a weekly video, Hank says to stop telling him he can't do what he loves; John thanks him. — 00:04:53
2023-07-11 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Johnson & Johnson — ask: John tells Nerdfighteria that if they understand the problem together and convince J&J it is pursuing a bad business strategy, they can save many lives. — 00:00:29
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says that after John's video Nerdfighters went nuts on Reddit, Twitter and other social media, with letters and phone calls; he hopes everyone was polite. — 00:00:58
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says John got into the rooms where drug-resistant TB is discussed and found a needless barrier; the community asked whether it could go, and within days it was gone. — 00:02:46
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank doubts the community will ever achieve something that big again: it was possible only because John spent over a year focused on a huge, neglected problem. — 00:03:16
2023-07-14 · The Good News Video — Hank says he is really proud to be part of this community, to be John's brother, and of the memes, both critical of J&J and celebrating its action. — 00:03:16
2023-07-18 · Tuberculosis Fighters Have a Posse — John thinks this community helped lead a big step in that direction last week (week of 10 July 2023) and is overwhelmed with gratitude, but says it is one step and more are needed. — 00:05:21
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — John explains Esther Day: a holiday founded by Esther Earl, a friend and longtime nerdfighter who died of cancer in 2010 at 16, for the love between family and friends. — 00:00:00
2023-08-03 · I love you, Hank. Happy Esther Day. — ask: John encourages viewers to say 'I love you' to the people they love, especially when it's hard. — 00:03:16
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — ask: John asks viewers to decide, via a poll linked in the description, whether the brothers should continue the four-minute rule. — 00:04:11
2023-08-08 · TAKE IT UP A NOTCH — John says from experience that feeling accompanied and unalone as the notches go up helps, if less than the notches coming down, and thanks viewers for being with them. — 00:04:11
2023-08-15 · Henry — ask: John notes Henry has only four subscribers on YouTube and thinks Nerdfighteria can bump that up. — 00:05:18
2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — John shows Hank a picture of the Maternal Center of Excellence, a massive extension to Sierra Leone's Koidu Government Hospital funded primarily by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:20
2023-08-29 · Breaking News: CEO Demoted — announcement: The description says all the clubs are now part of the brothers' new project Good Store, where you can subscribe to a better world. — video description
2023-09-05 · I Ain't Even Here, Sergeant. I'm in Cheyenne, Wyoming. — recommendation: The description's p.s. asks viewers to subscribe to a better world at good.store. — video description
2023-09-05 · I Ain't Even Here, Sergeant. I'm in Cheyenne, Wyoming. — John recalls that a couple of months ago Nerdfighteria helped raise the alarm about Johnson & Johnson trying to extend the patent on its antibiotic bedaquiline. — 00:00:31
2023-09-12 · Barely Contained Rage: An Open Letter to Danaher and Cepheid — The description thanks Rosianna Halse Rojas, Dr. Carole Mitnick of Harvard, MSF and PIH staff, and all the nerdfighters who worked together to make tbfighters.org. — video description
2023-09-14 · Talking Tuberculosis, GeneXpert, J&J, and more with MY HEROES — John says 1,148 people are watching; Nerdfighteria has researched a list of Danaher's investors and is contacting some of them, with more on its Discord at nerdfighteria.com. — 00:41:57
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John calls the deal amazing news: important progress for people living with and fighting TB, and a big win for the community and its long-time partners. — 00:00:58
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John has heard that some people involved, potentially including community members, resorted to name-calling and even threats toward people who work at these companies. (hedged) — 00:03:29
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John recalls Hank asking the community for pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up: of about 400 regular viewers, about 350 sent pictures, before the iPhone. — 00:04:54
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John: Watching that video in hospital, John first thought the community had a lot of energy and wanted to do interesting things together; it felt like it could be special, and it proved so. — 00:05:23
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John marvels that 16 and a half years later Nerdfighteria's organizational and creative talents were harnessed together to expand TB treatment and diagnostics to millions. — 00:05:23
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John tells Nerdfighteria he is genuinely in awe of them and they are truly made of awesome. — 00:05:23
2023-09-19 · So, um.... GOOD NEWS?!?!?! — John leaves Hank with three words he has had to learn over and over in 17 years: never underestimate Nerdfighteria. — 00:06:05
2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank tells John the last couple of weeks were a new sensation: the community affected the world so much, so quickly, that it is disorienting. — 00:02:25
2023-09-22 · A Feeling I've Never Felt Before — Hank says 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
2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — announcement: The description says all Pizzamas proceeds go to support PIH's work, with an emphasis on tuberculosis treatment and diagnosis. — video description
2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — John says he doesn't know how to change the vibe from the community lowering the price of life-saving tuberculosis tests to Pizzamas. — 00:00:07
2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — John tells Hank and Nerdfighteria it has been a joy to go through his eras with them. — 00:04:09
2023-09-27 · John Goes ... to the UNITED NATIONS? — John: On his 40-minute walk to the UN, John wondered whether he would get to speak and thought of the honor of representing Nerdfighteria, Partners In Health, TB survivors and those who died. — 00:00:58
2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John says his 2007 self had no idea what it was like to have kids, to live in one town for 17 years, or to be part of an online community that convinced a multinational not to profit from TB tests in poor countries. — 00:03:33
2023-09-30 · An Incredible Update — John recalls that Nerdfighteria joined a campaign against J&J's secondary bedaquiline patent: the patent was expiring, but a backup patent extended J&J's monopoly a further four years. — 00:00:29
2023-09-30 · An Incredible Update — John recalls that after days of pressure J&J and the Global Fund announced generic competition only in some countries, leaving out Ukraine, South Africa and many others: a compromise win. — 00:00:58
2023-09-30 · An Incredible Update — John says Nerdfighteria and many others kept pushing J&J over the last month to release the secondary patent entirely. — 00:01:45
2023-09-30 · An Incredible Update — John thanks everyone who wrote an email, made a call, tweeted or made a meme: they made a huge difference. — 00:03:10
2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — John says most of the community follows AFC Wimbledon through Dear Hank and John, which has been on cancer hiatus for several months, so most don't know the club's news. — 00:00:39
2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — John and his producing partner Rosianna sponsor AFC Wimbledon: the women's team wear a Partners In Health logo on their shirts, the men's team a DFTBA logo on their shorts. — 00:00:57
2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — John says the argument of ten years of sponsoring Wimbledon, and of its fan reformation, is that community-held assets and communal action can work: not easily or always, but they can. — 00:03:45
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says both companies thrived despite, and he hopes partly because of, his part-time leadership, largely thanks to the community, without which neither they nor VidCon could exist. — 00:06:51
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says that for over ten years half of the Vlogbrothers channel's ad revenue has gone to grants for small educational internet creators, since getting started is harder than it used to be. — 00:07:20
2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank names past grant recipients: Alexis Nikole, Answer in Progress, The Financial Diet, Wendover Productions, Real Engineering, and Kurzgesagt in the first year. — 00:07:20
2023-10-06 · I Quit — ask: Hank invites people making mostly long- or short-form educational video, or who know someone who is, to apply via the description link; grants are usually $1,000 to $3,000. — 00:07:58
2023-10-13 · Cancer Made me Do It. — Hank: The Project for Awesome's Nerdfighter Art Perk raises a lot every year: makers create at least 20 of a thing, and buyers get a surprise piece made by another community member. — 00:04:40
2023-10-17 · My Next Book — John: Over the last five years the community has raised over $40 million to build the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone, which John says is coming along great. — 00:01:27
2023-10-17 · My Next Book — John: In the last year Nerdfighteria has helped make hundreds of millions of dollars of impact in the cost of TB tests and treatment. — 00:01:27
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says he has always had a strong, real relationship with the unknown people who watch: a parasocial relationship with something he invented in his head and calls Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:50
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says the relationship is tricky because community members differ in upbringing, place and values, yet are more similar to each other than humanity at large: there is a core. — 00:01:40
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says he cannot control the core but wants things for it: he wants it to be strong, dense and capable. — 00:02:29
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says the share of trans or non-binary nerdfighters is much higher than in the general population. — 00:03:28
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says the share of nerdfighters who voted for Donald Trump is much lower than in the general population. — 00:03:28
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank: By capable Hank means the community can act for itself and the world, from TB access to Crash Course, SciShow and the clubs funding maternal health in Sierra Leone; membership should feel valuable. — 00:03:57
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank says another hard part is that the community is many people who sometimes disagree, so it is a relationship with something that does not agree with itself. — 00:05:38
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships — Hank: Unsure whether to credit initial values, constant worry, luck or the people themselves, Hank says the community has a tremendous core and he could not wish for a better group. — 00:07:01
2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — ask: Hank: Calling the socks an excellent gift, Hank asks viewers to get them at good.store, via the description link, or by googling Hank's Cancer Socks. — 00:03:51
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — ask: Hank tells viewers outside the US that today is the last day for standard shipping guaranteed by Christmas on the socks, Good.Store, Complexly calendars, DFTBA.com, McElroyMerch.com and the Dropout TV Store. — 00:01:05
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — Hank says he doesn't regret it: Nerdfighteria now has a game that is partly its own. — 00:03:07
2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — announcement: Hank says Good.Store holiday boxes cost $25 to $99, and all Good.Store products donate 100% of their profit to making the world better and more equitable. — 00:05:50
2023-11-21 · Minus Its Charms — John says the community helped encourage Danaher to lower the price of its tuberculosis tests, which will let 5 million more people be tested for TB every year. — 00:00:16
2023-11-24 · It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday — announcement: Hank says Good.Store already donates 100% of its profit to charity, so no Black Friday discount code is needed. — 00:03:29
2023-11-24 · It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday — ask: Hank says Good.Store also offers the Awesome Coffee Club and Sun Basin Soap, whose holiday boxes he plugs. — 00:03:48
2023-11-24 · It Wasn't Supposed to be Thanksgiving Yesterday — announcement: Hank says Sun Basin Soap's holiday boxes cost $25 to $99, and Good.Store orders over $75 ship free. — 00:03:53
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank: Around then Hank bought the relatively expensive domain good.store and paid for it for years without using it or knowing what it was for. — 00:02:07
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — announcement: Hank: Rather than separate boxes for each subscription, things can be sent together in one box: Hank welcomes viewers to the Good Store. — 00:04:14
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank says such a business also needs a foundation, as Newman's Own had: Good Store's success wouldn't be possible without this community, though it is already bigger. — 00:07:21
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — announcement: Hank: To recognize Nerdfighteria's role, Good Store will have a Founders Club, not ready yet, for contributing ideas, early access, testing and discounts, built over the next few months. — 00:07:21
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank says what this community can do together differs from a normal business, with different limitations and advantages, and using that to do things differently excites him. — 00:08:17
2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank is proud of what the community and everyone who worked for VidCon, DFTBA, Complexly and their other projects have built. — 00:08:47
2023-12-05 · MASSIVE Tuberculosis News — John says the low price is partly because Johnson & Johnson is not pursuing secondary patents on bedaquiline, which is in part thanks to Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:26
2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — announcement: Hank says the same Christmas Eve shipping deadline applies to everything at good.store and dftba.com for US buyers; for international orders all bets are off. — 00:06:23
2023-12-19 · End of a Rough Year — John says he finds hope in community and collaboration, in making meaning together by making change together: in the 'we's of his life, TB fighters, Nerdfighteria, his family and Indianapolis. — 00:01:56
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John: Asked how being number one feels, John calls it ridiculous and credits Nerdfighteria, which he loves, saying it has nothing to do with him. — 01:54:25
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — ask: John: After their word-association game, John asks Nerdfighters to continue it in comments, starting from Silvio Berlusconi. — 02:02:12
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John says making things is fulfilling in a way shallow video games aren't: they love making awesome stuff with awesome people and feel lucky in their community. — 02:05:42
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John: After having his gallbladder removed, John says he can't do the sandwich punishment and asks viewers to suggest another for Hank to pick. — 02:08:36
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — both: In an FAQ, the brothers say a nerdfighter is made of awesome, and Nerdfighteria is the community around their videos doing awesome things and fighting world suck. — 02:17:44
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — both: A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. — 02:18:41
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — recommendation: both: For newcomers, the brothers point to a playlist of 20 Vlogbrothers videos giving a broader sense of Nerdfighteria. — 02:20:08

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2024

2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John says many YouTubers are younger than the brothers on YouTube, and that they still make videos is mostly a testament to a loyal community that grew and changed with them. — 00:00:29
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John says he was once a guy who threw himself against a wall to prove he wasn't an octopus, and later one who spoke at the United Nations; Nerdfighteria found both fitting. (playful) — 00:00:38
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John says he is not overly concerned about subscriber counts or view growth as long as Nerdfighteria stays strong. — 00:03:38
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John suspects Nerdfighteria will stick around, because it somehow has amid an ocean of higher-res, algorithm-optimized content. (hedged) — 00:03:42
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John says over a hundred thousand people still show up to watch these videos, which amazes him. — 00:03:59
2024-01-02 · Being Old on YouTube — John thanks viewers for spending part of their week with him for 17 years: it has been the great privilege of his professional life. — 00:04:10
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — In a comment John says Partners In Health works in the US and the Navajo Nation, but as an international community Nerdfighteria wants to keep an international focus. — creator comment
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: In 2019 the community began supporting Partners In Health's efforts to radically reduce maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone's Kono District. — 00:00:25
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Across all their merch projects the brothers donated about $268,000 in 2019 and $598,000 in 2020, then, after a huge jump, almost $3.5 million in 2023 alone. — 00:00:57
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says keeping up that growth in donations will be really challenging, mostly because the company and Nerdfighteria got a ton of media attention last year (2023) for something they do not want to repeat. — 00:01:16
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Since 2007 Nerdfighteria has organized the Project for Awesome, an annual charity fest that has raised about $12 million in total for charity. — 00:02:15
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: In 2023 the community helped convince Johnson & Johnson to abandon all secondary patents on the tuberculosis drug bedaquiline, which has already lowered prices and made it more accessible where it is most needed. — 00:03:28
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says these tuberculosis advocacy efforts still have a long way to go and the community is not the only or even the primary driver behind them, but it has played a really important role. — 00:04:05
2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: How we spend our money is not the only thing that matters; how we spend time and attention matters too, and Nerdfighteria's TB advocacy made possible changes that could never have been bought or sold. — 00:04:52
2024-01-26 · On YouTuber Retirement — Hank says they now make Vlogbrothers because it is creatively rewarding, though the inspiring part is creating the project and the community, not the videos. — 00:02:45
2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank says that, helped by many community donations, the matching fund is for the first time at a record over $900,000, so every dollar donated becomes $2. — 00:00:00
2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank: Heading into this year (2024), Hank says there is no monetary requirement to be a member of this community. — 00:00:29
2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank says the goal of raising $25 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence caused many of their ideas, like the Awesome Socks Club and the Awesome Coffee Club, and many asks of individuals and the community. — 00:00:58
2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank says Partners In Health took a chance and they delivered, not because everyone gave but because there are many of them and those who could or wanted to did. — 00:00:58
2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — Hank says the community's biggest economic impact is probably pushing Danaher to lower the cost of its TB test, which took not money but time and attention. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2024-03-05 · THE BEST DAY — John: After the game John celebrated with the Nerdfighters of Plough Lane, met left-back Jack Currie, and Wimbledon's manager and coaches came to the pub to sing with fans. — 00:03:38
2024-03-12 · How We End TB — John says the newsletter, built by people in Nerdfighteria, covers everything from Emily Dickinson's references to tuberculosis to how we will end the disease. — 00:04:49
2024-03-19 · Our $80,000,000 Bet — announcement: John says they are not asking viewers for money yet: the project can be covered by Hank, John and a few exceptionally passionate TB fighters in Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:55
2024-03-19 · Our $80,000,000 Bet — ask: John asks Filipino nerdfighters, or nerdfighters of Filipino descent, interested in the project to email nerdfightersphilippines at gmail.com to get updates and give ongoing feedback. — 00:03:53
2024-03-19 · Our $80,000,000 Bet — John says that on maternal mortality in Sierra Leone or the global TB crisis, he is astonished by what Nerdfighteria has done by orienting attention and resources in the same direction, and is grateful. — 00:04:23
2024-03-22 · The Internet Needs to Change — Hank loves the good parts of his work (Good Store, Project for Awesome, Crash Course, SciShow, Dear Hank and John) but also loves the slot machine. — 00:01:13
2024-03-22 · The Internet Needs to Change — announcement: Hank announces the Nerdfighteria newsletter, run for over a decade, is being relaunched as a weekly newsletter called We're Here recommending the best of the internet, related to the brothers or not. — 00:02:51
2024-03-26 · I Own Danaher — John says the community recently helped pressure Danaher to lower the price of its standard TB test cartridge, letting literally millions more people a year access high-quality testing. — 00:00:00
2024-03-26 · I Own Danaher — John says that if they haven't yet made it expensive enough, they will continue until they do. — 00:04:23
2024-03-29 · The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo — Hank: The zoo's nightkeeper is a huge nerdfighter who wore a NerdCon: Nerdfighteria hoodie and had John's face on her shoelaces; Hank says nerdfighters are everywhere. (playful) — 00:00:00
2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) — announcement: Hank says Good Store relaunched this week (week of 8 April 2024) with a new website design and a new logo he finds cute, including its little friend Dot. — 00:04:13
2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) — Hank: Outsiders may think Good Store, Crash Course or the iPhone are inevitable, but from inside, with Nerdfighteria supporting them and people at DFTBA and Complexly working on them, they exist through sheer force of will. — 00:04:42
2024-04-12 · Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) — Hank's point: eclipses seem impossible but are inevitable, while many things in our lives, like the plane that flew him from Indianapolis or this community's creations, seem inevitable but are nearly impossible. — 00:04:42
2024-04-16 · I Already Got Paid — John calls it the nerdfighter-iest film made from his books, with shout-outs to Nerdfighteria; all its microscope footage comes from Journey to the Microcosmos' James Weiss. — 00:03:14
2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door — Hank explains that for 10-plus years the brothers have run a yearly census in which the community says what it likes, how its life is, what to do next and its priorities. (hedged) — 00:04:38
2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — Hank says that today only the first pair of socks from the Awesome Socks Club costs $5 with free shipping, and that 100% of the profit from it and everything at good.store goes to decrease maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:03:52
2024-04-26 · One Year Out. — announcement: Hank: The sock says it is taking over Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts for five days, at Hank's insistence, on the Good Store accounts linked in the description. (playful) — 00:04:03
2024-04-30 · Not Doing That Great — John likes people engaging with his work and making awesome stuff with awesome people, but loves Nerdfighteria most: an audience and community without feeling wildly overexposed. — 00:01:56
2024-04-30 · Not Doing That Great — John says the film is better if you are a nerdfighter, because it has so many little love songs to the community. — 00:02:26
2024-05-03 · Everything Wrong with Turtles All the Way Down — Hank thanks everyone online who has supported the film and says he has loved seeing what people create from it. — 00:03:08
2024-05-07 · A Secret about Art — John says that even if you don't have amazing billboards in Times Square, Nerdfighteria will make you amazing billboards in Times Square. — 00:00:36
2024-05-07 · A Secret about Art — John says Nerdfighteria is the best, whether fighting tuberculosis or supporting the film's turtles that represent doubt and consciousness. (playful) — 00:00:57
2024-05-07 · A Secret about Art — John says it means so much to him how many people, in Nerdfighteria and outside it, have opened their deepest selves to the film. — 00:02:58
2024-05-20 · Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! — Hank calls a meme great that shows Nerdfighteria's email-writing campaign and TB facts, with John and Danaher saying that's enough. — 00:08:22
2024-05-24 · An Ancient Apocalypse — Hank says weirder than fame is being one of the two guys who built a 'maniacally powerful secret society' that anyone can join but most people choose not to. (playful) — 00:00:58
2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John says Good Store has raised over $7.5 million to reduce maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:01:27
2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John calls Nerdfighteria the most important part of his professional life; it has grown around hubs on YouTube, Discord, Reddit, Twitter and elsewhere. — 00:01:56
2024-05-28 · A Midlife Crisis — John says making these videos for 18 years and posting in Nerdfighter spaces is super important to him: it fosters important connections between people, and they do amazing things together. — 00:01:56
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
2024-06-18 · The Tea — John: Thousands of people became monthly donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, giving $5 to $50 a month; they raised several million dollars over five years, all matched by a Nerdfighteria matching fund. — 00:00:58
2024-06-18 · The Tea — announcement: John: Good Store's socks and soap stay oriented around maternal mortality, while coffee and now tea relaunch as a new brand, Keats & Co., to fight tuberculosis. — 00:03:53
2024-06-18 · The Tea — announcement: John: Keats & Co. fully debuts later this year (2024) but launches to Nerdfighteria now with green, mint, chai, Earl Grey and other teas, plus a strainer, all carefully sourced. — 00:04:22
2024-06-18 · The Tea — John doesn't want the community only in the crisis-addressing business: they are also silly nerds doing silly stuff like going to Rax. — 00:05:45
2024-06-18 · The Tea — John has seen the community's power in reducing maternal mortality in Sierra Leone and driving down TB drug and test prices: never underestimate Nerdfighteria. — 00:05:45
2024-07-05 · Should I Run for President?? — ask: Hank asks viewers taking their awesome socks on an adventure this weekend to photograph them and tag thegood.store on social media or DM it, using the hashtag #Rockyoursox. — 00:03:28
2024-07-09 · Is the Inside of Your Mouth a Soup? (a vidcon reunion video) — John shows his suit lining, which depicts the moment Lyle Taylor scored at Wembley for AFC Wimbledon to send them back to League One, and reads 'JMFG'. — 00:00:00
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John recounts that in 2010 the community created a holiday on the birthday of nerdfighter Esther Earl, who was dying of cancer and was asked what holiday she wanted. — 00:00:20
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — ask: John hopes viewers who have a moment today will tell someone that they love them, in Esther's honor. — 00:00:40
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John is proud of Esther's now grown-up Nerdfighter friends and of all the people who let the brothers be part of their growing up. — 00:02:10
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John: This month (August 2024) reminded John of the importance of community; he is grateful Nerdfighteria could be an important community for Esther and for so many people. — 00:02:55
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John calls it a blessing that amid the messy, at times dispiriting internet, Nerdfighteria happened. — 00:03:10
2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John would like to take credit, but Nerdfighteria is constantly made up by the people who are and have been part of it, like Esther. — 00:03:17
2024-08-06 · What Helped Through Depression — John: The second thing that helped was his communities; John gets unusual, unreplicable support from Nerdfighteria, for which he is very grateful. — 00:00:29
2024-08-06 · What Helped Through Depression — announcement: John: A new logo on the back of AFC Wimbledon shorts, between left thigh and buttock, was made by Nerdfighter Jen Koch and is based on space mission patches; John loves it. (playful) — 00:01:27
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John says he hates thumbnails and finds them almost beneath him; Nerdfighteria rejects thumbnails that look obviously made. — 00:19:19
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John says their real job is Nerdfighteria, making cool stuff with the community; during his break he saw it is the job he wants, unlike his other jobs. — 00:22:40
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John: At the sign-off John learns the stream has been public the whole time; thinking it was a quiet conversation within Nerdfighteria, he says he went deep. — 00:34:52
2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? — ask: The description invites viewers to subscribe to, or just buy, Katherine and Hank's new seasonal soap at Good.Store. — video description
2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? — Hank says Good Store would never do that: subscribers log in, manage everything in one place, skip orders or cancel with a big button. — 00:04:18
2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? — Hank says the subscription management service behind Good Store hid the cancel button in tiny print, and the Good Store team made them make it big. — 00:04:18
2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? — Hank says Good Store makes it easy to do what customers want because its incentive is a good long-term relationship, not locking people in for one extra month. — 00:04:47
2024-08-09 · Why isn't This Illegal? — announcement: Hank plugs a Garden Party and Dew Drop shampoo bar bundle, cheaper subscriptions, code WELCOME25 for 25% off a first subscription order, and free subscription shipping. — 00:05:46
2024-08-13 · The Time a Spy Visited Me Because of P*tin. — John: The meeting lasted about an hour; John ended slightly drunk and drenched in sweat, having little capacity for international skullduggery. (playful) — 00:03:32
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank says he appears to have uncovered a cool Olympic mystery that no one seems to know about and that he cannot explain, found through silly Twitter discourse. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank cites a tweet mocking Americans for addressing everyone as Europeans: Europe as one country would have 116 gold, 122 silver and 160 bronze medals. — 00:00:58
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank notes Europe's 160 bronze medals: 0.21 bronze medals per million people, far more than the US's 0.12. — 00:04:39
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank: Checking earlier Games, Hank finds it no 2024 fluke: continental Europe won 114 gold and 155 bronze in 2021, 113 and 139 in 2016, 108 and 138 in 2012. — 00:04:39
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank argues the pattern controls for events, population and affluence: the same countries and events every Games, yet every Olympics for the last 20 years, possibly longer, shows continental Europe with significantly more bronze than gold. — 00:05:29
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank: Since money and socioeconomic status usually explain most things, Hank guesses less affluent countries may invest in elite athletes but less in those further down; China fits, but the affluent US shows no pattern. (hedged) — 00:05:58
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank's second guess: bronze placings may be more random, gold winners being truer outliers, so Europe's larger number of athletes yields more bronze medals. (hedged) — 00:06:28
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank says it could be something else; he does not know, and would not know how to design the study or do the statistics. (unsure) — 00:06:57
2024-08-16 · I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… — Hank says a snarky tweet made him curious and he seems to have found a real phenomenon he would love someone to write a full research paper on, as he had no time to check his work. (hedged) — 00:06:57
2024-08-20 · Thoughts from Places: BROMLEY! — John says this is the 11th year of sponsoring AFC Wimbledon and he falls deeper in love with the club each year. — 00:01:27
2024-09-06 · I feel like I can't talk about this… — announcement: Hank: The brothers are rebranding the Awesome Coffee Club as Keats & Co., a coffee and tea brand; Hank says the tea is great and reviews are coming in. — 00:02:26
2024-09-10 · The world will change. — John: Chest x-rays and molecular tests cheaper than ever, thanks to Nerdfighteria's hard work, let them find cases much sooner, treat effectively and offer preventive therapy. — 00:02:55
2024-09-10 · The world will change. — announcement: John: To support the project they officially launch Keats & Co. today: the Awesome Coffee Club rebrands as Keats & Co. Coffee, adds tea, and ships to Europe. — 00:03:24
2024-09-10 · The world will change. — John: Since the soft launch to Nerdfighteria a few months ago, Keats & Co. and the Awesome Coffee Club have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for TB care, which they see as just the beginning. — 00:03:53
2024-09-23 · IT'S HERE! — announcement: John says all the money made at pizzamas.com this Pizzamas goes to Partners In Health; keeping it would be morally repugnant. — 00:01:46
2024-09-27 · Is It 2010? IT'S A PARTS VIDEO — John says it has been almost exactly a year (September 2023) since Nerdfighteria helped convince Danaher to lower its TB test prices, one of the community's most amazing accomplishments. — 00:03:05
2024-09-30 · Put a little bit of cinnamon in it — Hank went to a very secret Pizzamas pizza party with nerdfighters, some invited and some who happened to be at the same restaurant; it was great. — 00:03:10
2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — Hank: On one of the weirdest days of his life, in New York in 2008, just after his first Nerdfighter gathering and wearing a fan-made Nerdfighteria shirt under his suit, Hank made a deal to sell EcoGeek to Scientific American for money and a job. — 00:00:29
2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — Hank: When Lehman Brothers collapsed and the economy crashed in September 2008, Scientific American's owner paused all deals indefinitely; Hank jokes that the deal is still on pause. — 00:00:58
2024-10-04 · Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) — Hank thanks John for a wonderful Pizzamas and says, as always, 100% of Pizzamas profit is donated to help Partners In Health build health systems where most needed. — 00:05:05
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — ask: The description calls this a video about the importance and ease of joining the bone marrow donor registry and says Nerdfighteria can expand the registry together. — video description
2024-10-08 · Hank Steals John's Cells — John says they hope to inspire many new people to join the registry through Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:27
2024-10-25 · I Don't Want them to Get Away With It… — Hank thinks Danaher's pledge a little over a year ago came partly from this community's pressure. (hedged) — 00:03:30
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — announcement: John says their friend Karen Kavett, a leading puzzle influencer and nerdfighter since 2008, helped Good Store launch puzzles. — 00:02:53
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — ask: John reminds viewers they still need to buy the coffee at Keats & Co., which he calls amazing. — 00:18:26
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — announcement: John shows the new Keats & Co. coffee design: formerly the Awesome Coffee Club, renamed because its money supports TB care; its dark roast is lighter than Starbucks's. — 00:29:11
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — John says Good Store has donated over $8 million to support stronger maternal health and tuberculosis care. — 00:36:58
2024-10-30 · Sipping the Tea with Hank — John says Hank did the tea taste testing and he did the coffee, with company-wide coffee taste tests at Complexly and DFTBA. — 00:40:10
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — ask: Hank says they are collecting Nerdfighter art for the Project for Awesome; the description links the submission form. — 00:00:00
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — ask: Hank asks for applications for the Vlogbrothers sponsorship: half of their money helps newer educational creators on any internet platform. — 00:00:29
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — Hank says understanding the landscape matters to helping run Complexly, growing Good Store and caring for Nerdfighteria, and he feels it falling through his fingers. — 00:03:20
2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — John says Nerdfighteria is not weakening because of generative AI; maybe in five years, but right now it is stronger and more interesting than ever. — 00:04:01
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank sees Good Store as no different from Logan Paul's Prime except in values; he doesn't know what Prime is about beyond energy-drink vibes. — 00:08:25
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: Rather than just a great product, Hank wants a different model: whether an e-commerce company can give all its profit away fascinates him, and he can't not do it. — 00:09:21
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank says Good Store is now a fairly big company doing well, donated millions of dollars to charity last year (2023) and will this year (2024), but its growth has slowed. — 00:09:21
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank asks how hard he can lean on his credibility and relationship with the audience to grow Good Store without it feeling bad to people who can't spend money. — 00:09:52
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank wants to balance not leaning too hard on Nerdfighteria to promote things with helping the companies work well and keep everyone employed. — 00:10:21
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank believes in all of it: Good Store would do tremendous good even at its current size, Complexly, Study Hall lowering barriers to education, and SciShow's science communication. — 00:10:57
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: As Prime became a brand beyond Logan Paul and KSI, Hank wants the community to feel on a quest together, supportive of Good Store even when not buying. — 00:11:59
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: Good Store's artisan coffee is more expensive, so not everybody should buy it; buy coffee that suits your finances, and nobody should feel excluded for not spending. — 00:12:26
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: One stress is how much he can ask the audience to join building Good Store into a big charity giver without feeling forced, since it is built together. — 00:16:38
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank feels fine making money from his cancer book, which he made himself from his cancer and science communication experience, unlike shared projects like Good Store. — 00:16:38
2024-11-03 · Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… — Hank: Feeling he lacks a grip on how the community feels, Hank suggests doing the census again. — 00:18:57
2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — John goes on mostly from obligation to and love of Nerdfighteria: he enjoys less making videos than what they make, Nerdfighteria, from TB activism to Pizzamas memes to marriages. — 00:04:52
2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — John knows Nerdfighteria would be weaker if he stopped making videos, and that is his priority: contributing to the community without too much stress. — 00:04:52
2024-11-05 · Why Do I Still Make YouTube Videos? — John knows he won't always make YouTube videos, since things end and should, but for now he makes them because he loves Nerdfighteria and talking to Hank once a week. — 00:05:21
2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — Hank says he often responds to situations like this with work, and this week (week of 4 November 2024) made a very dumb tea quiz to help people pick a Good Store tea. — 00:05:49
2024-11-08 · These Maps are Lying (if you let them) — recommendation: Hank assures viewers the quiz is silly, their tea is magnificently good, and it makes a good present; Good Store also has a gift quiz he did not make. (playful) — 00:06:18
2024-11-12 · BELIEVE: The Jimmy Glass Story — ask: John: In a mid-roll Good Store did not pay for, John recommends Good Store, which gives all its profit to charity, for holiday gifts: boxes of tea, coffee, socks and soap. — 00:01:56
2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John says they started Good Store to raise money for charity, and so far in 2024 it has donated $1.25 million. — 00:24:40
2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John says his livestream emotes were all designed by other Nerdfighters, most by a Nerdfighter named Gia. — 00:26:52
2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John says he livestreams every day on John's Channel and enjoys the quiet time with Nerdfighteria far more than expected, while enjoying the signing itself less than usual. — 00:37:55
2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says that income is what lets the brothers run Good Store and donate 100% of its profit to charity; he will report how much that profit is and whom it benefits. — 00:00:16
2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John: The coffee has over 10,000 subscribers and has raised over $580,000 this year (2024), with steady growth helped by now shipping to Europe. — 00:02:42
2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John: The coffee has done even better since the rebrand to Keats & Co. and the addition of tea, which has raised over $60,000 since launching in August. — 00:02:57
2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John: Good Store's total donations for 2024 so far are just over $1.25 million. — 00:03:40
2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John: Since it started, Good Store has raised almost $9 million to support stronger health care systems in impoverished communities. — 00:04:34
2024-11-19 · Let's Talk about Money — John thanks Hank for coming up with the weird idea of Good Store, Newman's Own for inspiring it, and everyone who has shopped there over the years. — 00:04:56
2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — ask: The description gives the Good.Store coupon code Save25 for 25% off everything through the weekend, the biggest discount of the year. — video description
2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — ask: Hank asks viewers to do the rest of their shopping at good.store, 25% off everything this weekend with free shipping over $59, the best deals of the year. — 00:01:11
2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — Hank worries about the community, his health, the DFTBA, Good Store and Complexly teams, meeting obligations to Partners In Health, and how all this relies on their reputations. — 00:02:09
2024-12-02 · John, You're Doing Great — ask: The description asks viewers to buy Good Store gift cards at 25% off and give them away throughout the rest of the year. — video description
2024-12-02 · John, You're Doing Great — ask: Hank says Monday is the last chance to use the SAVE25 code for 25% off everything at good.store. — 00:01:35
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
2024-12-02 · John, You're Doing Great — announcement: Hank says this is Good Store's biggest discount of the holiday season, and tomorrow is too late to use it. — 00:02:04
2024-12-20 · Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones… — announcement: The description gives coupon code StrangeCloud at good.store for 10% off any gift card. — video description

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2025

2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John says he is in a deep, loving relationship with fourth-tier AFC Wimbledon and, for the last 12 years, has held the back-of-shorts sponsorship on the club's kit. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — John explains the streams' idea: he and Stan put all Super Chat and membership money toward AFC Wimbledon's playing fund. — 00:01:27
2025-01-14 · So I Bought My Team a Pro Football Player — announcement: John announces that the stream money, which at first seemed ludicrous for a whole player, plus matching funds from Sarah and him, has paid for an entire AFC Wimbledon player for the rest of the season. — 00:01:56
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank is a huge fan of what the teams at DFTBA, Good Store and Complexly do and feels lucky to be involved. — 00:03:59
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says those projects were incubated in Nerdfighteria and grew from its values; their energy to exist and continue comes from this small community that has done really big things. — 00:03:59
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says far more of this community than of the wider SciShow audience answer SciShow fundraising calls to action; still a minority, but the response rate is much higher. — 00:04:57
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank attributes the higher response partly to the community knowing SciShow exists because they made it and is not inevitable; later viewers don't see that a world without it could exist. — 00:04:57
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says half the money from this channel supports up-and-coming online educators and the other half goes to Partners In Health. — 00:05:55
2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank is proud of what the community created: even if it all stopped today, it would be one of the coolest things that has happened on the internet. — 00:07:23
2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — Hank says he is proud that the community supports these people and their work. — 00:00:44
2025-02-18 · Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara — John says the brothers are niche YouTubers making things for an 18-year-old internet community, Nerdfighteria, not MrBeast, and should not make videos that get a million views. (playful) — 00:00:29
2025-02-18 · Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara — John recalls that the brothers have run the Project for Awesome, an annual charity fundraiser, with Nerdfighteria since 2007. — 00:00:29
2025-02-18 · Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara — John says the P4A is in-jokes and memes but also years of memories and familiar names: it is community, the thing built over 18 years he is proudest of, and thanks Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:24
2025-02-21 · No Video Today!! — Hank says he is very forgiving of humans, pointing to what we have made, from Christmas lights, vodka and pickles to Beanie Sanfurbs. (playful) — 00:01:18
2025-03-18 · ITS ALL HAPPENING — John says being with Nerdfighters in community makes him happy and brings him a lot of consolation. — 00:00:24
2025-03-18 · ITS ALL HAPPENING — John says Nerdfighteria is the best and touring constantly reminds him he cannot afford to be hopeless; cynicism is not the right response now. — 00:03:49
2025-03-25 · Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday — John says being with Nerdfighteria in community is amazing, the greatest gift of his professional life. — 00:04:52
2025-03-28 · Is This a Million Dollar Idea? — ask: Hank asks viewers to search YouTube for white noise videos, listen, and select his Torc Waterfall video so YouTube recommends it to far more people than Nerdfighteria. — 00:01:10
2025-04-04 · Morality — The description says this project and community have a deep morality, usually called values, and perhaps it is time to own that morality and be proud of it. (hedged) — video description
2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? — John says that last week (week of 7 April 2025) he and many people from the community visited Washington, D.C., holding over 210 meetings with members of Congress and their offices to press for better TB funding. — 00:00:00
2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? — John says he thinks their community is a pretty good one, which is rare amid so much online incivility. — 00:11:42
2025-04-18 · I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) — ask: Hank asks John, and viewers, to buy the discounted Good Store Mother's Day bundle (Keats & Co. Evensong Chai, a Sun Basin citrus candle, Garden Party soap, hand balm) before Monday so it ships in time. — 00:06:37
2025-04-18 · This one's for your mom — announcement: Hank announces that Good Store now sells prepaid subscriptions: you pay once for six months (or 12), they then stop, which makes them good gifts. — 00:28:28
2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — John says he even visited Congress with nerdfighters from around the country to make the case for foreign aid funding. — 00:00:58
2025-04-22 · The Unimportant Things — John says new central attacking midfielder Marcus Browne, signed with money from John's FIFA stream, makes the team look dangerous. — 00:03:23
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says dozens of viewers came together to build a matching fund so every dollar donated monthly could be matched. — 00:00:58
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says Good.Store's Awesome Socks Club and Sun Basin Soap together have raised $10 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence project. — 00:00:58
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — ask: John invites anyone in the market for socks or soap that save lives while warming feet and cleaning bodies to check out Good.Store. (playful) — 00:00:58
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says all those efforts combined raised the needed $20 million and then some. — 00:01:27
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says the facility would not exist without Nerdfighteria, which raised the literal majority of the funds needed. — 00:03:33
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John says Sierra Leone is a vastly safer place to give birth than in 2019; Nerdfighteria is not the main character of that story but played a role. — 00:04:32
2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News — John thinks this can in many ways be cited as the greatest accomplishment in the 18-year history of this strange and lovely little YouTube channel. — 00:05:01
2025-05-16 · No One Knows When They Don't Die — Hank says the community's work in Sierra Leone means fewer women are already dying in childbirth, a very quiet victory. — 00:02:26
2025-05-20 · The Double — John recalls that he and Stuart completed the double before, a day so magical he made a Vlogbrothers video about it and his suit lining depicts that day at Wembley. — 00:02:55
2025-05-20 · The Double — John thanks the book's supporters; meeting so many viewers in two months, he has preached that the world's deadliest infection is curable and eradicable. — 00:03:53
2025-05-20 · The Double — John thanks everyone in his FIFA livestreams on John's Channel: without them AFC Wimbledon could not have signed Marcus Browne. — 00:04:22
2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank says Nerdfighteria, Crash Course, TB Fighters and the Project for Awesome taught him that small groups of people can bring about tremendous change. — 00:05:20
2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank says Crash Course's free model could not have worked before YouTube, nor without this community's support; he thanks YouTube for supporting it over the years. — 00:05:51
2025-05-27 (said on 2025-05-25, implied) · The Longest (and best) Day — In a channel comment John thanks 'nerdfighteria's own Marcus Browne' for the outro. — creator comment
2025-05-27 (said on 2025-05-25, implied) · The Longest (and best) Day — John wears the exact outfit he wore nine years ago when Wimbledon last made it to Wembley, taken from a mothballed closet, while insisting he is not superstitious. — 00:01:10
2025-05-27 (said on 2025-05-25, implied) · The Longest (and best) Day — John greets the Nerdfighter Dons and heads to Wembley. — 00:01:39
2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech — Hank says he represents more than himself: the people at Crash Course, Study Hall, SciShow and Good Store, the community that is the only reason any of it happened, science communication and John. — 00:00:29
2025-06-13 · Moving to Hope from Hopelessness (3 ways) — Hank says about a third of the money was raised by Partners In Health, a third donated directly by the community, one-time or recurring, and the final third mostly Good Store profits. — 00:07:18
2025-06-17 · My Religion — John: After someone on the Nerdfighters subreddit asked whether John ever talks about his religious faith, he answers the questions about religion he gets most often. — 00:00:00
2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? — John notes their little community is building a hospital, which he calls the opposite of cigarettes. — 00:03:00
2025-06-24 · Am I Cigarettes? — John: Being active in Nerdfighteria is only a small part of why he stays: he could be a good member without many-to-many spaces like Bluesky and Instagram, via videos, comments and well-moderated spaces. — 00:04:06
2025-08-03 · Why I Actually Love My Brother — Hank says saying 'I love you' to his brother is not physically difficult but not natural: even after all these years of Esther Days, the words feel like they belong somewhere else. — 00:00:00
2025-08-03 · Why I Actually Love My Brother — Hank explains Esther Day: on her birthday, an annual celebration of Esther Earl's life, which she asked to be a celebration not of romantic love but of platonic love. — 00:03:03
2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — John says he and Hank are, by accident, wearing the exact same Good Store socks. — 00:01:51
2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — Hank lists their week: a Good Store photo shoot, talks with DFTBA, making Vlogbrothers and Quadragocon events. — 00:04:41
2025-08-08 · I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire — Hank says Good Store worked with its sock makers on a test line of underwear, with many viewers as its guinea pigs. — 00:01:32
2025-08-08 · I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire — announcement: Hank announces that MeUndies is partnering with Good Store: designs by independent artists as in the Awesome Socks Club, on high-quality boxer shorts. — 00:02:30
2025-08-12 · On Balance — ask: The description asks viewers to get the brothers' underwear through the Awesome Undies Club monthly subscription at Good Store. — video description
2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John bought the John Bean for $5.99 to support the app and jokes that it is a 70-year-old bean, though it drinks Keats & Co. coffee and its shirt is on point. (playful) — 00:02:40
2025-09-05 · Caffeine is Very… — announcement: Hank announces Hank's Tea Experience, which he created: a six-month Keats & Co. loose-leaf tea subscription with a different tea each month and a video of Hank preparing and drinking it. — 00:06:10
2025-09-09 · Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better — John says he needs no chill vibes in 2025: in the morning he needs a rocket ship, coffee, specifically Keats & Co.'s Octavia Blend, available at good.store. (playful) — 00:02:26
2025-09-09 · Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better — John says that in Nerdfighteria and adjacent spaces coffee is more popular than tea, since good.store has more coffee subscribers than tea subscribers. — 00:02:26
2025-09-09 · Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better — announcement: John says he is glad that Keats & Co., "this little coffee and tea company", has now raised over $1 million for life-saving tuberculosis care in impoverished communities. — 00:03:53
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John lists the community's real accomplishments: tens of millions of dollars raised for stronger health care systems, lower prices for TB diagnostics and treatments, and, playfully, the legacy of Pizza John. — 00:00:00
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John no longer wants the broadest possible audience but still wants to attract people to Nerdfighteria: he thinks about titles and will use clickbait when something matters to him. — 00:00:58
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John says this makes him happy, not sad: slow growth means the audience has stayed, many for over a decade, and a seat at the table in their lives is his profession's great privilege. — 00:02:26
2025-09-16 · After seven long years… — John argues that had the channel kept growing by a million subscribers a year as in 2013 and 2014, Nerdfighteria would paradoxically have been less interesting and less powerful. — 00:02:55
2025-09-19 · Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment — Hank thanks Milo for editing and Nerdfighteria for letting the brothers publish longer videos, since the Quadragocon was fun to do in more than four minutes. (playful) — 00:08:42
2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — John: Welcoming new Nerdfighters at their first Pizzamas, John says he has no idea how his briefly having a mustache in 2008 led to all this. (playful) — 00:04:31
2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — John says they donate 100% of their Pizzamas proceeds to Partners In Health. — 00:04:31
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says he once had a Wikipedia page and then lost it; on the talk page an editor said having a notable brother does not confer notability. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank finds that the brothers, the Vlogbrothers channel and Nerdfighteria each have a Wikipedia page, as do Crash Course, SciShow and John's books. — 00:01:27
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says the coolest part is that it is self-reinforcing: a community that supports weird, useful, beautiful or interesting ideas lets otherwise impossible things exist. — 00:03:10
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank lists such things: VidCon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, Complexly, DFTBA.com selling merch for many creators, and Good.Store donating its profit to charity. — 00:03:24
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says at the root all these projects are the same idea: they grew out of, and would not exist without, the community they call Nerdfighteria. — 00:04:10
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says the brothers are planting trees and the community is the greenhouse that gives ideas the time they need to grow and succeed. — 00:05:28
2025-10-01 · Real Reasons for Hope — John thanks Hank for recalling that the talk page of his proposed Wikipedia page said having a notable brother does not convey notoriety; Hank may be the more notable brother today, but John will always be the first notable brother in the eyes of Wikipedia editors. (playful) — 00:00:00
2025-10-01 · Real Reasons for Hope — John says advocates, including many viewers, kept pressuring governments and drug companies to lower the price, famously pressing Johnson & Johnson to abandon evergreening its bedaquiline patent. — 00:01:27
2025-10-01 · Real Reasons for Hope — John says this is primarily the result of the Sierra Leonean government investing in health and health workers, but private philanthropy, including all viewers, played an important role. — 00:03:53
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John: Over nearly 19 years both brothers have had periods of burnout, but John never felt being in Nerdfighteria wasn't worth it, and that carried him through times he didn't enjoy making videos. — 00:01:23
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John doesn't think Nerdfighteria is much weakened by an occasional week away from videos. — 00:02:22
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John's main reason to keep making YouTube videos is not to be in the public eye but that the community still has awesome things it can do together. — 00:02:51
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — ask: John asks viewers whether they think about the channel ending and how: should the brothers trust the game to tell them when they're done, or be more intentional? — 00:03:20
2025-10-03 · Is It Time to Retire? — John knows many viewers will be disappointed when Vlogbrothers ends, but they will go on doing amazing things, and many connections formed by the community will outlive Vlogbrothers by decades. — 00:03:20
2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege — John says Looking for Alaska has lasted over 20 years not because it was the best YA book of its year but because Nerdfighteria happened, the great luck of his professional life. — 00:03:16
2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege — John was especially lucky with The Fault in Our Stars: Nerdfighteria and his publisher backed it, adults were reading YA, Time called it the best book of the year, and the movie did well. — 00:03:16
2025-10-08 · Being Alive — recommendation: Hank calls the D&D one-shot probably their coolest item and reads its creator's Bluesky post: DFTBA asked for another D&D game, full of nerdfighter jokes but enjoyable without being a superfan. (hedged) — 00:04:16
2025-10-09 · I Like Being Alive — John thanks Hank and Nerdfighteria for being with him on this exceptionally weird journey. — 00:04:05
2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem — Hank went through airport security with Beanie Sanfurbs in his bag; the dense, almost gel-like object flagged security, but a young TSA agent decided Beanie was not a threat. (playful) — 00:00:29
2025-10-24 · What Will Books Become? — ask: Hank reminds viewers that Nerdfighter art for the Project for Awesome is still open, with the link in the description. — 00:05:47
2025-10-31 · We Did It… — ask: The description invites viewers who want great stuff to buy it at good.store, where all profit goes to charity. — video description
2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank recalls that shortly after John's first video from Sierra Leone six years ago, the brothers pledged to raise $25 million for a hospital without knowing how, and exceeded the goal. — 00:05:47
2025-10-31 · We Did It… — Hank says the money came from hundreds of thousands of sock sales, dozens of major gifts, a store that donates its profit, and many Nerdfighters giving once or monthly. — 00:05:47
2025-11-07 · Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… — announcement: The description notes Good Store orders automatically get tiered discounts (10% over $50, 15% over $75, 20% over $100) with no coupon code. — video description
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John calls the MCOE a statement of intent: the long-term, open-ended problems of maternal and child mortality in Kono are being met by long-term, open-ended support from the community. — 00:01:37
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John calls it his proudest moment in 19 years of YouTube videos that their corner of the internet made the MCOE possible: helped by many others, but he doesn't think it would have happened without them. — 00:02:06
2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline — John says Good Store, another way to support Partners In Health and the Coral Reef Alliance, raised about $10 million over the last five years to fight maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone. — 00:03:04
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: John presents Keats & Co., a coffee and tea company supporting comprehensive TB care in Lesotho: peppermint and Blooming Wild Black teas, Octavia and Calypso coffees, Paradoxica decaf, teacups and a tea strainer. — 00:02:03
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — Hank recalls buying the good.store URL years ago, knowing he would eventually use it, and hoping it would become what it has become. — 00:10:38
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — John says Good Store has donated over $11 million to charity, though in its first year or two it donated less than a million dollars. — 00:11:29
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — John says, as a Reddit post noticed, Good Store donated far more in 2023 than this year (2025) or last; this year (2025) will probably be a little up on last year (2024) but down from 2023. (hedged) — 00:11:51
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: Hank: Reading a review of his Tea Experience, Hank checks the store and finds it can no longer be bought, which Elgin confirms; its teas and a tea taster remain available. — 00:17:39
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — John says each morning he drinks one cup of their coffee as two espresso shots with hot water, then their Bright Star Breakfast Blend tea so he doesn't over-caffeinate. — 00:18:44
2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — announcement: John explains where purchases go: Keats & Co. coffee and tea supports TB care in Lesotho; socks, underwear and Sun Basin Soap support the Maternal Center of Excellence; EcoGeek supports the Coral Reef Alliance. — 00:24:21
2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — announcement: Hank announces Good Store's four-day Black Friday to Cyber Monday sale, as always its biggest discount of the year, with profits donated to charity. — 00:01:21
2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — ask: Hank asks viewers to order now, since Good Store likes to get orders early to ship them in time. — 00:01:54
2025-12-02 · The Meaning of Life with Hank and John — John says this Question Tuesday has only one question, the meaning of life, which in 19 years of Vlogbrothers they have never directly addressed. — 00:00:00
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says a Hank invention (Good Store, named in a lost passage) has for several years donated millions of dollars a year to charity by selling socks, coffee and other things, like Newman's Own. — 00:01:29
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John describes Nerdfighteria as the made-of-awesome community that grew up around this YouTube channel. — 00:02:55
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says We're Here, the Nerdfighteria newsletter Hank helped found a couple of years ago, is something he loves getting weekly; it reminds him of old-school Nerdfighteria. — 00:04:52
2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video — announcement: Hank says orders placed now from Good Store or DFTBA.com will probably, though not guaranteed, arrive by Christmas or the end of Hanukkah. (hedged) — 00:04:54
2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun — Hank says the Census helps the brothers understand what to do with the community, what excites and worries people, and how to orient their efforts next year (2026). — 00:00:45
2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun — Hank credits the brothers' long YouTube careers largely to doing things with people rather than only making things for them, and values the Census as a way to keep a handle on that. — 00:00:59

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2026

2026-01-16 · 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) — announcement: Hank says half the money goes to charities advocated for and voted on by the community, the other half split between Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:00:29
2026-02-03 · Does the truth still matter? — John says the video won't reach a representative sample of America: a recent Nerdfighteria Census found more community members voted for Jill Stein than for Donald Trump. — 00:00:29
2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — Hank says he has always felt Complexly was a project of Nerdfighteria rather than of Hank and John Green; it never quite felt like theirs. — 00:03:47
2026-02-10 · I Was a Teenage Dirtbag — ask: John invites Hank and Nerdfighteria to the P4A livestream at projectforawesome.com/live, starting noon Eastern on Friday. — 00:05:08
2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — Hank says Good Store donates all its profit to charity but sells socks, which is not an exempt purpose, so it must be a for-profit that pays tax and then donates; they would love it to be a nonprofit. — 00:07:47
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 says a Nerdfighter advisory group helps list the smaller charities that get P4A grants each year, which can be transformational, and that the P4A has raised about $17 million over the years. (hedged) — 00:51:43
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: Hank says hundreds of matching donors came together to create $1.5 million of P4A 2026 matching funds, about as much as they could use. — 00:59:45
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John calls the 19th Project for Awesome the most special thing he gets to do each year, and treasures that Nerdfighteria still exists and still makes things together. — 01:24:08
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
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the Project for Awesome is his favorite time of year, his favorite time to be a Nerdfighter and in general to be a person. — 02:56:57
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John shows the background behind his desk, filled with things Nerdfighters have given him over the years. — 03:08:43
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — Hank: Asked why he keeps at it, Hank says that in many ways he works for his audience, this community, which is tricky because it is a lot of bosses who don't all agree on everything. — 03:39:38
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — Hank says whatever the community does to turn people's attention toward those doing good in the world, instead of the news's nightmare of the day, is really valuable, because the work doesn't get done unless people do it. — 03:45:30
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the P4A 2026 matching funds include $500,000 from a Save the Children matching donor and almost $1.5 million from Nerdfighters who came together to form a matching fund. — 06:40:31
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the Project for Awesome began as a lark, an attempt to hack the YouTube algorithm for good: they were not thinking of raising money and had never made a dollar from YouTube. — 06:55:13
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John: Wishing viewers a happy Valentine's Day, John calls this community his valentine. — 06:55:13
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says a community is much funnier than an individual, and can do things in fundraising and in creative production that no one could do alone. — 07:03:01
2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — Hank: Introducing a featured video for the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, Hank calls the Project for Awesome and Nerdfighteria wide-ranging and wide-branching. — 04:39:55
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — John says not all the Project for Awesome's money has come from Nerdfighteria, but the vast majority has, and that makes him really proud. — 01:08:02
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — John says people giving the community such significance in their lives for years is the coolest thing that ever happened to him, far better than anything from his books, and unimaginable when he and Hank started making videos. — 01:42:22
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: John launches three personalized book recommendation perks: for a very significant donation, a 10-minute Zoom call in which he recommends books, a perk he loves for meeting Nerdfighters. — 02:07:05
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — John says his favorite thing is the communities within the community, like the Nerdcraftaria Minecraft server: the stuff within the stuff. — 02:09:41
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John says that in the end Nerdfighteria raised $32 million of the $50 million needed to get the Maternal Center of Excellence off the ground. — 00:04:18
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John: Thanking donors, John says Nerdfighteria is not the hero of the Maternal Center of Excellence: the heroes are the Ministry of Health staff and the builders, mostly women, many of whom will give birth there. — 00:06:55
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John recalls that when he was ill in March 2007, about 270 viewers sent pictures with stuff on their heads to cheer him up, the first moment he and Hank thought of doing more with the community. — 00:08:24
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John recalls that in 2007 and 2008 the early Project for Awesome raised no money but hijacked the YouTube algorithm to make it about charity for a day. — 01:34:09
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John thanks Alan Lastufka and the others who started the Project for Awesome in 2007, and marvels at what Nerdfighteria has accomplished over 20 years. — 01:34:38
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank: Asked which period of early Nerdfighteria he would relive, Hank picks the very beginning: it was so weird and so fun. — 05:42:22
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank's favorite Project for Awesome mascot of all time is his friend Beanie Sanfurbs. — 05:43:16
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank eats weird fruit sent for the Project for Awesome by a Nerdfighter in Miami who runs a weird fruit business, Miami Fruit. — 06:39:09
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says the Project for Awesome and the Maternal Center of Excellence are separate projects, but without the P4A the hospital could never have existed, since Nerdfighteria would never have grown as it has or had its values. — 02:15:23
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says many corners of the internet gather 100,000 or 200,000 people every week, but very few are as productive as Nerdfighteria, which he is really proud of. — 02:15:23
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
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Thanking a donor on his 17th P4A, John says being trusted with a place in people's lives for 17 years is very special, and welcomes first-timers: they always need new Nerdfighters. — 02:55:36
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says Nerdfighteria has been game-changing in his life; his family talks and thinks about it a lot because it is such an important part of their lives. — 02:56:32
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Agreeing with a viewer, John says the first few Project for Awesomes were not fundraisers at all but an attempt to take over the YouTube front page and hijack an algorithm that was then unsophisticated. — 03:03:00
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says the best thing about the Project for Awesome to him is that Nerdfighters around the world make stuff and Nerdfighters around the world get stuff. — 03:09:03
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John: Asked about fishing boat proceeds, John says he still has never had any: it was his Tumblr name and a 2007 Nerdfighter joke; his friend Joe owns a fishing boat, which is easier to turn into losses. (playful) — 03:15:26
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John thanks the Partners In Health matching donor, who gave $100,000, the Save the Children matching donors, who gave $500,000, and about 700 Nerdfighters who formed a $1.5 million matching fund matching donations up to $1.492 million. (hedged) — 03:22:50
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — ask: Hank: With only 3,200 people watching, Hank asks viewers to get more Nerdfighters into the room, and posts on Threads and Bluesky, asking people to repost, like and share the link on Instagram stories. — 03:25:49
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — recommendation: Hank explains the Nerdfighter art perk, where people volunteer their time to make things that raise money and donors get something unknown, and calls it the most fun perk; John gets it every year. — 03:49:53
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John gets the Nerdfighter art perk every year because it connects him with a random Nerdfighter who made something just for him; of 1,475, only 246 remain. — 03:50:36
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — announcement: John tells new viewers that the Maternal Center of Excellence, largely funded by Vlogbrothers viewers and Nerdfighteria, delivered its first baby yesterday and will deliver many more, 5,000 babies a year. — 04:08:35
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — announcement: John: The Nerdfighter art perk officially sells out during the 2026 Project for Awesome. — 04:27:41
2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John thanks Nerdfighteria for being an astonishment and says never to underestimate it. — 05:04:09
2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank says they started the Awesome Socks Club and then Good Store, which gives all its profit to charity, much of it to the Maternal Center of Excellence. — 00:02:26
2026-02-20 · What We Actually Did. — Hank says Partners In Health showed high-dollar donors what the community was doing, inspiring them to give more. — 00:02:55
2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says that as a community they made that bet, and so far it has worked. — 00:03:53
2026-02-27 · Can We Do a Science Together?? — Hank says the study needs many fairly trustworthy participants, and he has a pool of them: the viewers. (playful) — 00:02:40
2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — Hank reminds viewers that the Maternal Center of Excellence has opened and was funded in part by Good.Store. — 00:06:18
2026-03-10 · Is Hank Green Running for Congress? — John: Looking at the TB fighters and at Nerdfighteria, John sees how real, positive change can happen even amid corrupt systems. — 00:04:33
2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles — John says his livestreams on John's Channel have raised money for AFC Wimbledon's playing fund for a couple of years, helping pay for three players, including current top scorer Marcus Browne. — 00:02:55
2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles — John says Keats & Co. delivers coffee and tea to your home and donates 100% of the profit to fight tuberculosis in impoverished communities. — 00:04:44
2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles — John says the company is named for John Keats because he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. — 00:04:44
2026-03-17 · Tuberculosis and Hank's Shingles — ask: John: For World TB Day Keats & Co. has an unusual giveaway: subscribers before World TB Day receive John reading Ode on a Grecian Urn and explaining why it is important and poignant. — 00:05:13
2026-03-24 · How Panda Express Is Tuberculosis — ask: John invites viewers to his livestream at 3 p.m. Eastern, linked in the doobly-doo, to discuss the community's fundraising to fight TB in Lesotho. — 00:05:02
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — announcement: John announces he has written a new book, Hollywood, Ending, out September 22, with signed copies available for pre-order now. — 00:00:00
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — announcement: John: The book has no cover yet and John has not finished the copy edits. — 00:00:00
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — John: It is John's first novel in nine years: almost nine years have passed since Turtles All the Way Down came out. — 00:00:00
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — John did not write it mainly in the last year: he has been working on Hollywood, Ending (with a comma in the title) since finishing Turtles All the Way Down. — 00:00:29
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — John: When the pandemic first emerged John read a story on a series of semi-secret livestreams; that story became this novel. — 00:00:29
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — John: Many times over the years John thought he could never publish the book, partly for personal reasons; now it is ready and he is very excited to share it. — 00:00:58
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — announcement: John: The novel is about Kai and Juniper, two people in their early twenties who were in a movie together about the last year of Andy Warhol's life, called Andy Warhol Never Gets Old. — 00:00:58
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — announcement: John: Kai and Juniper navigate fame, work, early adulthood and their complex feelings for each other while their movie blows up, and so do their lives, intoxicatingly and painfully. — 00:01:27
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — announcement: John: The book is also about love and how we find it, and about celebrity and the fame machine, all of which John has seen up close over the last decade. — 00:01:56
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — announcement: John: It is John's first novel for adults and, on several levels, more adult than his previous novels: the characters are older and the themes are for adults. — 00:01:56
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — John has been trying to write this novel since 2017, with significant progress at points, but only in the last couple of years saw the path forward clearly. — 00:02:55
2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — ask: John asks viewers to pre-order the signed edition at hollywoodendingbook.com soon; signed copies are available in the US and Canada. — 00:03:24
2026-04-03 · I Had a Hallucination This Week — ask: The description tells viewers that John's Hollywood, Ending is available for pre-order now. — video description
2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John says mothers and children who could have died now survive every week in Kono, and the community has played a small but significant role. — 00:03:24
2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John says Good Store, Hank's idea for a store giving 100% of profit to charity, has donated over $11.5 million, supporting everything from ambulance services to the NICU. — 00:03:53
2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John calls collaboration our species' superpower, to be used carefully, and thanks Hank and Nerdfighteria for using it for good. — 00:05:21
2026-04-17 · Something Awaits For Me in the Divine for Resisting — ask: Hank reminds viewers that the window to order a Mother's Day present online is getting short, with deals for any mom at Good Store. — 00:03:27
2026-04-28 · What I Can't Show You — ask: The description asks viewers to support the project directly at pih.org/hankandjohn or through Good Store. — video description
2026-04-28 · What I Can't Show You — John calls it a blessing to stand at a world-class facility in a place too long deemed unworthy of one, knowing the community fought to build it and will fight to maintain it. — 00:06:05
2026-05-01 · Despair is Not Wisdom — Hank says it is less true in one place because of the work of this community, the people at DFTBA.com and the Good Store partners. — 00:01:27
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — ask: The description offers any bar of Sun Basin Soap for $5 at Good Store with the code thankshank. — video description
2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: A young nerdfighter who recognized John said that, friendless after moving to the big city, she listened to Dear Hank and John and felt they were friends; one of the kindest things anyone has told him. — 00:04:22
2026-05-22 · Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit — Hank thinks the difference is that the community, not he and John, created Complexly: it could not have succeeded without the community's fuel, and it felt like a project of Nerdfighteria. — 00:03:30
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank recalls YouTube going from no ads to sidebar ads to pre-roll ads; the brothers left pre-roll off for over a year, until it became normal and the money was just sitting there. — 00:03:31
2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank says the brothers justified taking the ad money by putting half into a pool granted to small educational creators, first YouTubers and now on multiple platforms: over 10 years, dozens of grants. — 00:05:20
2026-06-02 · The Instagramification of Human Experience — announcement: John wants readers to know as little as possible before his novel Hollywood, Ending (out September 22), but wants Hank to know something about Andy Warhol. — 00:00:00
2026-06-02 · The Instagramification of Human Experience — ask: The description asks viewers to pre-order Hollywood, Ending at hollywoodendingbook.com. — video description
2026-06-02 · The Instagramification of Human Experience — announcement: John: These ideas were in John's mind writing the film at the heart of Hollywood, Ending, Andy Warhol Never Gets Old, about Warhol's last year (2025) in the 1980s, struggling to stay relevant in the world he presaged. — 00:04:22
2026-06-02 · The Instagramification of Human Experience — John: From health updates to gender reveals we render 3D experiences into 2D posts; John asks what that does for us and to us, questions Hollywood, Ending tries to answer. (unsure) — 00:05:21
2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — announcement: John names his new novel, Hollywood, Ending, out September 22, 2026. — 00:10:32
2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — announcement: John says he began a novel about fame, trauma and loving our way through them about eight years ago, and today finally gets to show its cover. — 00:00:00
2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — announcement: John: The book has two narrators, Kai and Juniper, twenty-something co-stars of a film about Andy Warhol's last year (2025), Andy Warhol Never Gets Old; as it blows up, so do their lives, thrillingly and painfully. — 00:00:00
2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — John spent the last eight years, off and on, finding his way through the novel; he finally has and is very excited. — 00:00:58
2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — John: Writing Hollywood, Ending taught John about acting, Warhol, how to love and why, and reminded him what happens when children's trust and love are misused by their caretakers. — 00:00:58
2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — John says he has been lucky with covers (The Fault in Our Stars' became somewhat iconic, his nonfiction covers extraordinary) but never luckier than with Hollywood, Ending. — 00:01:56
2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — John finds the cover awesome even in ways that only make sense after reading: literally and figuratively, it contains the book. — 00:03:20
2026-06-19 · You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower — ask: The description asks viewers to pre-order a signed copy of Hollywood, Ending at hollywoodendingbook.com. — video description
2026-06-19 · You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower — Hank congratulates John on his new book and its beautiful new cover. — 00:03:37
2026-07-03 · Why I Didn't Buy TED — Hank says just understanding TED would have been a huge job on top of his others: Good Store, DFTBA, Complexly's giant transition to a nonprofit, videos, podcasts and family. — 00:04:22
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — announcement: John is preparing to publish his new book Hollywood, Ending this September and has been thinking about the place of an author in a novel. — 00:00:00
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John likes making videos: he doesn't really like the rest of the internet anymore, but still loves Nerdfighteria and wants to be here. — 00:05:22
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John says that, like all books ever written, Hollywood, Ending is coded autobiography: about movies, press junkets, trauma and sudden fame, which he has known. — 00:05:22
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John says Hollywood, Ending is still a made-up novel; he hopes it is about the reader's experiences and what they survived, not his. (hedged) — 00:05:51
2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John: While writing Hollywood, Ending, John thought a lot about art, why we make it and what it means to commodify it. — 00:06:20
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank has been rereading John's new book Hollywood, Ending, which he can do even though no one else has access to it yet. — 00:00:00
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank admits it embarrassingly took him this long to understand the comma in the book's title, and calls it a good comma. (playful) — 00:00:00
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says that in Hollywood, Ending John has been subtle with villainy, doing it again in a very interesting way; even saying that may be too much. — 00:03:04
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says he is a fan, John is good at that job, and he is so glad John wrote another novel; he didn't know if it would ever happen again. — 00:03:33
2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — ask: Hank notes he forgot to say it before editing: viewers can preorder the book right now, and he doesn't think they will regret it. — 00:05:15
2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — John says being in rooms of people singing, laughing and reading in 2008 was magic and still is; he can't get used to Nerdfighteria briefly existing in real life. — 00:00:58
2026-07-21 · One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy — ask: The description tells New York City viewers that a nerdfighteria presale for the Brooklyn tour show starts Wednesday July 22 at 10 AM eastern, with the password dftba, and asks them to spread the word. — video description
2026-07-28 · 'Are You John Green?' — John says he really loves meeting nerdfighters. — 00:03:27
2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — John explains that since 2010 the community has marked Esther Day each August 3rd in memory of nerdfighter Esther Earl, who wished for a day to tell friends and family 'I love you'. — 00:00:00
2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — ask: The description asks viewers to pre-order John's new novel Hollywood, Ending, out September 22, at hollywoodendingbook.com. — video description
2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — ask: John hopes viewers will overcome the awkwardness of saying 'I love you' and let people in their lives know they love them. — 00:04:08
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank says community works by listening to each other's deeper views, not to move everyone to one person's position but to be moved by understanding; that is how this community and the brothers' brotherhood have always worked. — 00:00:58
2026-08-07 · Just Trying to Figure Out My Job — Hank thanks John for not complaining that this distracts from the imminent release of the novel he worked on for a decade, though he is sure John feels it. (playful) — 00:01:24
2026-08-25 · The Great Thing about Infectious Disease — announcement: John: The 2,000th baby has been born at the Nerdfighteria-supported the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone since it opened in February; all will have access to vaccination at Koidu Government Hospital or local clinics. — 00:05:21
2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — John: Remembering he knows people who turn smells into language, John called LJ, CEO of Good Store, to connect him with the makers of their soap. — 00:02:20
2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — John says he and Hank are unpaid interns for Good Store, a coffee, tea, socks, underwear, cleaning-supplies, soap and shampoo company. (playful) — 00:02:35
2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — John says Good Store donates 100% of its profit to charity. — 00:03:10
2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — ask: John urges viewers to get their soap, shampoo and now conditioner at Good Store. — 00:03:25
2026-09-01 · You Can't Go Home Again, but I Tried — John says that if he lives another 30 years and Good Store still makes the soap the same way, he will be able to smell his present. (hedged) — 00:04:20
2026-09-04 · This is a Terrible Idea… — sponsor: Hank announces a mid-roll in a Vlogbrothers video: it is brought to you by Good.Store, a store whose profit all goes to charity. — 00:02:26
2026-09-08 · The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die — ask: In a channel comment John says he is touring for Hollywood, Ending, out September 22, and invites viewers to get tour tickets or order a signed copy at hollywoodendingbook.com. — creator comment
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — announcement: John says that in one week Hollywood, Ending, his first novel in nine years, will be out and he will be touring the country. — 00:00:00
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says the book's reviews so far have been exceptionally generous, which has slightly dulled his constant gnawing anxiety. — 00:00:00
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says YouTube's interest has always been co-creation between creators and audience: Nerdfighteria would be far less interesting without Sneezing Isn't Normal, Pizzamas and TB Fighters, which came more from the community. — 00:03:53
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — John says that over the last eight years he really tried to bring his deepest self to Hollywood, Ending, and is grateful to readers about to do the same. — 00:04:52
2026-09-15 · YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 — announcement: John says he loves art enjoyed in community, and a nerdfighter named Kimmy has created a Discord server so readers of Hollywood, Ending can read it together on September 22. — 00:04:52
2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says views may suit brand deals, but Vlogbrothers does none: they make things with people, such as artists' Pizzamas shirts whose money goes to Partners In Health. — 00:08:15
2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — ask: The description invites viewers to read the book with other Nerdfighters on the Discord. — video description
2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — announcement: John says Hollywood, Ending is officially out as of today. — 00:00:03
2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — John recalls that when The Fault in Our Stars came out 14 years ago, a few hundred people got it a month early, and he was devastated, expecting the plot to leak online. — 00:03:14
2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — John: Instead those early readers chose not to share the book, many waited until release day (2012) to read it, and it stayed unspoiled: one of the most generous acts of collective reading John has seen. — 00:03:43
2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank shows his copy, blue and cream with green inside; his favorite surprise about Hollywood, Ending is that the book's insides come in different colorways. — 00:00:29
2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — recommendation: Hank reads non-spoilery sentences people have written about Hollywood, Ending, calling it spellbinding, tender and funny, thornier and subtler than John's earlier work. — 00:02:26
2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — announcement: Hank: Hollywood, Ending is out wherever books are sold and John is on tour, with tickets possibly still available; Hank's bookstore had only one colorway. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John says no one is paying him to praise the shirts, because 100% of the Pizzamas royalties go to support Partners In Health. — 00:02:14
2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank says Pizzamas rests on a Nerdfighteria bit about John having a mustache for 20 minutes in 2008, and in 2026 they are still doing it. (playful) (slip of the tongue: 2008) — 00:01:45
2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — John says what is interesting is not the project but what built up around it, from Pizzamas to the Maternal Center of Excellence, because Nerdfighteria commits to bits better than almost any online community. — 00:04:30
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank says his artwork is not video but the channel, the brotherhood, the whole thing: from people unsure which brother is which to people making Hollywood, Ending cakes, fonts and hospitals in Sierra Leone. — 00:06:57
2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — recommendation: Hank says the on-screen font is a real font by a nerdfighter named Rachel, linked in the description; it is technically free, he suggests paying three to five dollars, and he will probably pay $500. (playful) — 00:07:26
2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — ask: The description asks viewers to get their Pizzamas at pizzamas.com, noting that all the value Pizzamas captures goes to Partners In Health. — video description
2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — John says consuming content is a central theme of Hollywood, Ending: it really means engaging with art, but within capitalism we view that engagement as consumption and art as content. — 00:00:01
2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — John gives examples: reading Hollywood, Ending, his publisher and he capture your attention's value; this video he splits with Google; on Instagram Meta captures almost all of it. — 00:01:27
2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — John: In Hollywood, Ending John tried to argue that art is essential to human experience and a site of joint enchantment where our attention intertwines and deepens our connection. — 00:01:57
2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — John says for twenty years Nerdfighteria has not just allowed but demanded that the brothers be in those businesses and rethink how art is made and distributed and who captures its value; they are lucky. — 00:03:54
2026-10-07 · The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species — announcement: Hank announces that Pizzamas has officially broken even, so every further purchase adds to what goes to Partners In Health. — 00:03:36
2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — ask: John asks viewers to get Pizzamas items at pizzamas.com, available only for the next few days; all proceeds go to Partners In Health. — 00:01:28
2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — John calls time with readers among the most magical experiences of his life: on this incredible tour he has seen over 20,000 people, about 17,000 nerdfighters and 3,000 other readers. — 00:02:27
2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — John: Part of the joy is having more than five people at his book events, unknown for his first couple of books; he also feels the community's energy and encouragement in real life. (playful) — 00:02:56
2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — John: Meeting so many nerdfighters on tour reminded John the internet is not merely bad; thinking it is fails to hold opposed truths, since the truth resists simplicity. — 00:04:23
2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank has been lucky to have relationships that make things matter (a brother, a boss, employees, a teacher, a mentor, a community of internet nerds), building skills, tools and connections. — 00:05:18
2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank: Among the Vlogbrothers things he is proudest of, Hank names the yearly bets on educational creators funded by a piece of Vlogbrothers ad revenue, which he calls the most rational thing. — 00:05:58
2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank says Pizzamas pays artists and product designers to make amazing pizza stuff, available for the last time, with the profit donated to Partners In Health. — 00:08:58
2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank produces things not because productivity matters to him but because Pizzamas, Nerdfighteria, John, cancer treatment, Crash Course, SciShow, 4x3 and the media environment do. — 00:09:38
2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — Hank: Asked his favorite part of his day of punishment in Target, Hank recalls a nerdfighter coming to the Target's Starbucks (not yet a Starbucks then) with little penguin art (as heard) for him: a nerdfighter gathering of three. — 00:02:22