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Sexplanations

YouTube channel · in 6 videos (2013–2016)

Entertaining sex-education show Hank started in 2013 with clinical sexologist Dr. Lindsey Doe and team. Because advertisers avoid the word sex, it depends on viewers' money, first through Subbable and then Patreon.

Videos by year: 2013: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2016: 2

Threads

Also named in the threads: Mental Floss YouTube channel, made with John and Hank (2013) · How to Adult: launch of the channel (2014) · SciShow Space: launch of the space-science channel (2014) · Animal Wonders: launch of Jessi Knudsen Castañeda's rescued-animal channel (2014) · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 edition · The Financial Diet: YouTube show, one of Hank's newest video projects (2015)

Often together

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

Animal Wonders (2) · The Brain Scoop (2) · Subbable (2) · SciShow (5) · online advertising (3) · Crash Course (5) · DFTBA Records (3) · VidCon (2) · YouTube (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2013

  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — announcement: Hank says that, somewhat without John's knowledge, he decided to make Sexplanations, an entertaining sex-education show, with Lindsay Doe and team. — 00:00:55
    • Lindsey Doe: Lindsay Doe introduces herself: a clinical sexologist with a bachelor's in psychology and a master's in health and human performance (health promotion). — 00:03:22
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance. — 00:02:55

2014

  • 2014-03-14 · Sexual Abuse, Consent, and Culture — Hank says that taboo is part of why he helped Nick and Lindsey start Sexplanations. — 00:00:35
  • 2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! — Hank lists census shares unaware of their shows: 14% Mental Floss, 30% SciShow Space, 33% Sexplanations with Dr. Lindsey Doe, 50% How to Adult, 64% Animal Wonders. — 00:01:00
    • Hank says 40% of respondents don't know Subbable, which has been so successful that SciShow, Crash Course and Sexplanations would not exist without it. — 00:01:48

2016

  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank says his team helps some creators get a leg up through shows like The Financial Diet, Healthcare Triage, Sexplanations and Animal Wonders. — 00:01:34
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says Patreon is extremely important for shows like Sexplanations, which get very bad ad rates because advertisers avoid the word sex; without patrons the show couldn't exist. — 00:02:35