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  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John reports that a few days earlier armed people took over the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, a place known mainly for springtime birdwatching. (00:00:00)
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John calls Portland Oregon's capital; the description corrects this to Salem. (00:00:29)
    • Portland — capital of Oregon · in Oregon · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · speaker error
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says the Northern Paiute's Wadatika band moved into the refuge area about a thousand years ago, and Europeans first arrived in the 1820s, catastrophically. (00:00:45)
    • around a thousand years ago — time since the Wadatika band moved into the area · in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge area · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1820s — first arrival of Europeans in the area · in Malheur National Wildlife Refuge area · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says that, like most American Indian groups, the Wadatika were devastated by smallpox and other European diseases: as many as 90% died within 30 years of first contact. (00:00:57)
    • As many as 90% (percent) — share of the Wadatika who died of disease · for Wadatika band · as of within 30 years of first European contact · no source named · unchecked
    • 30 years — period after first European contact · for Wadatika band · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says that by the 1840s thousands of white settlers had come west to Oregon on the 2,200-mile Oregon Trail. (00:01:07)
    • thousands — white settlers who reached Oregon · for white settlers · in Oregon · as of 1840s · no source named · unchecked
    • 2200 mile — length of the Oregon Trail · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says the 1850 Donation Land Claim Act granted 320 acres to any white man who settled and farmed land for four years, 640 acres to married couples; many such laws followed. (00:01:23)
    • 1850 — year the Donation Land Claim Act passed · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 320 acres — land granted to a single white male settler · for white men settling at least four years · in Oregon · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • at least 4 years — required period of settlement and cultivation · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 640 acres — land granted to a married couple · for married couples · in Oregon · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says white settlement in Oregon increased dramatically and Oregon became a state by 1859. (00:01:37)
    • 1859 — year Oregon became a state · in Oregon · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says Oregon's first state constitution contained some of the most shameful language in American history, barring black Americans even from visiting; moving there was illegal until 1926. (00:01:44)
    • 1926 — year until which African Americans were technically barred from moving to Oregon · for African Americans · in Oregon · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says in 1872 the Northern Paiute signed a treaty with the US establishing the 1.8-million-acre Malheur Reservation, which settlers immediately encroached upon. (00:02:22)
    • 1872 — year of the treaty establishing the Malheur Reservation · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1.8 million acre — size of the Malheur Reservation · in Malheur Reservation · as of 1872 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says after an 1878 war won by the US Army the remaining Northern Paiutes were forcibly moved to Washington State; about 100 families later returned to southwestern Oregon. (00:02:39)
    • 1878 — year of the war after which the Northern Paiutes were removed · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • About 100 (families) — Northern Paiute families allowed to return · for Northern Paiute · in southwestern Oregon · as of end of the 19th century · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says the reservation today is less than 1% of its original size and the tribe has just 349 living members. (00:02:51)
    • less than 1% (percent) — current reservation size as share of the original · as of 2016-01 · no source named · unchecked
    • 349 (people) — living members of the tribe · as of 2016-01 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John summarises: for about 800 years the land was Northern Paiute land, until the US won a war, deported them and held it until Theodore Roosevelt made it a bird refuge in 1908. (00:03:00)
    • 800-ish years — period the refuge land was Northern Paiute land · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1908 — year Theodore Roosevelt declared the area a bird refuge · as of 2016-01-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says the refuge became the de facto headquarters of a militia claiming the US government has no right to own federal land; he summarises its argument that such control is tyrannical. (00:03:26)
  • 2016-01-05 · Who Owns Oregon? Some Historical Context on the so-called Militia Occupation of Public Lands — John says the Constitution explicitly gives Congress power over US territory and property, and the Supreme Court has consistently upheld federally owned and managed land. (00:04:06)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — In the description John cites a projection that at this rate the wage gap won't close until 2056. (video description)
    • 2056 (year) — year the gender wage gap closes at the current rate · for workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — John's description adds that in the US, and in most countries, most unpaid work is done by women. (video description)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — John says there is a gender pay gap among full-time workers worldwide, varying by country: New Zealand women earn 90 cents per man's dollar, South Korean women 62 cents. (00:00:32)
    • 90 cents — women's average full-time pay per dollar of men's · for full-time workers · in New Zealand · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 62 cents — women's average full-time pay per dollar of men's · for full-time workers · in South Korea · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — John says the US gap depends on the measure: about 16% by hourly wage, 18-19% by weekly take-home pay, around 21% by annual earnings. (00:00:49)
    • 16% (percent) — gender pay gap by hourly wage · for full-time workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 18 and 19% (percent) — gender pay gap by weekly take-home pay · for full-time workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 21% (percent) — gender pay gap by annual earnings · for full-time workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — John corrects himself: men do not work more hours than women on average, but they work more paid hours. (00:01:07)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Adjusting for education, skills, experience and occupation shrinks the gap to 4-8%, the 'unexplained' gap that most nonpartisan analyses attribute directly to gender discrimination. (00:01:14)
    • between 4 and 8% (percent) — adjusted (unexplained) gender pay gap · for full-time workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — John says even the conservative end of the 4-8% gap means women lose over 241 million dollars of pay every year to direct discrimination. (00:01:42)
    • over 241 million dollars (USD) — annual pay women lose to direct discrimination · for women workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — John adds that the US also has a wide racial pay gap, with overwhelming evidence (discussed in an earlier Vlogbrothers video) that much of it is due to direct discrimination. (00:01:53)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Since race and gender shape people before they work, causes are hard to disentangle, but women of color are doubly disadvantaged in pay regardless of skill, experience or education. (00:02:03)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Women on average work fewer hours and in less lucrative professions than men; one study of over 120 professions found more women than men in nine of the ten lowest-paying jobs. (00:02:30)
    • nine of the ten (jobs) — lowest-paying jobs in which more women than men worked · for more than 120 professions studied · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · source: one study · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — The pay gap persists within almost all professions, from computer programmers to teachers to lawyers. (00:02:58)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Men work more paid hours partly because of unpaid work: the average American woman spends 167 minutes a day on housework or household care, the average man 101. (00:03:08)
    • 167 minutes per day (minutes/day) — time spent on housework or care for household members · for average adult American women · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 101 minutes per day (minutes/day) — time spent on housework or care for household members · for average adult American men · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — With each child a family has, women's average income relative to men's falls, by about 7.5% after the first child. (00:03:43)
    • 7.5% (percent) — fall in women's average income relative to men's after the first child · for women with children · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — In a study a Stanford professor sent fictitious resumes and found mothers were less likely to be offered jobs and were offered lower starting salaries. (00:03:58)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Men, by contrast, seem to fare better in employment opportunities and wages after having children. — hedged: “seem to” (00:04:10)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — John says this may partly explain why the gap worsens over time: near 10% from young adulthood to about 35, when it jumps. — hedged: “may” (00:04:16)
    • 10% (percent) — gender pay gap from young adulthood to about age 35 · for workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — One study of business school graduates found a relatively small gap right out of school but a much larger one eight years later. (00:04:24)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Even in careers dominated by women, men disproportionately advance to supervisory roles, such as male librarians becoming library directors. (00:04:31)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Large pay gaps remain within careers that employ mostly women, such as nursing and librarianship. (00:04:42)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — Unless the data is cherry-picked, a real and consistent gender pay gap exists across almost all fields, education levels and ages. (00:04:48)
  • 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? — At the current rate of change, the US gender wage gap won't close until 2058. (00:04:58)
    • 2058 (year) — year the gender wage gap closes at the current rate of change · for workers · in United States · as of 2016-02-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — The description lists 2.7 million non-military federal employees, over 600,000 of them in the postal service and about 95,000 at the IRS, plus 5 to 7 million federal contractors. (video description)
    • 2.7 million (people) — non-military federal government employees · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • more than 600,000 (people) — federal employees in the postal service · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • Around 95,000 (people) — federal employees working for the IRS · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • Between 5 and 7 million (people) — federal government contractors · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank's figures put the uniformed military at 1.4 million, with more than 7 million local government employees outside education and more than 7 million in local education. (video description)
    • 1.4 million (people) — uniformed military personnel · for uniformed military · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • More than 7 million (people) — local government employees outside education · for local government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • More than 7 million (people) — local government education employees · for local government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank's budget figures: $1.1 trillion of federal money not spent on social services, against $1.8 trillion of local government spending, $620 billion of it on education. (video description)
    • 1.1 trillion (USD) — federal money not spent on social services · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 1.8 trillion (USD) — local government spending · for local government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 620B (USD) — local government spending on education · for local government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank puts overall government employment at 12 million, roughly 4% of Americans, or about 18 million (6%) with contractors, and the government's budget at around 24% of GDP. (video description)
    • 12 Million (people) — overall government employment · for government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • roughly 4% (percent) — share of Americans employed by government · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • around 18 million (people) — government employment including contractors · for government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 6% (percent) — share of Americans employed by government including contractors · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • around 24% (percent) — government budget as a share of GDP · for government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank says state and local governments employ more than 7 million people, not counting education, while the federal government employs fewer than 3 million. (00:01:06)
    • more than seven million (people) — state and local government employees, excluding education · for state and local governments · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • less than 3 million (people) — federal government employees · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank says people overestimate the uniformed military and underestimate public education, by far the largest category of government employee, with more than 7 million workers. (00:01:15)
    • More than 7 million (people) — people working in public education · for public education · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank says that over the last 50 years the number of federal employees has slightly decreased, while the budget and economy grew and the US population rose by more than 100 million. (00:01:33)
    • less than zero percent — change in the number of federal government employees · for federal government employees · in United States · as of last 50 years (resolved: 1966–2016, from the upload date 2016-03-04) · no source named · unchecked
    • more than a hundred million (people) — increase in the number of people in the country · for population · in United States · as of last 50 years (resolved: 1966–2016, from the upload date 2016-03-04) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank says much federal money goes to contractors, from janitorial firms to Lockheed Martin building fighter jets: about $500 billion, more than the government pays its own employees. (00:02:09)
    • about $500 billion (USD) — federal spending on contractors · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank says the federal budget is more than $3 trillion and 'we give it away': 64% of this year's (2016) spending went to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, poverty assistance and veterans' benefits. (00:02:28)
    • more than $3 trillion (USD) — federal budget · for federal government · in United States · as of 2016-03-04 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 64% (percent) — share of federal spending on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, poverty assistance and veterans benefits · for federal government · in United States · as of this year (resolved: 2016, from the upload date 2016-03-04) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good — Hank says that without those transfers, state and local governments spend significantly more than the federal government. (00:02:45)
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says that in Missouri's primaries last week (week of 14 March 2016) Trump beat Cruz statewide by about .19 percent and Clinton beat Sanders by a similar margin. (00:00:21)
    • .19 percent (percentage points) — Trump's statewide margin over Cruz in the 2016 Missouri Republican primary · for Missouri Republican primary voters · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John explains that nominees are not chosen by voters but by delegates at the parties' national conventions in July: Republicans in Cleveland, Democrats in Philadelphia. (00:00:34)
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says 2,473 Republican delegates and about 4,765 Democratic delegates will vote at the conventions. (00:00:48)
    • 2473 (delegates) — number of delegates voting at the national convention · for Republican Party · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 4765-ish (delegates) — number of delegates voting at the national convention · for Democratic Party · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says that despite winning Missouri by only 0.2 percent, Clinton emerged with 47 delegates to Sanders' 35. (00:00:59)
    • point two percent (percentage points) — Clinton's statewide margin over Sanders in the 2016 Missouri Democratic primary · for Missouri Democratic primary voters · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • 47 (delegates) — Missouri delegates won by Clinton · for Democratic Party · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • 35 (delegates) — Missouri delegates won by Sanders · for Democratic Party · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says Clinton would have won more delegates even losing by 0.2 percent, because the Missouri Democratic Party's 13 superdelegates, free to back anyone, mostly endorsed her; they include Governor Jay Nixon and Senator Claire McCaskill. (00:01:06)
    • 13 (superdelegates) — number of superdelegates named by the Missouri Democratic Party · for Missouri Democratic Party · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says Missouri's 71 pledged Democratic delegates are split proportionally by state party rule, so Clinton's narrow win gave her 36 to Sanders' 35. (00:01:25)
    • 71 (pledged delegates) — Missouri Democratic pledged delegates · for Democratic Party · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 36 (pledged delegates) — Missouri pledged delegates won by Clinton · for Democratic Party · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • 35 (pledged delegates) — Missouri pledged delegates won by Sanders · for Democratic Party · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John calculates about 8,800 Democratic votes per Missouri pledged delegate, so superdelegate Jay Nixon will have around 8,800 times the power of an average Missouri Democratic voter. (00:01:38)
    • 8,800 (votes per pledged delegate) — Democratic primary votes per pledged delegate · for Missouri Democratic primary voters · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 8800 (times) — a superdelegate's convention power relative to an average Democratic voter · for Missouri Democratic voters · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says Trump beat Cruz very narrowly in Missouri but got 37 delegates to 15, while Kasich, with 10 percent of the vote, won none. (00:02:00)
    • 37 (delegates) — Missouri Republican delegates won by Trump · for Republican Party · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • 15 (delegates) — Missouri Republican delegates won by Cruz · for Republican Party · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • ten percent (percent of vote) — Kasich's vote share in the Missouri Republican primary · for Missouri Republican primary voters · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says the same day in Ohio Kasich got 47 percent of the Republican vote but all 66 delegates, because Ohio's Republican rules give all delegates to whoever gets the most votes. (00:02:13)
    • 47 percent (percent of vote) — Kasich's vote share in the Ohio Republican primary · for Ohio Republican primary voters · in Ohio · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • 66 (delegates) — Ohio Republican delegates won by Kasich · for Republican Party · in Ohio · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says Missouri's Republican rules give the statewide winner 12 delegates if no one reaches 50 percent, plus five to the winner of each of eight congressional districts; Trump won the state and five districts, hence 37. (00:02:27)
    • 50 percent (percent of vote) — vote share threshold in Missouri Republican delegate rules · for Republican Party · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • twelve (delegates) — delegates for the statewide winner under Missouri Republican rules · for Republican Party · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • five (delegates) — delegates per congressional district winner under Missouri Republican rules · for Republican Party · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • eight (districts) — number of Missouri's congressional districts · in Missouri · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John explains for non-Americans that there are 435 US congressional districts, each electing a congressperson every two years. (00:02:39)
    • 435 (districts) — number of US congressional districts · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • every two years — term between House elections · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says that after the 2010 census a smaller share of Americans lived in Missouri, so it lost a congressional district while fast-growing Arizona and Florida gained districts. (00:02:57)
    • a congressional district — congressional districts lost by Missouri in reapportionment · in Missouri · as of 2010 census · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says that in 2010 Missouri had six Republican and three Democratic districts; Republicans, controlling the legislature and helped by a Democratic congressman whose district became safer, eliminated a majority-Democratic district. (00:03:11)
    • six (districts) — Missouri congressional districts represented by Republicans · in Missouri · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
    • 3 (districts) — Missouri congressional districts represented by Democrats · in Missouri · as of 2010 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says Missouri's districts are now drawn to make elections lopsided: in 2014 the 1st district voted 73 to 21 percent for the Democrat, the 3rd 68 to 27 for the Republican. (00:03:34)
    • 73 percent (percent of vote) — Democrat's vote share, Missouri 1st congressional district · in Missouri 1st congressional district · as of 2014 · no source named · unchecked
    • 21 percent (percent of vote) — Republican's vote share, Missouri 1st congressional district · in Missouri 1st congressional district · as of 2014 · no source named · unchecked
    • 68 percent (percent of vote) — Republican's vote share, Missouri 3rd congressional district · in Missouri 3rd congressional district · as of 2014 · no source named · unchecked
    • 27 percent (percent of vote) — Democrat's vote share, Missouri 3rd congressional district · in Missouri 3rd congressional district · as of 2014 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says every district yields the same five Republican delegates, yet about 34,000 Republican votes were cast in the 1st district versus about 150,000 in the 7th, making a 1st-district vote five times more powerful. (00:03:51)
    • 34,000 (votes) — Republican primary votes cast · for Republican primary voters · in Missouri 1st congressional district · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • 150,000 (votes) — Republican primary votes cast · for Republican primary voters · in Missouri 7th congressional district · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
    • five times — relative weight of a Republican primary vote, 1st vs 7th district · for Republican primary voters · in Missouri · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says some of this is a legacy of a US once suspicious of voting rights: for most of its history most adults could not vote, and parties served partly as a check on revolution or radical change. (00:04:36)
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says nominating has become much more democratic: as recently as 1968 only 34 percent of Republican and 38 percent of Democratic delegates were chosen by primaries. (00:04:47)
    • 34 percent (percent of delegates) — share of Republican convention delegates chosen by primaries · for Republican Party · in United States · as of 1968 · no source named · unchecked
    • 38 percent (percent of delegates) — share of Democratic convention delegates chosen by primaries · for Democratic Party · in United States · as of 1968 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party — John says that in both parties for the last 10 election cycles the candidate with the most overall primary and caucus support has become the nominee. (00:04:59)
    • 10 (election cycles) — cycles in which the leader in primary and caucus support became the nominee · for Republican and Democratic parties · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says that in August 2009 someone started a Tumblr called 'Obama is literally Hitler', satirizing comparisons between Obama and Hitler. (00:00:00)
    • August of 2009 — start date of the 'Obama is literally Hitler' Tumblr · as of 2016-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says the phrase 'reductio ad Hitlerum' was coined in 1951 for arguments that compare others' positions to the Nazis or Hitler. (00:00:11)
    • 1951 — year the phrase 'reductio ad Hitlerum' was coined · as of 2016-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says that before Hitler a common uber-villain was the Pharaoh of Exodus: in the Civil War abolitionists called slaveholders pharaohs and Southerners called Lincoln a modern pharaoh. (00:00:22)
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says Hitler and the Nazis are now compared to everyone: on social media Clinton, Trump, Cruz and Sanders are each likened to Hitler. (00:00:33)
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says an actual presidential candidate compared the contemporary United States to Nazi Germany. (00:00:44)
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says the US economy has grown each of the last six years, unemployment has dropped through the 2010s, crime is down and 90% of Americans have health insurance, the highest since the 1970s. (00:01:07)
    • each of the last six years — years of consecutive economic growth · for US economy · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • dropped throughout the 2010s — unemployment trend · in United States · as of 2016-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • down — crime trend · in United States · as of 2016-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 90% — share of people with health insurance · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • the highest rate since the 1970s — health insurance coverage compared with earlier years · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says the US still has a very high violent crime rate compared to other rich nations. (00:01:32)
    • a very high violent crime rate — violent crime rate compared with other rich nations · in United States · as of 2016-04-19 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says 200 years ago the vast majority of people couldn't vote because they weren't landowning white males. (00:01:47)
    • the vast majority — share of people who could not vote · for people · in United States · as of 200 years ago (resolved: c. 1816, from the upload date 2016-04-19) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says a hundred years ago most women couldn't vote. (00:01:52)
    • most — share of women who could not vote · for women · in United States · as of a hundred years ago (resolved: c. 1916, from the upload date 2016-04-19) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says fifty years ago interracial marriage was still illegal in half the country. (00:01:54)
    • half the country — share of the country where interracial marriage was illegal · in United States · as of Fifty years ago (resolved: c. 1966, from the upload date 2016-04-19) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John says that in 1985 unemployment was higher than today, median household income was lower and you were more than twice as likely to be murdered (plus no Snapchat). (00:01:58)
    • higher than it is today — unemployment rate compared with 2016 · in United States · as of 1985 · no source named · unchecked
    • lower — median household income compared with 2016 · for households · in United States · as of 1985 · no source named · unchecked
    • more than twice as likely — likelihood of being murdered compared with 2016 · in United States · as of 1985 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler — John lists some of Trump's insults of Ted Cruz that he can repeat on Vlogbrothers: liar, choker, disloyal, lowlife, crazy, dishonest, reckless, hypocrite, a soft, weak little baby. (00:02:43)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says about 60% of taxes paid in the US go to the federal government, 27% to states and 14% to local governments. (00:00:30)
    • 60% — share of US taxes paid to the federal government · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 27% — share of US taxes paid to state governments · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 14% — share of US taxes paid to local governments · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says federal taxes come mostly from four sources: 37% ordinary income tax, 33% payroll tax, 11% corporate tax and 5-10% capital gains tax. (00:00:39)
    • 37% — share of US federal tax revenue from ordinary income tax · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 33% — share of US federal tax revenue from payroll tax · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 11% — share of US federal tax revenue from corporate tax · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 5-10% — share of US federal tax revenue from capital gains tax · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says the phrase 'tax bracket' is misleading: reaching a higher bracket does not tax all income at the higher rate; only the income in each slice is taxed at that slice's (marginal) rate. (00:01:00)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Clinton's plan keeps everything the same except a new bracket: income over $5 million would be taxed at 43.6% instead of 39.6%. (00:01:32)
    • $5 million — income threshold of Clinton's proposed new top tax bracket · for individuals · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Clinton tax plan · unchecked
    • 39.6% — current top income tax rate · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 43.6% — proposed tax rate on income over $5 million · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Clinton tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says that under Sanders' plan everybody pays an extra 2.2% income tax, which goes to creating a single-payer health-care system. (00:01:52)
    • 2.2% — additional income tax paid by everybody · for taxpayers · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Sanders' plan moves brackets around and adds new ones for $500,000-$2 million, $2-10 million and over $10 million. (00:01:58)
    • between $500,000 and $2 million — income range of a new tax bracket · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
    • between $2 million and $10 million — income range of a new tax bracket · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
    • over $10 million — income range of a new tax bracket · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank explains payroll tax is basically income tax paid by both employee and employer; the self-employed pay all of it, then called self-employment tax. — hedged: “basically” (00:02:13)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says the Medicare payroll tax has just two brackets, above and below $250,000. (00:03:08)
    • $250,000 — income threshold between the two Medicare payroll tax brackets · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Social Security pays retirees based on career earnings but not above a certain level, about $118,000, beyond which no Social Security payroll tax is taken. (00:03:17)
    • about $118,000 — income cap on the Social Security payroll tax · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Clinton leaves payroll taxes alone, while Sanders raises everyone's payroll tax by an additional 6.2% to help fund single-payer health care. (00:03:40)
    • 6.2% — additional payroll tax · for everyone · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Sanders' plan reintroduces the Social Security tax on income over $250,000, so income between $118,000 and $250,000 would still be free of that tax. (00:03:52)
    • $250,000 — income above which Social Security tax would apply again · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says gains from selling stocks, bonds or real estate at a higher price are taxed under a separate system, currently based on household income. (00:04:03)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Clinton keeps capital gains taxes much the same but raises taxes on medium-term investments, typical of more active stock traders. (00:04:22)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Sanders adds the 2.2% tax to all capital gains and taxes capital gains at normal income rates above $250,000 of household income. (00:04:31)
    • 2.2% — additional tax on all capital gains income · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
    • $250,000 — household income above which capital gains are taxed as ordinary income · for households · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Sanders tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says both candidates share President Obama's plan to limit tax deductions taken by higher-income households. (00:04:53)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Clinton would create a $1,200 tax credit for caregivers and tax credits for businesses with profit-sharing and skills-training programs. (00:05:00)
    • $1,200 — proposed tax credit for caregivers · for caregivers · in United States · as of 2016-04-22 (implied: upload date) · source: Clinton tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says both candidates want a tax on high-frequency financial trading, though in different ways. (00:05:07)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says Sanders does this mostly to create a single-payer system in which the government is everyone's insurer, basically Medicare for everybody. — hedged: “basically” (00:05:40)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says the revenue from Sanders' plan would also strengthen Social Security and pay for people to go to college. (00:05:48)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says publicly funded health-care systems have been less expensive elsewhere in the world, but it is not known whether that would hold in the US. (00:06:06)
  • 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! — Hank says the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center pointed out that Sanders' plan would raise the costs of starting or growing a business, possibly enough to significantly decrease economic activity. — hedged: “possibly” (00:06:22)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says he would discuss John Kasich's tax plan, but Kasich has not yet put out a detailed one. (00:00:08)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says about a third of the $3.8 trillion US federal budget goes to Social Security and unemployment, mostly Social Security, and 27% to health care, mostly Medicare. (00:00:16)
    • $3.8 trillion (USD) — size of the US federal budget · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • About a third — share of the US federal budget spent on Social Security and unemployment · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 27% — share of the US federal budget spent on health care · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says 16% of the federal budget goes to the military, 6% to servicing the national debt and 4% to veterans' benefits; other items are small. (00:00:31)
    • 16% — share of the US federal budget spent on the military · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 6% — share of the US federal budget spent servicing the national debt · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 4% — share of the US federal budget spent on veterans' benefits · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says that for a married couple filing jointly, income over about $465,000 is taxed at the top US marginal rate of 39.6%. (00:01:31)
    • 465-ish thousand dollars — income threshold of the top US federal income tax bracket · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 39.6% — top US marginal income tax rate · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says deductions (mortgage interest, charity, some student loan interest and more) lower taxes, and everyone can claim the standard deduction, currently $12,600 a year for married couples filing jointly. (00:02:00)
    • $12,600 (USD) — US standard deduction · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says a married couple earning $1 million and taking only the standard deduction would pay about $343,427 in tax, an effective rate of about 34.3%. (00:02:13)
    • $343,427 (USD) — federal income tax on $1 million of income with the standard deduction · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 34.3% — effective federal income tax rate on $1 million of income · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says the same family earning $250,000 a year would pay $53,755, an effective tax rate of 21.5%. (00:02:21)
    • $53,755 (USD) — federal income tax on $250,000 of income · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 21.5% — effective federal income tax rate on $250,000 of income · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says a family with the median US household income of about $52,000 pays just under $5,000 in federal income tax, an effective rate of about 9.6%. (00:02:27)
    • around $52,000 (USD) — median US household income · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • just under $5,000 (USD) — federal income tax at the median household income · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • about 9.6% — effective federal income tax rate at the median household income · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Ted Cruz would collapse the seven brackets into a single 10% rate on all income, a flat tax, and raise the standard deduction to $20,000 for married couples. (00:02:36)
    • seven — number of US federal income tax brackets · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 10% — proposed single income tax rate under Ted Cruz's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
    • $20,000 (USD) — proposed standard deduction under Ted Cruz's plan · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says under Cruz's plan a median-income household would pay $3,200 a year instead of $5,000, a cut of $1,800 or 34%. (00:02:52)
    • $3,200 (USD) — federal tax at the median household income under Ted Cruz's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
    • $1,800 (USD) — tax reduction at the median household income under Ted Cruz's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
    • 34% — percentage tax reduction at the median household income under Ted Cruz's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says a family making $1 million a year would pay $98,000 under Cruz's plan, a cut of $245,000 a year or 72%. (00:02:59)
    • $98,000 (USD) — federal tax on $1 million of income under Ted Cruz's plan · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
    • $245,000 (USD) — annual tax reduction on $1 million of income under Ted Cruz's plan · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
    • 72% — percentage tax reduction on $1 million of income under Ted Cruz's plan · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Cruz would eliminate most deductions except mortgage interest and charitable giving, and abolish all federal gift and estate taxes. (00:03:13)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Cruz would repeal all corporate and payroll taxes in favour of a 16% kind of value-added tax. (00:03:23)
    • 16% — proposed business value-added tax rate under Ted Cruz's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John explains that unlike Europe's consumption VAT, Cruz's VAT taxes business revenue minus capital investment and payments to other companies. — hedged: “Basically” (00:03:38)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says many economists, though certainly not all, like this kind of VAT. (00:04:31)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center calculates Cruz's plan would reduce federal revenue by $8.6 trillion over ten years. (00:04:34)
    • $8.6 trillion (USD) — federal revenue reduction over ten years under Ted Cruz's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Tax Policy Center · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Cruz claims eliminating the IRS and other agencies would save $500 billion over a decade, which is less than 10% of the shortfall. (00:04:44)
    • 500 billion dollars (USD) — savings over a decade from eliminating the IRS and other agencies · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Ted Cruz · unchecked
    • less than 10% — share of the Cruz plan's revenue shortfall covered by those savings · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says that even ending all US military spending would leave the Cruz plan $2 trillion short, and Cruz wants to increase military spending dramatically. (00:04:54)
    • $2 trillion (USD) — remaining Cruz-plan shortfall after ending all military spending · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says some economists expect growth to cover part of the shortfall, but even the most optimistic independent modelling he found shows a dramatic deficit increase under Cruz's plan, barring huge Medicare or Social Security cuts. (00:05:04)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Trump would raise the standard deduction so couples earning $50,000 or less pay no federal income tax, and collapse the brackets into four, with a top rate of 25% over $432,000. (00:05:20)
    • $50,000 (USD) — income below which couples would pay no federal income tax under Trump's plan · for couples · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Donald Trump tax plan · unchecked
    • four — number of income tax brackets under Trump's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Donald Trump tax plan · unchecked
    • 25% — top income tax rate under Trump's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Donald Trump tax plan · unchecked
    • $432,000 (USD) — income threshold of the top bracket under Trump's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Donald Trump tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Trump's plan, like Cruz's, would eliminate gift and estate taxes and most deductions, but would cut corporate tax rates rather than replace them with a VAT. (00:05:36)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Trump's plan would end carried interest, which lets hedge fund managers pay a lower rate, but with such low income tax rates almost all of them would still pay less tax. (00:05:49)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Trump's repeated claim that his plan will 'cost me a fortune' is just not true: a $1 million earner would pay about $200,000, more than under Cruz but far less than now. (00:06:08)
    • about $200,000 (USD) — annual federal tax on $1 million of income under Trump's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Donald Trump tax plan · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Trump's plan would cost more federal revenue than Cruz's, 10 to 12 trillion dollars over the next decade, about 25% of the total federal budget. (00:06:23)
    • between 10 and 12 trillion dollars (USD) — federal revenue loss over a decade under Trump's plan · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • about, like, 25% — Trump plan's revenue loss as a share of the total federal budget · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says Trump claims his plan is revenue neutral, but the right-leaning Center for Federal Tax Policy published an op-ed saying it will not be revenue neutral under any circumstances. (00:06:35)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says the Tax Policy Center estimates that eliminating the US military altogether would cover only about half of the revenue gap from Trump's plan. (00:06:45)
    • just about half — share of the Trump plan's revenue gap covered by eliminating the US military · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · source: Tax Policy Center · unchecked
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John says cuts to services for the elderly, disabled and veterans are so politically unpopular that both candidates have promised to preserve those programs. (00:07:35)
  • 2016-04-26 · Understanding the Tax Plans of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — John concludes you cannot cut government receipts by 20% while preserving programs that together make up more than 80% of the budget. (00:07:49)
    • more than 80% — share of the US federal budget made up by the programs both candidates promise to preserve · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 20% — cut in US government receipts under the plans · in United States · as of 2016-04-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — John says the Watergate cover-up led to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. (00:00:12)
    • 1974 (year) — year of Richard Nixon's resignation · in United States · as of 2016-05-17 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — John says Nixon's press secretary Ronald Ziegler answered reports on the scandal by blaming 'hearsay, innuendo, guilt by association' and saying no one in the White House directed sabotage. (00:00:14)
  • 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — John says that after the National Enquirer reported John Edwards had a child outside his marriage, Edwards called it tabloid trash, praised his wife, and finally called the story false. (00:00:52)
  • 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — John says Bill Clinton's denial of sexual relations with 'Miss Lewinsky' first seemed unambiguous, but Clinton was using 'sexual relations' to mean a specific sexual act. (00:01:30)
  • 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — John says CIA director John Brennan, asked whether the CIA spied on Senate aides, said nothing could be further from the truth, because without password theft it wasn't 'hacking' by his definition. (00:01:57)
  • 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — John says both Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan used 'There's no evidence of that' and 'I can't recall'. (00:02:21)
  • 2016-05-17 · A Brief History of the Non-Denial Denial — John says that during the Bridgegate investigation Chris Christie said 'I am not a bully' in response to a question that was not about whether he was a bully. (00:02:29)
  • 2016-06-14 · Orlando — John says 49 people were killed in a gay club in Orlando. (00:00:43)
    • 49 (people killed) — death toll of the Pulse nightclub shooting · for people at the club · in Orlando, Florida · as of June 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-14 · Orlando — John says that last night thousands of people came out in Orlando to memorialize the dead and stand with their friends and families, showing what a great city it is. (00:01:26)
    • thousands (people) — attendance at the Orlando memorial vigil · for mourners · in Orlando, Florida · as of June 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-17 · Hey, Let's Change Some Things — In his letters Hank introduces himself as owner of an education-media business in Missoula that employs over 20 Montanans and has just moved into a new downtown office. (video description)
    • over 20 (employees) — employees of Hank's education-media business · for Montanans · in Missoula, Montana · as of 2016-06 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-17 · Hey, Let's Change Some Things — Hank, who found it hard to believe, says congressional staffers agree that letters and phone calls matter more than Twitter and email because they show the constituent cares more. (00:01:09)
  • 2016-06-17 · Hey, Let's Change Some Things — Hank says the CDC's study of the public health effects of guns has been under a 20-year ban. (00:01:51)
    • 20-year — duration of the ban on CDC study of the public health effects of guns · for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story — John says refugees are not legally allowed to work in Jordan. (00:00:15)
  • 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story — John rejects the idea that Syrian refugees are easily approved for the US: vetting has many layers of background checks, from iris scans and fingerprinting to many interviews, and this family's took more than two years. (00:00:29)
    • more than two years — time to approval for US resettlement · for this Syrian refugee family · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story — John cites Life Magazine as once calling Rockford as nearly typical of the US as any city can be, a place with a downtown statue of a white guy holding fireworks and a flag. (00:01:01)
  • 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story — John notes that American soldiers in the Revolutionary War included Yusuf ben Ali and Bampett Muhammad. (00:02:22)
  • 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story — John says more than 3 million Americans today are Muslims, from Dave Chappelle to the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars to his congressman André Carson. (00:02:28)
    • more than 3 million — number of Muslims · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story — John reports that UNHCR launched a global campaign, With Refugees, last week (week of 13 June 2016): a petition asking governments to ensure every refugee child gets an education, every refugee family a safe home, and every refugee the chance to work or learn skills. (00:03:06)
  • 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story — The downtown Rockford statue is of Joe Marino, whose parents immigrated from Italy when many Americans believed Italian Catholics, loyal to the Pope, could never be real Americans. (00:03:35)
  • 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Citing The Washington Post, Hank says black people are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police, and unarmed black people 6 times more likely than unarmed white people; he says claims that the data tell a different story cherry-pick. (video description)
    • 2.5x (ratio) — likelihood of being killed by police, relative to the population as a whole · for black people · in United States · as of 2016-07-15 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 6x (ratio) — likelihood of being killed by police, unarmed black people relative to unarmed white people · for unarmed black people · in United States · as of 2016-07-15 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Hank cites a more granular study finding Black and Hispanic people more likely to have officers use force on them even when they are complying with law enforcement. (video description)
  • 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Citing The Wall Street Journal, Hank says black people get longer sentences for the same crimes in the same situations, even accounting for multiple violations, public defenders, economic status and parole. (video description)
  • 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Hank adds that the same study found no difference in the use of lethal force in the communities it studied. (video description)
  • 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Hank cites research showing a black person arrested by a police officer is more likely to be shot, injured, pepper sprayed, tased and beaten. (00:01:26)
  • 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Hank cites research showing black people are more likely to be convicted of crimes and to get plea deals involving prison sentences. (00:01:33)
  • 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering — Hank cites research showing that, once convicted, black people are more likely to receive longer, harsher sentences than the average American. (00:01:36)
  • 2016-08-05 · Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State — Hank says voting works differently everywhere in the US because each state sets its own voting laws and procedures, which he calls beautiful and a little annoying. (00:00:09)
  • 2016-08-05 · Our Massive Project: How to Vote in Every State — Hank says most government in America is local, and local elections frequently get decided by one person. (00:01:25)
    • the majority — share of government in America that is local · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • one person (votes) — margin by which local elections are frequently decided · for local elections · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — To the most common concern, not wanting to choose the lesser of two evils, John says most states will have more than two candidates on the presidential ballot. (00:00:17)
    • more than two (candidates) — number of candidates on the presidential ballot · for most states · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — John says 57.5% of eligible American voters voted in the 2012 election, while 99% of millionaires did. (00:02:07)
    • 57.5% (percent) — voter turnout · for eligible American voters · in United States · as of 2012 election · no source named · unchecked
    • 99% (percent) — voter turnout · for millionaires · in United States · as of 2012 election · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) — John says most local political parties will drive you to the polls on election day, even if you're not voting for their candidates. (00:02:29)
    • most — share of local political parties offering rides to the polls on election day · for local political parties · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-12 · AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park — Hank says the Going-to-the-Sun Road, completed in the 1930s, bisects Glacier National Park. (00:00:16)
    • 1930s (decade) — completion date of the Going-to-the-Sun Road · in Glacier National Park · as of 2016-08-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-12 · AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park — Hank calls the road an engineering marvel that needs constant repair because of avalanches and freeze-thaw cycles, and that goes nowhere but to the top. (00:00:44)
  • 2016-08-12 · AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park — Hank says Logan Pass, at the top, is regularly covered in more than 80 feet of snow in winter; the road closes in September and reopens in July. (00:01:00)
    • more than 80 feet — winter snow cover · in Logan Pass, Glacier National Park · as of 2016-08-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • September (month) — closing month of the Going-to-the-Sun Road · in Glacier National Park · as of 2016-08-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • July (month) — reopening month of the Going-to-the-Sun Road · in Glacier National Park · as of 2016-08-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John cites Lily Batchelder's paper, and a PolitiFact story on the same topic, as the source for Trump's plan raising taxes for 7.8 million households. (video description)
    • 7.8 million (households) — households whose taxes would rise under Trump's tax plan · for US households · in United States · as of 2016-10-11 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John sets up three hypothetical married couples with two children each: the Johnsons earn the median household income of $52,000, the Kennedys $300,000, the Roosevelts $1 million. (00:00:21)
    • $52,000 (USD per year) — median household income · for US households · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John defines the top marginal rate as the rate on your last dollar (33% for the Kennedys) and notes income is taxed in brackets: first $18,450 at 10%, next ~$56,000 at 15%. (00:00:33)
    • 33% (percent) — top marginal federal income tax rate · for married couple filing jointly earning $300,000 · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $18,450 (USD) — width of the lowest federal income tax bracket · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 10% (percent) — federal income tax rate on the lowest bracket · for all taxpayers · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 56ish thousand dollars (USD) — width of the second federal income tax bracket · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 15% (percent) — federal income tax rate on the second bracket · for all taxpayers · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says under the current system the Kennedys pay about $66,424 (a 22% effective rate) and the Roosevelts about $336,500 (33.6%) in federal income tax. (00:00:54)
    • $66,424 (USD per year) — federal income tax paid · for married couple with two children earning $300,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 22% (percent) — effective federal income tax rate · for married couple with two children earning $300,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $336,500 (USD per year) — federal income tax paid · for married couple with two children earning $1 million (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 33.6% (percent) — effective federal income tax rate · for married couple with two children earning $1 million (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John explains that higher earners usually pay less thanks to deductions (charitable donations, some retirement savings, mortgage interest), itemized or via the standard deduction, currently $12,600 for married couples. (00:01:14)
    • $12,600 (USD) — federal standard deduction · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John walks through the Johnsons' bill: standard deduction, $4,050 personal exemptions for four, about $2,553 owed, minus $1,000 credit per child, leaving $553, an effective rate just over 1%. (00:01:40)
    • $553 (USD per year) — federal income tax paid · for married couple with two children earning $52,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • just over 1% (percent) — effective federal income tax rate · for married couple with two children earning $52,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $12,400 (USD) — federal standard deduction · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · speaker error
    • $39,600 (USD) — taxable income after standard deduction · for married couple with two children earning $52,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · doubtful
    • $4,050 (USD per person) — federal personal exemption · for all taxpayers and dependents · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $2,553 (USD) — federal income tax before child tax credits · for married couple with two children earning $52,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 1,000 dollar (USD per child) — federal child tax credit · for families with dependent children · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John stresses that for the half of US families earning under $52,000 federal income taxes are quite low, and a large majority of those households pay none. (00:02:22)
    • half (share of families) — share of US families earning less than $52,000 a year · for US families · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • a large majority (share of households) — share of households under $52,000 paying no federal income tax · for US households earning less than $52,000 · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says he mostly uses the Tax Foundation's analysis, which is non-partisan but usually considered conservative-leaning. (00:02:51)
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John quotes Clinton saying nobody earning under $250,000 will have their taxes raised, and calls it accurate: her plan mostly leaves the tax code unchanged, with four main differences. (00:02:59)
    • $250,000 (USD per year) — income threshold below which taxes would not rise under the Clinton plan · for US taxpayers · in United States · as of 2016 · source: Hillary Clinton · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Clinton would tax income over $5 million at 43.6% instead of 39.6% and raise the capital gains rate on gains over $5 million from 20% to 24%. (00:03:17)
    • 5 million dollars (USD per year) — income threshold for the proposed top rate · for US taxpayers · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 39.6% (percent) — current top federal income tax rate · for income over $5 million · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 43.6% (percent) — proposed federal income tax rate (Clinton plan) · for income over $5 million · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 4 % (percentage points) — proposed rise in capital gains tax rate (Clinton plan) · for capital gains over $5 million · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 20 (percent) — current capital gains tax rate · for capital gains over $5 million · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 24 (percent) — proposed capital gains tax rate (Clinton plan) · for capital gains over $5 million · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Clinton would require households earning over $1 million to pay at least a 30% effective rate, and would tax carried interest as ordinary income, closing that loophole. (00:03:35)
    • a million dollars (USD per year) — income threshold for minimum effective tax rate (Clinton plan) · for US households · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 30% (percent) — proposed minimum effective tax rate (Clinton plan) · for households earning over $1 million · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Clinton would double the child tax credit, add a new $1,200 credit for caregivers of elderly or disabled relatives, and change the estate tax and some corporate taxes. (00:03:59)
    • $1,200 (USD) — proposed caregiver tax credit (Clinton plan) · for caregivers of elderly or disabled family members · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says under Clinton's plan the Kennedys' and Roosevelts' taxes would not change (unless the Roosevelts claim huge deductions), while the Johnsons' would fall from $553 to zero. — hedged: “might” (00:04:17)
    • $553 (USD per year) — federal income tax under current law · for married couple with two children earning $52,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 0 (USD per year) — federal income tax under the Clinton plan · for married couple with two children earning $52,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says tax increases on the rich still cost something: they discourage investment, and the Tax Foundation projects the Clinton plan would cut long-term US output by 1% (others project much less). (00:04:42)
    • 1% (percent) — projected long-term reduction in US economic output (Clinton plan) · for US economy · in United States · as of long term · source: Tax Foundation · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Clinton's new revenue would fund subsidized college, infrastructure and paid family leave; most non-partisan analyses find her tax and budget plans add about $200 billion to the debt over 10 years. (00:04:57)
    • $200 billion (USD) — projected addition to US debt from the Clinton tax and budget plans · for US federal government · in United States · as of next 10 years (from 2016) · source: most non-partisan analyses · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Trump's new tax plan is quite different from the one released in June that he discussed in an earlier video; at the debate Trump promised big tax cuts for the middle class. (00:05:13)
    • June (month) — release date of Trump's earlier tax plan · in United States · as of 2016-10-11 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Trump's plan has three brackets for married couples: 12% up to $75,000, 25% up to $225,000, and 33% above. (00:05:25)
    • three (brackets) — number of federal income tax brackets (Trump plan) · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $75,000 (USD per year) — top of the lowest bracket (Trump plan) · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 12% (percent) — tax rate on the lowest bracket (Trump plan) · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $225,000 (USD per year) — top of the middle bracket (Trump plan) · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 25% (percent) — tax rate on the middle bracket (Trump plan) · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 33% (percent) — tax rate on the top bracket (Trump plan) · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Trump would cap deductions at $200,000 for married couples, make child care deductible, raise the standard deduction from $12,600 to $30,000, and abolish $4,050 personal exemptions. (00:05:40)
    • $200,000 (USD per year) — proposed cap on deductions (Trump plan) · for married couples · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $12,600 (USD per year) — current standard deduction · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $30,000 (USD per year) — proposed standard deduction (Trump plan) · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $4,050 (USD per person) — personal exemption (abolished under Trump plan) · for each family member · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says dropping personal exemptions would raise taxes somewhat for many single-parent or large families earning $60,000-100,000, about 7.8 million households. (00:06:03)
    • 60-100,000 dollars (USD per year) — income range of families facing a tax increase (Trump plan) · for single-parent families or families with more than three children · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 7.8 million (households) — number of households whose taxes would rise (Trump plan) · for US households · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says under Trump's plan the Johnsons would pay $400 instead of $553, the Kennedys about $46,350 (about $20,000 less), the Roosevelts about $287,250: cuts concentrated on the wealthiest. (00:06:18)
    • $400 (USD per year) — federal income tax under the Trump plan · for married couple with two children earning $52,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $46,350 (USD per year) — federal income tax under the Trump plan · for married couple with two children earning $300,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $20,000 (USD per year) — tax reduction under the Trump plan · for married couple with two children earning $300,000 (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $287,250 (USD per year) — federal income tax under the Trump plan · for married couple with two children earning $1 million (hypothetical) · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Trump would cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 15%, seek to bring back offshore profits like Clinton, and close the carried interest loophole. (00:06:47)
    • 35% (percent) — current US corporate tax rate · for US corporations · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 15% (percent) — proposed US corporate tax rate (Trump plan) · for US corporations · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says before macroeconomic effects Trump's plan would lower federal revenue by $4.4-7.2 trillion over ten years, depending on who does the math. (00:06:58)
    • 4.4 (trillion USD) — projected federal revenue loss before macroeconomic effects (Trump plan), low estimate · for US federal government · in United States · as of next 10 years (from 2016) · no source named · unchecked
    • 7.2 trillion dollars (trillion USD) — projected federal revenue loss before macroeconomic effects (Trump plan), high estimate · for US federal government · in United States · as of next 10 years (from 2016) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says even the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation finds that after growth federal revenues fall $2.6-3.9 trillion under Trump's plan. (00:07:30)
    • 2.6 (trillion USD) — projected federal revenue loss after growth (Trump plan), low estimate · for US federal government · in United States · as of 2016 · source: Tax Foundation · unchecked
    • 3.9 trillion dollars (trillion USD) — projected federal revenue loss after growth (Trump plan), high estimate · for US federal government · in United States · as of 2016 · source: Tax Foundation · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says Trump proposes about $1 trillion in budget cuts but $500 billion more for the military; even rosy projections add about $2 trillion to the debt (10x Clinton), the Tax Policy Center $7.2 trillion (36x). (00:07:40)
    • 1 trillion dollars (USD) — proposed budget cuts (Trump plan) · for US federal budget · in United States · as of next 10 years (from 2016) · no source named · unchecked
    • 500 billion dollars (USD) — proposed additional military spending (Trump plan) · for US federal budget · in United States · as of next 10 years (from 2016) · no source named · unchecked
    • 2 trillion dollars (USD) — projected addition to the national debt (Trump plan), rosiest projection · for US federal government · in United States · as of next 10 years (from 2016) · no source named · unchecked
    • 10 times (ratio) — Trump plan debt addition relative to Clinton plan's (rosiest projection) · for US federal government · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 7.2 trillion dollars (USD) — projected addition to the national debt (Trump plan) · for US federal government · in United States · as of next 10 years (from 2016) · source: Tax Policy Center · unchecked
    • 36 times (ratio) — Trump plan debt addition relative to Clinton plan's (Tax Policy Center) · for US federal government · in United States · as of 2016 · source: Tax Policy Center · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says US debt held by the public is about 77% of annual economic output: high, but near-zero Treasury rates show lenders aren't worried; trouble traditionally starts around 100-110%. — hedged: “might” (00:08:12)
    • 77% (percent of GDP) — US federal debt held by the public as a share of GDP · for US federal government · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • near 0 (percent) — interest rates on US Treasury bills · for US Treasury bills · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 100% (percent of GDP) — debt-to-GDP level at which lenders traditionally worry (low end) · for governments · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 110% (percent of GDP) — debt-to-GDP level at which lenders traditionally worry (high end) · for governments · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans — John says a US debt spiral is very unlikely whoever wins, but the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects Trump's plan raising debt to 105% of GDP in ten years, a very scary level. (00:09:18)
    • 105% (percent of GDP) — projected US debt-to-GDP ratio after 10 years (Trump plan) · for US federal government · in United States · as of 10 years after 2016 · source: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · unchecked
  • 2016-10-14 · Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election — Hank says nationalism and protectionism have risen, and their story is about how awful things are, a coming wave of enemies, corruption, and having consciously decided to be weak. (00:00:30)
  • 2016-10-14 · Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election — Hank says this rhetoric can never admit strength: US industrial production is at an all-time high, the job market is strong, and the US military outspends the next eight militaries combined. (00:01:35)
    • higher now than it has ever been (level) — US industrial production relative to its historical record · for US economy · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • more than the next eight militaries combined (comparison) — US military spending relative to other countries · for US military · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says that in 2008 most Americans got insurance through private companies, Medicare covered the elderly, Medicaid many low-income families, and about 15% had no insurance. (00:00:18)
    • 15% (percent) — share of Americans with no health insurance · for Americans · in United States · as of 2008 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says that in 2008 the US spent 16% of its total economic output on health care, while most other rich nations spent under 10%. (00:00:57)
    • 16% (percent of total economic output) — health care spending as share of economic output · in United States · as of 2008 · no source named · unchecked
    • under 10% (percent of total economic output) — health care spending as share of economic output · for most other rich nations · in other rich nations · as of 2008 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says US health costs were so high that more tax dollars per capita went to health care than in Germany, Japan, the UK or Canada, all of which had universal publicly funded care. (00:01:03)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says that despite this spending the US did not get particularly good outcomes and was not near the top by almost any measure, from life expectancy to preventable hospital admissions. (00:01:23)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says the Affordable Care Act was designed to address some of these problems, with the emphasis on 'some', and primarily to get more people health insurance. (00:01:37)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says about half the newly insured were to get Medicaid, expanded up to 138% of the poverty line, and half subsidized exchange insurance (up to 400%) regardless of pre-existing conditions. (00:01:47)
    • 138% (percent of the poverty line) — Medicaid expansion income eligibility ceiling under the ACA · for everyone · in United States · as of 2016-10-18 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • 400% (percent of the poverty line) — income ceiling for ACA exchange premium subsidies · for households · in United States · as of 2016-10-18 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says the ACA also sought to cut spending by lowering costs within Medicare and raised some new taxes, including one on medical devices, but left the rest of the system largely unchanged. (00:02:10)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says the ACA was never fully implemented because a 2012 Supreme Court decision made the Medicaid expansion optional; nineteen states have declined it, leaving millions of poorer Americans uninsured. (00:02:22)
    • nineteen (states) — states that have declined the ACA Medicaid expansion · for US states · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says the ACA has succeeded in reducing the number of uninsured people, to around 9.1% today. (00:02:34)
    • 9.1% (percent) — share of Americans without health insurance · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says the ACA may have helped slow health cost growth (experts disagree): costs rose by an average of 8% in the 20 years before 2008 and 5.5% in the last five years. — hedged: “may have played a role, although experts disagree about this” (00:02:40)
    • 8% (percent (average rise, as said)) — growth of US health care costs · in United States · as of twenty years before 2008 · no source named · unchecked
    • 5.5% (percent (average rise, as said)) — growth of US health care costs · in United States · as of last five years (to 2016) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says costs still rise faster than inflation and median weekly earnings, outcomes still lag, and US care remains far costlier than anywhere, though the gap with Europe has narrowed; the ACA was not designed to fix this. (00:02:54)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John lists other problems: rising employer premiums and deductibles as employers cover a smaller share, fewer plans on some exchanges, and higher costs for former bare-bones plan holders under comprehensive-coverage rules. (00:03:13)
    • smaller percentage of healthcare expenses than they did ten years ago (share of health care expenses) — share of health care expenses covered by employers · for employees with employer insurance · in United States · as of 2016 vs ten years earlier · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John bases his comparison on analysis from the RAND Corporation, which he describes as nonpartisan and widely considered centrist. (00:03:53)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says Trump would first repeal the ACA; Trump says he will ensure private insurers keep covering people with pre-existing conditions but has not said how. (00:03:59)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says Trump would fund Medicaid through block grants, letting states run their own programs, which most analyses expect to involve many cuts over time. (00:04:09)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says Trump would let insurers sell plans across state lines and make all premiums tax deductible; deductions, unlike credits, would mostly benefit high-income people. (00:04:19)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John quotes RAND's conclusion that Trump's proposals decrease the number of insured, raise out-of-pocket spending for individual-market consumers, and raise the federal deficit compared to the ACA. (00:04:34)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John reports RAND's estimate that about 19.7 million would lose insurance if the ACA were repealed, and about 20.3 million fewer Americans would be insured under Trump's plan overall. (00:04:45)
    • 19.7 million (people) — people losing insurance if the ACA were repealed · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016 estimate · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
    • 20.3 million (people) — net reduction in insured Americans under Trump health plan · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016 estimate · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John reports RAND's estimate that under Trump's plan average annual out-of-pocket costs per person would rise from about $3200 to $5700, due to less generous deductions and more bare-bones plans. (00:05:05)
    • $3200 (USD per person per year) — average annual out-of-pocket health expenses per person · for average person (as said) · in United States · as of current (under ACA) · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
    • $5700 (USD per person per year) — average annual out-of-pocket health expenses per person · for average person (as said) · in United States · as of under Trump plan (estimate) · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John reports RAND's estimate that, with ACA taxes and Medicare savings repealed, the deficit would go up by about 5.8 billion dollars under Trump's plan. (00:05:38)
    • 5.8 billion dollars (USD) — increase in federal deficit under Trump health plan · in United States · as of 2016 estimate · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John adds that all nonpartisan analyses he could find agreed Trump's plan would reduce the number insured, increase out-of-pocket costs and increase the deficit. (00:05:55)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says Clinton would amend the ACA, first with a $2500 tax credit ($5000 for married couples) for health expenses over 5% of income, available to all incomes but more expensive than a deduction. (00:06:05)
    • $2500 (USD) — proposed Clinton health care tax credit · for individuals · in United States · as of 2016 proposal · no source named · unchecked
    • $5000 (USD) — proposed Clinton health care tax credit · for married couples filing jointly · in United States · as of 2016 proposal · no source named · unchecked
    • 5% (percent of income) — threshold above which health expenses qualify for the Clinton tax credit · in United States · as of 2016 proposal · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says marketplace premiums are effectively capped at 9.6% of income (a family of four must earn $96,000+ not to benefit); Clinton would lower the cap to 8.5% for most, at a cost. (00:06:34)
    • 9.6% (percent of income) — cap on marketplace exchange premiums · for households · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • $96,000 (USD per year) — income above which a family of four does not benefit from the premium cap · for family of four · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 8.5% (percent of income) — proposed cap on marketplace premiums under Clinton plan · for most households · in United States · as of 2016 proposal · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says Clinton would offer a public insurance option on the exchanges, open to anyone; it would probably be cheaper than private insurance by sharing Medicare's administrative costs and slightly cut the deficit. — hedged: “probably” (00:07:02)
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John quotes RAND that all the Clinton policies considered increase the number insured and reduce out-of-pocket spending; the tax credit alone would insure 9.6 million more people. (00:07:25)
    • 9.6 million (people) — additional people insured by the Clinton health care tax credit · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016 estimate · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John reports RAND's estimate that out-of-pocket costs would fall at all income levels, most for families earning $30,000-60,000, while the programs would raise the federal deficit by $90 billion. (00:07:44)
    • 30 and $60,000 (USD per year) — income range of families with the biggest out-of-pocket reduction under the Clinton plan · for families · in United States · as of 2016 estimate · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
    • $90 billion (USD) — increase in federal deficit under Clinton health proposals · in United States · as of 2016 estimate · source: RAND Corporation · unchecked
  • 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John says the deficits must be seen alongside the candidates' budget and tax proposals: overall, the deficit would be trillions of dollars more under Trump's proposals than Clinton's. (00:08:07)
    • trillions of dollars (USD) — difference in budget deficit between Trump and Clinton proposals overall · in United States · as of 2016 proposals · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau — Hank (description) says a gay, American Indian, Democratic woman was nominated against incumbent Ryan Zinke, a former Navy SEAL, and has several times polled within the margin of error. (video description)
  • 2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau — Hank introduces Superintendent Juneau, who is running for Congress to represent Montana. (00:00:12)
  • 2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau — Denise Juneau: Juneau says that on the MSU campus a voter-registration effort uses a live 'vote goat' that goes around to draw people over so they can be registered. (00:01:42)
  • 2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau — Denise Juneau: Juneau says the Superintendent of Public Instruction is basically the head of all Montana's schools, elected every four years as one of the statewide offices under the state constitution. (00:02:08)
    • four years — term between elections of the Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction · in Montana · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says Bush did not steal the Bush–Kerry election in Ohio, pointing to Farhad Manjoo's complete analysis of the vote-rigging claims. (video description)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John cites election law expert Chris Ashby on why the presidential vote will not be rigged: machines cannot be secretly adjusted, and the decentralized system makes widespread fraud extremely unlikely. (video description)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says elected officials of both parties agree the US election system is more secure than ever in the nation's history. (video description)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John cites a comprehensive investigation of voter impersonation that found 31 incidents out of a billion votes cast. (video description)
    • 31 (incidents) — credible voter impersonation incidents found · for out of a billion votes cast · in United States · as of 2016-10-25 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says voting law experts agree official election fraud is becoming increasingly rare in the US, not more common. (video description)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says Bush received about 3 million more votes than Kerry across the country in 2004. (00:00:11)
    • about 3 million (votes) — national popular-vote margin of Bush over Kerry · in United States · as of 2004 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John explains the electoral college: states get electoral votes by congressional representation (California 55, Montana 3), most give all to the state winner, and 270 wins. (00:00:30)
    • 55 (electoral) — electoral votes allotted to a state · in California · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • three (electoral) — electoral votes allotted to a state · in Montana · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 270 (electoral) — electoral votes needed to win the presidency · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says a candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election, which is how George W. Bush was elected in 2000. (00:00:52)
    • 2000 (year) — year a president was elected while losing the national popular vote · in United States · as of 2016-10-25 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says if no candidate gets an electoral majority the House chooses the president, as in 1826 when Congress chose John Quincy Adams although Andrew Jackson had more votes. (00:01:02)
    • 1826 (year) — year Congress chose John Quincy Adams as president over Andrew Jackson · in United States · as of 2016-10-25 (implied: upload date) · no source named · speaker error
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says Kerry lost Ohio by about 118,000 votes and would have been elected president had he won it. (00:02:00)
    • about 118,000 (votes) — Kerry's margin of defeat in the presidential vote · in Ohio · as of 2004 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says many on the left, reportedly including Kerry himself, believe voter suppression and possible ballot fraud rigged that election, as a Rolling Stone cover story argued. — hedged: “by many accounts” (00:02:03)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John lays out the claim: Ohio's Republican secretary of state engineered long lines, purged voters, kept 25% of new registrants off polling lists, and 150,000 rural votes were switched to Bush. (00:02:18)
    • 25% — share of newly registered voters whose names did not reach polling places · in Ohio · as of 2004 · source: 2004 Ohio rigging claim · unchecked
    • 150,000 (votes) — rural votes allegedly switched from Kerry to Bush · in Ohio · as of 2004 · source: 2004 Ohio rigging claim · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says 25% of new registrants did have to fill out provisional ballots, showing how poorly Ohio's election was run, but almost exactly half of them voted for Bush. (00:02:41)
    • 25% — share of newly registered voters who had to cast provisional ballots · in Ohio · as of 2004 · no source named · unchecked
    • almost exactly half — share of those provisional voters who voted for Bush · in Ohio · as of 2004 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says the voter rolls were purged because the law requires purging as people die or move. (00:02:54)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says none of the 150,000 purportedly switched votes was actually switched. (00:03:03)
    • none of the 150,000 (votes) — purportedly switched votes that were actually switched · in Ohio · as of 2004 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says long lines at polling places did disenfranchise voters, but not enough to change Ohio's presidential result. (00:03:08)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John cites the Democratic Party's own investigation, which found no evidence from its survey that Kerry won Ohio, though it came months later. (00:03:25)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says the morning after the election Kerry still thought he might have won and was furious at the partisanship, yet called Bush and conceded. (00:03:36)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John notes it is sometimes said Washington's greatest presidential moment was handing office to John Adams, setting the precedent for ceding power. (00:03:56)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says US elections are not perfect: voter suppression has been a hallmark of US voting, targeting the poor and later women and people of color, and many strategies persist today. (00:04:14)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says observers from both major parties monitor poll workers in most states, and fraud among voters is incredibly rare in the US. (00:04:37)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says voter rolls often include dead or otherwise ineligible people because they are not kept up to date, but that does not mean fraudulent votes will be cast. (00:04:54)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says in-person voter fraud is even rarer than death by lightning: 31 substantiated cases in 14 years versus 36 lightning deaths this year (2016) alone. (00:05:02)
    • 31 (cases) — substantiated cases of in-person voter fraud · in United States · as of past 14 years (resolved: 2002–2016, from the upload date 2016-10-25) · no source named · unchecked
    • 36 (deaths) — deaths by lightning strike · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says absentee-ballot fraud is somewhat more common, since mailed ballots are easier to fill out for someone else, but is neither widespread nor systematic. (00:05:19)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says a study claiming 6.4% of non-citizens in the US voted in 2008 has been thoroughly debunked. (00:05:28)
    • 6.4% — share of non-citizens who voted · for non-citizens living in the United States · in United States · as of 2008 · source: a debunked study · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says the claim that certain voting machines can easily be rigged is not true. (00:05:36)
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says the rumour that machines owned by George Soros will be used in 16 states is false: Soros has no ownership stake in Smartmatic. (00:05:40)
    • 16 (states) — states said to be using Soros-owned voting machines · in United States · as of 2016 · source: rumour · unchecked
  • 2016-10-25 · Will the U.S. Presidential Election Be Rigged? — John says Smartmatic machines will be used in zero states in 2016. (00:05:50)
    • zero (states) — states using Smartmatic voting machines · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts — John says more Americans appear to have voted for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump, but Trump won most Electoral College votes and is president-elect. — hedged: “it appears” (00:00:05)
  • 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)
    • 4% (percent) — share who said they would vote for Donald Trump · for Nerdfighters who filled out the 2016 Nerdfighteria Census · as of 2016 · source: Nerdfighteria Census · unchecked
  • 2016-11-11 · The Trouble with Wishful Thinking — Hannah Hart: Hannah says some people voted for Donald Trump to be president, and moreover 46% of people didn't vote at all. (00:00:27)
    • 46% (percent) — share who did not vote in the 2016 presidential election · for people ('our population') · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked

Global development (46)

  • 2016-01-26 · Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — John says that one week a year Davos is taken over by the World Economic Forum, a throng of CEOs, world leaders, scientists and security guards ostensibly gathered to improve the world. (00:00:10)
  • 2016-01-26 · Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — John says much of the forum's action is behind closed doors, such as EU and American diplomats negotiating over internet privacy or CEOs making business deals. (00:00:22)
  • 2016-01-26 · Billionaires and Radical Hope: Thoughts from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — John says Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's film inspired the prime minister of Pakistan to finally denounce honor killing, a small but real step toward a better world. (00:03:11)
  • 2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — John says about 2,000 years ago roughly half of people died before age five, and by 1800 the global under-five mortality rate had fallen only to around 43%. (00:00:05)
    • something like half — share of people dying before age five · for people · in the world · as of 2,000 years ago (resolved: c. 2016, from the upload date 2016-02-23) · no source named · unchecked
    • somewhere around 43% — global under-five mortality rate · for children under five · in the world · as of 1800 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — John says child mortality then fell dramatically: by 2013 the global rate was 3.4%, and in wealthy countries it is under 1%. (00:00:19)
    • 3.4% — global child mortality rate · for children under five · in the world · as of 2013 · no source named · unchecked
    • under 1% — child mortality rate · for children under five · in wealthy countries · as of 2016-02-23 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — John says about 1.3 billion people lack regular access to energy: without it kids can't study after dark or reach Wikipedia, farms grow less food, and clinics can't be sterilized. (00:00:44)
    • about 1.3 billion — people without regular access to modern energy · for people · in the world · as of 2016-02-23 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — John says the 18% of humans living without regular electricity are more likely to die of preventable diseases and malnutrition and much less likely to have good schools. (00:01:06)
    • 18% — share of humans living without regular electricity · for humans · in the world · as of 2016-02-23 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — John says the average person in Bangladesh uses 98.8% less oil than the average American. (00:01:27)
    • 98.8% less — oil use per person relative to the average American · for average person · in Bangladesh · as of 2016-02-23 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-23 · How Energy and Time Change Everything — Citing Melinda Gates, John says women globally spend twice as much time on unpaid work as men, a gap largest in poor countries where women mostly fetch water, chop wood, cook and clean. (00:02:36)
    • twice as much — time women spend on unpaid work relative to men · for women · in the world · as of 2016-02-23 (implied: upload date) · source: Melinda French Gates · unchecked
  • 2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp — John says 635,000 Syrian refugees currently live in Jordan, a few of whom he got to know. (00:00:05)
    • 635,000 (people) — Syrian refugees living in Jordan · for Syrian refugees · in Jordan · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp — John says Syria used to be a well-educated nation, but the civil war has changed that. (00:01:10)
  • 2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp — John says camp schools are underfunded, so classes meet only half of each day and a primary classroom sometimes holds over 75 students. (00:01:28)
    • over 75 (students) — students in a primary school classroom (sometimes) · for refugee camp schools · in Jordan · as of 2016-03-08 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp — John says this small ask is hard to deliver: UNHCR remains critically underfunded, and Syrian refugees may not legally work in Jordan, where unemployment was already high before the crisis. (00:02:34)
  • 2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp — John says the time Syrian refugees need for unpaid work such as cooking and cleaning has risen dramatically, and that work, as elsewhere, falls disproportionately on women. (00:02:56)
  • 2016-03-08 · Aida and Majeeda: Thoughts from the Azraq Refugee Camp — Children are often pulled from school for chores or paid work, which shortens their schooling and narrows their careers; this is what is meant by a 'lost generation' of Syrian youth. (00:03:05)
  • 2016-06-07 · Zaatari: Thoughts from a Refugee Camp — John says Zaatari is currently home to about 80,000 refugees, most of them children. (00:00:03)
    • about 80,000 (refugees) — population of the Zaatari refugee camp · for refugees · in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • most (share of residents) — share of Zaatari residents who are children · for refugees in Zaatari · in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-07 · Zaatari: Thoughts from a Refugee Camp — John says economic pressure makes keeping refugee kids in school very hard, worsened by underfunded, overcrowded schools: two shifts, a few hours a day, often over 100 kids per classroom. (00:00:32)
    • two shifts (shifts per day) — school shifts in Zaatari camp schools · for refugee schoolchildren · in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • a few hours (hours of instruction per day) — daily instruction time per child · for refugee schoolchildren · in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • over a hundred (kids per classroom) — classroom size in Zaatari camp schools · for refugee schoolchildren · in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John adds that child mortality is continuing to trend down in every region of the world. (video description)
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John notes that the rise in bookstore sales is also true in Canada. (video description)
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — The new Harry Potter John counts as good news is a new Harry Potter play. (video description)
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says child mortality keeps falling worldwide and 2016 is on pace to have the fewest child deaths of any year in thousands of years. (00:00:26)
    • fewest child deaths of any year in like thousands of years — annual number of child deaths compared with earlier years · for children · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says the Ebola outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia has ended, though flare-ups remain possible. (00:00:35)
    • more than 11,000 (deaths) — deaths in the West African Ebola outbreak · in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia · as of 2016 · no source named · doubtful
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says the world is very close to ending guinea worm disease: about 3.5 million cases in 1986, 22 in 2015 and 7 so far in 2016. (00:00:47)
    • about 3.5 million (cases) — guinea worm disease cases per year · in the world · as of 1986 · no source named · unchecked
    • 22 (cases) — guinea worm disease cases per year · in the world · as of 2015 · no source named · unchecked
    • 7 (cases) — guinea worm disease cases so far in the year · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says malaria is still a massive global health problem, but attention and funding over 15 years have helped: malaria deaths have fallen by almost half since 2000. (00:01:02)
    • fallen by almost half since 2000 (percent change) — malaria deaths · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says a large phase 3 study found a better pancreatic cancer treatment, and early-stage survival rates now approach 30%, up from under 10% about a decade ago. (00:01:14)
    • approaching 30% (percent) — early-stage pancreatic cancer survival rate · for early-stage pancreatic cancer patients · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • under 10% (percent) — early-stage pancreatic cancer survival rate · for early-stage pancreatic cancer patients · as of almost a decade ago (resolved: c. 2006, from the upload date 2016-08-16) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says the overall US cancer survival rate was just under 50% in 1980 and is very close to 70% today. (00:01:26)
    • just under 50% (percent) — overall cancer survival rate · for cancer patients · in United States · as of 1980 · no source named · unchecked
    • very close to 70% (percent) — overall cancer survival rate · for cancer patients · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says worldwide conflict deaths fell in 2015 from 2014 and are on pace to fall again in 2016, largely due to less violence in Afghanistan and from Boko Haram. (00:01:37)
    • down in 2015 from 2014 (trend) — worldwide conflict deaths · in the world · as of 2015 · no source named · unchecked
    • on pace to be down again this year (trend) — worldwide conflict deaths · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says the percentage of humans worldwide who die in war has gone way down since 1945. (00:01:57)
    • way way way down since 1945 (percent of humans) — share of humans who die in war · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says ISIS is losing, having lost Fallujah and Manbij; it remains a threat in Syria, Iraq and Libya, but per The Economist it is weakening fast. (00:02:05)
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says there is less bankruptcy in the US: the personal bankruptcy rate has fallen every year since 2010 and is down again in 2016. (00:02:17)
    • fallen every year since 2010 (trend) — personal bankruptcy rate · in United States · as of 2010-2015 · no source named · unchecked
    • down again in 2016 (trend) — personal bankruptcy rate · in United States · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says the global economy is growing and will probably grow faster this year (2016) than last. — hedged: “probably” (00:02:27)
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says absolute poverty is declining worldwide: in 2016 there are 200 million fewer people in absolute poverty than in 2012. (00:02:27)
    • 200 million fewer (people) — people living in absolute poverty, change 2012-2016 · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says literacy rates are rising worldwide, the literacy gender gap is shrinking, and the share of literate humans will be higher than ever this year (2016). (00:02:42)
    • higher than ever this year (percent of humans) — share of humans who are literate · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-16 · Some Good News: 16 Ways 2016 Is Not a Total Dumpster Fire — John says people have not stopped reading books: bookstore sales are up in 2016 for the first time in many years, and nobody quite knows why. (00:02:46)
    • up in 2016 (trend) — bookstore sales · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John says the Foundation has no overhead because its workers volunteer, so 100% of donations less perk costs go to charity, and it raised more than $3 million in three years. (00:02:13)
    • 100% — share of donations, less perk production and shipping costs, that goes to charity · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • more than $3 million (USD) — money raised through the Foundation to Decrease World Suck · as of last three years (resolved: 2013–2016, from the upload date 2016-11-01) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says ten years ago Rwinkwavu Hospital in Rwanda was extremely dilapidated and barely functioning; today it is a safe, sanitary hospital providing high-quality care. (00:00:32)
    • extremely dilapidated and barely functioning — condition of the hospital · for Rwinkwavu Hospital · in Rwanda · as of 2006 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says ten years ago Rwanda's Burera district had no hospitals; today it has one with a cancer center and a neonatal intensive care unit, and Partners In Health led the drive to build, fund and staff both hospitals. (00:00:41)
    • no hospitals — number of hospitals · for Burera district · in Rwanda · as of 2006 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says Partners In Health trains and employs community health workers around the world, like Muhammad from Sierra Leone and tens of thousands of people like him. (00:00:54)
    • tens of thousands — community health workers trained and employed by Partners In Health · for community health workers · in worldwide · as of 2016-12-09 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says a decade ago almost 13% of children in Sierra Leone died before age 5; today it is under 9%. (00:01:10)
    • almost 13% — under-five mortality · for children · in Sierra Leone · as of 2006 · no source named · unchecked
    • under 9% — under-five mortality · for children · in Sierra Leone · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says life expectancy in Rwanda was 56 a decade ago and is 64 today. (00:01:17)
    • 56 (years) — life expectancy · for population · in Rwanda · as of 2006 · no source named · unchecked
    • 64 (years) — life expectancy · for population · in Rwanda · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says there are similar stories around the world: in the last ten years the global absolute poverty rate has fallen by more than half. (00:01:21)
    • more than half — fall in the absolute poverty rate · for world population · in the world · as of 2006-2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says that in 2006 18% of the world's children were underweight because of malnutrition; today it is 14%. (00:01:27)
    • 18% — share of children underweight because of malnutrition · for children · in the world · as of 2006 · no source named · unchecked
    • 14% — share of children underweight because of malnutrition · for children · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says 4 million fewer children died worldwide last year (2015) than in 2006. (00:01:32)
    • 4 million fewer — annual number of child deaths compared with 2006 · for children · in the world · as of 2015 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says Save the Children provides nutrition, health care and educational opportunities to millions of kids every year, though such a number is not a picture. (00:01:50)
    • millions — children given nutrition, health care and educational opportunities by Save the Children each year · for children · in the world · as of 2016-12-09 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John says Save the Children is very active in the ongoing South Sudanese refugee crisis, providing education and safe spaces for children and trying to reunite families torn apart by war. (00:02:04)
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — John tells how Grace, separated from her two daughters in an attack and not knowing for two years whether they survived, was reunited with them by Save the Children caseworkers through a database of missing kids. (00:02:14)
    • two years — time separated from her daughters · for Grace · in South Sudan · as of 2016-12-09 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked

Internet & YouTube (25)

  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank cites the Super Carlin Brothers, who after years of making content for a very small audience recently found a hugely successful format. (00:01:00)
  • 2016-07-19 · Pretty Bad Ways to Start a Conversation — John admits he does this too: he tweeted that 40% of US gun sales involve no background checks, a totally unsupported statistic, spreading misinformation before checking. (00:01:48)
    • 40% — share of gun sales involving no background checks · for US gun sales · in United States · as of 2016-07-19 (implied: upload date) · source: John's tweet · doubtful
  • 2016-07-19 · Pretty Bad Ways to Start a Conversation — John cites research that rude, aggressive and inaccurate comments lower the quality of conversation and make people feel more angry and afraid. (00:02:04)
  • 2016-07-22 · Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) — Hank cites research that, over cute, inspirational or amazing things, angering things that outrage us are what our brains are on average most prone to share. (00:01:01)
  • 2016-07-22 · Ending the Age of Outrage (at least in ourselves, if not in the world) — Hank says VidCon, the talent agency and YouTube matched the donations until almost $40,000 was raised. (00:03:10)
    • almost $40,000 (USD) — money raised by VidCon wristband donations and matches for Pulse shooting victims and families · for VidCon 2016 donors · as of 2016-07-22 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John says early YouTube released a product called Lean Back for watching videos without engaging with them. (00:01:51)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says SciShow and Crash Course were designed with YouTube's money systems in mind and have found a path to sustainability thanks to advertisers and Patreon patrons. (video description)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says AdSense works for every YouTuber: tick a box at upload, YouTube sells an ad against the video and the creator gets 55% of the revenue. (00:00:50)
    • 55% (percent) — creator's share of ad revenue on YouTube videos · for YouTube creators · as of 2016-09-23 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says sharing revenue with creators is not common among social media sites, though some have started to share some revenue. (00:01:01)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says YouTube started sharing ad revenue with creators way back around 2007 and 2008. — hedged: “like” (00:01:01)
    • 2007 and 2008 — year YouTube began sharing ad revenue with creators · for YouTube creators · as of 2016-09-23 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says Crash Course and SciShow were both funded by YouTube grants, because YouTube wanted more high-quality content so advertisers would advertise. (00:01:32)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says brand deals, any payment to talk about something in a video, from an audible.com callout to a whole sponsored video, have become available to middle-class creators. — hedged: “sort of” (00:01:43)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says many YouTubers supplement income, besides regular jobs, by living in Los Angeles for acting or hosting gigs, which more social media followers make easier to get. (00:02:08)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says some YouTubers make money by touring, whether as comedians or musicians. (00:02:23)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says creators sometimes license their content to other platforms, and sometimes videos go on TV and make money that way. (00:02:27)
  • 2016-09-23 · How do YouTubers Make Money? — Hank says some creators, like Rooster Teeth, build their own subscription platforms. (00:02:33)
  • 2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says the logged-in YouTube home page shows what YouTube thinks will keep you on the site, not a feed you control; only the subscriptions page is that. (00:00:21)
  • 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)
    • The majority — share of Nerdfighteria Census respondents who get YouTube videos from the subscriptions feed · for Nerdfighteria Census respondents · as of 2016-09-30 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says the spacebar sometimes pauses and sometimes jumps to the comment box, but the K key always pauses the video. (00:02:30)
  • 2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says L advances the video 10 seconds and J goes back 10 seconds. (00:02:50)
    • 10 seconds — skip forward with the L key on YouTube · for YouTube desktop player · as of 2016-09-30 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 10 seconds — skip back with the J key on YouTube · for YouTube desktop player · as of 2016-09-30 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says these keys are a holdover from old video editing software. (00:02:54)
  • 2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says M mutes, the up and down arrows change volume, and the left and right arrows move the video 5 seconds. (00:03:06)
    • 5 seconds — skip with the left and right arrow keys on YouTube · for YouTube desktop player · as of 2016-09-30 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says number keys jump through the video: 6 goes to 60% of the way through, 0 to the beginning. (00:03:13)
    • 60% (percent) — position reached by pressing 6 on YouTube · for YouTube desktop player · as of 2016-09-30 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-30 · Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use — Hank says the greater/less-than keys change speed and period and comma step one frame at a time, catching one-frame text; on TV or phone you must pause quickly. (00:03:20)
  • 2016-12-02 · Logging Off — Rosianna Halse Rojas: Rosianna relays an Invisibilia episode, recommended by John: Rwanda passed legislation requiring equal representation in government, but it did not necessarily improve gender inequality across the country. (00:03:12)

World affairs (22)

  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank's description says President Rousseff chaired Petrobras during the period of corruption, but no one knows whether Lula or she was involved or aware. (video description)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Lula was already under investigation when Rousseff appointed him her chief of staff, a move that means a normal court can no longer prosecute him. (video description)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Brazil has 200 million people, as many as the UK, France and Germany combined, and could fit those countries inside it at least three times. (00:00:27)
    • 200 million (people) — population · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • as big as the UK, France, and Germany combined (comparison) — population compared with UK, France and Germany combined · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • three times at least (multiple) — area compared with UK, France and Germany combined · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Brazil is very ethnically and economically diverse; its wealth gap follows racial and political lines, with wealthy white city dwellers mostly conservative and poor people of native or African descent more liberal. (00:00:35)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Brazil is the ninth largest oil producer, second largest beef producer, third largest iron ore producer, and has the world's seventh-largest economy. (00:00:54)
    • ninth largest (rank) — world rank in oil production · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • second largest (rank) — world rank in beef production · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • third largest (rank) — world rank in iron ore production · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • seventh-largest (rank) — world rank of economy size · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985, which (he says sarcastically, 'in a stunning turn of events') had much bribery and corruption. (00:01:01)
    • 1964 to 1985 (years) — period of military dictatorship · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-18 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank calls it remarkable that Brazil moved from dictatorship to democracy slowly, with relative ease and little violence, so its government, though it seems mature, is only thirty years old. (00:01:13)
    • thirty years old — age of the current democratic government · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Lula was a revolutionary socialist union organizer against the dictatorship, then head of the new Workers' Party, which gained traction only once he became 'Lula lite', willing to work within the system and help big corporations. (00:02:14)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Lula, elected after three losses, was president from 2003 to 2011, ran a program paying poor families to send children to school, credited with lifting tens of millions out of poverty, and left with an unprecedented 80% approval. (00:02:56)
    • three times (elections) — presidential elections Lula lost before winning · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-18 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • tens of millions (people) — Brazilians lifted out of poverty credited to the school-attendance program · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-18 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • eighty percent — approval rating of Lula on leaving office · in Brazil · as of 2011 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Lula's chief of staff, an economist and former guerrilla captured and tortured by the dictatorship, was elected as his successor because he could not run a third time; he admires her life. (00:03:16)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says in 2005 Lula's government was in a scandal paying members of Congress $12,000 a month to vote his way; Lula was never directly implicated, though several officials resigned. (00:03:32)
    • $12,000 a month (USD per month) — payment to members of Congress for votes · for members of the National Congress · in Brazil · as of 2005 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says huge Brazilian scandals so often fizzle out with nobody punished that Brazilians call it 'ending in pizza', literally pizza. (00:03:48)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Petrobras, Brazil's only oil company, is majority government-owned and government-controlled, Brazil's largest company and one of the world's largest, providing 10% of GDP and much government revenue. (00:04:04)
    • ten percent (percent of GDP) — Petrobras's share of Brazil's GDP · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Petrobras officials and the politicians who appointed them gave inflated contracts to construction companies whose CEOs kicked part of the overcharge back to them, which in the US is called graft. — hedged: “maybe always kind of been the case” (00:04:23)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says kickbacks grew with Petrobras under high oil prices into the largest corruption scandal in any democracy's history, billions of dollars; one man offered to return $100 million in bribes. (00:04:56)
    • billions of dollars (USD) — total bribes in the Petrobras scandal · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • a hundred million dollars (USD) — bribes one individual offered to return · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • the largest corruption scandal in the history of any democracy on earth (rank) — size of the Petrobras scandal among corruption scandals in democracies · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says many people are going to jail and around a hundred current members of Congress, almost a fifth of it, are under investigation: this is not ending in pizza. (00:05:26)
    • Around a hundred (members) — current members of Congress under investigation · for National Congress of Brazil · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
    • almost a fifth (share) — share of Congress under investigation · for National Congress of Brazil · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says the timing is awful: Brazil is in a giant recession, with jobs lost to the scandal, Zika hurting tourism, China's slowdown, failed trickle-down loans, low oil prices and austerity. (00:05:46)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Brazilians mostly dislike President Rousseff; two-thirds want her impeached according to a recent poll. (00:06:17)
    • Two-thirds (share) — Brazilians who want President Rousseff impeached · for Brazilians · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · source: a recent poll · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Moro released a recorded call in which Rousseff appeared to tell Lula how she'd protect him; some saw obvious corruption, others asked why a judge made it public three hours after recording without due process. (00:07:45)
    • a mere three hours — time between recording the call and its public release · in Brazil · as of 2016-03 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says every major party is involved: five members of Rousseff's impeachment committee are under investigation, and many respected leaders will be damaged, making it hard for Brazil to lead its way out. (00:08:52)
    • Five (people) — members of Rousseff's impeachment committee under investigation · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-19 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Paulo Maluf, wanted by Interpol and unable to leave Brazil, won re-election with the slogan 'I steal, but I deliver'. (00:09:10)
  • 2016-03-18 · Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? — Hank says Lula's 1988 line - in Brazil a poor man who steals goes to jail, a rich man who steals becomes a minister - is thrown back at him on social media as predicting his own future. (00:09:19)
    • 1988 (year) — year Lula said the quoted line · in Brazil · as of 2016-03-18 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked

Everyday life (18)

  • 2016-01-29 · Why the Word "Millennial" Makes me Cringe — Hank relays John's point that the word 'millennial' was assigned not by millennials but by baby boomers, and popularised in articles and op-eds by non-millennials. (00:01:08)
  • 2016-01-29 · Why the Word "Millennial" Makes me Cringe — Hank says the idea that millennials are the first generation to grow up with the internet ignores that some young Americans still have no internet access. (00:02:05)
  • 2016-02-09 · Water in My Cereal: Taste Testing Various Liquid Accompaniments to Raisin Bran — John learned of a secret community like him: per one study, 13% of Americans put coffee in their cereal and 12% orange juice. (00:00:26)
    • 13% (percent) — share who put coffee in their cereal · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016-02-09 (implied: upload date) · source: one study · unchecked
    • 12% (percent) — share who use orange juice on their cereal · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016-02-09 (implied: upload date) · source: one study · unchecked
  • 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)
    • 90,000 (seats) — capacity of Wembley Stadium · in Wembley Stadium, London · as of 2016-05-24 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 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)
    • the smallest stadium — stadium size rank · for teams in their league · as of 2016-05-24 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • among the smallest budgets — budget rank · for teams in their league · as of 2016-05-24 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
    • the only English team owned by their fans — fan-owned English clubs as high as the third tier · for English football clubs · in England · as of 2016-05-24 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — The description adds that having a dog or cat is another repeatedly shown happiness booster, apparently because being needed makes people feel intrinsically valuable. — hedged: “It appears” (video description)
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank adds that marriage is another life change that effectively increases long-term happiness on average, a topic he found too hairy for the video; he jokes it is definitely not dose-dependent: one spouse, not two. (video description)
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank lists the video's sources: The New York Times on homeownership not increasing happiness, NPR on a short commute being worth a $40,000 raise, and studies and articles linking commuting to lower life satisfaction, worse metabolic and cardiovascular health, and lower social activity and trust. (video description)
    • $40,000 (USD) — raise that a short commute is equivalent to in happiness · as of 2016-09-02 (implied: upload date) · source: NPR · unchecked
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank says most workers rate the commute as the least pleasant thing they do every day. (00:00:58)
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank says the happiest commuters cycle and the least happy commute alone in a vehicle, by far the most common way to commute. (00:01:07)
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank says commutes over one hour are linked to stress, chronic pain and high cholesterol, and long commuters have less time for physical leisure and friends. (00:01:16)
    • over one hour — commute length linked to stress, chronic pain and high cholesterol · for commuters · as of 2016-09-02 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — According to one study cited by Hank, freeing up an hour-long commute gave the same happiness gain as going from a $60,000 to a $100,000 a year job. (00:01:54)
    • hour-long — length of the commute freed up · for workers · as of 2016-09-02 (implied: upload date) · source: one study · unchecked
    • $60,000 a year (USD/year) — starting salary of the equivalent happiness gain · for workers · as of 2016-09-02 (implied: upload date) · source: one study · unchecked
    • $100,000 a year (USD/year) — ending salary of the equivalent happiness gain · for workers · as of 2016-09-02 (implied: upload date) · source: one study · unchecked
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank says one study found people with the longest commutes had the least satisfaction with their lives. (00:02:03)
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank says owning a home or moving to a bigger place has been found to have no long-term impact on average happiness. (00:02:08)
  • 2016-09-16 · Let's Talk about Failure — Hank says NerdCon: Stories this year (2016) sold about a thousand tickets, so a large, diverse group will celebrate storytellers and stories. (00:00:56)
    • about a thousand (tickets) — tickets sold · for NerdCon: Stories 2016 · in Minneapolis · as of 2016-09-16 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-09-16 · Let's Talk about Failure — Hank says the conference was budgeted for 3,000 attendees, roughly what it needed to work financially, but it has a thousand. — hedged: “sort of” (00:01:13)
    • 3,000 (attendees) — budgeted attendance · for NerdCon: Stories 2016 · in Minneapolis · as of 2016-09-16 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • a thousand (attendees) — actual attendance · for NerdCon: Stories 2016 · in Minneapolis · as of 2016-09-16 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-11-16 · Why We Left Buzzfeed (Some Thoughts on Taking Risks) — Gaby Dunn: Gaby says a company owns everything you make for it; people let go from BuzzFeed can never make their series again because it is BuzzFeed's intellectual property. (00:02:12)

Science & nature (15)

  • 2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — John reports, as underreported good news, that global carbon emissions are expected to be nearly flat in 2016, a third straight year without growth. (00:00:31)
    • nearly flat — growth of global carbon emissions · in the world · as of 2016 · source: announced (source not named) · unchecked
    • third straight year — consecutive years without global carbon emission growth · in the world · as of 2016 · source: announced (source not named) · unchecked
  • 2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — John says this is not good enough: emissions are still far too high to limit post-industrial warming to below 2 degrees Celsius. (00:00:41)
    • 2 degrees Celsius — post-industrial warming limit that current emissions are too high to meet · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — John reports that the UN says 2016 will almost certainly be the hottest year in recorded human history. (00:01:00)
    • hottest year in recorded human history (rank) — global annual temperature rank · in the world · as of 2016 · source: UN · unchecked
  • 2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — John reports AFC Wimbledon, the fan-owned club with DFTBA on their shorts, are three points from a playoff spot seventeen games into their first third-tier season, while the Milton Keynes franchise is in the relegation zone. (00:01:16)
    • Seventeen (games) — league games played by AFC Wimbledon this season · in EFL League One · as of 2016-11 · no source named · unchecked
    • three points — AFC Wimbledon gap to a playoff spot · in EFL League One · as of 2016-11 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — John reports that Leonard Cohen, one of his favorite songwriters, died last week (week of 7 November 2016). (00:01:57)
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — video description: The video's figures for the combined weight of humans, livestock and large wild animals come from Yuval Harari's book Sapiens. (video description)
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says according to one study up to 90% of giraffe sex occurs between two males, with occasional same-sex mounting between females, so heterosexual sex is not the dominant form, though it makes the babies. (00:00:17)
    • up to 90% — share of giraffe sex occurring between two males · for giraffes · as of 2016-12-20 (implied: upload date) · source: one study · unchecked
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says giraffes can mate year-round but tend to do so in the rainy season, when food is less scarce, because they are less stressed and pregnancy is less daunting. (00:00:32)
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says the male pokes the female's butt with his head, which sometimes makes her pee, then smells or tastes the pee to tell if she is fertile, which she is about four days out of every two weeks. (00:00:46)
    • about four days out of every two weeks — fertile period of a female giraffe · for female giraffes · as of 2016-12-20 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says a new report finds giraffe populations have fallen around 40% since the 1980s, to about 98,000, and the IUCN has just moved them to threatened status. (00:01:55)
    • around 40% — decline in giraffe population · for giraffes · in the world · as of 1980s-2016 · source: a new report · unchecked
    • about 98,000 — number of giraffes · for giraffes · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says the cause of the giraffe's decline is humans, mostly through habitat destruction and hunting. (00:02:07)
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says the combined weight of living humans is around 300 million tons, livestock around 700 million tons, and all wild large animals less than 100 million tons. (00:02:12)
    • around 300 million tons — combined weight of living humans · for humans · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • around 700 million tons — combined weight of livestock · for livestock · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • less than 100 million tons — combined weight of non-domesticated large animals · for wild large animals · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says this is part of what geologists mean by the Anthropocene, the geologic age of humans radically reshaping the planet. (00:02:43)
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John adds, as a digression, that Earth's bacteria have a combined biomass north of 350 billion tons. (00:02:49)
    • north of 350 billion tons — combined biomass of bacteria · for bacteria · in Earth · as of 2016-12-20 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-20 · How Giraffes Mate, and Why It Matters — John says thousands of species have gone extinct since the Columbian Exchange began a little over 500 years ago, almost all directly attributable to humans. (00:03:17)
    • thousands — number of species gone extinct since the Columbian Exchange began · for species · in the world · as of 1492-2016 · no source named · unchecked

Philosophy & meaning (14)

  • 2016-01-08 · Who Am I?! - Some thoughts on Personal Identity — Hank says there is an unexplained link between bad eyesight and intelligence; his favourite theory is that children in glasses look smart, are expected to be smart, and become smart. — hedged: “One of the theories that explains this and my favorite” (00:01:35)
  • 2016-01-08 · Who Am I?! - Some thoughts on Personal Identity — Hank says it is well known that believing a child is intelligent makes the child more intelligent, even when the belief was falsely planted. (00:01:55)
  • 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank faults the WorldWatch report for counting livestock's exhaled breath as a carbon emission, since that carbon was recently taken from the environment by the plants the animals eat; he was frustrated that WorldWatch made the mistake, or kept it on purpose. (video description)
  • 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank adds that raising a cow in America is far more efficient than elsewhere, and that animal feed is not always food people could eat: corn for animals is easier and cheaper to grow, needs fewer resources and can grow on less fertile land. (video description)
  • 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank says the amount of food eaten by animals that will later be eaten is massive, so as more people eat meat, more land must be cultivated. (00:00:29)
  • 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank says livestock contribute massively to climate change and are a primary reason for deforestation. (00:00:37)
  • 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank says most people do not need to eat meat to be healthy. (00:00:41)
  • 2016-01-22 · Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) — Hank notes there are reasons both ways: more than a billion people make at least some of their living from livestock, and their livelihoods cannot all be taken away at once. (00:00:45)
    • more than a billion (people) — people who make at least some of their living from livestock · for people worldwide · as of 2016-01-22 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-03 · Redefining What it Means to Matter — Hank saw a comic by Korean artist Yaho on Tumblr with 88,000 notes, voicing a theme he hears online, at his shows, in real life and in his own head. (00:00:00)
    • 88,000 (notes) — Tumblr notes on the comic · for Tumblr users · in Tumblr · as of 2016-05 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-06-03 · Redefining What it Means to Matter — Hank's Twitter poll on whether people would rather be happy or make a difference split almost exactly 50/50, and many said they couldn't imagine being happy without making a difference. (00:01:17)
    • 50/50 (split) — share preferring to be happy vs. to make a difference · for respondents to Hank's Twitter question · in Twitter · as of 2016-06 · source: Hank's Twitter poll · unchecked
  • 2016-06-03 · Redefining What it Means to Matter — Hank says Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb, the Wright Brothers did not invent flight, and Elon Musk has never built an electric car; these are inspiring stories. (00:02:18)
  • 2016-07-12 · Our Capacity for Wonder: A Review — John says that within decades of Gatsby humans glimpsed the universe just after the Big Bang by looking at 16-billion-year-old light. (00:00:58)
    • 16 billion (years) — age of the oldest observed light · for light from just after the Big Bang · in universe · as of 2016-07-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
  • 2016-11-18 · Are Pets Ethical? — Lex Croucher: Lex says she looked up rabbit lifespans: eight to twelve years domesticated, one to two years in the wild, where animals face hunger, cold, illness and predators. (00:02:13)
    • eight to twelve years — lifespan of a rabbit · for domesticated rabbits · as of 2016-11-18 (implied: date said in the video) · source: unnamed source Lex looked up · unchecked
    • one to two years — lifespan of a rabbit · for wild rabbits · as of 2016-11-18 (implied: date said in the video) · source: unnamed source Lex looked up · unchecked
  • 2016-11-18 · Are Pets Ethical? — Lex Croucher: Lex says our love of pets has caused overbreeding, creating a huge overpopulation problem that leaves animals without homes. (00:02:50)

History & curiosities (11)

  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank's description corrects him: Caesar was not technically Rome's first emperor; he was dictator for life, and his successor Augustus founded the monarchy. (video description)
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says the Earth's orbit has no beginning or end, so cultures have traditionally just picked a start of the year, different cultures choosing different dates. (00:00:24)
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says that in 46 BC Julius Caesar had just become the first emperor of Rome and the Roman calendar was a mess. (00:00:44)
    • 46 B.C. — year of the scene: Caesar newly in power and the calendar a mess · in Rome · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • first emperor of Rome — Julius Caesar's title · in Rome · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · speaker error
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says the old Roman calendar was hundreds of years old, began with ten months (March first, December last) and was lunar, each month running new moon to new moon. (00:00:51)
    • ten months — number of months in the original Roman calendar · in Rome · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says the Romans realigned lunar and solar years with 51 days of buffer time between December and March that belonged to no month. (00:01:08)
    • 51 days — length of the unassigned winter period in the early Roman calendar · in Rome · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says Numa Pompilius, an early king of Rome, added January and February at the start of the year in the 700s BC, making January 1 the Roman New Year. (00:01:16)
    • 700's BC — date Numa Pompilius added January and February and January 1 became the Roman New Year · in Rome · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · doubtful
    • two new months — months added by Numa Pompilius · in Rome · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says the Roman New Year kept drifting because lunar and solar cycles did not match, so Romans kept changing month lengths and sometimes adding extra months. (00:01:42)
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says Caesar consulted the Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes, who proposed an Egyptian-style solar calendar: a 365.25-day year as 365 days with a leap day in February every four years. (00:02:04)
    • 365.25 days — length of the solar year as calculated by Sosigenes · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · source: Sosigenes · unchecked
    • 365 days — length of the proposed calendar year · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • every four years — leap-day interval in the proposed calendar · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says Caesar set January 1 not on the solstice but on the nearest new moon, about nine days later, so a new moon of 45 BC fixed the date. (00:02:27)
    • about nine days later — gap between the solstice and the new moon chosen for January 1 · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • 45 B.C. — year of the new moon that fixed January 1 on the solar calendar · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says the solar year is slightly shorter than 365.25 days, so drift resumed, and by the Middle Ages people celebrated New Year whenever they liked. (00:02:50)
    • slightly shorter than 365.25 days — length of the solar year · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained — Hank says in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII, on astronomer Aloysius Lilius's proposal, mandated the Gregorian calendar: 97 leap years per 400 years instead of 100; it is still basically used. (00:03:00)
    • 1582 — year Pope Gregory XIII adopted the calendar reform · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • ninety-seven leap years every four hundred years — leap years per 400 years in the Gregorian calendar · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
    • a hundred every four hundred years (leap years) — leap years per 400 years in the earlier calendar · as of 2016-01-01 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked

Sports (11)

  • 2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says millions of US high school students are taking their AP tests right now. (00:01:31)
    • millions — number of US high school students taking AP tests · for high school students · in United States · as of 2016-05 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-05-03 · No Fumar — John says that making the playoffs would give AFC Wimbledon a 25% chance of promotion to the third tier of English football. (00:02:24)
    • 25% — chance of promotion to the third tier for a playoff team · for AFC Wimbledon · in England · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-05-31 · The Most Amazing Day — The description corrects its own 'fourth tier': AFC Wimbledon is a third-tier team. (video description)
  • 2016-05-31 · The Most Amazing Day — John says 350,000 people are all in the same place for the Indy 500. (00:00:55)
    • Three hundred fifty thousand (people) — attendance · for people at the race · in Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana · as of 2016-05-29 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-05-31 · The Most Amazing Day — a guest: Radio WDON's commentary of the closing moments reports that Akinfenwa scores from the penalty spot and AFC Wimbledon are a League One club. (00:02:19)
  • 2016-05-31 · The Most Amazing Day — John reports AFC Wimbledon won, securing promotion to League One. (00:03:09)
  • 2016-08-19 · 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics — Hank proposes tug of war, noting it was an Olympic sport a mere 100 years ago, and says he would love watching it every four years. (00:01:20)
    • a mere 100 years ago — time since tug of war was an Olympic sport · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-19 · 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics — Hank says cricket is the second most popular game in the world yet not in the Olympics, which he calls dumb. (00:01:44)
    • the second most popular game in the entire world (rank) — popularity of cricket among games · in the world · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-19 · 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics — Hank proposes kite fighting, a South Asian sport using glass-coated strings to cut the opponent's string, popular from Afghanistan to Vietnam to Brazil. (00:02:20)
  • 2016-08-19 · 16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics — Hank proposes ultrarunning: the longest Olympic race, the marathon, is just over 26 miles, while ultrarunners regularly race over a hundred miles. (00:02:31)
    • just over 26 miles — length of the marathon, the longest Olympic race · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • over a hundred miles — typical ultrarunning race distance · for ultrarunners · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV — John says the 2004 film Dodgeball shows its championships on a fictional network, ESPN8: The Ocho; in reality they aren't televised and there's no ESPN8, though ESPN owns eight cable networks. (00:00:53)
    • eight cable networks — number of cable networks owned by ESPN · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked

Books & writing (10)

  • 2016-04-12 · On the Banning of Looking for Alaska — John reports that the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has released its list of the ten most challenged books, and Looking for Alaska was the most challenged book of 2015. (00:00:01)
    • the most challenged book — rank on the list of most challenged books · for books challenged in schools and libraries · in United States · as of 2015 · source: American Library Association · unchecked
  • 2016-04-12 · On the Banning of Looking for Alaska — John says the book has been challenged and banned around the country for offensive language and sexually explicit descriptions. (00:00:18)
  • 2016-04-12 · On the Banning of Looking for Alaska — John notes the Holy Bible came sixth on the list, joking that it does contain its fair share of explicit passages. (00:00:41)
    • 6th — rank of the Bible on the list of most challenged books · for books challenged in schools and libraries · in United States · as of 2015 · source: American Library Association · unchecked
  • 2016-04-12 · On the Banning of Looking for Alaska — John says the challenged scene, an awkward, failed attempt at oral sex, is told in cold, clinical language; the whole passage contains only one adjective, 'nervous'. (00:01:07)
    • one (adjective) — number of adjectives in the challenged oral-sex passage · for Looking for Alaska · as of 2016-04-12 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-07-26 · El Chapo and Me — John says El Chapo is the imprisoned alleged leader of the Sinaloa cartel, per the Post the world's most notorious drug lord, known for ruthlessness and daring prison escapes. (00:00:15)
  • 2016-07-26 · El Chapo and Me — The article reports El Chapo's lawyer's concerns: he may watch only one hour of TV a day and, in 65 days in Juarez prison, had only two intimate visits. (00:00:36)
    • one hour (hours/day) — television time allowed to El Chapo per day · for El Chapo · in Juarez prison · as of 2016-07-26 (implied: upload date) · source: The Washington Post · unchecked
    • 65 days — length of El Chapo's imprisonment in Juarez prison · for El Chapo · in Juarez prison · as of 2016-07-26 (implied: upload date) · source: The Washington Post · unchecked
    • two (visits) — intimate visits allowed to El Chapo during that imprisonment · for El Chapo · in Juarez prison · as of 2016-07-26 (implied: upload date) · source: The Washington Post · unchecked
  • 2016-07-26 · El Chapo and Me — The article says El Chapo has read two books in prison: a Spanish novel, El Final del Ave Fenix, and John's Paper Towns. (00:00:53)
    • two books — books read by El Chapo during his imprisonment · for El Chapo · in Juarez prison · as of 2016-07-26 (implied: upload date) · source: The Washington Post · unchecked
  • 2016-07-26 · El Chapo and Me — John says his books are far more widely read than he imagined, yet more than 97% of Americans haven't read one, so his readers are a relatively small club. (00:01:45)
    • more than 97% — share of people who have not read any of John Green's books · for Americans · in United States · as of 2016-07-26 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-07-26 · El Chapo and Me — John cites a recent survey finding almost 30% of American adults read no books in the last year. (00:02:00)
    • almost 30% — share of adults who read no books in the last year · for American adults · in United States · as of the last year (resolved: 2015, from the upload date 2016-07-26) · source: a recent survey · unchecked
  • 2016-09-20 · Failing to Follow Up The Fault in Our Stars — John says The Fault in Our Stars, his fourth novel, sold more hardcovers in its first week than his three previous novels had ever sold combined. (00:00:20)
    • more hardcovers than my three previous novels had ever sold — hardcover sales in the week after publication · for The Fault in Our Stars · as of 2016-09-20 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked

Personal life (10)

  • 2016-02-16 · Kindness — John says The Parable of the Sower is more than 20 years old. (00:01:03)
    • more than 20 (years) — age of the novel The Parable of the Sower · as of 2016-02-16 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-02-19 · Thanks, Lemon — Hank says osteosarcoma is very common in greyhounds and nobody knows why. (00:00:44)
  • 2016-02-19 · Thanks, Lemon — Hank says osteosarcoma almost always metastasizes immediately to the lungs and the only treatment, amputation, is painful. (00:00:49)
  • 2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank reports YouTube announced that everyone who makes money on the platform can email a real person and get a response within 24 hours. (00:00:00)
    • 24 hours — maximum response time to support emails · for everybody who makes money on the YouTube platform · as of 2016-07-01 (implied: upload date) · source: YouTube · unchecked
  • 2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank says ruptured eardrums apparently happen fairly frequently: super painful, but they get better. — hedged: “apparently” (00:01:27)
  • 2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — Hank says he just learned that all normal pain relievers interact very badly with, and are literally dangerous to take with, ulcerative colitis; no one had told him. (00:01:56)
  • 2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — Hank says sleep paralysis is very common: you wake up and can't move. (00:00:03)
  • 2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — Hank finds that double pregnancy exists: in superfetation the body releases another egg that is fertilized, and early in pregnancy both can be born together at different gestational ages. (00:00:54)
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John says the Indy 500 is the largest non-religious gathering of human beings on Earth. (00:00:40)
    • largest (rank) — size of a non-religious gathering of human beings · for non-religious gatherings · in Earth · as of 2016-12-27 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — Noting his memories so far all involve leaving Indianapolis, John says he dearly loves its airport, named best airport in America four years running. (00:02:28)
    • four years running — consecutive years Indianapolis's airport was named best airport in America · for US airports · in United States · as of 2016-12-27 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked

Economics (9)

  • 2016-04-05 · What's Wrong with Monopoly? — John says in 1935 door-to-door salesman Charles Darrow sold Monopoly to Parker Brothers; it became hugely successful and Darrow was the first board game millionaire. (00:01:44)
    • 1935 (year) — year Charles Darrow sold Monopoly to Parker Brothers · as of 2016-04-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-05 · What's Wrong with Monopoly? — John says Darrow's story was told as the American Dream of individual genius; a plaque honors him on Atlantic City's boardwalk and Parker Brothers prints his story with the rules. (00:01:56)
  • 2016-04-05 · What's Wrong with Monopoly? — John says Darrow did not invent Monopoly: thirty years earlier Elizabeth Magie invented The Landlord's Game, a more direct attack on land monopolism showing capital concentrating over time. (00:02:12)
    • 30 (years) — time between Magie's invention of The Landlord's Game and Darrow's 1935 sale of Monopoly · as of 2016-04-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-05 · What's Wrong with Monopoly? — John says Magie patented her game and offered it to Parker Brothers, who passed; it spread in progressive circles, was taught at Wharton, and was changed by players for decades. (00:02:32)
  • 2016-04-05 · What's Wrong with Monopoly? — John says in 1933 Darrow played a version called Monopoly at a friend's house, asked for the rules, altered some of the design, patented it and became a millionaire. (00:02:50)
    • 1933 (year) — year Charles Darrow played Monopoly at a friend's house · as of 2016-04-05 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-04-05 · What's Wrong with Monopoly? — John notes the app is published by Hasbro, the conglomerate that now owns Parker Brothers, which declined Magie's game and later bought Darrow's. (00:03:26)
  • 2016-11-07 · It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) — Zoo City Apparel in Missoula also prints shirts for Rhett and Link, VidCon and others; Hank likes seeing the hard work and attention to detail they put into printing and calls them very cool people. (video description)
  • 2016-11-07 · It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) — Hank says Zoo City Apparel has printed shirts for the brothers for almost three years and prints nearly every shirt sold at DFTBA. (00:00:30)
    • almost three years — time Zoo City Apparel has printed the brothers' shirts · for Zoo City Apparel · as of 2016-11-07 (implied: upload date) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-11-07 · It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) — Hank explains that printing a shirt is unlike printing from a printer: Cory mixes the inks, usually by eye, and colours look different on the shirt than in the bucket, a skill developed only with time. (00:01:24)

Projects (9)

  • 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says Kiva is now experimenting with more levers against poverty, from zero-interest loans to working with organizations that approach poverty holistically rather than just as banks. (video description)
  • 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John reports that the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, the community's real charity, has finished paying out well over a million dollars in grants from the 2015 Project for Awesome. (00:00:32)
    • well over a million dollars (USD) — grants paid out by the Foundation to Decrease World Suck from P4A 2015 · for Project for Awesome 2015 grantees · as of 2016-09-06 (implied: upload date) · source: John · unchecked
  • 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)
    • over 2,000 (people) — people served by a Nerdfighteria-funded capped spring well · for users of the well · in northern Ethiopia · as of 2016-09-06 (implied: upload date) · source: Water.org · unchecked
  • 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has just over $73,000 in the bank so far this year (2016), mostly from Vlogbrothers ad revenue. (00:00:54)
    • just over seventy-three thousand dollars (USD) — Foundation to Decrease World Suck bank balance so far this year · for Foundation to Decrease World Suck · as of 2016 · source: John · unchecked
  • 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)
    • half — share of Vlogbrothers ad revenue going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck · for Vlogbrothers ad revenue · as of 2016-09-06 (implied: upload date) · source: John · unchecked
    • half — share of Vlogbrothers ad revenue sponsoring online education projects · for Vlogbrothers ad revenue · as of 2016-09-06 (implied: upload date) · source: John · unchecked
  • 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John reports the Nerdfighter Kiva group has now lent more than $7.4 million to entrepreneurs around the world. (00:01:13)
    • more than $7.4 million (USD) — total loans made by the Nerdfighter Kiva group · for Nerdfighter Kiva lending group · in worldwide · as of 2016-09-06 (implied: upload date) · source: John · unchecked
  • 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says Kiva has lately taken important steps to improve outcomes with its partners (more in the description). (00:01:19)
  • 2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank says the brothers are really lucky: over the last ten years they have had 1,400 chances to try something new, and tried something new in every video. (00:00:03)
    • ten (years) — age of the vlogbrothers project · for vlogbrothers · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
    • 1400 (videos (chances to try something new)) — number of vlogbrothers videos · for vlogbrothers · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank says the idea 'imagine others complexly' has its own Wikipedia page, part of Wikipedia's essays on civility, which he finds unusual and amazing. (00:01:58)

Pop culture (7)

  • 2016-01-12 · Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things — John reports that George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, said of The Force Awakens that they wanted to do a retro movie and he didn't like that. (00:00:18)
  • 2016-01-12 · Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things — John says the Star Wars universe has a phrase, Cho Mai, for using a lightsaber to amputate an opponent's hand. (00:00:44)
  • 2016-01-12 · Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things — John says that 3,750 years ago the Babylonian king Hammurabi developed a legal code that famously takes an eye-for-an-eye approach to legal retaliation. (00:00:50)
    • thirty-seven hundred fifty years ago — time since Hammurabi developed his legal code · as of 2016 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-01-12 · Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things — John says that when George Lucas is asked about all the severed hands, he always answers that that's what happens when you play with swords. (00:01:22)
  • 2016-01-12 · Zero Severed Hands: On Star Wars and Making Things — John says Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has said all Phase Two Marvel films feature an arm amputation because of Star Wars: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3 and, kind of, Ant-Man. (00:01:43)
    • all — share of Marvel Phase Two films that feature an arm amputation · as of 2016-01-12 (implied: upload date) · source: Kevin Feige (as reported by John) · unchecked
  • 2016-10-04 · Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London — John says a famous Degas painting there was made around the Prussian siege of Paris in 1871, and, per the wall label, Degas paid the model with a hunk of meat she devoured raw. (00:01:27)
    • 1871 (year) — date of the Prussian siege of Paris (around when the Degas painting was made) · in Paris · as of 2016-10-04 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-10-04 · Drowzees and Masterpieces: Thoughts from London — John notes these are not new questions: the installation was first made in 1977. (00:03:06)
    • 1977 (year) — year the installation was first made · as of 2016-10-04 (implied: date said in the video) · no source named · unchecked

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  • 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — After Hank guesses six, John says the average Irish person in 1844, man, woman and child, ate 45 potatoes, or nine pounds of potatoes, per day. (00:00:21)
    • 45 (potatoes) — potatoes eaten per person per day · for average Irish person · in Ireland · as of 1844 · no source named · unchecked
    • nine pounds — weight of potatoes eaten per person per day · for average Irish person · in Ireland · as of 1844 · no source named · unchecked
  • 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — Hank says potatoes can really be grown on Mars, though not the way the movie did it: other ways work. (00:00:30)
  • 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — Hank says Martian soil contains perchlorate, a big problem because it is toxic to humans and also to plants. (00:00:42)
  • 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — Hank says that if the perchlorate and other bad stuff are removed and some good stuff put in, potatoes could be grown in Martian soil. (00:00:47)
  • 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — Asked about the lack of atmosphere, Hank says you would have to build a thing around the potatoes, an atmosphere. (00:00:55)
  • 2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — John says potatoes were responsible for at least 25% of Europe's population growth between 1700 and 1900. (00:01:00)
    • at least 25% — share of population growth attributable to potatoes · for population · in Europe · as of 1700-1900 · no source named · unchecked

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