Hank's life as told

Everything Hank says on the channel about his own life and family, in the order he told it (2007–2026). These are the 2067 sincere life events of importance 2–3 (of 3486 life-event statements by Hank; jokes, playful asides and minor items are counted per year but not listed). Bold = importance 3. Where a statement belongs to a story told in several videos, the story is linked. Statements marked (both) are said by both brothers.

See also: Hank's life as told · retellings · backstory · overview.

Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).

year	listed	playful / joke	minor	stories started
2007	167	191	52	37
2008	81	52	19	10
2009	59	60	13	10
2010	77	60	20	16
2011	105	45	27	17
2012	48	35	15	11
2013	62	22	22	9
2014	57	32	18	9
2015	42	33	19	12
2016	82	32	16	18
2017	116	33	17	10
2018	102	37	13	3
2019	92	45	19	5
2020	99	23	17	1
2021	80	31	11	2
2022	87	24	19	2
2023	192	59	38	4
2024	170	57	34	0
2025	156	42	34	3
2026	193	32	51	1

2007

2007-01-09 · Hank says he is in windy, cold Detroit, Michigan, standing in front of the very big General Motors headquarters. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th 00:00:03
2007-01-09 · For New Year Hank drove to Spokane, flew to Reno and drove to Lake Tahoe, then did it all in reverse, for a roughly three-day party. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th 00:00:34
2007-01-09 · A week later Hank accepted General Motors' invitation to the North American International Auto Show, invited because he writes for a few environmental blogs. · story: Hank visits the Detroit auto show at General Motors' invitation (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th 00:00:34
2007-01-19 · Hank says that every year around this time he sends a survey to all his friends and family, who answer it, and he then puts the answers online. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 19th 00:00:34
2007-01-23 · Hank says he emailed John the plan the night before from a New Year's Eve party in Lake Tahoe. — Week 1 Condensed! 00:00:11
2007-01-25 · As seen in his January 23rd video, Hank is staying in Mom and Dad's little cabin beside their house. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th 00:00:09
2007-01-25 · Hank and Katherine have begun their yearly trip through the southeastern US: Asheville, Athens (friends), back to Asheville, a flight to Orlando, a drive to Tampa/St. Petersburg (friends), then Englewood, Florida. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th 00:00:09
2007-01-25 · Hank says that for two of the trip's three weeks he will be without high-speed internet. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th 00:00:35
2007-01-27 · Hank has accepted General Motors' invitation to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, invited because he writes for environmental blogs. · story: Hank visits the Detroit auto show at General Motors' invitation (2007) — Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel 00:01:05
2007-01-29 · Three days later, Hank has made the trip to Athens and is at a friend's house; they are having a good time and he recommends the city. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: January 29th 00:00:11
2007-01-29 · Two of Hank's best friends who live in Athens, Brian and Jessalyn, are featured in the video and helped a great deal with the project. — Brotherhood 2.0: January 29th 00:00:50
2007-02-02 · Hank says hi to all 300 people at the EPA conference and says he is on the way to Sarasota, Florida. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 2nd 00:00:29
2007-02-02 · Hank is in Orlando and about to be in Sarasota, Florida, near Tampa and St. Petersburg. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 2nd 00:01:21
2007-02-06 · On their tour of the southeastern United States, Hank and Katherine have run across several babies. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 6th 00:00:44
2007-02-06 · Hank says he became an uncle when he married Katherine, because Katherine's brother has a son. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 6th 00:01:21
2007-02-08 · Hank is in Englewood, Florida, and tours John round a normal 1950s-style Florida ranch-house neighbourhood with citrus, flowers, cacti and American flags. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 8th 00:00:11
2007-02-12 · Hank, 'a little bit of an amateur naturalist' and a big fan of photographing birds, shows birds he photographed on his Florida trip: osprey, several herons and egrets, cormorants, anhingas, ibis, Muscovy ducks. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 12th 00:00:43
2007-02-12 · Still on the yearly southeastern tour with Katherine, Hank has searched liquor stores everywhere for Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill and finally finds it at the 7-Eleven next to his old college. · story: Hank and Katherine's yearly trip through the southeastern United States (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 12th 00:01:34
2007-02-14 · Hank returns home to a corrupted hard drive and thinks he may need a new computer, but feels bad about taking his wife to Best Buy on Valentine's Day. (hedged) · story: Hank's hard drive is corrupted; he may need a new computer (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 14th 00:00:04
2007-02-16 · Hank lists his work: Brotherhood 2.0 with his brother, running EcoGeek.org (a blog on environmental technologies), his old web design and development business, and trying to be a freelance writer; he is in this month's (February 2007) Mental Floss. — Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th 00:00:11
2007-02-20 · Hank bought three computers in the last week; two went back to Best Buy (one planned, one lacked a second hard-drive bay), and the current one now works. · story: Hank's hard drive is corrupted; he may need a new computer (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble 00:00:10
2007-02-20 · Hank says he cannot get back into the swing of things in Montana because none of his computers work. · story: Hank's hard drive is corrupted; he may need a new computer (2007) — Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble 00:00:59
2007-03-08 · One punk, Kurt, holds 12 Peeps in his hands and eats them in rapid succession while the others urge him on. — Brotherhood 2.0: Giving Away Peeps 00:02:27
2007-03-08 · Hank timed Kurt afterwards: he took a minute and a half to do what took Hank six minutes. — Brotherhood 2.0: Giving Away Peeps 00:03:17
2007-03-14 · Hank has a confidential phone meeting with Yahoo, which he says went very well. · story: Hank's confidential meeting with Yahoo (2007) — March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter 00:00:11
2007-03-16 · Their mom's birthday is tomorrow, a Saturday with no Brotherhood 2.0 video, so Hank celebrates it a day early. — March 16th: Mom, ZeFrank, and Stock Options 00:01:37
2007-03-20 · More than a dozen people ignored Hank giving away Peeps on the street; he meant it as an offer of strangeness to enjoy, which Kurt understood but most heard as 'weird people are dangerous'. — March 20th: Dancing and the Idiocy of Age 00:02:34
2007-03-22 · Because he runs EcoGeek, Hank is getting a free copy of Deep Economy; he will read it too, as he will probably interview the author for his website, and hopes to discuss it with John first. (hedged) — March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards 00:02:42
2007-03-26 · Hank hopes John is feeling better; last he heard John was, and if not, he will be soon. · story: John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! 00:00:10
2007-03-26 · The montage closes with 'Get well soon' and clips wishing that John's eyeball gets better. · story: John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! 00:02:30
2007-03-28 · Hank says today is not a good day because it is his tax day. — March 28th: Taxes 00:00:10
2007-03-28 · Hank says he used to get a W-2 and maybe a couple of 1099s; things have changed, and this year (2007) he has about twelve 1099s. — March 28th: Taxes 00:00:10
2007-03-28 · Hank is excited to hear John is feeling better and says it seems John is doing a lot better; he admits that after looking up John's disease online he was at times really worried. (hedged) · story: John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — March 28th: Taxes 00:01:13
2007-03-28 · Hank shows his wall: two Cowboy Bebop posters, a Stuff on My Cat poster, the pirate kitty, a world map, a map of Narnia, calendar pictures, a They Might Be Giants Flood poster, an Inuyasha poster and giant baby pictures of him and Katherine. — March 28th: Taxes 00:01:39
2007-03-28 · Agreeing with viewers that he has good posters, Hank says he decided in college always to keep one room decorated like a dorm room: now the office where he makes the videos and works. — March 28th: Taxes 00:01:39
2007-03-28 · Hank shows keepsakes he wishes were on the wall: a Rancid poster, something a friend made him, the placemat from his first meal with Katherine's family, a collage from his past, Spice Girls and Babylon 5 items, and Valentine's gifts from Katherine. — March 28th: Taxes 00:02:10
2007-04-03 · Hank apologizes to John and viewers: this morning he didn't want to make a video and wanted to stay in bed after a fun weekend and a stressful drive home over an icy pass. — April 3rd: Seattle! 00:02:05
2007-04-03 · After watching some TV, Hank got up and made the video anyway, and is glad he kicked himself out of bed, though it is now about 6 p.m. — April 3rd: Seattle! 00:02:59
2007-04-17 · This weekend Hank and Katherine attended a Step It Up rally (bureaucrats, sign-waving, blues music, drum-beat dancing) and walked home, as the small town is walkable. — April 17th: Stepped Up 00:00:00
2007-04-17 · Hank says the rest of their electricity-free day was pretty easy but got a little difficult around dinner time; only battery-powered equipment stayed on. — April 17th: Stepped Up 00:00:40
2007-04-17 · Unable to cook without power, Hank and Katherine ate unheated food (bread, cottage cheese, pickles, olives; a tortilla with mozzarella and tofu turkey; chips and salsa), then read by candlelight and fell asleep very early. — April 17th: Stepped Up 00:01:07
2007-04-19 · Hank woke this morning to find, in his front yard, that his house is for sale; he says that's not okay and he doesn't know how to sell his house. · story: Hank's rented house goes up for sale (2007) — April 19th: For Sale?! 00:00:03
2007-04-19 · Hank's landlord also works for Lambros Real Estate selling houses, and apparently sometimes sells the houses he owns. · story: Hank's rented house goes up for sale (2007) — April 19th: For Sale?! 00:00:46
2007-04-19 · Hank likes the house: a cool basement where he makes his videos, works and hangs anime posters, and it's about three blocks from five different friends. — April 19th: For Sale?! 00:00:46
2007-04-19 · Hank talks with the man who runs the local bookstore about John's book, which he likes and keeps featured almost as a local author's because John's brother lives there. — April 19th: For Sale?! 00:02:29
2007-04-23 · Hank introduces acclaimed naturalist and nature writer Robert Michael Pyle ('Bob'), a visiting professor at his university a couple of years ago whose class Hank took; fun to bowl with. — April 23rd: Celebrity 00:00:00
2007-04-23 · Hank says Pyle had a lot to do with him becoming a writer, just as John did, so it is nice to introduce them to each other. — April 23rd: Celebrity 00:00:00
2007-04-23 · Asked in the comments how long a video takes, Hank says it is hard to say, since he interleaves writing EcoGeek stories and breakfast, but concentrating it takes at least two hours. — April 23rd: Celebrity 00:01:50
2007-04-27 · Hank's day has been bad: people he doesn't know are walking around upstairs, interested in buying his house. · story: Hank's rented house goes up for sale (2007) — April 27th: Bad Day,,, 00:00:11
2007-04-27 · A conference call that morning with one of the websites Hank works for went worse than he'd have liked: they didn't offer him lots of money. — April 27th: Bad Day,,, 00:00:39
2007-04-27 · Hank designs webpages for a living; it pays his bills and lets him do Brotherhood 2.0 because he doesn't have to leave the house for work. — April 27th: Bad Day,,, 00:00:39
2007-04-27 · One of Hank's clients hasn't paid him for a long time and has emailed that it is having trouble coming up with the money for months of his work; he needs it. · story: A web-design client doesn't pay Hank (2007) — April 27th: Bad Day,,, 00:00:39
2007-04-27 · Hank heard the Yeti got a job; so did Katherine, who doesn't have to move to Indianapolis to get it; she will be doing weed research. · story: Katherine gets a job doing weed research (2007) — April 27th: Bad Day,,, 00:01:49
2007-04-27 · Before leaving Hank must get EcoGeek ready, pack and write a lot so as not to lose his job, the only one he has now; Katherine is arranging care for the cat and garden. — April 27th: Bad Day,,, 00:02:47
2007-05-01 · Hank opens with Neil Gaiman, whom he calls a New York Times best-selling, Hugo- and Nebula-winning 'nerdfighter guy', saying hi to John after Hank waited in a very long line. · story: Hank and Katherine's weekend trip to Helena to see Neil Gaiman (2007) — May 1st: Neil Gaiman in Helena 00:00:12
2007-05-01 · Hank congratulates Coe Booth on the L.A. Times Book Award, calling it a big deal, and John on being nominated. · story: John attends the LA Times Book Prize ceremony (2007) — May 1st: Neil Gaiman in Helena 00:00:40
2007-05-01 · Hank says there is still no progress on getting paid for his work. · story: A web-design client doesn't pay Hank (2007) — May 1st: Neil Gaiman in Helena 00:02:58
2007-05-03 · Hank shows Neil Gaiman's latest book, Fragile Things, a collection of short stories he calls excellent; he and Katherine have been reading them to each other at night. — May 3rd Extended Edition 00:00:10
2007-05-03 · Hank shows Neil Gaiman's latest book, Fragile Things, a collection of short stories he calls excellent; he and Katherine have been reading them to each other at night. — May 3rd: Yetis, TMBG, Weeds and MoJo 00:00:10
2007-05-03 · Katherine's job starts in a couple of weeks, and Hank says it will be really weird not to have her around all the time. · story: Katherine gets a job doing weed research (2007) — May 3rd Extended Edition 00:01:12
2007-05-03 · Katherine's job starts in a couple of weeks, and Hank says it will be really weird not to have her around all the time. · story: Katherine gets a job doing weed research (2007) — May 3rd: Yetis, TMBG, Weeds and MoJo 00:01:12
2007-05-07 · Hank says on his last day of being 26 (4 May 2007) he woke up to about a hundred Nerdfighters giving him his best birthday greeting ever. · story: Hank's 27th birthday (2007) — May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza 00:00:12
2007-05-07 · Hank's actual birthday (5 May 2007) was a combined party with a friend turning 30: Mexican food, a family fun center (go-karts, obstacle course, mini golf won by Katherine with a hole-in-one, laser tag), then bars in Missoula. · story: Hank's 27th birthday (2007) — May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza 00:02:12
2007-05-11 · For Hank's birthday and Katherine's (next week (week of 14 May 2007)), Mom and Dad gave them two new bikes, so they can ride around town all the time. — May 11th: Heroes 00:00:11
2007-05-15 · Hank congratulates John on buying a house: not final yet, but the owners accepted his offer, and the 'horrible process' of buying remains. · story: John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia 00:00:27
2007-05-15 · Hank says John grew up in Indianapolis, living there until he was 'like, three', and that he doesn't feel John has mentioned this. (hedged) · story: John and Hank's dad grows up in Indianapolis and leaves it for good weeks after John's birth — May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia 00:00:27
2007-05-15 · Hank once found Russell Crowe's Wikipedia page vandalized with a line calling him gay, and removed it himself by clicking edit. — May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia 00:01:57
2007-05-17 · Hank keeps the video quick for Katherine's birthday: a France-themed party tonight, for which he'd rather she not clean, and a present he can't reveal because she'll watch this. — May 17th: Wikeeeeeepedia...and Happy Birthday Katherine 00:00:34
2007-05-17 · On the proposed book proposals, Hank says so far he has only stories in his head, which are getting better, funnier, cooler and more intense. — May 17th: Wikeeeeeepedia...and Happy Birthday Katherine 00:01:03
2007-05-21 · Hank says Katherine is back at work for the first time in a long time, leaving him alone in the house all day. — May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies 00:00:10
2007-05-21 · Hank notes John has been married for an entire year and says there will be more on that tomorrow. — May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies 00:00:10
2007-05-21 · Hank made a deliberately silly EcoGeek video about a NASA project he calls a flapping bird plane; Digg and then Gizmodo picked it up. — May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies 00:00:10
2007-05-21 · Hank says the Yahoo deal took a long time and was secret, so he couldn't tell John; it worked out and Yahoo now sends EcoGeek lots of traffic. · story: Hank's confidential meeting with Yahoo (2007) — May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies 00:01:36
2007-05-23 · Hank dedicates his song to the Yeti: a year ago today John married Sarah. · story: John and Sarah's first wedding anniversary (2007) — May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team 00:00:11
2007-05-25 · Hank explains that Free Monkey belongs to his friend Maureen, who is publishing a book, and is going on tour ahead of it. — May 25th: FreeMonkey's Tour 00:01:04
2007-06-01 · Hank and Katherine have become a one-car family, selling the less fuel-efficient and much more expensive of their two cars, the Saab; he shows ninety $100 bills. — June 1: Barack Saabama 00:01:58
2007-06-05 · Hank and Katherine visited friends' cabin at Seeley Lake this week (week of 4 June 2007); it was weird for Katherine to be the only woman there not pregnant. — Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum 00:00:12
2007-06-05 · The Weather Channel emailed Hank asking to interview him for a new show on global warming; he doubts many will watch but thinks it's very cool. · story: Hank is asked to be interviewed for a Weather Channel show on global warming (2007) — Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum 00:01:37
2007-06-07 · Hank doesn't know whether it will happen: the Weather Channel is finicky about him living in Montana, calling it a daunting task, which it wouldn't be if he lived in LA. (hedged) · story: Hank is asked to be interviewed for a Weather Channel show on global warming (2007) — June 7: Weather and My Pants 00:01:16
2007-06-07 · On a call with the Weather Channel Hank asks that his byline not say .com 'because it's .org', then says he is going to be on the Weather Channel; they call again tomorrow. · story: Hank is asked to be interviewed for a Weather Channel show on global warming (2007) — June 7: Weather and My Pants 00:02:34
2007-06-11 · Asked by John what they are doing, Hank answers that they are lying on a beach in, of all places, the Dominican Republic, at a family reunion. · story: The brothers reunite at a family reunion in the Dominican Republic (2007) — June 11: SURPRISE 00:01:18
2007-06-11 · Answering John, Hank says Katherine is not at the reunion because she is stuck at work in Montana. · story: The brothers reunite at a family reunion in the Dominican Republic (2007) — June 11: SURPRISE 00:01:18
2007-06-13 · Hank misplaced the FireWire cable, so he records on the MacBook's built-in camera and cannot include the footage he planned, which is stuck on the camera. · story: Hank misplaces the FireWire cable during the Dominican Republic trip (2007) — June 13: Dominican Debacles 00:00:03
2007-06-13 · Their dad arranged for the brothers to visit a village and some of the people in those situations; Hank calls it really awesome and a look at what the country is actually like. · story: The brothers visit a village in the Dominican Republic, arranged by their dad (2007) — June 13: Dominican Debacles 00:02:08
2007-06-15 · Hank, who hates flying, has been travelling since about 6 a.m. and will get home around 1 a.m.; he vlogs from the airport because his plane reaches Missoula after the deadline. · story: The brothers reunite at a family reunion in the Dominican Republic (2007) — June 15: AIRRRRPORRRTS!!! 00:00:32
2007-06-19 · A woman came up and asked Hank about his Brotherhood 2.0 'In my pants' shirt, which he found brave, since he rarely asks strangers about their t-shirts. — June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN 00:01:38
2007-06-19 · Hank appeared on The Weather Channel's Forecast Earth in an episode about heat that starts with John Kerry; it was his first national TV appearance and he thinks Brotherhood 2.0 was mentioned. (hedged) · story: Hank is asked to be interviewed for a Weather Channel show on global warming (2007) — June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN 00:02:19
2007-06-19 · Hank talked to the Yeti; she and John were in a moving truck trying to get out of New York on the way to Indianapolis. · story: John and Sarah move to Indianapolis (2007) — June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN 00:02:56
2007-06-21 · Hank has always wanted to plant a vegetable garden in his side yard, but since he doesn't own the house he can't get permission. — June 21: Gotta Get Outside! 00:01:00
2007-06-25 · Hank films in his front yard as part of a project: comfortable and exuberant only in his basement, he moved to his fenced side yard last video and now to the open front yard. — June 25: Dum De Dum De Dum De Readn' a Book 00:01:29
2007-06-25 · Hank's aim is to be his video-blogging self in places with lots of people, moving away from his basement without worrying about passers-by and neighbours watching. — June 25: Dum De Dum De Dum De Readn' a Book 00:01:59
2007-06-25 · Hank bases the strategy on how they trained their cat Cameo to take walks, step by step from the back porch to the front yard, which is as far as she will go. — June 25: Dum De Dum De Dum De Readn' a Book 00:02:28
2007-06-25 · Hank says he will try to break past the barrier Cameo cannot, though he doesn't know if he will make it. (hedged) — June 25: Dum De Dum De Dum De Readn' a Book 00:02:28
2007-06-29 · Hank thanks John for yesterday's video and is glad they finally shared some of what they saw in the Dominican Republic. · story: The brothers visit a village in the Dominican Republic, arranged by their dad (2007) — How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 00:00:11
2007-06-29 · Hank says he oddly felt grateful for the experience; he had expected to feel sad, guilty or scared, and did not, though at first he felt awkward and out of place. (hedged) — How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 00:00:11
2007-06-29 · Hank adds what John did not share: after questioning the graduating women about their businesses, the women asked about the brothers' sisters and marriages and argued which brother was cuter (John won). · story: The brothers visit a village in the Dominican Republic, arranged by their dad (2007) — How to be a Microfinancier Part 2 00:00:57
2007-07-06 · Hank explains that in Missoula, when it gets too hot, people go tubing on the river instead of using air conditioners; probably his favorite part of summer, possibly the year. (hedged) — July 6: Ooooooops 00:00:37
2007-07-06 · Trying to get John on iChat to talk face to face, Hank instant messages him instead, and John instant messages back. · story: The brothers' accidental instant-message exchange that breaks the no-textual-communication rule (2007) — July 6: Ooooooops 00:01:39
2007-07-12 · Hank films at a nearly empty Missoula pizza restaurant with Katherine, just back from a work trip; he'd rather spend the time with her but has to make a video. — July 12: Pizza, Punishments and Potter 00:00:12
2007-07-12 · Hank and Katherine are about to see Harry Potter at a 5 o'clock matinee, the only time they go to movies anymore. — July 12: Pizza, Punishments and Potter 00:01:36
2007-07-16 · Unable to find eyeliner or lipstick, Hank finds some in Katherine's bag and uses them without asking, as she is not home. — July 16: Goth 00:00:26
2007-07-20 · Hank says people liked his Harry Potter song a lot; he likes it too, catches himself singing it, and sometimes sings it in different styles. — July 20: Green Mohawk 00:01:09
2007-07-20 · Hank credits Katherine with helping write the song on the porch: when he complained that nothing rhymed, she suggested 'spell' as a good word for a Harry Potter song. — July 20: Green Mohawk 00:01:34
2007-07-20 · Hank says he currently has the number five top-rated song on YouTube, a dream come true that makes him feel like a small-time rock star. — July 20: Green Mohawk 00:02:03
2007-07-24 · Hank has spent the last three days almost entirely sleeping or reading Harry Potter; the book arrived by UPS at about 9 a.m. — July 24: More Harry Potter?! 00:00:11
2007-07-24 · Hank jokes about a silent standoff with Katherine over the new book; they decided to read it together, which took unusually long, but finishing it was amazing and nice to share. — July 24: More Harry Potter?! 00:00:37
2007-07-24 · The New York Times contacted John to answer a question about Harry Potter; John passed on Hank's name, so Hank is kind of contributing 200 words on why Harry Potter is special. (hedged) — July 24: More Harry Potter?! 00:01:05
2007-07-25 · Hank reports that, for the first time after about 150 videos, a Brotherhood 2.0 video is on the front page of YouTube. — Re: July 18: Accio Deathly Hallows 00:00:08
2007-07-26 · Hank's song 'Accio Deathly Hallows' has been featured on the front page of YouTube and watched over 200,000 times. — July 26: The Price of Fame 00:00:51
2007-07-30 · Hank's rented house was for sale and, on a month-to-month lease, a buyer could have evicted him; the new owner will keep them as tenants, so paying rent is exciting. · story: Hank's rented house goes up for sale (2007) — July 30: Mystery Lyrics and Paying Rent 00:00:45
2007-07-30 · Hank has been concentrating on Accio Deathly Hallows, checking video responses, reading comments and answering messages; he apologises to those he hasn't answered and promises he will. — July 30: Mystery Lyrics and Paying Rent 00:01:10
2007-08-01 · Hank wrote much of the song lying awake at 2 a.m., unable to sleep because of too much caffeine and because of the heat the song is about. — August 1: It's Too Hot 00:00:31
2007-08-03 · Three times in the last week something odd happened to Hank at a store; first, buying sand, he was told a ripped bag was his to take for free. — August 3: The Retail Dance 00:00:10
2007-08-13 · Hank reports that he went to the fair (the Western Montana Fair, per the description). — August 13: The Fair!!!! 00:00:09
2007-08-13 · Hank and Katherine watched sheep showmanship; a named exhibitor and her gigantic lamb won first prize in the professional sheep showmanship class. — August 13: The Fair!!!! 00:00:43
2007-08-13 · The fair features the 'Man of Galilee', a 1969 Dodge Charger made up like the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard that is actually an evangelistic tool. — August 13: The Fair!!!! 00:02:07
2007-08-16 · Hank is excited that Melissa is also becoming a YouTube partner, so he will know someone from YouTube on the upcoming partner conference call. · story: YouTube makes the Vlogbrothers YouTube partners (2007) — Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! 00:00:03
2007-08-16 · Hank thanks Melissa for a cute little Nerdfighter Shrinky Dink she made him; he remembers Shrinky Dinks. — Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! 00:01:22
2007-08-27 · Hank says John has been writing his book feverishly downstairs since Hank arrived, with a deadline coming up. — August 27th: Thanks Yous and Cameos 00:01:24
2007-08-31 · Hank and Katherine are about to go back to Montana, which is sad but also very happy. · story: Hank's visit to John's house after John's birthday, with family (2007) — August 31: Copyright and Airports 00:00:10
2007-09-05 · Hank thanks Katherine for her help with the song, particularly for coming up with the idea and several of the lines. — September 5th: I'm Gonna Kill You 00:03:37
2007-09-07 · Hank and Katherine will go see They Might Be Giants on the 23rd, their first wedding anniversary. — September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks 00:03:10
2007-09-11 · Hank was asleep in his dorm room when his roommate woke him; he first thought a small plane like a Cessna had hit the World Trade Center, and long didn't believe it. — September 11th: Floorcats, Recycling Bins and Memories 00:02:18
2007-09-13 · Hank says his novel is about a third of the way to normal novel length and that he began by simply writing down its first line. (hedged) — September 13th: HA! I read from MY Novel :-p 00:03:02
2007-09-19 · The song says the luckiest day of Hank's life was the day one girl said she would be his wife. — September 19th: The Luck of my Life 00:02:17
2007-09-19 · Hank wishes Katherine a happy anniversary. — September 19th: The Luck of my Life 00:02:48
2007-09-21 · Hank got a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign on his bicycle and has to go to court at Missoula's City Hall. — September 21: Court and Apples 00:00:09
2007-09-21 · Hank says he was told the fine would be $81, but it was reduced to $10. — September 21: Court and Apples 00:00:09
2007-09-21 · On Monday (17 September 2007) Hank and Katherine volunteered to pick apples in the Rattlesnake Valley, taking home cider and a box of apples; Katherine made three apple pies. — September 21: Court and Apples 00:01:51
2007-09-25 · Hank got a gig reviewing a couple of children's books on global warming and the environment for The New York Times Book Review. · story: Hank reviews children's books on global warming for The New York Times Book Review (2007) — September 25th: TMBG and NYT 00:01:57
2007-09-25 · Faxing his tax form on New York Times letterhead at a copy shop, Hank told the excited staff about it. · story: Hank reviews children's books on global warming for The New York Times Book Review (2007) — September 25th: TMBG and NYT 00:01:57
2007-09-27 · Hank thinks he is getting sick: raw throat, sinus headache, drippy nose, and it hurts to speak. (hedged) — September 27th: Bionic Woman v. Helen Hunt on PCP 00:00:10
2007-09-27 · Hank watched the NBC show online, which he says added to his lateness, and his cold makes writing and being witty hard. — September 27th: Bionic Woman v. Helen Hunt on PCP 00:00:46
2007-09-27 · The video is short because Hank must get back to writing; he hopes to feel better before Wednesday, when he would hate to have to sing with this voice. (hedged) — September 27th: Bionic Woman v. Helen Hunt on PCP 00:02:48
2007-10-19 · Hank is filming from an airplane; before the flight he and Katherine drove from Montana through Idaho into Washington, which he shows as a travelogue. · story: Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — October 19th: Missoula to Seattle 00:00:03
2007-10-19 · Hank and Katherine reached Kirkland, Washington, spent time with friends, and one friend drove them to the airport around 6 a.m.; Hank thanks him. · story: Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — October 19th: Missoula to Seattle 00:02:44
2007-10-23 · Answering viewers confused by last week's (week of 15 October 2007) driving, Hank says he and Katherine drove about eight hours to Seattle to see friends and then fly to Georgia, where they now are. · story: Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — October 23rd: Some Explaining to Do… 00:00:10
2007-10-23 · Hank is in Georgia for the wedding of the two friends who helped with 'Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants'; one of them, Brian, won't turn to the camera. · story: Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — October 23rd: Some Explaining to Do… 00:00:10
2007-10-25 · Hank is at his dad's house in Fairview, North Carolina, surrounded by childhood memories, with a big box of 'everything that ever mattered' in his life. · story: Hank goes through his box of childhood keepsakes at their dad's house (2007) — October 25th: Down Memory Lane 00:00:10
2007-10-25 · Hank's first publication, at 16, was 'Let's Go to Mars' in Space Times, which he calls the magazine of the American Astronomical Society; he finds it embarrassing. · story: Hank goes through his box of childhood keepsakes at their dad's house (2007) — October 25th: Down Memory Lane 00:01:42
2007-10-25 · Hank got a flattering front-page photo in a newspaper's lifestyle section for making IHateI4.com, a site Orlando drivers could relate to; the site no longer exists. · story: Hank goes through his box of childhood keepsakes at their dad's house (2007) — October 25th: Down Memory Lane 00:01:42
2007-10-25 · Hank says he was a founding member of the Mars Society. · story: Hank goes through his box of childhood keepsakes at their dad's house (2007) — October 25th: Down Memory Lane 00:02:29
2007-10-29 · Hank, their mom and dad, Katherine, Jessalyn and Brian went up a mountain Hank calls 'Mount Craggy'; it was windy but beautiful, and their time in Asheville is ending. (hedged) · story: Hank and Katherine's October trip: drive from Montana to Seattle, then fly on (2007) — October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair 00:00:03
2007-10-29 · Hank instead found a snippet of John's childhood to share with Nerdfighters, of special interest to readers of Looking for Alaska: 'John Green's fifth book', It Just Isn't Fair. · story: Hank finds and reads John's childhood book 'It Just Isn't Fair' (2007) — October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair 00:00:51
2007-11-02 · Hank says that after reading John's childhood book It Just Isn't Fair on Monday, he discovered it received the Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award. · story: Hank shows Dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award (2007) — November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award 00:00:43
2007-11-02 · Hank shows their dad's home video of the winners' conference: John and a girl as Audubon Park Elementary's two winners, then children reading their books in writers' groups. · story: Hank shows Dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award (2007) — November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award 00:01:12
2007-11-08 · Hank is back home after being out of town for a very long time and loves being in his basement. — November 8th: SUGAR HIGH! 00:00:00
2007-11-08 · Hank learned by phone that John feels terrible, with an ear infection that required a morphine shot, and says he is sorry. · story: John's ear infection (2007) — November 8th: SUGAR HIGH! 00:01:02
2007-11-16 · Hank congratulates John on his Australian Inky Award. — November 16th: Green Cars at the LA Auto Show 00:03:29
2007-11-20 · It is snowing heavily at Hank's house in Missoula, which he says never gets this much snow, and he is delighted. — November 20th: A White Thanksgiving 00:00:00
2007-11-20 · The power went off about five times the previous night as big branches fell onto power lines and Hank's front yard. — November 20th: A White Thanksgiving 00:00:00
2007-11-20 · Hank and Catherine walk to the farther, bigger food store to do their Thanksgiving shopping. — November 20th: A White Thanksgiving 00:01:08
2007-11-20 · When Hank moved to Missoula he had never seen an icicle, a snowflake or a frozen river, and found them all new and interesting. — November 20th: A White Thanksgiving 00:02:31
2007-11-20 · Hank congratulates John on selling the book he wrote with David. · story: Will Grayson, Will Grayson: John and David Levithan sell their co-written book (2007) — November 20th: A White Thanksgiving 00:03:29
2007-11-23 · On Black Friday Hank and Katherine go to the mall to try not to buy things and to watch what people buy and why. — November 23rd: BLACK FRIDAY! 00:00:00
2007-11-27 · Hank says Paige Lester-Niles, director of Eagle's Nest Camp, emailed him: many people have been calling and emailing the camp about Tiffany with no last name. — November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping 00:00:00
2007-11-27 · When Hank was a camper at Eagle's Nest, the now-director was his counselor and they went on a 100-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail together. — November 27th: Eagle's Nest, Blogger's Choice and Shopping 00:00:39
2007-11-29 · Because of Thanksgiving Hank has no song until next week (week of 3 December 2007); only two songs of his challenge remain and both are already written, a load off. — November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project 00:01:02
2007-12-07 · Hank says that back then, lacking John's sharp wit, he could answer John's verbal attacks only physically or by running away, which he did more often than punching. — December 7th: Fight Night with the Green Bros. 00:02:00
2007-12-11 · Hank says he is getting kind of scared about the end of Brotherhood 2.0: he keeps looking at calendars and January 1st keeps getting closer. — Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching 00:00:10
2007-12-11 · Hank shows a shirt Eagle's Nest Camp sent the brothers because of their recent interaction, signed by the camp, including a drawn horse labelled 'this is a horse'. — Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching 00:01:43
2007-12-11 · Hank shows a tube from Tom (heard 'Tom Stallman', 'the original secret symbol'), not to be opened until watching Tom's video on December 31; he is very excited and hopes viewers will see him open it. — Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching 00:01:43
2007-12-13 · Hank and Katherine buy a Christmas tree, which Hank calls mostly a decoration for their party and a place for their ornaments; few trees are left on the lot. — December 13: Mailing Shopping Thanking. It Must Be Christmas 00:00:09
2007-12-19 · Hank says Katherine was very excited about the Secret Project and commented along with everyone; they ran a 'Mission Control' in their basement. — December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube 00:00:39
2007-12-21 · Hank says that, after the dream, it's obvious he has some anxiety about this. (hedged) — December 21: Hank Accepts His Punishment 00:01:22
2007-12-27 · Hank recaps the concert with clips of his songs, including 'It's Too Hot', 'I Sold Your Dog on eBay' and 'The Day That the Nerds Took Over YouTube'. — December 27th: The Gig! 00:01:27
2007-12-27 · Closing the show, Hank thanks a friend for helping set it up, his brother, the Nerdfighters and his wife. — December 27th: The Gig! 00:03:07

2008

2008-01-08 · Hank started the new year sledding, as he did last year (2007), at a place he says was even more beautiful (the description: northern Montana). — Sledding and YouTube Tag 00:00:01
2008-01-08 · Hank says he is one of millions of Americans who can afford and want health insurance but do not have it. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — Sledding and YouTube Tag 00:01:20
2008-01-08 · Hank says his name is William Henry Green II, after his grandfather; his mom wanted to call him Hank, which he likes, though banks balk at checks made out to 'Hank'. — Sledding and YouTube Tag 00:03:26
2008-01-20 (said on 2008-01-18, implied) · Hank reveals he was at his NPR affiliate and John at his, to record an interview for All Things Considered, which Hank calls the nerdfighteriest radio program in existence. — John and Hank on NPR Today! 00:00:36
2008-02-11 (said on 2008-02-12, implied) · Hank tells John he finished the Christmas books John gave him and Katherine; he passed one ('Mouse' as heard) on through a used bookstore and may keep another to reread. (hedged) — Nerdfighters Blurbing Book Club! 00:00:00
2008-02-19 · Hank put an affiliate link in the sidebar Amazon link, earning 25 cents per copy of 13 Little Blue Envelopes sold; so far it has made about $10. — Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank 00:00:58
2008-02-19 · Hank didn't expect valentines this year (2008), but Nerdfighters at the Boston Area Nerdfighter Gathering (BANG) made him a bunch, and some for John with postage included. — Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank 00:01:57
2008-02-19 · Hank made a valentine for Katherine that he shares for any Jane Austen Nerdfighters. — Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank 00:02:50
2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Hank finally shows the tri-tube's contents: Secret Brother Tom's rubbing of 'On this spot in the year 1000, Leif Erikson built his house', done in every green of Crayola's 64-pack. — Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing 00:00:50
2008-03-07 (said on 2008-03-08, implied) · Hank can no longer work out who the 20,000th subscriber is because his counting method stopped working; he calls 20,000 subscribers insane. — Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing 00:02:19
2008-04-01 · Hank apologises that he is still working on Slaughterhouse-Five, has been really slow, and says that is coming up too. — Please Google, Take Me to Mars 00:03:29
2008-04-10 · Reasoning that if Shawn could give his Xbox money he could too, Hank finds an Xbox 360 costs $250 and gives $250 through Shawn's PayPal. — Barack John Obama Green 00:03:25
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · Hank has a rash over his entire body; his doctor says it is a side effect of a viral infection he probably got at the Barack Obama rally. (hedged) · story: Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008) — ITCHY MUSIC! 00:00:00
2008-04-16 (said on 2008-04-17, implied) · Hank had a 103-degree fever for about five days; then his skin became blotchy and itchy. · story: Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008) — ITCHY MUSIC! 00:00:00
2008-04-24 · Hank says the illness he blamed on Barack Obama last week (week of 14 April 2008) was actually an allergy to sulfasalazine; his blood pressure fell to 80 over 40 and he needed IV rehydration. · story: Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008) — Pills Pills Pills 00:00:00
2008-04-24 · Hank's doctor had said last week's (week of 14 April 2008) sickness was probably a virus, though Hank suspected his new medication had caused an allergic reaction. · story: Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008) — Pills Pills Pills 00:00:00
2008-04-24 · Because the urgent-care doctor called it a virus, Hank went back on the cheap pills after returning from Texas; next morning he had a painful rash. · story: Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008) — Pills Pills Pills 00:00:44
2008-04-24 · That afternoon Hank had a high fever, a bad headache and blood pressure so low he couldn't stand; the next day he went to the ER. · story: Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008) — Pills Pills Pills 00:01:29
2008-04-24 · At the ER a first-year medical student struggled to place his IV; he got two liters of saline, then hydrocortisone and steroid pills and a prescription. · story: Hank's full-body allergic reaction to sulfasalazine (2008) — Pills Pills Pills 00:01:53
2008-05-11 · Hank recounts that the turnout expected at the Kent library grew from a misheard 16 to 60; about 75 were there on arrival and 97 Nerdfighters by the end, in a very small room. — Nerdfighting IRL 00:00:00
2008-05-11 · At the event John read from Paper Towns and Maureen Johnson read from her new book Suite Scarlett, which Hank says viewers can buy via the sidebar. — Nerdfighting IRL 00:02:21
2008-05-11 · Hank had not brought his guitar, so he played songs on one that an audience member, whose videos he knew, had brought in his car just in case. — Nerdfighting IRL 00:02:21
2008-05-11 · Hank says he also wanted to cry when a crowd sang him Happy Birthday; he explains that clip was of librarians, some of them Nerdfighters. — Nerdfighting IRL 00:03:03
2008-05-11 · John, Maureen and Hank went to Grand Rapids because the Michigan Library Association asked them to speak at its conference; Hank thanks its organisers. — Nerdfighting IRL 00:03:32
2008-05-16 · Hank says John has been dealing with something that kept him from making videos, and viewers will find out what soon. — Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) 00:03:23
2008-05-22 · Hank says his most frequent question is how many chocolate-flavored espresso beans he ate; the answer is always none, as he religiously avoids caffeine though he loves coffee's taste. — Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! 00:00:32
2008-05-22 · Hank explains John spent most of the day at the dog hospital: Willy is okay but has a broken foot, which is why John is excused. · story: Willy's cast (2008) — Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! 00:01:19
2008-06-08 · Hank is now in New Hampshire, was recently in Washington, D.C., and is touring to see friends and family. — Monkeys!!! (with pants) 00:00:30
2008-06-08 · In Washington, D.C., Hank and Katherine went to the National Zoo, at Katherine's suggestion. — Monkeys!!! (with pants) 00:00:59
2008-07-27 · Hank says he lost his glasses tubing on the Clark Fork River the day before (26 July 2008) and is at the mall shopping for new ones. · story: Hank loses his glasses tubing on the Clark Fork River (2008) — How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! 00:00:00
2008-07-27 · Hank plans to buy frames online and have a friend at a cheap family-owned store in downtown Missoula make the lenses and adjust the glasses for free. — How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! 00:01:38
2008-08-04 (said on 2008-08-01, implied) · Hank recently went to watch a breakdancing crew practise, which he calls possibly the most entertaining thing he has seen outside YouTube since Grand Rapids, Michigan. (hedged) — Breakdancing in Missoula Montana 00:00:00
2008-08-05 · Hank reports he is in New York, in Times Square. — Everyone's Your Friend… 00:00:00
2008-08-12 · Hank says eight days earlier he was in the studio recording an actual studio version of Accio Deathly Hallows, to be discussed later. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:00:40
2008-08-12 · In New York City Hank met the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, who said he admires EcoGeek; Hank says it felt like being king of nerddom for a day. · story: Hank's 2008 deal to sell EcoGeek to Scientific American, paused by the financial crisis (2008) — Eight Days of Awesome 00:00:40
2008-08-12 · The next day (6 August 2008) Hank and about 50 Nerdfighters flash-mobbed a Barnes & Noble store after a short announcement, then hung out across the street. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:01:09
2008-08-12 · That night Hank had dinner with Maureen Johnson. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:01:39
2008-08-12 · The next day Hank met John in Chicago; he says he always loves hanging out with his brother. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:01:39
2008-08-12 · Hank and John gave a talk at Google's Chicago headquarters about YouTube, online video and online communities. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:02:13
2008-08-12 · Hank says over 380 Nerdfighters came to the Chicago library event, including many prominent Nerdfighters he had never seen outside YouTube. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:02:42
2008-08-12 · Hank played songs at a wizard rock concert in the park, with Lena, Leanne and Lauren and by himself. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:03:11
2008-08-12 · At Chicago's Bean they took part in what Hank calls one of the largest collaborative movie projects ever. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:03:11
2008-08-12 · Hank then played an electrified concert with fans screaming his lyrics, and danced all night to other wizard rock bands; the DJ played Don't Stop Believin'. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:03:11
2008-08-12 · Hank says the one un-awesome thing: he and LeAnne took orders for CDs sold out at Terminus, but the slips with buyers' addresses fell out of his pocket while he danced. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:03:39
2008-08-12 · Back in Montana, Hank saw two great friends married, then went to the last day of the Western Montana Fair: goats, llamas, corn dogs and a demolition derby. — Eight Days of Awesome 00:03:39
2008-08-15 · Hank says the eight days of awesome from his last video became about ten, thanks to John's peanut-butter-face Georgia discussion and his wife being glad he was home. — Metric Sabbath 00:01:36
2008-08-15 · Hank says that around day twelve he is coming down: he spent a lot of time thinking and writing about Terminus and New York, and part of him is crashing and missing Terminus. — Metric Sabbath 00:01:36
2008-08-18 · Hank says John won't see this for a while because he is on a boat in the ocean in Europe without internet; Hank never really knows what John is doing anymore. (hedged) — This Video Comes in Threven Parts 00:00:00
2008-08-18 · Hank shows his new glasses, green in the right light and very cheap, and thanks Nerdfighters and YouTube for helping him choose them. · story: Hank loses his glasses tubing on the Clark Fork River (2008) — This Video Comes in Threven Parts 00:00:00
2008-09-13 · Hank says he has been absent mostly because of EcoGeek, which is doing very well. — Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) 00:00:00
2008-09-13 · EcoGeek's one employee left for a bigger position, so Hank is doing all his old work again; he is hiring and may have found someone. (hedged) — Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) 00:00:00
2008-09-13 · Hank recorded news segments for Discovery's new green channel Planet Green, sometimes a three-minute spot on clean technology, for which they sent him a new camera. — Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) 00:00:37
2008-09-13 · Hank and Katherine are thinking about buying a home and hope to get one house; he might show viewers around in a video tour. (hedged) · story: Hank and Katherine buy a house (2008) — Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) 00:01:52
2008-09-25 (said on 2008-09-24, implied) · Hank says he watched the Llama Song about 400 times in college, and that he contacted its British creator, who approved the parody as long as it is pro-Obama. — Obama llama Duck 00:00:45
2008-10-14 (said on 2008-10-13, implied) · Hank has moved into a house he bought and owns. · story: Hank and Katherine buy a house (2008) — Numa Numa Hank Dance 00:00:29
2008-10-17 · Hank says he is now in Boston before another Nerdfighter event and will soon see John at dinner with their parents and cousin. — Vital Status Report from NYC 00:03:02
2008-10-21 · Hank says it has been an exciting time moving in and getting used to their new place, and soon after moving in they already have guests. · story: Hank and Katherine buy a house (2008) — Lonesome Cloud 00:00:00
2008-10-21 · Friends Brian and Jessalyn are visiting; for their anniversary the day before (20 October 2008), Hank says they all went into the recording studio and recorded some songs together. — Lonesome Cloud 00:00:00
2008-10-24 · Hank promises he will still be awake when morning comes. — IRON MAN BLOGTV CHALLENGE! 00:00:00
2008-10-24 · Hank says John never thought this would happen and was very scared; it blew away his expectations and he is the happiest man on the planet. — Talking to Myself 00:02:27
2008-10-24 · John told Hank the Florida nerdfighter event had a fantastic atmosphere; Hank's best friend from high school and John's elementary-school best friends were there. — Talking to Myself 00:02:27
2008-10-28 (said on 2008-10-27, implied) · Hank says he could not have voted on November 4th anyway because he will be in Indianapolis. — Early Voting with Hank 00:02:49
2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank is very late: with six minutes left before midnight he records in one take with Quick Capture to avoid a second punishment. — Hank is Late (dr horrible) 00:00:01
2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank and Katherine are late because they went to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Hank forgot he had to post a video. — Hank is Late (dr horrible) 00:00:23
2008-10-30 (said on 2008-10-29, implied) · Hank and Katherine just got back from the Seattle event; Hank thanks the Nerdfighters there and thinks the library never had a bigger crowd. (hedged) — Hank is Late (dr horrible) 00:00:54
2008-10-30 · Hank says they dropped the orange from the song because it took 27, possibly 28 takes to get it right. (hedged) — Hank and Katherine...On the Rise 00:02:37
2008-10-31 · Hank can't really take part in Halloween, no parties, only giving out candy, because he is packing to begin the Nerdfighter tour very soon. — SPWNING Halloween 00:00:34
2008-11-04 · Hank says the Tour de Nerdfighting has been fantastic but has not included much sleeping, so he is very tired. — Election Night In Indianapolis! 00:01:15
2008-11-06 · Hank says that on the road he has lost his camcorder and does not know where he left it. · story: Hank loses his camcorder on the Tour de Nerdfighting (2008) — Funny Noises from Tennessee 00:00:06
2008-11-06 · The printers of Hank's album misread So Jokes as 50 Jokes on the order form; the album itself is unaffected. — Funny Noises from Tennessee 00:01:38
2008-11-06 · Hank says the gatherings keep going well and he messes up his songs less often, though he has not yet played one without a mistake. — Funny Noises from Tennessee 00:02:07
2008-11-07 · Hank records live from the Gadsden Public Library in Gadsden, Alabama; they arrived early, so he made a little video. — Vlogging from Gadsden 00:00:00
2008-11-07 · Hank has found his camcorder, which he is filming with. · story: Hank loses his camcorder on the Tour de Nerdfighting (2008) — Vlogging from Gadsden 00:00:00
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · Hank says it is the day before the Project for Awesome and he has spent all day organising it and making his own P4A video. — One More Day Until the P4A!!! 00:00:00
2008-12-17 · Hank says that as part of the P4A he phoned John the previous afternoon (16 December 2008) and told him to microwave a CD for five seconds and touch steel wool to a 9-volt battery. — Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org 00:00:29
2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · Hank reports the song is written and the mp3 is in the sidebar; it was fun to make but is not good. — One More Day Until the P4A!!! 00:03:40
2008-12-29 · Hank says that after being featured on YouTube's front page he started getting hateful comments, such as one asking if he is 'some kind of gay nerd homo sapiens activist'. — Comment Haters and Christmas 00:00:00
2008-12-29 · Hank says that when he and John started on YouTube probably 50% of their comments were negative; now the Nerdfighters generally say kind, supportive things. (hedged) — Comment Haters and Christmas 00:00:00
2008-12-29 · Hank says he heard John had a pretty good Christmas and received, among other things, a personal trainer. — Comment Haters and Christmas 00:01:51
2008-12-29 · Hank says he received Rock Band for Christmas; it has been fun but hard, and his wrists hurt. — Comment Haters and Christmas 00:02:21
2008-12-29 · Hank says he gave Katherine a ukulele and hopes viewers will see a Hank and Katherine duet in the future. (hedged) — Comment Haters and Christmas 00:02:21

2009

2009-01-14 · Hank says he just got back from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit and wrote a song about it while there. · story: Hank visits the North American International Auto Show in Detroit (2009) — TIny Cars SUCK! 00:00:00
2009-01-20 · Hank goes through a gigantic journal from high school, including fancy drawings of organic compounds, one maybe the first step of the Krebs cycle. (hedged) — Hank's Journal!!! 00:00:00
2009-01-20 · Hank says he went looking for funny things and found plenty, but was surprised how much of the journal was not funny at all. — Hank's Journal!!! 00:00:40
2009-01-20 · Teenage Hank was obsessed with a detailed box-diagram system of red and green boxes to simplify personal interactions and life goals, which he can no longer understand. — Hank's Journal!!! 00:00:40
2009-01-20 · Hank finds his songwriting is older than he thought: he wrote far more songs in high school than he realised. — Hank's Journal!!! 00:01:09
2009-01-20 · His high-school songs range from rants against capitalism to lyrics raunchier than Eminem, which he won't share for fear of embarrassment or being flagged on YouTube. — Hank's Journal!!! 00:01:39
2009-01-20 · Hank tells John he appears in the journal at least twice, though Hank was never in John's journal; one entry is about John and Marie, apparently discussing phenomenology or something. (hedged) — Hank's Journal!!! 00:02:52
2009-01-21 · Hank dedicates the video to John, who put the meme up on his website. — Google Verb! A Meme. 00:00:11
2009-01-28 · Hank says this is the first song he has recorded on his new MacBook Pro, edited with Final Cut Express, both new and confusing to him. — Stock Adviser (Via Britney) 00:00:00
2009-01-28 · Because the song is a parody of a song far outside his range, Hank got Katherine to sing it and lip-synced over her vocals. — Stock Adviser (Via Britney) 00:00:00
2009-03-18 · Hank says two days ago he spoke by phone with a woman from Rwanda whose entire family died in those 100 days; she had recently gone to Canada for school and followed events daily. — Lighting Candles for Rwanda 00:00:00
2009-03-18 · Hank says he is addicted to brain crack: he feels he lacks the time or resources to realise many ideas, though admits this may be a rationalisation, so he will share them instead. (hedged) — Dr. Manhattan's Dangle and Brain Crack 00:00:50
2009-03-18 · Hank has heard John's screenplay is finished and going over well with his 'Hollywood overlord'; he is excited about it and about seeing Netherlands footage. (hedged) · story: John writes the Paper Towns screenplay (2008) — Lighting Candles for Rwanda 00:02:14
2009-04-01 (said on 2009-03-31, implied) · Hank loves everything bagels but currently can't eat wheat or seeds because of his colon. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — A Few Of My Favorite Things 00:00:58
2009-04-08 (said on 2009-04-07, implied) · Hank has just finished the first section of his novel, about 150 pages, which John, a New York Times bestselling author, will proofread. · story: Hank writes a novel (2009) — Become a Time Traveller TODAY! 00:00:25
2009-04-28 · Hank has lost his camera's power cord and has little battery left, so he makes a quick video reviewing ten books. — 10 Book Reviews in 4 Minutes 00:00:00
2009-04-30 · Hank did lose his camcorder charger and has no way to record, so he uses footage he shot at his mom and dad's house. — A GOAT GIVING BIRTH 00:00:03
2009-04-30 · Hank thanks Michael Aranda for the techno remix arrangement and the Katherine for singing harmony with him. — A GOAT GIVING BIRTH 00:02:44
2009-05-06 · Hank credits Katherine with writing the song's music and says they make a pretty great team. — Dead Boy's Girlfriend 00:03:46
2009-05-08 · Hank shows a VHS tape Katherine recorded off television with Next Generation episodes and a documentary, evidence of the household's nerd streak. — Star Trek: The Movie, Review 00:00:49
2009-05-13 · Hank goes to the post office to collect his birthday mail and, amazed by the first item, fetches the camera to film himself opening the rest. — My Birthday Rocks 00:00:00
2009-05-13 · Along with his new camera, Hank got a green screen. — GREEN SCREEN!!!! 00:00:00
2009-05-13 · For Hank's birthday Katherine took him to Spokane in their new Civic to see Spamalot, the Monty Python Broadway extension, which he found pretty good. — GREEN SCREEN!!!! 00:01:17
2009-05-27 · Hank thanks friends who waited on a street corner while he searched downtown Boston for his parking garage 30 minutes before his show, then got all seven into the car to a show in Cambridge. — Open Letters 00:00:50
2009-05-27 · Hank says Cambridge is now his favourite city: he left his MacBook Pro on the passenger seat with the window down for two and a half hours and nobody took it. — Open Letters 00:01:20
2009-05-27 · Hank thanks the staff of the Leaky Cauldron, who party like it is the end of the world, for letting him be part of it. — Open Letters 00:02:01
2009-06-05 · Hank says his protons-and-neutrons song went over well, but he kept getting comments thanking god it was not another Carl's Jr. ad, which confused him. — JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way 00:00:00
2009-06-10 · Hank says John has done and filmed the punishment; John reported the first two bites were delicious and then he puked. — WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches 00:00:29
2009-06-10 · Hank says the audio and video of John's video won't sync; they are pretty sure it is a YouTube problem because the video is fine on John's computer. (hedged) — WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches 00:01:21
2009-07-09 · Hank's wife Katherine gets her master of science degree and then goes to a baseball game, per the video description. — The Katherine is a Master of Science! 00:00:00
2009-07-15 · Hank and Katherine went to the midnight showing of Half-Blood Prince last night, found it awesome and saw Nerdfighters there. — This Isn't Hogwarts! A Harry Potter Song 00:03:02
2009-07-23 · Hank says he is currently living in a hotel and will be for the next two weeks. — 50 MORE JOKES in FOUR MINUTES 00:00:00
2009-07-30 · Hank says the FireWire port on his camera broke, so he cannot get footage onto his computer and made the whole video with his still camera. · story: Hank's camcorder FireWire port breaks (2009) — Mules are so Half-Ass 00:00:00
2009-08-04 · Hank is back in his house, with much still to put away; his expensive camcorder still isn't working, so he films on the old one. · story: Hank's camcorder FireWire port breaks (2009) — Twitter Games and Truth or Fail 00:00:00
2009-09-01 · Hank says he was just in the recording studio and recorded three songs very quickly. — I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! 00:00:00
2009-09-01 · Hank also recorded 'Mules Are So Half-Ass' and a studio version of the Demolition Derby song, and plays the former in the background. — I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! 00:00:47
2009-09-01 · Hank got a review copy of David Byrne's Bicycle Diaries, which excites him because it is not officially out yet. — I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! 00:00:47
2009-09-01 · Hank found in a store that the Geektastic anthology includes a John Green story, which John had not mentioned. — I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! 00:00:47
2009-09-01 · A friend who works for the newspaper photographed Hank at home for a story on recession-proof jobs, and apparently he has one. — I AM COMPUTER MAN!!! 00:01:35
2009-09-15 · Hank is visiting his great-aunt and uncle-in-law in the middle of nowhere in Maine, hours from the nearest internet connection. · story: Hank's internetless vacation in rural Maine (2009) — Internetless in Maine 00:00:00
2009-09-15 · Hank says long stretches without the internet leave him with colossal amounts of brain crack, since when not doing things he thinks about things to do. (hedged) — Internetless in Maine 00:00:45
2009-09-16 · Hank says he deleted the video he had made for John in Missoula, so he is filming on the iSight camera at a Maine hotel before leaving at 4 a.m. · story: Hank's internetless vacation in rural Maine (2009) — #@$%#!!! From Maine 00:00:40
2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · Hank says a Nerdfighter messaged him about touring to Olympia, Washington, which got the Rancid song 'Olympia, Washington' stuck in his head; he reworked its chords. — DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! 00:00:58
2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · Hank says Katherine sang the Rancid song while they recorded it, then surprised him by adding harmonies; he calls her cover really awesome and points viewers to it. — DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! 00:01:27
2009-10-13 · Hank films a raging, scary river as rain falls again in Georgia, less heavy than in the last flood. — Nine Die in Georgia Floods - Kanye is a Jackass 00:00:58
2009-10-13 · Hank is staying with friends who know Georgia's rivers: a man who has surveyed almost all of them and a woman working for the nonprofit Georgia River Network. — Nine Die in Georgia Floods - Kanye is a Jackass 00:01:25
2009-10-29 · Hank says his parents just sent him a box of his old things from the house, including his diary. — EMBARASSMENT: The Live Show 00:00:00
2009-10-31 · Hank is in Las Vegas on short notice for a friend's wedding, moved up a year because her Air Force fiancé has to go to Iraq. — Vegas Baby...It's like...well. Hrmm 00:00:00
2009-11-07 · Filming on his phone, Hank shows his worn-out old phone (broken 8 button, missing pieces; it survived a pool and his car roof) and says it is retiring for recycling. · story: Hank replaces his worn-out phone with a Motorola Droid (2009) — The TOUR DE HANK!!! 00:00:00
2009-11-07 · Hank now has a Motorola Droid, with 3G, a touchscreen and a 5-megapixel camera, which came out the day before; he is stupidly excited, like Christmas morning. · story: Hank replaces his worn-out phone with a Motorola Droid (2009) — The TOUR DE HANK!!! 00:00:00
2009-11-10 · Hank says he is going on tour, so he is learning all his songs properly rather than the way he normally knows them; his fingers hurt. — ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies 00:00:00
2009-11-12 · Answering a prompt from Natalie (Community Channel), Hank shows his favourite childhood toy, Dexter, a stuffed ferret he slept with every day from age six to fifteen. — On a Plane - On the Ground 00:01:14
2009-11-25 · Hank wishes John a happy Thanksgiving, is sorry they could not spend it together, and says he misses him most at holidays. — Things I'm Not Thankful For 00:03:06
2009-12-02 (said on 2009-12-03, implied) · Hank shows gifts from the tour's final part: a 3D-printed ten-sided die, Kinder Eggs from Canada (after he complained they're unavailable in America), a duct-tape wallet, a bass-amp maker's shirt, a DFTBA headband. — This Machine Pwns n00bs: A Song 00:02:44
2009-12-02 (said on 2009-12-03, implied) · Hank calls a huge bag from Dark Horse Comics his coolest tour gift ever: a stretchy Hellboy, signed posters (Abe, Buffy) and a stack of comics and graphic novels, including the new Dr. Horrible. — This Machine Pwns n00bs: A Song 00:03:14
2009-12-16 · Hank excitedly announces that he is going to be an uncle. · story: John and Sarah (the Yeti) are expecting a baby (2009) — Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy 00:00:00
2009-12-16 · Hank says the brothers' dad worked for the Nature Conservancy when they were growing up, as its Florida State Director. — Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy 00:00:33
2009-12-22 · Hank writes in the description that X-Scape (go-karts, video games, DDR, bowling, corndogs) was so much fun he could have stayed for days. — John and Hank Take on X-Scape! 00:00:00
2009-12-27 · Hank says John is an award-winning author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns who has won awards including the Edgar and the Printz. — How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ 00:00:49

2010

2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · Hank, tired and unwell, starts his punishment inside a Target with 15 hours to fill; five hours in, he is really bored. — 15 Hours in Target! 00:00:00
2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · Twelve hours in, Katherine joins Hank and they do math in the candy aisle to find the candy worst for you, measured by calories per gram. — 15 Hours in Target! 00:02:13
2010-01-20 · In 2005 Sarah came home to a red rose on every step up to her fourth-floor apartment and John at the top with more roses and a ring; they married in a large Alabama church. · story: John proposes to Sarah with a book inscribed by Hendrik Hertzberg (2008) — OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY 00:01:34
2010-01-25 · Hank reports he just talked to John, who is doing very well: John was changing a diaper when Hank called, Henry has the hiccups, and John and Sarah are both very tired. · story: John and Sarah (the Yeti) are expecting a baby (2009) — Name My Dog! 00:00:29
2010-01-25 · Hank and Katherine are fostering a greyhound that didn't work out in another home; she is an eight-year-old female, adorable and very nice. · story: Hank and Katherine foster a greyhound, then adopt retired racer Lemon (2010) — Name My Dog! 00:01:08
2010-01-29 (said on 2010-01-30, implied) · Hank says he is an early adopter of e-readers and has used them for about five years. — The iPad and Dolphin Murder 00:00:45
2010-01-29 (said on 2010-01-30, implied) · Hank tried YouTube's newly launched rentals program and watched a movie; with Google Checkout already linked to his Google account, renting was very easy. — The iPad and Dolphin Murder 00:01:16
2010-02-12 · Hank welcomes John back, says everyone missed him, and hopes John won't hate them for taking him away from Henry. — Google Search Stories: Harry Potter 00:01:46
2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · Hank is going to the doctor because he can't move his neck; the pain reaches his arm and shoulder and he is worried about it. — TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! 00:00:00
2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · Hank tells how, as a fifth grader punished for breaking a neighbor's pot, he took out their garbage and cut his hand on a sharp terracotta shard sticking out of a bag. · story: Hank's childhood hand injury, whose lasting pain taught him right from left — TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! 00:01:03
2010-02-22 (said on 2010-02-23, implied) · When the neighbor held Hank's bleeding hand under the faucet, Hank saw the skin open to the bones; an ambulance was called and he was fine. · story: Hank's childhood hand injury, whose lasting pain taught him right from left — TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND!! 00:02:14
2010-02-26 (said on 2010-02-27, implied) · Hank says that if he and John have seemed a little weird over the past few days, it is because they have been. — Ningmaster Tom 00:00:00
2010-03-03 · Hank says that, organizing it himself, he struggles to get distance from VidCon, but at moments realizes it will really happen and is extremely excited. — VidCon Schedule Spectacular! 00:00:27
2010-03-08 · Hank watched the Oscars at a friend's house though he is not interested in them; Alec Baldwin was co-hosting. — GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! 00:01:51
2010-03-12 · Hank says he and Katherine fostered a greyhound hoping to keep her, but the adoption agency saw how she eyed their cat and required a home without small furry pets; she now has one down the valley. · story: Hank and Katherine foster a greyhound, then adopt retired racer Lemon (2010) — Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires 00:00:00
2010-03-12 · After waiting for a new group of retired racing greyhounds to reach Missoula, Hank and Katherine adopted a very sweet dog whose track name was Tina Fey; they named her Lemon. · story: Hank and Katherine foster a greyhound, then adopt retired racer Lemon (2010) — Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires 00:00:29
2010-03-12 · Hank says he has been feeling much better lately and got a prescription for a new drug that costs about half as much as the old one. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires 00:00:58
2010-03-12 · Hank says his old drug's monthly price rose sharply within a year; he hopes the new, half-price one won't keep rising '100% every year'. (hedged) · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — Peeing, Pooping, Prescription Drugs, and Ramen Noodle Fires 00:00:58
2010-03-17 · Family is always central to Hank's concerns, so he wishes his mom a happy birthday and plays her a song on party blowers. — Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern 00:02:40
2010-04-28 · Hank says his own hug bucket is sturdy and quite full: daily hugs from Katherine, which he prefers above all, plus John, Alex Day, Charlie McDonnell, Shay Carl, friends and family. (hedged) — Who's in Your Hug Bucket? 00:02:09
2010-05-07 · Hank says he just turned 30, realizes he is no longer young, and despite receiving the best birthday present ever feels a little bitter about it. — How to Live Forever 00:00:00
2010-05-12 · Next morning Wil Wheaton tweeted that Hank killed it and that his set got the biggest cheer at w00tstock; Hank doesn't care if it's true, just grateful w00tstock exists. — Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real 00:02:10
2010-05-21 · Hank says he has been a biochemist, an environmental blogger, a social media consultant, a videographer and a Walmart associate, and for a long time a professional web developer. — How to Make a Website in Four Minutes 00:00:00
2010-05-21 · Hank says that with less than four minutes of work he now has a working WordPress site at 4MinuteSite.com. — How to Make a Website in Four Minutes 00:03:24
2010-05-31 · Hank says he wrote the song a while ago, when FarmVille was a little more culturally relevant. — Farmville!!!!! A Song 00:00:00
2010-06-09 · Hank's description says John had said in his last video he would sue Viacom if that video went up and was monetized on Spike.com, and it was. · story: Viacom's Spike.com posts and monetizes John's 'Viacom PWNED on Piracy' video (2010) — Should We Sue Viacom? 00:00:00
2010-06-09 · Hank says yesterday was a big deal for the brothers, and possibly for Viacom, and points newcomers to John's video. — Should We Sue Viacom? 00:00:00
2010-06-09 · Spike.com has posted and monetized John's video about Viacom, so Viacom is monetizing a video about how it monetizes videos it does not own. · story: Viacom's Spike.com posts and monetizes John's 'Viacom PWNED on Piracy' video (2010) — Should We Sue Viacom? 00:01:27
2010-06-09 · John called: Viacom took his video down after 300 views, but had still made 60 cents from a video it didn't own. · story: Viacom's Spike.com posts and monetizes John's 'Viacom PWNED on Piracy' video (2010) — Should We Sue Viacom? 00:01:56
2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · Reading in bed with his wife in hot Missoula, windows open, Hank heard simultaneous screams across his neighborhood and checked Twitter on his Droid: every tweet said goal. — GOOOOOOOL!!!! 00:00:00
2010-06-23 (said on 2010-06-24, implied) · Hank shows John's own cell-phone footage of the goal, in which John says he sees 'two images'; Hank says John apparently broke his glasses. (hedged) — GOOOOOOOL!!!! 00:00:35
2010-06-29 · Hank says he is a bit worn out on philosophical musings and in general, because planning conferences is hard. — Stabbed in the Brain: Phineas Gage 00:00:00
2010-07-02 · Hank has done two press interviews in the last week, one for the Toronto Globe and Mail. — VidCon by the Numbers 00:00:52
2010-07-02 · Hank has sent 1,165 emails from the VidCon 2010 Gmail address, which holds 1,516 threads; he apologizes to the 300 people he did not answer. — VidCon by the Numbers 00:01:21
2010-07-08 · Hank, in Los Angeles, experiences an earthquake that shakes the chandelier and stands in a doorway, as he hears one should. — Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon 00:00:00
2010-07-08 · Hank introduces James at War, maker of amazingly popular parody videos, the first YouTuber he ran into at random, and interviews him. — Los Angeles Earthquake at VidCon 00:00:57
2010-07-21 · At the airport going home from VidCon, Hank saw a small, heavily made-up woman with a four-man entourage; people readied cameras, and he later identified her as Snooki from Jersey Shore. · story: Hank is recognised alongside Snooki at the airport after VidCon (2010) — I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally 00:00:00
2010-07-21 · Hank says, as John noted in a recent Skype conversation, this marks three years of 'one of the coolest, weirdest, most awesome lives ever'. — I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally 00:00:52
2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · On Saturday, the day of YouTube's Life in a Day project asking the world to document their lives and answer three questions, Hank films his day for John. — Hank's Life in a Day 00:00:00
2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · At Missoula's farmers' market, a big deal in town, a cook made Katherine a fried egg sandwich (as for about a thousand others) and Hank got peanut curry. — Hank's Life in a Day 00:00:29
2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · They watched jugglers, less impressive to Hank since seeing Rootberry perform, then kayakers on the Clark Fork's kayak wave, which still impress him. — Hank's Life in a Day 00:00:58
2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · Because their condo has no yard, Hank and Katherine keep a community garden plot, cheaply rented from the cemetery on condition it can be reclaimed for burials. — Hank's Life in a Day 00:01:52
2010-07-26 (said on 2010-07-24, implied) · At Splash Montana, quaint and tiny by the standards of Hank's Florida childhood, they mostly lounged, Katherine ate a taco-topped bag of Doritos, and they rode slides. — Hank's Life in a Day 00:02:21
2010-07-30 · Katherine's parents, who have never had high-speed internet, are visiting; they are interested and supportive but don't really understand what Hank does. · story: Katherine's family visits Hank, including a four-year-old nephew (2010) — Demon Four Year Old 00:00:32
2010-07-30 · Katherine's brother, sister-in-law and their four-year-old son, Hank's nephew, are also in town, making a big group. · story: Katherine's family visits Hank, including a four-year-old nephew (2010) — Demon Four Year Old 00:01:05
2010-07-30 · Joking aside, Hank says his nephew is fun, funny and cute; the boy wakes at 6 a.m. every day, so Hank has been going to sleep much earlier than usual. · story: Katherine's family visits Hank, including a four-year-old nephew (2010) — Demon Four Year Old 00:01:51
2010-08-04 · Katherine's family is still in town and they are packing in epic family adventures, since they see them only rarely. · story: Katherine's family visits Hank, including a four-year-old nephew (2010) — Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! 00:00:00
2010-08-04 · Hank's nephew saw his first live deer in Greenough Park and wanted to hug it; Hank's warning that people who approach wild animals get badly hurt was too much information for him. · story: Katherine's family visits Hank, including a four-year-old nephew (2010) — Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! 00:00:32
2010-08-04 · With the nephew gone, Hank and Katherine's parents took a longer trip to the National Bison Range, where Hank hit his head on a pile of antlers amid plague-level grasshoppers. · story: Katherine's family visits Hank, including a four-year-old nephew (2010) — Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! 00:02:00
2010-08-10 (said on 2010-08-09, implied) · After traveling a lot that weekend, Hank just got home at 7 o'clock and must make a video fast without knowing what it will be about. — JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! 00:00:00
2010-08-13 · Hank suggested Dan fly to Missoula to record a song with him; it rose to the top of Dan's decision engine, and a week later Hank picked him up at the Missoula airport. — The Marvelous Mystery of The Dan 00:02:00
2010-08-13 · Marking left-handed day, Hank tells of a favourite middle-school teacher who grew up in Czechoslovakia, was beaten at Catholic school for being left-handed and wrote right-handed all her life. — The Marvelous Mystery of The Dan 00:02:58
2010-08-13 · Due to a learning disability Hank couldn't tell right from left until about nine, when cutting his hand on terracotta severed a tendon; its constant ache now tells him which is right. · story: Hank's childhood hand injury, whose lasting pain taught him right from left — The Marvelous Mystery of The Dan 00:03:28
2010-08-30 · About a week ago Hank woke at 6 am to watch the sunrise, which he had not seen in a while, while he and Katherine stayed at a working ranch in Montana's Centennial Valley. — Thoughts from Places: The Centennial Valley 00:00:00
2010-08-30 · Hank and Katherine were at the ranch, some 40–50 miles from Monida, for the wedding of two of Hank's favourite people; his 'somewhere' had become most people's 'nowhere'. — Thoughts from Places: The Centennial Valley 00:00:29
2010-08-30 · A six-inch steel spike punctured their tire; Hank was grateful for a good spare, since otherwise they would wait for a passing car, perhaps once a day. — Thoughts from Places: The Centennial Valley 00:01:18
2010-09-03 · Hank says he is something of an environmental activist, so many people were surprised he did not talk about the Deepwater Horizon disaster. — ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! 00:00:00
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Hank says he is in San Francisco to visit YouTube. — Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ 00:00:00
2010-09-14 (said on 2010-09-13, implied) · Hank says Rick, a YouTube employee who was very clearly a giant nerdfighter, gave him a little tour of YouTube. — Thoughts from Places: YouTube HQ 00:00:29
2010-09-17 · Hank says he positively prank-called 10 people, which he thinks is a good day's work, though occasionally people seemed somewhat annoyed. (hedged) — Positive Prank Calls!! 00:02:34
2010-09-22 · Hank says that while reading the vlogbrothers comments he saw a reference to nerds dying virgins, a common statement among trolls. — Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? 00:00:20
2010-09-22 · Hank tweeted, as a joke rather than a serious question, asking for the word for when there should be a word for something but there isn't. — Non-VIrgin...a Lexical Gap? 00:01:09
2010-09-27 (said on 2010-09-28, implied) · Hank says that in college he gave a long oral report on Leon Battista Alberti's Renaissance façades, mispronouncing 'façade' throughout; finding out was one of his most embarrassing moments. · story: Hank mispronounces 'façade' throughout a college oral presentation on Leon Battista Alberti (college) — Stop Embarrassing Yourself 00:02:53
2010-10-11 · Hank wakes at nine, goes for a run, looks at some fish and, because it is so hot and humid, jumps into a pool; he is in Florida. — Like a Snake Swallowing an Egg: Thoughts from Florida 00:00:00
2010-10-15 · Hank's description says he slept in and missed his speaking slot at an event in Missoula, felt like a failure, and read about history's worst fails to feel better. — TOP 7 FAILS OF HISTORY 00:00:00
2010-10-25 · Hank says the audience became part of the movie for him: he can no longer hear the actual song lines, only the audience callbacks. · story: Hank's time in a Rocky Horror Picture Show cast — Rocky Horror + Glee = ? 00:00:00
2010-10-25 · Hank says he used to be in a Rocky Horror cast and really loves the show. · story: Hank's time in a Rocky Horror Picture Show cast — Rocky Horror + Glee = ? 00:00:29
2010-10-25 · Hank says the Rocky Horror culture was something he was once part of and once needed, because YouTube didn't exist yet. · story: Hank's time in a Rocky Horror Picture Show cast — Rocky Horror + Glee = ? 00:03:26
2010-10-29 · Hank just got Fable III; before buying it he asked Nerdfighteria on Facebook and Twitter whether he should, given he'd likely be unproductive for weeks, and the overwhelming answer was yes. — Hank Has Questions 00:01:27
2010-10-29 · Hank won't be Rocky, Dr. Frank or Phineas Gage (an idea he long considered and gave up) for Halloween; he is going as Dexter. — Hank Has Questions 00:03:19
2010-11-12 · After donating, Hank says he hadn't given blood in a long time and found it really easy; he asks commenters when they last gave blood and what they thought. — Blood!!! 00:04:52
2010-11-22 · Hank says he woke at a leisurely 10 a.m. Eastern (8 a.m. Montana time) and went horseback riding, 'the original ride'. — Thoughts from Places: On a Horse 00:00:00
2010-11-22 · Riding Jewel, a small, very tame horse, Hank says something spooked her and she ran straight into another horse, which scared him; it is about his third time riding. — Thoughts from Places: On a Horse 00:00:29
2010-12-10 · Hank says he was in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, and when the brothers go places they do Thoughts from Places. — Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC 00:01:09
2010-12-10 · Hank was in D.C. for a YouTube event for policy and politics people, on a panel about using YouTube for good where he talked about P4A; it was fun but too short. — Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC 00:03:04
2010-12-27 · John gave Hank a book about t-shirts, politics and world trade (title not said). — To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers 00:00:23
2010-12-27 · Hank got a keychain, the first time he and Katherine have had separate keychains, with a key cut into a bottle opener that Katherine bought on Etsy. — To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers 00:02:02

2011

2011-01-24 · Hank has ulcerative colitis, a chronic illness with no known cure, and has taken the medicine Asacol for about five years. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs 00:00:11
2011-01-24 · Calling the card's 1-800 number, Hank got a long-wait message and then a mailbox that was full. — The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs 00:01:50
2011-01-24 · Hank spent much of the weekend finding ways to contact Warner Chilcott, the drug's maker; he found its CEO's phone number to call him, and emailed CEO Roger Boissonneault. — The 1200% Increase in my Prescription Drug Costs 00:02:39
2011-02-11 · Hank and his team worked all day and late into the night on Your Pants, including integrating Facebook; he is very tired from coding CSS and hacking it. — 200 People in Your Pants 00:00:02
2011-02-11 · Instead of making a giant annotated video linking everything on his bookshelf, Hank shows a few items up close so viewers stop asking so many questions about it. — 200 People in Your Pants 00:00:28
2011-02-11 · Hank shows a gift from Dark Horse Comics, an Orlando Solar Bears item from his dad (they went to hockey games), a Nerdfighter's gift, and Episode I figures dueling. — 200 People in Your Pants 00:00:38
2011-02-11 · Hank shows his Bobble-John, Sandman comics and other graphic novels, Terry Pratchett, Mars trilogy and Neil Gaiman books and DFTBA CDs; his Hunger Games is loaned out. — 200 People in Your Pants 00:00:56
2011-02-16 · Hank vlogs from bed: fine at 8 o'clock yesterday, by 9 he had a 101-degree fever, sore throat, sinus headache and skin that hurt to touch. — This Video Brought to you by Nyquil 00:00:00
2011-03-02 · Hank's parents always called him Hank but named him William, so when asked his name at a doctor's office or airport he has to stop and think. — How to Name Your Baby Properly 00:00:58
2011-03-02 · Hank has just had his immunizations for Haiti, where he will be in about a week. · story: Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) — How to Name Your Baby Properly 00:03:27
2011-03-07 · Hank says that the morning after the concert he gets up very early to go to Haiti, and takes his malaria medication two days before the trip. · story: Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) — Why is Haiti Poor? 00:00:15
2011-03-07 · Hank recalls that long ago he and John went to the Dominican Republic and toured with a microfinance organization; that video is deep in the Brotherhood 2.0 archives. · story: The brothers visit a village in the Dominican Republic, arranged by their dad (2007) — Why is Haiti Poor? 00:00:51
2011-03-11 · Hank says he is pre-recording this video because he will be in Haiti, without internet, by the time John sees it. · story: Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) — Superhero Creation Myths 00:00:01
2011-03-21 · Hank says he used water again and again this morning, clean water that leaks out of somewhere if he jostles the silver fixtures, and all of it cost about one nickel. — Helping Haiti 00:00:00
2011-03-21 · Hank says that last week (March 2011) he flew from Miami to Port-au-Prince, then on a small, bumpy plane to Pignon, to meet people there with Water.org and learn how they live. · story: Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) — Helping Haiti 00:00:32
2011-03-21 · Hank says the two letter writers seemed a bit frustrated with the process, thinking Water.org should just drill the well and leave things as they were. (hedged) — Helping Haiti 00:01:31
2011-03-21 · Hank introduces the committee, saying that was mostly what he wanted to do: a tough woman he'd want representing him in local government, a joking, respected old man, a quiet mother, and the youngest, fed up but not begging. — Helping Haiti 00:01:51
2011-03-25 (said on 2011-03-24, implied) · Hank says he is on a tiny mini tour of the Pacific Northwest with Paul and Storm and Mike Phirman. · story: Hank's mini Pacific Northwest tour with Paul and Storm and Mike Phirman (March 2011) — Hank is an Adorable, Drunk Princess 00:00:31
2011-03-25 (said on 2011-03-24, implied) · Hank says that at soundcheck the night before he filmed, Jason Finn, drummer of The Presidents of the United States of America, a band he geeked out about in high school, drummed along to 'I'm Gonna Kill You'. · story: Hank's mini Pacific Northwest tour with Paul and Storm and Mike Phirman (March 2011) — Hank is an Adorable, Drunk Princess 00:01:10
2011-03-25 (said on 2011-03-24, implied) · Hank says Paul of Paul and Storm, calling the song the same three chords over and over, played it on the piano, and soundcheck turned into dreams coming true. · story: Hank's mini Pacific Northwest tour with Paul and Storm and Mike Phirman (March 2011) — Hank is an Adorable, Drunk Princess 00:01:32
2011-03-30 · Hank writes that the video has no cuts, a moonpasta challenge he silently accepted, and that viewers should keep challenging him because he likes it. — The Ice Cream Changes 00:00:00
2011-03-30 · Hank writes that he found the progression and every song in the video himself, except Slipknot's use of it, which he learned from a Justin Bieber and Slipknot mashup he found on Reddit while already working on the video. — The Ice Cream Changes 00:00:00
2011-04-04 · Hank says that right after he first met the people of Savann Tabak, the village he visited in Haiti, they took him on a walk to where they currently get their water. · story: Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) — Thoughts from The Well 00:00:03
2011-04-04 · Hank says the walk first passed the broken well, built at some point and broken who knows when; older villagers argued about when it last worked without consensus. — Thoughts from The Well 00:00:16
2011-04-04 · Hank recounts that the translator pressed Jan Baptiste about what the village did for Carnival, Haiti's biggest, funnest time; she said they did nothing and avoided the subject before explaining. — Thoughts from The Well 00:02:24
2011-04-18 · When Hank proposed seeing Tron on opening night, Katherine let slip for the first time that 3D movies give her a headache. — 2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D 00:00:36
2011-04-18 · The lighting changed because between filmings Hank saw Rio in 3D; it was beautiful, and Katherine enjoyed it without pain thanks to the 2D glasses. — 2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D 00:03:00
2011-04-22 · Hank had a finished video ready for today but, for reasons he cannot yet explain, cannot put it online, so he makes an old-school talk-to-camera video. — 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) 00:00:02
2011-04-22 · The poster behind Hank is the map of the Realm of Narnia, which appeared with him in his third YouTube video, on January 5. — 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) 00:00:47
2011-04-22 · Hank's Portal 2 play-through is going well; he just uploaded the second episode, later than he wanted. — 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) 00:03:33
2011-04-27 · Hank just paid about $16,000 in federal taxes; most of it, he says, goes to decreasing suck: unemployment help, education and healthcare for people who could not afford them. — NASA: Increasing Awesome 00:00:15
2011-05-02 · Hank says Sunday, the first of May, was a fantastic day: breakfast downtown with Katherine, a part in friends' movie, Win Win, and A Clash of Kings on his porch. — Osama Bin Laden is Dead 00:00:01
2011-05-02 · While Katherine was in the bathroom during a Mario Kart Wii game, Hank checked Twitter and ended up watching Obama's address with the Mario Kart music playing. — Osama Bin Laden is Dead 00:00:31
2011-05-02 · Calling it a surreal moment, Hank admits he and Katherine high-fived, then raced the 100cc Banana Cup, which Katherine won. — Osama Bin Laden is Dead 00:00:45
2011-05-06 · Hank reports that on his birthday (5 May 2011) Helen Hunt tweeted at him that she had seen his videos. — Happy Birthday To Me! 00:00:09
2011-05-06 · Hank got a letter from the IRS saying he underpaid his 2009 taxes and owes a lot of money; he doesn't know whether to believe it. (hedged) — Happy Birthday To Me! 00:00:28
2011-05-06 · Katherine gave Hank a membership in the They Might Be Giants fan club. — Happy Birthday To Me! 00:02:28
2011-05-11 · Hank has been playing Portal 2 on his gaming channel, plus Lego Harry Potter and Assassin's Creed, which he is about to finish. — 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! 00:00:14
2011-05-16 · Hank says he majored in chemistry, now makes videos for nerds as an entrepreneur, and taught himself 90% of what he has learned. — Grab It By The Testicle 00:01:11
2011-05-25 · A couple of weeks ago Hank and Katherine took a mini-vacation at a hot spring in tiny Jackson, Montana, and on the drive home stopped at a big sign. — Thoughts from a Battlefield 00:00:08
2011-05-30 · Hank is in Florida visiting his in-laws. · story: Hank's trip to Florida to visit his in-laws and his high-school friends in Orlando (2011) — Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family 00:00:01
2011-05-30 · Visiting friends in Orlando reminded Hank how great high school was; he thanks those friends for making him a more fun and better person. · story: Hank's trip to Florida to visit his in-laws and his high-school friends in Orlando (2011) — Horatio, the Newest Member of our Family 00:00:34
2011-06-03 · Hank admits he still eats meat, knowing it is bad, because he likes it. — I AM A BAD PERSON! 00:01:21
2011-06-03 · GOOD magazine challenges readers to skip meat in June; Hank thinks he'll try, though not fully, since he must eat what his in-laws serve. (hedged) · story: Hank tries GOOD magazine's meat-free June challenge (2011) — I AM A BAD PERSON! 00:01:27
2011-06-27 · Hank had his worst anxiety dream ever: he was piloting a commercial jet, crashed it, and had to attend the victims' funerals and talk to their families. — My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety 00:00:10
2011-06-27 · Hank is about to finish his album Ellen Hardcastle; he knows people will like it, but feels everyone will hate it and call it crap in the comments. — My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety 00:01:08
2011-06-27 · Hank is making a video with NASA; amid the excitement his main thought is 'don't screw up'. — My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety 00:01:33
2011-06-27 · Hank is officiating a wedding this weekend for two of his best friends: an honour, though his irrational side hears only a chance to ruin their big moment. — My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety 00:01:43
2011-06-27 · John isn't feeling well and has stomach problems, which is why he hasn't eaten his sandwiches yet; Hank asks everyone to send him warm wishes. · story: John's ongoing illness and his doctors' advice to scale back work (2011) — My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety 00:03:46
2011-07-11 · In the description Hank says he grew up in Orlando regularly watching the shuttle take off, and it had a huge effect on him. — Hank Talks to NASA About the Space Shuttle 00:00:00
2011-07-11 · Hank says he got to ask questions via video of people at NASA, including administrator Charlie Bolden. — Hank Talks to NASA About the Space Shuttle 00:00:29
2011-07-15 · Hank says he is at LeakyCon but pre-recorded this video along with his new Harry Potter posters. · story: John and Hank at LeakyCon 2011 — Harry Freaking Potter 00:00:00
2011-07-15 · Hank says LeakyCon has been amazing and he is about to go to a huge Nerdfighter gathering there. · story: John and Hank at LeakyCon 2011 — Harry Freaking Potter 00:00:00
2011-07-15 · The description says Hank watched Deathly Hallows Part 2 the day before with die-hard fans, amid much crying, and thinks he actually hyperventilated near the end. — Harry Freaking Potter 00:00:00
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · Hank tells John that what was just shown was the Nerdfighter gathering John missed because of his 'stupid gallbladder'. · story: John's diseased gallbladder and its removal (2011) — HARDCASTLED! 00:00:03
2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · Hank says he hurt his neck at LeakyCon. · story: John and Hank at LeakyCon 2011 — HARDCASTLED! 00:00:24
2011-07-25 · Hank addresses his video to the guy who, last week (July 2011), called him a pussy while Hank rode his bike down a fairly busy street. — I Am Not a P#$$Y - this video contains mild swear words. 00:00:00
2011-07-25 · Hank admits that for a long time afterwards one comment from a stranger made him ask what was wrong with him, though the problem was the driver's. — I Am Not a P#$$Y - this video contains mild swear words. 00:02:48
2011-07-25 · Hank says that at LeakyCon a young woman asked him how he dealt with bullying, and it troubles him that he could not give her a good answer. · story: John and Hank at LeakyCon 2011 — I Am Not a P#$$Y - this video contains mild swear words. 00:02:48
2011-07-25 · Hank says that when he was bullied he dealt with it by crying and hating himself and his life: he survived it but never dealt with it. · story: Hank is bullied and survives it without dealing with it — I Am Not a P#$$Y - this video contains mild swear words. 00:03:18
2011-08-03 · Hank says Esther was an awesome Nerdfighter who did amazing things with her friends; she would have turned 17 today had she not died of cancer. · story: Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010) — I Love My Brother 00:00:00
2011-08-03 · Hank recounts that last year (2010), when Esther was very sick, John promised the brothers would do whatever she wanted on her birthday in perpetuity, and she asked them to talk about family and love every year. — I Love My Brother 00:00:29
2011-08-03 · Hank tells his dad he loves him for being an excellent father who never complains about how weird his sons are, and his mom for being proud of them even when they did weird things. — I Love My Brother 00:02:26
2011-08-03 · Having put it off since the opening ('John, I will get to you later'), Hank ends the video by telling John 'I love you'. — I Love My Brother 00:03:16
2011-08-12 · Hank says he loves the fair and mostly goes for the food: it is his one chance a year for a hand-dipped corn dog, which he is not going to miss. — The Fair: Testacular! 00:00:29
2011-08-12 · Hank says he has been suffering from severe brain crack lately, with two huge projects on his mind. — The Fair: Testacular! 00:01:27
2011-08-22 (said on 2011-08-23, implied) · Hank says that this weekend (20–21 August 2011) he and Katherine went hiking in the Bitterroot Valley and came across a hatch of butterflies, which John, having left Missoula, missed. — Thoughts from a Butterfly Hatch 00:00:00
2011-08-22 (said on 2011-08-23, implied) · Hank says the very tame butterfly in his close-ups puzzled him, so he asked Twitter; the consensus is 'probably an eastern comma', but anglewings look so alike that they would probably need to examine its genitalia to be sure. (hedged) — Thoughts from a Butterfly Hatch 00:00:00
2011-08-22 (said on 2011-08-23, implied) · Hank says most of the butterflies they saw, tens of thousands he thinks, were western whites, alongside a bunch of other species. (hedged) — Thoughts from a Butterfly Hatch 00:00:59
2011-08-22 (said on 2011-08-23, implied) · Hank saw bees attack butterflies, chew off their wings and fly off with the bodies, which he hadn't known they did; some carried off whole butterflies. — Thoughts from a Butterfly Hatch 00:02:43
2011-09-09 · Hank says he is ten years older and can't believe some people watching weren't alive when the attacks happened. — 10 Years after September 11th, and Diablo III 00:00:17
2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · Before Nerdfighteria, Hank tested the idea on Katherine, his wife and number one wall to throw ideas at; she is smart and loving enough to be quick and entirely merciless. — How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com 00:00:49
2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · Hank says he brain-cracked ReadIt1st for about a year until LeakyCon re-inspired him about books, adaptations and how people should read the book first. — How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com 00:01:20
2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · Hank made a logo in Fireworks and shared it on Twitter and Tumblr; he got many genius ideas for ReadIt1st and ignored them all, because it needs just one thing to do its job: a newsletter. — How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com 00:01:43
2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · Hank says about a dozen logo versions on Tumblr made a rewarding critique, then he made an executive decision on a logo they are stuck with, not the best but needed to move on. — How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com 00:02:00
2011-09-14 (said on 2011-09-15, implied) · Hank designed the site himself, had PSD2HTML turn it into a web page, got his friend Sam Rudge to write the code, and got John to write the first few newsletters. — How to Make Ideas Real: Readit1st.com 00:02:13
2011-09-20 (said on 2011-09-19, implied) · Hank says he and Katherine are on San Juan Island, Washington, on vacation for their fifth wedding anniversary; they have been married five years. · story: Hank and Katherine's fifth wedding anniversary trip to the San Juan Islands (2011) — Fifth Anniversary with The Katherine 00:00:02
2011-09-23 · Hank says he woke at about 3 a.m. unable to move, after making himself realize during a silly nightmare about ghosts that he was dreaming. — The Improbability of Place - Thoughts from the San Juans 00:00:00
2011-09-23 · Hank says they went to Friday Harbor and San Juan Island, and that Katherine, asked for a video topic, instantly suggested 'the improbability of place'. · story: Hank and Katherine's fifth wedding anniversary trip to the San Juan Islands (2011) — The Improbability of Place - Thoughts from the San Juans 00:00:51
2011-09-28 · Hank is at the mall because his glasses are irreparably bent and keep falling off his face. — Cup Stacking and Glasses Picking 00:00:00
2011-10-03 · Hank's senior-year high-school friends called themselves The Posse: five people, Hank the only boy; they passed notes, renamed the days of the week and listened to Hanson, and the four girls remain some of his best friends. — The LHC and Alex's Survey 00:01:14
2011-10-03 · Hank interviewed Joe Incandela, one of the top scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, for half an hour that morning, calling it the coolest thing that has happened to him. — The LHC and Alex's Survey 00:02:07
2011-10-12 · By puberty Hank knew being gay was tied, at least theoretically, to social cues (flamboyance, loving ice skating and stuffed animals, hanging out with girls non-romantically), so he thought he might be gay, which scared him because he didn't want to be different. — Coming Out and Sperm Spikes 00:01:53
2011-10-12 · Hank remembers, at 12, ice skating to the Village People and worrying that liking it so much was a problem. — Coming Out and Sperm Spikes 00:02:22
2011-10-12 · Hank says it turns out he is not gay; he is kind of effeminate, a less guyish kind of guy. — Coming Out and Sperm Spikes 00:02:49
2011-10-31 · Hank reveals his Halloween costume: he is Jayne Cobb from the TV show Firefly. — Pumpkin Slashing, Sexy Watermelons, and Zombie Tools with Jayne 00:00:00
2011-10-31 · As a Halloween special, Hank visited a company in his hometown, Zombie Tools, that makes tools specifically for killing zombies, brought them pumpkins and made a mini music video. — Pumpkin Slashing, Sexy Watermelons, and Zombie Tools with Jayne 00:00:42
2011-11-04 · Hank still has his facial hair; people say he looks like Westley from The Princess Bride, which he is starting to think is not so bad, though he feels like a cat and it pokes him. — You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! 00:00:00
2011-11-04 · Because of many comments saying people like his goatee and do not want him to shave it, Hank has kept it for now. — You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! 00:00:17
2011-11-09 · Hank went to a They Might Be Giants show in Spokane this weekend, with Jonathan Coulton opening. — 27 Part Video 00:00:36
2011-11-09 · Hank reports he did go a month without meat after his video about it, though he never talked about it again; his life became very cheese-centric. · story: Hank tries GOOD magazine's meat-free June challenge (2011) — 27 Part Video 00:02:40
2011-11-23 · By Green family tradition, Hank tells John what he's thankful for this Thanksgiving: his brother, his viewers, his family and his wife, fulfilling an obligation to their mother. — Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous 00:00:03
2011-11-28 · Hank says 2D Glasses is the weirdest thing he's done: it makes no money, yet everyone in his town now knows him as 'the 2D glasses guy'. — Stuffed with STUFF! 00:00:00
2011-11-28 · Hank still wears his old glasses: Walmart wrote down the wrong prescription and LensCrafters then put the wrong prescription in the lenses; he wonders why there's no quality control. · story: Hank's botched new glasses: wrong prescriptions and swearing in front of children at the mall (2011) — Stuffed with STUFF! 00:02:55
2011-11-28 · Picking up the wrong glasses at the mall, Hank was so frustrated that he said the F word in front of little kids. · story: Hank's botched new glasses: wrong prescriptions and swearing in front of children at the mall (2011) — Stuffed with STUFF! 00:02:55
2011-12-02 · Having said the F word in front of little kids at the mall, as told in his last video, Hank felt terrible and began wondering what swear words are. · story: Hank's botched new glasses: wrong prescriptions and swearing in front of children at the mall (2011) — F#*%? An Explanation of Curse Words 00:00:00
2011-12-07 · Running, what she was bred for, is Lemon's second favourite thing; she is slower now, but on the track her top speed was about 34 mph, 0.3 miles in under 30 seconds. — World's Stupidest Dog 00:01:15
2011-12-07 · Among Lemon's nicknames is Liz Lemon, which is why she is called Lemon: her track name was Tina Fey. — World's Stupidest Dog 00:01:28
2011-12-07 · The website showed Lemon's litter was named after the 2004 Saturday Night Live cast, her brother Will Ferrell won 20 of his 63 races, and her father sired over 5,000 racing dogs. — World's Stupidest Dog 00:02:09
2011-12-07 · Lemon is wary of anything new; when they got her nearly everything was, from bicycles to rivers, but she took at once to cuddling, her third favourite thing after food and running. · story: Hank and Katherine foster a greyhound, then adopt retired racer Lemon (2010) — World's Stupidest Dog 00:02:31
2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Hank says he made this video on Sunday because when it is posted he will probably be on a plane to Birmingham for Papa's funeral. (hedged) · story: The brothers' grandfather Papa dies; Hank heads to his funeral in Birmingham (December 2011) — Our Grandfather 00:00:00
2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Hank says Papa was very old and had been sick for a very long time, after a fantastic long life of amazing things as a great person and asset to his community and family. · story: The brothers' grandfather Papa dies; Hank heads to his funeral in Birmingham (December 2011) — Our Grandfather 00:00:27
2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Hank says Papa had about 20 years more life than the average person. · story: The brothers' grandfather Papa dies; Hank heads to his funeral in Birmingham (December 2011) — Our Grandfather 00:01:26
2011-12-17 · Less than a year ago Hank was in Haiti with Water.org, which wanted to share its work with him so he could share it with the world through his camera. · story: Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) — We Built a Well in Haiti 00:00:00
2011-12-21 · Hank has had a different poster on his wall every day for about a year, and auctioned them all off for the Project for Awesome, raising a bunch of money. — 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! 00:02:33

2012

2012-01-06 · Hank recently sat down in front of a television; he last had cable at home in 2002, so ten years of changes hit him at once, and it 'freaking sucks'. — Kill your TV 00:00:16
2012-01-20 · Hank says that a couple of days ago, when 'the internet was all…' (an on-screen gag), he and John were out of the loop, exhausted from being on the road. — Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans 00:00:00
2012-01-20 · The brothers are in New Orleans and played a show last night (19 January 2012) in a synagogue, weird but awesome; John is at a conference while Hank walks the city with his wife, eating and watching street performers. — Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans 00:00:00
2012-02-03 · Hank says someone on tour suggested he redo 'An Awful Lot of Running' as 'An Awful Lot of Driving', and he did; he sings the parody about tour life. — An Awful Lot of Touring 00:00:00
2012-02-03 · Hank says he is sick and apologizes if he is not his usual boisterous self. — An Awful Lot of Touring 00:00:54
2012-02-03 · Hank says he finally got the glasses viewers voted for long ago; they have anti-reflective coating, which is good for SciShow. — An Awful Lot of Touring 00:00:54
2012-02-03 · Hank tells John that he and Katherine kept saying 'we did it' after the last show, at the hotel, the airport, landing in Missoula and getting into their own bed. — An Awful Lot of Touring 00:00:54
2012-03-02 · The description says Hank saw the Millennium Falcon set at Target and needed it; building took about four hours at night and the video four more hours. — LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun 00:00:00
2012-03-02 · Hank introduces Michael Aranda and says they are putting together the Millennium Falcon today. — LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun 00:00:00
2012-03-02 · Hank says it is now 2 a.m., Michael has finished his Mountain Dew, and the Falcon now looks like the Millennium Falcon. — LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun 00:02:33
2012-03-02 · Hank announces the Millennium Falcon is finished. — LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun 00:02:56
2012-03-16 (said on 2012-03-17, implied) · Hank says that when he did this, the person did not respect him: he gave all his attention and everything asked for, never what they needed, and wasn't even a good friend. — Exiting the FRIENDZONE 00:02:00
2012-03-30 · Hank visits an old, semi-defunct grain building, now a sort of artist collective where he filmed a music video, one of his favorite places in Missoula. — Springtime Hunger Games Zit Bully Walk 00:01:27
2012-03-30 · Hank finds a yard with crocuses coming up and declares spring official. — Springtime Hunger Games Zit Bully Walk 00:01:56
2012-03-30 · A passer-by yells slurs at Hank while he films; Hank says strangers yelling such things no longer bother him, and that he is different because he has the best job in the world. — Springtime Hunger Games Zit Bully Walk 00:03:17
2012-04-06 · Hank spent one of the coolest days of his life talking with the people building the James Webb Space Telescope, together with his wife, Michael Aranda and Ze Frank. · story: Hank visits Northrop Grumman to meet the builders of the James Webb Space Telescope (2012) — Can I be Space President? 00:00:00
2012-04-06 · Hank's video about the Webb telescope about a year ago apparently delighted NASA, which tweeted at him; it circulated in the offices of NASA and its contractors. (hedged) · story: Hank visits Northrop Grumman to meet the builders of the James Webb Space Telescope (2012) — Can I be Space President? 00:00:33
2012-04-06 · Someone at Lockheed Martin showed the video to Jeff Grant, vice president of space systems at Northrop Grumman, who emailed Hank inviting him to meet people working on the project. · story: Hank visits Northrop Grumman to meet the builders of the James Webb Space Telescope (2012) — Can I be Space President? 00:00:33
2012-04-12 (said on 2012-04-13, implied) · Hank says he doesn't have time for the project but is doing it anyway because he was so captured by the idea. — Introducing Lizzie Bennet 00:02:06
2012-06-01 · Hank says he has very much enjoyed the family vacation in sunny, steamy Florida (the people, the scenery, an adorable squirrel), especially hanging out with John. · story: The Green family reunion in Seaside, Florida (2012) — Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics 00:00:00
2012-06-15 · Hank says he was at Foo Camp last weekend, as far as he can tell a gathering of cool people; his first reaction to the invitation was that it sounded hard and scary. (hedged) — Flinching in the Shower 00:00:04
2012-06-15 · Following the book's first homework assignment, meant to help identify the flinch feeling, Hank turns his shower cold and gets in on camera. — Flinching in the Shower 00:01:15
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Hank says he is making his video, hasn't broken the rules in a long time and is going to keep that streak; he is in Anaheim. — Online Video about Online Video 00:00:22
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Hank wanted to give a talk on what online video means on VidCon's main stage, but even at his own conference couldn't get a long enough slot; he wrote the talk anyway. — Online Video about Online Video 00:01:20
2012-07-27 · Hank found the YouTube channel AVbyte, which makes a new musical every week, after someone linked him their Instagram musical; he emailed them proposing a Tumblr musical starring him. — Tumblr: The Musical 00:02:23
2012-07-27 · Hank and AVbyte wrote the lyrics together, AVbyte did the music and they made the video together; a long process with 74 emails exchanged. — Tumblr: The Musical 00:02:40
2012-08-03 · Hank says he sometimes doesn't understand his life: the Olympic gymnast and Nerdfighter signing to millions, Kimya Dawson buying a Nerdfighter shirt from him without his knowing, and his diving off a stage into a crowd. — I Don't Understand My Life 00:00:08
2012-08-04 · Hank recounts his tour in reverse order: waking last Wednesday (1 August 2012) on the floor of the Vera Project in Seattle, back through shows in Olympia and Portland to his flight in from Missoula. · story: Hank's quick three-day tour with Harry and the Potters and Potter Puppet Pals: Portland, Olympia, Seattle (2012) — EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour 00:00:00
2012-08-04 · The description calls the video the diary of a very quick three-day tour Hank took with Harry and the Potters and Potter Puppet Pals, who continue touring without him. · story: Hank's quick three-day tour with Harry and the Potters and Potter Puppet Pals: Portland, Olympia, Seattle (2012) — EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour 00:00:00
2012-08-04 · At the Vera Project show Hank watched Harry and the Potters, played bass guitar and crowd-surfed; earlier Kimya Dawson gave him presents. — EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour 00:00:00
2012-08-04 · In Olympia Hank played his own show and heard Harry and the Potters, then drove to Seattle listening to Andrew W.K. — EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour 00:02:16
2012-08-04 · Hank slept at the house of artist Nicole Georges, who drew E.T. art on Paul and Joe's shirts. — EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour 00:02:16
2012-09-07 · Hank says PAX was amazing: he got signed MC Frontalot posters and enjoyed going to a conference he is not running, then shows his footage. — Can You Really Light a Fart? 00:00:05
2012-09-07 · Hank made money blogging for several years and paid all his bills that way; it was hard, and the scene is now far more crowded and competitive. — Can You Really Light a Fart? 00:01:42
2012-09-28 · Hank and Katherine celebrated their sixth anniversary last week (mid-September 2012) by escaping the smoke to northern Montana: D&D characters, Glacier National Park, and a VH1 90s countdown that disappointed him in his generation. — THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana 00:00:00
2012-09-28 · On the way to Whitefish Hank almost hit a small spotted deer; he avoided it only because he had not left the gas station two seconds earlier. — THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana 00:00:29
2012-09-28 · Later that weekend Hank and Katherine rode a chairlift to the top of Big Mountain; both are a bit afraid of heights, Katherine slightly more. — THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana 00:01:56
2012-10-19 · Hank is attending an event for people who make and encourage educational online video, where he was allowed to give a short talk. · story: Hank attends YouTube's Education Summit for educational video makers and gives a talk (2012) — Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos 00:00:00
2012-10-26 · Hank attended YouTube's Education Summit recently and met many educational YouTubers, including CGP Grey, of whom everyone agrees the world needs more. · story: Hank attends YouTube's Education Summit for educational video makers and gives a talk (2012) — Apples! CGP Grey Style 00:00:02
2012-10-26 · Grey told Hank that making videos in his style was very hard, so Hank makes this apple video to prove he can. — Apples! CGP Grey Style 00:00:14
2012-11-02 · Hank tells people who still cannot watch because Hurricane Sandy knocked out their power that he is sorry and hopes their lives get back to normal soon. — Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA! 00:01:12
2012-11-05 · Late on a steamy August night, off-duty counselors who had put the campers to sleep raided the kitchen and found only chips and salsa. — Spicy Summer Camp Story 00:00:59
2012-11-09 · Hank says he was one of the first people in America to know the Volt would be a thing: he interviewed its designers, drivetrain engineers and concept-car designers. — The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( 00:00:00
2012-11-23 · Hank is thankful for his supportive parents, his beautiful, intelligent and hilarious wife, his new Wii U, and his friends in Missoula and around the world. — Black Friday: An Accident of History 00:02:30
2012-11-30 · Hank says he was in Los Angeles this week (week of 26 November 2012) for about 36 hours, mostly planning VidCon. — VidCon 2013! 00:00:45
2012-11-30 · Hank says he hung out at YouTube's creator space, which he calls possibly literally insane, and filmed My Drunk Kitchen with Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart (not related), with Grace Helbig there too. — VidCon 2013! 00:01:47
2012-12-14 · Hank had planned a video on having friends with ulcerative colitis and how to treat them, after just posting a very personal video on his other channel about having the disease. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — I Got Nothin… 00:00:28
2012-12-21 · Hank gives a tour of the Crash Course and SciShow offices in Missoula and introduces the people who work there. — Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) 00:00:00

2013

2013-01-11 · Hank recalls making a video anagramming presidential candidates' names; about a week later The Daily Show did the same, but John, through his writer friends, found its segment was written first. — On the Ownership of Ideas 00:00:00
2013-01-11 · Hank says that in 2007 John's friend Katie put DFTBA at the end of her to-do list; the brothers took it, popularized it through the vlog, and Hank is proud of and identifies with it. — On the Ownership of Ideas 00:00:52
2013-01-11 · Hank says he has been able to create a really cool project based on the work of Jane Austen, while not putting himself on her level. — On the Ownership of Ideas 00:01:45
2013-01-15 · Hank says he didn't know a whole community wrote Harry Potter songs; getting hooked up with them was one of the best things creating for the internet brought him. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:05:48
2013-01-15 · Hank says before the last Harry Potter book he emailed YouTube suggesting a front-page feature and a video; they did, the brothers' first real traction on YouTube. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:06:09
2013-01-15 · Hank says audience support let him launch SciShow and talk and sing about science, then sings 'The Universe is Weird', which he says he has never got through without a mistake. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:13:50
2013-01-15 · Hank says he had a crush on his junior-year high-school English teacher, who is now a Nerdfighter taking part in the Project for Awesome and the comments. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 01:53:19
2013-01-15 · Hank says his favorite thing is his wife; after seeing the Mountain Goats alone in Missoula while Katherine was away, he wrote one of his two love songs. (hedged) — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 02:03:09
2013-01-15 · Hank says he met Kimya Dawson at a tiny warehouse show while on tour with Harry and the Potters; she liked his music, found Nerdfighteria and immediately became a Nerdfighter. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 02:18:10
2013-01-15 · Hank, inviting John back on stage, thanks everyone for an evening of awesome, Carnegie Hall, everyone at Penguin, friends and family, and closes with 'don't forget to be awesome'. — An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 02:41:58
2013-01-18 · After the show Hank celebrates: 'We did it!' — Thoughts from Carnegie Hall 00:01:44
2013-01-25 · Hank says that without good friends it can be really hard to find them, adding 'I know about that.' — How to Make Friends 00:01:27
2013-01-25 · Hank tells John they are both very lucky to be married to their best friends. — How to Make Friends 00:03:24
2013-02-01 · Hank says he is on a plane to England right now; three weeks earlier he decided to film this video, knowing America would be in a Super Bowl frenzy. · story: Hank and John's trip to the UK, starting in London (February 2013) — Football For Nerds 00:00:00
2013-02-15 · Hank says John announced Sarah's pregnancy on the live stream with President Obama, which he calls the coolest way any baby has ever been announced; he is excited, proud and speechless. · story: Birth of John and Sarah's second child, Alice (2013) — Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week 00:00:00
2013-02-15 · Hank says President Obama gave Nerdfighteria a shoutout during the Hangout, which still leaves him without words. · story: John's Google+ Hangout interview with President Obama (2013) — Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week 00:00:00
2013-02-15 · Hank reports that John got to interview the President a bit this week (14 February 2013), and shows a highlight. · story: John's Google+ Hangout interview with President Obama (2013) — Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week 00:01:47
2013-02-15 · Hank reports that, in the interview, the President refused to name John's unborn child. · story: Birth of John and Sarah's second child, Alice (2013) — Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week 00:02:37
2013-02-22 · Obsessed with what the words meant, Hank recruited translators through Twitter to translate the meaning rather than word for word, and crammed it into English covers of the songs. — Translating Dance Songs 00:00:13
2013-03-08 · Hank apologises for the delay in naming recipients: giving away a lot of money turns out to be legally complicated. — ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! 00:01:27
2013-03-15 · Hank says he has been thinking a lot about YouTube lately and may be having a little creative crisis, which he says is part of his normal cycle. (hedged) — Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes 00:00:00
2013-03-22 · Hank tells John he was fantastic on the Late Late Show. — How Much is a Human Life Worth? 00:03:29
2013-04-12 · Hank is driving in Los Angeles on his way to see one of his favourite YouTubers, and tells kids not to vlog and drive. — Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers 00:00:00
2013-04-12 · Hank arrives at Hannah Hart's home; she gives a quick living-room tour, including her whittling and her TARDIS teapot. — Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers 00:00:32
2013-04-12 · Hank drives on to see Felicia Day and asks her what annoying question she is asked most. — Felicia Day, Hannah Hart, and The Fine Brothers 00:01:01
2013-04-19 · Hank writes that growing up, the cultural stigma around homosexuality (not at home) was so severe that he feared he was gay over tiny signs like enjoying Village People music. — On Sexual Orientation, with Hannah, Ze, Tyler, and Meg 00:00:00
2013-04-26 · Hank says his job gets intense in VidCon planning time, which is starting now, 90 days out. — Cat GIF Critique 00:01:23
2013-04-26 · Hank says Corey Vidal, Alex Carpenter and the Apprentice A team are in town filming their vlogging documentary I'm Vloggin' Here, which looks very good. (hedged) — Cat GIF Critique 00:01:23
2013-05-03 · Hank's description says he kind of wishes he had not made the video, because he was stressed out all day after filming it. (hedged) — 17 Rants in 4 Minutes 00:00:00
2013-05-31 · Hank's trip to Seattle's Museum of Flight to help Planetary Resources launch its space-telescope Kickstarter inspired him: crowdfunding a telescope, artifacts of great shared projects, dedicated people. — Optimism is Not Insane 00:02:51
2013-06-07 · Hank's description says he has talked to John a lot since the birth: John is excited, exhausted, enjoying time with his family, and far less freaked out than when Henry was born. · story: Birth of John and Sarah's second child, Alice (2013) — How To Be a Baby Properly 00:00:00
2013-06-07 · Hank writes that it is really weird to lose John not just from YouTube but largely from Tumblr and Twitter too, and asks viewers not to forget about him while he is gone. · story: John's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts filling in (2013) — How To Be a Baby Properly 00:00:00
2013-06-07 · Hank wishes he could see and hold Alice, and see John, but won't for a while; he signs off to Craig instead of John: 'Craig, I will see you on Tuesday'. · story: John's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts filling in (2013) — How To Be a Baby Properly 00:03:18
2013-06-28 · At LeakyCon in Portland Hank meets Harry Potter actor Devon Murray, someone even more tired than he is. — Plane Butts, Fish Farts, LeakyCon, and Marriage Equality 00:01:58
2013-06-28 · About to go on stage with Lauren Fairweather, wearing his Lauren Fairweather shirt, Hank says such events are better than any amount of sleep. — Plane Butts, Fish Farts, LeakyCon, and Marriage Equality 00:02:46
2013-07-12 · After the song Hank says he is getting on a plane to see John, who calls it glorious paternity leave. · story: John's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts filling in (2013) — Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song 00:02:31
2013-07-26 · Hank says sharing the channel with many people during John's paternity leave over the last few weeks has been wonderful, but he is relieved John returns on Tuesday. · story: John's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts filling in (2013) — Introducing Subbable 00:02:48
2013-08-02 · The description says Hank has been getting on planes 'once every four months' for four years, which makes his carbon footprint far above average and embarrasses him. — 17 Air Travel Tips 00:00:00
2013-08-02 · Hank is in Anaheim, California for VidCon, late at night, but will not talk about VidCon as a favour to those not there. — 17 Air Travel Tips 00:00:01
2013-08-03 · John and Hank tell each other 'I love you'. (both) — Esther Day 2013 00:00:18
2013-08-09 · Hank, at LeakyCon in London after VidCon, films on a fire escape; he calls it 'three cons in three weeks'. — What I Learned at VidCon 00:00:03
2013-08-09 · Starting VidCon was an active move nobody asked for; on launch day Hank panicked when only one ticket had sold after three hours. — What I Learned at VidCon 00:02:37
2013-08-09 · Hank tells John he's sorry John couldn't be at LeakyCon London but glad he's back with his family; LeakyCon attendees then greet John. — What I Learned at VidCon 00:03:06
2013-08-16 · Hank, filming at night in London, says he has been having a fantastic time there and must decide what to discuss. · story: Hank's UK trip with Katherine: the Natural History Museum and the Harry Potter Studio Tour (2013) — Harry Potter vs. Science! 00:00:00
2013-08-16 · Hank says the two must-dos of his UK trip blew his mind: the Natural History Museum, where he and Katherine got up early to be first in line, and the Harry Potter Studio Tour in Watford. · story: Hank's UK trip with Katherine: the Natural History Museum and the Harry Potter Studio Tour (2013) — Harry Potter vs. Science! 00:00:32
2013-08-23 · Hank says that about a week ago (August 2013) he took a train with Charlie McDonnell through Swindon, in the rain, and the touchless train doors scared him. — Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth 00:00:02
2013-08-23 · Hank says that when he asked Charlie to hang out while they were in the UK, Charlie wanted to take them to Bath. — Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth 00:00:10
2013-09-06 · Hank calls it a textbook example of his brain being broken: because songs drew more dislikes than usual, he pushed making new music to the back burner for a long time. — Undigested Lump (A Song) 00:00:27
2013-09-06 · Hank says a Vlogbrothers video averages about 12,000 likes and 100 dislikes; his songs get about double the dislikes, still only 200 of 200,000 viewers. — Undigested Lump (A Song) 00:00:31
2013-09-06 · After the survey results Hank started making more music, including a new song, "Undigested Lump", about being super angry at someone and insulting them using only Shakespearean insults. — Undigested Lump (A Song) 00:01:07
2013-10-11 · A package from Daily Grace arrives as a belated thank-you for a wonderful VidCon; it is a bottle of Hendrick's gin, as Hank guessed. — TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc 00:00:42
2013-10-18 · Last week (week of 7 October 2013) Hank went to YouTube headquarters, where people gathered to talk about educating through online video, which matters a lot to him. · story: Hank at the YouTube Education Summit in San Francisco (2013) — Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality 00:00:00
2013-10-18 · Hank found the event fantastic and inspiring, especially talking to teachers about how they use the brothers' content in their classrooms. · story: Hank at the YouTube Education Summit in San Francisco (2013) — Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality 00:00:18
2013-10-18 · YouTube ended the event with a visit to the Exploratorium in San Francisco, 'like the original Science Center', built for students to teach themselves and get excited about learning. · story: Hank at the YouTube Education Summit in San Francisco (2013) — Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality 00:00:32
2013-11-01 · Hank, who dislikes scary things, recently saw the film Gravity with Henry of MinutePhysics and Derek of Veritasium and found it terrifying. — Scarier than Gravity: Real Life Close Calls in Space 00:00:00
2013-11-15 · Hank says he kind of has a band now, which he has never had before. (hedged) — I Have a Band? 00:03:09
2013-11-22 · Hank's description says he has been thinking about apologies because some good friends did dumb things and made very good apologies, while some people online seem convinced they are always right. — How to Apologize like a Fartbag 00:00:00
2013-11-26 · Hank appears beside John for a surprise reunion video; they point to the lending and donation links and look forward to a great P4A. (both) · story: John and Hank's visit to their parents' home, with a surprise reunion video (November 2013) — The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:03:34
2013-11-29 · The description says the brothers are in North Carolina visiting their parents for Thanksgiving and are thankful for each other, their families and viewers. (both) · story: John and Hank's visit to their parents' home, with a surprise reunion video (November 2013) — REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! 00:00:00
2013-11-29 · Hank has read The Fault in Our Stars twice, once before and once after it came out. — REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! 00:00:19
2013-11-29 · They have turkey, not pizza, for a normal Thanksgiving; both prefer pumpkin pie, and there is only one pumpkin pie this year (2013). (both) · story: John and Hank's visit to their parents' home, with a surprise reunion video (November 2013) — REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! 00:01:28
2013-12-27 · Hank says he is spending the time sledding, playing video games, eating fried egg sandwiches and cuddling, but mostly answering science questions on Tumblr, one of his favourite things. — The Kidney That Was In 3 People - And Other Amazing Science Things 00:00:31

2014

2014-01-31 · Hank notes Hazel's old laser-show Pink Floyd shirt, no longer sold, and says he found one on eBay and bought it. — In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer 00:02:44
2014-02-28 · Hank says the book took him about 20 hours to finish; as an admittedly slow reader he shaves some time off, getting 46 cents per hour. — The Cost of Fun 00:01:36
2014-03-07 · Hank says that this time last week (week of 24 February 2014) he was pulling out of Port Everglades on a sunny evening on a boat, hard to believe given Missoula's current weather. — Thoughts from a Cruise 00:00:01
2014-03-07 · Hank was on the ship for the fourth annual JoCo Cruise Crazy, a floating nerd adventure with semi-celebrity nerds including John Hodgman, Wil Wheaton, Hank himself and Jonathan Coulton. — Thoughts from a Cruise 00:01:18
2014-03-07 · Hank says John Hodgman sat in a hot tub answering questions every day; Hank discovered new talents, met his idols and hung out with Nerdfighters, which is why everyone was there. — Thoughts from a Cruise 00:01:51
2014-03-21 · Hank tells John he is leaving town and is excited to get away. — The Great Goose Migration 00:00:00
2014-03-21 · Hank and Katherine drive about 150 miles to Freezeout Lake. — The Great Goose Migration 00:00:48
2014-03-21 · On the way they stop at the farm of their friends Jacob and Courtney on the Rocky Mountain Front, which Hank describes as the land before the Rockies, mostly corn and wheat. — The Great Goose Migration 00:01:05
2014-03-21 · Arriving early the next morning, they find plenty of waterfowl but no geese; it is early in the season and they fear the geese are gone or not yet arrived. — The Great Goose Migration 00:02:41
2014-03-21 · Lost on back roads through a horse pasture, Hank had nearly given up on the migration when they came upon the geese right ahead of them. — The Great Goose Migration 00:02:58
2014-06-06 · Hank flew in a tiny plane to New York City and lists weird and fancy things he found there. · story: Hank's trip to New York City for the TFiOS film premiere (2014) — Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! 00:00:00
2014-06-06 · Hank says he came to New York for the TFiOS premiere, his first viewing of the film, and walked the red carpet with his wife; photographers published none of their pictures, but his mom took some. · story: Hank's trip to New York City for the TFiOS film premiere (2014) — Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! 00:01:01
2014-06-06 · Hank admits feeling overwhelmed: afraid of missing opportunities, of not making sense to the New Yorker or the Wall Street Journal, and worried about all the external attention. — Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! 00:02:56
2014-06-20 · Hank recalls that, back in the day, his whole dorm would run to the nearest computer when a new Strong Bad Email came out. — Pre-History of Online Video 00:00:00
2014-06-20 · Hank first got obsessed with a video downloaded from the internet in 1998, and has been into online video longer than some viewers have been alive. — Pre-History of Online Video 00:00:21
2014-06-27 · VidCon is happening and Hank, who didn't prepare properly, doesn't know how he'll make his video this week (week of 23 June 2014). — My Day Before VidCon 00:00:01
2014-06-27 · Hank goes to start rehearsing with The Perfect Strangers. — My Day Before VidCon 00:00:09
2014-06-27 · Hank introduces Dave: their warehouse manager, VidCon merch manager, SciShow writer and a really good friend. — My Day Before VidCon 00:00:43
2014-06-27 · Hank sees the VidCon stage and arena for the first time and finds it pretty cool. — My Day Before VidCon 00:01:48
2014-06-27 · Backstage, Hank greets Tyler Oakley and Troye; they plan what mics they need, with Monica telling them what to do. — My Day Before VidCon 00:02:09
2014-06-27 · Hank goes to a technical rehearsal to test his computer and PowerPoint, and shows the big room where he gives his industry presentation; VidCon, for him, is mostly walking. — My Day Before VidCon 00:02:56
2014-06-27 · At a welcome party for people who came to help at VidCon, Hank meets Natalie Tran, who gives him Tim Tams, and Katherine arrives. — My Day Before VidCon 00:03:09
2014-06-27 · Hank says all this was the day before VidCon started. — My Day Before VidCon 00:03:40
2014-07-04 · Hank is on tour with a rock and roll band, which he finds really weird. — 13 Things to Know about Concerts 00:00:24
2014-07-04 · Hank says he has never not felt anxious before a show, whether performing or watching. — 13 Things to Know about Concerts 00:00:24
2014-07-11 · Hank says he has just got back home to Missoula from tour and shares one full day in the life of the tour, step by step. — Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps 00:00:00
2014-07-11 · At the venue Rob Scallon plays Hank a personal concert; Hank admits he missed loading everything into the venue because he was on a phone call. — Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps 00:01:25
2014-07-18 · That same month John CCed Hank on an email, counted as textual communication, and had to wax his chin. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:00:31
2014-07-18 · Hank later CCed John too and had to re-enact three of his most embarrassing moments with sock puppets. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:00:38
2014-07-18 · For once writing 'see you tomorrow' in text in a video, Hank had to give away Peeps on the streets of Missoula, which is how he met Kurt the punk-rock Nerdfighter. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:00:44
2014-07-18 · When Hank IMed John in July and John replied, both were punished and dressed up like their most embarrassing high-school pictures. · story: The brothers' accidental instant-message exchange that breaks the no-textual-communication rule (2007) — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:00:53
2014-07-18 · In March John missed a video while hospitalised and replied to Hank on a forum, so he ate a blenderized Happy Meal, waxed his legs and licked a cat; Hank is unsure why three, possibly Daniel Biss donations. (hedged) — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:01:03
2014-07-18 · During the first Project for Awesome in December 2007, Hank replied to John's comment and had to drink blended Peeps and Strawberry Hill wine while playing a show to six people, his first show ever; the only one there who knew him was his wife. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:01:15
2014-07-18 · In April 2008 Hank made a video 14 seconds too long and had to sing 'World Wide Web Girl' with pigtails in his hair. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:01:49
2014-07-18 · Both brothers failed to upload during VidCon 2010; the punishment videos were John's 'Fitness for Nerds' and Hank's Katniss Everdeen makeup tutorial. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:02:28
2014-07-18 · In 2011 the standing deal to punish Hank if Helen Hunt saw his 'Helen Hunt' video came true: she tweeted him, and he had to hump his entire town. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:02:33
2014-07-18 · In 2013 Grace Helbig became the first non-brother punished, for a video over four minutes during John's paternity leave; though it was unclear the rules applied to her, she slapped herself. · story: John's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts filling in (2013) — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:02:46
2014-07-18 · In October 2013 John's over-four-minute video was ruled not educational enough, and as punishment he ate slobber carrots made by his son. — EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! 00:02:57
2014-08-03 · Hank tells John he loves him: John is a good brother and person, Hank is lucky to have him, and John makes him better and has good values. — Happy Esther Day! 00:00:03
2014-08-08 · Hank has a head cold, but John has just come home from hospital with viral meningitis, so Hank will suck it up and try to entertain him. · story: John's viral meningitis and hospitalisation (2014) — Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! 00:00:01
2014-08-08 · Hank tells confused viewers that John, his brother, got viral meningitis last week (week of 28 July 2014); he is home from hospital and fine, though still in significant pain. · story: John's viral meningitis and hospitalisation (2014) — Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! 00:01:46
2014-08-08 · Hank says John has now missed three videos through hospitalisation: orbital cellulitis (an infection behind his eyeball), gallbladder removal, and now viral meningitis. · story: John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! 00:02:16
2014-09-12 · Emptying his bookshelf, Hank goes through the bottom shelf where he has kept his memory stuff and nostalgia. — Hanging with High School Hank 00:00:02
2014-09-12 · A 1997 letter shows Hank was selected as one of the Willy Wildcat personalities: he was a mascot at his high school. — Hanging with High School Hank 00:01:51
2014-09-12 · Hank finds his Magic cards and a $200 check from John that he never deposited; John's signature was different then. — Hanging with High School Hank 00:02:52
2014-09-12 · Hank finds Brotherhood 2.0 art and many photos of himself as a little kid, including one of him and John asleep on a couch. — Hanging with High School Hank 00:03:24
2014-09-12 · Hank says the empty wall where many amazing things happened makes him sad: they are moving to a new house next week (week of 15 September 2014), which he looks forward to sharing. — Hanging with High School Hank 00:03:35
2014-09-19 · Hank says he started HankGames a few years ago because he likes games, and welcomed John joining to play video games there. — The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out 00:00:02
2014-09-19 · Hank says he found Kelly's work, reached out, and offered her some of Nerdfighteria's money; she is very excited. — The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out 00:03:42
2014-09-26 · Hank says he is still insecure and still gets sad sometimes. — Gettin' Real with Hank 00:01:46
2014-09-26 · Hank says he doesn't think he struggles with depression: he has a normal amount of sadness and sometimes feels unmotivated and undeserving. (hedged) — Gettin' Real with Hank 00:01:52
2014-09-26 · Hank says the decision about what to do with their time and resources is hard; John suggested on the phone that he just ask viewers. — Gettin' Real with Hank 00:02:27
2014-09-26 · Hank says he felt a little down yesterday and is better now; high among the things he is grateful for because of vlogbrothers is that it is always there to motivate him to get out of bed and make things. — Gettin' Real with Hank 00:03:06
2014-11-10 · Hank says he is late and a little worried he might not finish and upload the video in time, but hopes he will. (hedged) — The Woman Without a Face - Pizzamas Day 1 00:03:25
2014-11-18 · Hank says that in his Friday video (14 November 2014) he used the word 'dipthong', which does not exist; he meant diphthong, which he has pronounced and spelled wrong for at least a decade. — How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again 00:00:12
2014-11-18 · In college Hank gave an oral presentation on Leon Battista Alberti and said 'fah-caid' for façade about 26 times, learning the right pronunciation from a friend afterwards. · story: Hank mispronounces 'façade' throughout a college oral presentation on Leon Battista Alberti (college) — How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again 00:00:34
2014-11-18 · Hank: mispronouncing diphthong in front of 200,000 people didn't bother him, but 'fah-caid' in front of twenty people left a permanent scar. — How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again 00:01:08

2015

2015-01-23 · In the description Hank says he is exhausted but pretty euphoric, and that his thoughts and analysis of the interview are on his Tumblr, not in this video. — Interviewing the President 00:00:00
2015-01-23 · Hank says that yesterday (22 January 2015) he interviewed the President of the United States at the White House in Washington, D.C., and shows how his day went. · story: Hank's YouTube interview with President Obama (January 2015) — Interviewing the President 00:00:01
2015-01-23 · Hank officially has an outfit for the interview and GloZell pulls its tag off for him; a man who has played Obama in their rehearsals is introduced. — Interviewing the President 00:00:32
2015-01-23 · The Secret Service arrives, Hank notices very thick glass, and he is told the President's helicopter will land right outside; then his camera is taken away. — Interviewing the President 00:02:16
2015-01-23 · Back in Florida after the interview, Hank says Dad and Katherine have just picked him up at the airport. · story: Hank and John's family trip to Florida (January 2015) — Interviewing the President 00:03:24
2015-01-30 · Hank says interviewing President Obama is something he could never regret, but being thrown into the public eye brought some people saying nasty things about him, which he is not used to. · story: Hank's YouTube interview with President Obama (January 2015) — Thoughts from the Edge 00:00:11
2015-02-06 · Hank lists his successes: touring in a rock band, being written about in the New Yorker, helping raise over 2 million dollars for charity, Crash Course in thousands of schools, interviewing the President. · story: Hank's YouTube interview with President Obama (January 2015) — You Will Be Forgotten ...And That's OK 00:01:16
2015-02-13 · Asked about his book, Hank says he is thinking about writing a fiction-y thing, for now about a girl, a robot and what it means to be human. (hedged) · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions 00:01:05
2015-02-20 · Hank says he was in New York doing press tours about science education because SciShow just got a big new sponsor. — Why Are Fewer People Studying Science and Engineering? 00:00:10
2015-02-27 · Hank says he found a thing at an antique mall that amazed him so much he had to take it apart, and it is now in his home. — In Which Hank is the Nerdiest Nerd 00:00:04
2015-03-20 · Hank says that growing up he went to many shows at grimy little venues full of strangers and found them scary pretty much every time. — A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets 00:03:13
2015-04-03 (said on 2015-03-31, implied) · Hank is on the set of Wil Wheaton's tabletop RPG show, playing a custom-designed campaign Wil made for him, Yuri Lowenthal, Laura Bailey and Alison Haislip. · story: Hank plays Wil Wheaton's Titansgrave tabletop RPG show for Geek & Sundry (2015) — Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave! 00:00:01
2015-04-03 (said on 2015-03-31, implied) · Hank says they are playing a brand-new RPG, Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana, a sci-fi world mixed with fantasy. · story: Hank plays Wil Wheaton's Titansgrave tabletop RPG show for Geek & Sundry (2015) — Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave! 00:00:24
2015-05-01 · Just before the tour, healthy and happy, Hank visited Emily Graslie at the Field Museum in Chicago for a behind-the-scenes tour of one of the biggest natural history museums in the world. — A $100,000 Egg and A 200M Year Old Pinecone 00:00:23
2015-05-01 · Hank says the tour was fantastic and thanks everyone who came out to the shows. — A $100,000 Egg and A 200M Year Old Pinecone 00:03:39
2015-05-08 · Hank says it was great to spend time with John and the family doing things together, and he misses John already. — QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! 00:03:40
2015-05-22 · Hank, wanting to make John feel better, asked Twitter whether to make a rant video or a joke video; the answer was overwhelmingly rants. — 15 Rants in Four Minutes 00:00:01
2015-05-29 · Hank says feeling comfortable being himself and having society recognize his strengths is rare and rad; he has it now, never wants to take it for granted, and won't be bitter if he loses it. — 15 of My Favorite Feelings 00:01:19
2015-06-19 · Hank says he has several times been asked to run for local election in Missoula and, as a local business owner and semi-celebrity, would have an okay chance. — 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet 00:00:01
2015-06-26 · Hank says he has been writing a novel-like book, not secretly but without broadcasting it, starting during NaNoWriMo in November (November 2014). · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — How to Get Good at Everything 00:00:01
2015-06-26 · Hank says he reached 15,000 words during November and, as of June 26th, has hit NaNoWriMo's 50,000-word mark, unbothered by his slowness. · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — How to Get Good at Everything 00:00:11
2015-06-26 · Hank says he has to do that and it will take a long time, but he is going to do it, and tells John to stop writing so he can catch up, then not to stop. · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — How to Get Good at Everything 00:03:31
2015-07-03 · Hank went to France last week (week of 22 June 2015) to present at a very fancy advertising industry convention, and spent the week alternating between enjoying how pleasant it was and being disturbed by ostentatious wealth. — Thoughts from Yachts 00:00:01
2015-07-17 · Hank says VidCon is a week away, which as per tradition gives him a great deal of general, non-specific anxiety that he can only wait out. — Is YouTube Good for Humanity? 00:00:01
2015-07-31 · Hank finally saw Paper Towns and feels bad that it took him so long. — Why Paper Towns is Awesome 00:00:09
2015-08-25 · Hank notes it was John's birthday the day before and asks everybody to wish him a happy birthday. — Question Tuesday: The Goat Edition 00:03:40
2015-09-11 · A couple of weeks ago Tumblr changed how it displays reblogs; Hank did not like it because it was change, and was frustrated. — Yellowstone: The Terror of Change 00:00:01
2015-09-11 · Last week (week of 31 August 2015) Hank went to Yellowstone National Park, which he calls potentially the coolest place on Earth. — Yellowstone: The Terror of Change 00:00:07
2015-09-18 · In the description Hank says that googling 'Muslims Aren't Dangerous' turned up article after article about how dangerous Muslims are, which he found sad, discouraging and angering. — Muslims Aren't Dangerous 00:00:00
2015-10-02 · A liquor-store clerk, checking Hank's ID, said she'd never have thought he was so old, then told him, with others in line, that an Asian customer with a white girlfriend seemed improper to her. — Awkward Stranger Conversations 00:01:08
2015-10-16 · Hank says he and John got to hang out at NerdCon in Minneapolis; a very brief interaction between them closes the latest episode of Dear Hank and John. — Post-NerdCon Haze 00:00:14
2015-10-16 · After eight years of making videos, Hank has realized he likes the quiet editing part, sitting and clicking alone with his computer, as well as the loud interactive parts. — Post-NerdCon Haze 00:00:56
2015-10-30 · Hank was with Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink, eating Chinese crepes from a Portland food cart, when they learned of the ranking; it was good to see that happen to a person. — Feeling Thankful in Portland 00:00:53
2015-10-30 · Hank says 300,000 views is a tremendous amount, influence that high-school or college Hank could only have dreamed of. — Feeling Thankful in Portland 00:01:54
2015-10-30 · Hank has installed YouTube Red on the 30-day free trial and loves having no ads: 'just me and my subscriptions'. — Feeling Thankful in Portland 00:03:00
2015-11-11 · The last time Hank felt that level of uncontrollable excitement was in 2012, when the Curiosity rover was safely on the surface of Mars. — Watch This If You Want To Smile (Pizzamas Day 3) 00:03:08
2015-11-13 · In the description Hank reports he has heard from his friend, who is safe with his family: a relief, though it does not make him feel less awful. — Feeling About Paris 00:00:00
2015-11-13 · Hank has a friend in Paris right now who has not tweeted or posted on social media, which is terrifying. — Feeling About Paris 00:00:40
2015-11-17 · Hank met up with John for a reunion, and Sarah took them around a number of art galleries in Chelsea. · story: The brothers' reunion in New York City during Pizzamas (November 2015) — The Things that People Do (Thoughts from New York City) (Pizzamas Day 7) 00:00:13
2015-11-18 · Asked about their holiday traditions, Hank says it is saying what they are thankful for. — SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) 00:01:57
2015-11-18 · Asked how they met their wives, Hank says his wife lived across the hallway from his dorm room. — SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) 00:03:23
2015-11-19 · Hank says his life has become weird, cool, wonderful and complicated over eight or nine years of Vlogbrothers; he is professionally respected and fairly well known, so one might call him a success. — Is Success a Bad Idea? (Pizzamas Day 9 of 10) 00:00:13

2016

2016-01-08 · Hank, now 35, says he expected someone his age to know who he is, but he does not. — Who Am I?! - Some thoughts on Personal Identity 00:00:47
2016-01-15 · Hank says that for Christmas Katherine's mother gave her a logbook from her grandmother's hair salon, which the grandmother later turned into a recipe book of 1940s-50s newspaper and magazine recipes. — Eating Weird Food from the 50s (with Katherine) 00:00:01
2016-01-22 · Hank says he will keep eating less meat, but not no meat, because it is easier and simpler, he likes it, and he is not perfect. — Why Are Vegetarians Annoying? (An Exploration of a Cultural Rift) 00:03:41
2016-01-29 · A few weeks ago Hank sat on a plane next to a young woman, maybe 23, who had taken the same flight 150 times in two years for her job. (hedged) — Why the Word "Millennial" Makes me Cringe 00:00:00
2016-01-29 · Hank says he was born in 1980, the cutoff between Generation X and Millennials, and spends a lot of time with and thinking about young people, so it is unsurprising that he is sympathetic. — Why the Word "Millennial" Makes me Cringe 00:00:00
2016-01-29 · Hank says she disliked the flying and her job but got a degree to get a good job, needs five years' experience to advance, and was happy working hard and waiting for a good life. — Why the Word "Millennial" Makes me Cringe 00:00:13
2016-01-29 · During this week's (week of 25 January 2016) Dear Hank and John recording John told Hank about his World Economic Forum article 'Why the Word Millennial Makes Me Cringe', which Hank read right afterwards. · story: John attends the World Economic Forum in Davos (January 2016) — Why the Word "Millennial" Makes me Cringe 00:00:53
2016-02-05 · Hank says he is now the CEO of a media company without quite knowing how: with VidCon, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and other productions they have about 30 employees. — Honest YouTube Talk Time 00:00:17
2016-02-05 · Hank has had many unrelatable problems this year (2016) he won't discuss in videos, such as how to classify employment insurance for Crash Course freelancers. — Honest YouTube Talk Time 00:00:37
2016-02-12 · For the last couple of weeks Hank and Katherine have got up very early every morning to walk, which he finds wonderful: they talk about the day and he thinks or sings. — Doing the Hard(er) Thing (and some very bad news) 00:00:00
2016-02-12 · The bad news behind Hank's sad times: his dog Lemon has bone cancer that has worsened fast, and she is now in a lot of pain, which is very hard for her and the family. · story: Hank's greyhound Lemon is dying, then dies (2016) — Doing the Hard(er) Thing (and some very bad news) 00:00:00
2016-02-12 · The walks have noticeably improved Hank's life (less stress, great sunrises), yet every frigid pre-dawn Montana morning he wants nothing more than to get back into bed. — Doing the Hard(er) Thing (and some very bad news) 00:00:44
2016-02-12 · Hank has been having sad times lately, despite a coming new Harry Potter book and the confirmation of gravitational waves; it is too sad to discuss, so the reason goes in the description. — Doing the Hard(er) Thing (and some very bad news) 00:02:48
2016-02-19 · Hank's dog died of osteosarcoma; like many owners, they chose to manage her pain rather than amputate. · story: Hank's greyhound Lemon is dying, then dies (2016) — Thanks, Lemon 00:00:41
2016-02-19 · Hank is very sad in a weird way: he forgets why and then remembers with guilt, and sometimes cries with no thought at all. — Thanks, Lemon 00:01:00
2016-02-19 · Lemon's life improved after adoption, having lived not abused but more as livestock than a pet, yet Hank's life must have improved more than hers. — Thanks, Lemon 00:03:13
2016-02-19 · Hank calls this one of a thousand things that dumb dog taught him and is still teaching him, and thanks Lemon. (hedged) — Thanks, Lemon 00:03:38
2016-03-18 · Hank says Brazilians answered his Twitter question mostly with gifs, and a diplomat told him Brazilians have a saying: 'Brazil is not for beginners'. — Brazil's Government is Falling Apart...and it's Good News? 00:00:12
2016-04-01 · Hank says he spent the past two weeks (from 18 March 2016) in LA trying to pack in as much hangout time with internet creators as possible, and shows a diary of it. · story: Hank's two-week Los Angeles trip packed with internet-creator hangouts and collabs (March 2016) — Loving Loving Things in Los Angeles 00:00:00
2016-04-01 · Hank lists collab shoots: Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig, a Good Mythical Morning with Rhett and Link, stuff at SourceFed, two Just Between Us with Gaby and Allison. · story: Hank's two-week Los Angeles trip packed with internet-creator hangouts and collabs (March 2016) — Loving Loving Things in Los Angeles 00:00:18
2016-04-22 · Hank says that as an employer he pays a bunch of taxes per employee: for someone making $40,000 a year he actually pays $46,000. — Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! 00:02:47
2016-04-29 · A couple of years ago (2014), in the Bay Area for the launch of Randall Munroe's book What If?, Hank took a taxi whose very nice driver chatted with him about Montana and his trip. — The Time a Taxi Driver Stole My Money 00:00:13
2016-04-29 · A paragraph into the reading, the driver said the meter's cable had fallen out so the first part was unrecorded, and he would just charge the usual price for the trip: $120. — The Time a Taxi Driver Stole My Money 00:00:39
2016-04-29 · The next morning a taxi from the same hotel to the airport cost $65, and Hank realised the first driver had overcharged him. — The Time a Taxi Driver Stole My Money 00:00:58
2016-05-06 · Hank says his music has been on the back burner so long that many people don't know he writes music, which he never would have done without the channel. — I Hate Only Making One Video a Week 00:02:38
2016-05-13 · Hank says concerts always caused him anxiety, yet those shows are some of his most precious memories, and the band strives to be that for its audiences. — The Time I Fell Asleep with an M&M in My Mouth (and a song) 00:03:03
2016-05-27 · Hank announces that the last show of the tour is over. — Reaction Video: THE THING! 00:03:09
2016-06-03 · Hank says that as he has worked to appreciate the work behind his home, town, country and world, he has become happier with who and where he is. — Redefining What it Means to Matter 00:03:07
2016-06-10 · Hank joins the Roast Yourself challenge that Ryan Higa started, with lyrics roasting himself, while calling it probably a bad idea. — Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge 00:00:00
2016-06-17 · Hank sent basically the same letter to Senator Steve Daines and Representative Ryan Zinke, who hold very similar positions. — Hey, Let's Change Some Things 00:00:00
2016-06-17 · Hank writes in the wake of the Orlando attacks, noting that the night before, his colleague Christina Grimmie was killed by a man with a violent history who had bought two guns the week before. — Hey, Let's Change Some Things 00:00:00
2016-06-17 · Hank wrote three letters, one to each of his senators and one to his representative, and put their text in the description for viewers to draw on. — Hey, Let's Change Some Things 00:02:15
2016-06-17 · Hank says that after watching Hannah's video this week (week of 13 June 2016) he could not not do this. — Hey, Let's Change Some Things 00:02:40
2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Asked for insomnia tricks, Hank says he reacts to stress with sleep; his insomnia has mostly come from caffeine, so he avoids it. — Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon 00:01:22
2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Hank says he doesn't get to think much about VidCon and forms few memories rushing between things, and this one will be particularly intense because of three announcements. (hedged) — Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon 00:01:55
2016-07-01 · On Sunday evening, in line at Space Mountain, his favourite roller coaster anywhere, Hank felt a tickle in his throat; by the hotel he had muscle aches and chills. — So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) 00:00:29
2016-07-01 · Hank says he takes a medicine that suppresses his immune system, so he gets sick a lot and deals with it. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) 00:00:41
2016-07-01 · Descending on his first flight home, Hank could not pop his ear; the pain approached his worst ever, a toe he shattered playing basketball shoeless, and eased on the ground in Seattle. — So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) 00:00:58
2016-07-01 · On the second flight's descent (27 June 2016) the pain hit both ears; crying beside a stranger, Hank ruptured both eardrums. · story: Hank ruptures both eardrums flying home sick after VidCon (2016) — So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) 00:01:27
2016-07-01 · After taking a lot of DayQuil and ibuprofen, Hank's colitis started acting up; he says he can never again take the nighttime cold medicine. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) 00:02:04
2016-07-08 · Hank says he is still sick after about two weeks, which is annoying, and has noticed that sick people get advice. · story: Hank ruptures both eardrums flying home sick after VidCon (2016) — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:00:00
2016-07-08 · The description says the script came out surprisingly intense; Hank realised the feeling had been stewing when he got annoyed at a friend for something thoughtful and kind. — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:00:00
2016-07-08 · The description says Hank separated some connective tissue from his left lower rib, which made coughing hurt badly, so the easing cough is welcome. · story: Hank ruptures both eardrums flying home sick after VidCon (2016) — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:00:00
2016-07-08 · The description says Hank's colitis is under control after an alarming symptom spike linked to DayQuil, and his medicine works very well for him even though it weakens his immune system. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:00:00
2016-07-08 · Hank says he tried many of those diets over the years and none worked; what worked was the medicine his doctor gave him. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:00:28
2016-07-08 · Hank says normal advice this past week (get rest, take it easy, sleep more) annoyed him surprisingly, not because it is bad advice but because it taps into his colitis experience. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:00:42
2016-07-08 · Hank says he has dealt with his illness by accepting it: his life and body are different now, and he lives in a body that sometimes hurts itself. — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:02:08
2016-07-08 · Hank says his brain has repeatedly told him his illness is his fault and he has searched for ways he caused it; each 'simple fix' suggestion re-emphasises that feeling. — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:02:55
2016-07-08 · Hank says he is doing fine, not angry at his friends or viewers, has a loving, supportive group of people, and tries to accept support for what it is. — Your Illness is Not Your Fault 00:03:13
2016-07-15 · After Christina Grimmie was murdered, Hank ran away from home, camping with friends without cell service, avoiding the reality that someone who shared his passions was killed meeting fans after a show, as he had just been doing. — On Lives and Mattering 00:00:04
2016-07-15 · Hank says he spent that time crying and feeling the frailness of his own body as never before, understanding how easily it can all be taken away. — On Lives and Mattering 00:00:20
2016-07-29 · Hank says he went to his first San Diego Comic-Con last week (week of 18 July 2016), doing panels alone and with friends and a little performance. · story: Hank attends his first San Diego Comic-Con (2016) — Thoughts from Comic-Con (NO MORE CHEETO MEDIA!) 00:00:00
2016-08-03 · Adding to John's video, Hank recalls picking up 100 CDs of his music from Kinko's before Terminus: 'Songs from Hank Green's Pants Terminus Edition', mostly ripped from his YouTube videos. — Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 00:00:11
2016-08-03 · Hank says the CDs were not a high-quality enterprise, but they sold every copy they did not give away. — Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 00:00:30
2016-08-03 · Terminus was Hank's first Harry Potter convention and one of his first times playing music for people; he met people who are still dear friends. — Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 00:00:58
2016-08-03 · Hank says the support from people buying his stuff, and knowing it would help pay bills, led directly to him creating DFTBA Records with Alan Lastufka. — Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 00:01:05
2016-08-03 · Hank says he knows he is inside a life-changing moment right now because he is going to have a baby. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — Lives Made of Love - Esther Day 2016 00:01:21
2016-08-12 · Hank spent last weekend in Glacier National Park, full of scenic beauty and without cell phone signal, maybe because of the cliffs and not wanting towers on scenic mountains. (hedged) — AMERICA, DAMMIT! - Thoughts from Glacier National Park 00:00:01
2016-08-26 · Hank wishes John a happy birthday and apologizes for not doing anything for it. — I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes 00:00:00
2016-08-26 · Hank says that early in Vlogbrothers the brothers did a lot of birthday stuff, one-upping each other until it was a lot of work; the John bobblehead was one such present, made in quantity. — I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes 00:00:03
2016-08-26 · For Grace's tag Hank puts on his head a molecule from Derek of Veritasium's new magnetic Snatoms molecule-building kits. — I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes 00:02:50
2016-08-26 · Hank says that, having only alluded to it on this channel, he is having a child with Katherine in October, so he is on a travel moratorium. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes 00:03:14
2016-09-09 · Hank says he has sleep paralysis, usually after a particularly intense dream, and it lasts only a couple of seconds for him. — Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census 00:00:07
2016-09-09 · Hank says that for the first two weeks the outfit repeats were not on purpose: John wore the same shirt, and Hank the same shirt and jacket, two videos in a row. — Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census 00:02:10
2016-09-16 · Hank tells John he is in the midst of a failure: his company celebrates nerdy things offline, starting with VidCon, and he started NerdCon: Stories. — Let's Talk about Failure 00:00:28
2016-09-16 · Hank says NerdCon: Stories, which he personally owns, stands to lose a lot of money; he can afford it and won't go bankrupt or into debt, but it stings. — Let's Talk about Failure 00:01:19
2016-09-16 · Hank says he is learning a lot from the process but wishes the lessons were slightly less expensive. — Let's Talk about Failure 00:01:29
2016-09-16 · Hank says he is not proud of the thought errors and misunderstandings he made about how the event could go. — Let's Talk about Failure 00:02:22
2016-10-07 · Hank explains their content company has been called EcoGeek after the blog he started in 2005, the reason for his first company, an LLC; the name no longer really applies. — Changing Our Business a Bit 00:02:47
2016-10-28 · Hank says this is his last video before he goes on paternity leave. · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! 00:00:01
2016-10-28 · Hank says taking a break will be weird: he hasn't taken one from making videos in ten years, starting at 26 and now 36. — Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! 00:00:07
2016-10-28 · Hank says that, in all honesty, he is a little worried about his ability to disengage. — Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! 00:00:18
2016-11-07 · Hank says he is still on paternity leave but made this video early because he felt bad about not being able to make a Pizzamas video. · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — It's Pizzamas!!! (Thoughts From the Place Where they Print Our Shirts) 00:00:02
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · Hank says his leave has been a really reflective time, and a main takeaway is how grateful he is for the community's support and that they get to do cool and good things together. · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) 00:00:00
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · Hank says the conference business is weird and difficult and he is still dealing with some of the financial fallout from NerdCon: Stories, but it is worth it when people say VidCon or NerdCon is one of the best times of their year. — See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) 00:00:00
2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · Hank thanks John and the guest hosts for taking care of the channel while he has been away; he does not know how it has gone because he pre-recorded this. · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) 00:02:51
2016-12-13 · Hank says the last six weeks away were weird: his first time leaving the channel in almost ten years, during a moment when everyone wanted to talk about what was happening. · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! 00:03:00
2016-12-13 · Hank thinks the break changed him and is interested to see how that shows as he returns to making videos and says things he has been thinking about. (hedged) · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! 00:03:18
2016-12-23 · Hank tells John he is back on the channel and is now officially a dad. · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) 00:00:00
2016-12-23 · The description thanks viewers for their kind wishes during his intense, wonderful paternity leave; Hank is glad to return joyfully though much in the world and his country is concerning. — 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) 00:00:00
2016-12-23 · After a run of butter puns, Hank says it really happened: Organic Valley sculpted him out of butter because enough people voted on Twitter. — 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) 00:03:23
2016-12-30 · Hank lists the dream-like things of his ten years: friends, touring in a rock band, Carnegie Hall, a first home, creating VidCon, SciShow and Crash Course, a bobblehead, 2D glasses, interviewing the president. — The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done 00:00:09

2017

2017-01-13 · Hank ranks his dog Lemon, who passed away, tenth, saying the best dog is your own dog and there's nothing wrong with that. · story: Hank's greyhound Lemon is dying, then dies (2016) — Top 10 Best Dogs Ever 00:03:05
2017-01-20 · The description recalls that on US election night Hank tweeted his most retweeted tweet ever: he knows many wonderful people dedicated to improving the world, which won't change. — Behind the Scenes of My Life 00:00:00
2017-01-20 · Driving to work, Hank says he wants to take John along to show him the people who work on their things and the place where they do it. — Behind the Scenes of My Life 00:00:01
2017-02-03 · Last weekend Hank offered on Twitter to donate $5 to the ACLU for every hand-drawn message of support for immigrants and refugees; he got over 2,000, some beautiful art. — Are We Making Things Worse? 00:02:01
2017-02-10 · Hank and Katherine went to Target, bought about $50 of candy and taste-tested it for their own and possibly viewers' amusement. — Valentines Candy Taste Test with Hank and Katherine 00:00:00
2017-02-10 · Hank says he and Katherine don't usually celebrate Valentine's Day, but this year (2017) they did this. — Valentines Candy Taste Test with Hank and Katherine 00:03:23
2017-02-17 · The description says Hank met Luzu, a Spanish YouTuber, at VidCon a few years ago, and made a video with him because he was in town. — As Cold as The Milk: Learning Spanish with Luzu 00:00:00
2017-02-24 · The idea appealed to Hank as a younger man partly because it excused acting against his values, but mostly because it fed his wish to believe he could manipulate people and the world toward a good outcome. (hedged) — Doing Bad Things To Make Good Things Happen 00:00:40
2017-02-24 · When Hank saw people as pawns to be moved, he trusted others less because he thought they saw him that way too, which was a bad feeling. — Doing Bad Things To Make Good Things Happen 00:01:34
2017-02-24 · Hank had to get okay with discarding ideas he couldn't carry out while living rightly, which was surprisingly hard because he had praised ideas above reality. (hedged) — Doing Bad Things To Make Good Things Happen 00:03:00
2017-02-24 · Hank tells John this is one of the best, most helpful and most important lessons he learned in ten years of doing this with him and the community, and thanks him. — Doing Bad Things To Make Good Things Happen 00:03:46
2017-03-03 · The description says John stuck his bare hand into a jar of peanut butter, Maureen Johnson had to leave the stage from queasiness, and Hank avoided puking in front of 3,500 Nerdfighters. — PUNISHED: Blenderized Audience Choice: LIVE! 00:00:00
2017-03-03 · In a voice-over Hank tells John he survived the punishment and it was worth it. (hedged) — PUNISHED: Blenderized Audience Choice: LIVE! 00:03:46
2017-03-10 · Hank says that as a little kid he was diagnosed with a learning disability, a sensory dysfunction. · story: Hank's sensory processing disorder and ADHD (2017) — Do I Have ADHD? 00:00:00
2017-03-10 · Hank adds something he didn't say in the video: he has struggled with worrying that if he gets diagnosed he will blame the disorder instead of himself and let it excuse his behaviour. · story: Hank's sensory processing disorder and ADHD (2017) — Do I Have ADHD? 00:00:00
2017-03-10 · Hank says he had symptoms outside the attention-deficit box but sometimes overlapping, like mild dyslexia and motor control problems. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:00:37
2017-03-10 · Hank says he definitely has some attention issues: schedules frustrate him and he has a hard time being in the right place at the right time, as everyone who works with him knows. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:00:44
2017-03-10 · Hank says that when he can focus he gets really focused, and when forced to disengage he gets irrationally angry. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:00:56
2017-03-10 · Hank says he has gotten pretty good at managing these things with help from friends, family, tutors, teachers and now an assistant. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:01:11
2017-03-10 · Hank says he still often hurts or annoys people he cares about by going somewhere else in his head while they talk to him. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:01:22
2017-03-10 · Hank says he is often late, which makes people think he doesn't care about them. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:01:30
2017-03-10 · Hank says his parents took him to a handwriting therapist who told them to get him a computer so he could learn to type. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:02:05
2017-03-10 · Hank says his advantages let him succeed at changing his environment, so maybe he never had a hard enough time to look into the second part. (hedged) — Do I Have ADHD? 00:02:43
2017-03-10 · Asked whether he has ADHD, Hank answers maybe. · story: Hank's sensory processing disorder and ADHD (2017) — Do I Have ADHD? 00:02:51
2017-03-10 · Hank says he is dedicated to understanding his shortcomings and building habits to deal with them, learned partly from his own body and partly from people with ADHD who talk openly about it and people who work with them. — Do I Have ADHD? 00:02:53
2017-03-24 · Hank recalls that a couple of weeks ago he and John spent time kayaking around a huge lake in the middle of a desert. — I Disagree with Me (Thoughts from Lake Powell) 00:00:01
2017-03-31 · The description says the system stopping working mostly means Hank is behind on a lot (not the important stuff), and his email task list has become a source of significant dread. (hedged) — No Cut Confessional: Priorities 00:00:00
2017-03-31 · Hank says his system for the last ten years has worked pretty well: basically do whatever needs doing, driven by a strong sense of obligation. (hedged) — No Cut Confessional: Priorities 00:00:27
2017-03-31 · Hank says the election made him think many things need protecting and that he might not be doing a good job of making the world better in the best ways he can. (hedged) — No Cut Confessional: Priorities 00:02:42
2017-03-31 · Hank says there is now a baby: for the rest of his life his child will be his prime obligation, which is new for him. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — No Cut Confessional: Priorities 00:03:13
2017-04-07 · Hank left his computer on an airplane, so he is having other people edit this vlog. — Squeezing Strangers' Bikes in Amsterdam! 00:00:12
2017-04-07 · Hank sets out to find typical Amsterdam things: row houses, cyclists and a canal. — Squeezing Strangers' Bikes in Amsterdam! 00:00:27
2017-04-07 · Hank is immediately lost: the city is not on a grid and his phone can call and text but has no data for maps. — Squeezing Strangers' Bikes in Amsterdam! 00:00:53
2017-04-07 · After getting lost, Hank is sure he has found a canal, completing his list of things to find. — Squeezing Strangers' Bikes in Amsterdam! 00:02:52
2017-04-07 · Hank is glad finally to be in Amsterdam, which he has long wanted to visit, and to be there for VidCon Europe, which he expects to be a ball. — Squeezing Strangers' Bikes in Amsterdam! 00:03:36
2017-04-14 · The description says VidCon Europe was amazing, special and beautiful, and that Amsterdam and the Netherlands are gorgeous with very nice people. — ★★★★ Review: The TFiOS Bench - Amsterdam 00:00:00
2017-04-14 · Hank finds Amsterdam very good and wants to have many thoughts there: about tulips, financialization, economic bubbles and genetics. — ★★★★ Review: The TFiOS Bench - Amsterdam 00:00:10
2017-04-14 · Since no review captured his experience, Hank left his own review of the bench. — ★★★★ Review: The TFiOS Bench - Amsterdam 00:02:23
2017-04-14 · Hank sat by the bench a long time watching visitors: some just killing time between events, others clearly excited to meet a place important to them or their relationships; it made him happy. — ★★★★ Review: The TFiOS Bench - Amsterdam 00:02:57
2017-04-21 · The description says watching revenue tank in early April was terrifying, but it got them thinking about many other ways to support the content, which excites Hank. — The Adpocalypse: What it Means 00:00:00
2017-04-28 · Hank says Dear Hank and John gets a dozen questions a week from people who feel they must get to the bottom of every story themselves because no one can be trusted. — Can You Trust Mainstream Media? 00:00:13
2017-05-05 · Calling, Hank has thought about John's 'Life-Changing Magic of Thumbs Up' video, since call-takers hearing from many sick and tired people may not be having the best days. — Sick and Tired 00:00:58
2017-05-05 · Hank now ends every call thanking the person for their work and wishing them a lovely day, and feels much better, less like he is imposing on them. — Sick and Tired 00:01:32
2017-05-05 · Hank congratulates John on working hard on his run and getting his first half marathon. · story: John trains for a half marathon (2017) — Sick and Tired 00:02:31
2017-05-10 · Hank talked with the film's makers, Ceyda Torun and Charlie Wuppermann. — Seeing Myself Through a Cat's Eyes 00:02:50
2017-05-12 · Hank says that the first time he watched Kedi he glimpsed a piece of cat street art in the background. — Things That You Just Might Love 00:02:38
2017-05-12 · The image struck Hank so hard he wanted to put the cat on a shirt and sell it so the artist would be paid where he never expected. — Things That You Just Might Love 00:02:48
2017-05-12 · Hank asked on social media for help, tried about 30 ways, got within one degree of separation four or five times, then gave up, bummed. — Things That You Just Might Love 00:02:58
2017-05-12 · A couple of weeks ago Hank got an email whose subject line, with an empty body, read 'I am Turkish street artist Kedicizdim'. — Things That You Just Might Love 00:03:14
2017-05-19 · Hank says he was never really opposed to or enthusiastic about having a kid. — Should I Have a Baby? 00:00:45
2017-05-26 · Hank loved science and got a science job after graduating, but it was miserable because he was the only person in the lab; after six months it got lonely. · story: Hank's lonely first science job in a lab after graduating (told 2017) — Some Rough Advice for the "Real World" 00:00:39
2017-06-09 · Hank got a cheap microscope and looked at leaves from his aphid-infested cherry tree; an adult seven-spotted ladybug ate aphids while he watched, which was so cool. — Some Unhealthy Productivity Tips (and some Healthy ones) 00:01:00
2017-06-20 · Hank says the first movie that made him cry was An American Tail. (hedged) — FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 00:00:31
2017-06-20 · Hank says the first book he fell in love with was Jurassic Park, or possibly its sequel The Lost World, which he loved. (hedged) — FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 00:00:57
2017-06-20 · Hank says his first concert was probably They Might Be Giants. (hedged) — FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 00:01:48
2017-06-20 · Hank remembers first seeing snow on the ground in Alabama and marvelling that it was real. — FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 00:02:06
2017-06-20 · Hank says he first saw snow fall at 9 or 10 and was astonished, having thought snowflakes were like elementary-school paper cut-outs, a made-up idea. — FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again 00:02:12
2017-06-23 · Hank realises from his calendar that he cannot possibly make a video next week (week of 26 June 2017) because he will be all over Los Angeles, so he asked Twitter what to do. — Reviewing Musicals from their Wikipedia Pages 00:00:02
2017-06-23 · Hank congratulates John on Turtles All the Way Down, saying he is really proud of him and very excited for it. — Reviewing Musicals from their Wikipedia Pages 00:03:44
2017-07-07 · The earthquake was a 5.8 on the Richter scale, which feels like standing on a moving train: not nothing. — My Earthquake Story - (And Thoughts About Numbers) 00:00:25
2017-07-07 · The video made Hank think more than the average video and made him proud to be John's brother. — My Earthquake Story - (And Thoughts About Numbers) 00:02:56
2017-07-14 · In December 2007, having done the project for its planned year and with 11,000 subscribers, the brothers thought about stopping but decided to keep going, which turned out okay. — YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages 00:03:06
2017-07-14 · In the early days the brothers' main community was not on YouTube but at brotherhood2.com, whose discussion questions included how Hank should take Nerdfighters to the next level and the first book you ever loved. — YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages 00:03:24
2017-07-21 · In his first sex ed class Hank was told that condoms had a 2% failure rate. — On Condom Failure 00:00:10
2017-07-21 · Hank used to think the 2% was per act of sex, which would be terrible: only ten times better than unprotected sex. — On Condom Failure 00:00:45
2017-07-21 · As far as Hank can tell, that per-act figure has never been taught in sex ed; he calculated it himself from somewhat incomplete raw data. (hedged) — On Condom Failure 00:01:49
2017-08-04 · Hank says their dad was the Florida state director of the Nature Conservancy, which is how he knows about an obscure law. — Why Bullets are Good for the Environment 00:00:36
2017-08-11 · Hank says his school's tuition in 1998, his first year, was $22,000 a year; with scholarships he paid about $10,000 a year, around $14,000 in today's dollars. — Life is not a Job Training Program 00:02:19
2017-08-18 · Hank says Mom told him a story a couple of months ago; as context, she grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, during segregation. — What I've Been Thinking About 00:00:00
2017-08-18 · The description says watching the situation in Charlottesville unfold was a horror that has stayed terribly present in Hank's mind. — What I've Been Thinking About 00:00:00
2017-08-18 · After the family moved to Orlando, Mom was surprised that her sons would have black teachers and worried, like others in her friend group, that they couldn't teach as well as white teachers. — What I've Been Thinking About 00:00:23
2017-08-18 · Hank thinks it says a lot about Mom that she let him share the story, which does not make her look good and which she hadn't brought up for about 25 years. (hedged) — What I've Been Thinking About 00:00:46
2017-08-18 · Hank says that ultimately, unlike some of his classmates, Mom kept them in the classes they were assigned to. — What I've Been Thinking About 00:01:45
2017-08-25 · Hank says Montana's unseasonably hot, dry summer has socked his valley with smoke, sometimes enough that experts advised him not to leave his house, certainly not with an infant. — Trust and Fire - Thoughts from the Smoke 00:00:03
2017-08-25 · Hank says it got worse when the nearest fire, in Lolo National Forest, burned more than 9,000 acres in one evening; it was beautiful, and fetching dinner for Katherine he kept stopping to film it. — Trust and Fire - Thoughts from the Smoke 00:00:13
2017-08-25 · Hank says watching the beautiful and terrible smoke plumes over his town made him grateful to those who study these things for a living so he doesn't have to. — Trust and Fire - Thoughts from the Smoke 00:03:08
2017-09-01 · Hank says he is going to Australia and will see Australians at VidCon Australia. — What Everyone Gets Wrong About Global Warming 00:03:23
2017-09-08 · Hank is setting off for Australia, getting on the plane in Denver. — How to Win Australia 00:00:04
2017-09-08 · Hank's plan for the flight is to stay up as late as he can, then sleep and wake to morning in Melbourne. — How to Win Australia 00:01:54
2017-09-08 · In Melbourne a Crash Course fan gives Hank directions to boba tea, but the shop is cash only. — How to Win Australia 00:03:04
2017-09-08 · Hank rents a bike and shows where VidCon will be held tomorrow. — How to Win Australia 00:03:12
2017-09-15 · Hank stayed at a very nice hotel in Melbourne, part of the Pan Pacific chain, with a river view and soft sheets. — My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia 00:00:08
2017-09-15 · Hank says the whole VidCon Australia experience was so nice and he loves Australians. — My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia 00:00:28
2017-09-15 · Hank recalls working at Walmart, where people took whole toilet paper rolls home; replacing them, he would find someone had filled a backpack with it within two hours. · story: Hank's summer job at Walmart (told 2017) — My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia 00:01:00
2017-09-15 · Hank says a single bad toilet paper experience can ruin days of his life, making walking something he doesn't want to do. — My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia 00:02:03
2017-09-15 · Hank orders the cheapest thing at restaurants but buys the most expensive toilet paper, assuming the makers have done something. (hedged) — My Butt Has Some Complaints About Australia 00:02:51
2017-09-29 · Hank shows an unopened, never-leaked Dr Pepper can that is thin and floppy with no pressure in it, and opening it confirms it is flat. — What's This Video About? 00:00:01
2017-09-29 · Hank has been thinking a lot about stories because he has been working on his own and has just read John's. · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — What's This Video About? 00:01:04
2017-10-06 · Unsure what to make, Hank called John, who said he is really stressed, maybe a little sad, and just wants a video about humans being joyful and amazing. (hedged) — The World's Largest Fruits 00:00:00
2017-10-06 · Hank will see John on Sunday, when he flies to New York City on the day of the European Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. — The World's Largest Fruits 00:03:38
2017-10-10 · After their first warm-up show, Hank says it was only a rehearsal, yet to his surprise 150 people were going to be there; the brothers agree the audience was very nice. — Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video 00:01:23
2017-10-13 · Hank says they played, or are about to play, at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina, a beautiful theatre with a dome, red carpet and stained glass windows. (hedged) — Behind the Sides 00:00:05
2017-10-20 · This week (week of 16 October 2017) Hank went back to Winter Park High School, a place of good times and bad times but mostly just times, an experience that doesn't fit well into his brain. · story: John and Hank return to Hank's old high school, Winter Park High School, on the Turtles tour (2017) — Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School 00:00:00
2017-10-20 · Some of Hank's old haunts are gone under new buildings, but his lunch spot remains, now covered in John Green tote bags, where he sat with geek friends doing math homework, glad to be beneath other groups' notice. — Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School 00:00:13
2017-10-20 · Going back was deeply weird: not one intense feeling but many at once, broad rather than deep, each place recalling things he hadn't thought of in years. — Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School 00:00:29
2017-10-20 · Hank's memories include a soda machine someone filled with salt water so it spat out free Mountain Dews, and sitting with a girl he had a crush on while she carved a peace sign into her ankle with an X-Acto knife. — Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School 00:00:50
2017-10-20 · When reading books Hank puts real places into the books' settings, and this parking lot and walkway down to the school is where that happens most for him. — Places Made of People: Thoughts from My Old High School 00:01:35
2017-10-31 · The description says Hank and John sneaked around backstage in Bellingham, Washington, and found a theatre set for a Question Tuesday meant to be mostly pizza questions. (both) — Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition 00:00:00
2017-10-31 · Asked how he knows, Hank admits he simply looked up one day where whale testes are. — Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition 00:03:17
2017-11-06 · At the last show of the tour, a big venue, Hank thanks people for showing up early, shows the books John will sign in the basement, and thanks whoever gave them donuts. — Banana Milk and Almond Orchards 00:02:19
2017-11-06 · Hank is glad to have shared the intense tour with John and many others, made people happy and thought out loud about being a person, but very happy to be home. — Banana Milk and Almond Orchards 00:03:38
2017-11-08 · Hank takes John through a day in his life, starting once he has done his morning baby duties and comes out to the office. — Follow Hank All Day 00:00:05
2017-11-08 · Hank works on a song for the first time in a while; it was meant for Song Wednesday but isn't happening, so he put it on his Tumblr though it still has problems. — Follow Hank All Day 00:00:15
2017-11-08 · Hank shot scripts including one on animals thought extinct that weren't, for SciShow, and one on why gratitude is good for people, for the new psychology channel SciShow Psych. — Follow Hank All Day 00:02:13
2017-11-08 · Hank shoots a video for How to Adult, one of their less well-known channels, on making and sending good thank-you cards, to come out around Thanksgiving. — Follow Hank All Day 00:02:26
2017-11-08 · After putting the baby to bed and dinner, Hank returns to the office for a call and editing; his days are usually lots of meetings, shooting and some creative process. (hedged) — Follow Hank All Day 00:03:32
2017-11-17 · Hank hopes John is feeling better: John missed a video for the first time in a long time because he was very sick, which Hank cannot hold against him. · story: John is very sick and misses a vlogbrothers video for the first time in a long time (November 2017) — Why Are Taxes So Complicated? (The Musical?) 00:00:00
2017-12-01 · Hank is working on his book and, stuck in book land, hasn't been thinking about Vlogbrothers, so he asked everybody what he should talk about. · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — Let's Talk About Stress! 00:00:04
2017-12-01 · A week ago Hank got a run of unrelated bad news at his desk and spent half an hour distracting himself and running away from it. — Let's Talk About Stress! 00:02:17
2017-12-01 · After sending a bunch of emails Hank had dealt with it, was no longer stressed and could play with his baby and be happy. — Let's Talk About Stress! 00:02:53
2017-12-08 · Hank found in his jean jacket pocket questions from the live Dear Hank and Johns on tour, and will answer them, though not as he would in a good mood. — I Have (a little bit) HAD IT! 00:00:19
2017-12-08 · Hank says everything in his personal and professional life is good: he is excited for PodCon, Project for Awesome is coming and his baby is very cute; the rest of the world is the problem. — I Have (a little bit) HAD IT! 00:00:41
2017-12-29 · Hank says about 15 years ago he took the Myers-Briggs test for the first time, begrudgingly, having decided to hate personality tests because he felt he could not be put in a box. — Can You Ever Really Change? 00:00:00
2017-12-29 · Hank says retaking a Myers-Briggs test online made it very clear he has changed a lot: five-years-ago Hank would have answered differently. — Can You Ever Really Change? 00:01:41
2017-12-29 · Hank says he is now much more a planner than the improviser he was, partly from having a child and partly from a team of 15 people, and he likes working that way. — Can You Ever Really Change? 00:01:52
2017-12-29 · Hank says he is no longer in the middle of introvert-extrovert but way over on the extrovert side, as anyone who knows him would say. — Can You Ever Really Change? 00:02:15

2018

2018-01-19 · When a Bitcoin reached thousands of dollars, John kept emailing Hank that someone had once sent them a Bitcoin; Hank called it ridiculous and told him to stop having weird dreams. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. 00:00:00
2018-01-19 · At $15,000 a Bitcoin, John searched every email since Bitcoin began and found that a nice person named Sean had sent them almost an entire Bitcoin in 2014. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. 00:00:28
2018-01-19 · They had to recreate an old email address; at the end Hank logged into Coinbase and found $15,000 they didn't know they had. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. 00:00:46
2018-01-19 · The brothers sold the Bitcoin immediately and donated the proceeds to Partners In Health; Hank thanks Sean. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. 00:01:00
2018-01-19 · The Bitcoin cost Sean $100 and became worth $15,000; Hank asks where that value, that actual money, came from. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. 00:01:14
2018-01-19 · Hank calls Mars Pathfinder, the first rover on Mars, an extremely important object in his life. — Many Years Ago, Someone Gave Me a Whole Bitcoin...then I lost it. 00:03:35
2018-01-26 · Hank is sitting on a hotel-room floor in Memphis, Tennessee, at an event for people who run and own independent bookstores; it has been fascinating. — I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? 00:00:01
2018-01-26 · Hank has written a lot, mostly nonfiction: hundreds of thousands of words of essays turned into video blogs and probably over 100,000 words of tweets. (hedged) — I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? 00:01:16
2018-01-26 · Hank started and abandoned fiction projects several times, until things fit together and he knew this one would get finished, like a moment in songwriting. — I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? 00:01:28
2018-01-26 · First, he found a character, then others, he cared about deeply and needed to know her story; there was no way to finish reading it without writing it. — I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? 00:01:48
2018-01-26 · Second, he found scenes, moments in her life so bizarre and wrenching that he needed other people to know about them. — I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? 00:02:04
2018-01-26 · The book kept stalling until a third thing pushed him to the end: things he wanted to say and was qualified to talk about that wouldn't fit in a four-minute video. — I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? 00:02:19
2018-01-26 · Hank is pleased, honored and proud to have the book in the real world, feels very lucky, and thanks John for his support and kind words about it. — I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? 00:03:09
2018-02-02 · Asked how book editing is going, Hank says not great: a busy week, a deadline he may miss, and a lot of stress. (hedged) · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) 00:01:01
2018-02-02 · After finishing his first book, Hank watched a French man play accordion in an airport while his children played, thinking that weird things happen both in his book and in the real world, then flew home. · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) 00:01:35
2018-02-09 · Since that video Hank has spent a surprising amount of time thinking about interviewing sidewalks. — This is Going to Seem Dumb, but Stick with Me 00:00:38
2018-02-09 · Outside a friend's house Hank had an intense sidewalk moment: he followed a two- or three-year-old's footprints in the concrete to a maker's mark reading Miracle and Tripp, 1909. — This is Going to Seem Dumb, but Stick with Me 00:01:37
2018-02-16 · Hank visits the University of Montana Paleontology Center collections room with Kallie of Eons and Tuna, who makes SciShow most days. — Thoughts from VERY Dead Animals 00:00:12
2018-03-02 · The description explains the process: the designer read the manuscript and sent three sample covers Hank did not like. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! 00:00:00
2018-03-02 · After rejecting the first mockups, Hank sent the designer three non-cover images he liked, with bold colours, repeating patterns and an illustrated feel, plus a few favourite recent book covers and under 400 words on what he hoped for. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! 00:00:00
2018-03-02 · Hank received five designs, three of them colour variations on the final cover; he asked for other colour treatments and suggested adding eyes to one of the Carls, but went with one of the original colour schemes. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! 00:00:00
2018-03-02 · Hank admits bias about his own cover, says he had minimal input, and calls the process very scary but is happy with the result. — The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! 00:03:07
2018-03-09 · Hank quote-tweeted it: his older brother thought it was a good idea to make video blogs, which Hank stresses is not an exaggeration. — John's Best Gift to Me 00:00:28
2018-03-09 · Hank remembers John and Matt Brown bringing They Might Be Giants' album Flood into the house and playing it in Dad's giant CD player. — John's Best Gift to Me 00:01:28
2018-03-09 · Hank is in Portland, Oregon with his wife and child to see probably his 12th They Might Be Giants show. (hedged) — John's Best Gift to Me 00:02:05
2018-03-30 · Hank was in Amsterdam last week (week of 19 March 2018) and, as always away from home, noticed small differences: bikes, trains and trams, while in his town almost everybody drives. — The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Thoughts from Amsterdam 00:00:00
2018-04-06 · Hank has been late for many things and calls himself chronically late: finishing one last thing, forgetting the thing existed, always underestimating how long things take. — How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) 00:00:19
2018-04-06 · His lateness has worsened with the book's deadlines, meetings and signing, and since Orin was born he has had to apply better the strategies built over 20 years of chronic lateness. — How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) 00:00:46
2018-04-06 · Hank calls the video both advice and an apology to everyone, including John: he is sorry he is late all the time. — How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) 00:03:19
2018-04-20 · Hank doesn't smoke pot; he has tried it and doesn't really like it. — This Video is About Marijuana 00:00:05
2018-04-27 · Hank says he is okay but has been looking for things that give him respite, which he looks up: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult. — Finding Respite in 2018 00:01:35
2018-04-27 · Hank asked Twitter and Facebook for great things he might be missing and offers a list of sources of respite from other people and his own brain. — Finding Respite in 2018 00:01:51
2018-05-11 · Hank is working on his VidCon Creator Track talk, part of why he has been thinking about this; advice is hard because creators differ so much. — Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things 00:03:23
2018-05-18 · Hank is in Florida for his in-laws' 50th wedding anniversary and tweeted that he needed to make a fun, quick, not stressful video so he could get back to celebrating. — Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday 00:00:40
2018-05-18 · Hank hears 'Yanny'; Katherine hears 'Laurel' and thought he was lying to her about Yanny, but Yannies are real. — Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday 00:02:29
2018-05-25 · Hank tried to scroll to the end of the month in his own subscription feed and did not have the patience. — Please Unsubscribe 00:01:58
2018-06-01 · The description says the video is a mess; Hank flips upside down because he forgot that titles now appear under videos on YouTube. — Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) 00:00:00
2018-06-01 · Hank recently switched his house over to Google Wifi, which he finds really well done. — Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) 00:00:45
2018-06-01 · Needing only two, Hank ended up with an extra router, a $100-plus device he is a little mad about, which would just sit in a closet until obsolete enough to recycle at Staples. — Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) 00:00:54
2018-06-15 · That shared denominator unifies us, so Hank is going to try to watch some World Cup this year (2018). (hedged) — Sports are Dumb 00:00:00
2018-06-15 · Hank doesn't know how he will find the time to watch the World Cup, but he just bought a temporary TV subscription so he could get it. — Sports are Dumb 00:00:00
2018-06-15 · At sports games Hank sometimes gets the urge to yell 'Sports!', half genuinely enjoying himself and half watching as a detached intellectual from an anthropological perspective. — Sports are Dumb 00:00:01
2018-06-15 · Hank still has a 'sports are dumb' mentality left over from being socially discounted and occasionally punched by athletic people as a teen. · story: Hank is bullied and survives it without dealing with it — Sports are Dumb 00:00:58
2018-06-15 · Hank came to John's World Cup video with little interest in the World Cup, but by its end had many questions. — Sports are Dumb 00:01:51
2018-06-22 · On VidCon day two, Hank has been talking to educational YouTube creators and decides to ask them trivia questions to see how smart they really are. — Stumping EDU Creators - Trivia at VidCon 00:00:00
2018-06-22 · Hank is disappointed that nobody knew who Le Pétomane was. — Stumping EDU Creators - Trivia at VidCon 00:02:40
2018-06-22 · After his last quiz, with Kati Morton, Hank asks her husband Sean, a great friend of his, who Le Pétomane is. — Stumping EDU Creators - Trivia at VidCon 00:02:44
2018-07-06 · Choosing the narrator gave Hank so much anxiety; all candidates were good, but he chose the one who made him feel he was listening to April, which was beautiful but a little upsetting and uncanny. — This Ends in Death 00:02:37
2018-07-27 · When Hank started his master's degree in environmental studies, he was surprised to find much ambivalence and even outright distaste for Captain Planet. — Why Environmentalists Hate Captain Planet 00:00:14
2018-08-03 · Hank tells John he loves and appreciates him, that John will always be a big deal to him, and that he wants to work to keep John in his life. — How Do Adults Make Friends? 00:00:10
2018-08-03 · Hank's cute Orin story: in the morning Orin says 'Papa Da Nana', meaning pick me up, take me downstairs and feed me a banana. — How Do Adults Make Friends? 00:00:41
2018-08-03 · Hank thanks all his friends and family for helping make that labor joyful. — How Do Adults Make Friends? 00:03:47
2018-08-10 · Hank credits the robot-suit analogy to Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind. — My Giant Robot Suit 00:00:03
2018-08-10 · Hank says he is still learning these lessons: he has made mistakes and lives with the harm his missteps caused and the weight of his influence's responsibility. — My Giant Robot Suit 00:03:07
2018-08-17 · Right out of college, Hank applied for a job at the nonprofit where Katherine, now his wife, was working, and did not get an interview. — My Worst Job Search Fail 00:00:04
2018-08-17 · Visiting Katherine at the job, Hank overheard an older staffer describe in detail the worst cover letter he had received, and realized it was Hank's. — My Worst Job Search Fail 00:00:20
2018-08-17 · Hank stood and listened without revealing himself, feeling as if he were in the interview he had hoped for, only hearing why they didn't want to talk to him. — My Worst Job Search Fail 00:00:44
2018-08-17 · Hank asked on Twitter, and in an AskReddit post, for unexpected ways candidates had disqualified themselves, and got many good replies. — My Worst Job Search Fail 00:02:13
2018-08-24 · Hank wishes John happy birthday; John sent a photo of himself wearing Hank's birthday present, and Hank is glad he likes it. — The Top 10 John Green GIFs 00:00:03
2018-08-24 · Number 6 shows John frustrated; Hank rates it ten out of ten because John actually injured himself filming it. — The Top 10 John Green GIFs 00:01:08
2018-08-31 · Hank can't listen to anything but maybe white noise while writing, but a number of songs inspired the book, as reading it will show. (hedged) — Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne 00:01:18
2018-08-31 · The hardest part of writing was stopping: it is terrible knowing he can't change anything, and an improvement he thought of last night won't be in the book. — Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne 00:01:40
2018-08-31 · Somewhat embarrassingly, the seed of the book was a literal dream that Hank found interesting. — Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne 00:03:08
2018-09-07 (said on 2018-09-03, implied) · Hank introduces his guest Tessa Violet, a musician, singer, songwriter and friend of his. — Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet 00:00:00
2018-09-14 · Hank says press people have invariably asked him whether there is a sense of competition with John and whether he will compare his book's success with John's books. — Our Rivalry 00:00:00
2018-09-14 · When Hank has changed how he imagines the world, his shape of success changed too; those moments were sometimes hard but always good. (hedged) — Our Rivalry 00:01:01
2018-09-21 · At VidCon Australia, Ashly Perez gave a talk about an allegory she read online, written by a man told it by a teacher; it resonated with Hank. — The Parable of the Perfect Pot 00:00:00
2018-09-21 · This is more or less Hank's philosophy for the last 11 years, and it worked well: make a pot, present it for judgment, use the feedback to make another. (hedged) — The Parable of the Perfect Pot 00:00:58
2018-09-21 · Nothing prepared Hank for half a decade with the same lump of clay: making it a pot, hating it, punching it back into clay, and again. · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — The Parable of the Perfect Pot 00:02:09
2018-09-21 · When Hank thought it done, his agent, editor, sensitivity readers, friends and family told him to punch it a few more times. — The Parable of the Perfect Pot 00:02:38
2018-09-28 · Hank and John are together in Canton, Ohio, doing a 'Question Tuesday' of questions from Nerdfighters. — REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats 00:00:00
2018-09-28 · Hank says the best part of the tour has been hanging out with his brother. — REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats 00:03:38
2018-10-02 · Hank says that line is one he stole from John, and that he asked first. — How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday 00:01:00
2018-10-05 · The description says Hank is on the last leg of his tour, stressed but very happy, having met many cool people and had great conversations about the book. — We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… 00:00:00
2018-10-12 · Hank feels lucky: he has never had an experience like this book's reception, and it is special and awesome. — Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' 00:19:26
2018-10-19 · The description says that despite Hank's master's degree in environmental studies, this graph, once explained to him, completely changed how he felt about human impacts on the planet. — This is the scariest graph I've ever seen 00:00:00
2018-10-26 · In 2000 Hank lived in Florida and voted in his very first presidential election. — The Rigged Election 00:00:00
2018-10-26 · Many in Hank's ultra-lefty college friend group went on assuming the Republican Party had defrauded democracy and Bush was an illegitimate president. — The Rigged Election 00:00:58
2018-10-30 · Seeing a dermatologist for a face rash, Hank had his moles checked and one was found on the bottom of his foot. — Watch My Dumb Dancing 00:02:07
2018-10-30 · The dermatologist removed the mole and the lab confirmed it was normal; Hank is glad he had it checked, noting it is not only something that happens to old people. — Watch My Dumb Dancing 00:02:30
2018-10-30 · Hank's son just turned two. — Watch My Dumb Dancing 00:03:14
2018-11-01 · Hank recalls watching his landlord (he calls him Snickers) ask the new front-house tenant (Heath) if he pulled up the back-garden flowers; Heath said he pulled up weeds. — Should I Feel Guilty? 00:00:08
2018-11-01 · The landlord said they were wildflowers grown from the seeds thrown at his wedding, and Heath replied that now he was just making him feel guilty. — Should I Feel Guilty? 00:00:41
2018-11-01 · Hank never had student loans because his grandfather ran businesses and was wealthy; his family was not wealthy but had a safety net his friends lacked, and he has always felt guilty about it. — Should I Feel Guilty? 00:01:49
2018-11-05 · Hank and John appear together in an unplanned Pizzamas reunion video: they are together because their cousin is getting married. (both) — Reading Mean Comments with John 00:00:00
2018-11-07 · Hank thanks John for yesterday's video but says it didn't stop him from constantly refreshing his feed last night, and he is still doing it. (hedged) — A New Thing? 00:00:00
2018-11-07 · Earlier this year (2018) Hank tweeted a 'really bad idea': what if you had to go to a place to watch a YouTube video? The most common response was 'thanks, I hate it'. — A New Thing? 00:00:00
2018-11-09 · In the year before his book came out, Hank feared the science fiction community would see him as an unwelcome YouTuber interloper, so he decided to read some 45 science fiction novels and tweet about ones he liked. — I Don't Know What Work Is 00:00:00
2018-11-09 · Hank says he does care about that community and loves science fiction, so the reading was a wonderful way to spend time, and part of him was happy it felt productive. — I Don't Know What Work Is 00:00:23
2018-11-09 · Hank recalls that in 2011, when YouTube considered funding higher-budget channels, he and John could pitch ideas; in a recently found chat he had a dozen ideas, from top-10 shows to Pilates, chasing views. — I Don't Know What Work Is 00:01:47
2018-11-09 · Hank says on many evenings he goes home to uncover the absurd and vital lives of fictional people he loves. — I Don't Know What Work Is 00:03:00
2018-11-23 · Hank recalls being excited, after having a baby a couple of years ago, to officially tell dad jokes; now Orin, barely two, is telling jokes himself. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — Four Jokes from a Two year Old 00:00:00
2018-11-23 · Joke two, 'Blue. Baby.': grasping adjectives, Orin applies them to things they don't fit and finds it funny, with variants like 'blue moon' and 'police bus'. — Four Jokes from a Two year Old 00:00:44
2018-11-23 · Joke four: looking at pictures of himself and asked which baby it is, Orin answered 'coconut', which everyone agreed was a very good joke. — Four Jokes from a Two year Old 00:02:01
2018-12-04 · Hank says care comes easily to him, but at various times in his life he has lost his grip on hope. — When it All Seems Like Too Much 00:02:32
2018-12-14 · Hank posted a photo of last year's (2017) makeup; Katherine was the first to comment, calling it 'the worst'. — Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity 00:00:29
2018-12-14 · Asked for a theme this year (2018), Katherine suggested something cute, so the makeup becomes 'Goth But Cute'. — Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity 00:00:29
2018-12-14 · Asked when he and John were first in a Vlogbrothers video together, Hank guesses it was in the Dominican Republic. — Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity 00:02:55
2018-12-21 · Hank has watched the video five times not for the glitter or the fart sprayer but because the thieves don't look or act as he thought they would. — The Psychology of Package Thieves 00:00:00
2018-12-21 · Hank researched the topic, including talking to package thieves, and presents their words in the voices of actors. — The Psychology of Package Thieves 00:00:29
2018-12-21 · Feeling out of his depth, Hank called psychologist Dr. Robert Tyminski, author of The Psychology of Theft and Loss. — The Psychology of Package Thieves 00:01:47
2018-12-28 · For a New Year's resolution, Hank says he would like to use his phone less, specifically in bed. — The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) 00:02:22

2019

2019-01-04 · Hank thanks Nicole Sweeney for editing the video with him; she did 90 to 95 percent or more of the work. — Bid Daddy Likes Pork Rinds - P4A Recap 2018! 00:03:30
2019-01-11 · Hank talked with Mark Rober that morning about the neurotransmitters that make life feel rewarding and that are ultimately responsible for us doing anything. — What is Burnout? 00:00:29
2019-01-11 · Hank's worst burnouts came when he still had fuel but ran out of hours in the day because one too many things went wrong: fuel, but no more car. — What is Burnout? 00:01:59
2019-01-18 · Hank's own answers: he feels good when he helps other people experience joy (healthy) and when he is more successful than people he dislikes (unhealthy). — Should You Burn Dirty Fuel? 00:00:29
2019-01-18 · Hank has at times not shied away from burning unhealthy fuels. — Should You Burn Dirty Fuel? 00:02:55
2019-01-25 · Hank recalls spending his first 22 years in Florida, where winter is the best season because you can move around without sweating. — A Floridian's Guide to Living Someplace Very Very Cold 00:00:00
2019-01-25 · Hank says that in 2003 he moved to Missoula, Montana, which was a shift. — A Floridian's Guide to Living Someplace Very Very Cold 00:00:10
2019-02-01 · Hank says John's Tuesday video included clips of hockey, soccer and football games John did not own, and one company owning some of them blocked it on YouTube. — We Have Destroyed Copyright Law 00:00:00
2019-02-01 · Hank says he often uploaded others' content, like a music video for a Willie Nelson song and his arguably parody song The Subway Where I Used to Go; none were blocked, only claimed, their AdSense money going to the labels. — We Have Destroyed Copyright Law 00:01:27
2019-02-08 · Hank says his second college summer he worked at Orange TV, a community access station in Orlando, doing graphic design, camera and sound, and learned a ton still relevant to his life. — Screwing Up: Two Stories From When I Worked at a TV Station 00:00:00
2019-02-08 · Hank says on his first assignment he was on sound and sensed the audio wasn't right but said nothing; the camera operator later found it on the onboard mic, so the early footage was useless. — Screwing Up: Two Stories From When I Worked at a TV Station 00:00:31
2019-02-08 · Hank says before a shoot his producer, a solid man with a perfect silver mustache who had been in the Air Force, poked the patch on his thrifted military jacket and said 'Green, you outrank me.' — Screwing Up: Two Stories From When I Worked at a TV Station 00:01:00
2019-02-08 · Hank admits he didn't know what a master sergeant was or even which branch the jacket came from, and as a young lefty a little looked down on that career while wearing the jacket because it looked cool. — Screwing Up: Two Stories From When I Worked at a TV Station 00:02:45
2019-02-22 · Hank is at their parents' house in very damp North Carolina; taking a step back is important and nice for him, especially right after VidCon. — I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore 00:00:00
2019-02-22 · On a bridge watching his son throw rocks into a creek, Hank told their dad a business idea; his dad asked 'you're not going to do that, are you?' and Hank said of course not. — I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore 00:00:58
2019-03-01 · Hank says his in-laws' phone gets maybe seven calls a day, three or four of them from people trying to steal their money. (hedged) — I Get a Robocall While Making a Video About Robocalls 00:00:29
2019-03-01 · Hank lists scams his mother-in-law has heard: the IRS will arrest you, a grandson arrested in Africa needs bail, free CDs from a radio station, an inheritance, and a $50 software package supposedly needed because Microsoft is updating Windows. — I Get a Robocall While Making a Video About Robocalls 00:00:58
2019-03-01 · About a year ago Hank tweeted that any legislator who wants to get elected should do something about robocalls, since everyone agrees it should be fixed. — I Get a Robocall While Making a Video About Robocalls 00:01:27
2019-03-08 · Hank recalls that in a former career he wrote news stories for a living and judged stories by whether they were interesting, never whether positive or negative. — Does "The Press" Hate YouTube? 00:01:40
2019-03-15 · Hank says some of their later explainers introduced the same controls and standards, but that turned out to be really hard and time-consuming. — Why We Stopped Making Explainers: EXPLAINED 00:02:44
2019-03-22 · Hank says he has ulcerative colitis. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — How to Get a Colonoscopy 00:00:00
2019-03-22 · The description says the procedure went great, Katherine filmed him being a dork, and he still has moderate inflammation in his distal colon, normal for him but worth treating. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — How to Get a Colonoscopy 00:00:00
2019-03-22 · For other people with IBD, Hank says he currently takes mesalamine, an anti-inflammatory, and allopurinol, an immunomodulator. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — How to Get a Colonoscopy 00:00:00
2019-03-22 · Hank says he was diagnosed in 2005 and, after first getting it under control, has had mild, moderate or no symptoms on and off since. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — How to Get a Colonoscopy 00:00:00
2019-03-22 · Hank says this is maybe his third or fourth colonoscopy; not remembering suggests it is no longer a big deal for him. (hedged) — How to Get a Colonoscopy 00:01:25
2019-03-22 · With his IV in at the endoscopy clinic, Hank says he is a little nervous, as expected, and everyone is very nice. — How to Get a Colonoscopy 00:06:17
2019-03-29 · Hank says he knows wage theft first-hand: he got a wage theft settlement after working at Walmart for a summer. · story: Hank's summer job at Walmart (told 2017) — The Largest Theft of All Time 00:03:26
2019-04-05 · Hank notes John didn't post on Tuesday: they had said they would take vacation days, and now one has actually happened and Hank is adjusting. — TOO MANY MILKS 00:00:00
2019-04-05 · Hank says a Reddit thread made him realize he pictures one specific bar, never visited, with a very weird layout, when he hears a 'man walked into a bar' joke. — TOO MANY MILKS 00:02:21
2019-04-12 · Hank says he runs a media company where they often say a SciShow topic isn't good unless it surprises people. — Escalators: We're Not Doing it Wrong (Mostly) 00:02:18
2019-04-12 · Hank admits he has also been guilty of manufacturing the interesting, especially early in his blogging career. — Escalators: We're Not Doing it Wrong (Mostly) 00:03:16
2019-04-19 · Hank says that for him, unlike John, taking his medicine is the default choice. — Making your Nothings into Somethings 00:01:21
2019-04-19 · Hank says he doesn't know how to set up passive somethings; he has had a lot of practice and is still not great at it. — Making your Nothings into Somethings 00:03:27
2019-04-26 · Hank says he helped popularize a Twitter hole, 'the five jobs': list five jobs you've had and ask 'what about you?' — It's Time to Care About "Business" 00:00:00
2019-04-26 · Hank says that after starting out 'being dumb with a camcorder' in 2007 he became, over years, CEO of four different companies, not counting 2D Glasses, without really knowing how. — It's Time to Care About "Business" 00:01:27
2019-04-26 · Hank lists past jobs: research assistant, quality control chemist, Walmart associate, production assistant. — It's Time to Care About "Business" 00:01:27
2019-04-26 · Hank's first office job was boss; he had no idea what he was doing, and each day chose among the audience, the financials and the team as his priority, based on nothing. — It's Time to Care About "Business" 00:01:57
2019-04-26 · Hank, a CEO, learns from every episode, which is a little embarrassing but something he is proud of: whatever your job, there is a lot to learn. — It's Time to Care About "Business" 00:02:55
2019-05-17 · Hank sat in silence like the audience when he watched the clip on Sunday morning, and then cried alone in his bed. — Keanu. 00:02:54
2019-05-24 · Last week (week of 13 May 2019) Hank went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which he calls one of the best places on earth, and delighted in mudskippers, otters, mola mola and cuttlefish. — The Monterey Bay Aquarium Has a Secret 00:00:00
2019-05-31 · Hank recently had a tweet go viral: a quote tweet of a tweet citing an infographic of UK coal use over the last eight years, responding, more vulgarly, 'we can do this'. — Uncomfortable Nuance: Natural Gas Edition 00:00:00
2019-06-07 · Hank shows the editions of his book in all the languages it has been published in so far, calling them the coolest thing he owns. — 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel 00:00:00
2019-06-28 · Hank watches many YouTube videos of microscopic life and got so obsessed that he asked one of his favorite creators, James in Poland, to make a YouTube channel with him. — My New Obsession 00:01:55
2019-07-05 · VidCon is next week (week of 8 July 2019), so Hank is stressed and can't concentrate; being older, he knows the remedy: very weird animals. — You Need to Know About This Ridiculous Fish 00:00:00
2019-07-05 · The description says Hank recently saw an ocean sunfish up close at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and fell in love. — You Need to Know About This Ridiculous Fish 00:00:00
2019-07-12 · Hank explains that VidCon now closes all its balconies because a kid peed off one at VidCon 2016. — Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! 00:00:29
2019-07-12 · Hank says Vlogbrothers has gone on a really long time: over a third of his life. — Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! 00:01:41
2019-07-26 · Hank's true answer: in the roughly three years between losing his insurance after grad school and Obamacare, he spent a little over $10,000 on prescription drugs. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent 00:00:29
2019-07-26 · The drugs kept Hank out of constant pain, helped his body take in nutrition and stop bleeding into itself, and prevented a lifelong loss of physical ability. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent 00:00:29
2019-07-26 · Hank's drug went from about $250 to $400 while he took it; he still takes it, and uninsured it would now cost $1,700 a month. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Best $10,000 I Ever Spent 00:00:29
2019-08-03 · Hank tells John that he, his brother, loves him and thanks him for being a good brother. — I Love John: Esther Day 2019 00:00:12
2019-08-03 · Valentine's Day as people do it has always seemed blah to Hank, but he likes the chance to write Katherine a card saying he loves her and why. — I Love John: Esther Day 2019 00:02:05
2019-08-03 · Hank tells John he appreciates him: a good person, hard worker and great dad; he loves him and loves working with him. — I Love John: Esther Day 2019 00:03:01
2019-08-09 · Hank finds his list of people he needs to write thank-you cards to for helping with his book, and is stressed that it exists. — Decluttering the Somewhat Embarrassing Nightstand of a 39 Year-Old Best-Selling Author 00:00:49
2019-08-09 · The drawer holds Hank's notes from his creator track keynote at VidCon Australia last year (2018). — Decluttering the Somewhat Embarrassing Nightstand of a 39 Year-Old Best-Selling Author 00:01:18
2019-08-16 · John's video about almost failing a class until his teacher stopped it reminded Hank that exactly the same thing happened to him. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:00:00
2019-08-16 · In 11th grade Hank took a landscape design course held at a different campus; sometimes, instead of taking the bus there after fifth period, he slept in the band room. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:00:00
2019-08-16 · His school failed students with more than ten unexplained absences, so Hank, self-important, tracked his to have exactly ten; at semester's end the teacher told him he would fail. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:00:29
2019-08-16 · Hank was furious, but at himself, not the teacher, for thinking he was so clever; it helped him see he took for granted he would always be let off. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:00:56
2019-08-16 · Hank walked into the hallway and kicked a hanging-open locker door in steel-toed Doc Martens; the door ripped off and flew across the hallway. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:00:56
2019-08-16 · Back in class, with everyone looking, the teacher said aloud they would mark it down as nine: Hank went from failing, to destroying property, to not failing. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:01:25
2019-08-16 · Even in the moment it felt wrong to Hank, but he did not question it. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:01:25
2019-08-16 · Hank did a lot of bad stuff in high school knowing the risk was small, and thought back then that he was just good at getting away with stuff. — ...Not My Proudest Moment 00:01:25
2019-08-20 · Asked for his most embarrassing story, cut from the podcast, Hank says everyone he tells says never say it aloud, then decides he is too embarrassed. — Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion 00:00:33
2019-08-20 · Hank liked all his college classes except physical chemistry. — Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion 00:00:33
2019-09-20 · Hank films from Melbourne, Australia, first saying it is Tuesday and then correcting himself: it is Friday. — Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) 00:00:00
2019-09-20 · Hank plans to watch The Fairies on YouTube and then maybe edit his book on the banks of the Yarra River. (hedged) — Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) 00:03:30
2019-10-18 · On Sunday, putting Orin to bed, Hank got a reply to an email he hadn't sent; he handed Orin to Katherine and found no unknown devices logged into his Google account. — They Hacked Me 00:00:00
2019-10-18 · The email had been sent from inside the help desk of an app Hank hadn't logged into for years. — They Hacked Me 00:00:00
2019-10-18 · Hackers tried dozens of Hank's accounts with an old compromised password still used on some platforms, and got into a couple of places. — They Hacked Me 00:00:29
2019-10-18 · Hank says they got in not through sophisticated programs but because he was lax: they tried his old passwords with his email addresses elsewhere, and it worked. — They Hacked Me 00:00:29
2019-10-18 · The hackers didn't seem to get into anything very important, but it is hard to tell. (hedged) — They Hacked Me 00:00:58
2019-10-18 · The hack was very stressful mostly because Hank long didn't know, and still doesn't, how much the hackers accessed; checking all his passwords took days. — They Hacked Me 00:01:57
2019-10-18 · Hank says his admittedly old email address has been involved in over 30 data breaches. — They Hacked Me 00:02:26
2019-10-25 · In a comment reply Hank says he draws a salary as CEO of Complexly and DFTBA but mostly already made his money: he sold VidCon a couple of years ago. — Unscripted and Unhinged 00:00:00
2019-10-25 · Hank says he just bought land to build a warehouse on because DFTBA has grown too much. — Unscripted and Unhinged 00:00:00
2019-10-25 · Hank says money usually sits invested in the stock market, and advisors told him to wait for it to grow and give more later. — Unscripted and Unhinged 00:01:12
2019-10-29 · Hank tells John he has finished a draft of his book, the biggest news of his year. — The Truth about None Pizza with Left Beef 00:02:55
2019-10-31 · As he briefly mentioned last video, Hank has finished a draft: some 140,000 words with a beginning, middle and end, some of which will almost certainly be in the final book. — Book News! 00:00:00
2019-10-31 · Hank saw Tommy Orange, author of There There, at a University of Montana Q&A, where Orange called himself a duality: writer and revisionist are completely different jobs. — Book News! 00:00:00
2019-10-31 · Hank has started revising and really enjoys the story; it is a mess, but he thinks it will be good. — Book News! 00:00:29
2019-10-31 · Asked whether he will cry, Hank says he cried in the Chipotle as he was finishing writing the book. — Book News! 00:00:58
2019-10-31 · Hank's deadline was October 2nd and he missed it, then set himself an artificial deadline of Pizzamas. — Book News! 00:01:48
2019-10-31 · The hardest part: several previous characters are now point-of-view characters writing the book themselves, and holding four or five voices in his head is hard; he has had to learn a lot. — Book News! 00:03:00
2019-10-31 · Hank feels really good: it was often stressful with many late nights, but he got better at things and enjoys reading it as a revisionist. — Book News! 00:03:30
2019-11-08 · Hank notes that he and John share a YouTube account, which is not how normal people use YouTube. — Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? 00:00:29
2019-11-08 · John recently watched the five-minute video of Hank, Maureen and John in Grand Rapids, their first event together, which Hank finds very cute. — Trolling Through John's YouTube History...GUESS WHAT I FOUND!? 00:02:45
2019-11-15 · Hank will never read many books a year: he is very mildly dyslexic and, per a staples.com reading test, reads slower than the average eighth grader. — Are audiobooks worse? 00:02:19
2019-12-06 · Hank is a little shocked by how much he likes jigsaw puzzles. — It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create 00:00:01
2019-12-06 · Hank admits he is obsessed with productivity, sometimes unhealthily: he ties his self-worth to his output, and his output to audience validation, money or other imperfect surrogates for 'impact'. — It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create 00:00:05
2019-12-06 · Unlike many puzzle people he knows, Hank's favorite part is taking the puzzle apart, watching complete order revert almost instantly to complete disorder. — It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create 00:01:23
2019-12-31 · The description credits Nicole Sweeney with editing the video, with its author helping to a lesser extent. — Project for Awesome 2019 Recap (BUTT IS LEGS) 00:00:00

2020

2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Hank says the last ten years have been big: he has changed a lot, and so has what the brothers do on the channel. — Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel 00:00:09
2020-01-10 · The description says the video simplifies a lot: after the main revision Hank sends the book to about six people who share traits with his characters that he doesn't, one of his favorite parts. — The Thing I would Like to End 00:00:00
2020-01-10 · A job candidate for a fairly high-level role once offered to get Complexly to acquisition in a couple of years; Hank refused: he wants to be running the company when he dies. — The Thing I would Like to End 00:00:21
2020-01-10 · Hank says the big revision basically rewrites the book: 50,000 words come out and 40,000 new ones go in. — The Thing I would Like to End 00:01:21
2020-01-10 · During the line edit Hank reads the whole book out loud, which is particularly slow since he is a slow reader. — The Thing I would Like to End 00:01:51
2020-01-10 · Last time Hank's copy editor was Mary Beth Constant, the valedictorian of his high school class, maybe the weirdest coincidence of his life; he hopes to get her again. — The Thing I would Like to End 00:01:58
2020-01-10 · Hank says there was literally a single typo in the whole book when it came out, which is amazing. — The Thing I would Like to End 00:02:30
2020-01-10 · Hank, not a high-stress person, finds that too much: it is the biggest ending he is working toward in 2020, and he is kind of terrified of it. — The Thing I would Like to End 00:03:04
2020-01-14 · Asked the most foolish thing he did as a child, Hank remembers getting in a lot of trouble for throwing glass bottles off their fort. — Foolish · Beautiful 00:00:31
2020-01-14 · The best advice Hank has had from his kid: sometimes Orin says 'Feel happy.' — Foolish · Beautiful 00:02:04
2020-01-17 · Hank says three times in the last week creative people running cool businesses told him they really respect his business skills. — It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity 00:00:01
2020-01-17 · Hank's dad has run businesses, and whenever Hank has a problem he can call him for help, which is extremely valuable. — It's Like Shark Tank, but for Charity 00:00:38
2020-01-31 · Hank says as a kid he was frustrated that, though we knew the galaxy's size and our place in it, no one could tell him how many stars are in the sky. — How Many Stars are in the Sky? 00:00:00
2020-02-07 · Hank says he just can't right now, so instead he will indulge in three things he likes: home soda carbonation, Mars and pedantic overanalysis. — GET BUSY WITH THE FIZZY 00:00:00
2020-02-14 · Hank says Dear Hank and John has received 49 emails about airplane seats: armrests, plugs, talkers and, above all, whether to recline. — Ending The Great Airplane Seat Debate 00:00:00
2020-02-14 · Hank says he likes to recline sometimes, so he asks the person behind him first, and if they say no, that's okay. — Ending The Great Airplane Seat Debate 00:00:58
2020-02-21 · In a comment, Hank says Nicola has found several human bones, which must be reported to police, and showed him the jaw of a man probably tossed off a prison barge. — The Muck of Millennia 00:00:00
2020-02-21 · Hank goes to meet a mudlark whose YouTube channel he watches and loves, saying he is in the enviable position of easily meeting YouTube creators he loves. — The Muck of Millennia 00:01:03
2020-02-21 · Hank says he is in London for VidCon and it is hard not to feel the context of history there. — The Muck of Millennia 00:02:42
2020-02-28 · In a comment, Hank says he is already working on the video with the permanent-marker test results. — I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE 00:00:00
2020-02-28 · Hank says he was watching John's 2011 video of signing The Fault in Our Stars very quickly, when John was a little frazzled, and admits he is a little frazzled too. — I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE 00:00:50
2020-02-28 · Asked by Kilko on Twitter how he copes, Hank says a new season of RuPaul's Drag Race is coming, which will help; we're working through it, as a species and individually. — I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE 00:03:09
2020-02-28 · Hank has a Y2K countdown calendar set to his book's release, 130 days, 2 hours, 48 minutes and 55 seconds away. — I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE 00:03:09
2020-03-06 · After college Hank worked alone in a fungicide quality-control lab: running the whole lab was exciting, but it was awful, as he saw no living thing all day but mold. · story: Hank's lonely first science job in a lab after graduating (told 2017) — I Did Not Get Leprosy! 00:00:00
2020-03-06 · One day Hank saw a little group of armadillos outside his window and decided to take a bunch of pictures of them with his new camera. — I Did Not Get Leprosy! 00:00:46
2020-03-06 · When Hank listened to punk rock on headphones the armadillos came over and snuffled his head, he thinks because they took the music for a bug, since they listen for prey. (hedged) — I Did Not Get Leprosy! 00:01:10
2020-03-06 · Hank did not get leprosy from the armadillos. — I Did Not Get Leprosy! 00:01:32
2020-03-10 · Asked his first memory of John, Hank says his memories are not chronological, but recalls John hitting a tree during childhood tackle football and getting a concussion; the tree bent. — A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video 00:00:30
2020-03-13 · The description says the video was recorded after the brothers' tour got cut short, for obvious and completely understandable reasons. — The Anxious Scroll 00:00:00
2020-03-13 · In a cold open added to the video recorded the night before, Hank says he is not about to give bad news: he is mentally not great but physically fine. — The Anxious Scroll 00:00:05
2020-03-13 · At almost 2 a.m. Hank has been doing 'the anxious scroll' to some extent, which is not super surprising. — The Anxious Scroll 00:00:17
2020-03-13 · Hank called two people he rarely phones; they talked some about COVID-19 but also about bread, Star Wars, work and coffee, the normal stuff, and it was lovely. — The Anxious Scroll 00:00:50
2020-03-20 · Around 2003 or 2004 Hank began feeling worsening intestinal pain and other bad symptoms, the pain being the big one. (hedged) · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:00:00
2020-03-20 · Hank put off the doctor a little too long; the doctors had no idea what was wrong: perhaps bacterial overgrowth, an allergy, an autoimmune disorder or colon cancer, ranging widely in severity. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:00:29
2020-03-20 · While undiagnosed and losing weight, Hank swung between feeling he was probably fine and feeling it was very bad. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:00:58
2020-03-20 · After his first colonoscopy Hank was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:00:58
2020-03-20 · As an active, uncoordinated kid Hank broke several bones and learned the sudden realization that life will not be the same and that sameness cannot be regained. — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:02:02
2020-03-20 · Hank could find no English word for the feeling, so he wrote to Susie Dent, his favorite game show linguist, who replied on Twitter. — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:03:19
2020-03-20 · Many years later, the possibility of someday needing his colon removed is a normal everyday thought for Hank; the new normal came, but not quickly. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:04:33
2020-03-20 · Responding well to the oldest, mildest medicine and nearing remission, Hank decided he might not have the disease, went off his medicine and fell into his worst flare yet. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:04:33
2020-03-20 · For a surprisingly long time Hank swung between taking the disease seriously and gut-level hope it wasn't real, and sometimes ate things he knew might cause a flare. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:05:55
2020-03-20 · Hank knows things may get much worse, tries to be clear about that with people in his life, and expects pain, sometimes manageable and sometimes not. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — The Sudden Obliteration of Expectation 00:06:25
2020-04-03 · Hank says he has a little experience with livestreams and a lot with making video, so he offers tips for good livestreams. — 11 Little Tips for Better Video Chat (For Teachers...and Everybody Else) 00:00:43
2020-05-01 · At John's suggestion Hank heads to a big ball, though not actually: he is home in Montana and shows a road trip from just before things got hinky. — I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place 00:00:00
2020-05-01 · Hank says he was driving from John's house to Albion College in Michigan. — I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place 00:00:00
2020-05-01 · Hank's route passed an attraction John had shared with him and that Hank had wanted to visit for about a decade. — I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place 00:00:29
2020-05-01 · Hank tells John that Michael brought him up unprompted. — I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place 00:02:04
2020-05-01 · Hank and Monica painted part of the ball; Michael told them to leave the rest for people about to arrive, three nice young people who then came. — I Need to Get Myself Away from this Place 00:02:40
2020-05-08 · Hank says he had a wonderful 40th birthday in isolation with his family, and thanks John and the community for being the online community he has long practice finding. — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:00:29
2020-05-08 · Hank plays a song on Vlogbrothers, which he has not done in a long time: 'I wonder what's inside your butthole'. — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:00:58
2020-05-08 · Hank says he did not write the song: an eight-year-old child wrote it and went viral on Twitter; he only added a beginning and an end. — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:01:29
2020-05-08 · Hank says finding the original All Star sing-a-ma-jig is amazing, but making a Smash Mouth sing-a-ma-jig is next level. — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:02:27
2020-05-08 · Hank has finished his last edits to his book and sent them in; it is officially 60 days, two months, from publication. — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:03:04
2020-05-08 · Hank says Katherine did something so nice it made his year; he keeps the details to himself. — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:03:04
2020-05-08 · Orin made Hank a rock sculpture of a ladybug on a leaf and a card with a spiral, which Hank thinks John would appreciate. — The years start coming and they don't stop coming! 00:03:26
2020-05-29 · The description says the brothers have been wary whenever offered a chance to put their content somewhere new: leaving YouTube would be done to viewers and feel like betrayal. — Get Paid 00:00:00
2020-06-19 · Hank is super excited and pretty nervous about the book, hence watching shooting star videos. — Only Shooting Stars 00:03:41
2020-06-26 · Hank reminds John that as kids at the beach he stepped on a dead Portuguese man o' war and was in pain for a full day. — You Might as Well Swim! 00:00:29
2020-06-26 · Hank says it has been such a fun project, and he has loved getting a new pin in his mailbox every month. — You Might as Well Swim! 00:02:57
2020-07-03 · About ten years ago Hank bought a softbox and has used it in every Vlogbrothers video filmed at home since, until today. — My World's on Fire 00:00:00
2020-07-03 · The description says releasing a book while running businesses in a pandemic and launching a new channel has not been chill, but Hank is surprisingly not nervous, just excited. — My World's on Fire 00:00:00
2020-07-03 · The original ten-year-old bulbs have been going kaput: one burned out, and one broke when the light fell over. — My World's on Fire 00:00:17
2020-07-03 · A couple of weeks ago Hank came back to smoke in his office: the base of one bulb was a little on fire, sparking internally; he ordered new lights but didn't set them up. — My World's on Fire 00:00:32
2020-07-03 · Yesterday another bulb caught fire: after ten years, two catching fire within two weeks of each other. — My World's on Fire 00:00:55
2020-07-03 · This has obviously been a really stressful time for Hank, but strangely he feels little book stress and is really excited for the book to get out. — My World's on Fire 00:02:52
2020-07-03 · Hank really appreciates the positive feedback from John and from early readers. — My World's on Fire 00:03:05
2020-07-10 · Hank has spent the week doing little but talking about his new book, which he has loved, because for two years he wrote it without being able to talk about it. — What a Concept!! 00:00:00
2020-07-17 · When there is a new way stories spread, Hank feels almost obliged to engage with it, and he has been doing so with TikTok. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — So Much to See 00:00:31
2020-07-24 · Hank loves talking about his book and hearing people talk about it, and spends a lot of time reading what people say about it. — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? 00:00:29
2020-07-24 · Asked who he played in his Rocky Horror shows, Hank shows a photo and reveals he played Rocky. · story: Hank's time in a Rocky Horror Picture Show cast — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? 00:01:59
2020-07-24 · Hank thanks John for being part of that curiosity, making stuff and love. — Could I Spare some Change for Gas? 00:03:33
2020-08-07 · The description says Hank minored in art in undergrad, where the most valuable lesson was learning to give and receive critique and knowing when you think it is wrong. — Her Finger and Her Thumb in the Shape of an 'L' on Her Forehead 00:00:00
2020-08-07 · Hank says reviews of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor have been very good, but he has run into some that made him feel bad. — Her Finger and Her Thumb in the Shape of an 'L' on Her Forehead 00:00:00
2020-08-07 · Hank says when he feels he is not doing something well, he looks for people who are and examines the tools they use; that is how growth happens. — Her Finger and Her Thumb in the Shape of an 'L' on Her Forehead 00:01:34
2020-08-07 · Hank says a review he saw today found his book's ending unexciting; he disagrees but won't try to convince the reviewer, since that is how they experienced it. — Her Finger and Her Thumb in the Shape of an 'L' on Her Forehead 00:01:34
2020-08-28 · Hank says most days he walks fairly well-trod paths, likes the comfort of a known direction and is grateful for that stability at this point in his life. — Break the Mold 00:03:08
2020-09-11 · Hank recalls that as a first-time voter in college he wondered whether to register at college or at his parents' house; he chose his parents' house. — If you don't go… 00:01:56
2020-09-25 · Hank had time on Tuesday but hadn't yet seen John's video, and surprise family curveballs came his way, so he chose to prioritize those. — i said yep 00:00:00
2020-09-25 · Hank reflects that we don't know what we sign up for: John asked him to do this in 2007, he said yep, and here they are in 2020. — i said yep 00:01:19
2020-09-25 · Hank is not making a video this week (week of 21 September 2020) and knows it's okay, but it feels really weird, since he has made a video every week on his day for more than 10 years. — i said yep 00:03:13
2020-10-02 (said on 2020-10-01, implied) · Hank says they began the idea on April 21, 2020, as everyone was getting used to a big deal changing their lives for a long time. — I ain't she was with well and I so and it's and but so and I'll and 00:00:32
2020-10-06 · Hank says he likes, or maybe used to like, mosh pits, which he thinks he has never said online; he may have had his last one. (hedged) — Something Important I've Never Talked About 00:00:00
2020-10-06 · From roughly age 15 to 25, Hank was fascinated by who makes these rules. (hedged) — Something Important I've Never Talked About 00:00:41
2020-10-08 · Hank recalls that he and John grew up going to Rax on days they had been good, when Wendy's wasn't good enough, to split a soft, gooey cookie. · story: Hank and John grow up going to Rax restaurants (childhood) — The Commercial that Killed a Fast Food Chain 00:00:00
2020-10-16 · Hank feels extremely lucky to be part of it; it doesn't seem like something that would have happened to him. — Still Riding a Big Wave that I Do not and Cannot Know 00:01:35
2020-10-30 · Four years ago today Hank was in the hospital, tired, a little anxious and very happy to have a healthy baby boy and a healthy wife who was now a mom. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — Four Years Ago 00:00:00
2020-10-30 · That day Hank watched many YouTube videos on how to swaddle a newborn and googled the etymology of 'swaddle'. — Four Years Ago 00:00:29
2020-10-30 · Orin was around the 90th percentile in weight but 50th in head circumference, which worried Hank into much googling; within three days his head, squished by birth, was normal. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — Four Years Ago 00:00:29
2020-10-30 · His son was born in the days before the 2016 election, which Hank was very worried about, so many searches are about Donald Trump. — Four Years Ago 00:01:27
2020-10-30 · Hank also searched about Huma Abedin's laptop, a story about Hillary Clinton's assistant that felt very big then and that he no longer remembers. — Four Years Ago 00:01:27
2020-10-30 · One search was simply 'Orin', Katherine's granddad's name: they had not yet named their son and were searching baby names. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — Four Years Ago 00:02:36
2020-10-30 · Hank says he looked up these searches because he doesn't know how to handle this moment; this will be a rough weekend for him. — Four Years Ago 00:03:05
2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · A few weeks after his second book came out Hank started a new project, then stopped, feeling he could not write it until after the election because the world would differ so much depending on the result. — Just Some Election Thoughts… 00:00:00
2020-11-06 (said on 2020-11-05, implied) · On the evening of November 3, 2020, as Florida turned red, it made sense to Hank for the first time that Trump is president; for four years it had seemed surreal to him. — Just Some Election Thoughts… 00:01:27
2020-11-13 · The description says luck, for Hank, was writing a Harry Potter song that got him invited to a Harry Potter convention, where he met a conference organizer who helped him build VidCon. — How We Teach: Individualist Stories 00:00:00
2020-11-20 · Health-care workers have shown Hank tremendous kindness every time he went to the hospital, with a broken bone or for his ulcerative colitis. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — Would I Take a COVID Vaccine? 00:02:58
2020-12-04 · Hank says he rarely asks Twitter creators to license their work, yet here he had Sam animate it, licensed music and recorded narration for about two hours to get two minutes. — The Christmas Creature 00:02:48
2020-12-04 · Hank says he doesn't know why he spent about ten hours in recent weeks on his piece of the unofficial TikTok Ratatouille musical. — The Christmas Creature 00:03:08
2020-12-18 · Hank is not always good at this and finds his want hard to steer, but he will keep trying because he feels he is getting better and the results are positive. — How to Change What you Want 00:03:20

2021

2021-01-01 · Topping John's look back at his 2020 goals, Hank says that at 10, in 1990, he wrote an essay predicting life in 2020, and reads it with his year-by-year timeline. · story: 10-year-old Hank writes an essay and timeline predicting life up to 2020 (1990) — In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are 00:00:00
2021-01-01 · For 1998 the timeline predicted 100 television stations without a satellite, which Hank says was what he worried about. — In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are 00:01:51
2021-01-01 · The timeline put the first black president in 1999, not an election year, but Hank notes that did come true. — In 1990 I Made a Bunch of Predictions About 2020...Here they Are 00:01:51
2021-01-08 · Hank now has a microscope, set up in a rarely used office corner he built as a Games with Hank set around 2015, and is very excited about it. (hedged) — In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes 00:00:00
2021-01-08 · The description says Hank recorded a whole video about voting rights, coups and leaders who thought they could ride tigers, but felt unable to add anything without oversimplifying or rambling. — In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes 00:00:00
2021-01-08 · Hank recently went to freezing Flathead Lake, where waves of ice chunks crashed ashore, and dipped his bare hand in to collect water and vegetation. — In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes 00:00:54
2021-01-08 · Hank finds a large organism he did not mean to grab, big enough to see on the slide. — In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes 00:02:22
2021-01-08 · Hank gets a live shrimpy creature with little arms under the cover slip but still cannot tell what it is. — In Which Hank Worries for a Little Bit and then Looks at Microbes 00:02:22
2021-01-15 · When the brothers started, income and status were not part of it; now YouTuber is a high-status job people want, and Hank says it is a good job. — Influencers and Insurrectionists 00:00:29
2021-01-22 · Under the microscope Hank sees individual dots of grease, a skin cell, a hair coated in sebaceous matter and scratches on his lens. — I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope 00:00:58
2021-01-22 · With a slide cover on one lens, Hank finds lots of flakes of skin, a tiny thread from his clothes or a bed sheet, and a huge hair. — I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope 00:01:24
2021-01-22 · What Hank did not expect was all the globs of oil; he wonders whether it just leaps off his face. — I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope 00:02:35
2021-02-12 · Hank recalls that a couple of years ago John called him to pitch an idea, unusually since Hank is usually the one pitching; it was big, uncomfortable and really good. — Doing Better 00:00:03
2021-02-12 · When John asked him a few years ago to give a significant share of his current money and promise much of his future earnings to people seeking the best solutions, Hank swallowed hard and said yes. — Doing Better 00:02:35
2021-02-26 · Hank's son Orin, bouncing on the couch singing the alphabet song, as usual swapped K and J, as he has since learning it almost two years ago. — Arbitrary but Useful 00:00:00
2021-02-26 · At two, Orin called himself 'you' ('you are thirsty'), which made sense since everyone called him you; one day, without anyone noticing, he switched to 'I'. — Arbitrary but Useful 00:00:44
2021-02-26 · Hank may be too stressed, is not sleeping well and is thinking about things that need fixing, so he has nothing deeper and gave up on tying the idea to society. (hedged) — Arbitrary but Useful 00:03:05
2021-03-05 · Hank says his mood is elevated and good. — How Much Hope is OK? 00:01:04
2021-03-05 · Hank thinks his mood may come from Montana's winter: everyone he knew expected it to be very bad, and then they went through it heads down without mentioning it. (hedged) — How Much Hope is OK? 00:01:04
2021-03-12 · Hank still eats corndogs a lot and probably prefers them to pizza; they just aren't part of the lore anymore. — A Crisis of Branding 00:00:00
2021-03-12 · Ordering a pizza right before recording, Hank gave his name and was told 'I love your TikToks'; he asked to record the person. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — A Crisis of Branding 00:00:29
2021-03-12 · Hank really is into pelicans: Katherine loved them first and got him into them. — A Crisis of Branding 00:02:30
2021-03-19 · Hank has just gotten his first vaccine shot, is feeling good, and wonders what pandemic behaviors to keep. — How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? 00:00:00
2021-03-19 · Hank recalls his boss at Walmart saying it is 10 or 100 times easier to keep someone coming to the same store than to attract them to a new one. — How Will Post Pandemic Behavior Change? 00:00:00
2021-03-26 · Hank once witnessed two women saying they can't help judging moms who take their kids to McDonald's, which made him kind of mad. — Why I'm Worried about 2021 00:00:00
2021-04-09 · The website lists everything Hank has started, an impressively long list riddled with failure: of 11 listed 2020 projects only four still exist, and three were jokes. — A Thought is Not an Idea 00:00:29
2021-04-09 · Keeping the club alive takes many people; Hank happened to know a woman in the sock business in Missoula, Montana, without whom they might not have managed it. (hedged) — A Thought is Not an Idea 00:01:56
2021-04-16 · Hank, who would have had a very different life without computers, has sensory processing disorder and ADHD and reads slower than the average ninth grader; luck in timing, the right tools and support turned possible liabilities into assets. · story: Hank's sensory processing disorder and ADHD (2017) — Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad 00:02:26
2021-04-23 · Hank felt pretty crummy the day after his second dose. — Young People and the COVID Vaccine 00:00:40
2021-05-07 · Hank searched Twitter for four words (Hank, John, Green and same) and found that a lot of people think he and John are the same person. — Are We The Same Person? 00:00:00
2021-05-07 · Hank got John's book in the mail, leafed through it for Easter eggs, then started reading and read a lot of it in an hour, surprised how easily it sucked him in. — Are We The Same Person? 00:01:47
2021-05-14 · Hank says most Vlogbrothers videos since about 2010 are scripted; he writes scripts of about 650 words for four minutes and, he learned today, says about 110 words more. — This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind 00:00:35
2021-05-14 · On the Turtles All the Way Down tour John told Hank his idea of star-rating facets of the human-centered world; Hank made Hank Reviews Everything in four minutes and never thought about it again. — This Vlogbrothers Stat Blew My Mind 00:01:35
2021-05-21 · Hank spent a lot of time this week (week of 17 May 2021) trying to follow John's very good, very emotional video with something deep and profound, but is too overwhelmed for it right now. — The 19 Best Facts 00:00:00
2021-06-11 · Hank, who usually keeps his frustrations off the internet, says he is discouraged by the vaccine misinformation he has seen; people are unvaccinated for multiple reasons. — My Greatest Tool Against Vaccine Misinformation 00:00:00
2021-06-11 · Hank is grateful to have some immunity from COVID without having had its symptoms or becoming a carrier who could sicken someone more vulnerable. — My Greatest Tool Against Vaccine Misinformation 00:02:43
2021-06-25 · In a comment Hank adds that, in fairness, Crash Course almost didn't make it through its first year without Google funding either. — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:00:00
2021-06-25 · Hank found in his Gchat archives the story of how John told him the most impactful idea they ever had, in a chat on September 26, 2010. — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:00:00
2021-06-25 · Hank replied that it was a great idea, John said he would do it, and that, Hank says, is how Crash Course was born. · story: Crash Course and Complexly begin from John's 2010 Gchat proposal and $10,000 of Hank's money (2010) — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:00:29
2021-06-25 · Hank says they were sure Crash Course could have impact but could not imagine funding it without traditional venture capital. · story: Crash Course and Complexly begin from John's 2010 Gchat proposal and $10,000 of Hank's money (2010) — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:00:51
2021-06-25 · Thanks partly to John advocating for Crash Course over Hank's terrible other ideas, they never had to take investment, which kept Crash Course focused on staying free. · story: Crash Course and Complexly begin from John's 2010 Gchat proposal and $10,000 of Hank's money (2010) — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:01:12
2021-06-25 · Hank shows the first coin minted, numbered 001, going to the first buyer of a $500 coin: their mom; he meant to fake cry and started to really cry. — The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:03:09
2021-07-16 · Hank likes social media and is good at it, has done it a very long time, finds it fun, and on an average day is grateful for his job creating things on the internet. — Should You Abandon Social Media? 00:00:29
2021-07-16 · Since around January this year (2021) Hank has used Twitter in a way he enjoys: making jokes, talking about things he loves and his life, and joining productive discussion of less heated topics. (hedged) — Should You Abandon Social Media? 00:01:19
2021-07-16 · Hank says two days ago Lindsey Graham tweeted he would go to war for Chick-fil-A's values, a tweet so well designed to create screaming that this is clearly its goal; Hank began composing a reply. — Should You Abandon Social Media? 00:01:45
2021-07-23 · Katherine thinks googling things about Animal Crossing taints the experience, so Hank googles quietly and then suggests things to try. — The Last 25 Questions I Asked Google 00:02:51
2021-08-06 · Hank recalls wanting to start ReadIt1st, urging people to read the book before the film or show; community members asked why he wanted to control how people enjoy things, and after pushing back he saw it ran counter to the vibe. — Remembering What's Special 00:00:58
2021-08-06 · One of Hank's most successful videos was his 26 rants video, where he yells about stuff, but he never made another, not because nothing annoys him. — Remembering What's Special 00:02:26
2021-08-06 · Instead Hank made a bunch of dad joke videos and now opens every Dear Hank and John with a dad joke, because that is the vibe. — Remembering What's Special 00:02:55
2021-08-13 · Hank thanks Our World in Data's tiny team for a tremendous service and has given them a $1,000 donation, because it helped him make this video and you cannot solve a problem you don't understand. — How We Fix the Climate 00:15:45
2021-08-27 · Hank saw a New York Times tweet being shouted about on Twitter and quote-tweeted the article, saying he didn't know why people were upset: would you rather not know at all? — Is it Better Not to Know? 00:00:00
2021-09-03 · Every Monday Hank records Journey to the Microcosmos, every Tuesday he shoots SciShow and sometimes Bizarre Beasts; he no longer writes them and mostly reads aloud. — What the Heck am I doing? 00:00:00
2021-09-03 · In a comment Hank says Orin's pre-K class has seven students, everyone is masked all day, and he is still nervous, though COVID is very rarely dangerous for kids. — What the Heck am I doing? 00:00:00
2021-09-03 · In the evenings Hank assembles Crash Course coins himself, as a way to thank the people who supported Crash Course through them, though it takes longer. — What the Heck am I doing? 00:00:47
2021-09-03 · Hank always preps for Dear Hank and John, made easier by Deboki helping with the science editorial part. — What the Heck am I doing? 00:01:16
2021-09-03 · It is a lot of pressure: Hank doesn't always get it right or know what he is doing, and he isn't fantastic at focus, as this list shows. — What the Heck am I doing? 00:02:39
2021-09-03 · Hank may be trying to write a space mystery novel, but that doesn't mean it will happen. (hedged) — What the Heck am I doing? 00:02:39
2021-09-03 · It is Orin's first week of pre-K, which is cute, sad and scary. — What the Heck am I doing? 00:02:39
2021-09-03 · Hank is planning his 15th wedding anniversary. — What the Heck am I doing? 00:02:39
2021-09-10 · At 11 or 12, at a summer-camp dance, Hank stood by the benches feeling second-hand embarrassment at an older nerdy boy dancing way too much, and thought it was embarrassing. — The Most Important 10 Words a Stranger Ever Said to Me 00:00:33
2021-09-10 · An older, higher-status girl, maybe 16, told Hank sympathetically that she too wished she could dance like the boy; she had mistaken his cringe for envy, and his life changed. — The Most Important 10 Words a Stranger Ever Said to Me 00:01:15
2021-09-10 · Neither the dancer nor the girl remembers the moment; they may know Hank now from Crash Course without knowing they met him in 1991. — The Most Important 10 Words a Stranger Ever Said to Me 00:02:44
2021-09-10 · Putting himself out there is not natural for Hank: it is his extreme sport, liked the way some people like jumping out of planes. — The Most Important 10 Words a Stranger Ever Said to Me 00:03:09
2021-09-17 · The description says the judges started with thousands of images and worked a full two days to pick the winners, calling it an honor to take part. — The Top 10 Micro-Photos of 2021 00:00:00
2021-09-17 · Hank was put in a room with four other judges to judge the Nikon Small World competition of photomicrography, beautiful pictures made with microscopes, weighing technique, beauty and story. — The Top 10 Micro-Photos of 2021 00:00:02
2021-10-01 · Hank says humans have many biases, and he didn't understand that we are bad at dealing with ongoing long-term crises until John spent time helping him understand it. — A Lie I Heard this Week 00:02:45
2021-10-05 · Hank says that in May 2020 someone told him TikTok is pretty cool; very soon he was uploading several TikToks a day, and over a year later he still is. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? 00:00:00
2021-10-05 · Hank joined TikTok shortly before his second novel came out and used it to promote the book, unashamed of using his social media skill for work he thinks many people should read. — Why the Heck am I on TikTok??? 00:00:00
2021-10-13 · In his 41 years Hank has never run more than one mile at a time. — The Web of Care 00:00:00
2021-10-13 · Hank was reminded of this by the latest episode of the podcast Heavyweight, titled "John", in which John is the John in question, and is amazed John still had that story after 15 years online. — The Web of Care 00:00:29
2021-10-13 · A young, vaccinated friend of Hank's got COVID; she will be fine but feels awful and frustrated that two years of being careful were for nothing. — The Web of Care 00:00:54
2021-10-13 · Hank says John has cared for years about a person he would have had no connection with but for a peculiar, specific moment in his life. — The Web of Care 00:02:07
2021-10-15 · Pizzamas used to be extra work for Hank; now it is less, a creative vacation in which he drops his other work and makes things. — What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend 00:01:27
2021-10-15 · Hank introduces his new cat, still unnamed because a four-year-old is involved; for now he is Kitty, and he has tried on many names. · story: Hank's family gets a new kitten, Gummy Bear (2021) — What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend 00:02:53
2021-10-15 · Hank already loves the kitten; viewers don't get to vote on the name, which is up to Orin. — What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend 00:03:22
2021-10-29 · Hank told Katherine about the crystal caves and on their walk home she exclaimed that the Earth is an alien planet, which he calls such a good line. — The Earth is an Alien Planet 00:03:03
2021-11-19 · On TikTok, where the crowd is different and often younger, Hank sometimes sees conversations being had that he and everyone he knows finished long ago. — How do We Get Anything Done At All? 00:00:00
2021-12-03 · Hank explains the plan: go epitaph hunting, then reconvene and share the best epitaphs. — John and Hank at the Cemetery 00:00:00
2021-12-10 · Hank remembers being on a plane when they hit 1 million subscribers and the incredible feeling; now he never thinks about it. — What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) 00:01:55
2021-12-24 · Hank made a video on this channel ten years ago about how amazing the James Webb Space Telescope would be, and now it is headed to space. — 29 Days of Astronomical Terror 00:00:00

2022

2022-01-07 · A massive snowfall cancelled Orin's school, so Hank's plans went out the window and the 2,000th video is a compilation of clips with his voiceover, one of the faster ways to make a video. — For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day 00:00:00
2022-01-07 · Hank and Orin play an hour of Junkyard Joust, Orin's favourite pastime: Hot Wheels race down a track and are eliminated if they land on their back or side, under Orin's very specific rules. — For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day 00:00:27
2022-01-21 · Hank says that yesterday he took part in the unveiling of the 75th annual Doomsday Clock, basically a subjective measure of how close to doom we are. — How to Be Hopeful About Doomsday 00:00:00
2022-01-21 · Asked to give remarks, Hank agreed only if he could be hopeful; going last after speakers explaining why things are bad made it a challenging writing assignment. — How to Be Hopeful About Doomsday 00:00:27
2022-01-28 · The description says a friend once got everyone at a hot spring to agree to 30 seconds of silence, but 15 seconds in a guy said it was boring. — The Most Dangerous Thing We've Ever Done on Stage 00:00:00
2022-01-28 · On their 2017 tour, Hank and John had Hank play Sweet Caroline on guitar and asked the audience to stay perfectly silent where the crowd chant normally goes. — The Most Dangerous Thing We've Ever Done on Stage 00:00:27
2022-01-28 · It worked about 75% of the time; otherwise someone chanted, sometimes by honest mistake (they retried) and sometimes again on the retry (then they stopped). — The Most Dangerous Thing We've Ever Done on Stage 00:01:26
2022-01-28 · After the first failure the brothers discussed dropping the bit, but kept it because success felt so good and failure was instructive. — The Most Dangerous Thing We've Ever Done on Stage 00:01:26
2022-02-04 · Hank says the brothers do have a lot of ideas, but most of his get shot down by John, who convinces him they are not good, and Hank does the same with John's. — How John and I Talk About Ideas 00:00:00
2022-02-04 · Hank says the term comes from a Vlogbrothers week of top 10 lists: the videos did about 10 times better than average but did not grow the community or teach anything. — How John and I Talk About Ideas 00:02:18
2022-02-11 · Hank remembers being told the proper structure of an essay without ever learning why it is a good structure or what an essay is for; essays have many purposes. — Knowing is not Understanding - Pluto and the P4A 00:00:58
2022-02-11 · Hank says he has had 15 years of practice at this; it isn't easy, but it isn't magic, just work. — Knowing is not Understanding - Pluto and the P4A 00:02:55
2022-02-25 · Walking around their neighborhood that morning, Hank told Katherine how powerless he felt in the moment. — When You Can't Fix Everything… 00:00:56
2022-03-11 · Hank tweeted a question earlier this week (week of 7 March 2022): will we still be using phones, meaning little hand computers, in 200 years? — Is it All Hopeless? 00:00:00
2022-03-18 · Hank was frustrated this week (week of 14 March 2022) by the clock change: putting his son to bed an hour before the boy thought it was bedtime, and hearing he wasn't sleepy. — How to Fix Daylight Saving Time 00:00:00
2022-03-25 · Hank says that ten years ago, starting Crash Course, he thought students mainly needed better learning tools; they do, and he is proud of Crash Course's work there. — US College Students Need Help 00:00:00
2022-03-25 · Hank says they understood none of this when starting Crash Course; over the last couple of years he, John and many at Complexly had a crash course in how US higher education works. — US College Students Need Help 00:01:56
2022-04-01 · Hank says he has been a bit stuck recently because he often doesn't know what the right thing to look at is. — I Don't Have a Good Title for This Video. 00:00:00
2022-04-01 · Last week (week of 21 March 2022) Hank went on vacation to Seattle, his first real vacation in a long time and Oren's first ever; a favorite part was watching ships come and go in the port. — I Don't Have a Good Title for This Video. 00:00:00
2022-04-08 · The brothers say they are in the same place because it is their mother's birthday; Hank says they will make a video and play Spider-Man video games. (both) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties 00:00:00
2022-04-08 · In the description Hank apologizes to John for not uploading this video last week (week of 28 March 2022): he got confused. · story: John and Hank's planned paired secret videos, Hank's not yet uploaded (2022) — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties 00:00:00
2022-04-08 · Hank recalls starting a YouTube channel called All the Questions whose goal was to answer every question, recorded 50 at a time. — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties 00:02:27
2022-04-08 · They have french fries upstairs, so the brothers go off to make a chip butty. — Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties 00:03:21
2022-04-15 · Hank shows an incomplete list of his current worries: too long, with nothing he'd remove and much that should be added. — Are You Stuck in The Sad Gap 00:01:57
2022-04-22 · Hank has made videos in his office for about eight years without ever showing anyone around, so he gives a tour today. — My Life is on My Walls 00:00:00
2022-04-22 · Hank shows the Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers tour poster, the map of the world Titansgrave took place in, and a JoCo Cruise poster signed by JoCo Cruise people. — My Life is on My Walls 00:00:29
2022-04-22 · Hank shows a bowling pin from when he bowled a 199 in 2013, which complete Vlogbrothers watchers will recognize; he asks others to guess what it is. — My Life is on My Walls 00:00:29
2022-04-22 · Hank shows the X-wing he and Katherine built during the long video at whose end they announced they were having a baby. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — My Life is on My Walls 00:00:58
2022-04-22 · Hank shows pins from his tour's merch table, sold for $8, and thanks those who understood their meaning. — My Life is on My Walls 00:00:58
2022-04-22 · Hank once thought he might do a gaming channel, hence the corner, kept because it looks cool; he now has a microscopy station instead, which has brought him tremendous joy. — My Life is on My Walls 00:00:58
2022-04-22 · Hank shows art from Vi Hart, Star Trek: The Next Generation and They Might Be Giants items, and a Ze Frank ducky, among bobbleheads that keep losing their heads. — My Life is on My Walls 00:01:24
2022-04-22 · Going far back in Vlogbrothers history, Hank shows the misprinted business card cube from 2007. — My Life is on My Walls 00:01:54
2022-04-22 · Hank shows pins collected over the years and a spur he got for doing an event at the University of Texas at Austin; he won't say what is in the chest. — My Life is on My Walls 00:01:54
2022-04-22 · Hank shows prototype Crash Course coins with different looks, made while planning the first coin and for future ones; he loves them because the coins and their buyers keep Crash Course going. — My Life is on My Walls 00:02:47
2022-04-22 · Hank shows a tie in the plaid Mr. Rogers wore, bought for him by their dad, who probably got John one too; he calls him a good dad. — My Life is on My Walls 00:03:16
2022-04-22 · Hank shows the meat Furby, the bean Furby, Pizza John art whose maker he thanks, and the map of the realm of Narnia that will always be behind him. — My Life is on My Walls 00:03:16
2022-04-22 · Hank ends with the Kurzgesagt calendar and his first-ever VidCon badge: this is where he spends much of his time. — My Life is on My Walls 00:03:45
2022-05-06 · In a channel comment Hank says that VidCon, which he loves, was responsible for some of the hardest days of his life. — Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) 00:00:00
2022-05-06 · Sometimes Hank tweets something he has believed since high school and people say he has changed; he has, but not on that. — Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) 00:00:58
2022-05-06 · The other form: people really disliking him and being mean online; not lately, but when bad it made him ask why he does this without the support to carry it. — Why I Didn't Quit YouTube (yet) 00:01:27
2022-05-20 · Hank often walks a stretch of sidewalk near a convenience store, where he thinks people buy chips or a drink and drop the wrapper on the ground on their way home. (hedged) — It's My Fault Too 00:00:00
2022-05-27 · Hank recalls that about ten years ago he was due to make a video on 14 December 2012 and had an idea for it, but the Sandy Hook attack happened, so he made a short, honest video instead; he has just rewatched it. — The Time for Politics 00:00:00
2022-06-10 · Hank says he takes a medicine that raises his risk of skin cancer, so he sees a dermatologist every year; so far it has always gone fine. — My Embarrassing Dermatology Story 00:00:00
2022-06-10 · At his latest dermatology visit, a med student who had been in the room thanked him outside for Crash Course; Hank says that feels good every time. — My Embarrassing Dermatology Story 00:00:29
2022-06-10 · Hank says this happens often: yesterday, at a coffee shop with Orin on his first day of summer vacation, two people thanked him for Crash Course, one about to start nursing school. — My Embarrassing Dermatology Story 00:00:29
2022-07-01 · Hank has COVID and has not left his hotel room in about a week; instead of getting a lot done, it has meant little motivation and a lot of sleep. — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes 00:00:00
2022-07-01 · The description says Hank has been testing negative for a few days and is back home; the video was made while he was trapped in a hotel room for a week. — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes 00:00:00
2022-07-01 · Hank thinks he has seen six movies in the five and a half years since Orin was born (Parasite, Knives Out, Little Women, Coco, Encanto, Into the Spider-Verse) and decided to double that in days. (hedged) — 7 Movie Reviews in Four Minutes 00:00:29
2022-07-08 · Hank says that, probably partly because he takes medicine to control an autoimmune disease, he got a kind of COVID that goes away and comes back, which has him looking for the bright side. (hedged) · story: Hank has COVID and a rebound case (2022) — Sad COVID Boy Hank Green Eats Foods He Hates but Can't Taste 00:00:00
2022-07-08 · Hank has finally lost his sense of smell and taste; for whatever reason it stopped working in him. — Sad COVID Boy Hank Green Eats Foods He Hates but Can't Taste 00:00:00
2022-07-08 · Black olives without smell are not vinegary but salty with a fatty richness; Hank says if that were how olives tasted he would eat them. — Sad COVID Boy Hank Green Eats Foods He Hates but Can't Taste 00:02:33
2022-07-08 · Blue-cheese-stuffed green olives are very salty, but the cheese adds sweetness, sourness and a nice texture; normally, when he can taste them, olives taste like poison to Hank. — Sad COVID Boy Hank Green Eats Foods He Hates but Can't Taste 00:03:03
2022-07-08 · Hank's bright side of having COVID: he got to eat olives and black licorice without hating them, though there are not many bright sides. · story: Hank has COVID and a rebound case (2022) — Sad COVID Boy Hank Green Eats Foods He Hates but Can't Taste 00:03:03
2022-07-22 · The description says Hank was reminded today that his 2011 James Webb Space Telescope video became a big deal internally for people working on the telescope, some of whom had started to doubt it would ever happen. — What are These Boys Doing?? 00:00:00
2022-07-22 · After his video about decreasing suck and increasing awesome, some people on the project handed out 'I Decrease Suck' and 'I Increase Awesome' buttons, Hank writes: the community has impact far beyond its size. — What are These Boys Doing?? 00:00:00
2022-08-03 · Hank wishes John a happy Esther Day, tells him he loves him, and says that saying it is getting easier, and he has ideas why. — Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? 00:00:00
2022-08-03 · Hank says brothers can have competitive, even antagonistic relationships, as he and John once did; their relationship has long not been zero-sum, but that history is in its foundation. — Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? 00:00:29
2022-08-05 · Hank describes a pretty hard week: Brennan Lee Mulligan was on their podcast and Hank was on Decoder, one of his favourite tech podcasts. — Let's Make Some Fish 00:02:10
2022-08-05 · Hank had trouble sleeping from stress: many people are waiting on him, and some days he feels he can meet all his obligations, other days none. — Let's Make Some Fish 00:02:10
2022-08-12 · Finding coverage thin on detail, Hank researched the bill himself: nonpartisan analyses, CBO reports, their authors, the EPA administrator and the 700-page bill text. — The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? 00:00:00
2022-08-19 · Hank's friend John Engen, mayor of Hank's town for the last 15 years, has died. — What if a lot of the Cynicism is Unjustified??? 00:01:37
2022-09-02 · In a channel comment Hank says he gets a joint salary from DFTBA and Complexly, but most income is from books and speaking; his wealth comes from book sales and selling VidCon, and they now donate more than he makes. — How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money 00:00:00
2022-09-16 · Hank is getting over shingles: it was very, very bad, but he feels much better and it now only itches. · story: Hank gets shingles (2022) — Here's Why Younger People are Getting Shingles 00:01:56
2022-09-16 · Hank says the risk is higher with immunosuppressant medication and stress, both of which he has. — Here's Why Younger People are Getting Shingles 00:02:43
2022-09-23 · Hank is at the YouTube Creator Summit, an event YouTube used to throw for creators, the first in a long time; he is excited to see old friends and make new ones. — The Real Difference Between YouTube and TikTok 00:00:00
2022-09-27 · Hank says they are at Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart's vacation rental, the Highball House in Palm Springs, California. — The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary 00:00:01
2022-09-27 · Hank agrees: it was one of the hardest he ever worked on a vlogbrothers video, for no result, since none of the food was good. — The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary 00:00:34
2022-09-27 · Hank says The Universe is Weird is awesome live because it gets real weird; they turned it into a jam song. — The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary 00:01:43
2022-09-27 · Hank thanks Katherine for 16 years of marriage and for the wildest way it could possibly have gone. — The Wildest Way it Could Possibly Have Gone - Our 16 Year Anniversary 00:02:41
2022-10-05 · Hank, in John's home, notes that they are wearing the same outfit. · story: John and Hank reunite in Indianapolis during Pizzamas (2022) — Asking an AI Image Generator for Pizza Johns 00:00:00
2022-10-05 · Hank describes prompting Pizza John in artists' and period styles: by Van Gogh, as a Renaissance painting, and as Andy Warhol pizza art. — Asking an AI Image Generator for Pizza Johns 00:01:07
2022-10-05 · Hank says they are off to do a show and he still has to edit and upload this video, like the old days. — Asking an AI Image Generator for Pizza Johns 00:03:09
2022-10-14 · Hank saw a 'nerd farters' hashtag trending on Twitter and was astounded to find it was an October Nerdfighter art prompt challenge he didn't know existed. — The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters 00:00:00
2022-10-21 · Hank says the idea that easy opinions form when questions are wrongly stated, making arguments easier, is new to him. — This 'Math Test' Changed How I See Humanity 00:00:00
2022-10-28 · Hank first met Monica Tranel, who is running for Congress, when he emailed her and she helped him make Hanklerfish art for Project for Awesome donors. — I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics 00:00:00
2022-10-28 · When Joe Biden's team invited Hank to the White House to hang out with the president, he wanted to go, but he has limited time this year (2022) and is focusing on his community. — I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics 00:01:36
2022-10-28 · Since his ballot is local, with local things on it, Hank decided to spend his time this election going local, and he feels really good about it. — I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics 00:03:18
2022-11-04 · Scrolling his photos, Hank realized he has a sign obsession: Google Photos shows hundreds of sign pictures over 15 years, the earliest from 2004. — My Secret Obsession 00:00:00
2022-12-02 · Hank felt left out not being in Rewind that year or the next, then they slipped into Rewind 2014, maybe the series' peak. — I Know How to Fix YouTube Rewind 00:00:00
2022-12-09 · Hank asked Midjourney to imagine an Afghan woman with green eyes and shows what it gave him. — Things are Changing Very Fast 00:00:58
2022-12-16 · Hank got food poisoning last night. — What I Would Have Tweeted 00:00:00
2022-12-16 · Hank has decided not to use Twitter until January, for a holiday break and a break from whatever Twitter is, with fun and productive things to do instead. — What I Would Have Tweeted 00:00:29
2022-12-16 · Hank still has the urge and ideas to tweet, so he reads some of the tweets he would have posted. — What I Would Have Tweeted 00:00:58
2022-12-23 · Hank thanks John for sharing thoughts about Hank's books. — You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) 00:00:00
2022-12-23 · The description says Hank cut a section complaining about people who ignore their impact and are surprised by anger, realizing it was exactly what he means to stop doing. — You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) 00:00:00
2022-12-23 · Hank says he is very good at becoming whatever a platform wants him to be: he got good at YouTube, Twitter and TikTok, and just had the top toot of the day on Mastodon. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) 00:01:38
2022-12-30 · The description thanks Faith, who ordered the hot boba and reported the strange double-fonted number to Hank. — This Boba Lid Lied to Me and I Don't Understand Why 00:00:00

2023

2023-01-20 · Hank says he got to tour the exhibit before it existed, to see the complexity of what makes it come together. — Behind the Scenes in the Deep Sea 00:00:03
2023-01-27 · Hank says Crash Course has become notable in educational media, so many people have approached them wanting to invest or partner. — An Announcement 3 Years in the Making 00:00:29
2023-01-27 · Hank says a few years ago they set out to help US students bridge from high school to college, starting by researching their barriers and talking with people in higher education. — An Announcement 3 Years in the Making 00:00:50
2023-01-27 · Hank says that at some point in the last five years people at YouTube introduced them to people at Arizona State University. — An Announcement 3 Years in the Making 00:02:05
2023-01-27 · Hank says he won't make a video next week (week of 30 January 2023) because he is getting a colonoscopy. — An Announcement 3 Years in the Making 00:03:54
2023-02-03 · Hank thought he had a colonoscopy today, but after he started a new medicine it was pushed back to May; he had not taken it off his schedule, so he gained an extra day. · story: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) — My Mid-Afternoon Existential Crisis 00:00:00
2023-02-10 · Every year Hank used the same roll of paper as a drop cloth; it became beautiful with stencil marks, scuffs and footprints, and he could not throw it away. — If it ain't broke don't fix it. 00:01:05
2023-02-10 · Hank says he doesn't give pets human names: his dog was Lemon, and his cats have been Cameo and Gummy Bear. — If it ain't broke don't fix it. 00:02:29
2023-02-24 · Hank explains the hummus joke: a stock Slack notification sound is a woman saying 'hummus'; donors paid for him to switch to it and he kept it the whole P4A. — The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet 00:03:54
2023-03-17 (said on 2023-03-16, implied) · Hank says that almost every Thursday he leaves the whole day unblocked to make a Vlogbrothers video to his own standard and have a good time. — This is a Video!! 00:00:00
2023-03-17 (said on 2023-03-16, implied) · After a wild week, Hank has only just started at 5:59 on Thursday with no ideas, so he asked for help on Twitter and will do what viewers say. — This is a Video!! 00:00:00
2023-03-24 · Hank is sorry to hear about John's back, hopes he feels better, and did a lot of research on herniated discs, since that's kind of his thing. · story: John's back pain (2023) — The Two Reasons Why Humans Have Such Bad Backs 00:00:00
2023-03-24 · Hank tells John he is sure this didn't help his pain at all, but it is pretty much all he knows how to do in a situation like this. — The Two Reasons Why Humans Have Such Bad Backs 00:03:50
2023-04-07 · Hank says a few years ago he decided to try to get big on TikTok because he missed being part of a new platform's rise, as with YouTube. (hedged) · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — Getting One Million LinkedIn Followers 00:00:00
2023-04-07 · Hank says he now has 7 million TikTok followers, more than anywhere else. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — Getting One Million LinkedIn Followers 00:00:00
2023-04-07 · Hank says a couple of weeks ago he decided to get to a million followers on LinkedIn. — Getting One Million LinkedIn Followers 00:00:29
2023-04-14 · Hank uses a jeweler's loupe to show that ordinary tree parts and rocks are studded with a bizarre crusting of life. — The Organism that Broke Biology 00:00:23
2023-04-21 · As perhaps the person in Montana with the most TikTok followers, Hank says reporters, local reporters and TikTok's comms people have been calling him for comment. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — On TikTok Bans 00:00:21
2023-05-05 · For about eight years Hank has made nearly every video sitting in front of his Narnia poster and his bookshelf. — New Office Tour!! 00:00:00
2023-05-05 · In a comment Hank says the Narnia poster has been there since his very first videos, was referenced a lot in the first year, and has (almost) always stayed in his background since 2007. — New Office Tour!! 00:00:00
2023-05-05 · The wider room held the Project for Awesome background and the old Games with Hank set, which Hank no longer uses for that but now uses for microscopy. — New Office Tour!! 00:00:00
2023-05-05 · Hank has always felt the room is too open; he wants to work in a smaller space. — New Office Tour!! 00:00:29
2023-05-05 · About to box up his books, Hank feels a little emotional, since many amazing things happened in this space; he is a little worried about a constructed space rather than one that just happened, and though he does not think it will feel sterile, he does not want it to. — New Office Tour!! 00:00:29
2023-05-05 · What Hank loves most in the new office: from his little corner he can reach and see everything at once, with bins, desk space and walls of shelves; he calls it his dream. — New Office Tour!! 00:01:24
2023-05-05 · Near the entrance is a little drum cave where Hank and Orin can play the drums. — New Office Tour!! 00:01:24
2023-05-05 · The map of the Realm of Narnia stays in the new office. — New Office Tour!! 00:02:52
2023-05-05 · Hank first found Emily Rayna on TikTok and reached out to her over a year ago to start the project, which is now complete. (hedged) — New Office Tour!! 00:03:21
2023-05-05 · All the carpentry, installation and contracting was done by Jack Metcalf, whom Hank knew through local people in Missoula; Hank feels lucky to have found the pair. — New Office Tour!! 00:03:21
2023-05-05 · Hank calls the office his little happy place: he will spruce it up over the next few weeks, but it could not have gone better. — New Office Tour!! 00:03:21
2023-05-19 · The description says Hank's first chemotherapy treatment begins as the video goes live. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — So, I've got cancer 00:00:00
2023-05-19 · The description reports that a PET/CT scan showed the cancer has not spread from its original location in Hank's left armpit/chest area. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — So, I've got cancer 00:00:00
2023-05-19 · Hank noticed his lymph nodes were big; his doctor said it was probably nothing and sent him for an ultrasound, where the tech went to get a doctor. — So, I've got cancer 00:00:12
2023-05-19 · The doctors said it looked possibly suspicious for lymphoma and scheduled a biopsy for the next day; the surgery-office clerk's eyes changed when she learned how fast it was scheduled. — So, I've got cancer 00:00:25
2023-05-19 · A friend of Hank's who is ten years past Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment has been someone to text when he panics. — So, I've got cancer 00:02:23
2023-05-19 · Hank says it seems his cancer was caught early, though he is still waiting on a scan to confirm it. (hedged) — So, I've got cancer 00:02:52
2023-05-19 · Hank has several lymphoma risk factors (medications, an autoimmune disease, mono as a kid), so he had been watching for it and is glad it was taken seriously. — So, I've got cancer 00:03:50
2023-05-19 · Friends who have been through cancer all told Hank that treatment is his job now: take it one day at a time and have no obligations, only optional things to do. — So, I've got cancer 00:05:10
2023-05-19 · Hank feels no symptoms of the cancer beyond biopsy soreness; stress is his main symptom, but chemo will bring many symptoms. — So, I've got cancer 00:05:52
2023-05-26 · The description says the first day after chemo was OK but it got progressively worse until day 5 or 6; on day 7 he feels OK, and his appetite has been good. — My Cancer Press Tier List 00:00:00
2023-05-26 · In a reply under the video, the channel says Hank's chemotherapy regimen is ABVD. — My Cancer Press Tier List 00:00:00
2023-05-26 · Hank is going to miss VidCon, which Variety put in its headline. — My Cancer Press Tier List 00:03:16
2023-05-26 · A week after his first chemo, Hank feels much better than a few days ago; chemo has been pretty miserable, but he is getting amazing care and much support. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — My Cancer Press Tier List 00:04:31
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank's chemotherapy hits him hard on a Friday, then he gets a Friday off, then he is dosed hard again the Friday after. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:00:00
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · The description says Hank is posting the video from the infusion center while receiving chemotherapy. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:00:00
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank feels nearly normal now, before his next dose at 9 a.m. tomorrow. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:00:29
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank had intractable hiccups from dexamethasone: already about 12 bouts lasting over 30 minutes across two days. — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:01:56
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank had salivary gland pain: seeing food made his recovering glands produce saliva, which physically hurt. — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:02:26
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank thought he had a UTI, but chemo can simply make the urethra hurt. — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:02:26
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank's last weird side effect is a sore mouth: tongue and undertongue feel bad, though he has not had mouth sores. — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:03:01
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank has been lucky to be mostly spared nausea. — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:03:01
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank has had a headache the whole time, though it is much less bad than it was. — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:03:01
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · For Hank the biggest and hardest side effect is fatigue: it does not feel possible to be that tired. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:03:01
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank compares the fatigue to when he had COVID: it is hard even to move his arm to grab a Gatorade bottle. · story: Hank has COVID and a rebound case (2022) — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:03:39
2023-06-02 (said on 2023-06-01, implied) · Hank told his son Orin about the hair loss; Orin asked when it grows back and was fine on hearing it will, eventually. — Chemo is Weird, Y'all 00:03:39
2023-06-16 · The description says not all chemotherapy makes hair fall out but Hank's does, an opportunity to appreciate someone dumber than him who does not exist. — So, About This HAIR… 00:00:00
2023-06-16 · Hank writes the description from his chemo chair, feeling good: two weeks between treatments, the first pretty terrible, the second pretty normal. — So, About This HAIR… 00:00:00
2023-06-16 · Hank writes it is too early to tell how well treatment is going, but early signs indicate his cancer cells are responding well, meaning dying a bunch. (hedged) · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — So, About This HAIR… 00:00:00
2023-06-16 · In high school Hank thought of himself as a bit of a punk, listened to the Dead Milkmen, Rancid, Operation Ivy and The Clash, and did not want a normal life as a businessman or lawyer. — So, About This HAIR… 00:02:02
2023-06-16 · Hank often thought he wanted a mohawk at 40, to prove he had a job that allowed one: 17-year-old Hank's version of a cool life, which he now calls silly. · story: Hank's teenage wish to get a mohawk at 40 (high school) — So, About This HAIR… 00:02:02
2023-06-16 · Until quite recently Hank had a job where getting a mohawk would have made his job and his peers' jobs a little harder. — So, About This HAIR… 00:02:26
2023-06-16 · Hank describes 17-year-old Hank as certain, passionate, scared, wild and often very kind: a good guy who became him. — So, About This HAIR… 00:03:05
2023-06-16 · Hank says this week (week of 12 June 2023) he was given an opportunity to honor his 17-year-old self, and here he is. · story: Hank's teenage wish to get a mohawk at 40 (high school) — So, About This HAIR… 00:03:52
2023-06-23 · Hank writes that his Hodgkin lymphoma has not so far become stubborn, but he is very aware that it could. — Understanding Cancer Survival Rates 00:00:00
2023-06-23 · Hank says his Hodgkin lymphoma is stage 2A with no bulky disease (no X), which is great. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Understanding Cancer Survival Rates 00:06:50
2023-06-23 · Hank says he talked to several oncologists and found them very different; which one he vibed with was about his needs, not their quality. — Understanding Cancer Survival Rates 00:09:36
2023-06-27 · Hank says he is feeling okay right now but expects to feel worse in about four days. — Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion 00:00:46
2023-06-27 · Hank says his chemo is the cheapest part of his treatment, cheaper than the scans; switching to a newer drug over a lung problem would raise it from $300 to, he thinks, $15,000. (hedged) — Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion 00:06:13
2023-06-27 · Hank reports a new chemo symptom: for the first time in his life, two ocular migraines, with auras and no pain while they were happening; it felt like hallucinating, in both eyes, so a brain problem. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Alone on the Cancer Boat: A Vlogbrothers Reunion 00:09:05
2023-06-30 · The description marks the last chemo day of Hank's current treatment plan; he expects a terrible week, then radiation, plus an important scan next week (week of 3 July 2023) whose results will take a scary while. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Bon Your Vivant 00:00:00
2023-06-30 · Hank agrees he has been more troubled of late and says he doesn't totally know what's going on. — Bon Your Vivant 00:01:21
2023-06-30 · Hank says he only recently learned what 'bon vivant', an enjoyer of life, means, and realized he is, or aspires to be, one himself. — Bon Your Vivant 00:01:21
2023-06-30 · Hank says chemo feels exactly as people described it, yet that didn't mean he knew how he would feel; it is super stressful as well as scary, sad, frustrating and unpleasant, with no 'but' added. — Bon Your Vivant 00:04:23
2023-07-07 · Hank says that, as someone people now want to help, he asked on Twitter, and thousands of people told him what they had and had not appreciated while sick. — What to Get for a Cancer Patient 00:00:00
2023-07-07 · Hank says being sick is stressful, time-consuming, or boring and isolated; sometimes he feels awful and wants to lie around, sometimes he feels good and wants a call. — What to Get for a Cancer Patient 00:04:02
2023-07-07 · Hank says he treats everything in his life as a project, including his relationships with his son, his wife and his brother: things to invest in and schedule. — What to Get for a Cancer Patient 00:05:36
2023-07-07 · Hank says he wants to hear advice from people who have had Hodgkin's lymphoma and ABVD, his chemo regimen; talking with people who have been through cancer has been very helpful. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — What to Get for a Cancer Patient 00:06:05
2023-07-14 · Hank says he is really proud to be part of this community, to be John's brother, and of the memes, both critical of J&J and celebrating its action. — The Good News Video 00:03:16
2023-07-14 · Hank says his lymphoma responded well and he has had the last chemo of his treatment plan, needing only four sessions. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — The Good News Video 00:04:14
2023-07-14 · Hank's earlier scan showed lymph nodes swollen with cancer; now most have shrunk to normal, two remain swollen with some uptake, which is common and what doctors want to see. — The Good News Video 00:04:43
2023-07-14 · Hank will start radiation in a couple of weeks, since some cancer cells probably remain that his immune system might not clear; he meets his doctor next week (week of 17 July 2023) to plan it. — The Good News Video 00:05:12
2023-07-14 · Hank says that if he relapses there are further treatments, worse than what he has been through, but still options. — The Good News Video 00:05:42
2023-07-14 · Hank says that barring something very weird he will officially be in remission in maybe two months, then be monitored for years. (hedged) — The Good News Video 00:06:40
2023-07-14 · Hank is grateful not to have chemo today, which would have been a chemo day; he would have done it, but didn't like it. — The Good News Video 00:07:15
2023-07-28 · Hank says his hospital has a secret special entrance for cancer patients at the bottom of the parking garage; the first time, he thought he would have to find another way in. — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:00:00
2023-07-28 · Hank tells John that today was his very first radiation therapy appointment, which was weird. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:00:29
2023-07-28 · Hank recaps that chemotherapy killed so much of his cancer that doctors can no longer find it inside him. — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:00:35
2023-07-28 · Hank says his doctors think he likely still has microscopic disease, probably centered where his lymph nodes were very swollen. (hedged) — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:00:43
2023-07-28 · Hank says the plan is to aim a radiation beam at just the area where his lymph nodes were swollen, mapped from a high-resolution image taken at diagnosis. — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:00:58
2023-07-28 · Hank says the treatment is not intense at all: it is entirely silent, he felt nothing, and he lay there for eight minutes. — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:01:56
2023-07-28 · Hank says he is a good candidate for radiation therapy partly because his cancer's location lets the beams miss his heart, hitting a little of his lung at low dose. — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:03:02
2023-07-28 · Hank says being 43 also helps: a seven-year-old would have 80 years to develop a secondary cancer from radiation, he only about half that, so his chances are lower. — Let's Try Radiation Therapy! 00:03:25
2023-08-04 · Hank thanks John for his lovely Esther Day video and tells him he loves him too. — The Biggest Science Story of the Week 00:00:29
2023-08-04 · Hank says it has been quite a year, though he is happy with the current trajectory. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — The Biggest Science Story of the Week 00:00:29
2023-08-11 · The description says Hank is off to get the final radiation of his current treatment plan. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — It's About a YouTuber with Cancer 00:00:00
2023-08-18 · The description says the internet is messy and it took Hank a very long time to get good at this, likely easier for him than for many, but once he did things got much easier. — The #1 Tip for People Who Use the Internet 00:00:00
2023-08-25 · The description says having had almost only good news leaves Hank waffling between expecting something terrible and feeling he shouldn't be so harmed when others had it worse: cancer imposter syndrome. — Remission 00:00:00
2023-08-25 · The description says Hank is still taking time away to rest and recuperate because treatment has done a number on him physically. — Remission 00:00:00
2023-08-25 · After staging showed the cancer was only in one part of his body, Hank's chance of being dead in five years was more like 5%. — Remission 00:00:44
2023-08-25 · Hank announces that this week (week of 21 August 2023) his doctor told him he is in complete remission from his cancer. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Remission 00:01:14
2023-08-25 · After chemo the mass was mostly gone, rated Deauville 2 and basically clinically not cancer; radiation then targeted any remaining cells. — Remission 00:01:52
2023-08-25 · Hank says treatment went about as well as possible: no dangerous chemo side effects, little chemo thanks to radiation, and his cancer was susceptible to treatment, which sometimes it just isn't. — Remission 00:02:10
2023-08-25 · Hank says cancer treatment is no joke: he has lasting effects, perhaps for life, including pain from radiation and surgery, and he can't really lie on his left side. (hedged) — Remission 00:02:24
2023-08-25 · Hank says chemotherapy has significantly raised his lifelong chances of heart and lung disease, leukemia and other cancers, as does having had cancer once. — Remission 00:02:47
2023-08-25 · Hank says the highest risk is relapse: in remission you can relapse, and for him there is about a 10% chance of that in the next five years. — Remission 00:03:14
2023-08-25 · Hank says all this brings another side effect, a permanent anxiety; some people may avoid it, but he doesn't think he will. (hedged) — Remission 00:03:28
2023-08-25 · Hank says treatment was the hardest thing he has ever done, though not that hard compared to what many people go through. — Remission 00:04:30
2023-08-25 · Hank says he is still in the process, and his relationship with his body has changed forever; he will never feel the same as before. — Remission 00:06:09
2023-08-25 · Hank wants to be happy that he is through treatment, that he did it and that he probably won't get lymphoma again; feeling better, sometimes almost normal, feels amazing. — Remission 00:06:18
2023-09-01 · Hank started following a young man on TikTok after getting cancer because he talked about his cancer; the man has died but his videos, normal content, keep being posted. — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:00:00
2023-09-01 · Hank expected side effects from cancer and chemotherapy but did not realize there would be side effects to stopping chemotherapy and no longer having cancer. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:00:26
2023-09-01 · Having re-rolled his head, Hank appears to have less head hair and expects to be more bald than before. (hedged) — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:01:32
2023-09-01 · Hank, who could never grow much facial hair (two failed goatees), says he might now be able to grow a beard. (hedged) — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:02:01
2023-09-01 · Since finishing chemo Hank has had ocular migraines (a light show, then nausea and throbbing), though they don't last long for him. — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:03:50
2023-09-01 · Hank has health anxiety; he expected work anxiety to distract from it, but the feeling of work anxiety triggers his health anxiety. — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:04:20
2023-09-01 · Hank has a tinge of survivor guilt, feeling he has no space to talk about cancer because it didn't hurt him enough, which he knows is irrational. — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:04:20
2023-09-01 · Despite feeling necessary for years, Hank was able to stop and do what he needed, thanks to help from many people and especially John. — The Weirdest Post-Chemo Symptoms 00:04:49
2023-09-08 · Hank recalls that in 2007, when YouTube picked the exact middle frame as thumbnail, he deliberately held up a giraffe picture from a book at the midpoint, and the video got many views. — Giraffes are Way More Complicated Than We Thought 00:00:00
2023-09-22 · The description says Hank has a new kind of pain after radiation, unlike muscle pain he has had before, and because it is new it is hard to deal with. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — A Feeling I've Never Felt Before 00:00:00
2023-09-22 · Hank tells how Orin was playing with bigger kids, there was some falling down and one of them squished his head; Orin popped up running and crying, and Hank knew at once he felt the instant, very bad ice-cream-headache feeling of hard pressure on the head. — A Feeling I've Never Felt Before 00:00:10
2023-09-22 · Hank says having cancer has brought a whole bunch of new sensations, ways of feeling he had never felt before. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — A Feeling I've Never Felt Before 00:01:08
2023-09-22 · Hank names a bad new sensation: pain between skin and muscle all over the body at once, which chemotherapy delivers. — A Feeling I've Never Felt Before 00:01:29
2023-09-22 · Hank says John's calendar showed him how much time John spent on it, pushing and playing a chess game; it was a lot of work and John was freaked out. — A Feeling I've Never Felt Before 00:02:37
2023-09-22 · Hank says he is very proud of John, a feeling that is not new to him. — A Feeling I've Never Felt Before 00:04:02
2023-09-26 · Hank says going bald, then having his hair grow back and suddenly getting facial hair, has shown him his face in many different ways, as if he were a different person. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — THE REVEAL 00:00:58
2023-09-26 · Hank says he has had looks over the years he does not feel great about, had a mohawk for a while, and is now going to have a mustache, with no way to know how it will go. · story: Hank's teenage wish to get a mohawk at 40 (high school) — THE REVEAL 00:01:22
2023-09-26 · Hank says goodbye to his first beard and shaves it down to a goatee; of that look he says some people could have it, but he is honestly excited not to: there was so much hair. — THE REVEAL 00:01:32
2023-10-04 · Hank recalls last month's (September 2023) Twitter thread and Vlogbrothers video arguing that low-sulfur ship fuel helped warm the North Atlantic, so we had been accidentally geoengineering and could learn to do it intentionally. — A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering 00:00:00
2023-10-04 · Hank says some people got pretty mad, some for good reasons; he expected anger but not how much, and some felt betrayed by him. — A Messy and Unhinged Introduction to Geoengineering 00:00:29
2023-10-06 · Hank says Pizzamas is a challenge: the brothers have more demands on their time than in 2007, and he always tries one or two ambitious Pizzamas videos. — I Quit 00:00:00
2023-10-06 · Hank says he has not been working at full capacity while transitioning out of cancer treatment into recovery; he doesn't always feel as well as he looks, and recovery takes time. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Quit 00:00:00
2023-10-06 · Hank says that before he got sick it was clear the growing companies' setup wasn't sustainable long term, so they started looking for a CEO before the need was immediate. — I Quit 00:02:00
2023-10-06 · Hank says the CEO interviews ran alongside finding a lymph node, a biopsy and his diagnosis on May 4, the day before his birthday; on his birthday he went to work for a long meeting about recruiting the CEO. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Quit 00:02:00
2023-10-06 · Hank says professionally he doesn't really know what he is doing: no business training, no goals he chases, just following what looks interesting. — I Quit 00:03:27
2023-10-06 · Hank says his identity is tied up in the companies and he cares and worries about them, so letting go of leadership has been weird, though he thought it right and wanted to do it. — I Quit 00:03:27
2023-10-06 · Hank says LJ comforted him early on by saying she didn't want the job if he would check out, since part of the appeal was working with him. — I Quit 00:04:24
2023-10-06 · Hank recalls that during his cancer treatment John took over as CEO of DFTBA and Complexly before LJ started. · story: John's stint as reluctant temporary CEO of DFTBA.com during Hank's cancer (2023) — I Quit 00:04:54
2023-10-06 · Hank says he expected to resume as CEO after treatment, not realizing that recovery from cancer treatment takes time. — I Quit 00:05:23
2023-10-06 · Hank says he will fill the time: he had two bizarre but not terrible business ideas during chemotherapy and did cancer stand-up comedy before finishing radiation. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — I Quit 00:06:21
2023-10-06 · Hank thanks John for being his brother, a temporary CEO, and for helping and supporting him. — I Quit 00:08:57
2023-10-13 · Hank is in Buffalo, New York, to do previously scheduled stand-up comedy; it doesn't feel like a fun time to be funny, but he'll do it anyway. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:00:00
2023-10-13 · Hank says he ended up writing a 70-minute stand-up show about cancer, for a couple of reasons. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:00:12
2023-10-13 · During chemotherapy Hank expected to want long-form content, but he was so physically unwell and foggy that he couldn't enjoy things and had no attention span. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:00:16
2023-10-13 · Only two forms of content worked for Hank during chemo: sitcoms with many laughs per minute where you don't care what happens (Seinfeld was perfect), and stand-up. — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:00:31
2023-10-13 · Until cancer Hank was broken only in normal little ways; cancer has given him new issues, which may be healing or just being buried again. — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:01:50
2023-10-13 · Broken enough and enamoured of the stand-up he watched, Hank decided he could and would do it, working hard with a coach and helpers. — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:02:05
2023-10-13 · Hank thanks Sarah Aswell and Ben Acker for their help with his comedy, adding he doesn't say it on stage because it isn't funny. — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:02:15
2023-10-13 · Hank's doctor said he should avoid stress if possible because it can increase the chance of relapse, a big deal to him; comedy is fun on stage but not relaxing. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:02:58
2023-10-13 · As Hank has healed, touring has become less compelling: a month ago a full month of nights sounded amazing; now it sounds bad and he wants to be home with his family. — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:03:10
2023-10-13 · Hank built the show at a standing Monday engagement in his town for a couple of months, working up from about 15 minutes to more than 70, honestly too much. — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:03:27
2023-10-13 · Hank learned a lot from doing stand-up: about the form, about himself, and about his relationship with his disease and disease in general. — Cancer Made me Do It. 00:03:42
2023-10-20 · Hank says this morning, watching an old Vlogbrothers video with him, his son Orin said that was Dada before his injury, and Hank did not know what to say. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — My 'Injury' 00:00:00
2023-10-20 · Hank says that to Orin it made sense: while Hank was ill Daddy couldn't do much, parts of him hurt badly and he couldn't pick him up or wrestle; they called it cancer without explaining what cancer was. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — My 'Injury' 00:00:13
2023-10-20 · Hank says a friend, on hearing of his cancer, started to treat him as if he were already dead, thinking cancer is cancer. — My 'Injury' 00:02:33
2023-11-03 · Hank says that for a long time he has considered himself 'not mine': between this relationship, obligations to companies and stakeholders, and family and friends, he had lost parts of himself. — We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships 00:04:38
2023-11-03 · Hank says keeping something for himself was forced on him by others rather than chosen, but that has changed some since he got sick, which he thinks is probably healthy. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships 00:05:07
2023-11-10 · Hank says going through chemotherapy was the worst thing that has ever happened to his body: it sucks immediately, gets a little better, then always a little worse. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — My Final Chemo Secret 00:00:03
2023-11-10 · Hank says chemo makes thinking very hard but possible in specific ways: he couldn't watch a movie but could watch Seinfeld, couldn't write fiction but could write nonfiction. — My Final Chemo Secret 00:00:30
2023-11-10 · Hank says making things during treatment was very hard, but he found he could design socks: one shape and line at a time, a task he could leave, fall asleep on and resume. — My Final Chemo Secret 00:01:05
2023-11-10 · Hank says his first obsession was wanting more socks that are just patterns: weird, fun, interesting patterns. — My Final Chemo Secret 00:01:34
2023-11-10 · Hank says his second obsession was giving every pair the same color palette, so unmatched socks would still match and he could mix and match. — My Final Chemo Secret 00:01:42
2023-11-10 · Hank says his third obsession was that the socks could help other people who felt as bad as he did then. — My Final Chemo Secret 00:01:56
2023-11-17 · Hank says some days he doesn't know what his job is; after finishing cancer treatment he has stepped back asking what he is doing and whether this is his life. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — WHAT AM I DOING 00:00:00
2023-11-17 · In a channel comment Hank says the Studio Folly team asked whether he wanted to be their publisher, and he said no. — WHAT AM I DOING 00:00:00
2023-11-17 · Hank says that also happens at 43, and he turned 43 the day before he was diagnosed with cancer; this is new and he doesn't love it. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — WHAT AM I DOING 00:00:16
2023-11-17 · During chemo Hank saw a Gubbins gameplay trailer on TikTok, contacted the developers, got early access and loved the game. — WHAT AM I DOING 00:02:09
2023-11-17 · Told that publishing a mobile game is hard, Hank offered to buy 10% of Gubbins, giving the developers money to perfect it before launch and him 10% of its revenue forever. — WHAT AM I DOING 00:02:25
2023-12-01 · In 2007 Hank burned 50 to 100 CDs with his wife's laptop for a library event with John in Michigan, and sold every one of them. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:00:00
2023-12-01 · Last year (2022) Hank wanted a copy and asked the internet; Sarah sent hers without asking for money, only a future favor she hasn't called in yet. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:00:34
2023-12-01 · Hank says the CD is called Several Songs from Hank Green's Pants, and its Nerdfighter skull-and-crossbones image was designed by math YouTuber Vi Hart. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:00:34
2023-12-01 · Hank says people being willing and excited to buy things he made was new to him, and it led directly to founding DFTBA Records with his friend Alan. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:01:08
2023-12-01 · After selling VidCon and a successful book, Hank realized he didn't enjoy a much more expensive lifestyle and didn't need money. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:02:07
2023-12-01 · Around then Hank bought the relatively expensive domain good.store and paid for it for years without using it or knowing what it was for. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:02:07
2023-12-01 · Stressed by hard problems at the companies, Hank wondered about stopping, but people work for and with them and enjoy their products; that felt like it should be enough, yet he struggled to be excited. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:02:43
2023-12-01 · Hank developed a secret goal while sitting on the domain and shared it with LJ while interviewing her for DFTBA CEO; she said yes. · story: Hank steps back from running DFTBA and Complexly after cancer treatment; new CEO LJ Joukovski, Julie acting CEO (2023) — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:04:14
2023-12-01 · Holding the CD, the seed from which all of this grew, is really special to Hank, and he thanks Sarah. — It's OK if you think less of me after this! 00:08:47
2023-12-08 · The description says Hank is so happy to be cancer free, at the moment anyway, because chemotherapy exploded the cancer cells. (hedged) · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:00:00
2023-12-08 · Hank says that while publicly living with cancer he received almost universally good vibes: people were amazing. — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:02:39
2023-12-08 · Hank says some people told him he would do better and be healthier taking a more natural route, meaning not doing chemotherapy. — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:02:48
2023-12-08 · Hank says others moved his words into their social media feeds and, less politely, made content saying his decisions were bad and people with cancer should do otherwise. — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:03:00
2023-12-08 · Hank took fish oil, vitamin D and magnesium; he thinks the magnesium especially helped, as his muscle cramps cleared up. (hedged) — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:03:58
2023-12-08 · Hank recalls designing socks while feeling like garbage on chemo, one of the only creative things he could do; friends picked their top eight. — Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:05:15
2023-12-15 · Hank asked ChatGPT about the pun, and it said it had heard it before and called it a funny coincidence of pronunciation. — Cat...I Farted. 00:01:58
2023-12-22 · Hank says he has been at the point of no longer wanting, which is the bad part. — Let's Talk About Death 00:03:21
2023-12-24 · Hank and John go epitaph hunting at Crown Hill Cemetery, the highest point in Indianapolis, which John has long praised as America's greatest cemetery. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 00:19:06
2023-12-24 · Hank says he wants to be an author when he grows up but can't guarantee it: he only knows he can write the two books he has already written. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 00:26:36
2023-12-24 · Hank says that in college he wanted a job where he could get a mohawk at 40, and now he has one. · story: Hank's teenage wish to get a mohawk at 40 (high school) — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 01:03:00
2023-12-24 · On paternity leave with his son Orin, Hank says the most surprising thing about having a baby is the noise of the poops. · story: Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 01:06:29
2023-12-24 · Asked for a five-word autobiography, Hank writes 'he made stuff with John'. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 01:08:32
2023-12-24 · Playing mini golf, Hank admits he is nervous about interviewing the President of the United States. · story: Hank's YouTube interview with President Obama (January 2015) — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 01:20:31
2023-12-24 · Hank recalls that LeakyCon 2009 was his first major concert, where he sold his first CDs. — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 01:42:12
2023-12-24 · Asked whether they have real jobs: Hank runs the environmental technology site EcoGeek; John is an award-winning author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns. (both) — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:17:44
2023-12-24 · At a family reunion in the Dominican Republic, Hank says the most exciting part is the reunion of the brotherhood; Katherine is stuck in Montana at work. · story: The brothers reunite at a family reunion in the Dominican Republic (2007) — John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:44:01

2024

2024-01-05 · Hank says these will likely be the only times he does the show again, maybe his last stand-up ever: he loves it but doesn't want to do it professionally. (hedged) — I'm Scared of 2024...So Here's 3 Optimistic Thoughts 00:06:38
2024-01-12 · Hank calls himself a sidelines fan of Magic: The Gathering, which he started playing in the 90s; he no longer understands it but watches games on YouTube and follows its news. — How to Detect AI Images (and why it doesn't matter) 00:00:00
2024-01-12 · Hank says the gauge's crisp numbers look photoshopped over a messed-up AI gauge, and a reverse image search found the exact gauge used. — How to Detect AI Images (and why it doesn't matter) 00:02:05
2024-01-26 · It turned out surprisingly well: Hank was booked solid for eight days, ending each with 60 to 90 minutes of stand-up, doing two shows a night on the last two nights. — On YouTuber Retirement 00:00:29
2024-01-26 · Hank was relieved to get the special recorded because he needed the deadline to finish the show; two shows were recorded to be cut together, and he wrote the last words only as he said them on stage. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — On YouTuber Retirement 00:01:05
2024-02-02 · In Los Angeles Hank was near the house of artist Sara Sandoval, whose work he loves, and seeing her jam-packed garage studio felt like a fan moment. — The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA 00:00:00
2024-02-02 · Hank recalls that in 2016 Sara made over 100 unique t-shirts for the Perfect Strangers tour, which were awesome and all sold. — The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA 00:00:00
2024-02-02 · Hank says he has done a fair amount of spray painting for the Project for Awesome in recent years, smacking down 20 canvases at once and building layers to see what happens. — The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA 00:00:58
2024-02-02 · Hank and Sara swapped canvases: she made one of her skulls on his, and since he only knows how to do one thing, hers got a Hanklerfish; in under an hour they made a thing together. — The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA 00:01:57
2024-02-02 · After the visit Hank texted Sara that she should get her store back online because people would like her work; she did it in record time. — The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA 00:02:26
2024-02-09 · Hank recently visited a test facility for a passive air-capture technology called a mechanical tree. — My Favorite Climate Graph 00:02:33
2024-02-16 · Hank made a spreadsheet scoring his activities on about ten categories (fun, goofy, good for family); the P4A scored highest by far, above Vlogbrothers, as a measure of desire, not impact. — How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter 00:03:24
2024-02-23 · Hank shows a crystal wizard hat he commissioned from an artist who goes by the Felt Forge on Instagram, perfect for a livestream. — The Juiciest Hank in the World 00:04:39
2024-03-01 · Hank recalls being in a van on tour with his band and wondering what if he could be a science guy, which he then did; it has become his job. — Flyana Boss Asks Hank Anything 00:00:38
2024-03-08 · A couple of months ago Hank began keeping track of every time he believed something outright and later found it not quite right or totally wrong; he shares four because it is useful. — I Believed These Four Lies 00:00:00
2024-03-08 · Hank saw a TikTok animation showing rent and household income diverging dramatically since the 1990s; it matched his understanding, so he did not question it. — I Believed These Four Lies 00:00:20
2024-03-08 · During a Twitter storm Hank accepted that Jane Goodall had advocated reducing the global population to 500 million, since he knows old-school environmentalists who push population reduction, and he disliked it. — I Believed These Four Lies 00:01:47
2024-03-08 · A couple of months later, after repeating the claim to someone who praised Goodall, Hank felt uneasy about putting it in another head, checked it, and found Goodall never said it. — I Believed These Four Lies 00:02:46
2024-03-08 · Hank, who trusts Jon Stewart a lot, accepted the low figure because it fit his views, until a TikTok showed it was wrong. — I Believed These Four Lies 00:04:14
2024-03-08 · Hank's brain read the graph as showing climate change damage, as Twitter did, though neither NOAA nor the article, which was about disaster preparedness, said so. — I Believed These Four Lies 00:05:58
2024-03-15 · Hank says it has been more than four months since his last scan declared him in remission from Hodgkin lymphoma; that beats the alternative, but some things about it he doesn't like. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer 00:00:00
2024-03-15 · The description says Hank feels weird about this video, happy but nervous: having googled 'probably isn't cancer' and then it was, every weird blood test or abdominal pain now carries that shadow. — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer 00:00:00
2024-03-15 · Hank says in Missoula he was extremely well taken care of during treatment: he saw his doctor at least twice a month and was getting scans, chemo and radiation. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer 00:00:58
2024-03-15 · Hank says each time he has called, the cancer center said it didn't seem like cancer but he was right to call; he waffles between overreacting and certainty the cancer is back. — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer 00:02:26
2024-03-15 · Hank says he doesn't want to die, and every couple of weeks he has anxiety spikes in which he becomes certain the cancer is back. — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer 00:02:55
2024-03-15 · Hank says he made many cancer friends during treatment: some have relapsed, some are terminal, and some have died. — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer 00:02:55
2024-03-15 · Hank congratulates John on his work in D.C. and the big news going on. — The Worst Things About Not Having Cancer 00:06:20
2024-03-29 · Hank was invited for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Denver Zoo. — The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo 00:00:00
2024-03-29 · Hank learned nothing new about giraffes, since he knows a lot about them, but got to touch and feed one, which was amazing. — The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo 00:04:14
2024-03-29 · Hank thanks the Denver Zoo staff, conservation workers worldwide, and especially Dissa and Erica, who showed him around. — The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo 00:04:14
2024-04-04 · Hank says he is in John's house while John is out of town, something that has never happened before: he is visiting their mom and dad and snuck in; John will be back soon. — The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie looks WEIRD!!! 00:00:00
2024-04-05 · Hank says he is travelling for the eclipse and is really excited: it will be his first total solar eclipse. — Two Reasons Why This Eclipse is So Dangerous 00:03:00
2024-04-09 · Though they drove past about five fast-food restaurants, including an Arby's, to get there, the Rax was not not busy: people were going, with a line of cars at the drive-thru. (both) — Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX 00:02:53
2024-04-09 · Asked who picks the music, they say they play none, only singing Rax parodies, because they rarely get to hang out in person and are just chatting. (both) — Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX 00:03:22
2024-04-12 · Hank, back from Indianapolis where he saw John, their family and John's dog, got to see the total eclipse after weeks of obsessively checking cloud forecasts, and felt totally overwhelmed. — Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) 00:00:00
2024-04-12 · The feeling Hank was most left with was anger that the eclipse ended: an irrational sense that it wasn't fair, since after so much anticipation totality ends in a blink. — Feeling Like a Failure (During an Eclipse) 00:01:59
2024-04-19 · Hank recounts that four years ago a post on the MenWritingWomen subreddit, with 5,100 upvotes, held up his novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing over the line about the main character closing her boob in a door. — I Closed My Boob in a Door 00:00:00
2024-04-19 · Hank admits that more than one of his early readers questioned how a woman could close her boob in a door. — I Closed My Boob in a Door 00:00:59
2024-04-19 · For a character with visible facial trauma in his second book, Hank talked to Phyllida Swift, whose appearance changed after a car accident and who is CEO of Face Equality International. — I Closed My Boob in a Door 00:04:09
2024-04-26 · Hank says Missoula holds a yearly parade where children and adults dress as animals; last year (2023) it fell the day after he learned he probably had cancer, before it was certain. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — One Year Out. 00:00:00
2024-04-26 · Hank says he went with his family anyway and it was the worst adorable parade he has been to: his anxiety physically impaired him, he kept sitting down and feared never seeing it again. — One Year Out. 00:00:29
2024-04-26 · This year's (2024) parade just happened around Earth Day; Hank had convinced himself he couldn't go, but Orin wanted him there, so he went: the second-worst parade, with lovely moments, and he's glad. — One Year Out. 00:00:44
2024-04-26 · Hank says rereading his tweets from this time last year (2023) helps: some hinted at illness, but he also tweeted about hockey, Pluto and rereading the Mars trilogy, his first loved novel; he was still himself. — One Year Out. 00:01:58
2024-04-26 · Hank says it is worse because he was diagnosed the day before his 43rd birthday, so birthdays may feel different, though he knows his 44th won't be like his 43rd. — One Year Out. 00:03:05
2024-05-03 · Hank says he watched the whole film without picking up his phone, which is not normal for him. — Everything Wrong with Turtles All the Way Down 00:02:39
2024-05-10 · Hank confirms that in 2002 he had a blog, 'I Hate I-4', about Orlando's interstate and how to improve it, wanting people to look at it. — Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg 00:04:11
2024-05-10 · Hank says owning an electric car works really well with a plug at home; his commute is short enough to charge from a regular outlet. — Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg 00:10:02
2024-05-10 · Hank says he is a big fan of walking and just got an e-bike that lets him carry his son, 55 pounds, up hills. — Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg 00:11:14
2024-05-10 · Hank says he had a 'cheap cancer', scans being the costliest part, plus flexible work, support systems and money, so he didn't have to worry. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg 00:11:44
2024-05-10 · Hank gives Pete the cancer socks he designed during chemo and thanks him for the pin; Pete notes he also got a Garfield and is not leaving empty-handed. — Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg 00:25:42
2024-05-17 · Hank sets up the New York Times games race: Wordle, Connections and the Mini, with the winner decided by who first finds the pangram in Spelling Bee. — John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!! 00:01:04
2024-05-17 · Hank says the camera battery ran out before the end; he cannot believe he tied John and feels very good. — John and Hank FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE!!! 00:06:14
2024-05-24 · Hank says he and Katherine recently went out of town for her birthday, and shortly before that he had a big birthday party. — An Ancient Apocalypse 00:00:00
2024-05-24 · Hank says they had not done much big birthday celebrating in recent years, but last year (2023) on Katherine's birthday he got his chemo port placed, so celebrating felt right. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — An Ancient Apocalypse 00:00:00
2024-05-24 · On the trip they saw old grad-school-era friends; people repeatedly came up for pictures or to say hi, and the friends concluded Hank is 'famous famous'. — An Ancient Apocalypse 00:00:29
2024-05-31 · Watching a John Oliver clip on YouTube about dark sides of some homeschooling, Hank found a comment saying Crash Course had really helped someone homeschooled in a particular situation. — The People I Hate Most in the World 00:00:00
2024-05-31 · People come up to Hank in public to tell him he helped them pass a class, an AP exam, nursing school or A-levels. — The People I Hate Most in the World 00:00:29
2024-05-31 · Hank admits he has this problem too: there is a certain kind of powerful person on the internet he cannot stand, and he spends a not insignificant amount of time disliking them. — The People I Hate Most in the World 00:01:27
2024-06-14 · Hank says he still eats meat less because he likes it than because he is too aligned to cultural norms: deviating from what his culture calls normal is too unpleasant. — Some Reasons why People Suck 00:02:47
2024-06-14 · Hank says he wants a time to put on a nice shirt and sit down with his family, craves ritual, and wants to tell his son it is a day to think how well we are provided for. — Some Reasons why People Suck 00:05:24
2024-06-14 · Hank says he is coming out of a few weeks of brain fog, fatigue and discomfort, maybe post-chemo, maybe normal depression; in survivorship you don't know what your body is telling you. (hedged) · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Some Reasons why People Suck 00:07:24
2024-06-21 · Hank tells an unshared moment: after an ultrasound suggested cancer, he asked his normal doctor before biopsy results whether he would be dead in a month; she could not say for sure. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:00:00
2024-06-21 · The description says Hank's head still isn't entirely on straight, but he learned how lucky he is in opportunities, support and a brain almost always interested in stuff. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:00:00
2024-06-21 · That day Hank wrote letters, recorded bedtime stories he tells Orin and made sure Katherine had his passwords; handling practicalities was more comfortable than staring into the abyss. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:00:29
2024-06-21 · After that first ultrasound Hank only got good news: not metastatic, one of the most treatable lymphomas, fairly early stage; on chemo he could feel the tumors shrinking. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:00:44
2024-06-21 · Hank says cancer treatment made it hard to enjoy anything: nausea, fatigue, constant discomfort and a powerful brain fog that made focusing hard. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:01:05
2024-06-21 · With mortality pushed into the potentially near future, Hank lost sight of the point of anything and stopped being interested in much, a problem he had never had before. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:01:20
2024-06-21 · His first solution was staying in existing structures, making Vlogbrothers videos and tweeting about science; it helped but was work, with an undercurrent of 'why'. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:01:40
2024-06-21 · Music kept its beauty for Hank; with nice headphones he could still love it as art. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:02:14
2024-06-21 · Asked for media to enjoy while sick, Hank got podcasts, TV, games and movies but was usually too foggy for them; the people who sent stand-up comedians saved him. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:02:26
2024-06-21 · Hank watched maybe an unhealthy amount of stand-up, even stand-up he disliked, curious why it worked on its audiences. (hedged) — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:03:10
2024-06-21 · Obsessed, Hank wrote his cancer journal as comedy bits and found himself interested without effort or external structure, holding tight to that thread for fear of losing it. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:03:53
2024-06-21 · Finishing chemo, Hank worked on stand-up with friend Sarah Aswell, booked Missoula's Roxy, and grew from 10 to 30 minutes into the bones of a 60-minute special. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:04:22
2024-06-21 · Not trusting praise, Hank sent a 50-minute recording to comedian friends; Sam Reich, CEO of Dropout, gave feedback and offered to produce it as a Dropout special. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:04:41
2024-06-21 · Hank considered declining as a science guy, not a comedian; Sam said Hank going first would draw attention to lesser-known comics, which Hank doubts but found convincing. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:05:21
2024-06-21 · Hank kept working on the special for months with Sarah Aswell, his original Missoula comedy coach, and hired Ben Acker for parts he struggled with. — I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy 00:06:25
2024-07-05 · Hank writes he has no interest in running: he is too busy with things he is excited about, and it sounds miserable. — Should I Run for President?? 00:00:00
2024-07-05 · Hank says people from the Montana Democratic Party have asked him whether he would be interested in running for a local office; he didn't want that and said no. — Should I Run for President?? 00:00:29
2024-07-12 · In a comment Hank says he used to have more energy. — My Identity Crisis 00:00:00
2024-07-12 · Hank says being Science Guy is a dream job that feels as good as he hoped, because he helps people learn and feel excited about their world. — My Identity Crisis 00:00:29
2024-07-12 · Hank says he can't stick to it: he also wants to be sock guy, cancer guy, internet media theory guy, creator advocate guy, please-vote guy, and business guy, sometimes required even unwillingly. — My Identity Crisis 00:00:29
2024-07-19 · Hank says he gets stuck on the internet after major events like the attempted assassination of Donald Trump; when Katherine asked why, he couldn't explain. — The Assassination Attempt and the Comfort of Certainty 00:00:00
2024-08-07 · Hank posted on Threads that The Tortured Poets Department was deliberately an album for fans, not a hit factory, leaving room for other pop music, and got a lot of hate. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! 00:08:59
2024-08-07 · Hank says his novel had a small discourse about its line on boobs getting slammed in doors, which he is happy to have as his discourse. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! 00:12:33
2024-08-07 · Hank recalls early feedback asking whether April should use a fictional platform instead of YouTube; he answered that if YouTube stopped mattering, none of the book would. · story: Hank writes An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, his first novel (2014) — Dear Hank and John Livestream! 00:14:38
2024-08-07 · Hank says he cannot figure out a job description for himself at Complexly right now. · story: Hank steps back from running DFTBA and Complexly after cancer treatment; new CEO LJ Joukovski, Julie acting CEO (2023) — Dear Hank and John Livestream! 00:23:05
2024-08-07 · Hank says one man who disliked his comedy special keeps saying so publicly; Hank knows who he is and weighs him more than those who liked it. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — Dear Hank and John Livestream! 00:25:44
2024-08-07 · Hank says he never decided to move anywhere, being a coaster, but has decided many times not to leave Missoula, despite its terrible weather. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! 00:31:17
2024-08-07 · Their dad chose where to move from Florida with a spreadsheet scoring places, including Obama vote share; he picked Asheville, North Carolina, but now lives in Indianapolis. — Dear Hank and John Livestream! 00:33:12
2024-08-09 · Hank got a letter saying a subscription he rarely uses would rise from $25 to $35 a month, $420 a year, which seemed like a lot. — Why isn't This Illegal? 00:00:00
2024-08-09 · The letter said he could manage the subscription online, but the website's cancel button just told him to call by phone. — Why isn't This Illegal? 00:00:29
2024-08-09 · It worked: more than a month after the letter Hank still hadn't cancelled and had paid his first $35. — Why isn't This Illegal? 00:00:58
2024-08-09 · Hank decides to make the cancellation call as part of this video, to give himself another reason to do it. — Why isn't This Illegal? 00:01:57
2024-08-09 · Hank says the subscription management service behind Good Store hid the cancel button in tiny print, and the Good Store team made them make it big. — Why isn't This Illegal? 00:04:18
2024-08-16 · From about day two of the Olympics Hank saw arguments over ranking countries by gold medals, total medals or some other weighting of medals. — I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery… 00:00:29
2024-08-19 · Hank says he had tweeted about the pattern hoping someone would explain it and no one did; once he made a video, people immediately pointed out the answer. — The Olympics Mystery Explained!!! 00:00:00
2024-08-23 · Hank has personally uploaded over a thousand videos and his company over 9,000; they did not upload them thinking this was part of their license. — Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? 00:09:32
2024-08-23 · Hank asked his YouTube contacts whether Google trains Gemini on YouTubers' property; they said YouTube had no comment beyond Mohan's Bloomberg interview. — Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? 00:11:29
2024-08-23 · Hank says he cannot opt out of YouTube: he built his company there, with 70 employees, and his community and heart are there. — Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? 00:25:49
2024-08-30 · Hank says the first resident, Jaida Elcock, recently finished her residency; everyone loved working with her and he loved hanging out with her. — The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks 00:00:00
2024-08-30 · Hank notes that Jaida is a shark scientist; she wears thresher shark earrings because thresher sharks are her favorite. — The Two Coolest Things we Know About Sharks 00:01:27
2024-09-06 · Hank has worked in unhealthy, unsustainable and unenjoyable ways, but has never felt he was thriving with no stress in his life. — I feel like I can't talk about this… 00:00:29
2024-09-06 · The election takes up much of Hank's mind, and he has done campaign events with Montana candidates because it all matters, which he hates. — I feel like I can't talk about this… 00:01:27
2024-09-06 · Hank still loves hosting SciShow and Tangents and uploaded about three videos to Hank's channel this week (week of 2 September 2024), which seems a lot, but he is having fun. — I feel like I can't talk about this… 00:02:55
2024-09-20 · Hank says almost exactly four years ago (September 2020) he uploaded his first TikTok; his fourth got millions of views, and with a book coming and his fascination with platforms he pushed hard into TikTok. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — Do I Regret TikTok? 00:00:00
2024-09-20 · Hank says working with machine-learning algorithms to control other people's attention is literally his job; he believes he does it for good as well as for a living. — Do I Regret TikTok? 00:04:23
2024-09-20 · Hank says he went into TikTok curious, hungry, excited and amazed rather than strategic; though somewhat manipulated by its systems, it really delivered value for him. — Do I Regret TikTok? 00:05:50
2024-09-20 · As TikTok stopped being fun, buzzy and cool, it changed for Hank from a place of doing things with people and making culture to one where things just happened to him; he enjoys it less. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — Do I Regret TikTok? 00:07:45
2024-09-30 · Hank is in a Cleveland hotel after arriving late and sleeping at the airport hotel, and is about to drive to Youngstown. — Put a little bit of cinnamon in it 00:00:00
2024-09-30 · Hank discovers the Kickstarter's shipping settings are wrong and fixes them from the venue bathroom on his phone's Wi-Fi, hoping no one notices. — Put a little bit of cinnamon in it 00:01:20
2024-09-30 · After an interview with a student journalist, Hank has a question-and-answer conversation with 40 honor students, which goes great. — Put a little bit of cinnamon in it 00:01:50
2024-09-30 · Backstage Hank edits his book, because otherwise he gets too freaked out. — Put a little bit of cinnamon in it 00:02:19
2024-09-30 · Back at his hotel, Hank says the event was super good and he talked to many cool, lovely people. — Put a little bit of cinnamon in it 00:03:30
2024-10-02 · On one of the weirdest days of his life, in New York in 2008, just after his first Nerdfighter gathering and wearing a fan-made Nerdfighteria shirt under his suit, Hank made a deal to sell EcoGeek to Scientific American for money and a job. · story: Hank's 2008 deal to sell EcoGeek to Scientific American, paused by the financial crisis (2008) — What I learned from the weirdest day of my life 00:00:29
2024-10-02 · When Lehman Brothers collapsed and the economy crashed in September 2008, Scientific American's owner paused all deals indefinitely; Hank jokes that the deal is still on pause. · story: Hank's 2008 deal to sell EcoGeek to Scientific American, paused by the financial crisis (2008) — What I learned from the weirdest day of my life 00:00:58
2024-10-02 · By 2009 Vlogbrothers was becoming Hank's full-time job, so he had no reason to mourn the lost opportunity and never thought of it as a false summit. — What I learned from the weirdest day of my life 00:01:27
2024-10-02 · In 2008, when the downstairs neighbor moved out, Hank and his household asked to move into that apartment because it had a washer and dryer; going to their laundromat, Sparkle Temptations, despite its soft serve and hot dogs, was a problem. — What I learned from the weirdest day of my life 00:01:56
2024-10-04 · The same week, a flood ravaged a part of the US Hank loves dearly, where friends are now trying to put their lives back together. — Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) 00:03:55
2024-10-08 · Hank says if he relapses he will probably need an autologous stem cell transplant, his own marrow cleaned of cancer and put back, so he would need no donor. (hedged) · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Hank Steals John's Cells 00:01:00
2024-10-08 · Hank says his cancer is neither past nor present: he is in remission, and nobody can know for sure whether cancer cells remain in his body. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Hank Steals John's Cells 00:01:30
2024-10-08 · Asked by John when his cancer can go in the past tense, Hank answers: after 60 months. — Hank Steals John's Cells 00:01:59
2024-10-08 · Hank says that because he had cancer, the registry does not want his bone marrow. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Hank Steals John's Cells 00:05:03
2024-10-11 · Hank says he knows for a fact that he has forgotten some of the things he has made over their years of YouTube videos. — October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) 00:00:00
2024-10-11 · After John says they never did the Cinnamon Challenge, Hank reveals the title is modified: the real February 27, 2007 video was the Horseradish Challenge, dated as their early titles were. — October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) 00:02:18
2024-10-11 · Hank admits all the real titles were John's own videos, which made the game easier without John knowing. — October 11, 2024 - Goofing off with John (a Vlogbrothers Video) 00:03:44
2024-10-18 · Hank's mail-in ballot made him angry: in all three federal races (five presidential, four Senate, three House candidates) the Democrat, including Kamala Harris and Monica Tranel, is listed last. — My Ballot Made Me Angry 00:00:00
2024-10-30 · Asked about his curls, Hank says they seem to be going; after he wore a hat recently, his straightened hair looked like pre-cancer Hank. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Sipping the Tea with Hank 00:07:46
2024-10-30 · Hank saw Pearl Jam in concert recently; a band member is from Jon Tester's small hometown and did an event for Tester. — Sipping the Tea with Hank 00:32:06
2024-10-30 · Hank says he is freaking out about stuff and needs John's help; he is not in therapy or taking medication right now. — Sipping the Tea with Hank 00:55:32
2024-11-01 · Hank notes John was in the New York Times, in an article titled Can John Green Make You Care About Tuberculosis? — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:00:29
2024-11-01 · Hank says he has a hard time thinking he doesn't matter to the election and that maybe he can do something; John replies that he can't. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:01:27
2024-11-01 · With the election six days away, Hank says it is very hard to think about anything else, and also very hard to think about it. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:01:27
2024-11-01 · Hank says Katherine told him she can't fix the election, so she will focus on what she is going to do. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:01:27
2024-11-01 · Hank says there might be a pathological component to his anxiety. (hedged) — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:01:52
2024-11-01 · Hank says he can't keep up: America is changing fast politically, and generative AI on top of a fast-changing media landscape makes him feel behind all the time. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:02:22
2024-11-01 · Hank says part of his work is understanding media well enough to surf along with it and commentate as a respected voice, and he now feels lost. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:02:51
2024-11-01 · Hank says he has found his identity in riding that wave; so much of his identity is tied up in it. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:03:20
2024-11-01 · Hank says understanding the landscape matters to helping run Complexly, growing Good Store and caring for Nerdfighteria, and he feels it falling through his fingers. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:03:20
2024-11-01 · Hank wishes he could see what is coming better and feels right now he can't, though he never saw the pandemic coming either. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:04:31
2024-11-01 · Hank says he mostly imagines himself through how he imagines others (people he knows, employees, people on Twitter and TikTok) see him. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:05:36
2024-11-01 · Hank says he has realised he doesn't know whether he is a good person without that outside validation. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:05:36
2024-11-01 · Hank says he has a harder time trusting himself about such things than trusting other people. — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:06:20
2024-11-01 · Hank says he found when he was sick that if he could be interested he was doing okay; curiosity isn't about identity or status. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Working Through a Crisis with My Brother 00:06:49
2024-11-03 · The description says Hank recorded this before his Friday video with John, meant it as his Friday video, and released it despite overlap. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:00:00
2024-11-03 · Hank says he has nothing under control; the thing he controls most is himself, and he is very bad at controlling it. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:00:58
2024-11-03 · After cancer treatment Hank felt bad but much better by comparison, with lots of energy, and more aware that his life is finite than before cancer. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:00:58
2024-11-03 · In the last year Hank worked on a book about cancer biology and treatment, and wrote, toured, recorded and released a stand-up special, learning to be a comedian. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:01:35
2024-11-03 · Hank had stepped down as CEO of DFTBA and Complexly; DFTBA was already hiring his replacement, and he decided not to return to his leadership role at Complexly. · story: Hank steps back from running DFTBA and Complexly after cancer treatment; new CEO LJ Joukovski, Julie acting CEO (2023) — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:02:04
2024-11-03 · Hank wants to feel less anxious; cancer didn't help: he has more anxiety now, as if the muscle grew stronger during diagnosis and treatment. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:05:46
2024-11-03 · Even with no reason to be scared, Hank's anxiety searches for things to fear; he doesn't know whether they are irrational or real. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:06:08
2024-11-03 · Hank says publicly that he can't run everything: much at Complexly and DFTBA happens without him, by people he trusts, and he accepts their different decisions. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:12:51
2024-11-03 · Hank hasn't been involved in Crash Course day to day for a long time; its team runs it, and needing his approval would stop everything, since he is extremely disorganized. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:13:34
2024-11-03 · Hank stepped down as CEO for a reason: he prioritizes screwing around online, a new book or a stand-up special, and lacks the self-control not to. · story: Hank steps back from running DFTBA and Complexly after cancer treatment; new CEO LJ Joukovski, Julie acting CEO (2023) — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:14:29
2024-11-03 · Hank would feel weird if Complexly made him a lot of money, which it does not. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:17:19
2024-11-03 · Having said it aloud, Hank thinks the competing interests of everything that needs him are causing much of his anxiety. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:18:21
2024-11-03 · Hank thanks Milo for editing this long video; he dislikes uploading unedited-by-him videos but trusts Milo, his longtime collaborator on Hank's channel. — Hank's very messy post-cancer year of mistakes, meaning… 00:19:20
2024-11-08 · Hank says he is very discouraged and made a map video because he felt he had to reference the moment but cannot go deeper than that. — These Maps are Lying (if you let them) 00:04:58
2024-11-08 · Hank says the election was long, stressful and a long fight; it is done now, and at least we know what we're facing. (hedged) — These Maps are Lying (if you let them) 00:05:49
2024-11-08 · Hank says he often responds to situations like this with work, and this week (week of 4 November 2024) made a very dumb tea quiz to help people pick a Good Store tea. — These Maps are Lying (if you let them) 00:05:49
2024-11-13 · Hank says an email via their agent offered a podcast with a big host; on a pre-call he added an email address as manager of his Facebook page, and it was a scam. — Some New Things… 00:01:46
2024-11-13 · Hank says his son Orin has been home sick for three days, with a real fever and now chest inflammation. — Some New Things… 00:29:29
2024-11-13 · Hank says a cybersecurity expert on Bluesky explained such scams ask you later to add an event; his caller said they would ask that in a couple of days, so it was a two-step scam stopped at step one. — Some New Things… 00:39:21
2024-11-29 · The description says Hank woke up worried this morning despite having made this video earlier in the week partly to prevent that. — I am Grateful for My Worry 00:00:00
2024-11-29 · Hank worries about the community, his health, the DFTBA, Good Store and Complexly teams, meeting obligations to Partners In Health, and how all this relies on their reputations. — I am Grateful for My Worry 00:02:09
2024-12-02 · Hank says John will not make a video tomorrow because he is finalizing the final draft of his book Everything Is Tuberculosis, and Hank is happy he is getting it done. — John, You're Doing Great 00:00:00
2024-12-02 · Hank tells John he knows he is stressed with a lot to do, but he is doing a good job, Hank is proud of him, and the book is very good and worth the work. — John, You're Doing Great 00:02:33
2024-12-13 · Hank says he does experience words when he starts thinking about how to write his thoughts down or say them, and that converting thoughts into words is work for him. — TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' 00:01:20
2024-12-13 · Hank says he remembers having an internal monologue in high school and college, with strings of words running through his head all the time. — TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' 00:01:57
2024-12-13 · Hank says he is fine, though not a hundred percent; he has been better, he is fine physically, and they are getting through it. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — TIL Some People Have an 'Inner Monologue' 00:05:10
2024-12-20 · Hank says people send him weird internet videos and helping them understand their world is one of his jobs, which he loves. — Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones… 00:14:36

2025

2025-01-03 · The description says Hank meant to answer fun questions but ended up rethinking his life again, which he thinks will be a big theme for him in 2025. (hedged) — My 2025 Bingo Card 00:00:00
2025-01-03 · Hank says he almost never plays video games; he would like to play the new Civilization, which takes a lot of time, and the only game he plays is Connections. — My 2025 Bingo Card 00:01:14
2025-01-03 · Hank says he had tummy hurt for a long time this year (2025), which turned out to be acid reflux, for which there is medicine, and suggests seeing a doctor about it. — My 2025 Bingo Card 00:02:28
2025-01-03 · Hank's New Year's resolution is to spend more time with his friends: he does not invest enough in those relationships, for reasons partly internal and partly external that he can't tease apart. — My 2025 Bingo Card 00:05:06
2025-01-03 · Hank tells John he is pretty much his best friend and so on that list, hopes his wrist is doing okay, and is excited for his book to come out. — My 2025 Bingo Card 00:06:13
2025-01-10 · Hank, in Los Angeles, says he recorded this video long in advance because he is busy making a new show he can't yet talk about. — SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! 00:00:00
2025-01-10 · Hank got the guests' questions early and picked the ones he most wanted to answer, from whether weed is bad for you to what if people laid eggs. — SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! 00:02:30
2025-01-10 · Making the show let Hank dive into topics, learn weird things, talk to experts, and even bring in a man with homing pigeons to talk with him and Michelle. — SECRET PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT! 00:02:44
2025-01-24 · Hank says he just finished talking with his therapist, which he does now, and will talk openly although he feels shame about showing weakness. — Am I OK? 00:00:00
2025-01-24 · Hank says he finished chemo about 18 months ago and is probably about as recovered as he will get, which is pretty good. (hedged) · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Am I OK? 00:00:00
2025-01-24 · Hank has some chemo nerve damage (tingly fingertips) and nerve pain where he had radiation on top of surgeries, felt only in certain activities. — Am I OK? 00:00:29
2025-01-24 · Hank says that body-wise, aside from an increased risk of secondary cancers, he is pretty much unscathed. — Am I OK? 00:00:51
2025-01-24 · Hank is near the peak of his relapse odds, has failed to avoid stress as advised, and expects the odds to start falling around month 24. — Am I OK? 00:01:21
2025-01-24 · Hank says mentally it has been a trial: he is far more anxious and maybe has a little less energy than before. (hedged) — Am I OK? 00:01:21
2025-01-24 · Hank says his short-term memory is noticeably, substantially worse. — Am I OK? 00:02:03
2025-01-24 · Hank says that, of his short-term memory loss and his anxiety, the anxiety is probably worse for him. (hedged) — Am I OK? 00:03:01
2025-01-24 · Hank says his therapist thinks he may not have an anxiety disorder but a normal response to a life full of responsibilities and threats, which seems right to him. (hedged) — Am I OK? 00:03:01
2025-01-24 · Work and health anxiety cost Hank sleep, which feeds his fear that his immune system will let the cancer return, a loop leaving him tired and cranky at work. — Am I OK? 00:03:01
2025-01-24 · Hank tells John he is doing okay; he could use a break and won't get one for a while, but eventually will. — Am I OK? 00:07:52
2025-01-31 · Hank recalls being a guy who wrote and performed silly nerdy rock songs; all three of his studio albums were recorded in the same studio with the same producer, Shmed (also Shmedly or Ryan). — Thanks, Shmed 00:00:03
2025-01-31 · Hank says his first two albums were just him and Shmed: Hank played guitar and sang, and everything else was Shmed. — Thanks, Shmed 00:00:21
2025-01-31 · Hank recalls that for his last album, Incongruent, Paul and Joe DeGeorge, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang came out to record with Shmed, who added many tracks and weird ideas. — Thanks, Shmed 00:00:29
2025-01-31 · Hank says Shmed taught him to sing harmony, auto-tuned and spliced his vocals, and helped him play drums on tracks, quantizing them so they landed on the beat. — Thanks, Shmed 00:01:20
2025-01-31 · Hank says Shmed had his own career, making music for TV shows including 3rd Rock from the Sun and That '70s Show. — Thanks, Shmed 00:01:35
2025-01-31 · Hank says he is making the video because Shmed died this week (week of 27 January 2025); he wants to thank him but can't. — Thanks, Shmed 00:02:08
2025-01-31 · Hank remembers Shmed working out the piano solo for I Know in front of him in about 90 seconds; it felt like a magic trick. — Thanks, Shmed 00:02:27
2025-02-21 · Hank says he has had a post-Project for Awesome slump. — No Video Today!! 00:00:00
2025-02-21 · Hank says he still has to clean up his office, but he has signed all his frog cards and picked up 200 envelopes of confetti. — No Video Today!! 00:01:56
2025-02-28 · Hank says he need not worry about Orin getting measles, since he is a healthy kid who has had both doses. — We Will Eradicate Measles 00:05:02
2025-02-28 · Hank says his elected representatives are all Republicans, none of whom are pushing back against this. — We Will Eradicate Measles 00:06:56
2025-03-14 · Hank says his partnership with Katherine working out is not that weird because they chose each other after deciding their loves, beliefs and wants were compatible. — Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life 00:00:24
2025-03-14 · Hank says he is energized by so much that he struggles to focus, hence his many careers (novelist, novelty musician, stand-up, entrepreneur, science), and he lets the world direct him. — Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life 00:01:52
2025-03-21 · Hank stands outside the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin, where he recently gave a talk. — The Second Most Important Book in Dublin 00:00:00
2025-03-28 · Hank often uses YouTube videos as a white noise machine when he travels without one. — Is This a Million Dollar Idea? 00:00:09
2025-04-04 · Hank says that growing up morality was a kind of dirty word to him: not kindness, honesty or fairness, but rules about hair length, forbidden words and judging whom you love or which god you believe in. — Morality 00:00:00
2025-04-11 (said on 2025-04-10, implied) · Hank says his couple of businesses (about 100 employees), even the one not import-sensitive, now hesitate to invest in new product lines or shows because the economy is unclear. — How Actually Crazy is This Mess? 00:11:37
2025-04-18 · Hank went to see Bernie Sanders and AOC in a packed basketball stadium in Missoula but left after AOC's speech to bike to the hospital cancer center for an oncology appointment. — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:00:00
2025-04-18 · Hank says the lymph nodes under his tongue have been a little swollen and sore for the last few weeks. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:00:00
2025-04-18 · Still nervous, and nearing his two-year mark, Hank called and took the first oncology appointment available. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:00:58
2025-04-18 · Hank's empathetic oncologist checked his lymph nodes, now the only monitoring he needs given his cancer, stage and scans, and found them all perfectly normal: no current signs of cancer. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:01:27
2025-04-18 · Hank says he is mostly, though not entirely, through the peak period when he would be likely to relapse. — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:01:56
2025-04-18 · Hank has just come from talking with a close college friend who is now a wolf biologist studying wolf genomics at Princeton, so he can ask her about the dire wolf news. — This one's for your mom 00:01:58
2025-04-18 · Hank told his oncologist he worries about rare but possible secondary cancers, above all leukemia, the worst one to get and one there is very little way to monitor for now. — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:02:31
2025-04-18 · Hank says last night in bed he felt more nervous than he had in a while, which made no sense since he had just been told he doesn't have cancer. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:02:58
2025-04-18 · Hank says before he got sick his anxiety was mostly his body usefully calling him to figure out something important; now it sometimes just calls out for no reason. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Still Don't Have Cancer (and I'm Still Scared) 00:04:10
2025-04-18 · Hank says he and Katherine designed the Garden Party soap scent together, based on their favorite cocktail, the Pimm's Cup. — This one's for your mom 00:05:25
2025-04-25 · Hank recently went to the basement of the Royal Society to see the original logbook of inoculations kept by Lady Mary's physician. — How We Form Opinions 00:01:27
2025-05-09 · Hank says he doesn't love this one: it could be worse and no one seems actually mad at him about it, but he is mad at himself. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:00:00
2025-05-09 · Hank first emailed John the idea in 2020; John liked it, they wrote it together, and the book was done by 2021. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:00:58
2025-05-09 · Amid much else, publication kept getting pushed back, frustrating Hank, who felt the book was more necessary every day. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:00:58
2025-05-09 · Everyone came together fast: an illustrated map, a friend's layout, websites, email addresses and a phone number for one prompt; Hank made it quite complicated. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:01:31
2025-05-09 · A typo the book references and needs was automatically fixed by the printer, so it was missing from the first edition. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:02:29
2025-05-09 · Hank set up the book's answering-machine line without auto-pay; the unpaid-bill emails went to his spam folder, so the company cancelled his account. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:02:58
2025-05-09 · The number went immediately to a shipping company that runs trucks, which now gets a lot of very weird phone calls. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:03:27
2025-05-09 · They learned of it only after printing the second edition, which now has the wrong number in sealed, packaged copies Hank won't unpack. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:03:27
2025-05-09 · Messages left on the old number were deleted when Hank didn't pay the bill. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:03:56
2025-05-09 · Hank says he wanted to create a super immersive experience and broke it twice. — OK, I MESSED UP. 00:03:56
2025-05-16 · Hank says he got a cancer, a disease often fatal, got medicine for it, and now seems likely to die of something else, so he knows he didn't die. (hedged) · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — No One Knows When They Don't Die 00:00:00
2025-05-16 · Hank says he and everyone around him got the measles vaccine when young, so he has never had measles and probably never will. (hedged) — No One Knows When They Don't Die 00:00:00
2025-05-23 · Hank was recently at his dermatologist for a skin check, because after his cancer treatment he has a higher than normal risk of melanoma. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. 00:00:00
2025-05-30 · Hank is not diagnosed and feels he is handling it well, but is pretty sure he has delayed sleep-wake phase disorder. (hedged) — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:00:00
2025-05-30 · Hank says he has no disordered sleep or insomnia and good sleep hygiene, just a sleep phase on the later edge of the bell curve. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:02:26
2025-05-30 · Hank's late sleep phase was very hard for him during school, a significant challenge to his social and academic life. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:02:26
2025-05-30 · Hank naturally falls asleep around 2 a.m. and wakes around 10 whenever left to his own devices; it is not staying up late, which is different from scrolling TikTok. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:02:26
2025-05-30 · Hank says college got easier as he chose classes, and working for himself as a blogger and YouTuber let him live his delayed-sleep-phase life from about 2000 to 2016, which was awesome. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:03:32
2025-05-30 · Hank reminds John that he lived in the Mountain time zone and woke at 10, noon for John, leaving little overlapping work time. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:04:02
2025-05-30 · Hank says that then he had a child: beyond infancy, kids wake early and their activities, especially school, run on a rigid schedule. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:04:31
2025-05-30 · Hank says the importance of having a child made it easier to push himself into a different sleep schedule, which he did; the obligation is high and the relationship rewarding. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:05:00
2025-05-30 · Hank still feels it: travelling alone he slips into his natural schedule and must work back against it at home, as he is doing now after a lovely vacation, which is why he made this video. — My Rare 'Disorder' 00:05:29
2025-06-06 · Hank says he gave the MIT commencement speech last week (week of 26 May 2025) and found it surprisingly hard to write, less from impostor syndrome than from the craft difficulty. — The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech 00:00:00
2025-06-06 · Hank sent the students a survey before writing, so the speech was partly their creation and partly his, all inspired by them, just like this YouTube channel. — The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech 00:01:56
2025-06-06 · Hank thanks the class of 2025 because more than half of them filled out the survey he sent all of them, and says he loved reading their answers. — The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech 00:04:43
2025-06-06 · Hank says the most common word in those answers was 'built': bridges, robots, incubators, startups, Geiger counters, an eight-foot periodic table and a ukulele. — The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech 00:06:17
2025-06-06 · Hank says he helped build an educational media company that provides free videos to everyone with an internet connection, whose content is used in most American schools. — The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech 00:11:10
2025-06-06 · Asked what is giving them hope, most graduates answered entirely about people: friends, family, peers, people who care and fix problems. — The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech 00:13:16
2025-06-13 · Hank says that earlier this week (week of 9 June 2025), seeing images of deportation raids in Los Angeles and then protests, pushback against ICE, violence and vandalism, he got mad. — Moving to Hope from Hopelessness (3 ways) 00:00:00
2025-06-13 · Hank felt hopeless, frustrated and angry, as if nothing could stop the inevitable: Trump's insistence that process does not matter, against Americans' insistence that it does, would create conflict and deliver him more power. — Moving to Hope from Hopelessness (3 ways) 00:00:29
2025-06-13 · Hank says reacting to the news made him lose sight of what he cares about: his frustration was less worry for people than anger that a guy he dislikes runs a strategy likely to win him more power. — Moving to Hope from Hopelessness (3 ways) 00:04:23
2025-06-20 · Hank says he was inducted into the VidCon Hall of Fame along with the people who said good morning at the start, and enjoyed hanging out with old-school YouTube friends. — 'Influencer' Must Die. 00:00:00
2025-06-20 · Hank feels lucky to have had years of apprenticeship in which he did not have to be good at anything, so that he eventually gained the skills to do it well. — 'Influencer' Must Die. 00:04:28
2025-06-20 · Hank says he is lucky to have a brother who has always helped him turn his skills toward leaving the world better, and feels very happy to have done the work. — 'Influencer' Must Die. 00:04:58
2025-06-27 · Hank has never smoked a cigarette: he was so scared of addiction as a kid, which he finds wild given how he uses the social internet. — You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information 00:00:00
2025-06-27 · Hank was raised on Pop-Tarts; he still wants them but has not had one in a long time. — You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information 00:06:39
2025-06-27 · Hank recalls a TV ad in Florida from his childhood: businessmen around a dying man lament losing their most loyal customer, then the camera pans to a young person in the hallway. — You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information 00:11:21
2025-07-04 · Hank says that around five years ago he saw a graph that changed his life, and he shows it hoping it changes viewers' lives too. — This Graph Changed My Life 00:02:27
2025-07-04 · The graph changed Hank because it clashed with his perception: before, he would have said about half of Americans thought climate change a scam or hoax. — This Graph Changed My Life 00:03:20
2025-07-25 · Hank says he studied lignin in college, so he knows more about it than the average person. — The Molecule that Changed Everything 00:00:46
2025-08-01 · Hank says he has a much higher risk of someday needing a bone marrow transplant himself, but many people need one right now. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — We Stole a Man's Blood 00:03:10
2025-08-01 · Hank says he is not allowed to donate: they do not want his bone marrow anymore. — We Stole a Man's Blood 00:03:39
2025-08-05 · Asked to close his eyes, Hank says he pictured a shiny red apple with dimensionality and shading. — ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:08:06
2025-08-05 · Hank, who nearly failed to get his art minor, says his art classes helped him design the socks he made during chemo, but the credential itself did not. — ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:08:29
2025-08-05 · Hank says giving the MIT commencement among precocious students was weird but lovely; most embarrassing, he could not name exciting MIT research for the student newspaper. — ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:10:18
2025-08-05 · Hank says his oncologist was younger than him; Hank thinks the doctor regarded him as young. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:11:36
2025-08-08 · Hank says the billionaire heard his Good Store pitch and called it a bad idea: why would the people selling his socks be good at selling his coffee? — I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire 00:00:00
2025-08-08 · Hank says the billionaire expected a marketing challenge, and Good Store does in fact have one. — I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire 00:01:04
2025-08-08 · Hank says the test underwear was a pretty good product with a great feel, but it had cut problems and the fit wasn't perfect. — I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire 00:01:32
2025-08-08 · Hank says Good Store worked with its sock makers on a test line of underwear, with many viewers as its guinea pigs. — I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire 00:01:32
2025-08-08 · Hank asked his wife about her favorite underwear, which led him to MeUndies as a partner. — I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire 00:02:01
2025-08-08 · Hank says this year's (2025) Quadragocon took place in about eight locations, including a river, a house and the Western Montana Fair. — I'm Glad I Ignored That Billionaire 00:04:12
2025-08-22 · Hank's child proclaimed there are non-living things made of living things, like our bodies; Hank corrected it to living things made of non-living things. — Are Languages Alive? 00:00:03
2025-08-29 · Hank says that in the episode John read him a poem and Hank confided that he cannot hear poetry. · story: Hank cannot hear poetry ('poetry blindness') (2025) — Does Anyone Else Have This? 00:00:00
2025-08-29 · Hank says he will never improvise a virtuosic guitar part but can brute-force a strum pattern onto the 12 chords he drilled through thousands of repetitions, which feels analogous to his language. — Does Anyone Else Have This? 00:00:29
2025-08-29 · Hank says that as a little kid he had to focus extremely hard on understanding spoken and written language, until his brain developed the pathways and it became normal; he wonders whether everything was like poetry at first. — Does Anyone Else Have This? 00:01:27
2025-08-29 · Hank says graphic novels affect him similarly though less badly, making immersion more labor, and he is perplexed watching John parse poetry cleanly or Orin absorbed in a comic book. — Does Anyone Else Have This? 00:01:56
2025-09-12 · Hank says he doesn't feel up to the moment, one where everything seems possible and there are no good answers, so instead he wants to talk about life on Mars. — This Might Actually be Happening 00:00:00
2025-09-19 · Midway, the score stands at four and a half to three and a half, counting push-ups already won. (both) — Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment 00:02:49
2025-09-26 · Hank says he felt incapable of not making the video: once he spotted the oddity he had to see it through, frustrating as he has other things to do. — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:00:59
2025-09-26 · Hank says that for the last couple of months he has been feeling bad: stress, worry and probably fear. — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:03:06
2025-09-26 · Hank says closer-in fears come from stewarding what he has built: making it sustainable without him while also fuelling it himself. — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:03:36
2025-09-26 · Hank says he has also had a lot of exhaustion, lack of motivation, physical aches and pains, and headaches, though he is not a headache guy. — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:03:36
2025-09-26 · Hank says he wanted to ignore it and not talk publicly before it was resolved, because everyone would freak out about cancer. — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:03:36
2025-09-26 · Following his oncologist's advice to come in if anything feels weird, Hank had tests and blood work and was relieved to find he is still normal and in remission. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:04:25
2025-09-26 · Hank says waiting for test results over the last week was not relaxing, and at such times he is grateful for work and research rabbit holes. — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:04:54
2025-09-26 · Hank says that since cancer is not responsible for how he feels, it is something else, and he feels he has been improving. — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:05:46
2025-09-26 · Hank has the idea, just now, of deleting other social media from his phone for the two weeks of Pizzamas. (hedged) — I've Not Been Doing Well 00:07:14
2025-09-30 · Hank says that when he loses sight of the goofing and fun, unsurprisingly, he starts liking it less and having less fun. — WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING 00:06:10
2025-10-02 · In a channel comment Hank shares a favourite Goodall story: her PhD review committee changed every 'he' or 'she' to 'it', and she changed them all back. — You are Probably Underestimating Jane Goodall’s Impact 00:00:00
2025-10-08 · After the song Hank says he doesn't know what to do with that: it is just very chaotic in here at the moment, and maybe he is not the only one feeling that way. — Being Alive 00:03:00
2025-10-10 · Hank says that at times in recent years he has felt moral stress about the internet, fearing he participates out of a pathological addiction to its structure or because he is locked in by work, infrastructure and people relying on him. — Maybe This is My Problem 00:01:46
2025-10-10 · Hank says he no longer posts on Twitter: he does not want to add to its network effects, calls it explicitly harmful, and has no interest in being there. — Maybe This is My Problem 00:03:58
2025-10-24 · Hank is working on a book and sees some chapters as scripts he will almost definitely adapt for YouTube. — What Will Books Become? 00:03:34
2025-10-24 · After his first book went well, Hank pitched his publisher a monthly serialized next book sold only in bookstores, with parts needing physical places, to create an event; he was told it couldn't work. — What Will Books Become? 00:04:32
2025-10-31 · Hank says John's Philippines video was doing poorly: fewer viewers than usual clicked its thumbnail, so YouTube showed it to fewer people, a feedback loop. — We Did It… 00:00:58
2025-10-31 · Hank says John, sleep deprived and twelve hours from his usual time zone, texted asking whether he needed an improved thumbnail, and Hank took it on. — We Did It… 00:00:58
2025-10-31 · Hank says John's video was trending toward being their worst-performing video in many months. — We Did It… 00:04:19
2025-10-31 · Hank workshopped and tested titles for engagement and ended up with one that intersects a narrative people are engaged with and understandably outraged by. — We Did It… 00:04:48
2025-10-31 · Hank says the same video, with only a new title and thumbnail, is now on track to be their second most viewed video of the last few months. — We Did It… 00:05:17
2025-11-07 · Hank is at Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas. — Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… 00:00:00
2025-11-07 · Hank made a whole video replying to John's video before leaving town, but it sits on his hard drive and he cannot upload it, so this video stands in for it. — Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… 00:00:00
2025-11-10 · Hank knows people who relapsed more than 10 years after treatment for Hodgkin's, so one can be called cured and not quite be. — My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge 00:00:29
2025-11-10 · Had he gotten sick maybe 20 years earlier, Hank would probably have had about six months of treatment; he had two months of chemo then targeted radiation, cutting his long-term risks. (hedged) · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge 00:03:53
2025-11-10 · Hank read those studies during treatment to check it was okay to take less; taking less is scary, but here it is better. — My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge 00:04:21
2025-11-14 · Hank recalls that when John interviewed Obama on a Google+ Hangout about the penny, Obama said many small things that should be done are blocked by entrenched structures or the interests of a few. · story: John's Google+ Hangout interview with President Obama (2013) — The End of The Penny (and of Congress??) 00:00:56
2025-11-21 · Hank says that when he did science in labs he thought science was the pile of known things plus techniques like spectroscopy, replication and the scientific method. — I Wasn't Always Like This!! 00:01:43
2025-11-21 · Hank says he reached these views through rabbit holes, conversations with colleagues, hosting videos written by others and reading books he would never otherwise have read, and his life is much better for it. — I Wasn't Always Like This!! 00:03:10
2025-11-21 · Hank says he watches many science communicators on YouTube and learns both their subjects and their techniques. — I Wasn't Always Like This!! 00:03:40
2025-11-24 · Hank recalls buying the good.store URL years ago, knowing he would eventually use it, and hoping it would become what it has become. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John 00:10:38
2025-11-24 · Hank brought Good Store products to a $25-limit white elephant; it felt a little sneaky, but the EcoGeek items did great and everybody wanted them. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John 00:14:54
2025-11-24 · Hank says Orin broke his toe without crying, but cried later that week because he felt well enough to go back to school. — Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John 00:46:15
2025-11-28 · Hank, in a toilet cubicle at BBC Studioworks, has just had hair and makeup done with Aisling Bea, Sandi Toksvig, Alan Davies and Desiree Burch and is about to be on QI, a show he loves. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:00:00
2025-11-28 · Hank says he is weirdly unfamiliar with impostor syndrome, but here it is before QI. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:00:29
2025-11-28 · Hank has been watching QI for probably decades, though not legally back then. (hedged) — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:04:12
2025-11-28 · Hank says being on QI was absolutely a dream come true. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:04:21
2025-11-28 · After being told he could do QI, Hank got cancer and cancelled, actually ghosting them; once better he asked to do it again. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:04:21
2025-11-28 · Going to Ireland anyway, Hank stopped in London to record QI, then went straight from the studio to Dublin for his gig the next day. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:04:21
2025-11-28 · About to tape with the panelists, Hank realized he did not actually want to do it: he wanted the feeling he imagined in that chair, and knew he would not get it. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:04:53
2025-11-28 · Hank spent the whole taping terrified, trying to come up with something clever, and is grateful editing hides people when they are not talking. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:05:23
2025-11-28 · Hank has had plenty of good feedback, finally watched the episode, and thinks he did fine. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:05:44
2025-11-28 · Hank's first real accomplished dream was kissing a girl he wanted to kiss; the moment was everything he dreamed, though the relationship was not the healthiest. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:05:44
2025-11-28 · To make himself go through with it, Hank planned that even if it went terribly he would ask Sandi for one of her note cards as a souvenir; he then asks her. — Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:07:00
2025-12-02 · Asked on Ask Hank Anything who the most interesting person he has met is, Hank decided interesting means easy to pay attention to; the person he has paid most attention to is his wife, who grows more interesting the more he does. (hedged) — The Meaning of Life with Hank and John 00:02:42
2025-12-05 · Hank says that about a month ago (November 2025) he got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Johnson Space Center and filmed a lot of footage. — Why Don't Rockets Melt Themselves 00:00:00
2025-12-05 · Hank says they started editing the tour footage into a Hank's Channel video, but it has taken forever to figure out what he wants to do with it. — Why Don't Rockets Melt Themselves 00:00:00
2025-12-05 · Hank thanks John for coming to Los Angeles to shoot Ask Hank Anything with him; after a crazy trip he is heading home. — Why Don't Rockets Melt Themselves 00:06:18
2025-12-12 · Eight months ago Hank uploaded a white noise video; he uses YouTube white-noise videos to concentrate or to occupy parts of his mind that would wander. — The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video 00:00:00
2025-12-12 · Hank thanks Dropout for agreeing to his contract term letting him release his special on YouTube after a year of Dropout exclusivity. · story: Pissing Out Cancer: Hank's stand-up comedy show about having cancer (2023) — The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video 00:05:23

2026

2026-01-02 · A few weeks ago Hank woke in the night with the room spinning; he hated it, partly because he knows it has happened to John and that John hates it. · story: John's labyrinthitis after the Turtles All the Way Down tour (2017) — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:00:00
2026-01-02 · The description says the vertigo is almost entirely gone, with little reminders, especially right after getting up in the morning. — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:00:00
2026-01-02 · Having talked with John about his experience, Hank knew it was probably not a stroke; lying still did not help, and sitting up stopped the spinning but left him off balance, woozy and nauseous. — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:00:20
2026-01-02 · From what John had told him and some reading, Hank concluded he had had an episode of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, which his doctor confirmed. — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:00:50
2026-01-02 · For a week or so afterwards Hank had mild vertigo on getting up; a short morning walk outside made him feel better almost instantly and for the rest of the day. — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:01:19
2026-01-02 · Uploading the day after New Year's, Hank names his resolutions: consume long-form rather than very short media, focus on long-form work, and have a life defined more by humanity than by computer programs. — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:03:16
2026-01-02 · People tell Hank in public they use Focus Friend for everything from time with their kids to studying for the bar exam to watching a movie without their phone; he is really proud of it. — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:04:50
2026-01-02 · Hank wants to do the healthy things he likes more and wants his son to be able to as well; that neither can makes him frustrated and scared. — I Got a New Disease and I Kinda Liked It. 00:06:18
2026-01-16 · Hank says he recorded the video in December, because the P4A planners now need videos well in advance rather than at the last second. — 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) 00:02:55
2026-01-23 · Hank films at an empty gate at London's Heathrow Airport, not his own, having arrived two hours early as advised; his own gate isn't open yet. — Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust 00:00:00
2026-01-23 · In the description Hank, very sleepy and glad to head home, thanks people who said hi at the airport and apologizes that he cannot say what he was doing in London. — Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust 00:00:00
2026-01-23 · Hank likes Heathrow's advertising campaign showing Londoners with a wide variety of jobs, including a woman who judges at Wimbledon whose face the ad treats oddly. — Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust 00:00:47
2026-01-23 · Hank says, apologetically, that he has become a stranger talker, and everyone he talks to is doing interesting things that seem valuable in the world. — Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust 00:02:03
2026-01-23 · Hank listened to that episode while walking through Kensington Gardens and thought they did a good job; he will talk to John about it one-on-one, not online. — Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust 00:03:01
2026-01-30 · Hank says he had a Twitter relapse but is not still on Twitter. — Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) 00:02:26
2026-01-30 · Hank says his three days on Twitter were the only topic he discussed with his therapist this week (week of 26 January 2026). — Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) 00:03:25
2026-02-04 · Hank says that in an early email naming the project he preferred 'Crash Course' over his second favourite name, 'Cram'. — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:00:13
2026-02-04 · Hank says the first mention of Crash Course, long before launch, is a Gchat in which John said he wanted to make a hilarious, fun video with many visual aids covering the whole French Revolution. · story: Crash Course and Complexly begin from John's 2010 Gchat proposal and $10,000 of Hank's money (2010) — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:00:29
2026-02-04 · Hank says his earlier tellings made it sound like John had an idea for a video, but John was clearly proposing a big idea: they discussed finding time, taking investment and dropping VidCon. · story: Crash Course and Complexly begin from John's 2010 Gchat proposal and $10,000 of Hank's money (2010) — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:00:38
2026-02-04 · Hank quotes John in the chat, while they worked out funding and time: the ideas interested him, not the payoff. · story: Crash Course and Complexly begin from John's 2010 Gchat proposal and $10,000 of Hank's money (2010) — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:01:10
2026-02-04 · Hank offered the $20,000 he had just made in affiliate marketing; John took $10,000, which funded the initial test episodes of Crash Course and became the seed of Complexly. · story: Crash Course and Complexly begin from John's 2010 Gchat proposal and $10,000 of Hank's money (2010) — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:01:17
2026-02-04 · Hank says that thanks to a later YouTube grant they never had to take investment, and until January 1, 2026 they owned 100% of Complexly. — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:01:27
2026-02-04 · Hank says many would-be buyers offered compelling prices; the brothers listened, partly for the money and partly in case capital and selling to schools would maximize the mission's impact. (hedged) — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:02:13
2026-02-04 · Hank says he has not been CEO for over two years; the organization of dozens of people is bigger than the brothers, who already do not oversee most decisions. · story: Hank steps back from running DFTBA and Complexly after cancer treatment; new CEO LJ Joukovski, Julie acting CEO (2023) — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:03:24
2026-02-04 · Hank thanks viewers who for years knowingly gave a for-profit company money with no tax deduction, through Patreon, the Crash Course Coin, the Learnathon and SciShow fundraisers. — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:06:23
2026-02-04 · Hank says he and John never took profit distributions from Complexly, saving the money in the company or paying team bonuses, and are donating its saved money to the new organization too. — We Just Sold Our Company for $0 00:06:50
2026-02-13 · Hank says the conversion made him think hard about what a nonprofit is, and at one point he asked himself why everybody doesn't do this. — Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! 00:01:40
2026-02-13 · Hank says few lawyers had experience converting a for-profit to a nonprofit, and once they found one it was much easier. — Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! 00:09:24
2026-02-13 · Hank says his first job was at Walmart, where all his friends worked; he was what they called a stockman. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! 00:27:08
2026-02-13 · Hank says his son Orin was very upset that the US is getting rid of the penny. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 00:33:09
2026-02-13 · Hank says he plays the guitar and also the drums, though not as well as the guitar. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! 00:37:33
2026-02-13 · Hank says he is building a board of directors right now and asks his Save the Children guest for advice. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 03:42:45
2026-02-13 · Hank lets donors vote on whether he plays Connections live on the P4A stream, noting that on Hank's Channel he edits out the parts where he is confused, so he always looks very smart. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 04:47:57
2026-02-13 · Hank says he has never smoked a cigarette: it always seemed dumb to him, because many people he knew got addicted, and it was expensive and smelled bad. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 04:59:05
2026-02-13 · Hank says he asked his son Orin on the way to school whether zero is a number: Orin thought it was, and then, asked to argue that it wasn't, he did. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 05:01:20
2026-02-13 · Asked to play his song 'Helen Hunt', Hank declines: it is too embarrassing and too weird to do to Helen Hunt, who is now a real person to him. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! 05:17:34
2026-02-13 · Hank confirms he wrote the foreword to Tyler Thrasher's new book The Universe in 100 Colors, signed copies of which are P4A 2026 perks. — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 05:23:45
2026-02-14 · For a balloon task, Hank had to call a random person in his phone and wish them a happy year; he had to do it twice because the first person's voicemail was full. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 02:25:12
2026-02-14 · For a balloon task's opposite of a silent, stern-faced Macarena, Hank played the Macarena backwards while doing an Irish step dance with a happy face. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 02:26:00
2026-02-14 · For a balloon task, Hank ordered a none pizza with left beef and ate the half that had beef on it. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 02:26:00
2026-02-14 · Hank says Katherine watches the whole Project for Awesome stream, sometimes with it playing while she is asleep in bed. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 02:29:29
2026-02-14 · Hank says the first cover for his book looked like a John Green book cover, an aesthetic set by The Fault in Our Stars' success, and he told them they could not do that. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 02:34:42
2026-02-14 · As a kid Hank played Dino Park Tycoon and failed over and over until he built a bigger parking lot, which the game never told him was too small. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 02:39:32
2026-02-14 · Hank says that at about 38 he ate an unidentified berry in the woods that looked like a blueberry, reasoning it was probably fine. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 02:53:30
2026-02-14 · Hank recalls Tom Lum confiding to him at a Mexican restaurant that in college he charmed people by doing mouth coils. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 03:15:33
2026-02-14 · Hank's colonoscopy tip, unique to him: sipping Coca-Cola during the prep helps him get it down in a timely fashion. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! 05:31:38
2026-02-14 · Hank says he made a whole video on how earthworms have sex, but cannot remember it now. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 05:37:37
2026-02-14 · Hank and Orin are on the third book of the second Warriors series; Hank's favorite cat is Brambleclaw, whom he understands as someone both ambitious and driven by values. (hedged) — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! 05:40:17
2026-02-14 · Asked why he draws anglerfish, Hank says he wrote a song about the anglerfish called A Song About an Anglerfish. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! 05:43:57
2026-02-14 · Hank says he got very little sleep on Thursday night, so he was very loopy on Friday, which made for an amazing evening on the stream. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 05:45:11
2026-02-14 · Hank has not seen Heated Rivalry or Steven Universe: he doesn't watch a lot of TV but watches a lot of YouTube. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! 05:47:00
2026-02-14 · Hank has still not met Bill Nye but assumes it will happen someday. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! 05:47:50
2026-02-14 · The Ask Hank Anything questions that took longest to research this season were probably Jason Mantzoukas's science questions, such as on allergies; he has a terrible egg allergy. (hedged) — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! 05:54:00
2026-02-14 · Hank says he ordered his none pizza by calling Domino's, warning that the order would be weird, and saying no to sauce and cheese. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 06:05:16
2026-02-14 · A balloon popped at $2.5 million tells Hank to eat a piece of burrata like a soup dumpling, which he does. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 06:36:02
2026-02-14 · Hank says that on Dear Hank and John they looked at the first art ever made in space, a colored-pencil drawing by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, and John or Hank said it would make a great flag of Earth. (hedged) — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 06:43:48
2026-02-14 · Hank says he keeps trying different formats for his Hanklerfish art perks, and likes this year's (2026) woodblock because it is harder to break in the mail and feels substantial. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 07:03:54
2026-02-14 · For the remaining balloon task, Hank sets out to taste a Nintendo Switch cartridge, which he says is apparently made bad tasting because it is small. (hedged) — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 07:06:57
2026-02-14 · Hank licks his Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cartridge and says it tastes of pure bitterness, like plastic times a hundred. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 07:09:06
2026-02-15 · Hank realised he was putting about 60% of a YouTube video's effort into a TikTok, while a YouTube video is far better for the world; he now makes far fewer TikToks, having once made three a day. · story: Hank joins TikTok and posts several TikToks a day (2020) — Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! 03:41:03
2026-02-15 · Hank lives in a neighborhood where people put things out on the corner, which he loves; he has no HOA, one of its most appealing features. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! 04:00:21
2026-02-15 · Hank says Destin asked him the day before, with surprise, whether he still has Instagram on his phone, leaving Hank to wonder whether they are not doing that anymore. — Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! 04:34:15
2026-02-20 · Hank recalls that at the 2011 Project for Awesome they pledged $10,000 to Partners In Health for its work in Haiti for a number of comments, he thinks their first direct gift to PIH. (hedged) — What We Actually Did. 00:00:29
2026-02-20 · Hank recalls that a few years later John told him of a big idea: responding not to a sudden disaster but to a long-term one that was just the way things had been. — What We Actually Did. 00:00:29
2026-02-20 · Hank says John pitched the project as very long, very hard and not making them more popular, convincing him it was not about most views but most good with their views. — What We Actually Did. 00:00:58
2026-02-20 · Hank says they promised Partners In Health to raise tens of millions of dollars and made a spreadsheet of how, which proved very wrong and which he cannot find. — What We Actually Did. 00:01:27
2026-02-20 · Hank says he wrote to the richest people he knew and learned how generous they were; the most generous, who prioritized mothers' health, sadly did not live to see this. — What We Actually Did. 00:03:24
2026-02-20 · Hank says she was triaged first among other pregnant women, and her baby was born by C-section just after 1pm on Valentine's Day. — What We Actually Did. 00:04:18
2026-02-20 · Hank lists other first-day patients: a mother with chest pains who drove five hours, one past her due date who had the second C-section, and one rushed from a nearby clinic. — What We Actually Did. 00:04:18
2026-02-27 · Hank says he lacks the expertise to get the data or turn it into a publishable paper, and is not sure he has time to review proposals but will try. — Can We Do a Science Together?? 00:03:09
2026-03-06 · Hank says he has advised almost every public figure he respects and counts as a friend on handling their own surprise blowups, which happen a lot. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe 00:01:28
2026-03-06 · Hank recalls his first editor's notes on a magazine article, which redlined three quarters of it, and doing public readings of his work. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe 00:01:57
2026-03-06 · Hank says that even now he sometimes worries a work won't be received well: no views, bad reviews, or people finding him a cringe try-hard. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe 00:01:57
2026-03-06 · Hank says he has been working on a book for years and worries about it very differently than about a YouTube video. — How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe 00:02:27
2026-03-13 · Hank says he has really intense back pain: after injuring his back he had three flights home, two delayed, and spent about 22 hours in airports or on planes. — Pain 00:00:00
2026-03-13 · The description says that an hour after posting, Hank noticed a mild rash on his chest and found he has shingles. · story: Hank gets shingles (2022) — Pain 00:00:00
2026-03-13 · It took Hank a long time to realize his back pain was an injury to heal from, not something fixed by cracking his neck the right way. — Pain 00:00:59
2026-03-13 · Hank says he set himself up to deny the injury: he agreed to many things that, if not done now, must be done later and will push back his other commitments. — Pain 00:01:47
2026-03-13 · Hank says he has missed plenty of Vlogbrothers videos, but during chemo he never missed one, partly because he was not feeling too bad to make them. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — Pain 00:01:47
2026-03-13 · Hank says filming lying on the floor is not a bit: it is a break from sitting work that he needs today, and lying down makes him feel better. — Pain 00:02:15
2026-03-13 · Hank says the injury is actually in his shoulder, not his spine, a pinched nerve or muscle problem; it has happened before but this time is pretty bad, and he just has to heal. — Pain 00:03:58
2026-03-20 · Hank has shingles; when sick he researches his disease until he finds it bizarre and fascinating and lets that distract him, which he has done with shingles before. · story: Hank gets shingles (2022) — I'm Sick Because of the Social Structures of Early Hominins 00:00:00
2026-03-27 · Hank found an Instagram video of a kid doing a cool dance and, before sharing it with Katherine, studied its frames for two minutes to make sure it was not AI; it was not. — What is 'Slop' (and why it gives me hope) 00:01:14
2026-03-27 · Hank keeps watching YouTube videos in which human speakers use obvious generative-AI-isms, because he thinks they had the idea and they help him think through issues while he does the dishes. — What is 'Slop' (and why it gives me hope) 00:06:40
2026-04-03 · Hank tells John that this week (week of 30 March 2026) he had a kind of hallucination while walking past houses in his neighborhood he has passed countless times. — I Had a Hallucination This Week 00:00:00
2026-04-03 · Hank suddenly felt he was walking through nature, a forest of animals in which one species happens to build extraordinarily useful, exquisitely complex, long-lasting nests. — I Had a Hallucination This Week 00:00:21
2026-04-03 · When Orin was little, Hank talked with him about three kinds of things: made by the universe (Mars, stars, mountains), by life (birds, pine cones, butterfly eggs) and by people (houses, TV shows, jokes). — I Had a Hallucination This Week 00:01:20
2026-04-10 · Hank says the moon, a place without a news cycle, notifications or governments, has been a lovely distraction for many people this week (week of 6 April 2026), including him. — Moon Joy 00:00:21
2026-04-10 · Hank welcomes the Artemis II astronauts home, says he waited until they were safely back on Earth to publish because it is terrifying, and thanks them for their work and their want. — Moon Joy 00:04:15
2026-04-17 · In the description Hank says he is terrified of his new glasses; his resistance is partly comfort, partly feeling he will not suffer for denying himself, but he literally will. (hedged) — Something Awaits For Me in the Divine for Resisting 00:00:00
2026-04-17 · Hank says people who have spent time with him in the last few years have noticed how he handles things closer than an arm's length, like scrolling his phone; he has been roundly mocked and told repeatedly he can get progressive lenses. — Something Awaits For Me in the Divine for Resisting 00:00:29
2026-04-17 · Hank says that sometimes he has a headache and knows Advil would make him feel better, but does not take it. — Something Awaits For Me in the Divine for Resisting 00:00:29
2026-04-24 · Hank says John is in Sierra Leone visiting the Maternal Center of Excellence; they were just texting, and Hank can't wait to see more of it. · story: John's 2026 visit to Koidu Government Hospital and the Maternal Center of Excellence (2026) — The AI Question that No AI Person Asks 00:00:00
2026-05-01 · Hank was surprised that while about half the replies to his post agreed, many reframed the graph in today's desperation: anti-vaxxers or AI data centers will take it away, what about adult mortality. — Despair is Not Wisdom 00:00:58
2026-05-08 · Hank once thought it would be fun to party on the day he would have died without cancer treatment: had he been born 100 years ago, lived where Hodgkin's is mistaken for TB, or refused treatment. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — My Deathday 00:00:00
2026-05-08 · Hank picked a method: the point at which 50% of untreated, recently diagnosed Hodgkin patients are dead, from old data, padded since they were likely diagnosed later than he was. — My Deathday 00:00:29
2026-05-08 · Hank says Hodgkin cells usually die under treatment but sometimes survive, which is why he is technically still in remission rather than cured. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — My Deathday 00:02:26
2026-05-08 · Hank did the math and missed his chance: with no clean clock and too much precision, his untreated death day would have been about June 2025; he is unsure how he feels. (hedged) — My Deathday 00:02:55
2026-05-08 · Hank says he is maybe, probably done with his own journey; the world definitely is not, but it is on the journey. (hedged) — My Deathday 00:04:22
2026-05-08 · As John said in his Tuesday video, Hank had scarlet fever as a child: another potential death day behind him that he never thinks about. · story: Hank's childhood scarlet fever — My Deathday 00:04:52
2026-05-22 · Hank confesses that as Crash Course and SciShow grew into Complexly he was hungry with jealousy of BuzzFeed, Vice and Mashable. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit 00:00:39
2026-05-22 · Hank says this was not new: as a blogger he was jealous of Gizmodo, TreeHugger, TechCrunch and another site. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit 00:00:50
2026-05-22 · Hank says that had he lived in LA, San Francisco or New York he would have gone down that rabbit hole; he still feels these feelings more intensely there. (hedged) — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit 00:01:50
2026-05-22 · Hank says that for many reasons he never wanted to leave Montana, so he and John built a company brick by brick, nice and slow. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit 00:02:10
2026-05-22 · Hank says that until then the brothers owned Crash Course through Complexly, and people had wanted to buy the company with plans to grow what they were doing. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit 00:02:26
2026-05-22 · Hank says neither he nor John ever felt okay taking money from Complexly; once its profit looked like real money, they felt they could not take any. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit 00:02:55
2026-05-22 · Hank recalls an email from someone he respects a lot explaining how to become very wealthy; he said no and is really glad he did. — Why I Made Crash Course a Non-Profit 00:04:50
2026-05-29 · Hank says he asked Helen Hunt why she had never done a one-woman show or stand-up comedy. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:00:00
2026-05-29 · Hank reports Helen Hunt's answer: what she loves about the theater is not the stage but the collaboration, working with other people to create something together. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:00:29
2026-05-29 · Hank says he had to face that what Helen Hunt loves most about the theater is what scares him most about it. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:00:52
2026-05-29 · Hank contrasts them: he wants to be on stage entirely in control, she wants to be on stage entirely in collaboration. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:01:22
2026-05-29 · Hank recalls a weird decision he and John made long ago: just as they never felt Complexly's value was theirs, they felt the same about the money the Vlogbrothers channel generates. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:01:51
2026-05-29 · Hank asks himself why standing on a stage alone makes him feel safe but sharing it with others makes him scared; Helen Hunt basically asked him that. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:02:32
2026-05-29 · Hank recalls YouTube going from no ads to sidebar ads to pre-roll ads; the brothers left pre-roll off for over a year, until it became normal and the money was just sitting there. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:03:31
2026-05-29 · Asked by Helen Hunt why he wants to perform alone, Hank had no answer then; the one he has since found is that it has been a great joy to share a stage with John. — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:04:21
2026-06-05 · Hank still spends at least an hour in the comments on the day of every Vlogbrothers upload, to see the people-y parts. — The Things We Don't Discuss 00:04:28
2026-06-05 · Hank notes that John studied Mark Twain in college. — The Things We Don't Discuss 00:06:39
2026-06-05 · Hank recalls that John went to boarding school at 14 and came home with long, story-shaped stories that Hank listened to rapt. — The Things We Don't Discuss 00:07:17
2026-06-19 · Hank congratulates John on his new book and its beautiful new cover. — You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower 00:03:37
2026-06-26 · Hank knows John dislikes such videos and thinks that, when Hank isn't making a Vlogbrothers video, he should just say so on the Community tab. — No Video Today!! 00:00:00
2026-06-26 · Hank has a hard time with just posting that notice after almost 20 years of videos; he is trying to change the structure of his brain but wonders whether he ever can. — No Video Today!! 00:00:00
2026-06-26 · On a morning walk in a small French town, Hank finds a public mini golf course with a little concrete castle; it is locked. — No Video Today!! 00:00:00
2026-06-26 · Hank does not jump into the mini golf course, because they are Americans in a small town in France and he doesn't know the rules. — No Video Today!! 00:00:29
2026-06-26 · The brothers are in France to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary, a trip planned for about two years. · story: The brothers' trip to France to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary (2026) — No Video Today!! 00:00:58
2026-06-26 · Hank says the brothers' parents have made occasional appearances both in the channel's lore and on the channel. — No Video Today!! 00:01:51
2026-06-26 · Hank says the trip has been a lovely opportunity for the whole family to be together and have a good time. — No Video Today!! 00:02:20
2026-07-03 · For about a week Hank let himself believe he, who has never attended a TED, should apply: he has run events and businesses, has an internet audience and friends at TED. — Why I Didn't Buy TED 00:02:55
2026-07-03 · After studying TED's strengths, opportunities and problems and imagining being the Charlie Bucket of the story, Hank concluded absolutely not: applying just to see if he would be selected, and then being selected, would be a terrible outcome. — Why I Didn't Buy TED 00:03:24
2026-07-03 · Hank says just understanding TED would have been a huge job on top of his others: Good Store, DFTBA, Complexly's giant transition to a nonprofit, videos, podcasts and family. — Why I Didn't Buy TED 00:04:22
2026-07-10 · Hank has been rereading John's new book Hollywood, Ending, which he can do even though no one else has access to it yet. — How Status Destroys Us 00:00:00
2026-07-10 · Hank says that in his head there is John Green his brother and John Green the author, and he is still a fan of the author, separately from their brotherly relationship. — How Status Destroys Us 00:03:04
2026-07-10 · Hank thanks John for the collaboration and for being a touchpoint who perhaps springs him back as he gets too close to the sun. — How Status Destroys Us 00:05:15
2026-07-10 · Hank made a Connections-like game called 4x3; on vacation many people played it, and John indulged him in talking about what a John Green game would be. — How Status Destroys Us 00:05:15
2026-07-17 · Hank is at Open Sauce, which is why his voice sounds a little rough. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:00:00
2026-07-17 · Most importantly, his nine-year-old son loves Open Sauce; a dad's business trip is rarely something the child also wants to do. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:00:00
2026-07-17 · Hank was recently at the Media Impact Forum, a gathering of people who make and fund public media: good vibes despite the state of things, but not for a nine-year-old. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:00:45
2026-07-17 · Hank says he has recently been bombarded with signs that he is middle-aged, or perhaps beyond. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:01:14
2026-07-17 · What lands: a favourite artist's 30th anniversary of a breakout album, and their parents' 50th anniversary where they held their 25th, which Hank attended as what he thought was an adult. · story: The brothers' trip to France to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary (2026) — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:01:14
2026-07-17 · A Hank-specific sign: people tell him he helped them in high school, and one said they had watched the Vlogbrothers video uploaded the day they were born. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:01:14
2026-07-17 · Hank has sneaky little health problems he feels he will have forever, though he has had them since his 20s. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:01:51
2026-07-17 · A newer, more general middle-aged sign for Hank: valuable skills he developed are now becoming obsolete. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:01:51
2026-07-17 · Many Open Sauce presenters are young; Hank talked to teenagers who made things he could not, from a stuffed memory game to a 3D-printed phone cleaner and an agricultural drone. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:02:20
2026-07-17 · What lands for Hank is that the young makers look at him as a middle-aged man, which he is. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:02:49
2026-07-17 · Hank remembers how he perceived 46-year-olds when young, and he did not see them then the way he sees himself now. — The Terrors of Middle Age 00:03:47
2026-07-24 · When Hank asked the question, a frequent answer on social media and from Eons host Kallie Moore was the Chicxulub asteroid impact. — One Must Imagine Sisyphus Important 00:00:29
2026-08-07 · Hank says he has been searching a lot for certainty, not just this last week (week of 27 July 2026) but over the last couple of years, which have felt destabilized. — Just Trying to Figure Out My Job 00:00:00
2026-08-07 · Hank tells John he is a good brother and thanks him for being frustrated with and worried about him kindly, with compassion and love the biggest part of his feelings. — Just Trying to Figure Out My Job 00:01:24
2026-08-07 · Hank says that last week (week of 27 July 2026) he posted publicly about being enticed by LLMs, using them to start projects, prototype a game and research many topics at once, until every problem looked LLM-shaped, which he calls dumb. — Just Trying to Figure Out My Job 00:01:54
2026-08-07 · Hank apologizes to the people who work at Complexly: they are so good, he is lucky to work with them, and whole teams there have each other's backs trying to help people understand the world. — Just Trying to Figure Out My Job 00:02:52
2026-08-07 · Hank stopped doing brand deals on Hank's channel at the beginning of the year because he did not like the lock-in. — Just Trying to Figure Out My Job 00:03:56
2026-08-14 · Hank says a few weeks ago he woke up, as he does once or twice a year, with something mysteriously wrong in his neck, which he finds annoying. — Pain in the _____ 00:00:00
2026-08-21 · Hank says he too thinks the value of his life is not his life but his outputs; he often escapes that frame but also often gets stuck in it. — Not (Just) Dunking on Jeff Bezos 00:07:48
2026-08-26 · A few months ago Hank interviewed Jad Abumrad, known from Radiolab, for Humans, to ask how he made his Dolly Parton series and about Dolly Parton herself. — Jad Abumrad on Dolly Parton: 'The Unicorn of Unicorns' 00:00:00
2026-09-04 · Hank thanks John for helping design the scent of the Memory soap, which reminds Hank of their dad's shaving cream from childhood. — This is a Terrible Idea… 00:06:28
2026-09-11 · Hank says the brothers started VidCon, and that he has stopped doing VidCon. — Our Last YouTube View… 00:01:29
2026-09-11 · Craig is visiting to film A Day in the Life of Hank Green for his own channel, which Craig thinks will be out by the time this video is. — Our Last YouTube View… 00:01:29
2026-09-11 · Hank says Craig has stage experience as a front man in bands, Driftless Pony Club and Violet Palms; Craig says he fronts only one of them. — Our Last YouTube View… 00:01:58
2026-09-18 · Hank says that as early as 2015 he wrote a widely circulated post, which made him enemies, about how Facebook was counting views. — John was Wrong about YouTube Views 00:01:27
2026-09-18 · Hank says he has seen himself paid far more for a TikTok or Instagram video than he feels he delivers in value, and far less on YouTube. — John was Wrong about YouTube Views 00:04:27
2026-09-18 · Hank says he is in Los Angeles after the Complexly Something Worth Knowing fundraiser, an absolute blast, and thanks everyone who came. — John was Wrong about YouTube Views 00:09:51
2026-09-25 · Hank shows his copy, blue and cream with green inside; his favorite surprise about Hollywood, Ending is that the book's insides come in different colorways. — Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? 00:00:29
2026-09-25 · Years ago Hank picked up a book of Isaac Asimov quotations and leafed through it; he reads John two quotes from it. — Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? 00:02:55
2026-10-07 · Hank tells John he was sorry to hear about his friend and offers him, and everyone else, this video as a small gift. — The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species 00:00:00
2026-10-07 · At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of his favourite places, a staff naturalist told Hank to look for sarcastic fringeheads; he found one, then a boring clam display, and wondered what the meanest animal name is. — The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species 00:00:00
2026-10-09 · After Pizzamas ends Hank is flying to San Diego to see John at Sunday's Hollywood, Ending tour stop. — The Productivity Lie 00:00:44
2026-10-09 · Hank uses Kanban boards not to be productive but because he'd rather make videos than manage them; such tools mostly cut time on the parts he dislikes. — The Productivity Lie 00:02:43
2026-10-09 · Hank has been lucky to have relationships that make things matter (a brother, a boss, employees, a teacher, a mentor, a community of internet nerds), building skills, tools and connections. — The Productivity Lie 00:05:18
2026-10-09 · Hank says money also matters: one costly project (name unclear) would otherwise have needed investors he didn't want, but he had the money. — The Productivity Lie 00:05:36
2026-10-09 · When Hank was sick and thought he might be nearer the end of his life, one of his few big regrets was not having done more of that supporting work. · story: Hank's Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy (2023) — The Productivity Lie 00:06:25
2026-10-09 · After Hank got a D on his first midterm as a chemistry major, his teacher Dr. Grove sat him down for 15 minutes, went through the test and told him what to work on rather than suggest changing majors. — The Productivity Lie 00:06:54
2026-10-09 · Hank's first chemistry tutoring went terribly; feeling obligated to Christina, Ethan and Connor, whose grades mattered more to him than his own, he learned chemistry like never before. — The Productivity Lie 00:07:24
2026-10-09 · Hank has worked many easy hours while quite lazy: scrolling Tumblr was once his job, and editing video is an easy flow state that relaxes and recharges him, more than TV. — The Productivity Lie 00:10:26
2026-10-13 · Hank's photo before the one of the pillow tripod was of a Project for Awesome Hanklerfish he is making; he is practicing to see what he might make. — My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body 00:01:52
2026-10-13 · Asked his favorite part of his day of punishment in Target, Hank recalls a nerdfighter coming to the Target's Starbucks (not yet a Starbucks then) with little penguin art (as heard) for him: a nerdfighter gathering of three. — My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body 00:02:22
2026-10-16 · Hank thanks John for having him along for the second-to-last stop of the Hollywood, Ending tour. — Is Happiness the Goal? 00:00:00
2026-10-16 · On the 2017 Turtles tour Hank worked on the line edits for his book in the back of the tour bus. — Is Happiness the Goal? 00:00:00
2026-10-16 · Hank says there is very little misery in his life: some, but not a lot. — Is Happiness the Goal? 00:02:58
2026-10-16 · This morning Orin brought Hank to the couch to rate silly faces he had drawn on a scale of 1 to 10. — Is Happiness the Goal? 00:03:48
2026-10-16 · Last week (week of 5 October 2026) Hank got to sing We're Here Because We're Here with a thousand other people. — Is Happiness the Goal? 00:03:48
2026-10-16 · In between, Hank got some bad news about a friend of his. — Is Happiness the Goal? 00:03:48
2026-10-23 · Hank says he has never cared much about the entertainment industry, and this led him to believe something wrong about himself that he is now correcting. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:00:13
2026-10-23 · When the brothers were starting out as YouTubers, many of their YouTube colleagues wanted TV, movie and commercial work; Hank found this baffling and thought them a bit silly. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:00:13
2026-10-23 · Hank wanted things his colleagues found baffling, like writing for Scientific American or ranking his websites high on Google: he started on YouTube as a fan of internet things, not TV. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:00:36
2026-10-23 · When the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a show Hank produced on YouTube, won an Emmy, he did not pay to get a statuette for himself, which he now feels very dumb about. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:00:36
2026-10-23 · Hank says he skipped the Emmy statuette because he just didn't care then, but now he does and gets it. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:01:01
2026-10-23 · Hank is very proud of his stand-up special; many cancer survivors have told him they loved it and that it helped them, which matters most to him. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:01:31
2026-10-23 · Hank recently got an email from Josh Wardle, maker of Wordle, saying he was impressed by decisions in 4x3; for Hank it was, he imagines, exactly like winning an Oscar. (hedged) — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:02:00
2026-10-23 · Josh Wardle also sent Hank a video of himself playing 4x6, a game Hank was still working on, with a lot of advice on it. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:02:29
2026-10-23 · Focus Friend winning Google's 2025 App of the Year outright, not in a category, is a huge deal but fell flat for Hank. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:03:28
2026-10-23 · Hank says he does not know what App of the Year means, how app ecosystems work, what the other apps are like or why Focus Friend won, only that it is a good app. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:03:57
2026-10-23 · Bria, who co-leads Focus Friend with Hank, does care about the award: she has made apps and knows app developers, and her being in that world makes the app much better. — The Best Email I Ever Got 00:04:42
2026-10-30 · Hank recalls Pizzagate, and Donald Trump being elected president just days after Hank's son was born, which he found weird. · story: Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — The Last Normal Year 00:01:30
2026-10-30 · Hank remembers DFTBA selling a shirt of a dumpster on fire with 2016 written on it, because 2016 was the dumpster fire year. — The Last Normal Year 00:01:30