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Lists, 2012

112 lists in 65 videos, by upload date. Each list: who says it, how many named members, what it is about (the statement or segment it belongs to) and its start; then the members in the order said, each linked to its entity page where there is one. A skipped number (…) is an item that names no entity; “quoted” words are how a member was actually said when that differs from its name. All years

2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers

2012-01-06 · Kill your TV

2012-01-10 · The Fault in Our Stars

  • John, 7 named — John says Tour de Nerdfighting tickets remain only near New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Seattle and San Francisco, with ticket info in the description. (00:02:33)
    1 New Orleans · 2 Houston, Texas · 3 Austin, Texas · 4 Phoenix, Arizona · 5 Albuquerque, New Mexico · 6 Seattle · 7 San Francisco

2012-01-31 · How It Felt

  • John, 2 named — John says the three weeks were like the internet became IRL: fun, clever, crowded, good to be a nerd, with talk of Sherlock and Doctor Who and singing of songs about particle physics. (00:00:01)
    1 Sherlock · 2 Doctor Who

2012-02-07 · 10 Misconceptions Debunked!

  • John, 3 named — John says humans have far more than the five senses Aristotle identified, including thermoception, a sense of body and limb position, and equilibrioception (balance). (00:02:35)
    1 thermoception · 2 proprioception “you can sense body and limb position” (00:02:38) · 3 equilibrioception (00:02:42)

2012-02-14 · Things I Can Do

  • John, 2 named — 2: reading 50 books in 2012; recommends The Art of Fielding and Jennifer Smith's The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (00:00:29)
    1 The Art of Fielding · 2 The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

  • John, 3 named — John says both brothers are obsessed with the new website Gumroad, which connects makers directly to fans without PayPal, Amazon or iTunes, taking a smaller cut than PayPal; he invites viewers to upload and sell their stuff. (00:02:55)
    1 PayPal · 2 Amazon · 3 iTunes (00:03:24)

2012-02-17 · World's Smallest Animals

  • Hank, 7 named — Smallest reptile (Virgin Islands dwarf gecko), the frog-or-fish smallest-vertebrate controversy, dime and quarter for scale, and the male anglerfish (00:00:34)
    1 Virgin Islands dwarf gecko · 2 anglerfish (00:01:21) · 3 bee hummingbird (00:01:43) · 4 Kitti's hog-nosed bat (00:01:53) · 5 Etruscan shrew (00:01:57) · 6 Batodonoides vanhouteni (00:02:09) · 7 Madame Berthe's mouse lemur (00:02:20)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank names domestic record-holders: Ducky, the current smallest dog at 1.4 pounds, and Thumbelina, a miniature horse just 17 inches tall, which he says does not sound healthy. (00:02:31)
    1 Ducky · 2 Thumbelina (00:02:35) · 3 Mr. Peebles (00:02:43)

2012-02-24 · CUTE-OCALYPSE!

  • Hank, 2 named (3 unnamed items) — Hank recants last week's tiny-animals video: the escalating cute crisis, cuteness as a drug and desensitization (00:00:29)
    … · 4 slow loris “a Loras holding an umbrella” · 5 Scottish Fold

  • Hank, 3 named (satire) — Hank proposes a mock cute tax on over-quota viewers, Emergency Puppy followers, Reddit subscribers and Pinterest otter searchers, to balance the national psyche and budget. (00:02:13)
    1 Emergency Puppy · 2 Reddit · 3 Pinterest

2012-03-06 · Know Your News! Understanding the Syrian Revolution in Under 4 Minutes

  • John, 2 named — John says Syria is now in a civil war and the UN Security Council has tried to act, but Russia and China have vetoed every resolution on Syria. (00:02:55)
    1 Russia · 2 China

2012-03-09 · The Future of Manned Space Exploration

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank's personal bucket list: visit the Grand Canyon, soak in a geothermal hot spring in Iceland, and be kissed on the cheek by Natalie Portman and Emma Stone at once. (00:00:00)
    1 Grand Canyon · 2 Iceland · 3 Natalie Portman · 4 Emma Stone

2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report

  • John, 5 named — John says more than $16,500 went to each of five charities chosen by Nerdfighteria: Kids in Need of Desks, This Star Won't Go Out, the HP Alliance, Water.org and Kiva. (00:00:59)
    1 Kids in Need of Desks · 2 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · 3 The Harry Potter Alliance · 4 Water.org · 5 Kiva

2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday

  • John, 2 named — John recommends the Swedish hip-hop of Afasi och Filthy, best enjoyed if you don't speak Swedish, and Snook. (00:02:29)
    1 Afasi & Filthy · 2 Snook

2012-03-24 · Disgusting Cookies - The 2012 Hungry Games

  • Hank, 6 named (playful, 2 unnamed items) — The three hunger parts: no food since morning, Hungry Hungry Hippos, and weird cookies; the good pile and the bad pile (00:00:49)
    1 Gushers · … · 3 Twix · 4 York Peppermint Pattie · … · 6 Oreo · 7 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups · 8 Peeps “John's favorite, a Peep” (00:00:57)

  • Hank, 2 named (playful, 7 unnamed items) — The cookies eaten in the game include good ones (Twix; a chocolate chip and Gushers cookie rated 'A plus') and bad ones (mustard, Pringles, Easy Cheese, pickle, beef jerky, tuna, potted meat, egg, barbecued turkey). (00:01:04)
    … · 5 Easy Cheese · … · 9 Pringles (00:01:09)

2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV

  • John, 3 named (joke) — John jokes that children's TV has abandoned child labor laws: Diego is a four-year-old promoted to park ranger saving animals, as do Wonder Pets and Little Einsteins. (00:00:49)
    1 Go, Diego, Go! · 2 Wonder Pets! (00:00:59) · 3 Little Einsteins (00:01:03)

  • John, 2 named (joke) — Abandoned child labor laws: Diego, Wonder Pets, Little Einsteins; Special Agent Oso and Team Umizoomi helping 'child actors' (00:01:12)
    1 Special Agent Oso · 2 Team Umizoomi (00:01:21)

  • John, 3 named (playful) — Backyard hallucination shows; Phineas and Ferb the best program ever; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse as advertisement; Yo Gabba Gabba's music (00:01:39)
    1 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! · 2 The Backyardigans (00:01:41) · 3 Phineas and Ferb

  • John, 4 named — John doesn't know what Yo Gabba Gabba is about but says it has more good music than MTV, with the Shins, Weezer, Weird Al and Mos Def. (00:02:11)
    1 The Shins · 2 Weezer · 3 Weird Al Yankovic · 4 Yasiin Bey “Mos Def”

2012-04-12 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank hopes viewers like it and asks those who do to share it, so it can become sustainable and tell the whole story of Lizzie Bennet, Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lu. (00:03:04)
    1 Lizzie Bennet · 2 Mr. Collins · 3 Charlotte Lu

2012-04-13 · This is How You Load a Dishwasher - A Song

  • Hank, 4 named (playful) — Song 'This Is How You Load a Dishwasher': cutlery up or down, dishwasher-safe items, scraping, heavy things at the bottom, full loads (00:00:19)
    1 General Electric · 2 Frigidaire · 3 Bosch · 4 Whirlpool Corporation

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says many things go untaught to twelve-year-olds in American schools, such as the Battle of Hastings or the Magna Carta, and the Titanic is not top of his list of additions. (00:02:57)
    1 Battle of Hastings · 2 Magna Carta

2012-04-17 · Thoughts on Romance and Sex in an Airport

  • John, 2 named — John says that with gay marriage legal in some states but not others, it is ridiculous to claim gay people can have morally justifiable sex in Vermont but not Mississippi. (00:02:02)
    1 Vermont · 2 Mississippi (00:02:05)

2012-04-20 · Thoughts on Growing up

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank thanks John for his well-received video answering questions on sex and relationships; out of sibling rivalry he answers Facebook and Twitter questions on adulthood and growing up. (00:00:12)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter

2012-04-27 · Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell

  • Hank, 2 named (playful) — Offered Pinkie Pie on his bicep or DFTBA inside his lip, Charlie says he wants no tattoos: an hour of extreme pain for something no one will see. (00:02:05)
    1 Pinkie Pie · 2 DFTBA

2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank is in Anaheim at the Anaheim Convention Center planning VidCon, on top of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, 2D Glasses, SciShow, Crash Course and DFTBA Records. (00:00:00)
    1 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 2 2D Glasses · 3 SciShow · 4 Crash Course · 5 DFTBA Records

2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!!

  • John, 3 named — John says the James Webb Space Telescope is being built primarily by Northrop Grumman and funded by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, with about 17 countries involved. (00:00:00)
    1 NASA · 2 European Space Agency · 3 Canadian Space Agency

  • John, 8 named — John thanks Hank for increasing awesome through Vlogbrothers, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames, VidCon, DFTBA Records and EcoGeek, and says he does too much. (00:02:12)
    1 Vlogbrothers “Vogue Brothers” · 2 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 3 SciShow (00:02:41) · 4 Crash Course · 5 HankGames · 6 VidCon · 7 DFTBA Records · 8 EcoGeek

2012-05-15 · Religion and Gay Marriage

  • John, 2 named — John says 'traditional marriage' as one man and one woman is inaccurate: in the Bible King David married 18 women and Solomon 700, plus 300 concubines. (00:00:27)
    1 David (religious figure (tradition=Judaism)) · 2 Solomon (00:00:31)

  • John, 3 named — John explains that for many religious people, including Christians, Jews and Muslims, marriage is a covenant, a promise to God to stay together for life, and only real marriage if it involves that covenant. (00:01:43)
    1 Christianity “Christians” · 2 Judaism “Jews” · 3 Islam “Muslims”

2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product

  • John, 4 named — John says this dependence means companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Tumblr have to listen to their users, which is good. (00:01:00)
    1 Facebook · 2 Google · 3 Twitter · 4 Tumblr

  • John, 4 named — John says everyone using Facebook, Twitter, Google or Angry Birds has agreed to be commodified: not necessarily a bad decision, but one to make thoughtfully and consciously. (00:02:17)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter · 3 Google · 4 Angry Birds

  • John, 2 named — Unsure, John asks Nerdfighters whether Chrysler, super PACs and scammy online dating sites should fund Nerdfighteria and whether to be okay with being the product, to discuss in comments. (00:02:36)
    1 Chrysler · 2 super PAC

2012-06-01 · Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics

  • John, 3 named (joke) — No product placement; mock pitches (Exxon Mobil owns Table Topics, Diet Dr Pepper, Dr Pepper 10); first question: past, present or future (00:00:29)
    1 Diet Dr Pepper · 2 Dr Pepper · 3 Dr Pepper Ten

2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday

  • John, 5 named — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. (00:01:45)
    1 Behind the Beautiful Forevers · 2 Harvey (film) (00:01:48) · 3 The Beatles (album) “White” (00:01:54) · 4 Charlie McDonnell (00:01:55) · 5 Macbeth (00:02:00)

  • John, 2 named (joke) — Casting nerdfighters in a Fault in Our Stars movie: John will have no say (00:02:41)
    1 Jennifer Lopez · 2 Hugh Grant (00:02:43)

2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank!

  • Hank, 7 named — Hank lists his many jobs: VidCon is coming up at the end of the month, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries just passed 50,000 subscribers, plus SciShow, Crash Course, Truth or Fail, EcoGeek and DFTBA Records. (00:00:03)
    1 VidCon · 2 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 3 SciShow (00:00:07) · 4 Crash Course · 5 Truth or Fail · 6 EcoGeek · 7 DFTBA Records

2012-06-12 · Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo

  • John, 3 named — John says at BEA the world treats books the way it usually treats iPads: a mad dash for advance copies, a staircase devoted to Cassandra Clare, banners for Libba Bray's new book. (00:00:29)
    1 Cassandra Clare · 2 Libba Bray · 3 The Fault in Our Stars

  • John, 3 named — John gave speeches, one alongside Lois Lowry, Kadir Nelson and Golden Globe winner Chris Colfer, whom he found extraordinarily nice, generous and quick-witted. (00:00:58)
    1 Lois Lowry · 2 Kadir Nelson · 3 Chris Colfer

  • John, 6 named — After dinner John ended up at a skyscraper-top party with Chris Colfer, Tony Danza, John Hodgman, SNL cast members, reality-TV housewives, a mob wife, and writer Darin Strauss. (00:01:56)
    1 Tony Danza · 2 John Hodgman · 3 Saturday Night Live “SNL” · 4 The Real Housewives · 5 Mob Wives · 6 Darin Strauss

2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems!

  • John, 2 named — John says participating is more fun than watching and gives three easy ways to be nerdfightastic: a free first Kiva loan, reading Fahrenheit 451, and replying to comments with niceness, which is surprisingly entertaining. (00:02:44)
    1 Kiva · 2 Fahrenheit 451 (00:02:55)

  • John, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — To find local Nerdfighters, John points to Facebook, the Ning and Your Pants, where there are many location-specific Nerdfighter groups. (00:03:16)
    … · 2 Nerdfighter Ning · 3 Your Pants

2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada

  • video description, 5 named — In the description John says he is at the Perimeter Institute learning by watching YouTube, and lists educational channels to subscribe to: Crash Course, SciShow, CGP Grey, MinutePhysics, Smarter Every Day.
    1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow · 3 CGP Grey · 4 Henry Reich “Minute Physics” · 5 Destin Sandlin “Smarter Every”

  • John, 4 named — John is in a hotel in Canada at a conference about educational video featuring CGP Grey, Vsauce, MinutePhysics, Vi Hart and many other fascinating people. (00:00:06)
    1 CGP Grey · 2 Michael Stevens “VSauce” (00:00:11) · 3 Henry Reich “MinutePhysics” · 4 Vi Hart

2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon

  • John, 2 named — John recaps VidCon: Hank performed with Felicia Day and George Watsky before thousands, Meghan Tonjes sang about John's book, they met nerdfighters, discussed educational video, watched a Gregory Brother hula-hoop. (00:00:37)
    1 Felicia Day · 2 George Watsky

  • John, 3 named — John's VidCon highlight was an hour away from the craziness discussing the Monty Hall problem with Vi Hart, Brady and Derek. (00:00:37)
    1 Vi Hart · 2 Brady Haran · 3 Derek Muller

2012-07-06 · The Higgs Boson

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says there are only four forces in the universe (strong, weak, gravity, electromagnetism) and only three types of particles, so it is remarkably simple. (00:00:35)
    1 Strong interaction · 2 Weak interaction · 3 Gravity (concept) · 4 Electromagnetism

2012-07-17 · Hitler and Sex!

  • John, 4 named (playful) — John shares a favorite word, 'monorchid', a person with one testicle, and lists prominent monorchids: Mao Zedong, Lance Armstrong, Hermann Göring and the drummer from Green Day. (00:01:51)
    1 Mao Zedong · 2 Lance Armstrong (00:01:54) · 3 Hermann Göring · 4 Tré Cool “the drummer from Green Day”

  • John, 4 named — John says Hitler was controlling, possessive and domineering, with all the hallmarks of an abusive relationship; four of the six women he most likely had sex with killed themselves, including Eva Braun, married 40 hours before. (00:01:51)
    1 Geli Raubal (00:02:13) · 2 Unity Mitford · 3 Renate Müller (00:01:51) · 4 Eva Braun (00:02:17)

  • John, 2 named — John says of the other two likely lovers, Maria Reiter attempted suicide during her break-up with Hitler, and Erna Hanfstaengl tried to kill or overthrow him in 1943. (00:02:24)
    1 Maria Reiter · 2 Erna Hanfstaengl (00:02:28)

2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says Harry and the Potters and Potter Puppet Pals are going on a long tour and he will join them on three dates, in Portland, Olympia and Seattle. (00:03:42)
    1 Portland, Oregon · 2 Olympia, Washington · 3 Seattle

2012-07-24 · The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds

  • John, 3 named — John says reclining counts as sitting, and sitting too much increases the risk of heart attack, diabetes and certain cancers. (00:01:48)
    1 myocardial infarction “heart attack” · 2 diabetes · 3 cancer

2012-07-27 · Tumblr: The Musical

  • Hank, 2 named (playful) — The song 'Tumblr: The Musical': dopamine scrolling, cats, memes, fandoms, GIFs and reblogs (00:00:38)
    1 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic “Ponies” · 2 Doctor Who

  • Hank, 2 named (playful) — The song 'Tumblr: The Musical': dopamine scrolling, cats, memes, fandoms, GIFs and reblogs (00:01:07)
    1 Emma Stone · 2 Spider-Man

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank is going on a brief tour with Harry and the Potters; Oregon and Washington dates are in the description. (00:02:54)
    1 Oregon · 2 Washington

2012-07-31 · Nerd Olympics

  • John, 2 named (playful) — John's plan: recruit passionate, washed-up basketball players, give them treadmill desks and build a US men's handball team just good enough to qualify; a movie would follow. (00:01:34)
    1 Cool Runnings · 2 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

2012-08-03 · I Don't Understand My Life

  • Hank, 3 named — Jennifer Pinches, Kyla Ross and McKayla Maroney want to compete and win gold, but most of all, like all people, they want to be loved by those they love. (00:01:36)
    1 Jennifer Pinches · 2 Kyla Ross (00:01:42) · 3 McKayla Maroney

2012-08-07 · An Open Letter to Students Returning to School

  • John, 3 named — John says Germany had compulsory primary education from the late 18th century, that thanks to the Meiji reforms 90% of Japanese kids were in school by 1900, and England followed around 1880. (00:00:14)
    1 Germany · 2 Japan (00:00:17) · 3 England (00:00:21)

2012-08-10 · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony

  • Hank, 6 named (playful) — The second verse contradicts the chorus by praising each pony: Rainbow Dash's hair, Applejack's strength, Fluttershy, Rarity's beauty, Pinkie Pie's excitement and Twilight's nerdiness. (00:01:08)
    1 Rainbow Dash · 2 Applejack (00:01:11) · 3 Fluttershy (00:01:13) · 4 Rarity (00:01:16) · 5 Pinkie Pie “Pinky Pies'” (00:01:18) · 6 Twilight Sparkle (00:01:21)

2012-08-13 · John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance

  • John, 2 named — John says that, like Ze Frank and Wheezy Waiter, he recently got to talk to Rainn Wilson, and he asked Twitter for romantic problems they could solve together. (00:00:00)
    1 Ze Frank · 2 Craig Benzine “Wheezy Waiter”

2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green!

  • Hank, 4 named (playful) — Hank says they now have a database of 5,000 Nerdfighters to photo-mosaic into anything, such as Mario, a TARDIS, John Green or Matt Damon, whom he loves. (00:00:00)
    1 Mario · 2 TARDIS · 3 John Green · 4 Matt Damon

  • Hank, 5 named — Counting HankGames, SciShow, Crash Course, Hank's channel, Truth or Fail and forgotten second channels, Hank says they have made well over a thousand videos. (00:00:29)
    1 HankGames · 2 SciShow · 3 Crash Course · 4 hankschannel · 5 Truth or Fail (00:00:58)

  • Hank, 3 named — People have drawn, sculpted and knitted the brothers; Kimya Dawson, Lupe Fiasco and Minecraft creator Notch watch, and John got to hang out with Rainn Wilson. (00:01:42)
    1 Kimya Dawson · 2 Lupe Fiasco · 3 Markus Persson “Notch the guy who created Minecraft”

2012-09-07 · Can You Really Light a Fart?

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says farts can be lit because they include flammable methane and hydrogen, but warns that holding a flame to your pants is dangerous. (00:03:03)
    1 methane · 2 hydrogen

2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!!

  • Hank, 3 named — Since then John has had a baby and Hank got a dog, while the world got the last Harry Potter book, a new president and a new fundamental particle; video went from 240p to 1080p. (00:00:18)
    1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · 2 Barack Obama “a new president” · 3 Higgs boson “a new fundamental particle of physics” (00:00:21)

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. (00:01:04)
    1 Project for Awesome · 2 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (00:01:09) · 3 Bank of Nerdfighteria “the Nerdfighter group on Kiva.org” (00:01:11) · 4 Thoughts from Places (00:01:15) · 5 Tumblr “Tumblogs” (00:01:17)

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank lists his songs about quarks, ponies, Harry Potter and Helen Hunt, notes Helen Hunt tweeted him about hers, and recalls inventing 2D glasses and turning Pride and Prejudice into a video blog. (00:01:36)
    1 Strange Charm “quarks” · 2 I Don't Have a Favorite Pony “ponies” · 3 Harry Potter (book series) · 4 Helen Hunt (song) (00:01:41)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says they have been on the front page of USA Today and the New York Times and, more importantly, of Reddit. (00:01:56)
    1 USA Today · 2 The New York Times · 3 Reddit

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says they started educational channels that both have more than 200,000 subscribers, plus a record label, a web series and a conference. (00:02:11)
    1 Crash Course “educational channels” · 2 SciShow “educational channels”

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says they started educational channels that both have more than 200,000 subscribers, plus a record label, a web series and a conference. (00:02:15)
    1 DFTBA Records “a record label” · 2 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries “a web series” · 3 VidCon “a conference”

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank got to sing a song with George Watsky and Felicia Day. (00:02:18)
    1 George Watsky · 2 Felicia Day

2012-09-18 · Existential Airport Anxiety

  • John, 3 named — Recalling Montag's line about walls yelling at him, John says we literally live in a world of shouty walls, and his phone holds billions of voices on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. (00:01:01)
    1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr · 3 Facebook

  • John, 2 named — John says this is not a call to prefer Beethoven to the Mountain Goats, noting Bradbury wrote in science fiction, a genre not traditionally associated with high-culture ideas. (00:02:00)
    1 Ludwig van Beethoven · 2 The Mountain Goats

2012-09-21 · You. Must. Vote.

  • Hank, 4 named — To 'I don't live in a swing state', Hank says that if Utah Democrats or California Republicans stayed home they would be underrepresented locally and politicians would ignore their views. (00:02:04)
    1 Democratic Party · 2 Utah · 3 California · 4 Republican Party

2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck?

  • John, 2 named — John says we all feel for-profit companies kind of suck even though we like what they make, like iPads and Dr Pepper, and wonders why, as co-owner of one. (00:00:00)
    1 iPad · 2 Dr Pepper

  • John, 4 named — John notes Nerdfighters make awesome things: a Nerdfighter from Britain's Got Talent's first album, Elmify's Etsy store, This Star Won't Go Out banners in Nerdcrafteria; only some have commercial life. (00:00:29)
    1 Jonathan Antoine “Nerdfighter John from Britain's Got Talent” · 2 Elmify · 3 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · 4 Nerdcrafteria

  • John, 5 named — John lists DFTBA releases: music by Charlie McDonnell, Alex Day, Hank, Driftless Pony Club, Meghan Tonjes and many others. (00:00:58)
    1 Charlie McDonnell · 2 Alex Day · 3 Hank Green “yourself” · 4 Driftless Pony Club · 5 Meghan Tonjes

  • John, 2 named — John announces posters from work by Erin, a 19-year-old student in California, and two shirts by college student Marina: 'Daisy Buchanan Thinks You're a Beautiful Fool' and Augustus Waters' first t-shirt. (00:02:26)
    1 Daisy Buchanan Thinks You're a Beautiful Fool shirt · 2 Augustus Waters shirt

2012-10-02 · What To Do With Your Life

  • John, 2 named — Each decision narrows options, but so does not deciding; you can do more than one thing: William Carlos Williams, Julia Child, John and Hank themselves (00:02:24)
    1 William Carlos Williams · 2 Julia Child (00:02:26)

2012-10-05 · 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song

  • Hank, 5 named (joke) — Final choruses; joke credits; promo montage of SciShow, Crash Course, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and HankGames clips; thanks to John and sign-off (00:01:29)
    1 Steven Moffat · 2 Jim Morrison · 3 Arthur Conan Doyle · 4 Benedict Cumberbatch · 5 Sydney Green “my mom”

  • Hank, 4 named — Since the video is short, Hank adds a promo of the brothers' other YouTube channels, SciShow, Crash Course, Lizzie Bennet and HankGames, which he says are doing quite well. (00:01:29)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course · 3 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 4 HankGames

2012-10-09 · Attacked by Squirrels and Neoclassicism: Thoughts from Places, Washington D.C.

  • John, 3 named — National Gallery of Art; free access as the living American ideal; the US is just getting started; sign-off (00:03:06)
    1 Jackson Pollock · 2 Alexander Calder “Calders” (00:03:07) · 3 Chuck Close

2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos

  • Hank, 8 named — Hank asks viewers to subscribe to Smarter Every Day, Vi Hart, Vsauce, Veritasium, MinutePhysics and Brady Haran's channels, and to Crash Course and SciShow. (00:02:41)
    1 Destin Sandlin “his channel” · 2 Vi Hart · 3 Michael Stevens “Vsauce” · 4 Derek Muller “Veritasia” · 5 Henry Reich “MinutePhysics” · 6 Brady Haran · 7 Crash Course · 8 SciShow

2012-10-23 · Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit

  • John, 3 named — Contrary to the guess 'China', John says the plurality of that debt is owned by American individuals and institutions; China owns about 8%, Japan 7% and the UK 1%. (00:01:13)
    1 China · 2 Japan · 3 United Kingdom “the UK”

  • John, 3 named (hypothetical) — John sees a huge future risk if US debt stopped being cheap: investors buying bonds elsewhere would force borrowing at rising rates, spending cuts and tax rises slowing growth, 'and then Greece'. (00:03:38)
    1 Brazil · 2 China · 3 Germany

  • John, 2 named — John says Obama and Romney both favour unspecified spending cuts; Romney also favours a 20% across-the-board tax cut, Obama rolling back the Bush-era tax cut on income over $250,000. (00:05:25)
    1 Barack Obama · 2 Mitt Romney

2012-10-26 · Apples! CGP Grey Style

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says that until the 17th century the word for apple in Old English and Latin was a generic term for all fruits (berries excepted, nuts included), making ancient texts ambiguous. (00:00:58)
    1 Old English · 2 Latin

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says Johnny Appleseed, unlike Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, was a real person: John Chapman, a businessman, nomad and missionary who crossed the American frontier in the early 1800s supplying apple saplings. (00:01:38)
    1 Paul Bunyan · 2 Pecos Bill

2012-10-30 · TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas.

  • John, 3 named (joke) — John jokes he is an extremely good roulette player because he loves tiny balls, which is also why he loves golf, Rube Goldberg machines and Jezzball. (00:01:10)
    1 golf · 2 Rube Goldberg machine · 3 JezzBall

  • John, 2 named (joke) — The P.S. ends by adding bitterballen ('tiny delicious balls') and Dippin' Dots to John's tiny balls. (00:02:52)
    1 bitterballen · 2 Dippin' Dots

2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins

  • John, 2 named — Mocking pundits who scream 'radical socialism' or 'unprecedented handouts to the filthy rich', John says the differences are significant but neither side is communist or fascist. (00:00:58)
    1 communism “communist” · 2 fascism “fascist”

2012-11-07 · The 51st State

  • Hank, 6 named — Hank calls the election one for the history books: the first female amputee in Congress, first female Asian American senator, first openly gay senator, first second term for a black president, and first legalizations of recreational marijuana and gay marriage. (00:00:02)
    1 Tammy Duckworth “The first female amputee in Congress” · 2 Mazie Hirono “the first female Asian American Senator” (00:00:04) · 3 Tammy Baldwin “the first openly gay Senator” (00:00:06) · 4 Barack Obama “the first second term for a black president” (00:00:08) · 5 drug liberalization “the first legalization of recreational marijuana” (00:00:11) · 6 same-sex marriage (00:00:13)

  • Hank, 5 named — The UN, President Obama, Governor Romney and both the Democratic and Republican platforms all agree Puerto Rico should decide for itself whether to become a state. (00:01:35)
    1 United Nations “the U.N.,” · 2 Barack Obama (00:01:37) · 3 Mitt Romney (00:01:38) · 4 Democratic Party (00:01:39) · 5 Republican Party

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank expects the opposition to cite $20 billion of extra Medicare and Medicaid costs, but says the bigger issue is the balance of Congress. (00:01:56)
    1 Medicare · 2 Medicaid

2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True.

  • John, 2 named — Living in New York, John and the Yeti had no car; after moving to Indianapolis in 2007 he inherited his parents' old car, whose windows don't roll down. (00:00:00)
    1 Sydney Green “Mom” · 2 Mike Green “Dad”

  • John, 3 named (playful) — Greeting; Hank's Puerto Rico video and a Ricky Martin gag; John's car history (no car in New York, parents' old car in Indianapolis); his ambition and Hank's 2007 Detroit Auto Show video (00:00:29)
    1 Captain Ahab · 2 Jay Gatsby · 3 Kim Kardashian

2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-(

  • Hank, 5 named — Since the 435 can't grow, seats would be taken from other states; citing an online report, Hank says Florida, Washington, Texas, California and Minnesota would each lose one. (00:02:55)
    1 Florida · 2 Washington · 3 Texas · 4 California · 5 Minnesota

  • Hank, 2 named — They can't keep it up because of Crash Course, SciShow and other work, and Hank hopes Nerdfighteria thinks that is worth it. (00:03:24)
    1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow

2012-11-13 · I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One.

  • John, 2 named — John announces that Amazon.com named The Fault in Our Stars one of the ten best books of 2012 overall, not just for teenagers, right behind Dave Eggers and ahead of Junot Díaz. (00:00:13)
    1 Dave Eggers · 2 Junot Díaz

  • John, 2 named — John is greatly honored and psyched to share a room with manuscripts like A Wrinkle in Time and Peter Rabbit. (00:03:19)
    1 A Wrinkle in Time · 2 The Tale of Peter Rabbit

2012-11-20 · Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story

  • John, 3 named (playful) — They will try to put on Carnegie Hall's greatest show, though with Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman and Billie Holiday as competition they aim only to beat Jenkins. (00:02:01)
    1 Richard Pryor · 2 Andy Kaufman · 3 Billie Holiday

2012-11-23 · Black Friday: An Accident of History

2012-11-27 · Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers

  • John, 24 named — Recommendations: The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber (Swoodilypooper fans), Behind the Beautiful Forevers (world-suck fighters) (00:00:29)
    1 The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber · 2 Behind the Beautiful Forevers · 3 Sula (00:00:58) · 4 Mansfield Park · 5 Persuasion · 6 The Blood of the Lamb · 7 Uglies “Ugly Series” · 8 Matched “Match series” (00:01:27) · 9 Divergent · 10 Telegraph Avenue · 11 Bossypants · 12 The Magicians · 13 Harry, A History (00:01:56) · 14 The Art of Fielding · 15 The Book Thief · 16 Wolf Hall · 17 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (00:02:26) · 18 The Emperor of All Maladies · 19 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks · 20 Everybody Sees the Ants · 21 If I Stay · 22 To Say Nothing of the Dog · 23 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (00:02:55) · 24 P. D. James

  • John, 4 named — John says no gift has lasted as long as books, showing Ship Breaker from Hank, The Human Stain from Sarah early in their dating, Microserfs from Dad (Christmas 1997) and Where the Red Fern Grows from Mom (age 10). (00:03:24)
    1 Ship Breaker · 2 The Human Stain · 3 Microserfs “Microsurfs” · 4 Where the Red Fern Grows

2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME

  • John, 4 named — John says Time Magazine has just named The Fault in Our Stars first on its list of the top ten novels of 2012, ahead of Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz and J.K. Rowling, and he is overwhelmed. (00:00:00)
    1 Hilary Mantel · 2 Zadie Smith · 3 Junot Díaz · 4 J. K. Rowling

  • John, 5 named — John says he and Hank were also privileged to have internet access in 2007 and $249 for cheap video cameras at the end of 2006; without that, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and VidCon would not exist. (00:00:58)
    1 Vlogbrothers · 2 Crash Course · 3 SciShow · 4 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 5 VidCon

2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS

  • John, 9 named — John says Nerdfighteria used to be a YouTube-based phenomenon but now has many places, listing Minecrafteria, Facebook groups, the Ning, Our Pants, Reddit, Tumblr and Kiva, and probably more. (00:00:58)
    1 Nerdcrafteria “Minecrafteria” · 2 Adult Nerdfighters · 3 Facebook · 4 Nerdfighter Ning (00:01:27) · 5 Our Pants · 6 Reddit · 7 Eff Yeah Nerdfighters · 8 Tumblr · 9 Bank of Nerdfighteria “Nerdfighters of Kivo”

2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children.

  • John, 7 named — John says poverty is an incredibly complex problem: corrupt governments, malaria and HIV/AIDS, climate change and energy policy hurting food production, malnutrition, poor infrastructure and education, and discrimination all contribute. (00:00:52)
    1 political corruption “Corrupt governments” · 2 malaria · 3 HIV/AIDS · 4 climate change · 5 malnutrition “malnour-” · 6 education (00:01:21) · 7 discrimination

  • John, 4 named — John says Save the Children works with astonishing efficiency: 91% of donations go directly to programs rather than fundraising or overhead, and it works worldwide, from Pakistan to Angola. (00:02:20)
    1 Pakistan · 2 United States · 3 Australia · 4 Angola

2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop)

  • Hank, 6 named — Hank says he is grateful to have worked with so many amazing people on projects like the P4A, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and VidCon, and that he just loves to create and to help people create. (00:03:01)
    1 Project for Awesome · 2 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 3 SciShow · 4 Crash Course · 5 DFTBA Records · 6 VidCon