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Lists, 2014

143 lists in 70 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

2014-01-03 · The Golden Gate Bridge Didn't Collapse!!

  • Hank, 2 named (playful) — The world is okay, but not all good: inequality, incarceration, climate change; be cautious, not pessimistic (00:03:19)
    1 unicorn · 2 Sherlock

  • Hank, 3 named — The world is okay, but not all good: inequality, incarceration, climate change; be cautious, not pessimistic (00:03:25)
    1 economic inequality · 2 mass incarceration · 3 climate change (00:03:29)

2014-01-07 · Warm Things for Cold Times

  • John, 3 named — John hopes Nerdfighters of Kingston, Wimbledon and Greater London will go to the game, so there is Nerdfighter support at the first official Nerdfighter game. (00:01:55)
    1 Kingston upon Thames · 2 Wimbledon · 3 Greater London

2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000

  • John, 10 named — The ten $50,000 winners: Harry Potter Alliance, This Star Won't Go Out, Not Forgotten, Save the Children, Liberty in North Korea, Child's Play, Thirst Project, Water.org, Partners for Mental Health, TECHO. (00:01:07)
    1 The Harry Potter Alliance · 2 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (00:01:15) · 3 Not Forgotten (00:01:22) · 4 Save the Children (00:01:26) · 5 Liberty in North Korea (00:01:30) · 6 Child's Play (00:01:36) · 7 Thirst Project (00:01:42) · 8 Water.org · 9 Partners for Mental Health · 10 TECHO (00:01:49)

  • John, 10 named — The ten further winners: To Write Love on Her Arms, Office of Letters and Light, World Food Programme ('World Food Project'), Feeding America, Wayne Foundation, Pencils for Kids, Women for Women International, First Book, Kiva, Doctors Without Borders. (00:01:56)
    1 To Write Love on Her Arms (00:02:20) · 2 Office of Letters and Light · 3 World Food Programme (00:01:56) · 4 Feeding America (00:02:23) · 5 The Wayne Foundation · 6 Pencils for Kids · 7 Women for Women International · 8 First Book (00:02:28) · 9 Kiva · 10 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders”

2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed?

  • John, 3 named (joke) — Joking, John invokes a 'rule of Twitter following' he just made up: you may call anyone you follow on Twitter by first name — like Barack, Beyonce and Ellen. (00:00:52)
    1 Barack Obama · 2 Beyoncé · 3 Ellen DeGeneres

  • John, 2 named — John says that in the last fifty years income per person has quadrupled in India and nearly quintupled in Brazil. (00:01:41)
    1 India · 2 Brazil

  • John, 3 named — John says malaria, measles and TB have all declined dramatically, and healthier kids go to school more and later work more than if chronically ill or disabled. (00:02:09)
    1 malaria · 2 measles · 3 tuberculosis “TB”

  • John, 2 named — John says the Brazilian edition of The Fault in Our Stars, whose title he butchers in Portuguese, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Brazil, more than in Germany or the UK. (00:03:22)
    1 Germany · 2 United Kingdom “the UK”

2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips

  • John, 9 named (joke) — Casting US presidents as TFIOS film characters (00:02:13)
    1 Barack Obama (00:02:27) · 2 Thomas Jefferson · 3 Millard Fillmore (00:02:13) · 4 James K. Polk (00:02:32) · 5 Andrew Johnson · 6 Ulysses S. Grant (00:02:13) · 7 Jimmy Carter (00:02:37) · 8 Martin Van Buren · 9 Ronald Reagan (00:02:42)

  • John, 5 named (joke) — Asked which US presidents should play TFIOS film characters, John casts the whole film, e.g. Obama as Gus, Jefferson as Hazel, Andrew Johnson as Van Houten, Carter as Patrick. (00:02:27)
    1 Augustus Waters · 2 Hazel Grace Lancaster · 3 Peter Van Houten (00:02:32) · 4 Isaac (character, “The Fault in Our Stars”) · 5 Patrick (character, “The Fault in Our Stars”) (00:02:37)

2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank lists TFIOS landmarks in the trailer: the Anne Frank House, a bridge where John once stared at viewers, the Literal Heart of Jesus and the 'vaguely paedophilic swing'. (00:03:12)
    1 Anne Frank House · 2 Literal Heart of Jesus (00:03:15) · 3 vaguely pedophilic swing set

2014-02-04 · Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?

2014-02-07 · Kill All The Humans

  • Hank, 6 named — Hank says we are in an environmental crisis (climate change, oil spills, dead zones, garbage patches, meltdowns, mass extinction) whose root is people, created to satisfy human needs or whims. (00:00:05)
    1 climate change · 2 Oil spill · 3 Dead zone (ecology) · 4 Garbage patch · 5 nuclear meltdown “Meltdowns” · 6 Extinction event

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank rejects the view that intelligence is just one valued trait among others (cheetahs fastest, blue whales biggest, barnacles longest penises), believing people know humans are special. (00:01:16)
    1 cheetah · 2 Blue whale (00:01:20) · 3 barnacle

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says the scale of human creation, from tiny ideas to the Burj Khalifa, cultures, atomic theory, Bridget Jones's Diary, Star Trek and honky-tonk music, is extremely valuable and unique. (00:01:39)
    1 Atomic theory · 2 Bridget Jones's Diary · 3 Star Trek (franchise) · 4 Honky-tonk

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank promises he is coming back to HankGames, which has long been 'johngames', with multiple videos a week including Pikmin 3 and Hank and Katherine playing Super Mario Brothers U. (00:02:52)
    1 Pikmin 3 · 2 New Super Mario Bros. U

2014-02-11 · A Middle Aged Man

  • John, 4 named — John has never heard 'Boyfriend' (about 300 million views) or 'One Time', though he likes both, nor 'Beauty and da Beat' featuring Nicki Minaj. (00:01:15)
    1 Boyfriend · 2 One Time (00:01:27) · 3 Beauty and a Beat (00:01:36) · 4 Baby (00:01:45)

2014-02-14 · Happy Third Chocolate Day!

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says Valentine's Day ranks third for chocolate consumption in the United States, after Halloween and Easter. (00:00:09)
    1 Halloween (holiday) · 2 Easter (00:00:13)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank finds curling ridiculous but admits it is objectively no weirder than ice dancing or hockey, his two favourite events. (00:01:25)
    1 ice dancing · 2 ice hockey

2014-02-18 · 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read

  • John, 19 named — 18 recommended books: sports, conjoined twins, funny books, YA, picture books, classics, political prisoners, the Carter Family (00:00:23)
    1 This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own · 2 One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal (00:00:30) · 3 Round Ireland with a Fridge (00:00:43) · 4 Playing the Moldovans at Tennis (00:00:53) · 5 The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green (00:01:00) · 6 Thirsty (00:01:17) · 7 Boy Proof (00:01:19) · 8 Fly on the Wall (00:01:28) · 9 The Untelling (00:01:37) · 10 The Golden Rule (00:01:45) · 11 Show Way (00:01:57) · 12 The Enormous Room (00:02:02) · 13 Regarding the Pain of Others (00:02:14) · 14 Death Comes for the Archbishop (00:02:26) · 15 This Blinding Absence of Light (00:02:33) · 16 Kendra (00:02:50) · 17 The Optimist's Daughter (00:02:55) · 18 Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music (00:03:01) · 19 The Last Summer of Reason (00:03:11)

2014-02-28 · The Cost of Fun

2014-03-04 · Understanding Ukraine: The Problems Today and Some Historical Context

  • John, 3 named — John says Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire defeated Russia; 500,000 people died, and it resolved very little, since Europe had World War I sixty years later. (00:00:25)
    1 United Kingdom “Britain” · 2 France · 3 Ottoman Empire

  • John, 2 named — John says that toward the end of WWI Russia had its communist revolution and Ukraine had a brief independence, but from 1917 to 1921 it was mired in wars among factions (Poland, the USSR, Ukrainian nationalists, anarchists); over 1.5 million died. (00:00:46)
    1 Poland · 2 Soviet Union “USSR”

  • John, 2 named — John says about 67% of Ukraine's people speak Ukrainian as their first language and about 30% speak Russian, though only about 17% identify as ethnically Russian. (00:02:11)
    1 Ukrainian language · 2 Russian language (00:02:18)

  • John, 3 named — John says that dream seems far away, but 60 years ago Japan was in ruins, 25 years ago Germany was divided, and 12 years ago Sierra Leone was in civil war; now it is the second-fastest-growing economy. (00:06:35)
    1 Japan · 2 Germany · 3 Sierra Leone (00:06:43)

2014-03-07 · Thoughts from a Cruise

  • Hank, 11 named — 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. (00:00:58)
    1 John Hodgman (00:01:20) · 2 Peter Sagal · 3 John Scalzi (00:00:58) · 4 Pomplamoose (00:01:26) · 5 Molly Lewis · 6 The Doubleclicks · 7 Paul and Storm · 8 Paul F. Tompkins · 9 Grant Imahara · 10 Wil Wheaton (00:01:29) · 11 Jonathan Coulton

2014-03-18 · Is the American Dream Real?

  • John, 2 named — John says 42% of American men raised in the bottom 20% of incomes stay there, against 30% in the UK and 25% in Denmark. (00:01:16)
    1 United Kingdom “UK” · 2 Denmark

  • John, 2 named — John says that by almost any measure, being born rich or poor predicts ending up rich or poor more in the US than in Canada, Europe or any developed country. (00:01:24)
    1 Canada · 2 Europe (00:01:28)

  • John, 3 named — John says Canada's pay gap is worse than the US's, while women make 83 cents per men's dollar in Australia, 84 in the UK, 85 in Sweden and 97.5 in Slovenia. (00:02:03)
    1 Australia · 2 Sweden · 3 Slovenia (00:02:08)

  • John, 4 named — John grants that the regulations and redistributive tax policies that improve equality of opportunity elsewhere limit innovation, partly why Apple, Twitter, Google and In-N-Out Burger began in the US. (00:02:38)
    1 Apple · 2 Twitter (00:02:42) · 3 Google · 4 In-N-Out Burger

2014-03-25 · I Gotta Go: Signing Off and Thinking about Inspiration

  • John, 2 named — John says we imagine creative work as singular feats of genius, like James Joyce writing Ulysses or Beyoncé's surprise album, but even they rely on vast networks of influence. (00:02:40)
    1 James Joyce · 2 Beyoncé

2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing!

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank presents The Art Assignment, a project with PBS and Sarah Green that brings culture to YouTube, launched before How to Adult. (00:01:20)
    1 How to Adult · 2 The Art Assignment (00:01:29) · 3 SciShow Space “SCI SHOW SPAAAAAACE” (00:01:45)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank announces the recently launched channel How to Adult, with Mike and Emily: a guide to graduating from adolescence without completely crashing and burning. (00:01:20)
    1 Mike Rugnetta · 2 Emily Graslie

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says he just finished his album: fourteen songs with his new band Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers (Hank, Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge). (00:02:51)
    1 Andrew Huang · 2 Rob Scallon · 3 Joe DeGeorge

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank lists what else is going on: Crash Course Psychology, Crash Course Literature, Emma Approved, keeping his colon healthy and a village in the game Banished. (00:03:05)
    1 Crash Course · 2 Emma Approved · 3 Banished (00:03:34)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank, who loves personal book recommendations, proposes Reviewsday Tuesday: every Tuesday people photograph a book and review it on Instagram, Tumblr or Twitter. (00:03:18)
    1 Instagram · 2 Tumblr · 3 Twitter

2014-04-01 · VELOCIRAPTORS

  • John, 2 named — John says velociraptors belonged to the feathered, bird-like dromaeosaurid family; they could not fly, and their feathers were maybe for attracting mates but probably an evolutionary leftover. (00:02:19)
    1 blind mole-rat · 2 humpback whale (00:02:23)

2014-04-08 · I Don't Even Know

  • John, 3 named — John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. (00:00:01)
    1 Nat Wolff · 2 Shailene Woodley · 3 Ansel Elgort

  • John, 3 named — John says next month (May 2014) he goes on a brief tour with Nat Wolff, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, who play Isaac, Hazel and Gus in the TFIOS movie. (00:00:04)
    1 Isaac (character, “The Fault in Our Stars”) · 2 Hazel Grace Lancaster · 3 Augustus Waters

2014-04-11 · What Boys Look For in Girls

  • Hank, 8 named — Hank lists beauty practices: Karo women in Ethiopia scar their bellies, Kayan women in Thailand wear brass neck rings, Mursi women wear lip plates, Japanese women unstraighten teeth, an Indonesian tribe files teeth. (00:00:34)
    1 Karo people · 2 Kayan people (Myanmar) (00:00:39) · 3 Mursi people (00:00:43) · 4 Japan (00:00:47) · 5 Indonesia (00:00:51) · 6 Europe (00:01:00) · 7 Mauritania (00:01:04) · 8 United States “America” (00:01:14)

2014-04-15 · Walking the Red Carpet: Thoughts from Los Angeles

  • John, 3 named — Before going on stage for book events, John reminds himself of his many readings attended by zero to three people and gives thanks for Brotherhood 2.0, Nerdfighteria and Hank. (00:00:46)
    1 Brotherhood 2.0 · 2 Nerdfighteria · 3 Hank Green

  • John, 2 named — John says the red carpet, shared with Jonah Hill and Grumpy Cat, was overwhelming: the screaming and cameras left him and Nat unable to 'even'. (00:02:10)
    1 Jonah Hill · 2 Grumpy Cat

2014-04-22 · Understanding the Central African Republic

  • John, 6 named — John speculates that one reason we don't hear about the Central African Republic is that its story is complicated; we like narratives such as Rebels versus Empire or Harry versus Voldemort. (00:00:29)
    1 Rebel Alliance “the Rebels” · 2 Galactic Empire · 3 Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · 4 Voldemort · 5 Dora the Explorer (00:00:34) · 6 Swiper

  • John, 2 named — John says both the Patassé and Bozizé regimes relied on foreign armies from Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere to shore up their governments. (00:02:18)
    1 Chad · 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo (00:02:22)

  • John, 2 named — John says security worsened after 2003: the UFDR and other rebel groups fought Bozizé in the Central African Bush War, failed, and a 2007 peace treaty never fully stopped the fighting. (00:02:41)
    1 People's Army for the Restoration of Democracy · 2 Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (00:02:45)

  • John, 2 named — John tells Hank the conflict is difficult and complicated, nothing like Hobbits versus Sauron, and that this is not only true of the Central African Republic. (00:04:36)
    1 Hobbit · 2 Sauron

  • John, 4 named — John points to the Vietnam War, the French Revolution and World War One, in which so many people died for so little, as further wars without clear good guys. (00:04:41)
    1 American Revolutionary War · 2 Vietnam War (00:04:51) · 3 French Revolution · 4 World War I

  • Hank, 8 named — Hank lists what science gives us, from woolly mammoth embryos and vaccines for smallpox and polio to the internet, the PS4, exoplanets, DNA, germ theory and relativity: life would be sad without it. (00:01:23)
    1 smallpox · 2 polio · 3 Internet (00:01:26) · 4 PlayStation 4 “PS4” · 5 exoplanet (00:01:30) · 6 DNA · 7 germ theory of disease · 8 theory of relativity

  • Hank, 8 named — Hank announces the band's tour after VidCon: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Denver, Salt Lake City and possibly Eugene, with a ticket link in the description. (00:02:47)
    1 Los Angeles · 2 San Francisco · 3 Portland, Oregon · 4 Seattle · 5 Boise (00:02:54) · 6 Denver · 7 Salt Lake City · 8 Eugene

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says the tour also features Rob Scallon, Andrew Huang, Wheezy Waiter's band Driftless Pony Club and Harry and the Potters; all shows are all ages and tickets are under $20. (00:03:11)
    1 Rob Scallon · 2 Andrew Huang (00:03:14) · 3 Driftless Pony Club · 4 Harry and the Potters (00:03:19)

2014-04-29 · Influence, Airports, and the Nerdfighter Book Club

  • John, 4 named — John calls it an unearned honor: he can name several thousand more influential people who did not make the Time 100, such as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laverne Cox and Ai Weiwei. (00:00:26)
    1 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf · 2 Laverne Cox (00:00:29) · 3 Ai Weiwei (00:00:30) · 4 François Hollande (00:00:32)

  • John, 2 named (playful) — Time names John one of the 100 most influential people; an unearned honour, more influential people, the party, the teen whisperer label (00:00:51)
    1 Vladimir Putin · 2 Kim Il Sung

2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People

  • John, 3 named — John says The Hollywood Reporter's article on the TFIOS film included a photo of him; a longtime nerdfighter posted herself 'johning', then Charlie McDonnell, Josh Sundquist, Hank and many others followed. (00:00:19)
    1 Charlie McDonnell · 2 Josh Sundquist (00:00:23) · 3 Hank Green

  • John, 3 named — Starting today John tours with Shailene, Ansel and Nat; it is Fox's free tour, he has no idea what will happen, and doors open at 5 with the show around 6:30. (00:02:23)
    1 Shailene Woodley · 2 Ansel Elgort · 3 Nat Wolff (00:02:27)

  • John, 9 named — John lists the tour stops: Miami's Dolphin Mall today, Cleveland's Tower City Center Wednesday, Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium Thursday, and Dallas's South Side Ballroom at Gilley's on Friday, May 9. (00:02:36)
    1 Miami · 2 Dolphin Mall · 3 Cleveland (00:02:45) · 4 Tower City Center · 5 Nashville (00:02:48) · 6 War Memorial Auditorium (Nashville) · 7 Tennessee Performing Arts Center (00:02:52) · 8 Dallas · 9 Gilley's Dallas (00:02:55)

2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography

  • Hank, 3 named (playful) — The song gives Rowling 'absolute creative freedom': a screenplay, a prequel Broadway musical, a comic with Joss Whedon or a BBC miniseries, but no cartoons and no MMORPG. (00:00:42)
    1 Broadway theatre · 2 Joss Whedon · 3 BBC (00:00:46)

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank announces Incongruent is officially released, on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and DFTBA Records, where physical copies also come with a download link. (00:01:52)
    1 iTunes · 2 Google Play (00:01:57) · 3 Amazon · 4 DFTBA Records

  • Hank, 8 named — Hank says the whole tour is booked, with tickets on sale for every stop: Pomona (near LA), San Francisco, Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Boise, Denver and Salt Lake City; some venues changed. (00:02:21)
    1 Pomona · 2 San Francisco (00:02:26) · 3 Eugene · 4 Portland, Oregon · 5 Seattle · 6 Boise · 7 Denver · 8 Salt Lake City

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank apologises to people outside the Western US: SciShow, Crash Course and the other Missoula projects and people make it hard to be away more than a couple of weeks; he makes internet things so everyone can have them. (00:03:24)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course

2014-05-12 · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets

  • John, 3 named — John tells Hank he has just finished Fox's tour for the TFIOS film with Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff. (00:00:08)
    1 Shailene Woodley · 2 Ansel Elgort · 3 Nat Wolff

2014-05-16 · The Myth of Greatness

  • Hank, 6 named — Hank says Renaissance Florence held some of the most powerful economic and cultural forces the world has known: the Medici bankers, Botticelli, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, da Vinci and Brunelleschi. (00:00:54)
    1 House of Medici · 2 Sandro Botticelli · 3 Niccolò Machiavelli · 4 Michelangelo “Michaelangelo” · 5 Leonardo da Vinci · 6 Filippo Brunelleschi

  • Hank, 3 named — Asked why so much interesting happens in small Missoula (shows with Emily Graslie, Lindsey Doe, now Jessi), Hank says interesting things happen everywhere: not magical places or people, just people who found their passion. (00:02:27)
    1 Emily Graslie · 2 Lindsey Doe (00:02:31) · 3 Jessi Knudsen Castañeda

2014-05-20 · Deserving

  • John, 2 named — Big History teaches, John says, that 99.9% of the matter in the solar system was sucked up by the Sun as it formed; everything else is the 0.1%. (00:02:29)
    1 Jupiter · 2 Atlantic Ocean

  • John, 2 named — John recommends two books he really likes: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour and The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson, both excellent. (00:03:30)
    1 Everything Leads to You · 2 The Great Greene Heist

2014-05-23 · My Freakish Talent

  • Hank, 2 named — Some words mean the opposite of themselves, Hank says: inflammable means both very easy and very hard to catch on fire; sanguine means both cheerful and bloodthirsty. (00:01:20)
    1 inflammable · 2 sanguine (00:01:25)

2014-05-30 · Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results!

  • Hank, 6 named — Hank lists census shares unaware of their shows: 14% Mental Floss, 30% SciShow Space, 33% Sexplanations with Dr. Lindsey Doe, 50% How to Adult, 64% Animal Wonders. (00:01:00)
    1 Mental Floss · 2 SciShow Space (00:01:06) · 3 Sexplanations (00:01:10) · 4 How to Adult (00:01:15) · 5 Animal Wonders (00:01:24) · 6 The Warehouse (00:01:29)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says 40% of respondents don't know Subbable, which has been so successful that SciShow, Crash Course and Sexplanations would not exist without it. (00:01:56)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course · 3 Sexplanations

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank announces The Night Before Our Stars: US-only screenings (not everywhere, not Missoula) on June 5, the day before release, then a livestream with John, Nat Wolff, Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley and Josh Boone. (00:03:21)
    1 John Green · 2 Nat Wolff (00:03:26) · 3 Ansel Elgort · 4 Shailene Woodley · 5 Josh Boone

2014-06-03 · The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere

2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere!

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank kept seeing hidden systems on display in New York: a Uniqlo escalator with a side window showing its workings, and the Museum of Modern Art Design store. (00:02:14)
    1 Uniqlo · 2 Museum of Modern Art (00:02:18)

  • Hank, 2 named — 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. (00:03:05)
    1 The New Yorker · 2 The Wall Street Journal

2014-06-13 · How to Make Cinnamon Toast (two ways)

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank urges viewers to buy $15-20 tickets for Tour Because Awesome with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Harry and the Potters, Driftless Pony Club, Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon. (00:02:35)
    1 Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers · 2 Harry and the Potters · 3 Driftless Pony Club · 4 Andrew Huang (00:02:39) · 5 Rob Scallon

2014-06-20 · Pre-History of Online Video

  • Hank, 8 named — Hank describes Homestar Runner as a bizarre alien thing in Free Country, USA, with friends including Marzipan, Coach Z, The Cheat and Strong Bad, who answers emails weekly. (00:01:33)
    1 Marzipan · 2 Coach Z · 3 Pom Pom (00:01:38) · 4 The Cheat · 5 The King of Town · 6 Strong Mad · 7 Strong Sad (00:01:44) · 8 Strong Bad

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says Flash animations of the same period - The End of the World, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, Peanut Butter Jelly Time - are important pieces of internet culture. (00:02:21)
    1 The End of the World · 2 All your base are belong to us · 3 Peanut Butter Jelly Time

2014-07-01 · Why I Love Makeup

  • video description, 3 named —
    1 Akilah Hughes · 2 Essie · 3 BeautyCrush

  • video description, 4 named — Among his favourite makeup tutorials John also links SprinkleOfGlitter's everyday makeup routine, a tutorial from Tanya Burr, Patricia Bright's everyday makeup routine and Zoe's spring makeup tutorial.
    1 SprinkleOfGlitter · 2 Tanya Burr · 3 Patricia Bright · 4 Zoe

2014-07-04 · 13 Things to Know about Concerts

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says mosh pits are surprisingly safe and stage diving surprisingly dangerous; leave the mosh pit area if you don't want in, and secure shoes, glasses and loose items if you do. (00:02:38)
    1 moshing “Moshpits” · 2 stage diving

2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria

  • John, 2 named (playful) — Henry asked John for a video about dragons and dinosaurs fighting bad guys together, with scary parts but not too many; John explained he can only make videos where his head moves around a screen. (00:00:01)
    1 dragon · 2 dinosaur

2014-07-11 · Touring with a Rock Band in 1,8X&,00B Simple Steps

  • video description, 5 named — The description says the video covers a day of the just-completed western US tour of Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Driftless Pony Club, Harry and the Potters, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang.
    1 Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers · 2 Driftless Pony Club · 3 Harry and the Potters · 4 Rob Scallon · 5 Andrew Huang

2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

  • John, 3 named — John relays the CDC pages: malaria mosquitoes bite mostly at night, yellow fever mosquitoes mainly by day, West Nile mosquitoes at dawn and dusk. (00:01:19)
    1 malaria · 2 yellow fever · 3 West Nile virus

  • John, 2 named (playful) — His doctor then sent him to the Indiana State Department of Health webpage, which added warnings about arbovirus and chikungunya besides West Nile, leaving John more anxious, not less. (00:01:44)
    1 arbovirus · 2 chikungunya (00:01:49)

2014-07-22 · Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

  • John, 4 named — John says much data shows that over the last twenty years people with the right resources have transformed their communities: rising income, food security, literacy, lower infant mortality. (00:02:51)
    1 Income · 2 Food security · 3 literacy · 4 infant mortality rate

  • John, 4 named — John says he keeps rereading Behind the Beautiful Forevers because it contains no unambiguous victories, not for its characters nor for foreign aid, government spending, microfinance or charity. (00:03:04)
    1 Development aid · 2 Government spending · 3 microfinance (00:03:07) · 4 Charity (practice)

2014-07-25 · Towering Mountains of Ignorance

  • Hank, 2 named (playful) — Hank lists things he doesn't know: why Mario is the best-known video game character, why guitars are shaped as they are, why Iggy Azalea is popular. (00:00:09)
    1 Mario · 2 Iggy Azalea (00:00:17)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says everyone is now expected to have opinions on solving the Syrian Civil War, creating US jobs and cell phones' effects on youth; he knows he doesn't know, yet everyone else seems to. (00:01:24)
    1 Syrian civil war · 2 United States (00:01:28)

2014-07-29 · Listen: Thoughts from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • John, 2 named — John says humans are generous within their social networks, but lack of access to Tumblr and YouTube leaves people in absolute poverty voiceless online, so we imagine their problems as other. (00:02:29)
    1 Tumblr · 2 YouTube

  • John, 2 named — John says if our kids were dying of malaria and diarrhea we wouldn't stand for it, but these are our kids: our world is very literally their world. (00:02:41)
    1 malaria · 2 diarrhea

2014-08-12 · EBOLA! (...meningitis)

  • John, 2 named — Ten days before falling ill with what turned out to be viral meningitis, John was in Ethiopia, on the same continent as Guinea and Sierra Leone, where Ebola is spreading. (00:00:35)
    1 Guinea · 2 Sierra Leone

  • John, 2 named — John says Ethiopia is as far from the outbreak as England is from Afghanistan, mocking the 'same continent, ergo Ebola' inference. (00:00:40)
    1 England · 2 Afghanistan

  • John, 4 named — In hospital, doctors worried he might have meningitis, malaria, typhoid or dengue fever, all potentially fatal, but were not worried about Ebola. (00:01:04)
    1 meningitis · 2 malaria · 3 typhoid fever · 4 dengue fever

  • John, 2 named — Ebola is not coming for this vague 'us' either: John says it is not going to spread widely in the US or Europe. (00:02:49)
    1 United States “the U.S.” · 2 Europe

  • John, 3 named — In Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, health workers must choose between abandoning their work and risking Ebola for themselves and their kids, because of inadequate infrastructure and supplies. (00:03:02)
    1 Liberia · 2 Guinea · 3 Sierra Leone

  • Hank, 3 named — Anything you create, like this video, is protected by copyright because you made it; ideas cannot be copyrighted but can sometimes be patented. (00:00:30)
    1 copyright · 2 patent (00:00:37) · 3 trademark (00:00:50)

2014-08-19 · Baby Names: Thoughts from Rural Ethiopia

  • John, 3 named — Their progress is real and should be celebrated, but much remains: children should not die of diarrhea, pneumonia or malaria, and far too many still do. (00:03:12)
    1 diarrhea · 2 pneumonia (00:03:17) · 3 malaria

2014-08-22 · Kidneys, LlamaJohn, Frankenstein, Back to School, and The Nerdfighter Online Video Workshop!

  • Hank, 3 named — SciShow is about to reach two million subscribers, Crash Course just reached two million, and SciShow Space is about to reach 200,000; Hank thanks viewers. (00:01:07)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course · 3 SciShow Space (00:01:13)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank challenges SciShow hosts Reid Reimers, Caitlin Hofmeister and 'that guy' to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. (00:03:24)
    1 Reid Reimers · 2 Caitlin Hofmeister

2014-08-26 · Food Is Weird: Understanding Agriculture in the Developing World

  • John, 2 named (joke) — Food is not boring: corn syrup in Pizza Hut dough; John's new cooking-method-plus-disease curses (00:01:04)
    1 malaria · 2 Ebola virus disease

2014-08-29 · What's the Difference Between A and Z

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank explains English means from England, a country inside the United Kingdom, while British covers the whole UK, including Northern Irish, Welsh and Scottish people, who may not like the label. (00:00:58)
    1 Northern Ireland · 2 Wales “Welsh” (00:01:04) · 3 Scotland “Scottish”

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says Rangers and Green Berets are both Army special operations forces; any recruit can apply to the Rangers, but Green Berets need three years of service and two languages. (00:02:27)
    1 United States Army Rangers · 2 United States Army Special Forces “Green Berets”

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says Uber and Lyft are pretty much the same: newfangled ways to get taxis that people are surprisingly excited about. (00:02:47)
    1 Uber · 2 Lyft

2014-09-09 · Going to College (in Ethiopia)

  • John, 4 named — John says most Canadians live closer to Venezuela than Liberians live to Botswana. (00:00:20)
    1 Canada “Canadians” · 2 Venezuela · 3 Liberia · 4 Botswana

2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains

  • John, 4 named (playful) — Rapid-fire answers: owed punishment, baby names, One Direction, books on head, Henry, toddler food, socks, signed posters, font, Wheezy Waiter, Harry Potter (00:02:55)
    1 Harry Styles · 2 Niall Horan · 3 Liam Payne · 4 Zayn Malik (00:02:59)

2014-09-23 · Looking Away

  • John, 2 named — John says the poor are voiceless in too much contemporary discourse: the boy's mother has no Twitter or YouTube channel, so we hear her challenges less directly than others'. (00:01:08)
    1 Twitter · 2 YouTube

2014-09-26 · Gettin' Real with Hank

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says that by watching, viewers grant him power; in a world of infinite content (30 Rock, Breaking Bad, PewDiePie, cat videos) he finds it weird they choose this, and is honored by their time. (00:01:34)
    1 30 Rock · 2 Breaking Bad (00:01:38) · 3 PewDiePie

2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER

  • John, 5 named — John asks whether he should focus on Mental Floss, Crash Course, The Art Assignment, Vlogbrothers or the Wimbly Womblys, and whether doing all of them means doing none well. (00:01:38)
    1 Mental Floss · 2 Crash Course · 3 The Art Assignment · 4 Vlogbrothers · 5 AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys

2014-10-07 · I Kind of Hate Batman

  • John, 2 named — John says Spider-Man and Sailor Moon didn't choose their powers, but Batman is just a rich guy with an affinity for bats playing out an insane fantasy of single-handedly ridding Gotham of crime. (00:00:50)
    1 Spider-Man · 2 Sailor Moon (00:01:00)

  • John, 3 named — John says that in the Batman universe crime is caused by evil people who want to see the world burn and stupid people following charismatic villains like the cat person, the Joker or the Penguin. (00:01:41)
    1 Catwoman “cat person” · 2 Joker · 3 Penguin (fictional character)

  • John, 3 named — John asks why no one calls Batman out for spending all his resources on crime in Gotham when he could also fight global poverty, habitat destruction or climate change. (00:02:44)
    1 extreme poverty · 2 habitat destruction · 3 climate change

2014-10-17 · MY FACE ON A BUS

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank reveals he was in LA for YouTube's channel promotion: he, Michael Aranda and Caitlin Hofmeister were shot for SciShow print and TV ads now in Chicago, LA, New York and on TV. (00:01:06)
    1 Michael Aranda · 2 Caitlin Hofmeister

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank reveals he was in LA for YouTube's channel promotion: he, Michael Aranda and Caitlin Hofmeister were shot for SciShow print and TV ads now in Chicago, LA, New York and on TV. (00:01:15)
    1 Chicago (city) · 2 Los Angeles · 3 New York City (00:01:18)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the ads ran during The Walking Dead premiere, The Big Bang Theory and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon; the premiere had seventeen million viewers, and those who didn't TiVo past saw him. (00:01:18)
    1 The Walking Dead (TV series) · 2 The Big Bang Theory · 3 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (00:01:22)

  • Hank, 5 named (joke) — Vlogbrothers is too weird to be mainstream; shouted in-joke mash-up; Death to pennies; sign-off (00:03:48)
    1 Pizza John · 2 puppy sized elephant · 3 Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers “SWOODILYPOOPING” · 4 Agloe, New York · 5 Abolish the US penny “DEATH TO PENNIES” (00:03:56)

2014-10-21 · Ebola: What IS Terrifying

  • John, 3 named — There have been about 10,000 reported Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, an undercount, and the infection rate is not levelling off, which is terrifying. (00:00:29)
    1 Guinea · 2 Liberia · 3 Sierra Leone

  • John, 4 named — If we enjoy globalization's benefits (Argentinian beef in Big Macs, West African chocolate in Hershey's Kisses, Kenyan roses, Bangladeshi clothes), we also live in a global health community. (00:01:26)
    1 Argentina “Argentinian” + Big Mac · 2 West Africa + Hershey's Kisses (00:01:29) · 3 Kenya · 4 Bangladesh (00:01:34)

  • John, 2 named — We imagine diseases like cholera or malaria happen to poor faraway people, but Ebola shows the us/them dichotomy is false: better health care in Liberia is good for all humans. (00:01:39)
    1 cholera · 2 malaria

  • John, 4 named — The heroes will be the American, Cuban, Botswanan and many West African people who build and run the clinics, doing courageous work on behalf of all humans. (00:03:04)
    1 United States “American” · 2 Cuba · 3 Botswana · 4 West Africa

2014-11-04 · Mustaches and Movies: Day One of Paper Towns

  • John, 2 named — John shows his own trailer with Hollywood lights, says he loves being an executive producer, jokes he is available for the new Divergent movie, and says he misses Shailene and Ansel. (00:02:32)
    1 Shailene Woodley · 2 Ansel Elgort

2014-11-07 · New Crash Course and Pizzamas!

  • Hank, 4 named — With love for Pemberley Digital, SciShow, VidCon and the Wimbly Womblys, Hank calls Crash Course the best thing the brothers do and says he is very proud of it. (00:00:17)
    1 Pemberley Digital · 2 SciShow · 3 VidCon · 4 AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys (00:00:22)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank announces a significantly larger relationship with PBS Digital Studios that will basically double Crash Course content; PBS is likewise viewer-funded and partnered with them on Frankenstein MD and The Art Assignment. (00:02:33)
    1 Frankenstein MD · 2 The Art Assignment (00:02:36)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says that in 2015 they hope to make four Crash Courses: Government with Craig Benzine (WheezyWaiter), Astronomy with Phil Plait, Physiology with Hank, and hopefully Economics. (00:02:40)
    1 Craig Benzine · 2 Phil Plait (00:02:43)

2014-11-10 · The Woman Without a Face - Pizzamas Day 1

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank shows leftovers from last year's (2013) Pizzamas: DFTBA always orders extra in case of returns and tends to give the leftovers away as SciShow or Subbable perks or for the Project for Awesome. (00:01:06)
    1 SciShow · 2 Subbable · 3 Project for Awesome

2014-11-13 · The History of Pizza and the History of John: Pizzamas Day 4

  • John, 3 named — John rejects tracing pizza to ancient Egypt, India and Greece as just bread with toppings (garlic naan and banana bread are not pizza); pizza is bread, tomato sauce and cheese. (00:00:30)
    1 Ancient Egypt · 2 India · 3 Ancient Greece

  • John, 2 named — John: there are a few minor Johns in the Hebrew Bible, but Johns took off in the New Testament, e.g. John the Baptist and Jesus's apostle John. (00:02:42)
    1 John the Baptist · 2 John the Apostle

2014-11-17 · Combines and Movie Magic: Pizzamas Day 6

  • John, 3 named — John: most of his time on set is spent listening to Nat, Justice and Austin joke between takes, watching the monitors and hearing post-take discussions of size and lighting. (00:01:04)
    1 Nat Wolff · 2 Justice Smith · 3 Austin Abrams

2014-11-21 · The Sleepiest Sleepyhead in Sleeptown

  • John, 3 named — John: the Fox lot has a statue of Napoleon Dynamite and murals of The Simpsons and Star Wars, and joining that company is pretty wonderful. (00:02:42)
    1 Napoleon Dynamite · 2 The Simpsons · 3 Star Wars

2014-11-25 · Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns

  • John, 2 named — Reverse Question Tuesday with Tyler Oakley (00:00:18)
    1 zombie · 2 unicorn

2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love

  • John, 3 named — John asks that, whatever we grow up to do, we remember the times everything rested on 50 cents of Pedialyte, refrigerated penicillin or access to clean water. (00:02:02)
    1 Pedialyte · 2 penicillin · 3 water scarcity (00:02:08)

  • John, 2 named — John says that despite difficulties and failures, organizations from Save the Children to Water.org to many local charities are helping to decrease child mortality. (00:02:21)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Water.org (00:02:25)

2014-12-06 · A Brief History of Homestar Runner

  • Ryder Burgin, 3 named — Ryder says in Atlanta in 1996, University of Georgia students Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel, finding children's books bad, wrote a quasi-parody starring Homestar Runner, Strong Bad and The Cheat. (00:00:25)
    1 Homestar Runner (character, “Homestar Runner”) · 2 Strong Bad (00:00:28) · 3 The Cheat

  • Ryder Burgin, 7 named — Ryder says the early site's simple children's-book-style cartoons introduced regulars: Marzipan (voiced by Missy Palmer), Strong Mad, Strong Sad, Bubs, Coach Z, the King of Town and the Poopsmith. (00:00:58)
    1 Marzipan · 2 Strong Mad · 3 Strong Sad · 4 Bubs · 5 Coach Z · 6 The King of Town · 7 The Poopsmith

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank calls Strong Bad Email's concept beautiful; its consistent schedule, humor and fan interaction made it an almost instant success; Hank names the spin-off series Teen Girl Squad and the character Trogdor the Burninator. (00:01:27)
    1 Teen Girl Squad · 2 Trogdor

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the Homestar universe grew with shows, games, DVDs, toys and a 20-track CD, and references appeared in Seventeen Magazine, Guitar Hero and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (00:01:57)
    1 Seventeen · 2 Guitar Hero · 3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • Ryder Burgin, 2 named — Ryder says after ten years the two took a break; Matt moved to LA, writing and directing for Yo Gabba Gabba and Gravity Falls; it unexpectedly lasted four years. (00:02:41)
    1 Yo Gabba Gabba! · 2 Gravity Falls

2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome

  • John, 3 named — John thanks everyone who donated time and effort, from Natalie Tran to Troye Sivan to Nerdfighters who made art perks like French the Llama paintings; many perks are one-of-a-kind. (00:00:58)
    1 Natalie Tran · 2 Troye Sivan (00:01:14) · 3 Nerdfighteria “all the nerdfighters who made the nerdfighter art perks”

  • John, 2 named — John announces a trial: day-one donations are split between Save the Children and Partners in Health, longtime Nerdfighteria partners highly rated for efficient work on poverty and disease. (00:01:44)
    1 Save the Children · 2 Partners In Health

2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank calls Ebola, antibiotic resistance and pneumonia world health problems from which no community is exempt. (00:00:52)
    1 Ebola virus disease · 2 antimicrobial resistance (00:00:53) · 3 pneumonia (00:00:55)

  • Hank, 5 named — More perks: a calendar of YouTubers' baby pictures including Hank, pressed pennies stamped with P4A and Nerdfighteria logos, Hank's Hanklerfish drawings, Hank and Katherine's Princess Bride commentary, Nerdfighter music and art compilations. (00:02:09)
    1 An Imperial Affliction · 2 The Fault in Our Stars (00:02:22) · 3 Hanklerfish (00:02:41) · 4 The Princess Bride (film) (00:02:51) · 5 Nerdfighteria “nerdfighter music and amazing nerdfighter art” (00:02:56)

2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome

  • John, 3 named — John says the Indiegogo is live today only, with perks from a calendar of YouTubers before they were YouTubers to the P4A-exclusive TFIOS, MinutePhysics art, An Imperial Affliction, P4A socks and pressed pennies. (00:01:35)
    1 The Fault in Our Stars · 2 Henry Reich “Minute Physics” (00:01:36) · 3 An Imperial Affliction

  • John, 3 named — John says the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck works because it has no overhead: DFTBA Records warehouse workers who pack and ship perks volunteer, as do Sam Rudge, Karen Kavett, Laura Chernikoff and dozens of others. (00:02:03)
    1 Sam Rudge (00:02:12) · 2 Karen Kavett · 3 Laura Chernikoff (00:02:03)

2014-12-26 · The Best and Worst of 2014

  • Hank, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank points to SciShow, where Michael Aranda gave 2014's science superlatives: the deepest-diving whale, the most Earth-like planet, the highest CO2 emissions and the warmest months. (00:00:10)
    … · 2 exoplanet “the most Earth-like planet” · 3 carbon dioxide “CO2 emissions”

  • Hank, 13 named — Hank says 2014 was probably the best year ever to be a nerd, listing TV and film returns, a comet landing, Curiosity's lakebed, a female Thor and a black Captain America. (00:01:07)
    1 Sherlock · 2 Orphan Black · 3 Star Wars · 4 Star Trek (franchise) (00:01:11) · 5 Avengers (film series) · 6 X-Men (film series) · 7 Doctor Who · 8 Veronica Mars (film) (00:01:15) · 9 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey · 10 Philae landing “We landed a probe on a comet” (00:01:17) · 11 Mars Science Laboratory “Curiosity” · 12 Thor (Marvel Comics) (00:01:21) · 13 Captain America

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says Michael Brown, Eric Garner, John Crawford and 12-year-old Tamir Rice were all unarmed and all killed by police officers. (00:01:37)
    1 Michael Brown · 2 Eric Garner · 3 John Crawford III · 4 Tamir Rice