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Lists, 2015

148 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

2015-01-02 · Why is The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order? Eight Completely Arbitrary Things

  • Hank, 7 named — Gendered names, alphabetical order, base 10 (00:00:32)
    1 unisex name “Gendered Names” · 2 alphabetical order (00:00:41) · 3 decimal “Base 10” (00:01:08) · 4 entomophagy “Bugs Are Gross” (00:01:38) · 5 pet (00:01:53) · 6 social norm “Guys Can't Wear Skirts” (00:02:10) · 7 fiat money “This is a piece of paper.” (00:02:25)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank urges viewers to study broadly and deeply and to watch Crash Course World History, all of Crash Course, and SciShow. (00:03:37)
    1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow (00:03:42)

2015-01-04 · The Best Worst Thing

  • John, 3 named — John says a draw against Manchester United, Arsenal or Chelsea could have earned Wimbledon more from one game than 20 years of Nerdfighter sponsorship. (00:01:14)
    1 Manchester United F.C. · 2 Arsenal F.C. · 3 Chelsea FC (00:01:18)

2015-01-09 · 14 Fart Facts for my Flatulent Friends

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says 'fart' is a hyper-conserved word found in Norse, Slavic, Sanskrit and Greek, and one of the oldest words in English. (00:00:00)
    1 Old Norse (00:00:25) · 2 Slavic languages · 3 Sanskrit · 4 Greek language (00:00:28)

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank says more than 99% of fart gas is odorless; farts are mainly carbon dioxide, hydrogen, sometimes nitrogen and oxygen, and methane. (00:01:02)
    1 carbon dioxide · 2 hydrogen · 3 nitrogen · 4 oxygen · 5 methane (00:01:06)

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank says James Joyce, Shakespeare, Dante, Chaucer and the Arabian Nights all contain fart jokes. (00:02:36)
    1 James Joyce · 2 William Shakespeare · 3 Dante Alighieri · 4 Geoffrey Chaucer · 5 One Thousand and One Nights

2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome

  • John, 2 named — John says the half of the 2014 Project for Awesome that raised money for Save the Children and Partners in Health raised over $700,000. (00:02:00)
    1 Save the Children (00:02:22) · 2 Partners In Health (00:02:00)

  • John, 10 named — John announces the ten charities that, by viewers' votes at projectforawesome.com, will each receive $25,000 from the 2014 Project for Awesome. (00:02:41)
    1 Not Forgotten · 2 The Harry Potter Alliance (00:02:43) · 3 Office of Letters and Light (00:02:48) · 4 Thirst Project (00:02:49) · 5 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (00:02:51) · 6 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors Without Borders” (00:02:55) · 7 Days for Girls (00:02:58) · 8 She's the First (00:03:03) · 9 Pencils for Kids (00:03:07) · 10 Ultimate Peace (00:03:10)

  • John, 10 named — John says smaller grants of still over $10,000 go to the next ten charities chosen by Nerdfighteria, and names them. (00:03:21)
    1 We Need Diverse Books · 2 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · 3 Book Truck (00:03:23) · 4 To Write Love on Her Arms · 5 Donate Life (00:03:25) · 6 Garczyńska's Foundation · 7 Books for Africa (00:03:27) · 8 Stella's Circle · 9 Water.org (00:03:28) · 10 Sound of Hope

2015-01-20 · REUNION MINIGOLF

  • John, 2 named — Asked what should win the Best Picture Oscar, John picks Whiplash or Selma, both of which he thought excellent. (00:02:19)
    1 Whiplash · 2 Selma

2015-01-27 · Will Life Get Better for the Poor?

  • John, 5 named — Halving child mortality again with cheap measures: breastfeeding, antibiotics, oxygen masks, warmth, cord care; no population explosion (00:01:22)
    1 breastfeeding · 2 Antibiotic (00:01:27) · 3 oxygen mask (00:01:31) · 4 kangaroo care “drying the baby and offering skin-to-skin contact to keep it warm” (00:01:37) · 5 umbilical cord (00:01:40)

  • John, 3 named — John says 2.5 billion people lack a bank account, and that polio, river blindness and guinea worm kill or disable tens of millions of people. (00:02:20)
    1 polio · 2 onchocerciasis “river blindness” · 3 dracunculiasis “guinea worm”

  • John, 3 named — John says we do not actually live in two worlds; it only feels so because no one in his neighborhood, or whom he follows on Tumblr, Twitter or Instagram, has stunted kids. (00:02:43)
    1 Tumblr · 2 Twitter · 3 Instagram

2015-02-06 · You Will Be Forgotten ...And That's OK

  • Hank, 3 named — 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. (00:01:20)
    1 The New Yorker · 2 Crash Course (00:01:24) · 3 YouTube Asks Obama “I interviewed the President” (00:01:27)

2015-02-10 · Understanding Boko Haram

  • John, 3 named — John says Boko Haram regularly massacres people who won't fight for it and has begun attacks in Niger, Chad and Cameroon. (00:05:12)
    1 Niger · 2 Chad (00:05:16) · 3 Cameroon

2015-02-13 · Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says that, with nothing pressing to make a video about, he turned this one over to the Nerdfighters of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit to decide what he would do. (00:00:09)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter · 3 Tumblr · 4 Reddit

  • Hank, 6 named — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. (00:01:34)
    1 Kodocha · 2 Locke & Key · 3 Paolo Bacigalupi · 4 Neil Cicierega (00:01:38) · 5 Ricochet Robots · 6 TheThirdPew

  • Hank, 5 named (playful) — Doing 'Draw My Life', Hank says he takes up a trivial amount of space in Montana, itself tiny next to the Earth, solar system, galaxy and universe, and his lifetime is unnoticeable on a universal scale. (00:02:55)
    1 Montana · 2 Earth (00:02:58) · 3 Solar System (00:03:02) · 4 Milky Way “our galaxy” (00:03:06) · 5 observable universe (00:03:11)

2015-02-20 · Why Are Fewer People Studying Science and Engineering?

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says Emerson is worried because fewer people graduate with STEM degrees and more of them go to work for big new companies like Google, SpaceX and Tesla. (00:00:44)
    1 Google · 2 SpaceX · 3 Tesla, Inc.

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank announces he will be back in April with Harry and the Potters, Driftless Pony Club, Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon, about eight stops from Chicago to New York: Tour Because Awesome East Coast. (00:03:32)
    1 Harry and the Potters · 2 Driftless Pony Club · 3 Andrew Huang · 4 Rob Scallon

2015-03-03 · What's in the Box in the Box in the Box?

  • John, 2 named — At the bottom is his baby milestones book filled out by their parents, recording their first words about him: Mom wrote 'he's ugly!' and Dad 'he's so purple!'. (00:02:29)
    1 Sydney Green “My mother” · 2 Mike Green “my dad” (00:02:35)

2015-03-06 · WE WON! Net Neutrality and Re-Thinking Cynicism

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says the decision came down to party lines: three Democrats and two Republicans voted on the FCC, and the Republicans voted against net neutrality. (00:02:30)
    1 Democratic Party “Democrats” · 2 Republican Party “Republicans” (00:02:33)

2015-03-10 · Travel Tips (and Paper Towns Movie Updates)

  • John, 4 named — John advises travelers to walk around and find the empty gate, for its plugs, chairs and freedom, though not in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago or Atlanta. (00:00:52)
    1 Los Angeles · 2 New York City · 3 Chicago (city) · 4 Atlanta

  • John, 2 named — John announces that Scott Neustadter and Mike Weber, who wrote The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns, will write the Looking for Alaska script. (00:01:09)
    1 Scott Neustadter · 2 Michael H. Weber (00:01:13)

2015-03-13 · Screaming Into Pillows

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank tells Nerdfighteria they are really important in his life, so it feels wrong not to talk about important things happening to him, on video or social media. (00:01:12)
    1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr · 3 Facebook

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says SciShow Kids and Crash Course Kids took months of work they weren't allowed to discuss (funding, defining them, character development, hiring for animation) and are now real. (00:01:36)
    1 SciShow Kids · 2 Crash Course Kids

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank says that as SciShow, Crash Course, VidCon and DFTBA have grown, more complicated infrastructure leaves him less freedom to talk about them. (00:02:38)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course · 3 VidCon · 4 DFTBA Records

2015-03-17 · What Are Paper Towns?

  • John, 3 named — John says Google recently used fictitious entries against Bing, and the Billboard charts have used them too. (00:01:57)
    1 Google · 2 Microsoft Bing · 3 Billboard (00:01:59)

2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the internet enabled crowdfunding (Patreon, Indiegogo, Kickstarter), crowdsourcing that built Wikipedia, and the wisdom of the crowd: upvotes on Reddit and choices on YouTube and Facebook that help curate content. (00:01:01)
    1 crowdfunding · 2 crowdsourcing (00:01:05) · 3 wisdom of the crowd (00:01:09)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the internet enabled crowdfunding (Patreon, Indiegogo, Kickstarter), crowdsourcing that built Wikipedia, and the wisdom of the crowd: upvotes on Reddit and choices on YouTube and Facebook that help curate content. (00:01:01)
    1 Patreon · 2 Indiegogo · 3 Kickstarter

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the internet enabled crowdfunding (Patreon, Indiegogo, Kickstarter), crowdsourcing that built Wikipedia, and the wisdom of the crowd: upvotes on Reddit and choices on YouTube and Facebook that help curate content. (00:01:09)
    1 Reddit · 2 YouTube (00:01:13) · 3 Facebook

2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later

  • John, 3 named — John says that in 2009 more of his US tax dollars went to health care than would have in Japan, the UK or Australia, yet the US did not get their universal health care. (00:00:18)
    1 Japan · 2 United Kingdom · 3 Australia

  • John, 4 named — John says the US spent more than 17% of GDP on health care, while Canada, France, Australia and the Netherlands spend under 10% with similar or better outcomes. (00:01:45)
    1 Canada · 2 France · 3 Australia · 4 Netherlands

  • John, 3 named (joke) — Has it worked? Yes and no: rollout disaster, exchanges now work, 12 million enrolled, premiums, labor market, uninsured rates; but underinsurance and 17% of GDP remain (00:05:31)
    1 Jack Harries · 2 Finn Harries · 3 Charlie McDonnell

2015-03-27 · Announcing NerdCon: Stories

  • Hank, 13 named — Hank lists guests: fantasy, sci-fi and YA authors (Rothfuss, Clare, Black, Kowal, Scalzi, Bacigalupi, Woodson, Perkins), musicians Kimya Dawson and Dessa, and shows Welcome to Night Vale, Wits and Story Collider. (00:02:55)
    1 Patrick Rothfuss · 2 Cassandra Clare · 3 Holly Black · 4 Mary Robinette Kowal · 5 John Scalzi · 6 Paolo Bacigalupi · 7 Jacqueline Woodson · 8 Stephanie Perkins · 9 Kimya Dawson · 10 Dessa · 11 Welcome to Night Vale · 12 Wits · 13 The Story Collider

2015-04-03 · Snap Questions: On the Set of Titansgrave!

  • Hank, 3 named — 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. (00:00:12)
    1 Yuri Lowenthal · 2 Laura Bailey · 3 Alison Haislip

2015-04-10 · This Video Makes No Sense

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says many US presidents have killed people, mostly in combat, but only two definitely killed people outside combat. (00:02:59)
    1 Andrew Jackson · 2 Grover Cleveland (00:03:07)

2015-04-17 · 7 Weirdest Marriages (or Lack Thereof) From an Airport

  • Hank, 2 named — For a week Hank and John sell two shirts from their Batman argument, Hank's 'We are all bat people!' and John's 'Batman is just a rich guy with an affinity for bats', and will count sales to see Nerdfighteria's side. (00:01:16)
    1 We Are All Bat People shirt · 2 Batman Is Just a Rich Guy shirt (00:01:21)

  • Hank, 7 named — Seven weird facts about marriage, from Ferris Bueller's parents to Carey Mulligan; coincidences are bound to happen (00:01:51)
    1 Ferris Bueller's Day Off · 2 The Bachelor (00:02:02) · 3 Crimean War (00:02:12) · 4 Walt Disney World (00:02:35) · 5 Mickey Mouse (00:02:46) · 6 David Tennant (00:02:54) · 7 Carey Mulligan (00:03:12)

2015-04-24 · Mother Pheasant Plucker - A Song

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank thanks Shmorky and Weebl for making the music video for the song. (00:02:39)
    1 Shmorky · 2 Weebl

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank thanks everyone who came to spend time with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Harry and the Potters, Driftless Pony Club, Andrew Huang and Rob Scallon, and says it has been a fantastic time. (00:03:00)
    1 Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers · 2 Harry and the Potters · 3 Driftless Pony Club · 4 Andrew Huang (00:03:02) · 5 Rob Scallon

2015-05-22 · 15 Rants in Four Minutes

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says mocking slang like 'bae', 'boo' or 'slay' is wrong: language is fluid, subcultures define themselves by slang, and complaining just claims your subculture is better, which looks pretentious. (00:01:31)
    1 bae · 2 boo · 3 slay

2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts

  • John, 2 named — Bank of Nerdfighteria update: Vlogbrothers ad revenue is split in half between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content such as Physics Girl and The Financial Diet. (00:02:16)
    1 Physics Girl · 2 The Financial Diet

  • John, 2 named — The Paper Towns film comes out in about 56 days in the US, at different times elsewhere; John will travel to support the release, at least to Brazil and the UK and probably other places. (00:03:08)
    1 Brazil · 2 United Kingdom

2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video!

  • John, 3 named — Next week (week of 15 June 2015) John tours Europe with his wife and friends: a sold-out Berlin event on Tuesday June 16, meeting people outside a Paris bookstore Wednesday, London on Thursday (place and time to be determined). (00:00:11)
    1 Berlin · 2 Paris (00:00:25) · 3 London (00:00:31)

  • John, 2 named — John, Nat and Cara will tour the US in July, visiting the states with the most votes at papertownsmovie.com/tour, where one Tumblr like or reblog counts as one vote, until June 15. (00:01:10)
    1 Nat Wolff · 2 Cara Delevingne

  • John, 2 named (playful) — John admits he is rooting for Indiana and Montana but will accept any other outcome. (00:01:32)
    1 Indiana · 2 Montana

2015-06-16 · Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS

  • John, 2 named — In Asheville, John's parents, 'noted American heroes Mom and Dad', will look after John's kids for the week while he is in Europe. (00:00:16)
    1 Sydney Green “Mom” · 2 Mike Green “Dad”

  • John, 4 named — At the Reina Sofia museum John and Nat see works by Carl Andre, an early Picasso, crowds at Guernica and a Warhol; John praises period films in every room as a fascinating curatorial choice. (00:01:39)
    1 Carl Andre · 2 Pablo Picasso (00:01:42) · 3 Guernica (00:01:47) · 4 Andy Warhol (00:01:48)

2015-06-19 · 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says many people on Twitter and Tumblr pointed him to Wheaton's Law, basically 'don't be a jerk', which he likes but finds a little subjective. (00:02:49)
    1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr

2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff

  • Nat Wolff, 2 named (joke) — Rapid-fire Nerdfighter questions: animal, inspiration, angry bubbles, eyebrow dance-off, Haim, Gollum and Godfather impressions, llamas, breakups, dreams, a horned hippo, spelling names backwards, Hogwarts houses, arm wrestling (00:01:41)
    1 The Fault in Our Stars · 2 Paper Towns

  • John, 2 named — Rapid-fire Nerdfighter questions: animal, inspiration, angry bubbles, eyebrow dance-off, Haim, Gollum and Godfather impressions, llamas, breakups, dreams, a horned hippo, spelling names backwards, Hogwarts houses, arm wrestling (00:02:22)
    1 unicorn · 2 hippopotamus

2015-06-30 · Some News

  • John, 3 named — John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. (00:00:41)
    1 Cara Delevingne · 2 Nat Wolff · 3 Halston Sage

  • John, 3 named — John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. (00:00:47)
    1 Ohio · 2 Texas (00:00:51) · 3 Indiana

  • John, 3 named — The tour stops are Indianapolis on July 14th, Columbus, Ohio on July 15th and Dallas, Texas on July 16th; all events are free. (00:01:06)
    1 Indianapolis · 2 Columbus, Ohio · 3 Dallas

  • John, 2 named — Weber and Neustadter, screenwriters of the TFIOS and Paper Towns films, have written a Looking for Alaska script, and Becca Thomas, director of Electric Children, has been hired to direct, so the film will probably happen. (00:02:58)
    1 Michael H. Weber · 2 Scott Neustadter

2015-07-03 · Thoughts from Yachts

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank hopes growing productivity will one day give everyone enough to minimize suffering, but in Cannes and Saint-Tropez he worries no one will ever be satisfied, so wealth keeps concentrating instead of serving global goals like ending poverty, war and climate insecurity. (00:02:18)
    1 Cannes · 2 Saint-Tropez

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank hopes growing productivity will one day give everyone enough to minimize suffering, but in Cannes and Saint-Tropez he worries no one will ever be satisfied, so wealth keeps concentrating instead of serving global goals like ending poverty, war and climate insecurity. (00:02:28)
    1 extreme poverty · 2 war (00:02:33) · 3 climate change

2015-07-07 · Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece

  • John, 4 named — Background: Greece, the drachma, joining the Eurozone, the split of monetary and fiscal policy, broken deficit rules and fudged numbers (00:00:29)
    1 Acropolis of Athens (00:00:32) · 2 Socrates · 3 Hypatia (00:00:29) · 4 300 (00:00:35)

  • John, 4 named — Explanations differ: some point to higher labor costs after joining the Eurozone, too much debt from the start, tax evasion, and the 2008 recession hitting Greek shipping and tourism. (00:01:59)
    1 Labour cost “labor costs” · 2 government debt (00:02:03) · 3 Tax evasion · 4 Great Recession (00:02:08)

  • John, 2 named — By spring 2010 the European Commission and the IMF gave Greece a 110 billion euro bailout, and the ECB bought Greek debt; the three became known as 'the troika'. (00:03:09)
    1 European Commission · 2 International Monetary Fund

  • John, 3 named — The bailout was a loan, not a gift, made amid contagion fears as interest rates crept up in Portugal, Ireland and Spain and the Eurozone risked falling apart. (00:03:33)
    1 Portugal · 2 Ireland · 3 Spain

  • John, 2 named — Since most Greek debt was owed to German and French banks, John says the big Eurozone governments were in a way lending Greece money to repay their own banks. (00:03:43)
    1 Germany · 2 France “French”

2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion

  • John, 3 named — John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. (00:00:45)
    1 Indianapolis · 2 Columbus, Ohio (00:00:50) · 3 Dallas

  • John, 4 named — John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. (00:00:50)
    1 Nat Wolff · 2 Cara Delevingne · 3 Akilah Hughes · 4 Nerdfighteria “Nerdfighters”

2015-07-21 · PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY

  • John, 2 named — John says the movie comes out Friday, July 24th, with a special screening on Thursday at many theaters around the US and Canada. (00:00:52)
    1 United States “the US” · 2 Canada

  • John, 2 named — Correcting himself, John says the movie is already out in Brazil, Australia and elsewhere, critics have seen it and reviews are great; Variety said it was better than The Fault in Our Stars. (00:01:27)
    1 Brazil · 2 Australia

2015-07-24 · From the Main Stage of VidCon!

  • Hank, 4 named — John lists important cultural institutions that came out of online video in eight years: Gangnam Style, Justin Bieber, the double rainbow guy and the Ice Bucket Challenge featuring Bill Gates. (00:01:03)
    1 Gangnam Style · 2 Justin Bieber · 3 Paul Vasquez “the double rainbow guy” · 4 Ice Bucket Challenge

  • Hank, 5 named — Showing the first VidCon, John names Tyler Oakley, Rhett and Link, Dave Days, Shay Carl and iJustine; many are still at VidCon, their lives changed, and Smosh went on to make movies. (00:01:38)
    1 Tyler Oakley · 2 Rhett and Link · 3 Dave Days · 4 Shay Carl · 5 iJustine

2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places

  • John, 2 named — In a very hot Dallas John met hosts Gabby and Allison from Just Between Us, heard Saint Motel and met an awesome crowd, then flew to LA. (00:03:13)
    1 Gaby Dunn “Gabby” · 2 Allison Raskin

2015-08-07 · Is This Video Cool?

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says these words almost always reach the mainstream from a subculture — rock and roll, punk, beat poets — but most commonly from marginalized cultures. (00:02:26)
    1 rock and roll · 2 punk subculture · 3 Beat Generation

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank will perform with Welcome to Night Vale in Portland and Seattle on October 27th and 28th. (00:03:31)
    1 Portland, Oregon · 2 Seattle

2015-08-11 · 454 Days: Understanding America's Ridiculous Political Campaigns

  • John, 5 named — John says none of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria or Australia has campaign cycles lasting longer than 100 days. (00:00:55)
    1 Germany · 2 Italy · 3 Netherlands · 4 Nigeria · 5 Australia

  • John, 2 named — In a primer for non-Americans, John says most US states hold primary elections five to ten months before the election, where Republican and Democratic voters choose their party's candidate. (00:01:09)
    1 Republican Party · 2 Democratic Party

2015-08-18 · The Cold War of Nerdfighteria

  • John, 3 named — Voiceover recommendations: Between the World and Me, The Bail Trap, a NYT article on a 14-year-old in solitary, a puppy GIF (00:00:14)
    1 Between the World and Me · 2 The Bail Trap (00:00:19) · 3 New York Times article about a 14-year-old boy in solitary confinement (00:00:26)

2015-08-21 · Book Towers for Miles

  • Hank, 12 named — Hank lists other NerdCon: Stories guests: Holly Black, Mara Wilson, M.T. Anderson, the Welcome to Night Vale folks, Nalo Hopkinson, Jacqueline Woodson, Rainbow Rowell, John Scalzi, Stephanie Perkins, Pat Rothfuss, Hank and John. (00:02:53)
    1 Holly Black · 2 Mara Wilson · 3 M. T. Anderson · 4 Welcome to Night Vale (00:02:55) · 5 Nalo Hopkinson · 6 Jacqueline Woodson · 7 Rainbow Rowell · 8 John Scalzi (00:03:00) · 9 Stephanie Perkins · 10 Patrick Rothfuss · 11 Hank Green “me” · 12 John Green

2015-08-28 · ALL of Wikipedia in One QR Code?

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says a QR code visually represents data, like barcodes, snapcodes, facial expressions or writing, and each block of 2 by 4 squares codes one byte, one character. (00:00:02)
    1 barcode · 2 Snapcode

2015-09-08 · Understanding the Refugee Crisis in Europe, Syria, and around the World

  • John, 5 named — About 1.6 million Syrian refugees are in Turkey, about a million each in Lebanon and Jordan, a few hundred thousand in Iraq and Egypt; these stretched countries host 95%. (00:01:41)
    1 Turkey · 2 Lebanon (00:01:45) · 3 Jordan · 4 Iraq · 5 Egypt

  • John, 3 named — Refugees pay smugglers thousands of euros for boat passage from Turkey, Morocco or Egypt to Malta, southern Italy or Greece's southern islands. (00:02:27)
    1 Turkey · 2 Morocco · 3 Egypt (00:02:30)

  • John, 3 named — Refugees pay smugglers thousands of euros for boat passage from Turkey, Morocco or Egypt to Malta, southern Italy or Greece's southern islands. (00:02:30)
    1 Malta · 2 Italy · 3 Greece

  • John, 3 named — About half of sea-route asylum seekers are Syrian, 12% Afghan (Afghanistan led the world in refugees for 30 years until Syria) and 8% Eritrean: about 70% from three countries. (00:04:51)
    1 Syria · 2 Afghanistan (00:04:53) · 3 Eritrea (00:04:59)

  • John, 7 named — Who's to blame: Assad, Iran, Russia, China, Gulf states, Australia, Canada, the US (and the immigrant-crime myth), xenophobic European governments and Hungary's prime minister (00:05:30)
    1 Iran · 2 Russia · 3 China (00:05:34) · 4 Arab states of the Persian Gulf (00:05:41) · 5 Australia (00:05:49) · 6 Canada (00:05:55) · 7 United States (00:05:59)

  • John, 5 named — The powerful are at fault when the oppressed and marginalized die for it; Aylan Kurdi would be alive had the EU, Canada, Australia, the US or Brazil welcomed his family. (00:07:12)
    1 European Union · 2 Canada · 3 Australia · 4 United States · 5 Brazil

  • John, 4 named — John partly blames the mess on the delusion that regional crises lack global importance: Ebola in Liberia is Liberia's problem until it's Nigeria's, Germany's and America's; so with Syria's war. (00:07:49)
    1 Liberia · 2 Nigeria (00:07:53) · 3 Germany “a German problem” · 4 United States “an American problem”

  • John, 3 named — We also must financially support the less developed countries, from Jordan to Pakistan to Iraq, that shoulder 90% of the world's refugee burden. (00:09:05)
    1 Jordan · 2 Pakistan (00:09:09) · 3 Iraq

2015-09-11 · Yellowstone: The Terror of Change

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank shows New Blue Spring, now dormant and white, and Constant Geyser, named because it never stopped spurting, until it did. (00:02:09)
    1 New Blue Spring · 2 Constant Geyser (00:02:12)

2015-09-18 · Muslims Aren't Dangerous

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank would have guessed 80-85% of Muslims live in the Middle East; it is about 20%, 60% live in Asia, and Indonesia has the largest Muslim population. (00:01:44)
    1 Middle East · 2 Asia (00:01:52) · 3 Indonesia (00:01:59)

2015-09-22 · Is Poverty Necessary? Looking back at the Millennium Development Goals

  • John, 3 named — Most of the fall in poverty came from China, South Asia and South America, but the poverty rate in sub-Saharan Africa has also fallen since 1990. (00:01:01)
    1 China · 2 South Asia · 3 South America

2015-09-24 · Continents are Dumb

  • Hank, 7 named — In America, at least, people are taught there are seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and Antarctica. (00:00:42)
    1 North America · 2 South America · 3 Europe · 4 Asia · 5 Australia · 6 Africa · 7 Antarctica

  • Hank, 7 named — If any part of the definition is cultural, there is no excuse for one continent containing Russia, Indonesia, Japan, China, the Middle East, India and Pakistan. (00:01:51)
    1 Russia · 2 Indonesia · 3 Japan · 4 China · 5 Middle East (00:01:58) · 6 India · 7 Pakistan

  • Hank, 5 named — Indonesia seemed small to Hank, but moved onto Europe it stretches from Northern Ireland to Kazakhstan; it has the land area of the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy combined. (00:02:29)
    1 United Kingdom “UK” · 2 Germany · 3 France · 4 Spain · 5 Italy

2015-09-25 · Pissed Off for a Better World

  • Hank, 4 named — Every child should go to school, no one should be hungry or in extreme poverty, and corrupt governments and greed should not stand in the way of the goals. (00:01:27)
    1 education “Every child on Earth should go to school” · 2 hunger “No one should be hungry” (00:01:28) · 3 extreme poverty (00:01:29) · 4 political corruption “corrupt governments” (00:01:31)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank tells viewers to get angry: choose the Global Goal that resonates most, draw it on their face with eyeliner or Sharpie, and share it on Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook. (00:02:00)
    1 Instagram · 2 Snapchat · 3 Facebook

2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling

2015-10-02 · Awkward Stranger Conversations

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank will be in Portland and Seattle with Welcome to Night Vale, a super fun show he has done before. (00:03:08)
    1 Portland, Oregon · 2 Seattle

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank announces two of 'our newest video project things': Engage by Uplift, on abuse and sex in virtual spaces, and The Financial Diet, on living well young without ruining your future. (00:03:23)
    1 Engage by Uplift · 2 The Financial Diet (00:03:36)

2015-10-09 · The Surprising Truth About FLORIDA MAN!

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says John and he are both at least partly Floridians, and Florida has a lot going for it: key lime pie, Cuban sandwiches, manatees, Cape Canaveral, Disney World, thunderstorms. (00:00:13)
    1 Cape Canaveral · 2 Walt Disney World · 3 Miami Heat (00:00:23)

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank's pet theory: lacking a stereotype for Florida like those for Californians, New Yorkers and Texans, pattern-recognizing brains seized on its weird headlines: 'weird news capital'. (00:03:12)
    1 California · 2 New York City · 3 Texas “Texans”

2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank plugs the brothers' podcast Dear Hank and John: they answer viewer questions, give dubious advice and bring the week's news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. (00:00:26)
    1 Mars · 2 AFC Wimbledon

2015-10-23 · Benghazi: Explained

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says Ambassador Chris Stevens and diplomat Sean Smith were in a safe room and both died of smoke inhalation after the compound was set on fire. (00:02:12)
    1 J. Christopher Stevens · 2 Sean Smith

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says the rest of the staff went to the CIA compound, which was later attacked; two security officers, former Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods, were killed by mortar fire. (00:02:24)
    1 Glen Doherty · 2 Tyrone Woods

2015-10-27 · Understanding YouTube Red: Paid Subscriptions and the Future of Online Video

  • John, 2 named — John says ad-supported media seeks the broadest audience for advertisers, so broadly watched shows like Law & Order succeed while loved niche shows like Firefly or Arrested Development fail. (00:00:46)
    1 Firefly (tv series) · 2 Arrested Development

2015-10-30 · Feeling Thankful in Portland

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says the Welcome to Night Vale creators' book just came out and debuted at number four on the NYT list, number four because Sparks, Rowling and Grisham had new books. (00:00:26)
    1 Nicholas Sparks (00:00:45) · 2 J. K. Rowling (00:00:26) · 3 John Grisham (00:00:48)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says the Welcome to Night Vale creators' book just came out and debuted at number four on the NYT list, number four because Sparks, Rowling and Grisham had new books. (00:00:31)
    1 Joseph Fink · 2 Jeffrey Cranor

2015-11-03 · Monkey Hangers

  • John, 2 named — John says Napoleon started the 13-year Napoleonic Wars, conquering and then losing most of Europe, but never conquered Great Britain or Russia. (00:01:05)
    1 Great Britain · 2 Russia (00:01:08)

  • John, 3 named (playful) — The legend: a French warship sinks off Hartlepool, the surviving monkey is tried as a French spy and hanged; probably an adapted folk song (00:01:25)
    1 Sunderland · 2 Snodland · 3 Braintree

  • John, 2 named — John says in 2002 Stuart Drummond, the man in the H'Angus costume, ran for mayor as a team-backed stunt promising free bananas for schoolchildren, beat the real parties, and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009. (00:02:32)
    1 Labour Party · 2 Conservative Party

2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!)

  • Alli Speed & Casey Neistat & Connor Franta & Felicia Day & Franchesca Ramsey & Katie Couric & Kevin Allocca, 7 named — Montage of creators and guests at VidCon (Casey Neistat, Alli Speed, Connor Franta, Felicia Day, Kevin Allocca, Franchesca Ramsey, Katie Couric) over Pomplamoose music (00:00:00)
    1 Casey Neistat · 2 Alli Speed (00:00:08) · 3 Connor Franta (00:00:10) · 4 Felicia Day (00:00:15) · 5 Kevin Allocca (00:00:18) · 6 Franchesca Ramsey (00:00:21) · 7 Katie Couric (00:00:25)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says he really wants to make gaming a priority at VidCon this year (2015) and has been trying to understand the YouTube gaming and Twitch worlds, which are diverse and huge. (00:02:29)
    1 YouTube · 2 Twitch (00:02:32)

2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1)

  • Hank, 2 named — Money raised in the first half of P4A will be split between Save the Children and the UN refugee agency; second-half money goes to the charities in the most-voted videos. (00:02:18)
    1 Save the Children · 2 UNHCR “UN High Council on Refugees”

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank spent all weekend watching the Extra Life livestreams of the YouTube and Twitch gaming community, which got him super jazzed for P4A. (00:02:41)
    1 YouTube · 2 Twitch

2015-11-11 · Watch This If You Want To Smile (Pizzamas Day 3)

  • Hank, 5 named — Excitement clips: Rachael Nedrow's cup stacking, the train enthusiast, Aleksander Gamme's Antarctic cache (00:00:40)
    1 Rachael Nedrow · 2 train enthusiast in a viral clip “this guy loves trains” (00:01:01) · 3 Aleksander Gamme (00:01:21) · 4 John Boyega (00:02:27) · 5 Paul Vasquez “Yosemitebear” (00:02:47)

2015-11-13 · Feeling About Paris

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says whatever response people have is appropriate: disengaging, staring at live feeds from Twitter and Reddit, or being terrified for friends, family, themselves or just people. (00:01:30)
    1 Twitter · 2 Reddit

2015-11-20 · On Mental Illness (and the end of Pizzamas)

  • John, 2 named — Following Hank's personal video, John says he has obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is often associated with anxiety and depression. (00:01:03)
    1 anxiety disorder · 2 depression (00:01:05)

  • John, 3 named — John's theory: humans dislike imagining lives as random and need narratives, so when no cause is found we invent one (depression from weakness, diabetes from diet, heart failure from not exercising), which is inaccurate or oversimplified. (00:01:52)
    1 depression · 2 diabetes (00:01:54) · 3 Heart failure (00:01:56)

2015-11-24 · Crime and Outrage

  • John, 5 named — On a chart of US causes of death, interpersonal violence (war, terrorism, murder) is small; measured in disability-adjusted life years it grows because victims are disproportionately young, but stays smaller than suicide, drug overdoses, asthma, preterm-birth complications or traffic accidents. (00:00:56)
    1 suicide · 2 Drug overdose · 3 Asthma · 4 Preterm birth (00:00:58) · 5 Traffic collision (00:01:00)

2015-11-27 · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/

  • Hank, 5 named — Hank says DFTBA now works with many creators (Hannah Hart, Rhett and Link, GloZell Green, MinuteEarth, This Star Won't Go Out), selling shirts, hats, posters, mugs and tea, helping creators make a living. (00:00:12)
    1 Hannah Hart · 2 Rhett and Link · 3 GloZell (00:00:13) · 4 MinuteEarth (00:00:15) · 5 This Star Won't Go Out (charity)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says antibiotics and vaccines have saved billions of lives, yet people treat them as merely nice rather than being emotionally moved by no longer dying as humans used to. (00:01:06)
    1 Antibiotic · 2 vaccine

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank is glad to live in a world without smallpox and with twenty one pilots songs and pumpkin pie, and says one day of Thanksgiving a year is not enough. (00:02:45)
    1 smallpox · 2 Twenty One Pilots (00:02:47)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank announces everything at DFTBA.com is 20% off this week (week of 23 November 2015) and that Bobble John and Bobble Hank bobbleheads are available. (00:03:21)
    1 John Green bobblehead · 2 Hank Green bobblehead (00:03:24)

  • Hank, 2 named (playful) — A bobblehead skit introduces Dear Hank and John, a comedy podcast in which the brothers answer questions, give dubious advice and bring news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. (00:03:46)
    1 Mars · 2 AFC Wimbledon

2015-12-01 · John's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays!

  • John, 2 named — Recommended to everyone: Between the World and Me; The White Boy Shuffle (00:00:19)
    1 Between the World and Me · 2 The White Boy Shuffle (00:00:28)

  • John, 2 named — For readers who think they hate classics, John recommends Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop and Alice Walker's The Color Purple as captivating and moving despite being taught in schools. (00:00:42)
    1 Death Comes for the Archbishop · 2 The Color Purple (00:00:45)

  • John, 2 named — Classics for classic-haters; graphic novels (Are You My Mother?, City of Clowns); the Beauty From Ashes flask gag (00:00:52)
    1 Are You My Mother? · 2 City of Clowns (00:01:00)

  • John, 2 named — For science-fiction fans John recommends Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber, set in a world colonized by Caribbean people; he has just started her story collection Falling in Love with Hominids. (00:01:59)
    1 Midnight Robber · 2 Falling in Love with Hominids (00:02:05)

  • John, 2 named — On art and being an artist, John and Sarah both love Rachel Kushner's The Flamethrowers and Patti Smith's Just Kids. (00:02:11)
    1 The Flamethrowers · 2 Just Kids (00:02:14)

  • John, 2 named — For poetry John recommends Mary Oliver's A Thousand Mornings and Louise Glück's Faithful and Virtuous Night (unsure how to say her name): precise, profound, never pretentious. (00:02:41)
    1 A Thousand Mornings · 2 Faithful and Virtuous Night (00:02:42)

  • John, 2 named — Admitting he read little YA this year (2015), John recommends Emma Mills's (elmify) First and Then and Jason Reynolds's The Boy in the Black Suit. (00:02:55)
    1 First and Then · 2 The Boy in the Black Suit (00:03:00)

  • John, 4 named — For a new generation of YA readers John recommends four books over ten years old: Valiant, Ball Don't Lie, The Truth About Forever and Speak, and likes bundling different kinds of books as gifts. (00:03:11)
    1 Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie · 2 Ball Don't Lie (00:03:14) · 3 The Truth About Forever (00:03:15) · 4 Speak (00:03:17)

  • John, 2 named — John's son's two favorite books this year (2015) were Last Stop on Market Street (Christian Robinson and Matt de la Peña) and Marla Frazee's Boot and Shoe. (00:03:34)
    1 Last Stop on Market Street · 2 Boot and Shoe (00:03:38)

2015-12-04 · The Explain The 2008 Financial Crisis CHALLENGE! (and 7 other challenges)

  • Hank, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank names four institutions in the story: lenders who made the loans, investment banks who bought, packaged and resold them, ratings agencies who rated their risk, and investors who bought them. (00:00:24)
    … · 2 Investment banking · 3 Credit rating agency “ratings agencies”

2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report

  • John, 2 named — John says Crash Course and SciShow are primarily supported not by advertising but by voluntary Patreon subscriptions from those who can afford it, so others watch free. (00:00:41)
    1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow

  • John, 2 named — John says the P4A's first half raises money for Save the Children and the UNHCR, matched by $350,000 from Save the Children donors plus $250,000 from Hank and John. (00:01:44)
    1 Save the Children (00:01:49) · 2 UNHCR “UN's High Commission on Refugees” (00:01:44)

2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015

  • John, 3 named — John says Save the Children and the UNHCR massively support refugee camps from Turkey to Jordan to Lebanon, where more than a quarter of current residents are refugees. (00:00:28)
    1 Turkey · 2 Jordan · 3 Lebanon (00:00:33)

  • John, 4 named — John says disease, poverty and violence are shaped but not controlled by borders; with Ebola, antibiotic resistance, the Syrian war or Gambella refugees, everyone loses by turning away. (00:02:32)
    1 Ebola virus disease · 2 antimicrobial resistance · 3 Syrian civil war (00:02:36) · 4 Gambela Region “Gamballa”

2015-12-15 · P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup

  • a guest, 4 named — The montage shows P4A videos for the Geena Davis Institute, Liberty in North Korea, The Conscious Period and Re-Cycle. (00:00:50)
    1 Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media · 2 Liberty in North Korea (00:00:52) · 3 Conscious Period (00:00:53) · 4 Re-Cycle (00:00:54)

2015-12-18 · We're All Gonna Die - A Song

  • Hank, 2 named (playful) — Hank sings that hopes of escaping death by fixing telomeres, digitizing brains, freezing bodies or the singularity will fail; no one outruns the hearse, the sun's explosion or heat death. (00:00:54)
    1 Sun (star) (00:01:07) · 2 heat death of the universe (00:00:54)

  • Hank, 3 named (playful) — Hank sings that hopes of escaping death by fixing telomeres, digitizing brains, freezing bodies or the singularity will fail; no one outruns the hearse, the sun's explosion or heat death. (00:01:00)
    1 telomere · 2 mind uploading “digitize our brains” · 3 cryonics “Freeze our dying bodies”

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank is making SciShow and Crash Course episodes and has just started shooting the new series Crash Course Philosophy, which will not be uploaded for a while. (00:02:23)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course (00:02:28)

  • Hank, 3 named — Good news: US-Cuba flights resume, economy grew without emissions growth, Saudi women vote (00:02:52)
    1 Cuba · 2 economic growth “global economy grew” (00:02:56) · 3 Saudi Arabia (00:03:02)

2015-12-22 · The Myth Reawakens

  • John, 2 named — John says Luke's story gave him the awe and recognition we seek from myth: recognition as a ne'er-do-well dreaming of space, awe at Vader and the Death Star. (00:01:39)
    1 Darth Vader · 2 Death Star

  • John, 3 named — John notes we pity the droid R2-D2 and empathize with Chewie though he isn't human, but not with humanoid, English-speaking Stormtroopers, who weren't 'proper people' in 1977. (00:01:56)
    1 R2-D2 · 2 Chewbacca “Chewie” (00:02:01) · 3 Stormtrooper (00:02:06)

  • John, 3 named — John says the prequels lacked mythic resonance, were for many just movies and not great ones, and made him think Star Wars had given the common myth all it could. (00:02:38)
    1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · 2 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones · 3 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

2015-12-25 · On Hating Christmas

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank suggests people can give charitable contributions instead of gifts, or focus on children's wonder, the solstice, Jesus or whatever tradition feels deepest and richest to them. (00:01:37)
    1 winter solstice · 2 Jesus

  • Hank, 2 named — For Hank this time of year means friends, video games, Christmas trees, Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy the Elf's enthusiasm and cats on Christmas trees. (00:01:54)
    1 Ella Fitzgerald · 2 Buddy the Elf (00:01:58)

2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars

  • John, 2 named — John says the first half of the Project for Awesome raised more than a million dollars, with matching donors, to be split between Save the Children and the UN Refugee Agency. (00:00:40)
    1 Save the Children · 2 UNHCR “the UN's Refugee Agency”

  • John, 9 named — John announces the ten most-voted charities, each receiving a $25,000 grant, and names and describes them (nine are named). (00:00:54)
    1 National Novel Writing Month “NaNoWriMo” · 2 Against Malaria Foundation (00:00:59) · 3 The Harry Potter Alliance (00:01:00) · 4 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (00:01:03) · 5 Liberty in North Korea (00:01:08) · 6 Water.org (00:01:13) · 7 She's the First (00:01:17) · 8 Planned Parenthood (00:01:20) · 9 Action Against Hunger (00:01:23)

  • John, 10 named — John says the next ten most-voted charities will receive smaller grants of still more than $10,000, and names them. (00:01:31)
    1 Lava Mae (00:01:32) · 2 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors without Borders” · 3 Malala Fund · 4 Uplift · 5 Direct Relief (00:01:31) · 6 Not Forgotten (00:01:36) · 7 Great Ormond Street Hospital · 8 Soap Aid (00:01:39) · 9 charity: water · 10 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention