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Lists, 2020

47 lists in 36 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

2020-01-03 · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel

  • Hank, 6 named — Hank lists what that togetherness has produced: Life's Library, the Project for Awesome, the work with Partners in Health, the ideas that helped him understand the world, Dear Hank and John, SciShow and Crash Course. (00:01:47)
    1 Life's Library · 2 Project for Awesome · 3 Partners In Health · 4 Dear Hank and John (00:01:57) · 5 SciShow · 6 Crash Course

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank invites viewers to come see the brothers in Atlanta, Raleigh or St. Petersburg next week (week of 6 January 2020). (00:03:50)
    1 Atlanta · 2 Raleigh, North Carolina · 3 St. Petersburg, Florida

2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings

  • John, 3 named — John says he will be on tour with Hank in St. Petersburg, Atlanta and Raleigh this weekend and invites viewers; he thinks one show is sold out. (00:02:07)
    1 St. Petersburg, Florida · 2 Atlanta · 3 Raleigh, North Carolina

2020-01-24 · Horses are Very Weird

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says humans, ostriches, mice and Tyrannosaurus rex all have the same limb pattern: bone, bone, foot. (00:02:40)
    1 ostrich · 2 mouse “mice” · 3 Tyrannosaurus

2020-02-14 · Ending The Great Airplane Seat Debate

  • Hank, 4 named — Hank lists tour dates: March 9 Columbus, March 10 Carmel, March 11 Hank alone at Albion College on climate change and the internet, March 12 Ann Arbor. (00:03:33)
    1 Columbus, Ohio · 2 Carmel, Indiana · 3 Albion College · 4 Ann Arbor, Michigan

2020-02-18 · wintry mix

  • John, 5 named — John explains the pathetic fallacy: ascribing human emotions to the non-human, often to reflect characters' inner lives, as in Keats's weeping cloud or Shakespeare's threatening clouds in Julius Caesar. (00:00:00)
    1 John Keats · 2 Ode on Melancholy · 3 William Shakespeare · 4 Julius Caesar (play) · 5 Emily Dickinson (00:00:44)

2020-02-25 · A weird YouTube thing?

  • John, 3 named — John says he and Hank are coming on tour to Indianapolis, Columbus and Ann Arbor, hopes to see viewers there, and points to ticket links in the doobly-doo. (00:00:00)
    1 Indianapolis · 2 Columbus, Ohio · 3 Ann Arbor, Michigan

2020-02-28 · I'M FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE

  • video description, 3 named — The description says signed pre-orders are available only in US stores (Amazon, BN.com, BAM).
    1 Amazon · 2 Barnes & Noble “BN.com” · 3 Books-A-Million “BAM”

2020-03-03 · Consciously Experiencing Human Dignity

  • John, 4 named — John realized only from the comment that exercises in consciously experiencing human dignity are what he looks for in novels, poetry, YouTube videos, philanthropy, video games and much else. (00:00:00)
    1 novel (00:00:58) · 2 poetry (concept) · 3 YouTube · 4 video game

2020-03-06 · I Did Not Get Leprosy!

  • video description, 3 named — In a comment John invites viewers to come see him and Hank on tour next week (week of 9 March 2020) in Indianapolis, Columbus or Ann Arbor.
    1 Indianapolis · 2 Columbus, Ohio · 3 Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says armadillos are most closely related to anteaters and there are many species, such as pink fairy, three-banded, nine-banded and giant armadillos. (00:01:56)
    1 pink fairy armadillo · 2 three-banded armadillo · 3 giant armadillo

2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video

  • John, 2 named — John says he and Hank are going to their show in Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow will be in Indianapolis and then Ann Arbor, Michigan. (00:03:38)
    1 Indianapolis · 2 Ann Arbor, Michigan

2020-03-13 · The Anxious Scroll

  • video description, 2 named — The description says we know more testing is needed and that handwashing, social distancing and ending large events slow spread, protecting the vulnerable and the healthcare system, but much is unknown.
    1 hand washing · 2 social distancing

2020-03-27 · Take a Break with Some Feather Stars

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says the seaway stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean and was at most 900 meters deep, while the Mediterranean's deepest point is 5,000 meters. (00:00:00)
    1 Gulf of Mexico · 2 Arctic Ocean

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says feather stars, like other echinoderms such as starfish, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, have five-sided (pentaradial) symmetry. (00:01:27)
    1 starfish · 2 sea urchin · 3 sea cucumber

2020-03-31 · Let's take a walk.

  • John, 4 named — John traces the water's path: the White River flows into the Wabash, then the Ohio, then the Mississippi, and into the Gulf of Mexico. (00:01:23)
    1 Wabash River · 2 Ohio River · 3 Mississippi River · 4 Gulf of Mexico

2020-04-03 · 11 Little Tips for Better Video Chat (For Teachers...and Everybody Else)

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank recalls launching SciShow and Crash Course in 2011; both are now way bigger than Vlogbrothers, with over a billion views each. (00:00:00)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says he didn't foresee that these channels and others like The Art Assignment, Healthcare Triage and SciShow Kids would suddenly become more useful during a pandemic, since he didn't think there would be one. (00:00:00)
    1 The Art Assignment · 2 Healthcare Triage · 3 SciShow Kids

2020-04-21 · hey now

  • John, 5 named — John says Fisher-Price made a huge variety of sing-a-ma-jigs, songs from Skip to My Lou to Jingle Bells and the US national anthem, for a toy never particularly popular. (00:00:26)
    1 When the Saints Go Marching In · 2 Skip to My Lou · 3 London Bridge Is Falling Down · 4 Jingle Bells · 5 The Star-Spangled Banner

2020-05-12 · We Could All Use a Little Change

  • John, 2 named — John is grateful to strangers whose work brings him joy and comfort, from Mohamed Salah to Mary Oliver. (00:03:24)
    1 Mohamed Salah · 2 Mary Oliver

2020-05-15 · Lookin' Kinda Dumb!

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says the shoebill stork and the Malabar giant squirrel are such real animals on Snopes. (00:00:58)
    1 shoebill · 2 Indian giant squirrel

2020-05-19 · Didn't Make Sense Not to Live for Fun

  • John, 2 named — John says many languages, from Hebrew to Portuguese, use negative concord, while in English and some other languages double negatives can mean positives. (00:00:00)
    1 Hebrew language · 2 Portuguese language

  • video description, 3 named — In a comment John points to Taika Waititi and others, including Meryl Streep and Cumberbatch, reading Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach to raise money for PIH.
    1 Taika Waititi · 2 Meryl Streep · 3 Benedict Cumberbatch

2020-06-02 · ---

  • video description, 12 named — The description lists books and essays John found helpful on racism's centrality to American life, by Kendi, Anderson, Lorde, Coates, Morrison, Evans, Baldwin, McWhirter, Woodson, Hurston, Wilkerson and Washington.
    1 Ibram X. Kendi · 2 Carol Anderson · 3 Audre Lorde · 4 Ta-Nehisi Coates · 5 Toni Morrison · 6 Mari Evans · 7 James Baldwin · 8 Cameron McWhirter · 9 Jacqueline Woodson · 10 Zora Neale Hurston · 11 Isabel Wilkerson · 12 Harriet A. Washington

  • John, 3 named — John says movements such as Black Lives Matter, We Need Diverse Books and Partners In Health changed the world by responding to crisis and through sustained, little-noticed work. (00:00:00)
    1 Black Lives Matter · 2 We Need Diverse Books · 3 Partners In Health

2020-06-09 · i could use a little fuel myself

  • video description, 3 named — The description points viewers to the whole YouTube graduation event, featuring everyone from BTS to ASAP Science to Barack Obama.
    1 BTS · 2 AsapSCIENCE · 3 Barack Obama

2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says the island is home to very weird species: what might be the world's rarest frog, literally millions of seabirds, a darkling beetle, and a stronghold of tuatara. (00:00:29)
    1 darkling beetle · 2 tuatara

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank announces an all-digital book tour, so everyone can come: ticketed events July 6 with John, July 8 with Ashley Ford, July 9 with Roman Mars and July 10 with Cory Doctorow, with local bookstores. (00:03:28)
    1 Ashley C. Ford · 2 Roman Mars · 3 Cory Doctorow

2020-06-19 · Only Shooting Stars

  • video description, 4 named — The description lists the registration-only tour stops July 6-10 with John, Ashley C. Ford, Roman Mars and Cory Doctorow, plus the free July 7 YouTube launch.
    1 John Green · 2 Ashley C. Ford · 3 Roman Mars · 4 Cory Doctorow

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says bits of Venus and Mercury have probably also landed on Earth, but none has ever been found. (00:02:06)
    1 Venus · 2 Mercury

2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star

  • John, 3 named — Fiction is a way out of himself: John sees even spouse, children and brother in his own context, but Robin, Maya and Andy aren't his anything, and seeing through their eyes is magic. (00:01:53)
    1 Robin (character, “A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor”) · 2 Maya · 3 Andy Skampt

2020-07-10 · What a Concept!!

  • Hank, 6 named — Where ideas come from matters to Hank, as a weekly video maker and as a person, because almost everything is an idea: justice, America, money, borders, political parties, businesses. (00:00:29)
    1 justice (00:00:43) · 2 United States “America” (00:00:47) · 3 money · 4 border (00:00:50) · 5 political party · 6 business (00:00:29)

2020-07-17 · So Much to See

  • Hank, 3 named — When Machiavelli, Da Vinci and Michelangelo were all working, Renaissance Florence had about as many people as Missoula, Montana. (00:03:01)
    1 Niccolò Machiavelli · 2 Leonardo da Vinci (00:03:05) · 3 Michelangelo

2020-08-11 · never get bored

  • John, 12 named — Documentaries Foosballers and The Speedcubers, Rubik's Cubes and flow, Latif Nasser's Netflix show (00:01:01)
    1 Foosballers (00:01:05) · 2 The Speed Cubers (00:01:01) · 3 Rubik's Cube (00:01:24) · 4 Connected “Connections” (00:01:54) · 5 The Other Latif (00:02:03) · 6 Invisibilia · 7 Heavyweight (00:02:08) · 8 Planet Money · 9 The Bell Jar (00:02:22) · 10 Behind You (00:02:33) · 11 The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (00:02:37) · 12 Life's Library (00:02:41)

2020-08-21 · The Water's Getting Warm

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank questions the line: cancer, kind of, nuclear proliferation and poverty are also global collective problems; it depends on what he meant by collective. (00:00:17)
    1 cancer · 2 nuclear proliferation (00:00:21) · 3 extreme poverty

2020-08-28 · Break the Mold

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says it is also true that following trends is part of his work: it feeds some of the best parts of his novels, and Complexly, SciShow and Crash Course need to understand how people get information. (00:00:25)
    1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank grants TikTok has problems but questions whether it is more of a security concern than Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. (00:00:31)
    1 Facebook · 2 Twitter (00:00:52) · 3 Instagram

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says TikTok is in turmoil: its CEO just quit, and Microsoft and Walmart are teaming up to buy its US operations because otherwise the president might ban it. (00:01:13)
    1 Microsoft · 2 Walmart

2020-09-18 · They Say it Gets Colder

  • Hank, 2 named — Hank says Enceladus and Europa, icy moons of gas giants, definitely have giant oceans of liquid water beneath their icy surfaces. (00:00:26)
    1 Enceladus · 2 Europa

2020-10-07 · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers

  • John, 3 named — John loves making a video every Tuesday and seeing nerdfighter groups flourish from Facebook to Reddit to Discord. (00:02:11)
    1 Facebook · 2 Reddit · 3 Discord

2020-10-13 · Me from the Past: A Pizzamas Miracle

  • John, 3 named (playful) — On 5 October 2020, among vague predictions that are always accurate, John predicts Twitter, Reddit and Facebook will be dumpster fires he can't stop refreshing unless he physically leaves the internet. (00:02:22)
    1 Twitter · 2 Reddit · 3 Facebook

2020-10-14 · John Predicts the Future!

  • Hank, 3 named — Hank says our lives and history are governed by unknown unknowns: the rise of social media, climate change and the internal combustion engine all once were. (00:03:07)
    1 social media · 2 climate change (00:03:14) · 3 internal combustion engine

2020-11-20 · Would I Take a COVID Vaccine?

  • Hank, 3 named — Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and others have had really promising results in their phase three COVID vaccine trials. (00:00:00)
    1 Pfizer (00:00:21) · 2 Moderna · 3 AstraZeneca

2020-12-01 · The Utah Monolith, What It Means, Why It Matters, and Whether It's Aliens

  • John, 3 named — John says American deserts hold many artworks responding to stark landscapes: Spiral Jetty on the Great Salt Lake, the fake Prada store near Marfa, Texas, and Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels near Wendover, Utah. (00:01:23)
    1 Spiral Jetty · 2 Prada Marfa (00:01:27) · 3 Sun Tunnels (00:01:32)

2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically

  • John, 9 named (3 unnamed items) — John lists ideas Hank has realized: VidCon, NerdCon, Subbable, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Truth or Fail, Crash Course, SciShow, a podcast, card games, T-shirts, Eons, books and coffee mugs. (00:01:32)
    1 VidCon · 2 NerdCon: Stories · 3 Subbable (00:01:35) · 4 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 5 Truth or Fail · 6 Crash Course · 7 SciShow · … · 10 card game · … · 12 Eons (00:01:40)

2020-12-31 · Auld Lang Syne: The Anthropocene Reviewed

  • John, 3 named — Today the tune plays in Japanese department stores before closing, was South Korea's anthem tune in 1945-1948, inspired a famous Dutch football chant, and fills film soundtracks from The Gold Rush (1925) to Minions (2015). (00:08:24)
    1 Japan · 2 South Korea · 3 Netherlands

  • John, 3 named — Today the tune plays in Japanese department stores before closing, was South Korea's anthem tune in 1945-1948, inspired a famous Dutch football chant, and fills film soundtracks from The Gold Rush (1925) to Minions (2015). (00:08:24)
    1 The Gold Rush · 2 It's a Wonderful Life · 3 Minions