Lists: US politics & society

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2007

• 2007-06-01 · June 1: Barack Saabama · Hank, 2 named — Hank would vote for Obama against Mitt Romney but might not against John McCain. (00:00:59)
  1 Mitt Romney · 2 John McCain

• 2007-07-05 · July 5th: The Regions Bank Freedom Blast · John, 2 named (playful, 1 unnamed item) — John says he has always believed only a short list should own explosives: demolition workers, the Army and Wile E. Coyote; he can't imagine why anyone else needs a bomb. (00:00:55)
  … · 2 United States Army · 3 Wile E. Coyote

• 2007-08-09 · August 9th: Anagramming Guide to the 2008 Elections · Hank, 8 named (joke) — Democrats: Albert Gore (not running) yields 'retro bagel'; John Edwards 'jihad drowns'; Hillary Clinton 'lynch a trillion'; Barack Obama 'maraca kebab' and, with Hussein, 'Bushmania Cobra Sake'. (00:01:28)
  1 Al Gore · 2 John Edwards · 3 Hillary Clinton · 4 Barack Obama · 5 Ron Paul · 6 Mitt Romney · 7 Rudy Giuliani · 8 Joe Biden

• 2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker · John, 2 named — Against the popular view that gender differences are inborn ('men are from Mars'), John says intersex and transsexual people have existed since the species began. (00:01:34)
  1 intersex · 2 transsexual

2008

• 2008-02-04 · Obama Says Subscribe · Hank, 2 named — Hank says Romney and Huckabee scare him, while McCain only half scares him. (00:00:41)
  1 Mitt Romney · 2 Mike Huckabee

• 2008-02-14 · The Puff Pwns Gravity · John, 3 named — John asks all Nerdfighters to vote for Daniel against stiff competition; in one category he is nominated alongside John McCain, John Edwards and Mitt Romney's five sons. (00:01:36)
  1 John McCain · 2 John Edwards · 3 Mitt Romney

• 2008-06-04 · VEEPSTAKES! · John, 10 named — Ten likely running mates for Obama, each with upside and downside: Clinton, Schweitzer, Biden, Dodd, Sebelius, Kaine, Tester, Webb, Hagel, Richardson (00:00:46)
  1 Hillary Clinton · 2 Brian Schweitzer · 3 Joe Biden · 4 Chris Dodd · 5 Kathleen Sebelius · 6 Tim Kaine · 7 Jon Tester · 8 Jim Webb · 9 Chuck Hagel · 10 Bill Richardson

• 2008-08-29 · Sarah Palin: An Introduction · John, 3 named — John says Palin is reliably conservative on social issues important to the Republican base: strongly pro-life, against gay marriage and a lifelong NRA member. (00:00:40)
  1 anti-abortion movement “pro-life” · 2 same-sex marriage · 3 National Rifle Association

• 2008-08-29 · Sarah Palin: An Introduction · John, 2 named — John calls Palin a very Alaska-centric governor who, unlike governors such as Kathleen Sebelius or Rod Blagojevich, has not led on national issues. (00:02:05)
  1 Kathleen Sebelius · 2 Rod Blagojevich

2009

• 2009-09-20 · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor · John, 2 named — John says the very poor can get Medicaid and the very old Medicare, so the uninsurable are those not poor, not old and not working for a big company. (00:00:36)
  1 Medicaid · 2 Medicare

• 2009-09-20 · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor · John, 2 named (playful) — Montana's state plan insures Hank; the conservative economic case for a public option; sign-off (00:02:04)
  1 Walmart · 2 Toys "R" Us

• 2009-12-30 · The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) · Hank, 2 named — The song says a Georgia flood left thousands homeless and seven dead, while the news was about Kanye West and Taylor Swift. (00:00:34)
  1 Kanye West · 2 Taylor Swift

• 2009-12-30 · The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) · Hank, 3 named — The song's refrain: many important things happened in 2009 (Iran's election, the recession, Obama's inauguration), yet what cable news covered seemed dumb. (00:01:13)
  1 2009 Iranian presidential election · 2 Great Recession · 3 First inauguration of Barack Obama

• 2009-12-30 · The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) · Hank, 2 named — The song says the Tiger Woods and David Letterman scandals were crappy news: rich men cheating on their wives is nothing new. (00:01:36)
  1 Tiger Woods · 2 David Letterman

2010

• 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! · John, 5 named — The Five Pillars of Islam checked one by one against Obama's public record: Shahada, prayer, zakat, sawm, hajj (00:00:26)
  1 Shahada · 2 Salah “The second pillar is prayer.” · 3 Zakat · 4 Sawm · 5 Hajj

• 2010-08-22 · Is Obama a Muslim? Examine the Evidence! · John, 4 named (playful) — John asks the Drudge Report, Huffington Post, CNN and Fox News to find something else to talk about. (00:02:47)
  1 Drudge Report · 2 HuffPost “Huffington Post,” · 3 CNN · 4 Fox News

• 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! · John, 2 named — John says the astonishing thing is that even all the Democratic leadership's tax increases plus all the Republican leadership's spending cuts would still leave a huge deficit. (00:00:59)
  1 Democratic Party · 2 Republican Party

• 2010-11-15 · Hey! You! Fix the Budget! · John, 4 named — John says the vast majority of the federal budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Defense; 'other' is mostly other mandatory programs, chiefly unemployment insurance. (00:00:59)
  1 Social Security · 2 Medicare · 3 Medicaid · 4 United States Department of Defense

2011

• 2011-02-21 · Hank Interviews His Mayor · John Engen, 3 named — Before becoming mayor Engen worked at Golf Land, an indoor miniature golf course, at Hansen's Famous Ice Cream Store, and for a long time at the Missoulian newspaper. (00:01:57)
  1 Golf Land · 2 Hansen's Famous Ice Cream Store · 3 Missoulian

• 2011-12-21 · 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! · Hank, 9 named (joke) — Hank recalls anagramming the 2008 candidates and does it again for this year's Republican presidential hopefuls (00:00:00)
  1 Ron Paul · 2 Rick Perry · 3 Herman Cain · 4 Michele Bachmann “Michelle Bachman” · 5 Mitt Romney · 6 Tim Pawlenty · 7 Jon Huntsman Jr. · 8 Rick Santorum · 9 Newt Gingrich

2012

• 2012-05-15 · Religion and Gay Marriage · John, 3 named — John explains that for many religious people, including Christians, Jews and Muslims, marriage is a covenant, a promise to God to stay together for life, and only real marriage if it involves that covenant. (00:01:43)
  1 Christianity “Christians” · 2 Judaism “Jews” · 3 Islam “Muslims”

• 2012-09-21 · You. Must. Vote. · Hank, 4 named — To 'I don't live in a swing state', Hank says that if Utah Democrats or California Republicans stayed home they would be underrepresented locally and politicians would ignore their views. (00:02:04)
  1 Democratic Party · 2 Utah · 3 California · 4 Republican Party

• 2012-10-23 · Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit · John, 2 named — John says Obama and Romney both favour unspecified spending cuts; Romney also favours a 20% across-the-board tax cut, Obama rolling back the Bush-era tax cut on income over $250,000. (00:05:25)
  1 Barack Obama · 2 Mitt Romney

• 2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins · John, 2 named — Mocking pundits who scream 'radical socialism' or 'unprecedented handouts to the filthy rich', John says the differences are significant but neither side is communist or fascist. (00:00:58)
  1 communism “communist” · 2 fascism “fascist”

• 2012-11-07 · The 51st State · Hank, 6 named — Hank calls the election one for the history books: the first female amputee in Congress, first female Asian American senator, first openly gay senator, first second term for a black president, and first legalizations of recreational marijuana and gay marriage. (00:00:02)
  1 Tammy Duckworth “The first female amputee in Congress” · 2 Mazie Hirono “the first female Asian American Senator” · 3 Tammy Baldwin “the first openly gay Senator” · 4 Barack Obama “the first second term for a black president” · 5 drug liberalization “the first legalization of recreational marijuana” · 6 same-sex marriage

• 2012-11-07 · The 51st State · Hank, 5 named — The UN, President Obama, Governor Romney and both the Democratic and Republican platforms all agree Puerto Rico should decide for itself whether to become a state. (00:01:35)
  1 United Nations “the U.N.,” · 2 Barack Obama · 3 Mitt Romney · 4 Democratic Party · 5 Republican Party

• 2012-11-07 · The 51st State · Hank, 2 named — Hank expects the opposition to cite $20 billion of extra Medicare and Medicaid costs, but says the bigger issue is the balance of Congress. (00:01:56)
  1 Medicare · 2 Medicaid

• 2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( · Hank, 5 named — Since the 435 can't grow, seats would be taken from other states; citing an online report, Hank says Florida, Washington, Texas, California and Minnesota would each lose one. (00:02:55)
  1 Florida · 2 Washington · 3 Texas · 4 California · 5 Minnesota

• 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME · John, 5 named — John says he and Hank were also privileged to have internet access in 2007 and $249 for cheap video cameras at the end of 2006; without that, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and VidCon would not exist. (00:00:58)
  1 Vlogbrothers · 2 Crash Course · 3 SciShow · 4 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 5 VidCon

2013

• 2013-01-01 · Why Does Congress Suck? · John, 5 named — John calls 2012 an amazing year for the brothers: Hank co-created The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow and Crash Course, VidCon doubled, and The Fault in Our Stars spent 51 consecutive weeks on the NYT list. (00:02:47)
  1 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 2 SciShow · 3 Crash Course · 4 VidCon · 5 The Fault in Our Stars

• 2013-03-12 · Understand the Sequester (Spoiler: It's Bananas.) · John, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — John says discretionary spending covers things from veterans' affairs, highways and NASA to science research and meat inspectors, but more than half of it goes to defense. (00:01:26)
  1 United States Department of Veterans Affairs · … · 3 NASA

• 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? · John, 4 named — John says that, although free health care elsewhere is said to be paid for by higher taxes, the US spends more tax money per capita on health care than Germany, Australia, the UK or Canada. (00:00:00)
  1 Germany · 2 Australia · 3 United Kingdom · 4 Canada

• 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? · John, 3 named — John compares prices: a hip replacement costs $13,000 in Belgium but often over $100,000 in the US; a colonoscopy over $1,100 in the US vs $655 in Switzerland; a month of Lipitor $124 in the US vs $7 in New Zealand. (00:00:58)
  1 Belgium · 2 Switzerland · 3 New Zealand

• 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? · John, 4 named (playful) — Why: no centralized price negotiation (NHS hips, Medicare), inelastic demand; costs will keep rising (00:05:42)
  1 England · 2 Scotland · 3 Wales · 4 Northern Ireland

• 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? · John, 2 named (playful) — Why: no centralized price negotiation (NHS hips, Medicare), inelastic demand; costs will keep rising (00:06:11)
  1 MacBook Air · 2 Sherlock

• 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform · John, 10 named — John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance. (00:02:55)
  1 DFTBA Records · 2 VidCon · 3 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 4 Crash Course · 5 SciShow · 6 Sexplanations · 7 The Brain Scoop · 8 Foundation to Decrease World Suck · 9 Subbable · 10 2D Glasses

• 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown · Hank, 2 named (2 unnamed items) — Hank says museums, national parks, the EPA and NASA basically close, while defense, transportation security, border patrol, food inspectors and emergency readiness staff are exempted and keep working. (00:02:29)
  … · 3 United States Environmental Protection Agency “the EPA” · 4 NASA

• 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown · Hank, 1 named (1 unnamed item) — Hank says museums, national parks, the EPA and NASA basically close, while defense, transportation security, border patrol, food inspectors and emergency readiness staff are exempted and keep working. (00:02:35)
  … · 2 Transportation Security Administration

• 2013-10-01 · The Lowdown on the Shutdown · Hank, 3 named — Hank says the self-funded Postal Service is fine, and Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are separate and keep operating. (00:02:44)
  1 Social Security · 2 Medicare · 3 Medicaid

2014

• 2014-02-04 · Should We Raise the Minimum Wage? · John, 5 named — John lists the businesses Hank has started: Crash Course, SciShow, DFTBA Records, VidCon and, jokingly, 'the ceaseless juggernaut' 2D Glasses. (00:00:02)
  1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow · 3 DFTBA Records · 4 VidCon · 5 2D Glasses

• 2014-08-15 · The Bizarre State of Copyright · 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 · 3 trademark

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

2015

• 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”

• 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

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

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

• 2015-08-11 · 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

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

• 2015-09-18 · 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 · 3 Indonesia

• 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 · 5 Traffic collision

2016

• 2016-02-02 · Is the Gender Pay Gap Real? · John, 2 named — John says there is a gender pay gap among full-time workers worldwide, varying by country: New Zealand women earn 90 cents per man's dollar, South Korean women 62 cents. (00:00:38)
  1 New Zealand · 2 South Korea

• 2016-03-04 · Startling Facts About the Government that Made Me Feel Good · Hank, 3 named — Hank says the federal budget is more than $3 trillion and 'we give it away': 64% of this year's (2016) spending went to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, poverty assistance and veterans' benefits. (00:02:37)
  1 Social Security · 2 Medicare · 3 Medicaid

• 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party · John, 4 named — John says that in Missouri's primaries last week (week of 14 March 2016) Trump beat Cruz statewide by about .19 percent and Clinton beat Sanders by a similar margin. (00:00:24)
  1 Donald Trump · 2 Ted Cruz · 3 Hillary Clinton · 4 Bernie Sanders

• 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party · John, 2 named — John says Clinton would have won more delegates even losing by 0.2 percent, because the Missouri Democratic Party's 13 superdelegates, free to back anyone, mostly endorsed her; they include Governor Jay Nixon and Senator Claire McCaskill. (00:01:22)
  1 Jay Nixon · 2 Claire McCaskill

• 2016-03-22 · Understanding the Primaries: Delegates, Democracy, and America's Nonstop Political Party · John, 2 named — John says that after the 2010 census a smaller share of Americans lived in Missouri, so it lost a congressional district while fast-growing Arizona and Florida gained districts. (00:03:07)
  1 Arizona · 2 Florida

• 2016-04-19 · Literally Hitler · John, 4 named — John says Hitler and the Nazis are now compared to everyone: on social media Clinton, Trump, Cruz and Sanders are each likened to Hitler. (00:00:29)
  1 Hillary Clinton · 2 Donald Trump · 3 Ted Cruz · 4 Bernie Sanders

• 2016-04-22 · Clinton vs. Sanders: POLICY IS EXCITING! · Hank, 2 named — Hank says John will give his analysis of Ted Cruz's and Donald Trump's tax plans on Tuesday. (00:07:15)
  1 Ted Cruz · 2 Donald Trump

• 2016-06-17 · Hey, Let's Change Some Things · Hank, 4 named — Hank invites letter writers to share their letters with him on Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr with a hashtag or tag, and to thank others who sent letters. (00:00:08)
  1 Snapchat · 2 Twitter · 3 Facebook · 4 Tumblr

• 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story · John, 2 named — John notes that American soldiers in the Revolutionary War included Yusuf ben Ali and Bampett Muhammad. (00:02:22)
  1 Yusuf ben Ali · 2 Bampett Muhammad

• 2016-06-21 · Syrian Refugees in the United States: One Family's Story · John, 3 named — John says more than 3 million Americans today are Muslims, from Dave Chappelle to the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars to his congressman André Carson. (00:02:28)
  1 Dave Chappelle · 2 Shahid Khan “the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars” · 3 André Carson

• 2016-07-15 · On Lives and Mattering · Hank, 6 named — Hank says 'Black Lives Matter' is not only about Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Michael Brown, Rekia Boyd, Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice but about a deep, destructive national belief that black lives matter less. (00:02:14)
  1 Alton Sterling · 2 Philando Castile · 3 Michael Brown · 4 Rekia Boyd · 5 Sandra Bland · 6 Tamir Rice

• 2016-07-19 · Pretty Bad Ways to Start a Conversation · John, 4 named — John says nicknames from 'Canadian Cruz' and 'Crooked Hillary' to 'Lying Donald' and 'Barry Obama' undermine and demean people too vaguely to defend against. (00:01:14)
  1 Ted Cruz · 2 Hillary Clinton · 3 Donald Trump · 4 Barack Obama

• 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) · John, 2 named — John says you're not just voting for president: down-ballot races for senators, congresspeople, state legislators and school boards are extremely important to your community. (00:00:44)
  1 United States Senate “senators” · 2 United States Congress “US congresspeople”

• 2016-08-09 · Why I Didn't Vote (And Six Reasons You Might Not) · John, 2 named — To minority-party voters in one-party states, John says down-ballot votes might matter and the vote matters regardless: not voting makes politicians think the state is less politically diverse than it is. (00:01:22)
  1 Republican Party · 2 Democratic Party

• 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans · video description, 4 named — John thanks Mark Olsen for graphics, Rosianna Halse Rojas for graphics and fact-checking, and Amanda McCloughlin and Adriene Hill for fact-checking, and says any errors are his own.
  1 Mark Olsen · 2 Rosianna Halse Rojas · 3 Amanda McCloughlin · 4 Adriene Hill

• 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans · John, 2 named — John grants lower taxes can encourage investment and growth, but insists tax cuts do not pay for themselves: the Reagan and Bush tax cuts boosted growth yet lowered federal revenues. (00:07:24)
  1 Ronald Reagan · 2 Bush tax cuts

• 2016-10-11 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Tax Plans · John, 2 named — John explains a debt spiral: nervous lenders raise rates, government raises taxes or cuts spending, growth and revenue fall, costlier borrowing follows, ending like Greece; it takes decades to unwind. (00:09:00)
  1 Social Security · 2 Unemployment benefits

• 2016-10-14 · Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election · Hank, 1 named — Hank says the rhetoric inflames or manufactures fear and insecurity, which breed ruthlessness, disregard for morality, self-righteousness, and casting Syrians, protesters or opponents as evil or corrupt. (00:02:04)
  1 Syria

• 2016-10-14 · Compassion, Weakness, and the 2016 Election · Hank, 3 named — Hank says because America is strong its compassion has grown: marriage for all loving couples, open doors to immigrants and refugees, rethinking hurtful traditions, debate on mass incarceration and race, with far to go. (00:02:59)
  1 same-sex marriage · 2 refugee · 3 mass incarceration

• 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals · John, 4 named — John says US health costs were so high that more tax dollars per capita went to health care than in Germany, Japan, the UK or Canada, all of which had universal publicly funded care. (00:01:08)
  1 Germany · 2 Japan · 3 United Kingdom · 4 Canada

• 2016-11-09 · My Post-Election Thoughts · John, 3 named — Feeling lost; quotes from Saladin Ahmed, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Kamala Harris; a tough time ahead; the nation is bigger than its leaders; change happens beyond election night (00:01:46)
  1 Saladin Ahmed · 2 Lin-Manuel Miranda · 3 Kamala Harris

2017

• 2017-01-31 · Understanding Trump's Executive Order on Immigration · John, 6 named — John says the order bans for 90 days all immigrant and non-immigrant entry by citizens of seven nations, naming Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. (00:00:25)
  1 Iran · 2 Iraq · 3 Libya · 4 Somalia · 5 Sudan · 6 Yemen

• 2017-01-31 · Understanding Trump's Executive Order on Immigration · John, 3 named — John finds the blanket refugee ban very poorly targeted: it lumps together all refugees, whether from Syria, South Sudan or Burma. (00:03:30)
  1 Syria · 2 South Sudan · 3 Myanmar “Burma”

• 2017-03-17 · Trump's Budget Explained · Hank, 4 named — Hank says Trump's proposed budget leaves untouched programs like Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment and Social Security; these and other mandatory spending take up 73% of the US budget. (00:00:06)
  1 Medicare · 2 Medicaid · 3 Unemployment benefits · 4 Social Security

• 2017-03-17 · Trump's Budget Explained · Hank, 16 named — Hank lists today's discretionary budget in billion-dollar blocks: military about 590 (more than half), HHS 84, Veterans Affairs 75, Education 68, HUD 47, Homeland Security 41, State and aid 38, Energy 30, Agriculture 23, NASA 20, Transportation 18, Labor 12. (00:00:36)
  1 United States Armed Forces “the military” · 2 United States Department of Health and Human Services · 3 United States Department of Veterans Affairs · 4 United States Department of Education · 5 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development · 6 United States Department of Homeland Security · 7 United States Department of State · 8 United States Department of Energy · 9 United States Department of Agriculture · 10 NASA · 11 United States Department of Transportation · 12 United States Department of Labor · 13 United States Department of the Treasury · 14 United States Department of Commerce · 15 United States Environmental Protection Agency “the EPA” · 16 Corporation for Public Broadcasting

• 2017-03-17 · Trump's Budget Explained · Hank, 2 named — Hank says the military money would enlarge the Army and Marines, add jet fighters and warships, and, in the budget's words, accelerate the war against ISIS. (00:01:26)
  1 United States Army · 2 United States Marine Corps “the Marines”

• 2017-03-17 · Trump's Budget Explained · Hank, 3 named — Hank says one small block holds the entire NEA, NEH, Institute of Museum and Library Services and Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and under Trump's budget they would no longer exist. (00:03:56)
  1 National Endowment for the Arts · 2 National Endowment for the Humanities · 3 Institute of Museum and Library Services

• 2017-03-28 · Why Can't America Have a Grown-Up Healthcare Conversation? · John, 2 named — John says US health outcomes are poor: it trails Chile and Slovenia in life expectancy, though both spend under 10% of GDP on health care and have higher tobacco use. (00:01:49)
  1 Chile · 2 Slovenia

2018

• 2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana · Hank, 2 named — Hank thinks it ridiculous and unjustifiable that marijuana is criminalized while more addictive and dangerous substances like alcohol and tobacco are sold at every gas station. (00:00:23)
  1 alcoholic beverage · 2 tobacco smoking

• 2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana · Hank, 2 named — Third reason: THC, CBD and other marijuana compounds are legitimate medications, helping with autoimmune diseases, chronic pain, seizure disorders and vomiting in cancer patients. (00:01:00)
  1 tetrahydrocannabinol “THC” · 2 cannabidiol “CBD”

• 2018-04-20 · This Video is About Marijuana · Hank, 4 named — Third reason: THC, CBD and other marijuana compounds are legitimate medications, helping with autoimmune diseases, chronic pain, seizure disorders and vomiting in cancer patients. (00:01:04)
  1 autoimmune disease · 2 chronic pain · 3 epilepsy “seizure disorders” · 4 cancer

• 2018-05-22 · The Liger Delusion · John, 2 named — The same happens on the right, where conspiracy theories from Benghazi to Pizzagate are presumed true by many. (00:02:26)
  1 2012 Benghazi attack · 2 Pizzagate conspiracy theory

• 2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… · Hank, 3 named — Three states, Colorado, Washington and Oregon, have no polling places: everyone votes by mail, which cuts election costs and increases participation. (00:01:43)
  1 Colorado · 2 Washington · 3 Oregon

• 2018-10-26 · The Rigged Election · Hank, 3 named — Hank says Trump lied about undocumented immigrants voting, Pennsylvanians voting multiple times and Massachusetts voters bussed to New Hampshire, and said in the campaign the only way to lose was cheating. (00:02:22)
  1 Pennsylvania · 2 Massachusetts · 3 New Hampshire

2019

• 2019-03-01 · I Get a Robocall While Making a Video About Robocalls · Hank, 3 named (2 unnamed items) — Hank lists scams his mother-in-law has heard: the IRS will arrest you, a grandson arrested in Africa needs bail, free CDs from a radio station, an inheritance, and a $50 software package supposedly needed because Microsoft is updating Windows. (00:00:58)
  1 Internal Revenue Service “IRS” · 2 Africa · … · 5 Microsoft + Microsoft Windows

2020

• 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

• 2020-06-02 · --- · 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

• 2020-10-13 · 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

2022

• 2022-08-12 · The Biggest Climate Bill of Your Life - But What does it DO!? · Hank, 2 named — Earlier EV credits covered only each maker's first 200,000 vehicles, used up by GM and Tesla; the bill extends them for 10 years if manufacturing requirements are met. (00:10:24)
  1 General Motors “GM” · 2 Tesla, Inc.

2024

• 2024-01-05 · I'm Scared of 2024...So Here's 3 Optimistic Thoughts · Hank, 3 named — Hank blames the culture-war talk and nationalism on the disintegration of the media landscape, caused by platforms like TikTok, Facebook and YouTube maximizing time on platform, where moral outrage sticks best. (00:01:36)
  1 TikTok · 2 Facebook · 3 YouTube

• 2024-09-13 · My Governor is Weirder than Yours · Hank, 4 named — Busse says women fear for privacy, abortion and health care: Montana is surrounded by four states that have drastically curtailed abortion rights. (00:02:43)
  1 Idaho · 2 Wyoming · 3 North Dakota “both the Dakotas” · 4 South Dakota “both the Dakotas”

2025

• 2025-02-28 · We Will Eradicate Measles · Hank, 3 named — Hank says he is trying to stay calm but feels we are whiny babies who have forgotten how miraculous a world with exoplanets, electric cars and measles vaccines is. (00:07:05)
  1 exoplanet · 2 Electric car · 3 vaccine

• 2025-04-08 · DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending · John, 6 named — John says the US spends about 21% of federal money on Social Security, 15% on Medicare, 13% on national defense and 13% on Medicaid. (00:01:27)
  1 Social Security · 2 Medicare · 3 United States Department of Defense · 4 Medicaid · 5 government debt · 6 Unemployment benefits

• 2025-04-11 · How Actually Crazy is This Mess? · Hank, 2 named — Hank says Trump tore up the USMCA, which replaced NAFTA and was signed in his own first term, to put new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. (00:07:02)
  1 Canada · 2 Mexico

• 2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? · John, 3 named — Schiff cites the press being intimidated: the Washington Post changing its editorial policy, the LA Times withholding editorials, reporters kicked out of White House events over 'Gulf of America'. (00:08:54)
  1 The Washington Post · 2 Los Angeles Times · 3 White House

• 2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? · John, 5 named — Taking the long view, Schiff says the country survived the Vietnam era, a civil war, world wars, a cold war and a pandemic and will survive this, though rebuilding takes time. (00:09:52)
  1 Vietnam War · 2 American Civil War · 3 World War I + World War II · 4 Cold War · 5 COVID-19 pandemic

• 2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech · Hank, 4 named — Hank says attacks on speech, higher education, trans rights, the federal workforce and the rule of law are coming from inside the house. (00:07:41)
  1 freedom of speech · 2 higher education · 3 transgender “trans rights” · 4 rule of law

• 2025-06-10 · 90,000,000 Lives for $20 · John, 4 named — John says living in a red state makes him unusually powerful now: people in Indiana, South Carolina, Texas or Maine, or represented by Tom Cole or Mario Diaz-Balart, matter enormously. (00:05:21)
  1 Indiana · 2 South Carolina · 3 Texas · 4 Maine

• 2025-06-10 · 90,000,000 Lives for $20 · John, 2 named — John says living in a red state makes him unusually powerful now: people in Indiana, South Carolina, Texas or Maine, or represented by Tom Cole or Mario Diaz-Balart, matter enormously. (00:05:21)
  1 Tom Cole · 2 Mario Diaz-Balart

• 2025-08-15 · What Trump is Doing to Universities · Hank, 4 named — Historical attacks on universities (Chile, Nazi Germany, Iran, Hungary) and the Trump administration's pressure: threatened funding, withheld grants, UCLA, student visas (00:00:00)
  1 University of Chile · 2 Adolf Hitler · 3 Iranian Cultural Revolution · 4 Central European University

• 2025-08-15 · What Trump is Doing to Universities · Hank, 3 named — Hank says the common explanation is true: universities structurally protect free inquiry (tenure, peer review, academic freedom), which authoritarians who control the story of truth find dangerous. (00:04:14)
  1 academic tenure · 2 peer review · 3 academic freedom

• 2025-11-14 · The End of The Penny (and of Congress??) · Hank, 2 named — Hank says one legislative mechanism is left: giant filibuster-proof spending packages such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the One Big Beautiful Bill, shipping containers of an administration's policy. (00:04:50)
  1 Inflation Reduction Act · 2 One Big Beautiful Bill Act

• 2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun · Hank, 4 named — Hank says Trump hires from both of his worlds: grievance-based attention farmers (RFK Jr., Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, Pete Hegseth) and billionaires (Linda McMahon, David Sacks, Elon Musk, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick). (00:02:27)
  1 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “RFK Jr.” · 2 Kash Patel · 3 Dan Bongino · 4 Pete Hegseth

• 2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun · Hank, 5 named — Hank says Trump hires from both of his worlds: grievance-based attention farmers (RFK Jr., Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, Pete Hegseth) and billionaires (Linda McMahon, David Sacks, Elon Musk, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick). (00:02:27)
  1 Linda McMahon · 2 David Sacks · 3 Elon Musk · 4 Scott Bessent · 5 Howard Lutnick

2026

• 2026-02-03 · Does the truth still matter? · John, 3 named — From a historical view, John says the rule of law in the US has never been applied fairly or justly: state-sanctioned killing, from witch hunts to lynchings to executions, has long been part of the American story. (00:01:27)
  1 witch hunt · 2 lynching · 3 capital punishment “executions”

• 2026-10-05 · Why Are We So Bad at Executing People? · Hank, 3 named — Hank says most of those states have banned executions, some have moratoriums and others just rarely execute; they include blue and red states from Alaska to New York to West Virginia. (00:00:29)
  1 Alaska · 2 New York (state) · 3 West Virginia