Reply threads in 2025
Every pointer from a 2025 video to an earlier video, by month. Bold words are the relation the annotator recorded; a thread event in parentheses means the pointer sits on that thread. All years · Exchanges · Pushback
22 of 107 videos point back to an earlier one (23 pointers): John answers Hank 6×, Hank answers John 13×, self-continuations 4.
March
- 2025-03-14 · Probably the Luckiest Thing in my Life (Hank) answers (milestone on EcoGeek relaunch: Hank and DFTBA's eco-conscious cleaning-supply subscription, profits to the Coral Reef Alliance (2025)) Hank Green's Brother (John, 2025-03-11) — “And the fact that you would dedicate a video to that the week before your book that you've been working on for years comes out” (00:00:00)
May
- 2025-05-09 · OK, I MESSED UP. (Hank) continues Something Very Strange Has Been Happening to Me (Hank, 2024-09-26) (self-continuation) — “Seven months ago, I made a video about a book that I found” (00:00:00)
- 2025-05-13 · I Have the BEST News (John) continues (retro on Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019); restate on Do big problems have simple solutions?) Why We're Donating $6,500,000 (John, 2019-10-22) (self-continuation) — “So in that video back in 2019, I was announcing that our family was donating six and a half million dollars” (00:00:00)
- 2025-05-20 · The Double (John) continues (retell on John's 36 hours from the Indianapolis 500 to Wembley and AFC Wimbledon's promotion party (May 2016)) The Most Amazing Day (John, 2016-05-31) (self-continuation) — “I made a Vlogbrothers video about it, link in the doobly-doo” (00:02:55)
June
- 2025-06-27 · You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information (Hank) answers Am I Cigarettes? (John, 2025-06-24) — “a little video called Am I Cigarettes? Which you stole from me.” (00:00:00)
July
- 2025-07-25 · The Molecule that Changed Everything (Hank) continues At Least There Are Trees (John, 2025-07-22) — “Good morning, John. You are right. At least there are trees.” (00:00:00)
August
- 2025-08-01 · We Stole a Man's Blood (Hank) continues (result on Hank and John ask viewers to join the DKMS bone marrow donor registry with a free cheek swab (2024)) Hank Steals John's Cells (John, 2024-10-08) — “A while back, you and I made a little video together where I talked about DKMS” (00:00:00)
- 2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? (Hank) answers Not to Criticize Hank… (John, 2025-08-26) — “I apologize for my crappy birthday text.” (00:00:00)
September
- 2025-09-09 · Sorry, Hank, but Coffee Is Just Better (John) answers (origin on John and Hank's coffee-versus-tea rivalry (2025)) Caffeine is Very… (Hank, 2025-09-05) — “Thanks for your scientific overview of caffeine.” (00:00:00)
- 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING (Hank) continues PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! (John, 2025-09-29) — “Because I think that you were right in your video. There's a lot of new people here” (00:00:58)
October
- 2025-10-01 · Real Reasons for Hope (John) answers WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING (Hank, 2025-09-30) — “thank you for reminding me that your proposed Wikipedia talk page used to read” (00:00:00)
- 2025-10-06 · The Web is Going to Die (Hank) continues Is It Time to Retire? (John, 2025-10-03) — “John, last week when you were talking about this placeless place that we are here on this YouTube channel and the short lives of many social media platforms” (00:02:22)
- 2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege (John) answers The Web is Going to Die (Hank, 2025-10-06) — “Hank, great video yesterday.” (00:05:45)
- 2025-10-09 · I Like Being Alive (John) continues Being Alive (Hank, 2025-10-08) — “Hank, your song yesterday didn't just give this video its title.” (00:00:00)
- 2025-10-10 · Maybe This is My Problem (Hank) continues I Like Being Alive (John, 2025-10-09) — “I loved your video yesterday.” (00:00:00)
- 2025-10-31 · We Did It… (Hank) continues Elon Cancelled This...Let's Do it Anyway (John, 2025-10-28) — “So John, this week you uploaded a video about the work being done to try and fight tuberculosis in the Philippines.” (00:00:29)
November
- 2025-11-04 · The Real Question (John) continues We Did It… (Hank, 2025-10-31) — “So in your video on Friday, which was lovely, thank you so much, you pointed out that I do not only care about tuberculosis” (00:00:00)
- 2025-11-07 · Filming at Space Center Houston, Hank tells John that the video he made replying to… (Hank) continues The Real Question (John, 2025-11-04) — “I made a whole video about your video.” (00:00:00)
- 2025-11-10 · My Cancer Treatment was Not Cutting Edge (Hank) corrects The Real Question (John, 2025-11-04) — “So in your video this week, you said that I got cutting edge curative cancer therapy, and hopefully that's only half wrong.” (00:00:00)
- 2025-11-11 · John's Annual Psychophysical Decline (John) continues (retro on Maternal Center of Excellence: the brothers' Partners In Health project in Sierra Leone (2019)) We Did It… (Hank, 2025-10-31) — “Hank, as you noted last week, the ribbon has been cut on the completed Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone.” (00:00:58)
December
- 2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video (Hank) continues (update on Hank: donate all revenue from his Torc Waterfall white-noise video to Partners In Health every six months (2025)) White Noise For Charity - Torc Waterfall in Ireland - Sleep, Study, Focus!! (Hank, 2025-03-28) (self-continuation) — “Eight months ago, I uploaded a white noise video to YouTube” (00:00:00)
- 2025-12-12 · The Economics of a YouTube White Noise Video (Hank) answers (came-true on John: Hank's next project will start with a Z, and soon (2025)) Hank Green, from A to Z (John, 2025-12-09) — “you did the A to Z of Hank projects in your video” (00:03:53)
- 2025-12-19 · My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun (Hank) answers John Green's Brother (John, 2025-12-16) — “Regardless of whether John Green's brother is the correct honorific for me” (00:00:00)