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Dear Hank and John: the brothers' advice podcast (2015)

project history · status: running · last event: milestone (2025-12-09)

Dear Hank and John began as John's birthday present to Hank in May 2015: a podcast of Nerdfighter questions, second-rate advice and news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. It debuted in June 2015, came out weekly, and was still running after more than 10 years.

Parts: John asks viewers to suggest what Dear Hank and John should be about, in comments (2015) · John asks Nerdfighters to email questions for Dear Hank and John to hankandjohn@gmail.com (2015)

Told alongside: Crash Course: launch of the brothers' educational channel (2011)

About: Dear Hank and John

date event what video
2015-05-05 proposed Hank says he has wanted to do a podcast with John; as Hank's birthday present John says he will get him a podcast the brothers make, starring them, with segments such as AFC Wimbledon and Mars. Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank 00:01:20
2015-05-26 announced John announces the brothers' coming podcast, Dear Hank and John: Nerdfighter questions, second-rate advice, AFC Wimbledon and Mars news. Sixteen Parts 00:00:23
2015-06-08 launched John announces that the brothers' podcast Dear Hank and John has debuted on iTunes and SoundCloud. Monday Bonus Video! 00:00:45
2015-06-19 milestone Hank announces the second episode of the Dear Hank and John podcast is out and online. 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet 00:03:13
2015-06-19 rule change Hank says they will try to release a Dear Hank and John episode every week, around Sunday or Monday. (hedged) 19 Ways to Not Suck on the Internet 00:03:17
2015-12-18 milestone Hank says the brothers have recorded their 29th Dear Hank and John podcast after 29 weeks. We're All Gonna Die - A Song 00:02:35
2017-07-14 milestone The brothers are about to upload the 100th episode of Dear Hank and John, once John gets back from vacation. YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages 00:00:08
2018-11-09 milestone Hank shows what the Dear Hank and John website now looks like and says he is very excited about it. I Don't Know What Work Is 00:02:56
2021-08-06 rule change Instead Hank made a bunch of dad joke videos and now opens every Dear Hank and John with a dad joke, because that is the vibe. Remembering What's Special 00:02:55
2021-11-23 (said on 2021-10-28, implied) paused John is taking a month away from Vlogbrothers, Dear Hank and John and some meetings to focus on obligations that are not economically productive but actually productive. I have been playing a small trick on you. 00:00:58
2023-10-05 paused John says most of the community follows AFC Wimbledon through Dear Hank and John, which has been on cancer hiatus for several months, so most don't know the club's news. America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team 00:00:39
2025-12-09 milestone John says Dear Hank and John, a weekly podcast, has dispensed advice plus the news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon for over 10 years. Hank Green, from A to Z 00:00:58

Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).

What is said about it

62 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — announcement: Hank says he has wanted to do a podcast with John. — 00:00:54
  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — announcement: John: As Hank's birthday present, John will get him a podcast the brothers make, starring them, with viewers deciding what it is about. — 00:01:20
  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — Hank proposes that each episode cover people who share a name, and two names to confuse people: 'The Sydney and Jesse Podcast with John and Hank Green'. (playful, speculative) — 00:01:30
  • 2015-05-05 · Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank — both: They plan segments on their own interests: John would do 'This Week (week of 4 May 2015) in AFC Wimbledon' on fourth-tier football and Hank would do Mars, which he has cared about forever. (playful) — 00:01:56
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — announcement: John announces the brothers' podcast will be called Dear Hank and John (he thinks of it as 'Dear John and Hank'), answering Nerdfighters' questions with second-rate advice plus news from AFC Wimbledon and Mars. — 00:00:22
  • 2015-06-08 · Monday Bonus Video! — announcement: John: The brothers' new podcast Dear Hank and John, which John prefers to think of with his name first, has debuted on iTunes and SoundCloud. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-09-01 · The Road Less Traveled By — John: On their podcast Dear Hank and John they get many questions from listeners making huge life decisions: whether to join the military, which college, whether to attend college at all. — 00:02:13
  • 2015-09-01 · The Road Less Traveled By — John insists on opening each Dear Hank and John episode with a short poem, which has led to recent discussions of whether poetry matters and what it does. — 00:02:51
  • 2015-10-16 · Post-NerdCon Haze — announcement: 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. — 00:00:23
  • 2015-11-18 · SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8) — announcement: John: Asked whether there will be Dear Hank and John merch, John instead plugs the Pizza John merch available now at DFTBA.com. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-11-27 (said on 2015-11-26, implied) · Never Satisfied: The Story of Humans ¦-/ — announcement: Hank: 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. (playful) — 00:03:36
  • 2015-12-18 · We're All Gonna Die - A Song — announcement: Hank says the brothers just recorded their 29th Dear Hank and John podcast, 29 weeks in, due out Monday or Tuesday. — 00:02:35
  • 2016-02-05 · Honest YouTube Talk Time — Hank admits it is always easiest to turn attention and money to the brothers' own new things, like NerdCon, Dear Hank and John, SciShow and Crash Course. — 00:01:48
  • 2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week — Hank says he now has Snapchat for silly stuff and almost a year of the Dear Hank and John podcast for conversational brotherly connection. — 00:02:44
  • 2016-05-24 · Easier Than IKEA: A Video in Two Parts — recommendation: John notes that the brothers' podcast brings the week's news from both Mars and AFC Wimbledon. — 00:03:12
  • 2016-07-01 · So, I Ruptured Both my Eardrums! (Also, NerdCon: Nerdfighteria) — announcement: Hank: NerdCon: Nerdfighteria will have concerts, talks, panels, games and a live recording of Dear Hank and John. — 00:02:26
  • 2016-09-02 · One Scientifically Proven Thing Actually Makes People Happier — Hank says the brothers make Dear Hank and John with commuters in mind, and hopes it helps. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:03
  • 2016-09-09 · Sleep Paralysis, Double-Pregnancy, and The 2016 Census — announcement: Hank lists current projects: VidCons in Europe, Australia and California, a 10th-anniversary NerdCon: Nerdfighteria, How to Vote, Dear Hank and John, Snapchatting, and helping found the Internet Creators Guild. — 00:02:35
  • 2016-09-16 · Let's Talk about Failure — announcement: Hank lists the programme: a John Green yoga adventure, talks with authors, live gaming, a live Dear Hank and John without Hank, workshops and panels. — 00:02:42
  • 2016-12-01 (said on 2016-12-02, implied) · See you in Amsterdam, Melbourne, or Anaheim!! (also Boston) — announcement: Hank suggests John might Skype in for a Dear Hank and John, admitting he has not asked John first. (hedged) — 00:02:13
  • 2016-12-06 · Exactly Like the Human Sternum — ask: John says the P4A Indiegogo fundraiser goes live at midnight with perks for donors: a P4A tote bag, P4A socks, an exclusive Dear Hank and John episode, and an audio recording of John reading about 15 pages from something he is working on. — 00:00:16
  • 2017-04-28 · Can You Trust Mainstream Media? — Hank says Dear Hank and John gets a dozen questions a week from people who feel they must get to the bottom of every story themselves because no one can be trusted. — 00:00:13
  • 2017-05-12 · Things That You Just Might Love — Hank says he falls into this trap, tending to push his greater resources toward their own projects such as SciShow, Crash Course and Dear Hank and John. — 00:00:14
  • 2017-06-16 · When Will You Die? — recommendation: Hank shares an animation someone made of a Dear Hank and John segment about bizarre pizza deliveries, which he liked. — 00:03:08
  • 2017-11-07 · Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday — announcement: John will miss PodCon's first day, Saturday, because he is interviewing former Vice President Joe Biden; there will still be plenty of live Dear Hank and John. — 00:01:08 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • 2017-12-08 · I Have (a little bit) HAD IT! — announcement: Hank says he is making this video well ahead of time because PodCon is this weekend, where the brothers will do a live Dear Hank and John. — 00:00:00
  • 2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says he turned reading novels into work, just as VidCon made watching YouTube work, SciShow his science obsession, Vlogbrothers his interest in online communities, and Dear Hank and John being dumb with his brother. (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — announcement: John lists P4A perks, from the P4A commemorative coin and a poster to secret episodes of Dear Hank and John and The Anthropocene Reviewed. — 00:03:04
  • 2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — announcement: John says Sarah and Catherine are hosting a version of Dear Hank and John called Dear Sarah and Catherine. — 00:03:17
  • 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — Hank: Because each Gusher holds little juice, helpers squeezed Gushers into cups through most of the live Dear Hank and John episode on the VidCon stage. — 00:00:59
  • 2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — announcement: Hank: John will do The Anthropocene Reviewed and the brothers a live Dear Hank and John; Hank calls it a Minitour. — 00:03:01
  • 2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — ask: Hank invites viewers to see live Dear Hank and John, live Anthropocene Reviewed and other weirdnesses with John in St. Petersburg, Raleigh and Atlanta in early January; tickets are in the description. — 00:03:43
  • 2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — 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
  • 2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — John wants to continue exercising at least 150 minutes a week, making Dear Hank and John every Monday and a Vlogbrothers video every Tuesday. — 00:03:09
  • 2020-02-14 · Ending The Great Airplane Seat Debate — ask: Hank invites viewers to come see Dear Hank and John live and The Anthropocene Reviewed live. — 00:03:33
  • 2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John's small goals, exercising at least 150 minutes a week and making Dear Hank and John every Monday and a Vlogbrothers video every Tuesday, were not easy, but he did them. — 00:02:19
  • 2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: Getting better, John returned to a weekly Tuesday video and a weekly podcast with Hank but did not write: that fall and winter was his longest stretch without writing for an audience since he was 14. — 00:07:02
  • 2021-06-01 · My Two Favorite Books of the Year — recommendation: John: His other favorite this year (2021) is Somebody's Daughter, the first book by Ashley C. Ford, known from guest-hosting Dear Hank and John and from magazine writing. — 00:01:56
  • 2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John: Besides Vlogbrothers, John says, the brothers have a podcast, Dear Hank and John, answering listener questions with dubious advice and news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon. — 00:00:01
  • 2021-06-29 · Sneezing is not normal. — John says making the podcast is one of the highlights of his week because it's two uninterrupted hours with his brother. — 00:00:12
  • 2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — sponsor: Hank: Shuffle is a podcast app; in thanks Hank has to say to check out its service, and he thinks it would be cool if Nerdfighters used it for Dear Hank and John, to react and interact with others. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-09-03 · What the Heck am I doing? — Hank always preps for Dear Hank and John, made easier by Deboki helping with the science editorial part. — 00:01:16
  • 2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank: Asked when the next jokes-in-four-minutes video is coming, Hank says the first minute of Dear Hank and John is where he does that now. — 00:01:55
  • 2022-01-14 · Thank God We Got This Right… — announcement: Hank says a particularly unhinged Dear Hank and John episode goes up next week (week of 17 January 2022): the brothers talked for 90 minutes before recording and then lacked time to record. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2022-09-02 · How A YouTube Company Actually Makes Money — Hank: At 14% of revenue Complexly sells its own ads through an internal sales team, like Policygenius on Dear Hank and John or CuriosityStream on SciShow: more of a pain, but higher rates and no split. — 00:01:46
  • 2023-01-17 · John Green Answers the Most Searched Hank Green Questions — John lists Hank's podcasts: Dear Hank and John, Delete This and SciShow Tangents. — 00:02:26
  • 2023-05-19 · So, I've got cancer — announcement: Hank does not know whether he will make Vlogbrothers videos, Dear Hank and John, SciShow or Tangents during treatment; he is playing it by ear. (unsure) — 00:06:14
  • 2023-05-30 · How Does He Do It? — John lists Hank's roles: CEO of Complexly and DFTBA.com, founder of the Awesome Socks and Coffee Clubs and Sun Basin Soap, host of Crash Course, SciShow, Journey to the Microcosmos, Vlogbrothers and an advice podcast. — 00:00:08
  • 2023-10-05 · America's Second Favorite Fourth Tier English Soccer Team — announcement: In a comment John says Dear Hank and John should return by the end of the month. (hedged) — creator comment
  • 2024-03-22 · The Internet Needs to Change — Hank loves the good parts of his work (Good Store, Project for Awesome, Crash Course, SciShow, Dear Hank and John) but also loves the slot machine. — 00:01:13
  • 2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John explains that every few weeks they do a livestream like this for their Dear Hank and John patrons, and this one promotes the Patreon. — 00:01:24
  • 2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says all Dear Hank and John ad money goes to Complexly rather than to the hosts, as would be normal for a podcast; ideally not forever, but Complexly needs it now. — 00:05:55
  • 2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think — John: Asked whether they write their own Dear Hank and John questions, John says they pick a certain kind of question, which encourages that kind to be asked. — 00:00:29
  • 2025-07-15 · LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think — John tells new viewers about the podcast Dear Hank and John, which brings the week's news from Mars and AFC Wimbledon while answering questions. — 00:00:29
  • 2025-08-05 · ONE TAKE JOHNNY — recommendation: John says viewers who like this will love Dear Hank and John, which is basically this conversation plus listener questions. — 00:15:36
  • 2025-08-29 · Does Anyone Else Have This? — recommendation: Hank says the brothers recently met in an episode of Dear Hank and John, which he calls a banger and recommends checking out. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-01-23 · Two Unrelated Destroyers of Trust — Hank is reinvigorated about Dear Hank and John this year (2026), partly because of a recent episode illustrating something he has seen happen online to many people, first to John. — 00:03:01
  • 2026-02-04 · We Just Sold Our Company for $0 — announcement: Hank says supporters of the Dear Hank and John Patreon can keep giving; that money continues to support Complexly's educational mission. — 00:07:58
  • 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: Often siblings connect over aging parents; for them it is Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, Dear Hank and John and more, and working with someone you trust all the way down is beyond a gift. — 00:01:56
  • 2026-05-05 · Noted Brother Hank Green — John: A young nerdfighter who recognized John said that, friendless after moving to the big city, she listened to Dear Hank and John and felt they were friends; one of the kindest things anyone has told him. — 00:04:22
  • 2026-05-12 · Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti — John explains that once a month he and Hank host a livestream for Dear Hank and John supporters, talking and answering questions perhaps too transparently. — 00:00:10
  • 2026-08-03 · Esther Day 2026: Some Thoughts on Loss — announcement: The description says that at tonight's free Esther Day Virtual Party, celebrating love, friendship and community, John joins Sarah Urist Green for a special Esther Day Dear Hank & John. — video description