Hank's YouTube interview with President Obama (January 2015)
story · status: told 2×, last update 2024 · last event: mentioned (2024-05-10)
In January 2015 Hank interviewed President Obama at the White House in a conversation livestreamed on YouTube. He later recalled the nasty comments it brought, the shopping trip for clothes, and joked about it years afterwards.
About: Barack Obama, YouTube Asks Obama, White House
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-16 | told | Hank announces President Obama will have a conversation with him, livestreamed on the White House's YouTube channel on January 22. | Is School Broken? (Also...ANNOUNCEMENTS OF IMPORT) 00:02:48 |
| 2015-01-20 | update | Before his interview with President Obama, Hank says he is nervous about it. (playful) | REUNION MINIGOLF 00:00:13 |
| 2015-01-23 (happened 2015-01-22) | update | Hank reports that yesterday he interviewed President Obama at the White House and shows his day, from rehearsals to the interview and the press afterwards. | Interviewing the President 00:00:01 |
| 2015-01-30 | update | Hank says he could never regret interviewing President Obama, but the public attention has brought nasty comments about him that he is not used to. | Thoughts from the Edge 00:00:11 |
| 2015-02-06 (happened 2015-01-22) | mentioned | Among his successes Hank mentions that he recently interviewed the President. | You Will Be Forgotten ...And That's OK 00:01:27 |
| 2021-02-19 (happened 2015-01-22) | retold | Recalling his Barack Obama interview, Hank says he didn't cut his hair, was told to dress as usual, and on arrival was told they would take him to a store. (playful) | Bean Meme Review 00:07:52 |
| 2024-05-10 (happened 2015) | mentioned | In a channel comment Hank jokes that nine years ago he was interviewing Obama, so interviewing the Secretary could be a step down. (playful) | Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg creator comment |
What is said about it
5 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2015-01-16 · Is School Broken? (Also...ANNOUNCEMENTS OF IMPORT) — announcement: Hank announces President Obama will have a conversation with him, hopefully about issues that matter to Americans, livestreamed on the White House's YouTube channel on January 22. (hedged) — 00:02:48
- 2015-01-23 · Interviewing the President — Hank thanks everyone who helped pull off the interview, says the White House was intense to work with but did a fantastic job, thanks Bethany and GloZell as fantastic company, and jokingly credits Paul Janssen, who first synthesized Imodium's active ingredient. (playful) — video description
- 2015-01-23 · Interviewing the President — Hank: After the interview Hank says he did it, keeps a copy of The Fault in Our Stars, and has to talk to press instead of sleeping. (playful) — 00:02:56
- 2015-01-30 · Thoughts from the Edge — recommendation: Hank: Under 'some other thoughts' Hank points to his essay 'Holy Shit, I Interviewed the President', an exploration of the news media's self-destruction, a PBS NewsHour Twitter chat on the news media, PBS Idea Channel on objectivity, and the BBC's 'News vs. Noise'. — video description
- 2015-02-06 · You Will Be Forgotten ...And That's OK — 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. — 00:01:16