Humans: Hank's conversation podcast (2026)
project history · status: running · last event: milestone (2026-10-23)
About: Humans
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | proposed | Hank tells John he is working on a new thing, a conversation podcast. | How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe 00:00:00 |
| 2026-05-29 | milestone | Hank announces that Humans, the show on which he interviewed Helen Hunt, launches next Thursday (4 June 2026). | Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute 00:04:51 |
| 2026-06-05 | launched | Hank says the first episode of Humans, with John, is out now, and it covered almost entirely new ground for the brothers. | The Things We Don't Discuss 00:05:26 |
| 2026-08-26 | milestone | A few months ago Hank interviewed Jad Abumrad, known from Radiolab, for Humans, to ask how he made his Dolly Parton series and about Dolly Parton herself. | Jad Abumrad on Dolly Parton: 'The Unicorn of Unicorns' 00:00:00 |
| 2026-10-23 | milestone | Hank's podcast Humans won a Signal Award for Best Conversation Starter for its episode with astronaut Reid Wiseman; Hank agrees and calls it a good place to start. | The Best Email I Ever Got 00:03:28 |
What is said about it
13 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — announcement: Hank says he plans to have John as the podcast's first guest. (hedged) — 00:00:30
- 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — Hank poses the question he wrote down for the podcast, which titles the video: how do you create when you don't feel safe? — 00:00:30
- 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — announcement: Hank doesn't know John's answer to the question and says they may save it for the podcast, making this video promo for it. (hedged) — 00:05:49
- 2026-03-06 · How Do You Create When You Don't Feel Safe — announcement: Hank calls this terrible promo: the podcast cannot be subscribed to yet and is months, or maybe a month and a half, from launching. (playful, hedged) — 00:05:49
- 2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — announcement: Hank thinks the Helen Hunt episode will be the third episode of Humans. (hedged) — 00:04:51
- 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — announcement: Hank tells John that a few weeks ago the two of them recorded the very first episode of Hank's new podcast, Humans. — 00:00:00
- 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — John opened the episode by telling Hank he does not have John's blessing to start the podcast. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank says he feels very strongly compelled to make the podcast, though he is not entirely sure why. — 00:00:00
- 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — announcement: In a channel comment Hank says the podcast is now on YouTube. — creator comment
- 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — announcement: Hank says he felt strongly drawn to making Humans, which he has worked on for over a year. — 00:04:57
- 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — Hank says that by titling the podcast Humans he is partly saying it is about humans no longer being the only thinking entity on the planet. — 00:10:32
- 2026-06-05 · The Things We Don't Discuss — ask: Hank asks viewers to search for Humans wherever they get podcasts; enough listening might put it on a trending list and help others find it. — 00:11:21
- 2026-08-26 · Jad Abumrad on Dolly Parton: 'The Unicorn of Unicorns' — Hank: Jad happened to be in Hank's town in Montana, so they filmed the episode in a little studio with three cameras, unlike most Humans episodes. — 00:00:31