Vlogbrothers' explainer videos on news and politics (2007)

project history · status: lapsed · last event: paused (2019-03-15)

The channel's explainer videos began on 26 October 2007, when John explained Nepal's politics while eating toilet paper, and continued for more than a decade. In March 2019 Hank noted that they had quietly stopped making them.

Began with

John: eat five sheets of toilet paper while discussing Nepal on Friday, October 26 (2007) — Hank says the explainer series started with John's 26 October 2007 Nepal explanation while eating toilet paper. That video is what this 2007 promise sets up.

About: Nepal, Toilet paper

date	event	what	video
2019-03-15 (happened 2007-10-26)	first in the videos (looked back; it began earlier)	Hank recalls John on October 26, 2007 explaining Nepal's political situation while eating toilet paper, which set the tone for a decade-plus of explainer-type videos on the channel. → refers to OCT. 26: DISCUSSING NEPAL WHILE EATING TOILET PAPER	Why We Stopped Making Explainers: EXPLAINED 00:00:00
2019-03-15	paused	Hank says explainers are some of their most successful content, people like them and they're good at them, but they have stopped making them, without ever discussing it. → refers to Are Textbooks Obsolete?	Why We Stopped Making Explainers: EXPLAINED 00:00:29