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2012
2012x1
Changes to Vlogbrothers
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In which John discusses some changes to 2012 (that is, twenty twelve) vlogbrothers, including a location for the evil baby orphanage and--SORRY--a slight reduction to two videos a week .. show full overview
2012x2
Kill your TV
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In which Hank is astounded by how extremely unfriendly, exploitative, annoying, expensive, and useless digital cable systems are these days. I literally could not believe how annoying it .. show full overview
2012x3
The Fault in Our Stars
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In which John discusses The Fault in Our Stars, his new book, which is OUT NOW AT BOOKSTORES EVERYWHERE. (Also at like Target and Walmart and Kroger, if you like to shop for books while shopping for toilet paper.)
2012x4
TFiOS PARTY!
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"The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more." -- Markus Zusak, bestselling and Printz Honor­ winning author of The Book .. show full overview
2012x5
Thoughts from Places: The Tour
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In which John talks about the tour de nerdfighting 2012 and how much awesome can be packed into a single auditorium. The awesome song everyone's dancing to is "Shake-a-Booty," off of Hank's great album Ellen Hardcastle
2012x6
Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans
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In which Hank walks around the French Quarter and discusses the freaking sweet internet blackout that resulted in a great number of congresspeople dropping their support for SOPA and .. show full overview
2012x7
Nicest Hotel Room in the World
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In which I get a great hotel on tour. The song is "A Song about Anglerfish" by Hank Green. The hotel is the Hotel ZaZa in Houston. It is very, very, very nice.
2012x8
In 'N' Out-Erview
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In which Hank shows some snippets of life on the road followed by a quick interview with the Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller "The Fault in Our Stars."
2012x9
How It Felt
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In which John makes a video for future John, future Hank, and future Katherine about what happened at the 2012 Tour de Nerdfighting and how it felt. Thanks to everyone who came out for .. show full overview
2012x10
An Awful Lot of Touring
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In which Hank sings a bit and then (in a Nyquil-fueled stupor) rambles about...something...I've forgotten already. An Awful Lot of Running is on Chameleon Circuit's first album, they are both extremely worth owning.
2012x11
10 Misconceptions Debunked!
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In which John debunks various misconceptions involving martyrdom, presidents, near-presidents, keeping track of your age, flightless birds, math, physicists, and the universe.
2012x12
How Big is the Universe?
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In which Hank explains how and why phycisists think that the univers has no edge.
2012x13
Things I Can Do
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In which John describes some of the things he can do, which do not include sorcery, curling, or dancing. He does talk about the internet, youtube, and (the real) Swindon Town.
2012x14
World's Smallest Animals
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In which Hank talks about the smallest animals in the world in a variety of categorizes, moving from vertebrates to reptiles to amphibians to fish to birds to mammals to primates to dogs to horses to cats.
2012x15
Life is Weird. Also beautiful.
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In which John Green describes his years-long relationship with Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, which began with the James Joyce novel Ulysses and now .. show full overview
2012x16
CUTE-OCALYPSE!
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In which Hank discusses the extreme dangers of puppies, kittens, puppies cuddling with kittens and our continuing path toward hypercuteness and what it means for our lives and the lives .. show full overview
2012x17
On Cuties and Cooties
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In which John discusses cooties, cuties, whales, Moby Dick, and fish while visiting an aquarium. He also talks about things that are both fun and hard without making a single that's what she said joke.
2012x18
LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun
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Michael Aranda (http://www.youtube.com/michaelaranda) recently moved to Missoula to help with the production of SciShow and Crashcourse. I was at Target and I saw this Millenium .. show full overview
2012x19
Know Your News! Understanding the Syrian Revolution in Under 4 Minutes
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In which John Green provides some historical context to the current civil war in Syria, discussing Syrian independence, the rise of the Ba'ath Party, Syria's relationship with the rest .. show full overview
2012x20
The Future of Manned Space Exploration
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In which Hank discusses NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion space vehicle, which are (unlike the space shuttle) designed exclusively for deep-space missions to places .. show full overview
2012x21
Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report
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In which John delivers the Bank of Nerdfighteria's quarterly report, discussing our charitable efforts through the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck, which this year distributed more than .. show full overview
2012x22
Exiting the FRIENDZONE
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Have you been in the friendzone? Sucks, right? Well I've been around long enough to know what it's really about. And there's only one real solution...give up, either leave the relationship, or start acting like a real friend.
2012x23
Sharpie Face Question Tuesday
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In which John Green answers real questions from real nerdfighters about his new book The Fault in Our Stars, the new education channel crashcourse, writing, reading, grammar, Batman, .. show full overview
2012x24
Disgusting Cookies - The 2012 Hungry Games
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Hank and Michael make some really disgusting and really amazing cookies, and then they play Hungry Hungry Hippos to decide who eats which cookie. All in honor of the release of a great .. show full overview
2012x25
Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam
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(It occurred to me while editing that you are not actually able to confirm that I ever put on pants.) In which John travels to Amsterdam--where he lived for two months while finishing .. show full overview
2012x26
Springtime Hunger Games Zit Bully Walk
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In which Hank goes on a walk and talks about, his zit, the spring, The Hunger Games, phone books, nerdfighteria, the MPAA, Missoula, The Fault in our Stars, anticipation, YouTube, and change.
2012x27
Idiotic Governance: How Our Political Discourse Hurts Our Economy
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In which John discusses Canada's heroic elimination of the penny and how divisive political discourse--on both sides of the aisle--hurts both the American people and the American .. show full overview
2012x28
Can I be Space President?
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In which Hank discusses his trip to Northrop Grumman and how odd it is that the same people responsible for the most important space-based mission of the next 20 years are also the .. show full overview
2012x29
A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV
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In which John explores the best and most popular television shows designed for toddlers, and in doing so uncovers a strange and disturbing world through exploring shows including Mickey .. show full overview
2012x30
Introducing Lizzie Bennet
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In which Hank discusses his new and very peculiar project, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, a vlog-based adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.
2012x31
This is How You Load a Dishwasher - A Song
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In which Hank takes The Oatmeal's advice for what sort of content people might enjoy, which is probably always a good idea. Also, Hank addresses the recent scourge of "OMG THE WORLD IS .. show full overview
2012x32
Thoughts on Romance and Sex in an Airport
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In which John answers your questions about love, romance, sex, and romantic relationships while in the Indianapolis Airport. Included are hints on how to tell if your boyfriend or .. show full overview
2012x33
Thoughts on Growing up
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In which Hank doesn't go to an airport to answer your questions about growing up and adulthood. Everything from how to make friends to what taxes are like.
2012x34
Beneath an Abandoned Hospital: Thoughts from Places
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In which John visits an abandoned hospital, and the steam tunnels beneath it, with his friends Ransom Riggs (author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children) and Elyse Marshall. .. show full overview
2012x35
Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell
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In which Hank talks with Charlie McDonnell about YouTube, Tattoos, Farts, and Video Games.
2012x36
Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands
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In which John Green pretends to be Charlie McDonnell by answering the same questions Hank asked him, while signing a lease at his new office and getting the movie option for The Fault in .. show full overview
2012x37
Screaming Through VidCon
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In which Hank screams his way around the Anaheim Convention Center and then, eventually, all the way home.
2012x38
It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!!
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It's Hanko de Mayo! We all know Hank loves the James Webb Space Telescope, so hopefully he'll like our gift. In addition to his gift, nerdfighteria is celebrating Hank's birthday by .. show full overview
2012x39
Tiny Chickens Invade, But Still I Vote
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Sometimes I get sick and make old-school vlogbrothers videos. Today, I voted here in the Indiana primaries. Now I will go back to bed.
2012x40
Your Arguments Are Invalid: Gay Marriage
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In which Hank discusses marriage equality, which isn't actually an issue of marriage equality, it's an issue of human equality, and the fact that we're still struggling with it is very disappointing.
2012x41
Religion and Gay Marriage
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In which John discusses marriage equality, what a traditional marriage actually is, and what role (if any) theological understandings of marriage play in the legal definition of .. show full overview
2012x42
You ARE The Product
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In which John discusses why facebook and other free products are free--and why they are so valuable.
2012x43
The Subway Where I Used To Go (Somebody That I Used To Know / Gotye Parody)
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In which Hank breaks up with Subway in favor of Jimmy John's (through a parody song) and then talks about advertising for a while. Because advertising is very interesting and a little bit disturbing.
2012x44
Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO!
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In which John and Hank return to the seashore, scene of their first reunion video, to prove that they are still massive nerds. Also, Hank is briefly shirtless....ladies.
2012x45
Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics
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In which Hank and John answer questions from Table Topics (http://dft.ba/-2JZe) in Seaside Florida. Also, there is a really adorable squirrel. Herein we discuss product placement, Diet .. show full overview
2012x46
The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday
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In which John answers a wide variety of your questions as he travels to beautiful New York City for Book Expo America, where a rope dangling from outside his skyscraper hotel room window .. show full overview
2012x47
How to be More Productive...With Hank!
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In which Hank gives some stellar productivity tips so that you can use your time more efficiently, be a more effective person and, also, stop having fun!
2012x48
Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo
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A Thoughts from Places video in which John Green attends Book Expo America in New York City, also known as BEA, where he thinks about celebrity and secular worship after meeting the .. show full overview
2012x49
Flinching in the Shower
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In which Hank talks about Flinch (http://dft.ba/-flinch) and Foo Camp and takes a very VERY cold shower. This video, I admit, isn't terribly well held together, I go a lot of places, .. show full overview
2012x50
Solving Your Problems!
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In which John solves the problems of nerdfighters.
2012x51
Hank is Maybe Crazy
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In which Hank talks about dreams, super hearing heroes, blu-tac, ticky tacky, artificial sweetners, obseity, scishow, lizzie bennet, science, vidcon, quarks, shirts, tripods, dan, french .. show full overview
2012x52
Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada
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In which John explains why he is always taken aside and searched when attempting to enter the great nation of Canada due to The Insufficient Funds Incident of 1995.
2012x53
Online Video about Online Video
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In which Hank does not show you lots of clips from VidCon because that would just be mean...also because there's no way he'd have enough time to edit a vlog like that in time to put it .. show full overview
2012x54
The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon
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In which John discusses his Vidcon experience, thanks his brother, and announces that you (yes, you!) need to read Part I of Ray Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451 by next Tuesday to prepare for .. show full overview
2012x55
The Higgs Boson
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The video is exactly 4:00 - YouTube adds a second. In which Hank takes a few minutes out of his busy vacation to talk about the Higgs boson, the Higgs field, and what they mean. We .. show full overview
2012x56
Feeling More Alive: Fahrenheit 451's The Hearth and the Salamander
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In which John discusses Part 1 of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, "The Hearth and the Salamander," including discussions of Guy Montag, Clarisse, the complicated relationship between .. show full overview
2012x57
An Army of Mindless Drones
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In which Hank discusses his feelings after the first parts of Fahrenheit 451, argues with John, and takes a bite out of a banana. I worry that, since Ray Bradbury appears to think that .. show full overview
2012x58
Hitler and Sex!
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In which John discusses the sex life of Adolf Hitler in response to a conversation he had with a cable television producer.
2012x59
The Universe is Weird: A Song
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Download the Song iTunes: http://dftba.com/universe Gumroad: http://gum.co/theuniverse
2012x60
The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds
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In which John responds to Hank's newfound fitness and buffitude by purchasing, and walking on, a treadmill desk. I've been writing on the treadmill desk for more than a week now, and I .. show full overview
2012x61
Tumblr: The Musical
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In which Hank Siiiiiiings...about Tumblr, with the team from AVbyte: http://www.youtube.com/avbyte
2012x62
Nerd Olympics
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In which John introduces Olympian Nerdfighter Jennifer Pinches. John also lays out his own plans to become an Olympian, but they may be far-fetched. All this, plus Esther Day!
2012x63
I Don't Understand My Life
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In which Hank talks about how weird life is, what value we really bring to the world, and why you should say "I Love You" today.
2012x64
EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour
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Hank's tour diary from the very quick, three-day tour he took with Harry and the Potters and Potter Puppet Pals. They're still on tour (and will be for a while) without me, and the show .. show full overview
2012x65
An Open Letter to Students Returning to School
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In which John Green gives advice to students returning to school for summer break, discusses the reasons public education exists, and celebrates the landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, .. show full overview
2012x66
I Don't Have a Favorite Pony
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In which Hank (with the help of Michael Aranda) sings about My Little Pony. Yup...
2012x67
John and Rainn Wilson Talk Romance
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In which John has a very special Monday talk (which does not supersede John's Tuesday video) with Rainn Wilson of Soul Pancake about the big stuff, namely romantic advice. While Rainn's .. show full overview
2012x68
To Be Anything At All: Thoughts from Places, Chicago and LeakyCon 2012
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In which John discusses the surprises and pleasures of being anything at all while attending the Harry Potter conference LeakyCon and walking around downtown Chicago. Also, I read from some humiliating high school fiction.
2012x69
Open Letter to the Wizards
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In which Hank sings a song about Harry Potter, and how screwed up that world is, really, when you think about it. Thanks to Harry and the Potters and Neil Cicierega for helping inspire it.
2012x70
Is College Worth It?
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In which John ponders whether a college degree is worth the high tuition, student loans, opportunity cost, and low-paying entry-level positions involved. Is the cost involved worth the .. show full overview
2012x71
Happy Birthday John Green!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN! Lower-than-actual resolution (but still very high) image available here: http://hankgreen.com/johnmosaicbig.jpg Chewie Solo 2012! .. show full overview
2012x72
Six Reasons Neil Armstrong was a BADASS
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This video contains the word "BADASS." I just wanted to add a bit to all of the discussions surrounding Neil Armstrong. We shouldn't forget that he was perfect for this mission not .. show full overview
2012x73
In Which the Candle Dies
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In which John discusses the end of the Looking for Alaska candle and the coming of the box set designed by nerdfighter Karen Kavett (http://www.youtube.com/xperpetualmotion). Also, John .. show full overview
2012x74
Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes
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In which Hank takes on some fascinatingly boring stuff about the U.S. tax code, what sorts of incomes there are, how tax brackets work, and why rich people pay a substantially lower tax .. show full overview
2012x75
The Five Worst Places to Vomit
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In which John discusses very bad places to vomit, even worse than "in a urinal," using both personal experience and historical examples.
2012x76
Can You Really Light a Fart?
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In which Hank answers the top questions asked to Google beginning with "Can You Really..." They include! Can you really sell your soul (no) Can you really tip a cow (no) Can you .. show full overview
2012x77
The Abandoned Ferris Wheel Spins Anyway
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In which the ferris wheel from the long-abandoned Berlin amusement park Spreepark continues to spin, thereby providing inspiration to us all. (the best i could do with both camera and computer broken. RIP My Computer, June 2012 - September 2012)
2012x78
1000 VIDEOS!!!
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In which Hank celebrates the creation of 1000 Vlogbrothers videos. It's a bit of a clip show. I can hardly believe we've been able to do this. To create such a huge body of work and .. show full overview
2012x79
Existential Airport Anxiety
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In which John yells in an airport while discussing the so-called information society, the proliferation of public television screens, and devices of distraction. This is my response to .. show full overview
2012x80
You. Must. Vote.
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Sorry non-US people...you should also vote, if you can, but I don't know when your elections are. It's simple, we have a responsibility to make an informed vote so that America will .. show full overview
2012x81
Do Businesses Need to Suck?
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In which John discusses the future of DFTBA Records, a business that endeavors not to suck.
2012x82
THE EYE OF LONDON: Thoughts from Northern Montana
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In which Hank just vlogs...using the "that makes me think of" style pioneered, of course, by Ze Frank (http://www.youtube.com/zefrank) and then he talks from a chair lift about being afraid to be on a chair lift, and then thinks about paths.
2012x83
What To Do With Your Life
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In which John answers the oft-asked question, "How do I figure out what to do with my life?" Along the way, he discusses adulthood, careers, movies, and the meaning of life and stuff.
2012x84
21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song
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We recently did a Truth or Fail on Sherlock Holmes (http://www.youtube.com/truthorfail) and one of the rounds was entitled "21st Century Sherlock" which inspired me to do this. I'm .. show full overview
2012x85
Attacked by Squirrels and Neoclassicism: Thoughts from Places, Washington D.C.
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In which John is threatened by an utterly fearless squirrel and contemplates the neoclassical architecture of our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. Along the way, he and the Yeti visit .. show full overview
2012x86
Human Sexuality is Complicated...
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In which Hank takes on a topic he's been afraid to cover for a while now. How should we talk about sexuality, what is the difference between sex and gender...and between sexual .. show full overview
2012x87
Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It's Question Tuesday
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A Question Tuesday video in which John addresses a broad range of questions from nerdfighters, discussing Gandalf, microwaved peeps, dinosaurs, his books, and much more along the way.
2012x88
Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos
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I am at the conference right now, so I actually can't write a proper description here...but online video education...is good. And exciting. Much love to YouTube for promoting this stuff .. show full overview
2012x89
Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit
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In which John discusses the US national debt, the federal budget deficit, plans for shrinking or eliminating the deficit, and tries to provide some context to the political rhetoric and .. show full overview
2012x90
Apples! CGP Grey Style
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In which Hank tells you some things you probabably didn't really need to know about apples...but that's OK right?
2012x91
TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas.
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In which John visits Las Vegas and discusses proper casino gambling strategies, particularly relating to the game of roulette, which features--like all good and noble things in this .. show full overview
2012x92
Disney Buys Star Wars and DFTVA!
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In which Hank talks about all of the crazy things going on including Disney's acquisition of LucasFilm, Hurricane Sandy, Darcy Day, Assassin's Creed 3, and the U.S. Elections. He also coughs a lot.
2012x93
Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins
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In which John discusses the tax proposals of the two major candidates for President while arguing against the hysterical rhetoric that marks contemporary political discourse. This is the .. show full overview
2012x94
Spicy Summer Camp Story
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In which Hank decides to take a break from the intensity of the election to tell you a spicy tale from his past as a summer camp counselor.
2012x95
Terrible at Frenching: My Spicy Summer Camp Story
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In which John discusses his trials and travails as an amateur french kisser and tries to tell an ACTUAL spicy summer camp story, instead of one about freaking spices. Also, he takes you .. show full overview
2012x96
The 51st State
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In which Hank discusses the historical nature of yesterday's election, and how a bunch of Americans who don't live in America may end up having the most significant impact of all. But .. show full overview
2012x97
VOLT! A Dream Comes True.
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In which John's wish to own a Chevy Volt, which is almost exactly as old as the vlogbrothers channel itself, finally comes true. (Also, I think this is the first time we've ever made a video in the "autos and vehicles" category of YouTube.)
2012x98
The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-(
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In which Hank is jealous that John got a Volt. And then he explains the whole "house of representatives" thing, which, yes...is weird.
2012x99
I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One.
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In which John shares some of his early writing, including a poem called "Bio Poem" that is well and truly humiliating in its lack of quality. I also discover and share many items from my .. show full overview
2012x100
We're all Scared
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In which Hank discusses why life is so terrifying, and why that's OK.
2012x101
Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story
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In which John discusses the strange story of Florence Foster Jenkins, who gave the worst performance in the history of Carnegie Hall in 1944, and who is famous (and beloved) for being an .. show full overview
2012x102
Black Friday: An Accident of History
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In which Hank answers the age old question "Why, on the day after we spend time being thankful for what we have, do we spend time wanting more?" It turns out it's just an accident of history, and we can thank Abraham Lincoln.
2012x103
Nerdfighter Book Recommendations: A Gift Giving Guide for Nerdfightastic Readers
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In which John Green recommends some of his favorite books to some of his favorite people (Crash Course fans, Whovians, Sherlockians, Harry Potter fans, Swoodilypooper supporters, and .. show full overview
2012x104
VidCon 2013!
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In which Hank talks about VidCon and his trip to LA.
2012x105
Time for AWESOME
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Description: Go to http://www.projectforawesome.com to sign up now.
2012x106
Thoughts from Dead Animals
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In which Hank visits the Philip L Wright Zoological Museum. Ze asked us to talk about what makes our places special...I couldn't think of a better way.
2012x107
Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS
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In which John delivers the semi-annual-ish report on the Bank of Nerdfighteria's health and various projects, including both of its Charlie McDonnell-like arms, the lending arm and the .. show full overview
2012x108
I Got Nothin...
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Let's make the world better with the Project for Awesome though: http://www.projectforawesome.com
2012x109
THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children.
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In which John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome, when YouTube is taken over for one day by videos about charities. My Project for Awesome charity this year is Save the .. show full overview
2012x110
Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop)
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We've been making Crash Course and SciShow for more than a year now and, of course, we can't do it by ourselves. So I wanted to take you around our offices a bit and introduce the people who help us make this stuff.
2012x111
Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING!
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In which Hank is a little bit weird and has a hard time concentrating, but does eventually get around to the point...well...actually not really, I don't think there's much of a point to .. show full overview

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