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Should We Raise the Minimum Wage?

In which John discusses the minimum wage, and whether raising the minimum wage would negatively affect employment in the United States.

Thanks to Rosianna for graphics and research help: http://www.youtube.com/missxrojas

About Card and Kreuger's famous study of New Jersey and Pennsylvania: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_...
Why Does the Minimum Wage Have No Discernible Effect on Employment? http://www.cepr.net/documents/publica...
Do higher minimum wages reduce poverty? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/w...
A Washington Post overview of the minimum wage debate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/t...

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Published on February 04, 2014 15:49

Celebrate the life of Esther Grace Earl on February 1, 2014

On February 1, 2014 at 7:00 PM, the Earl family will be celebrating the release of Esther's book with an awesome, multi-media event featuring presentations by family and friends, as well as performances by Wizard Rock bands. Come join the Earls and Esther's friends as they pay tribute to Esther's life and work!

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Published on February 01, 2014 18:28

In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer

In which Hank meets (and falls in love with a tree) and then dives deep into the TFiOS trailer..searching for hidden meaning.

Check Out WorldBuilders for your chance to win awesome prizes by donating to Heifer International: http://worldbuilders.org/

Hanklerfish Plushie's available now! http://dftba.com/product/1cu/Hanklerf...

Watch the TFiOS Trailer (like you haven't already) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItBv...

Music from the Trailer:
Sun - Sleeping at Last https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOQrf...
We're On Our Way - Radical Face - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R66X...
What You Wanted - One Republic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9LDn...

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Published on January 31, 2014 12:22

Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips

In which John shares a sneak peek of the movie adaptation of his novel The Fault in Our Stars, shanks Hank for giving him a cold, and attempts a backflip.

Order This Star Won't Go Out: http://www.amazon.com/This-Star-Wont-...

Follow The Fault in Our Stars movie!
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thefaultmovie
Tumblr: http://faultinourstarsmovie.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/faultinourstarsm...

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Published on January 28, 2014 17:07

The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach – REUNION!

In which Hank and John go to the beach and have a chat.

The Art Assignment: http://www.youtube.com/user/theartass...

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Published on January 24, 2014 07:54

Are Poor Countries Doomed?

The Gates Foundation Letter: http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/

In which John discusses the three myths at the center of Bill and Melinda Gates's 2013 annual letter: 1. Poor countries are NOT doomed to remain poor. 2. Foreign aid is NOT a waste of money. (In fact, health aid at least is an astonishingly good investment.) 3. Saving children's lives does NOT lead to overpopulation. (In fact, decreasing infant mortality has consistently slowed population growth all over the world.)

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Published on January 21, 2014 13:36

54 JOKES! In Four Minutes!

Hank Green Returns to tell FIFTY FOUR MORE JOKES in less than four minutes because that is WHAT I DO! Thanks to all the Nerdfighters on Twitter who helped me out. And, of course, to the original creators of the jokes...where ever you are.

If you want to watch my previous jokes videos (I've now told a total of 289) there's a full playlist here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTR2t...

FULL VIDEO TEXT!!! ALL FIFTY FOUR JOKES! Transcribed by http://nerdfightergifs.tumblr.com

54 Jokes

1. Whats the difference between a cat and a compound sentence? One has claws at the end of its paws and one has a pause at the end of its clause?

2. What's the difference between a Tuna and a piano?
You can tune a piano, but you cannot piano a Tuna.

3 Whats the difference between the moon and Julis Caesar?
The moon is rocky and full of craters and Julius Caesar is dead!

4. Why do you think Civil Disobedience was such a fantastic essay?
Thoreau editing... Thorough.

5. What cell phones do travelling nuns use?
Virgin mobile.

6. And how come her cell phone bill was so high?
She was a Roman (roamin') Catholic

7. Why did they kick cinderella off the baseball team?
She kept running away from the ball.

8. And the mermaid, that was weird. What was she wearing in math class?
Oh yeah.. an Algae-bra

9. Why was the sand wet?
Because the seaweed... The sea... it wee'd

10. What happened when the butcher backed up into his meat grinder?
Uh, he got a little behind in his work.

11. My pastor, he ate too many beans. He had in his own pews.

12. The defendant is accused of putting dynamite into a steer. Abominable! [A Bomb In a Bull]

13. I'm sorry we can't let the elephants back into the public pool. They keep dropping their trunks.

14. What did the policeman say when his tummy was rumbling?
Stop! You're under a vest.

15. Kleptomaniacs just don't get puns... they always take things literally.

16. When the attendant asked the photon if it had any bags to check... It said.. Nah, I'm traveling light.

17. Ah, I had a great boomerang joke... It'll come back to me.

18. So the Pillsbury Doughboy's pants fell off and I.. feel really weird about donuts right now.

19. What did the sub-atmoic ducks say?
Quark!

20. The stormtrooper was enjoying the Wookie steak, but it was a little Chewie.

21. That girl said she knew me from the vegitarian club, but I'd never seen herbivore [her before]

22. Why are the middle ages sometimes called the Dark Ages? Because they had so many knights.

23. Where do you get whales weighed? At the Whale-weigh station.

24. Name four men that are in a rock group together but none of them sing nor play music... Mt Rushmore. They're a rock group.. it's a rock...group

25. [sings] I stayed up all night because I wanted to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

26. The oddly pleasant feeling of looking down on a physist as they drink the last of their beer. The strange charm of a top down bottoms up.

27. How much does a hipster weigh? An instagram.

28. A man goes to a zoo and discovers there is only one animal and it's a dog. It was a Shih Tzu

29. What do you call a snarky criminal going down the stairs? [A Condesending con descending]

30. What are the 10 letters of the pirate alphabet? Aye, Aye, Arr and the Seven C's

31. PMS jokes are not funny... [Period]

32. So I was on a train with Einstein and he turns to me and asks... Does Boston stop at this train?

33. A Bhuddist monk goes to a hotdog stand and says make me one with everything.

34. Sherlock, what are you doing with that 200lbs shrub? It's not a shrub, it's a lemon tree my dear Watson.

35. How do you make Holy water? Take regular water and just boil the hell out of it.

36. Interesting story, the guy who helped me learn algebra never farted around anyone. I mean he did say he was a private tutor.

37. My first girlfriend was a tennis player but she broke my heart. It was like love meant nothing to her.

38. Ever since I got punched in the nose by that clown I've smelled funny.

I HAD TO CUT SOME BECAUSE OF A CHARACTER LIMIT!

44. They stopped a vulture from bringing his rotting carcasses on the plane but he said "You said I could have two carry on items!"

45. A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers and says... Five beers please.

46. What do you call a cow that's just given birth? [De-Calf-Inated]

47. What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef.

48. What do you call a cow with three legs? Lean beef.

49. Two legs? Yo mamma!

50. Some people believe that becoming a vegitarian is just a mistake... A Missed-steak.

51. Puns, thats a rare medium well done.

52. How do you fix a broken Tuba. With a tuba glue.

53. Where does Dorien Gray shop? Forever 21

54. Dorien Gray Jokes, they never get old!

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Published on January 17, 2014 09:14

Giving Away Over $700,000

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Published on January 14, 2014 14:04

Global Warming and the Polar Vortex

In which Hank talks about why it's cold, and why extreme weather makes us talk about global warming, and why this is precisely the wrong way to think about...average global atmospheric energy increase.

Flula raps about the Polar Vortex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnjfYr...

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Published on January 10, 2014 11:44

Warm Things for Cold Times

Preorder Esther's book This Star Won't Go Out: http://www.amazon.com/This-Star-Wont-... / http://widgets.penguin.com/Pages/affi...

Boston nerdfighter gathering for Esther's book: http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com...

NERDFIGHTERS OF GREATER LONDON: Go see AFC Wimbledon play Torquay. http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/tickets... (You should be able to just show up and get standing room tickets, at least as I understand it. Anyway, it will be super fun.)

In which John discusses things that are warm or make him feel warm, because 1. it is cold outside, and 2. there's an ice pack on his groin right now.

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Published on January 07, 2014 12:32