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February 3, 2015
Beards, Birds, and the Paper Towns Release Date: Question Tuesday!
In which John from the Past answers real questions from real nerdfighters about Holden Caulfield's hat, his favorite Taylor Swift song, how to be more productive, the Paper Towns movie release date, and more!
The Art Assignment
- Emotional Furniture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_T5D...
- Imprint Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55wH...
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? http://www.tootsie.com/howmanylick-ex...
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January 30, 2015
Thoughts from the Edge
In which Hank thinks about the diversity and productivity of the boundaries between biomes and what that might mean for individuals, culture, and democracy. Particularly, our democracy, which maybe needs some help.
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SOME OTHER THOUGHTS
Holy Shit, I Interviewed the President: An Exploration of The News Media's Self-Destruction - https://medium.com/@hankgreen/holy-sh...
PBS NewsHour Twitter Chat on the News Media: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/t...
PBS Idea Channel on Objectivity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT0yR...
News vs. Noise from the BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-3093...
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January 27, 2015
Will Life Get Better for the Poor?
Sign up to be a Global Citizen: http://www.globalcitizen.org/
The 2015 Bill and Melinda Gates Letter: http://www.gatesnotes.com/2015-annual...
In which John discusses the prospect of dramatic improvements in the lives of the world's poorest people, his favorite letter of the year (sorry Bill My Insurance Agent!), how to decrease infant mortality, and how to listen better to voices that are poorly represented online.
Also, lots of graphs! Everyone loves graphs!
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January 23, 2015
Interviewing the President
Watch the Full Interview Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR6i...
In which Hank takes you on a trip to Washington DC and into the White House. The President makes a similar journey, though in his own private helicopter. A beautiful, gigantic helicopter that I saw through 2-inch thick glass.
I didn't do any thoughts or analysis in this video, but I've done some on my Tumblr: http://edwardspoonhands.com
I am exhausted, but also pretty euphoric. Thanks to everyone who was a part of pulling this off. Working with the White House can be pretty intense, but they did a fantastic job. To everyone who was awesome and supportive. To Bethany and Glozell, who were fantastic and very fun to hang out with. To everyone who has made YouTube such an interesting and diverse place. And to Paul Janssen, who first synthesized the active ingredient in Immodium, without whom none of this would have been possible.
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January 20, 2015
REUNION MINIGOLF
In which Hank and John answer real questions from real nerdfighters while playing an incredibly intense and competitive round of putt putt.
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January 16, 2015
Is School Broken? (Also…ANNOUNCEMENTS OF IMPORT)
In which Hank discusses what education does, what it should do, and why it doesn't do it as well as it probably could be done.
And then he announces!
The Launch of Crash Course Astronomy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rHUD...
AND Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBGl2...
AND that he's GOING TO THE FREAKING WHITE HOUSE TO INTERVIEW PRESIDENT OBAMA, WHAT?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awU8M...
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January 13, 2015
On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesom
Looking for Alaska 10th Anniversary Edition: http://www.penguin.com/book/looking-f...
In which John discusses writing, the 10th anniversary of first novel Looking for Alaska, and the charities chosen by nerdfighteria to receive grants from the 2014 Project for Awesome.
Thanks to everyone who has read and shared Looking for Alaska over lo these many years. Penguin built a lovely site to share your experiences with the story: http://lookingforalaska10.com
The lovely temerityjane on twitter: https://twitter.com/temerityjane
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January 9, 2015
14 Fart Facts for my Flatulent Friends
The crazy thing is I had to cut like five fart facts from this video because I just had TOO MUCH GOOD FART STUFF! Maybe I'll make a video with some more fart facts in the future.
If you can't tell...I like farts. I think they're funny and nothing to be ashamed of (though I don't go out of my way to fart loudly at dinner parties like SOME PEOPLE I KNOW! JEFF!)
LINKS!
World's Oldest Joke (and World's Oldest Fart Joke) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2008/07...
Tert-Butylthiol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tert-But...
Franklin's 'Fart Proudly' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_Pro...
Chemical Composition of Farts - http://chemistry.about.com/od/medical...
Global Methane Outputs - http://icp.giss.nasa.gov/education/me...
Le Petomane - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%...
Various Fart Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart
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January 6, 2015
AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth
In which John gets really really excited over and over again while attending the FA Cup tie between AFC Wimbledon (the team nerdfighteria sponsors) and Liverpool Football Club (the team John supports).
Thanks to everyone at AFC Wimbledon for their hospitality and support. I can't tell you how many hundreds of people came up to me and told me how much the nerdfighter community's support means to them.
Thanks as always to Rosianna (http://youtube.com/rosianna) for spearheading the sponsorship and planning all of the things.
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January 4, 2015
The Best Worst Thing
A bonus video in which John discusses divided loyalty, football (real), fan-driven projects, the meaning of sports, his weird over-the-top love for Liverpool Football Club, his weird over-the-top love for AFC Wimbledon, and the forthcoming match between the two. Wimbledon/Nerdfighteria scarves: http://store.dftba.com/products/afc-w...
All the advertising revenue from hankgames goes to AFC Wimbledon: http://www.youtube.com/hankgames
You can watch the match live at 3 PM eastern on Monday on Fox Sports 1. If you don't have Fox Sports 1 or don't live in the U.S., there are lots of ways to stream it. This is, of course, illegal and I don't recommend it; I'm just saying it's POSSIBLE.
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