Dear Hank & John
| 'Dear Hank & John' | |
|---|---|
| File:Dear Hank And John Pocast Cover Art.jpg Dear Hank & John Podcast Cover Art | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Hank Green & John Green |
| Genre |
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| Language | English |
| Updates | Weekly |
| Production | |
| Production | Nicholas Jenkins |
| Theme music composed by | Gunnarolla |
| Audio format | Podcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3) |
| No. of episodes | 125 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | June 7, 2015 – present |
| Website | 'Dear Hank & John' |
Dear Hank & John is a podcast hosted by the Green brothers: musician and YouTube entrepreneur Hank Green and young-adult novelist and film producer, John Green. The podcast is produced and edited by Nicholas Jenkins with additional help from Rosianna Halse Rojas. First released in June 2015, Hank and John Green answer questions e-mailed by listeners, give "dubious" advice and talk about the weekly news for the planet Mars and the 3rd tier English football club AFC Wimbledon. Episodes are typically around 45 minutes in length.[1][2] Upon the podcast's debut, it reached the number 4 position on the US iTunes performance chart and hit a peak position of number 2 two days later. Dear Hank & John has also been charted on iTunes in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Australia and Brazil.[3] The podcast is primarily funded through the crowdfunding website Patreon.[4]
The podcast follows a general format which starts with John reading a short poem. The main portion of the show then has the brothers offering comedic advice to questions received from listeners. Usually, at some point in the question segment, the brothers 'plug' various 'sponsors' of the show in a humorous manner that references topics from that week. The show then moves to the news segment, with Hank delivering the news about Mars and John the news about the AFC Wimbledon football club. Finally, the brothers discuss 'what they learned today', before reading the credits at the show's close.[5] The brothers' schedule has sometimes led them to miss several episodes (notably for John during the summer of 2015 due to the Paper Towns publicity tour, and for Hank in late 2016 for his paternity leave); various friends of the brothers have filled in for each missing host on those occasions.
In March 2017, a 'bonus' supplemental podcast, titled This Week in Ryans, started to become available for those who support the podcast on Patreon at the $5/month level or higher. In each episode, a person or thing named Ryan is selected to be discussed and analyzed by the hosts in a short segment.
An exclusive Dear Hank & John episode has been made as a perk for the annual Project for Awesome fundraising campaign[6][7] each year since 2015.
Dear Hank and John introduced a "phrase of the week" to the podcast with their 108th episode. This consists of a game played by the Green brothers in which both parties have a phrase only known to themselves, chosen before the podcast, that they must slip in during the duration of the recording without the other brother noticing. At the end of the podcast each brother gets one guess at the other brother's "phrase of the week"; if guessed right, that brother becomes the winner for that episode.[1]
Live Performances[edit | edit source]
On John's book tour for Turtles All the Way Down (October 10 - November 2, 2017) the Green brothers put on about a two hour long performance filled with monologues, silly songs, and a live version of Dear Hank & John.[8] This live production of their podcast included taking real questions from real Nerdfighters who were in attendance in the audience at that particular stop of the tour. Segments that were recorded across the tour were later edited into a single podcast, and released as its 114th episode.
Platforms[edit | edit source]
Dear Hank and John is available to listeners on a multitude of platforms. Most commonly streamed on iTunes[1] the podcast also has thousands of "views" on the Dear Hank and John YouTube page[9] where they upload episodes several days after the initial release on iTunes. The podcast has also been released on the audio websites like SoundCloud, PodBay.fm, and many other podcast related websites.
List of Episodes[1][edit | edit source]
| Episode No. | Original Release Date | Episode Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Jun 2015 | The Debut: Do You Pee on Your Own Head? | |
| 2 | 16 Jun 2015 | It's a Humour Podcast! | |
| 3 | 23 Jun 2015 | Pain Demands to be Felt. | |
| 4 | 30 Jun 2015 | What's in a Name? | |
| 5 | 7 Jul 2015 | Should I Lie to Get a Job?* | Guest: Maureen Johnson |
| 6 | 15 Jul 2015 | Would You Eat a Moon Sandwich?* | Guest: Emma Blackery |
| 7 | 22 Jul 2015 | What to do about Stomach Farts?* | Guests: Charlie McDonnell and Jimmy Hill |
| 8 | 29 Jul 2015 | Dear Hank and Grace!* | Guest: Grace Helbig |
| 9 | 5 Aug 2015 | Dear Hank and Felicia* | Guest: Felicia Day |
| 10 | 12 Aug 2015 | When Your Friend Likes Ayn Rand... | |
| 11 | 18 Aug 2015 | How do you "Make Something of Yourself"? | |
| 12 | 25 Aug 2015 | Tree Climbing Strategies | |
| 13 | 1 Sep 2015 | John and Hank and Wheezy Waiter! | Guest: Craig Benzine |
| 14 | 9 Sep 2015 | Jurassic Mars | |
| 15 | 15 Sep 2015 | Get That in Your Mouth! | |
| 16 | 22 Sep 2015 | Handling Awful Roomates(sic) | |
| 17 | 29 Sep 2015 | Meeting Taylor Swift('s parents) | |
| 18 | 7 Oct 2015 | Coming to Terms with your Nerdiness | |
| 19 | 12 Oct 2015 | Should I Abandon My Stuffed Animal? | |
| 20 | 20 Oct 2015 | This Episode Contains Puke | |
| 21 | 27 Oct 2015 | Who Am I? | |
| 22 | 2 Nov 2015 | Post-Menopausal Cousin Marriage | |
| 23 | 10 Nov 2015 | OH MY GOD IT'S BURNING | |
| 24 | 18 Nov 2015 | The Great Finger Licking Debate | |
| 25 | 24 Nov 2015 | LIVE IN NEW YORK it's NARS MEWS | |
| 26 | 2 Dec 2015 | Should I Make Out With My Roommate? | |
| 27 | 8 Dec 2015 | Giving Gifts Without Breaking the Bank | |
| 28 | 15 Dec 2015 | John's Top Ten Probable Apocalypse List | |
| 29 | 22 Dec 2015 | Barbershop Genghis | |
| 30 | 12 Jan 2016 | Ending the Hiaaeetus! | |
| 31 | 19 Jan 2016 | Breakin' the Law (and Being Good.) | |
| 32 | 27 Jan 2016 | Broccoli Flavoured Chocolate | |
| 33 | 4 Feb 2016 | Putting Water in Cereal!?! | |
| 34 | 9 Feb 2016 | YouTube Freaky Friday | |
| 35 | 17 Feb 2016 | Should I Get Baptized if I Don't Believe? | |
| 36 | 23 Feb 2016 | Grief is Super Weird | |
| 37 | 2 Mar 2016 | The Floridiest Place | |
| 38 | 8 Mar 2016 | The Smelling in Your Dwelling | |
| 39 | 16 Mar 2016 | Feelings are Alright* | Guest: Katherine Green |
| 40 | 22 Mar 2016 | Almost Distressingly Good Advice | |
| 41 | 29 Mar 2016 | In the Absence of Toes | |
| 42 | 6 Apr 2016 | Mayonnaise Malaise | |
| 43 | 12 Apr 2016 | Gotta Be Kitten | |
| 44 | 20 Apr 2016 | A Life Sandwich | |
| 45 | 25 Apr 2016 | Not Knowing | |
| 46 | 2 May 2016 | Brotherhood 3.0 | |
| 47 | 17 May 2016 | You're Gonna Be Okay | |
| 48 | 24 May 2016 | Pizza John Priorities | |
| 49 | 31 May 2016 | Not Not An Adult† | Guest: Sydney Green |
| 50 | 8 Jun 2016 | Things Are Like Other Things | |
| 51 | 14 Jun 2016 | Weird/Bad Dancefighting | |
| 52 | 20 Jun 2016 | We are in this together. | |
| 53 | 29 Jun 2016 | The Worst Episode Ever | |
| 54 | 6 Jul 2016 | Nerd Punk | |
| 55 | 26 Jul 2016 | A Proper Dumpster Fire | |
| 56 | 1 Aug 2016 | Is It Going to Throw Up? | |
| 57 | 8 Aug 2016 | Og Nomekop | |
| 58 | 16 Aug 2016 | That's the Science (w/ Flula!)* | Guest: Flula Borg |
| 59 | 22 Aug 2016 | Hank's Disaster Preparedness Plan | |
| 60 | 29 Aug 2016 | There is Almost Always a Future | |
| 61 | 6 Sep 2016 | Tiny Acts of Kindness | |
| 62 | 13 Sep 2016 | Pumpkins and Penguins (and Fiddles) | |
| 63 | 20 Sep 2016 | World Queen | |
| 64 | 26 Sep 2016 | Really Terrible Scandinavian Geography Lessons | |
| 65 | 3 Oct 2016 | But... You're a Horse | |
| 66 | 17 Oct 2016 | A Great Bit of Oratory | |
| 67 | 24 Oct 2016 | Feeling Home | |
| 68 | 1 Nov 2016 | Gaga in Space (w/ Tyler Oakley!)† | Guest: Tyler Oakley |
| 69 | 7 Nov 2016 | Live from NerdCon: Stories (w/ Karen Hallion!)† | Guest: Karen Hallion |
| 70 | 23 Nov 2016 | The Rhythmic Thud of the Space Bar (w/ Ashley Ford!)† | Guest: Ashley Ford |
| 71 | 5 Dec 2016 | Only Pause for Applause (w/ Hannah Hart!)† | Guest: Hannah Hart |
| 72 | 12 Dec 2016 | Planet Dirt (Hank Returns!) | |
| 73 | 19 Dec 2016 | Planes, Trains, and Automosqueals | |
| 74 | 28 Dec 2016 | The Kindness Muscle | |
| 75 | 3 Jan 2017 | The Nutrient Coconut Milk of Sin (w/ Katherine Green!)* | Guest: Katherine Green |
| 76 | 9 Jan 2017 | Best of Dear Hank & John | |
| 77 | 16 Jan 2017 | Save Us, Giant Octopus | |
| 78 | 23 Jan 2017 | Being Sure | |
| 79 | 30 Jan 2017 | Tiny Useless Pelvises (That Are Still There) | |
| 80 | 8 Feb 2017 | Life is Hard and Also Has Good Things | |
| 81 | 13 Feb 2017 | Always Making Progress Forever | |
| 82 | 20 Feb 2017 | Where There Was Previously Nothing | |
| 83 | 6 Mar 2017 | There's No Rock and Roll on Mars | |
| 84 | 13 Mar 2017 | Live from NerdCon: Nerdfighteria! | |
| 85 | 20 Mar 2017 | Stay Gold, Potaterson | |
| 86 | 27 Mar 2017 | This Week in Ryans | |
| 87 | 3 Apr 2017 | The Future is Gonna Rule | |
| 88 | 10 Apr 2017 | Hank's Profound Graduation Speech | |
| 89 | 24 Apr 2017 | A Rich Guy with an Affinity for Bats | |
| 90 | 2 May 2017 | Glitter Soul | |
| 91 | 8 May 2017 | Everything is Everything (w/ Mayim Bialik!)* | Guest: Mayim Bialik |
| 92 | 15 May 2017 | Cewebrity | |
| 93 | 22 May 2017 | Nothing Fits on a Bumper Sticker | |
| 94 | 29 May 2017 | Pocket Conspiracy Theories (w/ Matthew Gaydos!)* | Guest: Matthew Gaydos |
| Special | 3 June 2017 | Special Shorty with Travis McElroy* | Guest: Travis McElroy |
| 95 | 5 June 2017 | Lawn Care Vigilantism | |
| 96 | 12 June 2017 | Next Level Laziness | |
| 97 | 19 June 2017 | Lemon Salty Whales | |
| 98 | 26 June 2017 | An Army of Burrito Children (w/ Dodie Clark!)* | Guest: Dodie Clark |
| 99 | 3 July 2017 | A Fusing of the Hair | |
| 100 | 24 July 2017 | 100th Episode Extravaganza Spectacular!!! | |
| 101 | 31 July 2017 | Knit like a Mofo | |
| 102 | 7 Aug 2017 | The Friend Bucket | |
| 103 | 14 Aug 2017 | There Are No Boxes (w/ Gaby Dunn!)* | Guest: Gaby Dunn |
| 104 | 21 Aug 2017 | Dove Quivering | |
| 105 | 28 Aug 2017 | Fancy Diving | |
| 106 | 5 Sept 2017 | Cannibal Mermaids | |
| 107 | 11 Sept 2017 | skREvEL! | |
| 108 | 18 Sept 2017 | We Would All Be Flounders | |
| 109 | 25 Sept 2017 | The Catastrophizing Kindergarten Teacher | |
| 110 | 2 Oct 2017 | One and Less Extra Bone | |
| 111 | 9 Oct 2017 | Omagles All the Way Down | |
| 112 | 24 Oct 2017 | Toaster Is a Wolf to Dog | |
| 113 | 30 Oct 2017 | Aardvarks with Guns | |
| 114 | 6 Nov 2017 | Confused About Batman | |
| 115 | 13 Nov 2017 | Semi-Immortal 35-Year-Olds on Mars | |
| 116 | 20 Nov 2017 | Do Not Enter the Craft Fort! (w/ Caitlin Hofmeister!)* | Guest: Caitlin Hofmeister |
| 117 | 27 Nov 2017 | Lightsaber Your Tiny House* | Guest: Katherine Green |
| 118 | 4 Dec 2017 | Heavy Baby Bib! (w/ Alex Goldman!)* | Guest: Alex Goldman |
| 119 | 12 Dec 2017 | Water Is Dry (w/ Greg Miller!)* | Guest: Greg Miller |
| Special | 16 Dec 2017 | Special Shorty: It's Project for Awesome Time | |
| 120 | 18 Dec 2017 | Snake Cuddle Time | |
| 121 | 25 Dec 2017 | Every Plum Has Its Thorn | |
| 122 | 8 Jan 2018 | The Last Brand Deal | |
| 123 | 15 Jan 2018 | The Incredible Glamorous Hulk | |
| 124 | 23 Jan 2018 | Liars and Litterers and Thieves | |
| 125 | 29 Jan 2018 | Book Hangovers (w/ Sarah Urist Green!)† | Guest: Sarah Urist Green |
*indicates John Green is absent for the episode; †indicates Hank Green is absent for the episode
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dear Hank & John by Hank Green and John Green on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Vlogbrothers launch their own podcast". Boing Boing. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ↑ "iTunesCharts.net: 'Dear Hank & John' by Dear Hank & John (American Podcasts iTunes Chart)". www.itunescharts.net. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Dear Hank and John is creating Dubious Advice | Patreon". Patreon. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ Dear Hank and John (2016-01-20), Dear Hank and John 001 - The Debut: Do You Pee on Your Own Head?, retrieved 2016-04-22
- ↑ "The Project for Awesome 2015 kicks off today". Hypable. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ↑ "Annual 'Awesome' fundraiser on deck for John Green". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ↑ "Turtles All The Way Down Tour". www.turtlesallthewaydownbook.com.
- ↑ "Dear Hank and John Youtube Channel". www.YouTube.com.
