Y'all dug up his THESIS?? Hank is one of the most mediatized people I know and I'm not sure anyone has done that. Fantastic interview as usual, C&S&team - thank you.
What the actual hell?! Every time I think Hank has been on every podcast in existence in LA another episode with him is released. I just saw the notification for his episode with Smosh and then this back to back. Goddamn.
on the safety third podcast I think he said theirs was the third that day, and he had it scheduled to end basically right before his show that night. that blows my non-socializing mind into pieces.
For those who were wondering what is on the wall in the frame: We need words to Fill this part of The board because When we film inter- Views it looks too Empty and we dont Want our subscribers To think that we Dont have important Things to say that would fill a board ☺️
"Are all the *me*s having experiences I've forgotten dead already?" is such a brilliant way to put that feeling. Kudos to Hank. Looking forward to spending the rest of the day listening to this interview! Thank you, Colin and Samir!
Hank talking about their podcast not being on video: 1) Amazing imitation of John 2) I love the people who animate bits of their podcast, so actually you can "turn it into something" 3) In general I think the reason John and Hank aren't burned out on the vlogbrothers channel specifically is that they don't care about increasing their audience and aren't under that pressure like other creators are.
I love the question, "what's your new zero?" I recently came to the realization that almost all youtubers are like ceos, forever concerned about maximizing shareholder profit; and the profit is mix of literal monetary value and the views, the thought of more people seeing you then last time. Not many youtubers really talk about either value, especially the latter. But the ones that do talk about it say that the view counter is like a drug, a true cycle that can be addictive
I think it's true for any entrepreneur. I wanted to ask my boss today what would she be happy with. Like at what level would it all be good enough? Needless to say, I chickened out.@@randomgaming6808
Try to remind yourself that highschool is soooo far from reality. If you can manage, one foot in front of the other. Soon enough it will be over. Do what you can manage and try to grab little bits of joy when they show themselves. I hope you have some better times soon.
14:28 I’m an ADHD life couch, and a lot of perfectionism for ADHDers can be this “perfectly prepared” belief in your head that Hanks talking about. It was very helpful when I learned about this.
All of Colin and Samir’s videos humanizes the creative process, but I think Hank really put it into perspective in this episode very well. As a father, long-term creative, and a business-oriented person. This episode was really special 👏🏻
Colin and Samir I am at the one hour and 57 minute mark of watching this video on a monday morning. I don't have a lot of free time anymore as I work very much and often have to decide between showering and sleeping (for example). You guys have changed how I feel about so many thing including long interviews, long conversations, and "podcasts" if I can call you that. I love your work, you guys truly are akin to Narduar as Hank alluded. I love your show, I have now seen many episodes in their entirety. I am only one person but for anyone to get 2 hours out of me in a day is incredibly high praise indeed. Thank you guys and thank you Hank and I'\m getting a little emotional here but I just wanted to say you guys are the coolest and I get immense value from what you're doing. Thanks from one of your Canadian fans
I find the problem with people doing RU-vid nowadays is their lack of strategy. They come up with ideas and upload them and post them straight away. They may be motivated for a couple months and may upload 40 videos in that time. 40 videos could be 40 or 20 weeks instead of 2/3 months. Batch and post consistently (in my case I also use a bit of Famester to make my content viral instantly). Don't post everything straight away, post it on the same day/time every week. This also helps avoid burn out...
It's probably a result on their immense size as a platform. It's hard to sustain long term strategies with such a rapidly changing medium. There are ways to do it but it's very tricky and even trickier when you have shareholders and parent company
Hank did this nice lil collab/interview tour while he was in LA but I was so excited when he mentioned he’d be on Colin and Samir because these guys really make every interview feel so comfortable and relaxed despite also being so of the most well researched and analytical interviewers out there. Another banger from Colin and Samir.
I watch vlog brothers simply because John and Hank. Their brotherly affection and down in the gut friendship of a life time. There is nothing else like it. They are different enough and alike enough to be interesting, funny, touching, and information. Real love, real interest.
As someone who consumes about 4 long-form interviews a week, this one was one of the most interesting interviews I've listened to. Ever. Great work C&S and of course Hank. Really appreciate the peek into the creator perspective on this episode.
There's no one in the world with more interesting insights and comments about the creator economy than Hank Green. This perspective is invaluable and I can't imagine a better guest for this show. I can see myself rewatching this for years to come.
Hey guys I just want to say how thankful I am for your content. Getting perspectives from people like Hank is invaluable. Over and again your guests help me navigate a something that I just couldn’t figure out on my own. In other cases hearing the struggles and challenges they’ve faced makes me feel not crazy for having some of those same frustrations. Keep up the great work, you’re making a big impact!
Hey guys, thank you for this episode. And thank you to Hank for all of his time and thoughts here. I was so taken by Hank's thoughts on death and talking about some of the emotions and planning since his diagnosis. This hit home for me, my dad passed away last month at 60 after being sick for some time. It was oddly comforting to hear someone talk about some of the logistics and emotions about death in this very thoughtful way when I've just been crying for a month. Always a fan, always love your content, and thank you all again!
Mr. Hank Green from my high school classes youtube education saying "He's a quirked up white boy who's goated with the sauce" is not something I ever would have thought could happen
I agree! I also find that podcasts that have the visual component begin to cater to the viewers and have more visual presentation that makes us audio-only listeners feel left out even though it’s supposed to be a podcast.
I love Colin & Samir. Have to emphasize that first. Unsolicited critique: This episode had a lot of talking over each other. Would’ve loved to hear Hank just a bit more in certain places. He seemed to get cut off quite a bit.
Oh man, you prob don’t want to watch the other podcasts Hank did in LA then, lol. There were a couple in particular where Hank was being interviewed by 4 people who were all very excited to talk to him and show off how funny and smart they were. 😂 everyone was constantly talking over each other, at some points there were two seperate conversations happening. The videos were super hard for me to follow. Colin and Samir’s video is my favorite of all the LA podcasts by far, it felt way less like the floor of the New York stock exchange and more like a regular conversation 😊
the only long form youtube videos i watch all the way through are these videos - this kind of behind the scenes discussions are the most fascinating to me. i'm one of the 10+year long vlogbrothers watchers and I do the census every year and i love it and hearing Hank talk in this format is beyond engaging. So glad you guys got the chance to do this with him!
Love this, Hank and John are among my favourite people on the platform. Having watched them for years, and being quite aware of all that Hank has done, it was great to hear him talk about these things, and his views on the platform. Great video.
36:50 I've heard hank curse but I dont think I've ever heard him directly curse someone out so much PURELY because they dug so deep into his life 😂 never stop being you, Hank ❤
i personally never followed the vlogbrothers (i knew who John Green is though) and yet i chose to watch this episode because Colin & Samir have developed such a huge confidence in us the audience that they will always deliver. finishing up the episode now and wow what a super insightful and amazing conversation this was. as someone who’s trying to grow on youtube this taught me a lot. as EVERY colin & samir episode does
just started the video and y'all better have ask him about the fact that he CREATED A EMMY WINNING SERIES. all the interviews i have seen with hank have not included a single question about that.
Dude I was thinking about this the other day!! LBD is never mentioned. Imagine having an EMMy being low on a list of your accomplishments. I’m also disappointed that we’ve strayed away from discussing 2D glasses but that’s another story
It doesn’t take cancer to think of your past selves as dead, gone from the world and only unique from other dead people in that your current self remembers your old self from an inside perspective. This is something I’ve thought about a lot, since our personality, our cells, our perspectives and opinions, they update and cycle out and we become just someone who used to know our old self intimately. I dropped what I was doing and gaped to hear this notion come from someone else…when I’ve brought it up to others It’s been clear that it’s not a normal way to think of our younger self.
You should check out Hank's XOXO talk from (I think) 2014, it's on RU-vid. It's basically all about not letting your past self's identity and dreams dictate who you are and what you want to work towards currently. The talk itself isn't amazing when it comes to the technicalities of public speaking but the ideas are expressed very clearly and it had a big impact on me and how I approach certain things in my life.
I've actually never heard of or seen colin and samir. I fell asleep to a mr ballen video and woke up to this. I'm glad im did, what a great interview. It felt so organically laid back. I've seen alot of interviews and podcasts where there's alot of rambling and awkwardness. But here the conversation was so fluid and everyone did a great job with even just, putting their thoughts out and sounding so educated and sincere in the topics. Also really enjoyed feeling like i got to know everyone here more as a person.
I'm so happy to see a new video! I've recently found your channel and I'm loving learning about RU-vid from you and your guests. Because of what I'm learning from you, I might finally start my own channel. Thank you for being such an inspiration!
This is an interesting episode. Fundamentally I don't think a person who up until last year ran multiple mid size companies can conceptualise what a union for content creators would look like because his experience with working is tied to ownership of his ideas or working independently. I would love to know how a bunch of RU-vidrs with under 10,000 subscribers would conceptualise fair working conditions for the company that host their videos.
9:53 I am one of the fans who was not born yet at the start of vlogbrothers. I became part of nerdfighteria right before hank got diagnosed with cancer (probably april 2023) and it’s been the best part of my life. There is such a strong sense of community surrounding hank and john, and the wonderful things they do for the world are *absolutely remarkable*. Even though the brotherhood 2.0 project is older than me, I still feel welcome in the community and am proud to be a nerdfighter.
Wow, okay 7 minutes to go on this podcast and NOW you throw in a tearjerker?? Good LORD people I'm listening at work! Come on! 😂 Also any other DH&J listeners laughing about the irony of Hank advocating for the importance of a will? A task he very notably put off for a LONG time to the dismay of John? 😂
Somehow I just realised this is the guy that held it down during all my philosophy exams😭 What a legend man, going to enjoy listening to him in this context
I have something important to say. I absolutely love this channel. The videos are sooo long and I truly love that. I’m a very busy person though and I work in healthcare so I can’t really consume this content at work. Sooooo I have to watch these videos over the course of dayyyyssss when I have free time. THE IMPORTANT PART: I’m sorry if the way I watch your videos mess with the retention stats and all that! I really do watch the full videos it’s just over several sittings 😅
I am huge fan of crash course! Thank you so much for all of the work you and your team did to create valuable content that I could not stop gobbling up! Gratitude!
I felt so seen when Hank mentioned the large number of 10+ years Nerdfighters in the survey! Great interview, super fun to watch Hank bounce around all these podcasters. It would be super fun if John did it too!
I had recently come across Hank via some of his science nerd videos and liked his presentations and lack of moneygrubbing clickbaitness. RU-vid recommended this video. Since it has literally been years since I watched any longer form vids, TV, streaming stuff, etc. except for some game playthroughs I thought I'd just drop in for a short time to see what the RU-vid 'issues' were. I'm halfway through so far and this may be a sea change shift in my online viewing. Thanks for the adult, but entertaining, conversation! p.s. I was born in 1955
Her pallet was AMAZING!! I even found a 2nd one because I knew I could never get it again. It is so good for any occasion, easy to work with and great quality.
I've been watching Hank make the rounds to all the podcasts and channels the last couple of weeks, and he has mentioned Ze Frank every single time 😂 Hank and John have been in my life for over half of it now, yikes! Loving Curly Hank era, so happy you're healthy, Hank 💗
I always get so surprised when I load a youtube video and start getting hit with ads. Usually it opens in a browser I haven't logged into and is just so startling.
I've been watching the Greens for 13 years. Own 2 Hank books and 4 John books, love the pod, love the community. I appreciate their thoughtfulness. DFTBA
Vlogbrothers has real heart. Thanks for more Hank - I didn't know about the thesis and would love to read it somehow, someday - P4A Perk?? Nerdfighters out there join me: We're here because we're her because...
Love Hank Green and everything he does for the platform. Super glad you guys finally were able to have him on the show 🙏 Also shout out to Nalts, Renetto & Brookers (she was the first creator to hit 10,000 RU-vid subscribers 🙂)
It's wild hearing Samir refer to other creators as elder statesmen, because to me, Colin and Samir ARE elder statesmen. Been in the game and stayed in the game, AND launched a merch line? Killing it
One reason why RU-vid had released shorts so quickly was because they wanted to take advantage of India's ban of tiktok. It opened a huge market opportunity for them.
This is one of the best. I knew Hank was sharp but goddamn, his insights are profound. Not only are there a lot of tips for creators here, but a lot of advice for just living.
