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Hank Green Article

William Henry "Hank" Green II was born on May 5th, 1980 to Mike and Sydney Green. He married Katherine Green in 2006. Hank and Katherine live in Missoula, Montana with their cat, Cameo. Hank and Katherine had their first child, Orin, in October 2016.

Hank uploaded the first video to the vlogbrothers channel on New Year's Day 2007, and has also helped start Scishow, Crash Course (where he teaches science topics), the now-defunct Truth or Fail, hankschannel, and hankgames. Hank was also responsible for starting up Vidcon, Subbable, DFTBA Records, and the Project For Awesome. He is the executive director for The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and other Pemberley Digital projects, and has also helped start up YouTube programs The Brain Scoop and Sexplanations, featuring knowledgeable Missoula residents.

Hank has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Eckerd College and a master's degree in environmental studies from the University of Montana. Before making videos for a living, he wrote in many publications, including mental_floss and his own technology blog, ecogeek.

Hank is also known for his songs that he writes with his guitar (called "This machine pwns N00bs" in an homage to Woody Guthrie), concerning science and other "nerdy" things. His albums include So Jokes, I’m So Bad at This (live), This Machine PWNS N00bs, and Ellen Hardcastle.

Significant Quotations:

  • "We aren't born with a self, we create ourselves."
  • "The most natural thing in the world is complexity."
  • "Dude - no edge." (regarding the infinite universe)
  • "Good morning John it's ______"
  • "Fart fart fart."


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2025-01-25 Am I OK? 08:34 3,483
2024-12-06 One of the Most Important Images On Earth 05:22 437,782
2024-12-02 John, You're Doing Great 02:56 129,541
2024-11-29 I am Grateful for My Worry 03:56 101,174
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2024-08-26 Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon 02:06 62,924
2024-08-16 I Have Uncovered an Olympics Mystery... 07:55 629,879
2024-08-09 Why isn't This Illegal? 06:23 503,823
2024-07-26 Hank Green's Top 7 Best Coconut Tree Facts!! 03:48 193,686
2024-07-12 My Identity Crisis 04:19 234,882
2024-07-05 Should I Run for President?? 04:12 474,812
2024-06-14 Some Reasons why People Suck 09:04 233,687
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2023-09-20 You Don't Have to be "Type A" to Achieve 12:06 146,287
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2021-08-06 Remembering What's Special 03:33 122,875
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2021-06-25 The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 03:56 210,965
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2021-06-18 QUADRAGOCON 2021!! LET THE GAMES CONTINUE!!!! 03:59 207,005
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2020-11-25 Rare Colors: How Nature Creates Blue Hues 12:20 434,403
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2020-08-04 The Planets with Inside-Out Weather 05:17 118,260
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2019-10-04 In Defense of Bad Flags 03:27 163,553
2019-09-27 Crisis 04:00 215,649
2019-09-20 Why Does Australia... (this video is bad, I'm sorry) 03:47 174,416
2019-09-13 You Need to Know About This Caterpillar 03:59 533,832
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2019-04-19 Making your Nothings into Somethings 03:59 169,822
2019-04-12 Escalators: We're Not Doing it Wrong (Mostly) 03:59 250,291
2019-04-05 TOO MANY MILKS 03:58 211,312
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2019-03-01 I Get a Robocall While Making a Video About Robocalls 03:59 197,666
2019-02-22 I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore 04:00 255,047
2019-02-15 The Most Bizarre Stock Photos I Could Find Brought to Life by Your Captions 03:08 136,410
2019-02-08 Record Cold Winter Could Be Thanks To Global Warming 07:08 254,437
2019-02-08 Screwing Up: Two Stories From When I Worked at a TV Station 04:00 181,948
2019-02-05 You, a Dog, and an Elephant All Pee for 21 Seconds 03:55 225,727
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2019-02-04 Why Can't We Make Spider Silk? 04:59 508,707
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2019-02-01 We Have Destroyed Copyright Law 12:18 663,098
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2019-01-28 How to Get to Know Yourself in a Healthy Way 06:09 112,814
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2019-01-25 Researchers Reverse Alzheimer’s Memory Loss (in Mice) | SciShow News 06:27 137,551
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