376: Death of the Dad Joke

374: Shorter, And Worse, But More Authentic

Dear Hank & John - 375: The Water Episode

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375: The Water Episode

Norris, I prefer to think of it, Dear John and Hank.

It's a comedy podcast where two brothers answer your questions, give you dubious advice and forget to look up a dad joke.

That's fine. It's a whole new era for dear Hank and John. We don't need a dad joke at the beginning of every episode.

episode because it's not about meeting the expectations of a genre that we

made up. It's about enjoying each other's company for an hour each week.

That's right. But I don't you like my dad jokes though?

Oh, I'm sorry if I didn't make this clear over the years, but I absolutely do not.

Okay, but... the years but I absolutely do not. Okay but people of the world do you like my dad jokes?

Sure they like them but they're all they're also on board with us by the way the, the response has been very generous. Thank you to everybody who's

written in to let us know how much you approve of our new strategy.

The new podcast format the the post cancer

Hank doesn't like saying post cancer the post treatment

vibe is just different now and better I would argue.

Dad, can you explain to me what a solar eclipse is?

All right, let's answer some questions from our listeners.

First of all, he wouldn't need me to explain because he understands the solar

Hosts John and Hank Green (authors and YouTubers) offer both humorous and heartfelt advice about life’s big and small questions. They bring their personal passions to each episode by sharing the week’s news from Mars (the planet) and AFC Wimbledon (the fourth-tier English football club).

0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Dear Hank and John.
0:06.7	Norris, I prefer to think of it, Dear John and Hank.
0:09.1	It's a comedy podcast where two brothers answer your questions, give you dubious advice and forget to look up a dad joke.
0:15.7	That's fine. It's a whole new era for dear Hank and John. We don't need a dad joke at the beginning of every episode.
0:21.6	We don't need sponsors in every
0:23.1	episode because it's not about meeting the expectations of a genre that we
0:29.2	made up. It's about enjoying each other's company for an hour each week.
0:34.0	That's right. But I don't you like my dad jokes though?
0:38.0	Oh, I'm sorry if I didn't make this clear over the years, but I absolutely do not.
0:42.0	Okay, but... the years but I absolutely do not. Okay but people of the world do you like my dad jokes?
0:48.4	Sure they like them but they're all they're also on board with us by the way the, the response has been very generous. Thank you to everybody who's
0:55.6	written in to let us know how much you approve of our new strategy.
0:59.6	The new podcast format the the post cancer
1:03.7	Hank doesn't like saying post cancer the post treatment
1:08.6	vibe is just different now and better I would argue.
1:13.4	But there was that solar eclipse, John.
1:16.3	And Orrin asked me, he said,
1:17.9	Dad, can you explain to me what a solar eclipse is?
1:20.9	And I said, son. Great.
1:25.0	All right, let's answer some questions from our listeners.
1:28.0	Which is ridiculous on two levels.
1:31.0	First of all, he wouldn't need me to explain because he understands the solar
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375: The Water Episode

Dear Hank & John

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