442: They’ve Been Plants the Whole Time

Dear Hank & John

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Do you ever wonder if a listener question comes from a celebrity? Why are most metals gray? Why does holding a baby silence the worry? How do you decide what to do after school? Can moles convert CO2 to Oxygen? How do you deal with grief? How do potatoes know which way is up? …Hank and John Green have answers!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Complexly podcast.
0:09.4	Hello and welcome to dear Hank and John.
0:12.3	Or as I prefer to think of it, dear John and Hank.
0:14.7	It's a podcast where two brothers answer your questions, give you to B's advice, and bring you all the week's news from both Mars and AFC Wimbledon.
0:21.0	John, I have a friend. I think he might be addicted to break fluid.
0:24.5	He says he can stop any time.
0:27.8	That's not bad.
0:29.4	Okay. I'm good.
0:30.9	I am so tired and I'm worried because as we're recording this, it's right before the project for awesome.
0:36.3	Yeah.
0:36.5	I am like, I feel like something is, is sapping the energy from my body, and it's probably just not sleeping enough.
0:45.8	Yeah.
0:46.3	I actually have a fever right now.
0:48.4	Oh, no.
0:49.7	You look amazing.
0:51.1	Like your hair, what's going on there?
0:53.4	Olympic fever. Oh, no. Olympic's going on there? Olympic fever.
0:55.1	Oh, no.
0:56.4	Olympic fever, Hank.
0:57.9	I got a bad case.
0:59.8	Okay.
1:01.0	What's your favorite piece of drama?
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