460: Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board

Dear Hank & John

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4.9 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Hank has been tweeting a lot recently; is he okay? How does the game “light as a feather, stiff as a board” work? Are bald heads warmer or cooler than hairy heads? What is the lethal dose of pickles? Will John write me into his acknowledgements? How do probiotics work? Why did John write a book for adults? How do you get out of a writer’s rut? …Hank and John Green have answers!

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0:00.0	Hey, so something worth knowing is a benefit for the nonprofit organization that makes Crash Course and SciShow Complexly.
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1:14.7	You're listening to a Complexly podcast.
1:22.9	Hello and welcome to dear Hank and John. Yours, I prefer to think of it, Dear John and Hank.
1:28.0	It's a podcast where you have two brothers, answer your questions,
1:30.5	give you to BS advice, and bring you all the week's news from both Mars and AFC Wimbledon.
1:34.5	John, what does Mars have in common with Venus?
1:39.4	Well, they're both planetary bodies that orbit the same sun.
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