Hello and welcome to another episode of Not Too Deep. I'm your host Grace Helbig. We have

Hank Green back with us for another episode. Last time he was here was a few years ago and lots

has happened since, lots has happened since. We talk about his newest novel, A Beautifully Foolish

Endeavor, and the original title and why the original title might have been a little bleak and not so

hopeful. As the current title is, we also talk about what it's like being the poster child

for TikTok. We learn about the algorithm in and out of it. We also learn a lot about science and a lot

about man of wars more than I thought I would ever in my life let alone on one episode of a podcast

of Not Too Deep. What we do, get ready for another episode of Not Too Deep with Hank Green.

Hank Green. Thank you for being here. TikToks, Cover Boy, Hank Green. Oh have you seen my TikToks?

Oh, I just went on a journey of the Hank Green TikToks and look I am a big fan of, you know,

delete this and Dear Hank and John. I listen to them very regularly. So I've only heard you

mention this TikTok journey that you've been on in both podcasts and so I, you know, knowing that

you were going to be here with us today did my research and wow. What do you think? I mean, I get it.

It's your TikToks. I've been so confused and I felt like I can't puncture the whole or the bubble

that is TikTok and I kind of, you helped me kind of get it. Yeah, it's got a really specific

energy that is actually very similar to mine overall to your personal energy. Yeah. Okay. It's

frenetic. It's never focused on any one thing for more than 15 seconds. Yeah. And like one of the

things that I like very much about TikTok is that like failure is both fine and expected. Yes.

I was worried about making content because people would be like, why did you make that thing?

Did you think that was going to be successful? You don't understand the platform, but it's just like

actual, most like TikTokers make like eight videos a day. I know. It's the one to do poorly.

That's the one thing because I also couldn't do Vine. I don't know if chemically I just wasn't

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