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Dear Hank & John

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Jun 26, 2024 • 45min

392: Kill The Part That Cringes

The podcast explores topics like the correlation between creature size and voice pitch, where flies sleep, and the invention of hard-shell tacos. The hosts also discuss fame as a drug, seed to plant transformation, a humorous train dinner theater experience, and the history of Taco Bell. Personal fulfillment, football signings, Mars auroras, and Schadenfreude are also covered.
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Jun 12, 2024 • 50min

391: High Priest of Beef Days

The hosts discuss topics like the original Declaration of Independence, animals on Noah's Ark, walking into a fancy restaurant, unused prom dresses, and how to know if you're boring. They also joke about creating 'beef days', holidays, social norms, and gratitude. Additionally, they reflect on Mars' asteroid risk and human diversity, ending with thanks to sponsors and a sign-off.
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May 29, 2024 • 49min

390: Breathe Mars (w/ Dr. Katie Mack!)

Astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack joins Hank and John Green to discuss the universe's history, dark matter, and energy. Topics include color perception, napping in contacts, journeying to Mars, global sleep patterns, atomic composition, cosmic rays, and the challenges of sending humans to Mars.
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May 22, 2024 • 48min

Introducing The Universe

Theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack joins John Green to discuss the Big Bang, cosmic dawn, black holes, and the eventual end of our universe. They explore the mystery of matter-antimatter imbalance, the early universe and cosmic inflation, the formation of elements, and the profound meaning of the universe.
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May 15, 2024 • 41min

389: Dear Honk and Jane

Hank Green discusses holding umbrellas and the dilemma of a life-sized Shaq cutout. They ponder on humans being a superorganism and the mystery of espresso goop smell. Also, they contemplate starting sunscreen late, pet reactions to sneezes, and the potential Mars oxygen-rich past.
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May 1, 2024 • 46min

388: Turtle the Moon

Topics discussed include ping pong balls as a liquid, the concept of free will, the nature of toothpaste, rare books, Applebees, worst accents, and the hypothetical scenario of Gamera hugging the moon. Hank and John Green provide entertaining answers to these quirky questions.
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Apr 22, 2024 • 50min

387: Hard Pivot to Beef

Topics include audiobooks recommendations, relearning to chew, assigning letters to vitamins, dealing with fear of worms, and how gel fingernails work. Hank and John Green provide entertaining answers to these intriguing questions.
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Apr 3, 2024 • 39min

386: Play Me Some More Fiddle

Topics include cat behavior, quitting Twitter, building a Lego house, displaced dirt by coffins, bouncing batteries, balancing socialization and personal time. Hosts Hank and John Green provide answers to these quirky questions.
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Mar 20, 2024 • 46min

385: Duology

In this podcast, Hank and John Green answer quirky questions about sticker placement, convincing friends to join them in a wolf-and-bear enclosure, compasses in space, reducing judgmental attitudes, the economy, astronaut knowledge of low gravity on the moon, and more!
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Mar 6, 2024 • 43min

384: A Martian Ocean

How to stop caring about others' opinions, shower smoke detectors, high school TB testing, washing eyes, solar sail navigation, humanity peeing an ocean, ridiculous Martian ocean filling, earwax diamonds, Mars mission dreams, and football woes are discussed in this entertaining podcast episode.

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