Dear Hank & John

Brothers Hank and John Green built a massive audience of teenagers and young adults through YouTube years ago, and this podcast is the slightly messier, more personal corner of their world. The format is simple. Listeners send in questions, ranging from the very serious to the absolutely absurd, and the brothers answer them with what they call dubious advice. One question might be about how to survive senior year when your friend group is falling apart. The next might be about whether a hot dog is a sandwich, or what to do if you accidentally called your teacher mom. John, the novelist behind The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down, tends to lean philosophical. Hank, a science communicator and entrepreneur, goes for the practical angle. They close every episode with news from Mars and news from AFC Wimbledon, their beloved lower-league English soccer club, which makes zero sense on paper and somehow works. For teens who grew up on Crash Course or vlogbrothers, this is the comfort show. For anyone new, it's a warm, funny hour with two brothers who clearly like each other and treat their audience with real respect.