Building a YouTube empire with Hank Green | Andrew Yang | Yang Speaks

Author, educator, and KZbinr Hank Green talks about how he created a career online and why he’s concerned about tech platforms that are taking over our lives; Hank and Andrew talk entrepreneurship and give advice for recent college grads.
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Yang Speaks is Andrew Yang's new podcast where he discusses ideas on moving the country forward and shares conversations with leaders in tech, sports, entertainment, entrepreneurship, and politics. Find the latest episodes here on KZbin or on yangspeaks.com

[@jeffreyhill3940]

Holy Shit! Yang and Hank Green together? These are like two of my favorite people ever.

[@aronseptianto8142]

it feels so weird, looking at someone who legitimately could be the US president have a daily youtube channel for somewhat normal stuff and be sponsored by expressvpn

[@KG-vg5bb]

It's because it's weird, is why US politics are broken.

[@mikealike5000]

Yeah why not?

[@juancpgo]

In a world and time where so many weirder things are happening on a daily basis, it's surprising to me that this is what one would be weirded out about.

[@aronseptianto8142]

@@KG-vg5bb I mean to be fair I'm not against it If I were to be a US citizen I would wholeheartedly choose andrew yang over joe biden He seems to have the best chance of not actually causing the end of the world But the concept of "president" and "relatable" isn't something that I see together much

[@SirAndrewII]

Capitalism Speaks

[@williamcook6127]

I respectfully suggest that it will be good for everyone if we listen more closely to Andrew Yang.

[@j0404t]

Amen

[@kristiano.7363]

Preach

[@Critic_number_4]

I totally agree. Who else is bringing us expressVPN? He's changing lives.

[@cupajoy8498]

I agree. I just wish he had allowed the Obama machine turn him against Bernie. Now he is going against his own policies supporting Biden. And yes, so is Bernie, but Andrew has real substance.

[@cupajoy8498]

Sorry. Had NOT allowed Obama to persuade him to turn against Bernie.

[@Skapo]

Yes!! Two of the most wholesome & logical minds in the media space. A welcome surprise to be sure.

[@Wuiesh]

I could not have put it any better!

[@jamesabrams3648]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@streglof]

Hank's content might seem wholesome but his followers are a bunch of rabid SJWs

[@ramonarobot]

John Green: but what about me??

[@LoveEsoteric]

Let's not forget about Sam Harris and Peter Joseph! 💪

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

I am in. Andrew's compassion is so needed.

[@dragonore2009]

Compassion? Being in favor of handing out printed money which will ultimately lead to hyper inflation is compassion? Yang is just another Santa Claus politician.

[@KiwiRocketScientist]

@@dragonore2009 study MMT and avoid making untrue statements, yes a government can print money and not cause inflation, really helps if you avoid destroying other people's capital with bombs etc.

[@AA-ul6mn]

​@@dragonore2009 UBI doesn't require more money to be printed, but rather reallocate funding from other places and place a VAT on tech companies.

[@dragonore2009]

@@AA-ul6mn Wait a minute, Yang does not want to get rid off other welfare programs though.

[@kate5911]

@@dragonore2009 Welfare programs wouldn't be cut completely, true. However, there would be cost savings from people choosing the dividend over some welfare programs they may be on. Here's how it would have been funded: freedom-dividend.com/

[@SR-lh4rm]

Thanks Yang for introducing me to Hank Green. I might be the only one to discover Hank Green through Andrew Yang. Great science content.

[@jonv1776]

Same here homie.

[@thomasscream4179]

Wow, you're probably one out of like 5 people. Hank's following is at least an order of magnitude larger than Yang's, and soo much older too.

[@davidtayloredinarealty]

Me too! 🤚

[@MJeanzy]

If you haven't checked out Hank's project Journey to the Microcosmos, you'd probably enjoy it :)

[@brucehuang3964]

I am so glad we finally officially yanged one of the green brothers! I saw hank green held an event with yang as one of the speakers a few months back! Yang won KZbin in the prez 2020 for sure. And yang is reaching out beyond politics #HumanityFirst

[@JD-cf1up]

This is the other interview you mentioned: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYSwlIRrbpxleJY

[@brucehuang3964]

@@JD-cf1up yes, i believe that's the one. thank you for the source! I saw a video version on twitter too i believe. no 2020 prez dem candidates knows the future of work better than andrew yang

[@Betty9971]

Brayden Pierson Thanks for that!!!! How the hell did I miss this!!!

[@madrooky1398]

I am a german, since i discovered Yang september last year i can't stop listening to his stuff. But its a little concerning that Yang content never really gets massive attention. And i am not the only foreigner around here. People are not very intersted in a smart and reasonable guy. Which is very sad.

[@brucehuang3964]

@@madrooky1398 thanks for the support, my german friend! yep, a bit sad. it seems an uphill battle, but we are still growing as long as yang and us stay working on it. the next big thing i know will be yang DNC speech this august, that will be some national spotlight for yang. hope yang can get a job in the federal government or run for a state governor soon.

[@NicholasDunbar]

I'm an entrepreneur who has moved on to the job market and I can tell you that sometimes big corporations see my experience as a liability. I've been asked in job interviews "how do I know you're not going to leave this company with the good ideas?", "you're not going to start anything again are you?", and "how do I know you don't have some side project and you'll eventually leave?" Creative types are sometimes seen as lose cannons. It's not always that way especially with start ups. They love people who tried to strike out on their own.

[@miklimbu1762]

Yang keeps reaching out to all these gems of people! He is making a great effort to understanding all the influential mind so as to understand how the world is shaping up. He is on his way to achieving that strata and be the kind of person that can unite and lift the humanity.

[@JadeEliot]

A couple Hank Green quotes from years past kept poking at me as I listened to this: 1. Maybe 8ish years ago Hank said in a Vlogbrothers video "I don't live in America. I live on the internet." That was such a profound statement to me at the time, and I immediately identified with it. As an adolescent/teen I had little privacy in my life, so I poured my soul into forums and online communities. It was where I could talk about my depression/mental health and explore my queerness. I wouldn't say the internet as a whole was a safe space for me, but there were corners I thank for keeping me afloat when life outside of the internet was too painful. In the last decade, more people have become reliant on the internet at an accelerating rate. It's vitally important to have privacy in life, and when so many of us live online, it is imperative that our data be protected. 2. Hank once made a video in which he said his secret to productivity was putting in 80% effort. I think about this all the time, actually. I think we're all told growing up that as long we put 100% effort into what we do, we have nothing to be ashamed of. I twisted that into "if I don't put 100% effort into something, I deserve any ensuing failure." In high school, I sacrificed sleep, social life, and anything self care to achieve my goals, namely to get into an elite university. I succeeded, but I missed out on so many other opportunities for growth and connection - things that give our goals meaning. I got into one of the country's top colleges but couldn't go because my mental health had deteriorated too much. I reluctantly took a year off from my academic goals to receive treatment, and I grew more in that year than I had in any of my previous 18. Hank's video was the first time I'd heard someone encourage putting anything less than 100% into what you do, and I have actively practiced his principle ever since. I don't let myself stagnate in the name of chasing perfection anymore. I've learned to be proud of imperfection because it has allowed me to accomplish many more things, both what is traditionally seen as productive (eg getting my BA) and what I now know is also productive (eg maintaining mental health and relationships).

[@richardsilva5604]

Thanks for sharing these thoughts. I had not heard of Hank Green before so your comment about living on the internet was cool and profound. Cheers

[@timothybell5698]

Two of my favourite Americans speaking cogently about important shit. I love it when I find signal in the noise.

[@jaredrg5513]

Future President.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Yang 2024?

[@PkSage89]

Hey if it doesn't work in america should he come to canada? lol, oh that fucking boarder dispute. No room? More like no fucking ideas!

[@wolfwolf3304]

He'll win 2024

[@oozynozh]

yeah, when we all write him in this fall!

[@yoavsnake]

Yang or hank lmao?

[@MyNameIsntRyan]

You should do an episode of the podcast with Nerds for Humanity. He was always super interesting and realistic as a Yang supporter.

[@emerraldx]

Andrew has been on Tom’s show twice but it would be fun to see the tables turned 💕🧢💕

[@dogsdomain8458]

Andrew is should run in a few years when most of gen Z is grown up. Hes gonna get a lot of support

[@oozynozh]

you know hes already planning his next moves

[@acejames7718]

Yang 2024!!!

[@fgpsychology]

Guys your education system is just ridiculous. I just finished a post grade and a Master in Europe. Total cost 3200 euros aprox. and in some countries is still free from bachelor to a doctorate degree. This apply even to american students as every year we receive more american students because is cheaper for their parents to pay their rent here and college instead of paying one single year in an american university.

[@MaeV808]

My program is charging $970 for "custom" uni nursing books. 6 books with access codes. It's ridiculous. Per credit hour is $600. :/ But that's higher ed here

[@fgpsychology]

@@MaeV808 I am so sorry to hear that. It's heartbreaking :(

[@EtanChamare]

Dang that’s a good deal. I go to a cheap university in the states where the tuition is $5k/year. That’s still more for just one year than your total cost.

[@littlegravitas9898]

Yea, I'm from the UK and just completing an online degree from a good UK institution for $5000. We haven't got to be as bad as America (though the Conservatives would love to make it exactly the same). I'm 100% planning to do my Masters somewhere inside the EU (particularly now that the UK is leaving).

[@crimsonghost4107]

@@MaeV808 I hate the access codes cause it means you cant go find some pirated version online.

[@Betty9971]

OMG!!!!! I’m freakin our!!!! I can’t wait!!!! The vlogbrothers are OG KZbin’s that i subscribed to 12 years ago!!

[@danielyang8573]

"Making yourself or someone you care about happy IS being productive" - love it.

[@collinmettenbrink337]

Utilitarianism?

[@willowgem4573]

YAY 🙌 can't wait! Everyone should read Hank Greens 📚! They are so good

[@adbc8213]

Yes, the voice of reason and sanity.....Yang for President!! 🌀❤️🌀

[@swinkscalibur8506]

I want to live in a world where these two make public policy.

[@jeninamillion5297]

“Look at my kernel!” OMG, I LOVE Andrew! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 This podcast always makes me happy so, it must be a productive use of my time. 😊

[@Travisharger]

Yes! My two worlds are colliding, been a huge John and Hank Green fan for years from Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, Scishow, PBS Eons, Micro Cosmos, Vidcon, their novels, etc. Does this make Yang an official Nerd Fighter? #DFTBA 🖖🏼🧢

[@brenttucker166]

I can't say Data Dividend without thinking of Dale Dimmadome owner of the Dimsdale Dimmadome

[@smeetsnoud1]

I'm glad I'm not the only one

[@dogsdomain8458]

Lmao i remeber that guy

[@nickking6371]

Big time thanks to hank and john for all theyve taught me. And yang for teaching me how to use economics to simplify dificult discussions.

[@sachelaable]

Excited to get into Hank Green's work! TY for introducing him Andrew!!! #YangGang

[@williamcook6127]

I respectfully suggest that it will be good for everyone if we listen more closely to Andrew Yang's ideas for positive practical solutions to a host of problems that are hurting us all.

[@doc.rankin577]

Hi I'm Hank Green and this is Crash Course contemporary politics.

[@thejubieexperience]

Hank Green is a prime example of what Yang is fearful of and excited about with the internet. He lives in Missoula, MT, a rapidly expanding university town with low local wages and quickly increasing housing costs with a distinct line between the working class and those who get their money from either the internet, like Hank, or investments. I like Hank and think I've seen him around town, but his unique position is illustrative of the issues Yang talks about

[@FirstRisingSouI]

"Welcome to the job market; it's COVID." Thanks. I just graduated with my Master's in December, and I'm still unemployed. Looks like they lied about the job prospects for people with physics degrees.

[@IMSiegfried]

Ya but, did they tell you you'd be able to get a job during a once in a 100 years event like a pandemic? especially when the leader of the US doesn't take it seriously?

[@malaikashroff7608]

I don’t really have any advice but good luck

[@floydnelson92]

Yang in 2020: "This kernal will grow into a mighty popcorn tree- or whatever the heck it is." Hank: "That's how corn grows, yeah." 1:10:40

[@MmentoMori]

No jokes aside.

[@bladeswillxbleed]

Omg omg omg it's Hank! Hank thanks for educating me for like the last 4 years when I found scishow, space, psych, & PBS Eons! And thank you Andrew for educating me for the last 9 months!

[@dionysusnow]

Yang be like "three days to read this book, I'm not going to waste 60 % of my week, f this" just imagine what this guy get done in the White house.

[@dylandarter471]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FINALLY MAKING THIS HAPPEN. oh man this is great. Nerdfighteria and the Yang Gang are what the world needs for 2024.

[@danceonyourtoes]

Andrew can you please have Stephanie Kelton on your show??? She has a new book "The Deficit Myth" would love to hear you two talk about money, politics, our economy!!!

[@LoveEsoteric]

The 2020 election... we were so close to electing a president who would've been the force behind humanity taking its next step in maturity.

[@sarahmcclain9766]

Im excited about this convo from two of my fav leaders

[@bvec97]

I can’t tell you how good I felt when I saw this premiering; my fiancé was upset at how upset I was that she wasn’t as excited as me 😂

[@AskAW]

36:00 - great segment on balancing social media popularity with reality.

[@Loveandrelationshipcoach]

This conversation on stories and the way internet companies shape our narrative is very important. There are still not a lot of subscribers to yangspeaks considering how people really resonated with Yang Messaging and Ubi. Can we have more exploration of the stories that Yang Campaign had that really did light up people and why those worked? As Anand Giridharadas was sharing democrats don't know how to tell stories about ideas that would help everybody - I think the focus on the success of the past Yang Campaign would be very helpful to find storytelling that does work because it is simple. Not everybody has the time or resources to work out how they are manipulated by the social media and internet as Hank was pointing out. We need simple stories that bring us together and resonate - then perhaps we can find ways to have conversation about our differences.

[@flerfbuster7993]

I never thought that I'd ever hear Andrew Yang do a sponsor read, yet here we are.

[@ahagamama]

Right. They pay teachers less and less and less - I was an adjunct and now I am an "outside contractor"!

[@daniloluizgrunge]

Wow, what a good talk, I was not expecting this deep and so important discussion. Keep doing this great content you both. :-)

[@daniloluizgrunge]

Greetings from Brazil ;-)

[@siliconbuddha]

This was pure GOLD! Thank you for this conversation. Sharing! Google/Facebook is their own government = So... digital citizenship? 21st Century Anti-Trust framework Take charge of your mental health :-) Diversify your identity - know why you're important in the world Happiness of the people in my life counts as productivity Education - Higher prices all the time over durable goods - Huge crisis Popcorn tree Getting the new book Hank! Thank you for being one of my heros!

[@Dionyzos]

I want to hug you both

[@drewmalhotra7128]

omg i'm so looking forward to this one!

[@Ryukachoo]

I'm rather shocked this is their first time interacting

[@Monkey_D_LOOM]

I think it would be a great financial lesson for the current young generation to see powerful college institutions go bankrupt due top bad budgeting/costing. Going bankrupt is a risk of capitalism, if these college institutions fail then let the proper course play out for them.

[@Aurica34]

OMG YAng reached out to Hank Green!!! I watch scishow all the time.. my favorite youtubers together! Ahhhh!!!!! excited for the movement

[@AnnaBiondi]

I can't believe these two are finally in the same video!!!

[@afBeaver]

He has a new book? Awesome! I loved his last book!

[@begging4music]

Love the intro music. It's so Yang. 🤙🏽

[@drijkens]

I was just thinking the same!! Totally Yang, with that refreshing sound at the end too!

[@12345jli]

Really enjoyed this conversation and wouldnt mind more with these two, to be honest. Really loved it.

[@crimsonghost4107]

I love how the cupid shuffle thing could've been percieved as a PR thing but Yang was literally just trying to have fun.

[@avaonalee]

Love em both. Excited for this

[@Adama_Now]

the Left and the Right can only agree on one thing, and that is Andrew Yang for President.

[@researchingwesa3323]

i would say there's no replacement for lived experience particularly in learning, but the classroom is not necessarily the lived experience necessary. any lived learning experience isgood. digital can supplement but lived experience is what's important. Also, thank you Hank and your bother for crashcourse. it may not be the classroom but it is incredibly helpful. it's a great start to go dig into things further.

[@MelancholyCrypto]

YOU'RE BOTH SO SMART!

[@dominickdarpino5584]

I wish Hank could have been my teacher from 1st grade and up lmao

[@raymondblake5765]

What a great podcast!

[@MediaphusioN]

Excellent conversation.

[@emilysha418]

Thank you so much for this. You are both so articulate in your optimistic realism. There are problems. This is what we can do about them is a great attitude. Your words and experience help me make sense and find both meaning and direction in this world.

[@sailakokitchen356]

love you mr yang and keep it up we have support

[@petraarkian7720]

From the first time I heard Andrew Yang speak during The Impact Fellowship, a program for helping bring technology into the fight for social good, I knew that his ideas were hitting on the key issues of our time. It is exciting to see how he continues to spread his message and slowly but surely shift the narrative of what our future can and should look like.

[@perguth]

Hank Green! 🎉

[@rileywalz7326]

Andrew Yang unity 2020 let’s go

[@Leotique]

Two of my idols/rolemodel in one video !!!

[@kimboudreau4018]

I agree 100% on your conversation! I wrote the quote on Facebook "The pen is mightier that he sword" I was block out of Facebook days ago! Maybe it is my blessing!

[@garydillman982]

Yes!!!!

[@soy1700]

Wow what a cool guest.

[@The_Triple_Point]

This is a great podcast. Please get more KZbinrs

[@Abitflippant]

Tighten up the intro & outro to the ads. It should just be a flash of the blue panel with no music bookending the ad.

[@perrinfan]

Andrew, I am thankful for you.

[@1whyvonne]

This pairing! Holy cannoli! Their perspectives compliment each other so well! I sincerely hope they continue to collaborate often. Side note: I’d love to be in the room where they are having an off-line conversation in which they don’t have an obligation to keep a bigger audience apace with everything they’re talking about.

[@greenbeancasserole6646]

Hank helped me through my masters program.

[@cupajoy8498]

My son got an IT job without a degree and gets paid t he same as a college grad with zero debt...so he's actually earning more.

[@EMNstar]

Hell yeah

[@jeffxanders3990]

We have to write Andrew Yang in for President NOW. He's already more popular than the others. All we need is 34% in November, right?

[@kujoujima7303]

28:28 Agent: "my lord, our subjects are experiencing small amounts of self confidence, determination and pride, what are your orders?" Director: "alter the algorithms, increase sadness to 400%"

[@Fojikkjwwbn]

These are my heroes!

[@rohitdodu]

This is cool

[@the_ebdm]

I hope this keeps building for you Andrew. I see many far less informative podcasts getting a much higher 'market share' of the views and I'm wondering as to whether some of it could be suppression against the topics that you raise in this video or if there really are this few logical and well intentioned people seeing your videos. Google knows I love Hank Green and from the other side of the pond my knowledge of you was limited but I always knew you were one of the more informed candidates and it's great to see you putting your intellect into the public forum. I'm not entirely sure how the system works but if you can build this in Rogan fashion, you might have a greater base for the next time you run, if that is something you're considering.

[@physicsteachr]

Anyone else notice the almost acronym: HAPPY = happiness as productivity principle -Yang? but it came from Hank so it needs adjustment.

[@thelaurenkri]

Throwing this out there; happiness as productivity ... this is a concept that was stolen from us by capitalism. Happiness as productivity is at the heart of building connected communities, and having to look at it this way is the result of all of us having to bend our minds around the commodification of everything we do. If this is how we have to look at it these days to reclaim it for ourselves, so be it, but it really sucks that's the case.

[@rodrigohernandez-rp9qq]

Good stuff :')

[@accordingtoangela]

DFTBA, yang gang! ❤️

[@vinnyaraujo88]

HAPPI Happy As Productivity Principal Index.

[@HellaRandomVideos]

Two smart dudes!

[@42DangerVision]

Happiness As Productivity Principal... Yolo

[@toufang-hmongwealthbuilders]

OMG, Yang / Green 2024.

[@MichelaMangiaracina]

I was on the rational bandwagon personally . . .

[@PkSage89]

I really struggle to make the distinction between plastic and the dollar whenever people ask for it, i just hear and see their enthusiasm for plastic. Or for however much of the infrastructure of waste that the dollar is hooked up to. We already produced so much trash that had no way of cycling back into the environment without totaling it, not we have a 4th industrial waste wave on the way.

[@brendafosmire6519]

It is all about scale. Rather than absolute value - pay should be relative. I’d be interested in Yang interviewing Sir Ronnie Cohen on Impact Capitalism

[@lusteraliaszero]

hank greens book is definitely YA lmao.

[@cupajoy8498]

Yang will give Joe Rogan a run for his money!!

[@tomcraver9659]

Colleges should be the easiest to re-open. The "kids" are near-adults and can be asked to do social distancing things that elementary school kids simply could not be expected to consistently do. They should have more self-discipline to do more work on their own. A lot of the faculty are frankly under-utilized for teaching - they want to do research and focus on their grad students and so on - tell them that if they want a job a year from now they need to suck it up and teach more small groups. It'd be pretty easy and cheap to hire students as cleaners and tutors to run small group quiz/homework/Q&A/discussion sessions for lower level students. The oldest faculty can be limited to video lectures and on-line Q&A and so forth, and the rest are no more at risk than faculty at lower level schools.

[@firefox517]

Holy shit Hank on Yang??? *smashes view button*

[@22439384]

I personally enjoy the mysteries that are left open-ended. I view a book as a two-way conversation. When the author ties everything up in a perfect bow, the book ends on the last page. when the book leaves things open-ended, I get the enjoy the book for months while I think about how the mystery will be resolved in the unwritten future of the story.

[@mayaenglish5424]

It depends on the type of book, certain books enact a sort of unspoken contract between the author and reader about the type of story it is. If you write these types of books and break that contract, you should expect people to be annoyed. for instance, If there's an intricate mystery involved with lots of clues that are being pieced together and at the end you DON'T have some sort of logical explanation that ties up all of the tiny details that I have been using my precious time paying attention to and theorizing about to make predictions I'm going to be pissed off unless you're a VERY gifted writer. (And I might still be pissed, but then just mad and begrudgingly impressed). It's not a strictly definable thing but much like the porn vs art debate in my opinion it's a case of you know it when you see it lol. It's a similar feeling to those tv shows that don't know what they're doing at the start so they just throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and hope it sticks while maintaining the façade of being clever writing then when it comes time to wrap it up they panic and do some stupid twist ending or some vague nonsense that's meant to be spiritual but is really because they never knew where the story was going in the first place.

[@AlexanderMoen]

I propose the name "Hank's Happiness Theorem" as the name of including happiness in productivity

[@princessjello]

Emperor zucc!! i cant 🤣

[@juliathompson101]

I didn’t know that VPN stood for anything lolol