You Ask, I Answer | Q&A

[@IzHarris]

me: oh yeah we are totally best friends i mean we have been married for 10 years what do you think johnny: Wikipedia is my best friend . . . . . me: :(

[@aidansherry17]

Us: :((

[@IzHarris]

@Юлия Карпенко hahah i'll take that!

[@anchiit]

Lawl

[@piyushmate3837]

🤣

[@yashagarwal1408]

johnny on 14th feb : Switzerland will you be my valentine?

[@Periodontology]

It's really hard to find a motivation to do anything these times... Your videos always give me that motivation to do something! Thank you.

[@anirudhrnandan]

I haven’t finished watching the video yet, but I fully agree 👌🏼

[@VoyagerMaldives]

True that.

[@maxmurray1347]

Same tho. Watching his videos rly motivates me to do my Geography homework that I should've rly been doing instead of watching his videos 😭

[@tperry0188]

Thank you for the content. I did not realize you enjoyed cartology as much as I do.

[@nightride7274]

i find motivation in friends who are more successful then me (in my opinion) in part of life i'm focused on in the moment

[@jamzy6218]

I’m surprised Johnny hasn’t moved to Switzerland yet

[@johnnyharris]

ugh me too

[@aarav3733]

How bout Canada??

[@appy01-y5z]

Too expensive country

[@rosiemcdonald6372]

@@johnnyharris Love your passion of maps and Switzerland! I have similar and moved to CH a couple years ago. You may have already come across it but swisstopo have a cool 'Journey through time' map collection (s.geo.admin.ch/668b732771) and Kartenportal.ch is also a place of Swiss cartographic fun!

[@RedBreadTV]

@@johnnyharris Come to Zurich!!

[@matamsenegal]

“How Europe stole Africa” map edition.. we got our next episode 👏🏿🤣

[@PHlophe]

mashallah! Hamidu

[@luca7069]

How some people who ruled some Europeans countries and who have been dead for centuries stole Africa*

[@saikatbag3961]

@@luca7069 what do you mean ?😂

[@jaystewart4823]

YES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!

[@jaystewart4823]

Nick Arjomand, enlighten us.......

[@economicsinaction]

0:20 "I just wanna make map videos" - Johnny Harris 2020

[@johnnyharris]

lol its true

[@pokemonfreaky100]

​@@johnnyharris Do your thing, I like them :)

[@Sunkuvignesh]

@@johnnyharris Quick question: why does Vox mess up most of the borders even though they can use you as a genuine source? XD

[@niteshsarkar]

@@johnnyharris sir is Middle East video still coming? I am dying to know about Middle East from you.. :)

[@bordernaibyabrar]

You are close to 500k!! Congratulations man

[@piyushmate3837]

What! He didn't have a million subscribers.

[@mr.nav2226]

@@piyushmate3837 even I am surprised. He is just great

[@GeoZoo-official.]

He has 700k subs now.

[@ujjwalraizada6191]

Million now!

[@zubair6737]

@@ujjwalraizada6191 1.7 now

[@ermoliasaurus4715]

"wait, this guys likes maps?" 🔫 "he always has"

[@WesleyDechavez]

always has been

[@floherp]

My god I thought your profile picture is a naked dude on a bed

[@ermoliasaurus4715]

@@floherp LMAO

[@mihirsahasrabudhe8174]

This man is literally what I dream to be. Such an inspiration for me. A knowledgeable persona! 🙏🏻 The vibe is just cool

[@MwaKennedy]

From Nairobi Kenya, Africa please do that video of how Europe stole Africa

[@FelexAndVirginia]

I also watch from mombasa

[@davidkod2844]

olisikia wapi

[@_.waryaa4078]

A nairobian here too Fan of dis guy and vox hh

[@_.waryaa4078]

@@davidkod2844 cheza chini nanii😭😂

[@PHlophe]

@@emmanuelnwachukwu7686 I was in Enugu state last year.

[@NelsonDellis]

Loved your answer about favorite border. I would have answered NepalChina as well. I've crossed it a few times on climbing expeditions to Everest coming from Kathmandu. Super crazy. We have 40+ tons of gear and supplies on a bus on the Nepal side. We all have to get off the bus, along with all the 40 tons of gear/supplies. The gear then has to be carried across the border (by porters) which is a tiny bridge connecting two sides of a narrow valley, get checked by Chinese officials (who literally only search for things that are pro-Tibetan, so they can confiscate it), then over to the Chinese side and put on a Chinese bus so we can continue on to EBC. We had to hide our SD cards in our socks so they wouldn't go through our pictures to look for anything Buddhist or Tibetan-related.

[@maeve6363]

Nelson Dellis crazy

[@praddumnvats6759]

did you visit india or not?

[@tedpiano]

Johnny: "Maybe I could make a video called "How Europe stole Africa" Me: Johnny, you could make an entire channel about how Europe stole Africa...

[@jonny1031]

The way you interact with the viewers makes it feel engaging. Like friends talking and catching up over coffee. Great video.

[@kristinamal]

The question is - "Why are you even wearing shoes inside???" I've only seen people in America do this, I will never understand it... Maybe you should do a video on it? :)

[@lukasvymyslicky1646]

I have a same question! :)

[@shivpatel2925]

It’s a European, American thing usually a white thing not to be racist

[@schaulinnoam]

When you can travel again, I really recommend the Jura hills on the swiss/french border. Beautiful quiet landscape and lots of interessting (border) places!

[@jackhoward5349]

Johnny: Maybe I should make a How Europe stole Africa video. Me: “Maybe???”

[@aidanquinlan3446]

Ya how is that a maybe lmao it's one of the most obvious idea lmao

[@SpencerZachary]

I found Ezra Klein's "Work as Identity, Burnout as Lifestyle" podcast episode super enlightening in that not doing enough/ever pushing productivity feeling. Really recommend it!

[@chingfool-no-matter]

Asian here: left handed chopsticks? what?

[@humblenoob7631]

Yeah, what? Another Asian here, chopsticks are literally 2 short sticks. They’re ambidextrous

[@jinjunliu2401]

super confused as well

[@ulivolga228]

I bet he paid extra for them lol!!

[@AnuragPamuru1]

Lol i think he means the children's practice chopsticks? those ones are left and right handed

[@tetsuyauezato5536]

Ahhh. You beat me to it

[@suukikang]

He is seriously my spirit ANIMAL Johnny Harris ILYY

[@oreoluwaobiri5380]

As a Nigerian, I would absolutely love a "how Europe stole Africa" video!

[@donktordank]

You guys just vibe with me... I enjoy your videos and at the same time I wind up learning life lessons, history and geography. Besides that I see my own family in you guys and it makes me actually kind of nostalgic of the times I used to travel. I am so glad I found your channel. I don't think my quarantine would have been the same without it. Thanks for making all these amazing videos!

[@SillySpinz]

As someone who is trilingual, I cannot agree more with your language learning analogy.

[@VoIcanoman]

Hey, I'm a boot person too. More for practical reasons - due to me shattering my femur skiing 22 years ago, I have a leg-length difference of over an inch, and need to get every right shoe I own adjusted up by the difference (they insert material into the sole to raise it). This is easy to do on boots, harder on other types of shoes. But I've always just liked boots, even before that. They're more comfortable, and I do a lot of walking and hiking, so I need to prioritize comfort. When everyone's wearing sandals and flip-flops in the heat of the summer, I'm wearing my boots, the same pair I wear all year (and I live in Winnipeg, so they need to keep my feet warm in the winter!). And yes, I do destroy them (my dog did the job for me once).

[@sunilprajapati6377]

Lo Manthang is indeed a beautiful place, but it doesn't need much tourist over crowding. Love from Nepal!

[@ДмитрийКудрявцев-т3ъ]

3:38 There is this 1967 book called "Mustang: A Lost Tibetan Kingdom" by a French guy Michel Peissel , and it's about how he hanged around this exact Lo Manthang, and it's 1960s so it still was a totally pre-modern feudal kingdom with a literal local king. He left there quite a detailed description of what this place looked like back than, local customs, lifestile, society, religion etc. It's pretty awesome, I totally recommend it to anybody interested in this region.

[@bryan.w.t]

Wikipedia is my best friend Schools: we don't do that here

[@wc3815]

7:24 camera fundamentals on bright trip. 9:25 find a video you like and emulate, emulate alot of other people's work for inspiration. 15:00 Map information online. 20:20 Script patreon.

[@aleksapejovic7939]

How to describe Johnny in three sentances: 1. Loves maps 2. Loves breakfast 3. Loves Switzerland

[@dilipvats7934]

Hates shampoo

[@suaahiraalvarado7774]

I love Johnny and IZ’s videos. I think it’s my love of maps, history, and travel 💕

[@ColbyBDavis]

High School English teachers when he said “Wikipedia … is my best friend”: >:(

[@legionnre2181]

Your mapping style, the way you touch on things with your **EpIc** maps is what I really want to emulate, for my own project.

[@SauceKingg]

How Europe stole Africa sounds more like a series than a video

[@tricksor6589]

yeah a series would be cool i guess, part 1 about age of colonisation and trade and then parts about the scramble for africa and finally the berlin conference

[@lawrencetchen]

At least a 20-part series

[@dafinakrasniqi1856]

Your truly inspiring and very motivating! Ever since I found your video on Vox, I became a fan of yours and your family. You have tough me a lot and guided me to really keep on going and once again made me believe that anything is possible , you just have to put your time and effort into something that you want to do! Thank you and Iz 😊 keep up the good work and positive energy!

[@MarcLeatham]

"Educated" was a PHENOMENAL look into the extremes of belief that people can have, especially coming from a Mormon background as well. 0_o

[@Pulverpojken]

As a swede who works at the lighting department at IKEA I feel very comforted every time I see your HEKTAR floor lamp in the background... your videos are great too...!

[@philipp2753]

I'm from Germany and we eat the granola and yougurt with some fruits. It's really delisous!

[@PHlophe]

It makes people Pfurzen !

[@rhobieruaya9761]

Thank you for answering my question!!!! I hope that when you visit the Philippines, you'll be organizing an event to meet you in person, where we can listen and learn from you!

[@calboy2]

Ok I never realized chopsticks were left or right handed? Confused 🤷‍♂️

[@fukuwota]

I think he talked about the practice chopsticks for kids. There’s a left-handed version of it.

[@juliansenfr]

Nah it's still the same two sticks, but with different hands you'd need to know where to find the fulcrum. I guess that's what chopsticks are all about

[@solehsolehsoleh]

There are children chopsticks which have finger holders.

[@Lildios]

Hey Johnny! So I'm a young swiss and I've noticed how you keep speaking about Switzerland. I think you portray a good and honest image of my country and I'd like to thank you for that (your external point of view has helped me forge a better and more accurate opinion of my own country). If you want, I'd be happy to share some of my experiences about the life in Switzerland. In any case, I hope your channel will grow as much as it deserves.

[@annaeeee7516]

Tip from someone who learned English at 17 to learn a new language: find a show that you like in the language you want to learn and turn on the subtitles in english. After a while your brain will know what sound goes with what word. After a while, you should turn on the subtitles in the language you're learning and start making the association of the written word and the sound that goes with it. Also, read children's books in that language. Finally, practice writing in said language. It took me a good year to start making sense of English and a full decade to be fully fluent, so don't expect to be an expert overnight.

[@brandonchan4537]

i learn three languages,and sadly my English is better than my national language (falling type of bad) maybe,I should try what you suggest.

[@annaeeee7516]

@@brandonchan4537 no I totally relate. My English is now better than my Spanish lol. I guess the saying "use or lose it" bears some truth.

[@rajanlimbu9978]

Thanks for Mentioning and Loving my countrys Border ...🇳🇵🇳🇵..Been following since 2014 ....Love your videos .

[@topcat2k5]

Nice video. Also Looking forward to seeing the Stolen Africa video. And watching people be surprised by countries like Belgium.

[@Peeriemoot_]

I'm genuinely so glad to find someone on youtube that has the same lowkey obsession with maps/old maps that I harbor as well, it's refreshing to see.

[@GeoPerspective]

I emulated your Hawaii video and did a version on Okinawa, it's my best video! Still kinda sucks though!

[@rileymoma8245]

I'll have to watch it!

[@quincyzhou9784]

500k! huge congrats! you deserved it.

[@avadon7849]

1:49 Yes! Make a video on the partition of Africa

[@YukiEmma]

Congrats on ur 500k subs🎉 You’ve been giving me so much inspiration. I subscribed to your channel when you had 500 subs and glad and kinda melancholy at the same time to see you get bigger and bigger everyday ‼️‼️

[@derekb.2y648]

I now want a pair of those boots😂 also "how europe stole africa" DO IT!!!

[@VoyagerMaldives]

Johnny Harris & Peter Mckinnon’s videos are truly amazing. These two are the best in YT in their respective fields. Hoping to start my Degree in International Relations next year.

[@mourdavi]

"Today I won't be making map videos, well I am right there". Jeez, the man makes map videos while talking to a camera and answering questions

[@teatree5633]

I really admire your dedication and enthusiasm about the things you do. You're a big inspiration thank you so much! I hope to see you roaming around Manila when you come here in the Philippines soon

[@rahulsen804]

Ya that would be great Make a video on "how Europe stole the whole Africa?:

[@georgesamuelson4003]

*whole apart from Liberia and Ethiopia

[@Ida-xe8pg]

Ethiopia was _occupied_ (but not really colonised) by Italy and the African-Americans who went to Liberia _did some things_

[@Ida-xe8pg]

Here it is wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Liberia#Americo-Liberian_rule_(1847-1980)

[@Ida-xe8pg]

@Nick Arjomand Wait so the Af-Ame enslaved the Natives?

[@anth0888]

I love Maps. I completed a personal project of requesting and obtaining hard copy official tourism maps from the tourism authorities of every single Canadian province and Territory - and also every single United States State.

[@FlyToTheRain]

"We have the boot for you" why did that make me laugh so hard

[@ihana03]

Entertaining and educational at the same time. 💜

[@april_showers97]

read Walter Rodney - “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa”

[@TheUnionForever]

Actually it's been long enough for them to get back on their feet if they wanted to. Just my opnion.

[@april_showers97]

Adam Braithwaite read Jason Hickel - “The Divide” and watch “Stealing Africa” by Global Voices on KZbin. Neo-colonialism is rampant on the continent of Africa today.

[@april_showers97]

Nick Arjomand colonialism happened through literal warfare. Look up the Ethiopia-Italy war for example. And colonialism never stopped! Today Africa is under neo-colonialism through the IMF, World Bank, WTO. Why do you think AFRICOM exists? Look up the Egyptian economist Samir Amin, who has written about neo-colonialism in-depth.

[@globalfoodaction6748]

Just keep in mind that people like Jason Hickel have their own biases. He has a brand that is based on certain themes, and one can say his worldview is in a way the opposite of someone like Steven Pinker. In reality, these characters all bring something to the table and valid arguments in their own sense. They get into their own bubbles and overly academic in their arguments. An example of this would be Jason Hickel's statements "Africa doesn't need aid, it needs justice". It's catchy, it gets retweets, etc. But it really doesn't say anything, particularly since much aid is delivered as a form of justice...although some people would still call the implementation of universal health care in conflict zones as "neo-colonialism". Same with discussion that you see online about why some places are underdeveloped and the role colonialism played in them. Usually, these discussions are also not nuanced and one-sided, either downplaying or over-emphasizing the role of colonialism. Another great example of how these discussions usually go in academia is the one that you "flying fisher" are having with "nick arjomand" in this thread. You both apparently live in two different realities in which cause and effect are absolute and easily identified, only matching your opinions.

[@april_showers97]

GlobalFoodAction hi, thank you for your reply. Have you read Health Poverty Action’s research report entitled “Honest Accounts: The true story of Africa’s billion dollar losses” ? In this research report, they talk about how every year $134 billion dollars in ‘aid’ is given to African countries, while $192 billion is stolen in the form of never-ending foreign debts (which have already been paid several times over), profits by foreign corporations, tax havens, etc. When Jason Hickel says “Africa doesn’t need aid, it needs justice,” he means that if NGO’s were to attempt to address the *underlying causes* of Africa’s poverty (its continual robbery of $192 billion every year by foreign, predominantly Western companies), there could be much more permanent change. He makes this point very clearly in “The Divide” and directly draws upon the work of scholars such as Walter Rodney, Utsa Patnaik and Samir Amin. Also check out the organization Black Alliance for Peace. They just held an amazing conference on KZbin about AFRICOM and US military presence on the continent. African leaders have been assassinated and entire countries have been drone bombed for refusing to pay foreign debt and attempting to build an economy that’s independent from global capitalism and the US currency. Look up what happened to Thomas Sankara, Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, etc. For a look at debt colonialism in Caribbean countries, see the documentary “Life and Debt” about Jamaica, and read Dr. Paul Farmer’s work on Haiti. Haiti’s debt today was imposed upon by France as a ‘repayment’ for France’s loss of profits due to the abolition of slavery! Paul Farmer talks about this in “Pathologies of Power.”

[@JonathanBondu]

I feel that what I'm doing is not enough. and you're one of the inspiring people I look up to... because you're doing a lot, and your videos are really good. and inspirational.

[@siddhantgupta2056]

Put everything you know about journalism, cinematography, editing on bright trip eventually

[@piyushpatel2836]

Johnny is a guy who can be serious yet not boring at the same time while talking!

[@rafaela.cardenas-heredia9127]

How Turkey stole Northern Cyprus pleaseeeeeee

[@warbler1984]

Thats be an amazing borders video! Went to Cyprus and did a trip into the north was a strange one

[@asha8443]

I think it’s more about how greece and Cyprus’ plan for reunification in the 1960s was interrupted by turkey.

[@Belioyt]

How Greece stole Southern Cyprus

[@Mopbird]

Are you serious? More like; How Greeks suppressed Turkish minority cypriots living in Cyprus *until Turkey made it safe for them*

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

Speaking as someone who also has gone through shoes like you Johnny and is an avid boot wearer, I'm gonna say you should definitely check out Solovair if you are looking for a boots that will last forever and you can do A LOT of comfortable walking in. I'm not sure if you were ever a Dr. Marten person but most people I know who were alive in the late 90's/early 00's and were boot people were and they know that those were the boots that lasted forever. The problem is that they got bought by a private equity firm years back and now they are literally shells of their former selves and fall apart after a year or two. Well Solovair are the former employees of Dr. Martens working in the same factory w/ the same tools making the same boots just without the brand name. So you should totally check them out cause they don't just make the combat boot style they make one very similar to the one you're wearing just with the comfy sole.

[@frostbite8819]

Are you coming back to India? Love the channel and love the presentation, long time admirer

[@astronautsamuel_xxv2295]

Hey there, from the Philippines, and I love how you're interested going to Manila. I feel like so many countries have stereotypes against us and some of it could even be validated. Filipinos are pretty nice people, the cityscape and beaches are great, and the food is just home. Its just... the government.

[@yit21]

this is a formal request for Johnny to do the Africa-Europe series.

[@deandi0077]

In your studio tour you said that you wanted to make a video about your workplace and about productivity throughout the day. Would be very interesting because there is a lot of work in your videos. Greetings from Switzerland.

[@DannyKlimt]

Switzerland 3x and at 1:15 holds up two maps of Switzerland XD

[@lucaslouback570]

I wasnt going to watch this because i usually dont like or care for Q and As but i m so glad i decided to watch. All your videos are amazing!!!

[@BrantAxt]

5:08 Left-handed chopsticks? Do chopsticks have a handedness??

[@lhd9979]

apparently there are just some different techniques... but i don't know what I'm saying anyway...

[@tonygloves]

Watching his videos always ignites my interest in geography.

[@thesevenstudent]

I thought this was a ‘how the us stole video’ :( But it’s still great, to be honest, I’d watch anything you posted at this point!!! :)

[@luciarodriguezalcantara5931]

I have a map of the Mount Everest from 1988 from National Geographic. I got it from discarded boxes of books at a second hand book shop. It is one of my favourite maps, it's really cool you mention that as your "favourite" border. I also got that day one map of Africa, but even older, from 60s and you can still see the "Spanish Sahara".

[@rhosymedra6628]

border suggestion: Georgia and Abkhazia, South Ossetia

[@andrejskibin143]

Border suggestion; Slovenija Croatia

[@xuanzzz3946]

Your videos are such gems!! I would describe your videos as quality over quantity and it's such a refreshing take!!!! Have been watching and supporting your channel/vox borders for at least the past 3 years!!! The first video probably being the one where you cut up the globe to explain about projections

[@Frodokeuh]

1:48 haha it'll be a 10 season serie xD

[@rockhillrants]

just learned i’m moving switzerland and i’m so exited after watching your videos on switzerland thank you

[@karifurai8479]

how old are you? I'm 14 and in the future I want to move to Australia or Switzerland

[@loophunter5406]

Please we make how Europe stole Africa pleaseeeeeee. Greetings from Angola 🇦🇴 /Africa

[@billypiper7390]

this man is the last of a dying breed, the investigative journalist.......someone who actually INVESTIGATES things/stories to try to get to the truth, unlike most outlets now that see something posted or hear about it and RUN with it without doing any kind of research themselves to see if it's legit. thankyou for your due diligence Sir.

[@parikhvedant]

i am the first one i should get a heart for this @johnny Harris

[@thebadactionhiro]

Your method of storytelling and informing your viewership just ignites so many questions for me personally. I think that is probably the point of it. I also studied International Relations and have two young boys and have random fascinations of foods and countries and societies but it is very interesting to see how you cultivated it into what you do now. Thank you for sharing and for the sneak peaks of some possible future videos in the works. Waiting to see if you and Joss and/or Estelle would do something together for Vox so I guess we will wait in 3 weeks.

[@kenzanassiri9865]

Use this comment as we want a how Europe stole Africa video

[@spacedog127]

NEARLY 500K let's goo most underrated channel

[@JaredPizza]

Left handed chopsticks? Aren’t they just sticks? Is each chopstick not the same? Did he make a joke?

[@HERSHISKISS]

There are chopsticks for children in which they can put their fingers in. Kind of like training wheels on a bike.

[@japotishvideos6610]

Great video Johnny. You inspired me to make my own map-related videos!

[@navedabbasi163]

I have this question since I saw a meme. If the spelling of algebra would have been algebruh, wouldn't it be dope?

[@joshuatorres5950]

Johnny planning to go to the Philippines just made my whole day (maybe even week)!!!!!! I can skip any of my classes just to meet him :(

[@Pat_KraPao]

Not with travel ban in place. Next year maybe.

[@ryanjeff4853]

Who wants the “how Europe stole Africa video”

[@r3dp1ll]

No

[@RolandoCocom]

Thank you for this. Gold.

[@Izz7879]

Did you ever hear of the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise

[@PaulHenricksen]

I was able to go to the Philippines in February right before COVID shut everything down. I'm so glad I went. Hope I get a chance to go back

[@turnerh.7291]

Your pictures on the wall aren’t straight and I feel like I’m the only one who cares.

[@benasleo]

Johnny congrats on the HUGE growth of your channel over the past few months - you really exploded!

[@coffeekramer1233]

1st

[@johnnyharris]

indeed

[@whisperer923]

Can't stop watching your video. I know it's too much for my little brain but can't stop it.

[@janea5898]

I love naps too. Oh. Maps. Yeah. Those are great too. Thank for recommendations of Ezera’s book. I listened to it today. Great read!

[@isidupadhyay]

Your videos are life saving in these tough times ❤️

[@HowToADU]

You're doing so much Johnny! You're an inspiration to do more, even when I feel confident that I'm doing enough. Thanks for sharing all the human stuff (and some maps ;D) - Let me know if you ever want to do some housing stuff.

[@Dream-jy7zm]

Cant wait to see the sons talking about how they love Japan and Switzerland when they grow older!! I love hearing stories~

[@OtterMotterPia]

Handmade boulet boots made in quebec, i can promise you those are the best boots on the planet. Mine are easily 30 years old, best thing about them is the soles can be replaced no issue, its just hard finding a cobbler who does good work nowadays.

[@geraldbaria]

Emulate what you like. That’s a great advice.

[@TheAeron321]

13:52 Great metaphor Johnny... no matter how you cut it, JUST COOK IT or if you like bread JUST BAKE IT! Much love to you bro!

[@stephaniemetri5950]

I could listen to you talk about anything