448: Doogie Howser, Boy Chaplin

About this episode

Hank and John Green answer a variety of quirky questions ranging from interplanetary representatives to the nature of alligators.

If you had to choose one person to represent our planet in an interplanetary meeting, who would it be? How do you make an elopement still feel special? Why do I have to take math classes? What would you include in a museum to educate people alive in 2070 about what it was like to be alive in the 2020s? Why do you see weird shapes when you rub your eyes? Is an alligator a fish? …Hank and John Green have answers! If you're in need of dubious advice, email us at hankandjohn@gmail.com Join us for monthly livestreams at patreon.com/dearhankandjohn Produced for Hank and John Green by Complexly See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Hosts: John Green, Hank

Topics covered

• society
• culture
• philosophy
• comedy
• improv

Keywords

• interplanetary meeting
• elopement
• math classes
• museum of the 2020s
• weird shapes
• alligator

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California

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