Hank Green: What No One Tells You About the Algorithm
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Hank Green: What No One Tells You About the Algorithm

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 20, 202652 min

Hank Green is one of the most beloved science creators on the interwebs. He’s been making videos for almost 20 years, spanning LOTS of eras of the Internet, from YouTube prank videos to TikTok dance challenges to AI slop. In this episode, Wendy sits down with Hank to talk about this wild ride. They reminisce about his path to YouTube stardom, and they’ll pull back the curtain on social media algorithms — how they’ve changed, and the sneaky ways they draw us in. And while Hank has been publicly fighting off internet trolls, he’s also been dealing with his o...

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Ten years I've been trying to figure out how to do science on whether butt hair prevents chafing, and I still haven't gotten it done. Because when you had chemo you lost your butt hair. It's true.

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Right? Yeah, yeah, it was great. Way preferable to the alternative, I have to say. Did it, did you have any less chafing?

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Well, I wouldn't know. I wasn't jogging. Get us! Doo doo doo, science chats with our favourite nerds. Yeah!

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