433: Making the Ice
11/19/202537 min
Why are there so few left-handed people? Can people do things on instinct alone? Why haven’t babies evolved to sleep through the night? We’ve heard of ice breakers, but what are some ice makers? How do I decide if I should have kids? …Hank and John Green have answers!
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First 90 secondsHank Green· Host0:01
You're listening to a Complexly podcast. Hello. Welcome to Dear Hank and John.
John Green· Host0:12
Or as I prefer to think of it, Dear John and Hank.
Hank Green· Host0:14
The podcast where two brothers answer your questions, give you dubious advice, and bring you all the week's news from both Mars and AFC Wimbledon. John- Yep. ... do you know how when you hold a shell up to your ear it sounds almost exactly like the ocean?
John Green· Host0:24
Mm-hmm.
Hank Green· Host0:25
Well, little known fact, if you hold a squirrel up to your ear, it sounds almost exactly like getting attacked by a squirrel.
John Green· Host0:34
(laughs) (laughs) There wasn't much to that one.
Hank Green· Host0:37
Hey, that one, that one I actually really do like. I think that, I think that whoever, whoever wrote that did a good job. Um- Yeah.
John Green· Host0:43
Okay.
Hank Green· Host0:43
We are two brothers who have done a lot over the last 20 years, John, and I don't know if we've said it on the podcast yet, but the ribbon was cut on the Maternal Center of Excellence.
John Green· Host0:55
Mm-hmm.
Hank Green· Host0:55
So everybody who has ever supported, uh, done a part of the project for awesome, given a donation to that, bought something from Good Store, all that stuff, one step at a time, it, it got there, and it is gonna start seeing patients early next year.
John Green· Host1:09
Hank, you keep saying that we raised $25 million, which is very generous of you to say because it's a huge understatement. In fact, we've raised almost $50 million.
Hank Green· Host1:19
What? What do you mean?
John Green· Host1:20
I mean, we had to raise $25 million to do the initial phase of construction. To get the Maternal Center of Excellence open was always gonna cost $50 million, and we raised about