Crash Course (YouTube)
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| Genre | Educational |
| Created by |
John Green Hank Green |
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| Written by | Various |
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| Creative director(s) | Thought Café (Formerly Thought Bubble) |
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| Theme music composer | Jason Weidner |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
| No. of episodes | 494 |
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| Executive producer(s) |
John Green Hank Green |
| Producer(s) | Stan Muller Danica Johnson |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 10–15 minutes 6–10 minutes (Government) 2–4 minutes (Kids) |
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| Original network | YouTube |
| Picture format | 1080p |
| Original release | January 26, 2012 – present |
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| Related shows | SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries |
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| Website | |
Crash Course (sometimes stylized as CrashCourse) is an educational YouTube channel started by the Green brothers, Hank Green and John Green, who are notable for their VlogBrothers channel. Originally, John and Hank presented humanities and science courses to viewers, respectively, although the series has since expanded to incorporate courses by additional hosts.
Crash Course was one of the 100 initial channels of YouTube's $100 million original channel initiative. Crash Course launched a preview on December 2, 2011. As of November 29, 2016, the Crash Course YouTube channel has over 5 million subscribers and has received almost 490 million video views. In November 2014, Hank Green announced that a partnership with PBS Digital Studios would allow them to produce more courses, starting in January 2015.
To date, there are 23 seasons of Crash Course, with Hank and John hosting six each. Together with Emily Graslie, they also co-hosted Big History. Alongside the PBS partnership, and with John commencing a year-long hiatus from the show in 2015, additional hosts were brought in to increase the number of concurrent series: Phil Plait (Astronomy), Craig Benzine (U.S. Government and Politics), Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford (both Economics), Shini Somara (Physics), Andre Meadows (Games), Carrie Anne Philbin (Computer Science), Mike Rugnetta (Mythology), Nicole Sweeney (Sociology), and Miriam Nielsen (Human Geography). A second channel, Crash Course Kids, is hosted by Sabrina Cruz and has completed its first series, Science.
The science series (and Philosophy) are filmed in Missoula, Montana, in a studio building that also houses SciShow. The Biology and Ecology series were filmed in front of green screen. From the Chemistry season onward, these series were filmed on a new custom-built set. These series are produced and edited by Nicholas Jenkins, with sound design by Michael Aranda, while Blake de Pastino serves as script editor.
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