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Howtown
@HowtownTracked since May 2026
The "how do they know" show, from Adam Cole and Joss Fong.
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5 membership tiers
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$4/moHowtown CitizenThank you for supporting Howtown. For your contribution, you'll receive:Our newsletter announcing new videos, plusAd-free versions of our videosAccess to the members-only Discord chat roomsRecordings of our monthly Science Paper Book Club
$8/moHowtown HeroOur core base of support, the heroes keep the lights on at Howtown!For your support, you get all of the above plus:Access to members-only bonus videos where we share bonus interviews, behind-the-scenes details, updates about how the channel is doing, and our personal opinions.Participate live in our monthly Science Paper Book Club!
$20/moHowtown CouncilIf you have a little extra to spare to support our channel's mission of evidence literacy, a contribution at this level makes a big impact on how quickly we can reach sustainability. We are eternally grateful.For your support, you get all of the above plus:Access to monthly video hang with Joss, Adam, and the other Council members and Mayors to talk about whats going on (in the world) and what's coming up (on the channel)Access to the #government channel on our Discord serverWe will include your name as a council member in the description box of every video for as long as you remain at this tier.
$50/moMayor of HowtownYou movers of mountains, noble architects of change! Your contributions inspire us to imagine a future when Howtown can grow to support a larger team.For your support, you get all of the above plus:Access to monthly video hang with Joss, Adam, and the other Council members and Mayors to talk about whats going on (in the world) and what's coming up (on the channel)You’ll see your name burned into our video credits for as long as you remain at this tier.
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MembershipLast observed 2026-08-25. Not enough recent observation yet for a 30-day reading.
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Recent posts
What they publish124Posts total2 postsLast month25%Members-only
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Audio Latest postPublicHowtown's approach to musicOur most recent episode explored the efforts to retrieve a fascinating dirt sample from Mars, and it featured an interesting soundtrack. Lot
August 12 19 likes 8 commentsSo... did NASA find life on Mars?We just published our latest feature video on the channel, which, depending on where you fall in the A/B/C test is either titled: "The cooleVideoAugust 6Public 0 0New video: wildfire detectivesWhen fires broke out around Los Angeles in January of 2025, Joss and I starting talking about doing an episode on fire investigations. How dVideoJune 30Public 37 3new video | Why one patch of ocean is coolingHi Howtowners, we just published our latest feature video. It starts with a simple mystery: almost the entire planet has warmed since the prVideoJune 4Public 36 3A song for monkeysDuring the pandemic, I was delighted by a viral video of a fox seemingly enjoying a banjo performance on a Colorado mountainside. But it madVideoMay 1Public 36 5
The truth about detecting liesLocked The truth about detecting lies February 5 25 13ArticleFebruary 5$4 tier & up 25 13
A lunar mysteryThere's a simple story of the Moon's origin, and it's the one I learned in school: a "Mars-sized body" (nicknamed Theia) slammed into proto-ArticleMarch 20Public 30 3Are attention spans really shrinking? (+ a small gift!)Locked Are attention spans really shrinking? (+ a small gift!) Dec 30, 2025 72 8ArticleDec 30, 2025$4 tier & up 72 8
New video: a monster in the permafrost?It's spooky season, and so I decided to investigate a fear I've seen haunting our comment section: will the thawing permafrost unleash new hVideoOct 17, 2025Public 0 0New video: How nukes help solve crimesOur latest explainer is up on the channel. It's just under 13 minutes long and tells the story of how nuclear bomb tests from the Cold War lVideoSep 23, 2025Public 23 3
We decided to debate each otherHi dear friends, our new video is now live on the channel and it's something a little different for us. Instead of a highly-produced 15-minuVideoAug 28, 2025Public 61 16How lead changed us (new episode)Hi Howtowners, A few months ago I came across a paper that claimed there were 151 million diagnosable cases of psychiatric disorders (ie ADHArticleJul 23, 2025$4 tier & up 29 4
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