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Hello Internet is an audio podcast by CGP Grey and Brady Haran. It debuted in 2014 and currently has 63 episodes and 1 bonus episode. The podcast peaked as the #1 iTunes podcast in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Canada, and Australia in February 2014 and was selected as one of Apple's best new podcasts of 2014. The podcast is also known for coining the term "freebooting" to describe copyright infringing content rehosting. Episodes usually last from 1.5 to 2 hours.

Flag
At the end of 2015, the podcast held a referendum to decide on the official flag of Hello Internet. The referendum was conducted by postal vote using a preferential voting system. The Nail & Gear flag, pictured, was announced as the winning flag on December 16th, 2015. Other candidates were Club & Claws, White Cross, Flaggy Flag, and H.I. Logo.

Hello Internet Animated
On 5 September 2014, the first episode of Hello Internet Animated was released on YouTube. Their production are almost entirely done by animator fan "Dovsky". Dovsky takes short and memorable audio clips from various episodes and loosely animates them with Brady and Grey caricatures. Length ranges from about 1-3 minutes. They are sparsely released, with a current total of 9 episodes.

Tims
The audience as a collective (or singular or subgroup) are given the name Tim. "Tim likes to talk to other Tims on Reddit after listening to a new episode." The origin of this trend came from the 'calling out' and 'talking to' of a person named Tim. With an audience large enough, someone listening was bound to be named Tim.

Freebooting
Episode #5

Hotstoppers
HI#49, 43 minutes 30 seconds

In one of his rants about how things should work and talking about the small conveniences of America, Grey complained about the failure of UK Starbucks' have the stick contraption they designed to obstruct the cap-hole of coffee drinks and act as a stirrer. For lack of a better word, Brady coined the term "hotstopper" and Grey agreed it was a good name or "let [it] pass" given the lack of a proper name .The term "hotstopper" is based on its functionality of 'stopping the `hot` from coming out of the cup'. After the show, Grey asked @StarBucksUK on Twitter to have them in all Starbucks in the United Kingdom. The hosts eventually turned it into a structured campaign to raise awareness about the issue of hot drink spillages, more specifically their nefarious effects for small children. On October 19 2015, Brady Haran blogged about this initiative and the creation of a fundraising campaign in favour of the Children's Burn Trust.

Adoption of "CGP Grey the penguin"
Brady had the opportunity to have a dinner at Bristol Zoo with David Prowse(the actor that played Darth Vader) for a charity fund supporting african penguin conservation. Brady was able to organize an event in which tickets to watch Star Wars with Prowse, Brady, and Grey were sold to the HI audience and proceeds donated to the fund. A chick (A20583) was born on March 22, 2015, and named "CGP Grey" by the zoo in thanks to the podcast for helping fundraise. The zoo also made Brady the official adopter of CGP Grey the penguin. They were presented the two certificates the night of the event. Later, it was determined the penguin is female.

Vexillology
On many podcast episodes, Brady and Grey have been discussing flags. Despite not being experts in vexillology.