Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness
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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness
Join Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye) each week for their next exciting endeavor! “Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness" is here to empower listeners (and also make them laugh) by using curiosity as a tool for personal growth. In a world that often feels overwhelming—where it’s easy to feel stuck, fr...
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535 episodes
Ten Seasons of Queer Eye: The Heroes Who Changed Us
Queer Eye Season 10 is upon us!
This week, JVN gets personal and reflects on the last decade making Queer Eye. They also ca...
Queer Eye's Final Season, Bag University, Mifepristone SCOTUS Hearing
This week we’re talking: the Final Queer Eye Season, Australia & New Zealand & Comedy Tour, Bag Purchase Update, Supreme Court Abortion Access Hearing...
When Wellness Turns Dangerous: Inside the OneTaste Cult
Why do people join cults?
JVN is joined by investigative journalist Ellen Huet, who spent years interviewing more than 125...
Minneapolis, Policing Language, Bag Advice
The Monday Edit, now on YouTube!
This week: Wigs, buying bags, JVN Hairspray Launch, policing language, Gwyneth Paltrow singing, Renee G...
Do I Have High-Functioning Depression? ( Dr. Judith Joseph) – ICYMI
High-Functioning Depression—what does it really look like?
ICYMI: JVN is joined by the brilliant Dr. Judith Joseph, a board-certified ps...
2026 Listener Q&A, Elder Millennial Moments, and a Stranger Things Debrief
We’re talking: Elder millennial moments, AI slop, Diet Soda in 2025, image hangups that are SO last year, life before and after Queer Eye, ADHD self m...
Are You Burnt Out? Learn How To PLAY Again!
Play isn’t something we grow out of — it’s something we desperately need to return to.
When was the last time you truly played — without...
What We Learned in 2025, Viral TikTok Salmon, and Making Republicans “Cool”
This week, we’re talking: Lessons learned in 2025, bringing a sense of play into our every day lives, cubed salmon, jump roping on TikTok, muddling, e...
Feeling Isolated? Do This ONE Thing To Rebuild Real Connection
Connection isn’t just about being around people — it’s about feeling seen. This week on Getting Better, JVN sits down certified mental health coach an...
Cleansing Our 2025 Algorithms - ICYMI
This week, we’re looking back at our favorite Monday Edit moments - just like in the Golden Girls when they sit at the kitchen table with their cheese...
When Setting Boundaries Means Going No Contact — with Melissa Urban
Boundaries aren’t about being mean — they’re about being clear. This week on Getting Better, JVN sits down with Melissa Urban, founder of Whole30 and...
Why We're Blocking CBS News, JVN Takes Europe, Celebrating Semaglutide Success
This week, we’re talking: Going no contact, All Her Fault, the Fanning Sisters, ADHD flow states, JVN’s new favorite European city, Miss Universe preg...
How to Pivot Your Career Without Spiraling (with Adam Rippon)
Your worth is not tied to your results.
This week, JVN is joined by Olympic Bronze Medalist - figure skater, author, and a...
Trump v. Slaughter, Spotify Wrapped, Pantone's Color of the Year
This week, we’re talking: JVN’s Euro Hot & Healed Tour, English Breakfasts, Whole Foods hot bars, Simone Biles’ first figure skating lesson, Instagra...
How to Transform Your Relationships: Attachment Styles with Thais Gibson
Relationships aren’t just about chemistry or communication — they’re shaped by the attachment style running the show behind-the-scenes. This week, JVN...
Location Reveals on X, TikTok Karens, Advice for Mature Skincare
This week, we’re talking: Thanksgiving recuperation, JVN Takes Europe, our continued Jennifer Welch obsession, attachment styles, TikTok hairstylist d...
How To Spot BS — with Jennifer Welch from "I've Had It"
Today, we’re refining our BS reader with one the BEST in the biz - Jennifer Welch - from “I’ve Had It”!
Together, JVN and Jennifer dive...
JVN’s Wicked FOMO, Mary Bruce Brings Back Journalism, Epstein File Vote
This week, we're talking: visits to Drew Afualo & Suzanne Lambert’s podcasts, the Finlandia Trophy, Thanksgiving prep, Paul Revere, JVN’s upcoming Eur...
How To Protect Your Peace - The Art of Self-Care with Heather McMahan
Travel nightmares, cocktail jazz, & laughing gas…oh my!
This week, JVN is joined by comedian and certified delight, Heathe...
Cynthia Erivo’s Reflexes, Hilary Duff’s Return, the Last Penny
This week, we’re talking: JVN’s return to yoga, which comedian makes JVN pull an oblique & an intercostal muscle, the process of becoming a U.S. Citiz...
Radical Self-Care in a World Built on White Norms (with Dr. Jonathan M. Lassiter)
Woke Mind Virus? How about the Whiteness Mindset!
JVN welcomes psychologist and author Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter to dig into his new...
Mayor Mamdani’s Megawatt Smile, The Simpson’s Fortnite Takeover, Body Contouring
This week, we’re talking: Elyse Myers making The NY Times Best Seller List, Unisex Bathrooms, our TikTok round up, scorned Trump supporter centrists,...
What It’s Like to Get an Autism Diagnosis as an Adult (with Elyse Myers)
Elyse Myers, (writer/creator) stopped by to talk to JVN all about her new book That's A Great Question, I'd Love To Tell You, living with ADHD, and na...
The Truth About SNAP Benefits and the Nuance of Lily Allen’s “West End Girl”
This week, we’re talking: money confidence, JVN Hair Update: Air Dry Cream…in tubs!, lazy headlines around GLP-1s, the return of Chris’ bob, pig & cow...
Conquer Debt, Self-Worth, and Financial Freedom with Tori Dunlap
Money isn’t just about math — it’s about mindset. This week, JVN welcomes back financial educator, Her First $100K founder, and Financial Feminist Pod...
White House Ballroom, Kristi Noem’s Private Jet, Louvre Thieves
This week, we’re talking: some big considerations following last week’s hypnosis episode, Halloween, money shame, soft-pitching “The Cancelistas,” spe...
Can Hypnosis Really Rewire Your Brain?
Hypnosis is not just swinging watches, stage magic, or Scooby Doo fodder - it's a tool we can all use to help rewire our brains. This week, JVN talks...
Leaked Young Republicans Telegram Chat, Wigs, the Price of Milk
This week, we’re talking: Warning labels on wigs, The Drowsy Chaperone at Carnegie Hall, what hypnosis can do for you, the Politico article on Young R...
Let’s Stop Weaponizing Therapy-Speak (and Start Communicating Better)
We’re living in a time when mental health terms are EVERYWHERE. But is our obsession with therapy-speak helping us grow, or just confusing us more?
Life of a Showgirl Debrief, Plenary Authority, Prosecuting Political Enemies
This week, we’re talking: a National amendment to enshrine abortion access as healthcare, JVN Holiday Box Gift sets, navigating online “therapy speak,...
How to Stay Hopeful (and Powerful) When Rights Are Under Threat — with Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson
Planned Parenthood President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson is here and we are fired up! Alexis is leading the fight to protect reproductive freedom at...
Presenting Heavyweight: The Messenger
Looking for your next favorite podcast (besides mine, of course)?
Heavyweight, hosted by Jonathan Goldstein, will break your heart...and...
AI Trump Memes, OBBBA Tax Breaks & Healthcare Cuts
We’re talking: WAYWARD’s No. 1 spot on Netflix, celeb sightings at The Corner Store, Figure Skating & Gymnastics on Peacock, bag etiquette, AI Trump p...
How to Laugh In Terrifying Times with Mae Martin
Comedian, actor, and writer Mae Martin joins the podcast for a wild ride through their journey — from discovering Ace Ventura as a kid, to cutting the...
The Non-Rapture, JVN on FOX News, Mariah Carey’s “Here For It All”
We’re talking: JVN’s singing career crossover, the Rapture (or lack thereof), our FOX News feature, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 6 Premier...
JVN Gets a Lesson in Singing & Finding Confidence with Vocal Coach Cheryl Porter
Vocal coach, and now Broadway star in “& Juliet.”, Cheryl Porter sits down with Jonathan Van Ness for an unforgettable voice lesson that’s about more...
LGB Separation, Haircuts & Mental Health, Practical Magic 2
We’re talking: Jeffree Star & the LGB separation, Larry the Cat updates, StyleFix Stick Launch at JVN Hair, rewatching Designing Women, our favorite B...
How To Actually Make An Impact with Rep. Jasmine Crockett
What happens when a razor-sharp elected official and a relentlessly curious host sit down to discuss what it takes to make lasting change?
JVN talks NYFW, Updates on the Epstein Birthday Book, Mariah Carey in the Amazon
We’re talking: gun violence, New York Fashion Week Hair, Sylvia Browne resurgence, fist fights on the FYP, Epstein’s Birthday Book, pink dolphins, and...
Make Oversharing Your Superpower with Tefi Pessoa
What happens when two professional oversharers get together? Pure magic... and a little chaos. JVN is joined by the incomparable Tefi Pessoa — culture...