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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Bad Bunny, HIV Funding, JVN's Question for Hasan Piker

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Comedy, Education

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week, JVN & Chris talk: calling out sick, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance, Winter Olympics themed spelling bee, the HIV Funding Rollback, Greenhouse gases, and Hasan Piker's POV on 3rd Party voting. Plus! This week's HBOTW.  The Monday Edit, now on YouTube!  Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive content, bonus episodes, and more! www.patreon.com/jvn  Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Jonathan on Instagram @jvn and senior producer Chris @amomentlikechris  Senior Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey Better Babes.

0:03.4

Welcome back to the Monday edit.

0:05.0

This week, like every week, we are joined by our executive producer Chris.

0:08.6

Bonjour.

0:09.3

Who is also giving me, like, slutty, hot, the show ended in the 90s, but she's still doing really well.

0:17.5

Yeah.

0:17.8

My big sister, Judy from Doug.

0:19.8

Yeah, yeah, Judy funny. Yeah, it's giving Judy funny. Yeah, it's Judy funny today. It big sister, Judy from Doug. Yeah. Judy funny.

0:21.6

Yeah.

0:21.9

It's giving Judy funny.

0:22.9

Yeah.

0:23.2

It's Judy funny today.

0:24.2

It's like Gracie Abrams, Ozzie Osmore, and Judy Funny.

0:34.3

Yeah. All once. Gracie Abrams. Yeah. That's what, I mean, I'm trying to pull myself back a little bit. For a moment, I was thinking Stacey Abrams and I was like, what?

0:34.6

What?

0:35.1

Yeah.

0:38.2

I also love that we have like mirroring side parts.

0:38.5

I know.

0:55.7

We really, we came to play a full like mirror game with each other. It's going to be great. Okay, wait. So our world, we've been busy. First of all, I feel a lot better. Great. I'm glad to hear it. My stomach had a deep betrayal. And it's not often that my stomach gets deeply betrayed. I always joke that I have a cast iron skillet. I don't know what I licked off the ground of New York City to make that

1:01.7

happen to me. Yeah. But my toilet's glad it's over. You know, and that's what's most important.

1:07.9

I am too. It was really touching go. It really also reminds me of the strength of marriage. Sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's... Or I hope it does. Illness is a... It is a true tester when you can be like a good like handmade, a good nurse. Yeah. And my husband really was. Oh, good, good, good. We got through it. And also, let me just see what's happening. Okay. Oh, Super Bowl, Bad Bunny.

1:30.5

Bad Bunny.

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