Big Beautiful Bill, Future of Planned Parenthood, and A Potential Cure for HIV

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive BTS content, extra interviews, and much much more - check it out here: www.patreon.com/jvn This week on The Monday Edit: the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill, updates on the Idaho Four Case, JVN’s life as Pet Parent, beating the summer heat and sun, and a potential cure for HIV. Not A Phase. Trans Lifeline Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Jonathan on Instagram @jvn and senior producer Chris @amomentlikechris New video episodes Getting Better on YouTube every Wednesday. Senior Producer, Chris McClure Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Better Babes, it's Jonathan Van Ness, and welcome to the Monday Edit.
0:05.0	This week, like every week, we are joined by our senior producer, Chris.
0:07.7	Say hi, Chris.
0:08.3	Hi, hello.
0:09.3	Honey, we are breaking down the news, pop culture, TikTok drama, beauty recommendations,
0:13.8	and expanding on the topics we're covering over on getting better,
0:16.7	the show that drops every Wednesday here on the podcast feed and on YouTube in its full video glory. Honey, welcome to July. We are making America, America again. And it's,
0:28.4	and it's July. Also, sidebar, can I just say, we started our Patreon. I feel like I'm doing
0:33.1	my best work ever over there. We were being funny. We are giving you BTS. We are also giving you
0:37.7	like the JVN that I am, but I was more of before I got so scared of like overly critical
0:43.9	trolls on Instagram and TikTok. So it's just giving you like vulnerable, hilarious variety. We're
0:49.3	having so much fun on the Patreon. It really is like giving me life. So if you want to get over there
0:52.8	and get deeper in our getting better world, welcome. We also had Dr. Giles back on Patreon, who is our killer
0:59.7	whale expert from 2023 who we're obsessed with. So we're just doing the most over there. It's
1:03.6	really fun. I'm having so much fun. Chris is having so much fun editing it, aren't you Chris?
1:07.8	I'm having the time of my life.
1:12.1	It's like it's a charcutory board of content, darling. We're doing it all. We've got the
1:16.3	soprata, we got that goat cheese, we got it all.
1:19.2	I love
1:20.2	sharkutery boards. And that is totally what our patron is. It's just like the best
1:24.6	of the best all in one place.
1:26.7	Which I think is really important. Now let's just segue a little bit.
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