Cynthia Erivo’s Reflexes, Hilary Duff’s Return, the Last Penny

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

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

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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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. Citizen, the perils of ankles being in weird positions, “Going Up on A Tuesday,” chickens in the Philippines, shark attacks, Cynthia Erivo’s reflexes, Megyn Kelly’s grift, The Devil Wears Prada 2 Trailer, Vulture’s article on Ziwe, reframing your view of self care, the trauma behind “Don’t Be Tardy,” the last penny, JVN bidding at auctions incorrectly as a kid, and Jack Schlossberg. 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 New video episodes Getting Better on YouTube every Wednesday. 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 [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.
0:05.2	This week, like every week, we are joined by our senior producer, Chris.
0:07.8	Say hi, Chris.
0:08.5	Hello.
0:09.2	Oh, I love.
0:10.1	We're here breaking down the news, pop culture, TikTok drama, beauty wrecks, and expanding
0:14.1	on the topics we're covering over on Getting Better, our show that drops every Wednesday
0:17.4	here on the podcast feed and on YouTube in its full video glory. And y'all,
0:23.6	our Patreon is popping off in the midst of the insanity that is 2025. We have started a Patreon
0:29.9	to create a safe space to expand on the topics we're covering on getting better. It's giving
0:34.4	like unplugged, getting better unplugged. And we're doing other episodes
0:38.2	where we catch up with old guests from getting curious and kind of go out into the world. It's giving
0:43.0	like, it's just giving expansion of JVN exclusivity that is very fun and I'm really excited to do. It's
0:49.1	almost like the JVM place, safe space where we're from before the internet became unfun. That's what our Patreon is. And I love it and we're having so much fun doing it. So get into it if you want to. Yeah. It's not that expensive. Is it Chris? What is it? No. It's like a month. It's like $5 or something. Yeah, literally $5, baby. That's a cup of coffee. And also this Thursday, you have a very special, Patreon special coming out on sleep, baby.
1:11.1	It's all about sleep.
1:11.9	And you guys know how much I love sleep, but we, and also this Patreon, or that special
1:15.8	taught me, and I actually just did it this weekend with my husband, is yoga.
1:19.9	I realized through our Riki segment that I really, I love my solid cord so much, but I need
1:25.9	a little bit of like connective tissue. I need a little bit
1:28.5	more like slowing down, stretching out, like less intensity. I need to like take care of the joints.
1:34.3	So I am going to be getting more into like my yoga, my restorative, like a little bit of like
1:39.3	rakey like sound bath situation just for my normal maintenance because I feel like my nervous system
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