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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

How to Come From a Place of Gratitude, Navigating Grief, and an Office Supplies Spelling Bee

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 19K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're talking: Thoughts on the recent Queer Eyes news, an update on our Pet family, talking about trauma without becoming our trauma, getting better at grief, exciting developments in the JVN Hair camp, JVN & Mark’s Anniversary, TikTok roundup, JVN & Beyonce on bikes, our Office Supplies Spelling Bee Todd Blanch & the 1.776 Billion slush fund, CBS News, giving fade haircuts, “Best of the World,” and John Travolta.  Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.  Catch Getting Better & 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  Executive 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

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0:00.0

Hey Better Babes, welcome back to the Monday edit. This week, like every week, we are joined by our executive producer Chris. Say hi, Chris.

0:07.5

Bonjour. Honey, let's get into it. You can tell I'm not in my normal office. I am actually sitting as we speak in Honolulu, Hawaii. I am performing here for the first time, which Chris did make me think, should trying to, like, do a thing where I perform in every state, like, just try, I don't know what number this would be for me, but I did think that's... Absolutely. It triggers my neurodivergence in, like, a fun way, so I'm like, maybe we'll do that. But we're in Hawaii, must get to all 50, and we are on the precipice of a really exciting trip. My husband

0:40.9

and my best friend Denise and her daughter, Jocelyn, we're going to South Korea, we're going to

0:45.4

Japan after Hawaii. So this is giving like mega holiday. It's certainly been in an eventful

0:51.7

couple weeks over here. This trip is planned for a hot minute.

0:56.0

And I'm, I'm, we're going to be bringing the Monday edit to you from there. I'm going to be

1:01.3

using a lot of JV and her and like kind of seeing how it works in like very humid places,

1:04.9

like kind of just for fun. And I'm excited to get to travel and go to some places I haven't

1:09.1

been before.

1:19.2

You know, obviously there was, there was a, it's quite a, quite a week, quite a first week of pride, to be honest.

1:21.2

That's, that's one way to kick it off.

1:22.6

Yeah, you know.

1:25.1

And, you know, all I can say it.

1:26.9

Gay, yes, gay bites.

1:29.6

And I guess, I guess we all heal in our own ways. And healing

1:31.3

is unique and it's...

1:34.0

Healing is unique.

1:35.4

And I love uniqueness

1:37.2

and I love healing.

1:39.1

And I also love time.

1:42.5

Because I'm gonna need some of that. And I think we all do I guess at this point

1:47.8

with everything that we've all been through I want to come from a place of gratitude because I think

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