Respond v. React, AuDHD Curious, Homemade Gift Etiquette

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Comedy, Education

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This week, we’re talking: JVN on the West Coast, responding vs. reacting, self diagnosing from TikTok, the cocaine salmon, gifting etiquette, a very French spelling bee, and of course - our HBOTW! 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. Bonjour. You guys, I am literally coming to you live from Seattle. It is, I'm giving you Pacific Northwest. I'm giving you... Salad and scrambled eggs. Yep, it was too cold. Yeah, Frazier. It was too cold this morning. I got overzealous. And so I bought a hoodie from this local Seattle place, which I- And then I wore it to berries and solid-core. And all the girls were like, oh, my God, you already found Montereil coffee. This is my third Americano from Monorail. Really love it.
0:38.3	Big fan.
0:39.5	What are the flavor,
0:40.2	what's the flavor profile like?
0:41.5	What's it like?
0:42.1	Well, it is just,
0:42.8	hold on,
0:42.9	maybe like grape
0:47.4	and maybe even
0:49.5	Rose.
0:53.2	Very, very, um, fresh.
0:56.8	Yeah, it's like, there's like a lightness to it.
0:58.9	Yes.
0:59.3	It's giving luxurious.
1:01.1	It's giving like not burnt beans.
1:03.1	Like, it's really giving Seattle.
1:05.1	There are these guys in the line behind me and they were like, oh, should we get this or Starbucks?
1:08.3	And I turn around and I was like, this.
1:10.7	Um, because I'm always, I'm very passionate about supporting like small local business,
1:14.1	especially with like coffee places. But then I did think, well, I guess Starbucks could be
1:20.5	considered local for Seattle. Yeah, lowly local. Yeah, I guess so. Yeah. So that's what's up.
1:27.2	Seattle's gorgeous.
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