Trump v. Slaughter, Spotify Wrapped, Pantone's Color of the Year

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

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

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This week, we’re talking: JVN’s Euro Hot & Healed Tour, English Breakfasts, Whole Foods hot bars, Simone Biles’ first figure skating lesson, Instagram Close Friends Stories, NSFW shaped lipstick, home renovation revelations, Christina Aguilera at the Eiffel Tower, honey on toes, Trump v. Slaughter, Spotify Wrapped, and Pantone’s Color of the year - “cloud dancer” aka white. 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.
0:06.2	This week, like every week, I'm joined by our senior producer, Chris.
0:09.3	Say hi, Chris.
0:10.1	Hi, hi.
0:10.7	As always, we're here breaking down the news, pop culture, TikTok drama, beauty wrecks,
0:14.8	and expanding on the topics we're covering over on getting better.
0:17.9	Our show that drops every Wednesday here on the podcast feed and on YouTube, and it's full video glory. Carmen San Diego, honey. Where is she? Last week, it was all about attachment style, and I hope you guys enjoyed that episode as much as we did. I got so much out of that. I was telling Mark all about it in this taxi when we were in Dublin, and I'm sure he wish I would have shut up about it.
0:38.3	But I love Taise.
0:39.9	I followed her.
0:40.8	I love her.
0:42.3	Her work is, like, so important.
0:44.6	And she really did teach me that I'm not anxious attached.
0:46.8	I'm fearful avoidant, which is really shocking,
0:49.5	which means that when I date an avoidant person,
0:52.3	it makes me more insecure attached. And when I date an avoidant person, it makes me more insecure attached.
0:55.2	And when I date an insecure attached more kind of clingy person, it makes me more dismissive,
1:01.5	which is so true of me.
1:04.5	And it's interesting that the divorce rate is going up as the amount of secure attached
1:09.0	people is going down.
1:11.2	And that makes sense because social media, I feel like there's just so much it's making us all
1:14.7	crazy or a lot of us.
1:17.4	Meanwhile, this week on getting better, we have a plateful of queer joy for you.
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