Trying the Viral Smoked Salmon, Mifepristone Access, the first Spelling Bee | ICYMI

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Comedy, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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ICYMI: This week: our first official TME Spelling Bee, Producer Nathanael learns the Tin whistle, we try the viral smoked salmon, talk GLP-1 & Cannabis usage, cover Mifepristone Access in the US over at the Jonathan Van News Desk, and drop this week’s Hot B*tch of the Week. 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	Welcome to the Monday edit Better Babes this week.
0:04.0	Like every week, we're joined by our gorgeous executive producer Chris.
0:06.6	Say hi, Chris.
0:07.3	Bonjour.
0:08.1	Ah, how are we doing?
0:09.7	We're doing fabulously.
0:11.7	We're surviving even in spite of the world around us.
0:18.7	Yeah.
0:19.6	We are finding reasons to shine. We are finding reasons to thrive. Exactly. The mental health, we're locked in. Oh. We're locked in. I am. I'm locked in out here. I am just like... Padlock. Yeah. Focus. We're giving... 2026 me is about focus, intention,
0:38.9	gorgiosity.
0:40.9	Also, I have to say
0:42.5	the shark.
0:43.7	The shark is sharking.
0:45.9	The shark.
0:46.6	If you're a listener,
0:47.7	and that's just my hair
0:48.5	looks really good,
0:49.2	is basically what that story is.
0:50.3	Also, just a little quick update.
0:52.1	First, wait.
0:59.6	And a show first, we are both going to Kansas City and Omaha. We're two Midwestern Queens and actually three. It's our whole crew. We are literally going
1:04.1	to the Midwest. We are rendezvousing in Omaha, Kansas City for our first shows of the hot and healed
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