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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

What My Cannabis Break Taught Me, the Swampy Reflection Pool, PRIDE Spelling Bee, Sunscreen Daywear Tips

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 19K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re talking: Liza the Cat Updates, why the World Cup is low-key tea, hazards of cruising, Diet Coke erasure, JVN’s cannabis break, PRIDE Spelling Bee, the cage fight & the peeling reflection pool, sunscreen advice, a shoutout to JVN’s husband Mark, and the gay bat.  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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Monday edit this week, like every week.

0:04.8

We're joined by our executive producer, Chris. Say hi, Chris.

0:07.4

Bonjour.

0:08.8

I'd be remissed if we did not talk about your new set.

0:12.5

Your new set is stunning.

0:14.3

I love...

0:14.5

Thank you so much.

0:15.4

I am obsessed with how you have your more medium-sized painting with your more big-sized painting.

0:20.4

And if you guys didn't know, if you're like new and I've been living under a rock, Chris is a brilliant artist of which I am a, I have like five pieces. I'm obsessed with Chris's work. I literally the way I want to like come to this set and snatchies paintings. Like is there a Chris McClure.com where these are available? Because these are

0:38.7

stunning. Deva, we got to launch this summer. I gotta tell you what. I really do.

0:42.5

You have to, Chris. These are so the popsicle. Like, I could literally wig. Like, literal wig and

0:50.3

wig. Like, but these paintings, you, like, you are a multi-dimensional, multifaceted, artistic queen we love.

0:59.6

Also, before we started recording this morning, Chris was like,

1:02.1

ooh, I need a fringe trim.

1:03.6

So they're in Fuego this manana.

1:06.2

Pulling it back. Yep.

1:07.8

Yes.

1:08.8

They really are.

1:10.2

And I'm back in the words of Zara Larson, state side. I'm joining you from Kansas City, Missouri. And can I just show you my view right now? Yeah. Internet. Show the folks watching. I'm literally performing there. That looks like the city opera house. But I'm performing there tonight, which I'm really excited about. It is really just such a stunning venue. And I'm really excited to be back in Kansas City. Liza update. Liza's doing well. The jaw is getting better. She is trying to get her to eat a little bit more. And I'm kind of, you know, Mark and I are going to be a little bit understanding more

1:46.5

of what our new reality is going to be like. Gleiza needs really kind of like round the clock care.

1:51.9

She's a survivor. And she is also going to be a little bit of high maintenance diva cat because

1:58.7

she broke her jaw. Well, she didn't break, you know, we already

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