What We Learned in 2025, Viral TikTok Salmon, and Making Republicans “Cool”

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re talking: Lessons learned in 2025, bringing a sense of play into our every day lives, cubed salmon, jump roping on TikTok, muddling, exploring beauty as an expression of our individuality, AI Babies with buss down wigs, making Republicans “cool,” gay stuff in 2025, and our Hot Bitches of 2025! 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.
0:06.1	This week, like every week, we're joined by our senior producer Chris.
0:09.3	Say hi, Chris.
0:10.0	We're here breaking down the news, pop culture, TikTok drama, beauty wrecks, and expanding on the topics we're covering over on getting better.
0:16.8	Our show that drops every Wednesday on the podcast feed and on YouTube and its full video, Lori.
0:21.9	You guys, I can't believe it.
0:24.7	This is like our last episode of the Monday edit of 2025.
0:29.1	This year said, it was like your dog with the zoomies.
0:32.7	It just zoomed right by.
0:35.1	This episode really is giving you our 202525 picks in each of our respective statements.
0:40.0	Thank you so much for tuning in to our re-release last week. We are giving you work-life balance.
0:44.8	We are giving you also like it does make me sad that we did kind of have a re-release just because
0:51.4	like Candace and Erica Kirk and like Nikki Minaj were
0:56.7	giving me like a trifecta from like the upside down and it was like me really sad. But can I also
1:02.5	just say I feel so vindicated in my calling out of Nikki Minaj in 2018 for her vanity fair
1:08.1	Russia thing and like not calling out like the anti I've been clocking
1:12.6	her for a long time and I was a huge barb and I'm just saying like I'm not that surprised um but anyway
1:17.9	it's literally I hope you got through your holidays in a loving manner with your family I hope you
1:23.4	traveled safely if you're still in your destination of your holiday place. I hope it's going
1:28.2	good. If you're already back home, I hope you made it well. We just are loving you guys so much.
1:33.9	Meanwhile, we kept up with our original programming so hard on getting better with Morgan
1:40.2	Birch being seen in our relationships. Morgan is such a fascinating person. I loved our
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