White House Ballroom, Kristi Noem’s Private Jet, Louvre Thieves

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

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

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, we’re talking: some big considerations following last week’s hypnosis episode, Halloween, money shame, soft-pitching “The Cancelistas,” speaking on panels, smoked fish, Ralph Lauren Christmas, the continued government shutdown, SNAP benefits, the White House Ballroom renovation, $230 Million from the Justice Department, Kristi Noem’s private jet, being a Patriot for Gymnastics, and the Louvre burglary. Check out the JVN Patreon for a BTS vlog and post-show debrief of The Drowsy Chaperone at Carnegie Hall starring JVN, Laverne Cox, Dylan Mulvaney, Betty Who, Alex Newell, Peppermint, and many many 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey better babes. Happy Hollow Week. I cannot believe it's already Halloween. Like, not even season,
0:07.5	but Halloween week. It's Jonathan Van Ness. And welcome to the Monday edit. Ooh, this week,
0:11.7	like every week, we're joined by our senior producer Chris. Say hi, Chris. Boo. I knew you were going
0:15.8	to do that. I felt it. I was literally preparing myself. I felt it. It wasn't planned. I just felt it. I felt it. I felt it too.
0:23.7	We're here breaking down the news, pop culture, TikTok, drama, beauty wrecks and expanding on the top of us are covering over on getting better.
0:29.7	Our show that drops every Wednesday here on the podcast feed and on YouTube and its full video glory.
0:35.0	Last week, we had Melissa Tears. I have to tell you, Chris, this morning in
0:38.9	Solid Core, my teacher Evan literally brought up this episode. Yeah, literally brought it up in class.
0:44.8	Yeah, he said it, like, he's so into it. I really am thinking, I, I may,
0:51.5	this is really vuln for me, you guys,, but obviously I've been a marijuana smoker for a
0:57.1	really long time. And it is something that's like, it's a comfort thing for me. It's like something
1:03.5	that I very much like, but it's also been something that as I get older, I'm like, is this
1:07.3	something that I'm curious about seeing how I feel like not doing that for a while? But then
1:13.2	I just get nervous and I don't do it. And after having met with Melissa, I'm like kind of wondering about
1:18.8	that. So I'm getting involved on the pod early on a Monday morning, but I really feel like she
1:24.3	moves something in me and I think I might want to work with her. So that's a lot for me.
1:29.0	Amazing.
1:29.8	Wow.
1:30.3	I mean, and I also might not. Like, who knows? Like, I mean, I do want to do a hypnosis and I might still smoke pot the whole time, but who knows? Also, meanwhile, I think I'm going to keep working with Cheryl Porter and Anessa. that Anessa was the queen who was the music director for the drowsy chaperone.
1:44.8	It was so much fun.
1:45.8	And I think I might even get to or keep working with her.
1:47.9	Like it's so much. Gerald Porter and Anessa. Anessa was the queen who was the music director for the drowsy chaperone.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sony Music, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sony Music and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.