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Our America with Julián Castro

Why I'm F*cking Mad (with Jonathan Van Ness)

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6884 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

With the launch of the hit Netflix show, “Queer Eye,” Jonathan Van Ness became a personal grooming guru for unkempt Americans across the country. But JVN has engaged audiences in so much more than better hygiene practices – a year after the show launched, JVN wrote a memoir that helped to demystify living with HIV and what “undetectable equals untransmittable” (or U=U) actually means.    JVN joins us this week to talk about living with HIV, overcoming addiction, and the steps that he hopes the Biden/Harris administration will take to overcome the stigma that he and so many other folks, particularly LGBTQ-identifying, face after coming out as HIV-positive. Tune in, henny.   Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX.    Resources from the episode: Tune into JVN’s podcast, Getting Curious Read JVN’s memoir, “Over The Top” Search for your local Planned Parenthood  Locate additional HIV testing by zip code  Find a PrEP provider by zip code Read up on U=U   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows.   To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, it's me Ricky Lake. You probably know me for my hit 90s talk show, but if I'm being totally

0:05.8

honest, I was juggling so much and didn't have time to stop and think about what truly went

0:10.5

into living a full and vibrant life.

0:13.1

We'll fast forward to today, I'm 55 and a half years old

0:16.7

and I am happier than ever.

0:18.4

And I'm so excited to help you find your joy

0:21.4

on my new show, The High Life with Ricky Lake.

0:24.0

Together we'll learn new ways to live better.

0:27.0

Listen to The High Life with Ricky Lake from Lemonotta Media.

0:30.0

Out now, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.0

Lemonade.

0:37.0

Hey y'all, just in case you're planning on listening to this episode with your kid,

0:46.6

we should mention that our guests today uses some pretty colorful language.

0:50.6

After nearly a year of living with the coronavirus,

0:55.0

it continues to dominate the national conversation.

0:58.0

The CDC says more than 10 million Americans have been vaccinated.

1:02.0

It's newly open center in Brooklyn will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, one of five in New York City.

1:09.0

To get as many people vaccinated as possible.

1:11.0

Officials in Ohio...

1:12.0

On the one hand, the speed at which we've been able to develop a vaccine has been nothing

1:17.4

short of miraculous.

1:21.4

But on the other, it hasn't come soon enough for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have ultimately fallen victim to the virus,

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