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Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Beauty, politics, and Grammy predictions—oh my! In this episode of Pretty Curious, Jonathan Van Ness is answering listener questions and talking all things winter skincare to Hollywood hair theories. Need to save your dry, chapped hands this season? JVN offers a three-step moisturizing hack that’ll have your hands softer than ever. Plus! Jonathan’s Hot and Healed tour is kicking off soon! They talk about their creative process and how Pilates and stand-up have been therapeutic recently. From recent legislative attacks on marginalized communities to the cultural complexities of gender expression, they highlight the importance of staying informed and engaged. To round things out, Jonathan and producer Chris McClure queen out over the upcoming Grammys—debating the big categories and dishing on their favorite hairstyles from the nominees. Plus, they explore the Hollywood Hair Theory: could a bold hairstyle change your career trajectory? If you’’re able to support relief for the California wildfires, here are some amazing places doing amazing work that you can check out: Anti Recidivism Coalition Mutual Aid Pasadena Humane Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to learn more about the products from this episode, or head to JonathanVanNess.com for the transcript. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Find books from Getting Curious and Pretty Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our Senior Producer is Chris McClure. Our editor & engineer is Nathanael McClure. Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. 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	Did you know that bananas are bad for monkeys?
0:03.0	Did you know about all the pubs in the houses of Parliament?
0:06.0	Do you know how to make a curry in space?
0:07.9	It's mind-blowing.
0:09.0	But don't take our word for it.
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1:09.3	Hey curious people.
1:14.7	I'm Jonathan Van Ness and welcome back to another episode of Pretty Curious, our podcast on All Things Beauty. And that's beauty with a capital B, because it's not
1:20.7	just beauty. It's all sorts of fun stuff. Meanwhile, we've almost made it through January.
1:26.0	So today, we're going to be taking more of your
1:28.2	stunning listener questions. They're giving all the beauty things and more. I'm going to take you
1:33.4	behind the scenes of my life here at the curious pods and a few big picture world updates because
1:39.3	it is mean. You know I love a current event and I also love beauty and I'm non-binary and why do we have to
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