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Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

THE MONDAY EDIT: Mahmoud Khalil, Trump 2028, Espresso Martinis

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

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

4.921.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re talking: espresso martini mayhem, the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, Trump 2028, tennis obsessions, and our POV on Michelle Obama’s act of self care. Not A Phase. Trans Lifeline Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn Jonathan on Instagram @jvn and senior producer Chris @amomentlikechris New video episodes Getting Better on YouTube every Wednesday. 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

Hey Better Babes, it's Jonathan Van Ness and welcome to the Monday Edit, or as Chris loves to say, La Monday Edit.

0:08.4

This week, like every week, we are joined by none other than Gorgina Chris. Chris say hi.

0:13.4

Hello, darling. Hello. La Monday Edita.

0:19.4

We're here breaking down the news, pop culture, TikTok drama, beauty wrecks, behind the scenes of my little gay life and expanding on the topics we're covering over on getting better. Also, we give you little previews into Chris's gay life as well, which, if you're a longtime listener, many thanks to you guys for being here. We love you guys so much. And if you're new here, welcome. We drop episodes of this show, the Monday edit every Monday and getting better every

0:41.4

Wednesday, wherever you get your podcast. Plus, we debuted full-length video episodes on YouTube,

0:47.7

which comes out every Wednesday. So get on that getting better YouTube, honey. We're working

0:51.5

hard on it. We're so proud of it. And you can catch us over there we love you so much also you guys who knew that like april was going to come and go and

0:59.7

like i've now been 38 for one month and it feels not that different but wow like spring spring is

1:07.4

springing and and we're here ah it's it's prom season, graduation time, the trees are

1:13.4

blooming, get your allergy meds going. Anyway, last week on getting better really quick, we had

1:19.7

Leah Thomas on sustainability, you guys. Interesting for sustainability. How much people who are in

1:25.2

the fields of activism, sustainability, environmentalism are really

1:28.3

needing to take care of themselves right now. So if you know anyone in your life who has been impacted

1:33.2

by budget cuts, government restrictions dealing with climate anxiety and how the government's actions

1:38.5

have impacted the climate already, give them some love. I think that's my biggest takeaway.

1:43.8

If you haven't gotten

1:44.6

in the fight yet, I think a huge takeaway is, is educating yourself on what your local politicians

1:49.1

are doing about climate change is one really good place to start. And another place to start is

1:55.1

food waste. Like not getting rid of so much food waste, figuring out how to be, to really use what you're buying,

2:02.8

consume less, and I think every little bit helps.

2:05.4

Because the other thing that Leah said that is so important, it's the both and.

2:08.7

It's not that we should just like throw our hands up and say we're powerless individually

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