Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

By Sony Music Entertainment / Jonathan Van NessComedy Society & Culture Education Self-Improvement

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May 20 How To Have The Best Birthing Experience For You w/ Jen Hamilton
Giving birth is a MAJOR medical event, and we're learning about how to get the best possible experience for YOU with Jen Hamilton, the New York Times #1 bestselling author of Birth Vibes .
From birth plans and building the right support team to navigating fear, nursing, and the reality of “bad” birth stories online, Jen shares practical advice and compassionate insight for every kind of parent-to-be. Whether you’re considering a hospital birth, home birth, epidural, natural labor, VBACs, supporting someone going through their birthing process, or you have absolutely no idea where to start whatsoever, this episode is here to help you feel informed, confident, and supported through your pregnancy journey.
BIO: Jen Hamilton is a labor and delivery nurse recognized for her expertise in maternal and newborn care. Drawing from frontline experiences, Hamilton guides families through childbirth, managing high-stakes scenarios that require precision, empathy, and rapid decision-making. Her ability to explain the complexities of labor and delivery, combining clinical knowledge with storytelling, has established her as a speaker who clarifies the childbirth process.
Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.

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Follow Jen Hamilton on Instagram @_jen_hamilton_
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Senior Producer, Chris McClure
Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure
Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall
Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure.
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42 min
May 18 Mastering Our Morning Routines, Starting New Projects, and the Lincoln Memorial Swimming Pool
This week, we’re talking: Morning routine optimization, TikTok controversy analysis, Jen Hamilton's bestselling journey, The Sopranos, Lost, Lincoln Memorial Swimming Pool, Time travelers, and our Hot B*tch of the Week.
Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.
Catch Getting Better & The Monday Edit, now on YouTube!
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
Executive 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].

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40 min
May 13 Girl Math, Money Dates, and the “Rich Person Mindset” w/ Haley Sacks
We’re unpacking the mindset of money with Mrs. Dow Jones (Haley Sacks)! What money mindsets will set you up for the most success? Why is "girl math" low-key not great? What is treat culture and a "money date?" What role does money play as a proxy for security, status, and self-worth? We're gonna figure out and get better money habits together! You don’t need to have everything figured out - you just have to start somewhere.
Catch Haley's podcast " Financial Tea" wherever you listen!
Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour ⁠here⁠.
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Follow Haley Sacks on Instagram ⁠@mrsdowjones ⁠
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Senior Producer, Chris McClure
Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure
Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall
Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure.
Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected].

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40 min
May 11 Hantavirus, HIV Funding, Styling Irish Curls, and Scarf Updates
This week, we’re talking: JVN’s UK tour, Sally Field lore, crossed wires over wifi, scarf game, Swedish Death Cleaning, Edie Beale, South Korea & Japan travel, a financial-themed Spelling Bee, “How My Mom Tried To Kill Me Pt. 4”, more True Crime, Hantavirus, HIV funding, Irish curls, Mother’s Day, and coffee!
Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.

Catch Getting Better & The Monday Edit, now on YouTube!
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
Executive 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].

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35 min
May 06 What’s the Astrology for 2026?
2026 will be BIG astrologically speaking…
Discover how astrology is shaping the year's biggest shifts, both personally and globally, with renowned astrologer Aliza Kelly. From planetary movements to understanding your unique birth chart, explore practical ways astrology can guide you through 2026's transformative energies.
Aliza Kelly is a renowned celebrity astrologer, author, columnist, and host of the podcast, AstroloTea! Catch Aliza in LA at The Elysian on May 14th, and in NYC at Joe’s Pub on July 14th.

Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.
Full Getting Better Video Episodes now available on YouTube.
Follow Aliza Kelly on Instagram @alizakelly
Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn
Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jvn
Executive Producer, Chris McClure
Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure
Production support from Chad Hall
Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure.
Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive BTS content, extra interviews, and much much more - check it out here: www.patreon.com/jvn
Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected].

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39 min
May 04 Handling Minor Inconveniences, an Astrological Spelling Bee, and LOUISIANA v. CALLAIS
Today we’re talking: JVN’s West Coast tour, last minute hotel switches, scalp treatments, an astrological spelling bee, LOUISIANA v. CALLAIS, our White House Instagram feature, lipstick setting, and AG8!
Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.
Catch Getting Better & The Monday Edit, now on YouTube!
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
Executive 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].

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31 min
April 29 Welcome to French Kitty Corner! feat. Jennifer Welch, Cheryl Porter, Chris Appleton and more!
Bienvenue a FRENCH KITTY CORNER!
This week - we're giving you a sampling of our gorgeous Patreon show, FRENCH KITTY CORNER! Join JVN & French Kitty (aka the beloved cat cookie jar "co-host" on the set of GETTING BETTER) for a Golden Girls style compilation of "FKC" - and don't forget to subscribe to our Patreon for all this PLUS BTS vlogs, house tours, city adventures, JVN Hair photoshoots - the works!
feat. Jennifer Welch (02:07), Cheryl Porter (05:43), Chris Appleton (11:05), Aly & AJ (15:04), Dylan Mulvaney (19:09), & Heather McMahan (27:27)

Full Getting Better Video Episodes now available on YouTube.
Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn
Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jvn
Executive Producer, Chris McClure
Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure
Production support from Chad Hall
Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure.
Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive BTS content, extra interviews, and much much more - check it out here: www.patreon.com/jvn
Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected].

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36 min
April 27 Respond v. React, AuDHD Curious, Homemade Gift Etiquette
This week, we’re talking: JVN on the West Coast, responding vs. reacting, self diagnosing from TikTok, the cocaine salmon, gifting etiquette, a very French spelling bee, and of course - our HBOTW!
Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.
Catch Getting Better & The Monday Edit, now on YouTube!
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
Executive 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].

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32 min
April 22 What Nature Can Teach Us About Healing - with Dr. Beronda Montgomery
Happy Earth Day!
This week on Getting Better, Jonathan sits down with plant biologist, author, and educator Dr. Beronda Montgomery for a grounding conversation about nature’s healing power and America’s Black botanical legacy. Together, they explore why reconnecting with green spaces can be so transformative for our mental, emotional, and physical well-being, and how practices like urban gardening and container planting can help us build a more meaningful relationship with the natural world—no sprawling backyard required.
Jonathan and Dr. Montgomery also dig into the deeper wisdom held in landscapes, plants, and history itself—examining interdependence, the ways trees and land can testify to the past, and the often-overlooked contributions of African Americans in botany and agriculture, alongside the foundational knowledge of Indigenous communities. They touch on the significance of willow trees, the meaning of Sankofa, and what it means to look back in order to carry wisdom forward in a powerful episode about healing, remembrance, purpose, and the responsibility of growing a better future together. Dr. Montgomery’s new book When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical History (Henry Holt, 2026) is out now.
BIO: Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery is a writer, science communicator, and researcher. She has spent more than 20 years in higher education, most recently as vice president for academic affairs (2022–2024) and professor of biology (2022–present) at Grinnell College. Montgomery studies how plants and photosynthetic bacteria perceive, respond to, and are impacted by environments in which they exist.
She is the author of Lessons from Plants (Harvard University Press, 2021) as well as her newest book When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical History (Henry Holt, 2026). Trees stand at the intersection of plant knowledge, Black agricultural history, and collective memories of trauma and triumph intertwined. In When Trees Testify, Montgomery explores the roles that seven tree species—pecan, willow, oak, poplar, mulberry, sycamore, and apple—along with the cotton shrub have played in the lives of Black Americans from their enslavement in the United States to the present. She also explores the science of these plants as well as the sometimes-fraught relationship that African Americans have with agriculture and plants.
Full Getting Better Video Episodes now available on YouTube.
Follow Dr. Beronda Montgomery on Instagram @beronda_m
Follow us on Instagram @gettingbetterwithjvn
Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jvn
Executive Producer, Chris McClure
Producer, Editor & Engineer is Nathanael McClure
Production support from Chad Hall
Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure.
Check out the JVN Patreon for exclusive BTS content, extra interviews, and much much more - check it out here: www.patreon.com/jvn
Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email [email protected].

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50 min
April 20 JVN Talks Ulta Beauty World, Alex v. Alix, & The Upside of DoorDash Grandma
Today we’re talking: JetSet Pilates, JVN & Michelle Kwan Take Paris, Ulta Beauty World, Tina Knowles sightings, being triggered by Britney Spears mics, seeing folks from the Pretty Curious era, New York sized bees, what we’re getting better at this week, JVN’s continued worked on perfectionism, speaking on vocal fry, Alex v. Alix, 4/20 Spelling Bee letting go of friendships, HBOTW’s - French Pharmacy & CNP Laboratory, and Rachel Zegler’s Olivier Award Win.

Wanna see JVN on stage? Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour here.

Catch Getting Better & The Monday Edit, now on YouTube!
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
Executive 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].

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33 min

About Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Join Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye) each week for their next exciting endeavor! “Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness" is here to empower listeners (and also make them laugh) by using curiosity as a tool for personal growth. In a world that often feels overwhelming—where it’s easy to feel stuck, frustrated, or helpless—Getting Better offers a lifeline. Each week, Jonathan Van Ness, alongside experts and thought leaders, guides us through our shared challenges—confidence, productivity, mental health, happiness, relationships, and more—helping us emerge thriving, invigorated, and most importantly - a little bit better.