Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness
Episodes
What Is Techno-Chauvinism And Are We Relying Too Much on Unconscious Biased Systems? with Meredith Broussard
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
NYU Associate Professor, data journalist, AI researcher, and author Meredith Broussard joins Jonathan to discuss her book “Artificial Unintelligence...
What Was Early America Like Around the Revolutionary War? with Dr. Jessica Roney
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How did we come to be the United States of America? What was life like in Philadelphia and Boston leading up to the Revolutionary War? Jonathan sits d...
How Has The US Disrupted Native American Food Sources? with Dr. Brittany Wenniserí:iostha Jock
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brittany Jock a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Dr. Jock joins Jonathan to discuss her research, which combines epidemiolo...
Is It Possible That I’m The Most Gorgeous Hypochondriac That Has Ever Lived? with Dr. Adam Ratner
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Ratner, MD, MPH is the Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital and New York University Scho...
How Did You Learn To Write Pop Music? with Kim Petras
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Singer-songwriter and incredible badass Kim Petras joins Jonathan to talk about her writing process and how her work is reshaping how people are liste...
Can We Make It The Magnificent 8? with Shannon Miller
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan does his best not to cry as he is joined by seven time olympic medalist, two-time gold medalist, and absolute icon Shannon Miller. The two di...
How Fierce Is Erin Brockovich? with Erin Brockovich
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Erin Brockovich is an American legal clerk, consumer advocate, environmental activist who was instrumental in building a case against The Pacific Gas ...
How Did You Get So Dope, Queen? with Phoebe Robinson
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe Robinson is a comedian, writer, podcaster, and ½ of Two Dope Queens. She joins Jonathan to breakdown their theories on Game of Thrones, the cr...
Would You Make Over The US Constitution? with Heidi Schreck
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Playwright, actor, and two-time Tony Award nominee Heidi Schreck joins Jonathan to discuss her play “What the Constitution Means to Me,” in which ...
Should I Be Terrified Of Snakes… And What Are They Going Through These Days, Anyway? with Dr. Sara Ruane
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sara Ruane is a herpetologist and assistant professor at Rutgers University - Newark who joins Jonathan to breakdown all things snakes! She covers...
How Did Period Awareness Earn You An Oscar? with Rayka Zehtabchi
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rayka Zehtabchi is an award-winning Iranian-American film director. Her film Period: End of Sentence won the 2019 Oscar for Documentary Short. Rayka j...
What The Heck Is EMILY’s List, Anyway? with Stephanie Schriock
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Schriock is an American political strategist and president of EMILY's List, the nation’s largest organization for women in politics. She j...
Who Gave You Permission to Create Queer Eye, David Collins?
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Collins is a three-time Emmy Award winning producer and is the creator and Executive Producer of Queer Eye. He joins Jonathan to talk the inspir...
What Is The Tea With Vaccines, Hunty? with Dr. Nina Shapiro
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nina Shapiro is the Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology and a Professor of Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. ...
How Do We Find Our Voice? with Tammy Baldwin
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tammy Baldwin is the Junior US Senator from Wisconsin & was the first openly gay woman to be elected to Congress. She joins Jonathan to talk about her...
How Do You Know If Your Bae Is The One? with Dr. Stan Tatkin
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stan Tatkin is author of the new book We Do, and he returns to talk with Jonathan about relationships, couples therapy, what goes into forming a f...
What Is Toxic Stress and Why Is She So Bad? with Dr. Caroline Leaf
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Caroline Leaf is a cognitive neuroscientist with a PhD in Communication Pathology and a BSc in Logopedics and Audiology, specializing in metacogni...
Have We Lost the Capacity To Be Civil? with Sally Kohn
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sally Kohn is a liberal political commentator, writer, community organizer, as well as a contributor to Fox News and CNN. She joins Jonathan to discus...
How Do You Ignore Haters & Learn to Love Yourself? with Jameela Jamil
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jameela Jamil is an actress, activist, and host who joins Jonathan to talk about a wide array of topics, including how she landed the role of Tahani o...
How Do We Treat Our Skin Like the Gorgeous Organ She Is? with Victoria Tsai
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Tsai is the founder & CEO of skin care company Tatcha. She joins Jonathan to talk all things skin; starting a skincare company, how we can ta...
How Can You Turn Marginalization Into Activism? with Noor Tagouri
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Noor Tagouri is a Libyan-American journalist, activist, motivational speaker, producer, and host of the podcast series “Sold in America: Inside Our ...
How Do We Touch Untouchable Topics? with Jodi Picoult
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jodi Picoult is an American writer who currently has approximately 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. Sh...
What’s Really Going On With Recycling, Hunny? with Beth Porter
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Porter is Green America’s Climate & Recycling Director, as well as the author of "Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting Out the Recycling System." ...
What’s The Cutest Way To Fight Climate Change? with Anastasia Khoo
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anastasia Khoo is Chief Marketing Officer of Conservation International. She has led ground-breaking campaigns around critical moments in America’s ...
How Do You Know When You’ve Made it in Music? with Bishop Briggs
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bishop Briggs is a British musician and singer-songwriter. She joins Jonathan to discuss how she broke onto the music scene, growing up in Asia, the i...
What Do Trade Unions Actually Do? with Professor Rebecca Givan
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Givan is an Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Rutgers University. She joins Jonathan to discuss the ins and out...
How Do We Know What Words Mean? with Dr. Jessica Rett
21 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jessica Rett is an Associate Professor in UCLA's Linguistics Department who joins Jonathan to discuss the power and nuances of words, breaks down ...
What Is Medical Marijuana and How Does It Work? with Dr. Jeff Chen
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jeff Chen is the head of UCLA’s new Cannabis Research Initiative. He joins Jonathan to break down the numerous medicinal properties of THC, how ...
What is Astronomy, Even? with NASA's Paul Geithner
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Geithner is the Deputy Project Manager — Technical for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryl...
What Are Emoluments? with Attorney General Karl Racine
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Racine is Attorney General for the District of Columbia - the only Attorney General in Trump’s backyard. He is the first elected AG in the Dist...
How Do We Flip Red States Blue In The Midterms? with Gaby Goldstein
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gaby Goldstein is co-founder and Political Director of the Sister District Project, a grassroots organization of over 30,000 volunteers that supports ...
What’s it Like Being a Woman in NASCAR? w/ Julia Landauer
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Julia Landauer is an American professional stock car driver who joins Jonathan to discuss being one of the few professional female drivers, the physic...
How Does Global Health Affect Everything? with Dr. Laura Ferguson
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Laura Ferguson is an assistant professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California and the associate director of the Program...
What’s Parental Alienation? with Dr. Amy Baker
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Amy Baker is a nationally recognized expert in parent-child relationships, parental alienation, and child emotional abuse who joins Jonathan to di...
How Could Virtual Reality Help Recover Memories? with Dr. Nanthia Suthana
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nanthia Suthana is a neuroscientist from UCLA who joins Jonathan to discuss memories, how the brain works, epilepsy, new breakthroughs in medical ...
How Are You Bridging Social Media & Lady-Entrepreneurship? with Reese Witherspoon
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Reese Witherspoon is an actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author of the newly released Whiskey in a Teacup, who joins Jonathan to talk British Baki...
What's It Like Being A Fierce Woman in Comedy? with Nicole Byer & Erin Gibson
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Byer is a comedian, writer, and host of Netflix’s Nailed It as well as the Why Won’t You Date Me? podcast. Erin Gibson is a comedian, direc...
What’s it Like Being the Voice of a Generation? with Michelle Wolf & Florence Welch
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Wolf is a comedian & writer featured performer at the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner and hosted The Break with Michelle Wolf. Flor...
Why Are There So Many Questions? with Justin Theroux
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Theroux is an actor, producer, screenwriter, and director who joins Jonathan to talk about early days living and traveling in China, landing hi...
Why Is Abstinence Still Being Used To Treat Addiction? with Dr. Adi Jaffe
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Adi Jaffe is a specialist in mental health, addiction, and shame who has spoken at multiple TEDx events and has a doctorate in psychology from UCL...
What Goes into a Song? with Hrishikesh Hirway
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hrishikesh Hirway is a musician & host of Song Exploder who joins with Jonathan to talk about about the many elements that go into creating a song, sp...
What's Your Origin Story? with Bobby Berk
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bobby Berk is an interior designer & fellow Queer Eye cast member who joins Jonathan to talk growing up closeted in the Midwest, emancipating himself ...
How Does Traumatic Family Separation Affect Children? with Dr. Elizabeth Barnert
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Elizabeth Barnert joins Jonathan to talk about the toxic effects that separating families can have on a child’s physical and mental state, the p...
Did Social Media Make Artists Need to be Business People Too? with Austyn Weiner
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Austyn Weiner is a renowned photographer and artist extraordinaire who, at 28 years old, has worked with the likes of Cara Delevingne and Gigi Hadid a...
How Can We Apply Ethics To Everyday Life? with Ryan Huber
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Huber is an ethicists, PhD, and theologian who joins Jonathan to talk ethics, the life and death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the rise of Adolf Hitler...
How Can We Cut Suicide Rates Among LGBTQ Youth? with Amit Paley
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amit Paley is the CEO of the Trevor Project and joins Jonathan to talk about the suicide rates among LGBTQ youth, destigmatizing the conversations aro...
Who Are You, Tan? with Tan France
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tan France is the fashion expert for Queer Eye and joins Jonathan to talk about growing up in Yorkshire, getting a Barbie collection from his dad, and...
British English And American English: What’s The Diff? with Helen Zaltzman
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Zaltzman hosts The Allusionist podcast and joins Jonathan to talk about the current and historical differences between British English and Ameri...
Gender Bias in Film Scoring, What’s Her Story? with Jessica Rae Huber
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Rae Huber is a film and television composer who has written music for projects such as The Walking Dead, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Outl...
What's It Like To Be An Egg Donor? with Amy Throckmorton and Elizabeth Gaba
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nineteen years ago, Amy Throckmorton donated an egg. Eighteen years later, she was contacted out of the blue by Gaba, whose life she helped create. A...
Who Was the Beyoncé of Renaissance Art? with Professor Lisa Boutin Vitela
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Boutin Vitela is Assistant Professor of Art History at Cerritos College. In Jonathan’s words, she’s “most professory about the gorgeous Ren...
Who Gave You Permission to be So Cute? with Karamo Brown
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karamo Brown joins Jonathan to talk about his childhood, gay rights, school shootings, The Real World, make-up, self improvement, working for Oprah, a...
What’s it Like to Do a Triple Axel? with Mirai Nagasu
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mirai Nagasu was the first American female figure skater to land a triple axel at the Olympics, securing a bronze medal at PyeongChang 2018. Jonathan ...
How Can We Be Less Rude To Bees? with Professor James Nieh
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Professor James Nieh answers Jonathan’s questions about the diseases that are killing off our bees, explains the role bees play in bringing us almon...
What Makes A Cult A Cult? with Dr. Natalie Feinblatt
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Natalie Feinblatt explains the four criteria an organization needs to meet to be called a cult and looks at how the term can be used and misused in...
Where Are You From, Antoni? with Antoni Porowski
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Queer Eye co-host Antoni Porowski joins Jonathan in a wintery New York studio to hang out, share stories from his childhood as a first generation Poli...
Why’s the Bail System Such a Hot Mess? with Tim Molina
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Molina, Political Director at Courage Campaign, explains why he’s currently focusing on California bail reform and what exactly he's hoping to c...
Why Does It Hurt So Bad? with Professor Catherine Cahill
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Cahill is an opioid neuropharmacologist and a professor in UCLA’s Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Studies, specializing in chro...
What Do White People Need to Know About Racism? with Andrew Ti
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Ti, host of the podcast Yo, Is This Racist?, talks to Jonathan about how Trump’s America isn’t necessarily more racist than Obama’s, and ...
What's Up With The Opioid Crisis? with Dr. Chris Evans
04 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Evans talks with Jonathan about how people get addicted to opioids, why addiction is so hard to kick, and what we can do about this national...
What Was Jonathan Like As A Kid? with Jonathan's Mom, Mary Winters
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with his mom, Mary Winters, to talk about the way media is changing, childhood costumes, and things you learn on podcasts. And were...
What Are You Up To, Lizzo?
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with singer, songwriter, recording artist extraordinaire Lizzo to talk about having her heart broken, getting an album named one of...
What The T Over At Marie Claire? with Wanyi Jiang
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Jonathan sits down with Wanyi Jiang, Design Director at Marie Claire. They talk about Wanyi's path to design, what 1990s TV drama is inspir...
What's It Like Modeling In Today's Fashion Industry? with Denise Bidot
21 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with model Denise Bidot to talk about the modeling industry, New York Fashion Week, and how to truly embrace your body, curves and ...
How Can We Navigate Dating And Love? with Dr. Stan Tatkin
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with therapist and author Stan Tatkin to talk about how we can create meaningful and fulfilling relationships with other human bein...
Mass Extinction: What's Her Story? with Dr. Leryn Gorlitsky
24 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with evolutionary biologist Dr. Leryn Gorlitsky to discuss the many mass extinctions that have happened through Earth’s lifetime,...
What's Going On In HIV Research? with Kayla McLaughlin
10 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with Physician Assistant and PrEP Research Clinician Kayla McLaughlin to talk about what PrEP is, how far HIV research has gotten s...
What Is Gun Control And Everytown? with Andrei Berman and Taylor Maxwell
13 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Getting Curious, Jonathan is joined by Editorial Manager Andrei Berman and Deputy Press Secretary Taylor Maxwell of Everytown for Gun Saf...
What Are Gravitational Waves And LIGO For Dummies? with Professor Alan Weinstein
15 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with physics professor Alan Weinstein to discuss gravitational waves, Einstein's theory of relativity, and his work for LIGO. Plus,...
What is Gender Identity? with Ian Harvie
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan is joined by comedian and actor Ian Harvie to talk about moving to Los Angeles, Transparent, and what it means to truly be comfortable with y...
What Are Strokes? with Dr. Lina Nih
05 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan sits down with Dr. Lina Nih to talk about what causes strokes, how to detect a possible stroke, and what medical researchers are doing to bet...
What Constitutes An Eating Disorder?
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan is joined by Ilona Varo, a marriage and family therapist intern specializing in eating disorders. Learn more about Ilona's work at www.ilona...
What's It Like To Be A Comedic Legend? With Margaret Cho
16 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Cho joins Jonathan to get curious about comedy, dogs, charity and cannabis. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by fol...
Who Were the Romanovs and What Happened to Them, Honey? with Brad Damaré
02 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan is joined by Brad Damaré, Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at USC, to uncover the true story behind the 1997 ...
What's a Menstrual Cup? with Sullivan Oakley
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan is joined by Sullivan Oakley to discuss menstrual cups, the stigma attached to periods, and helping women in poverty-stricken areas around th...
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01 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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