Government & Politics & Social Justice Episodes:
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THE MONDAY EDIT: Queer Eye’s Final Season, Bag University, Mifepristone SCOTUS Hearing
This week we’re talking: the Final Queer Eye Season, Australia & New Zealand & Comedy Tour, Bag Purchase Update, Supreme Court Abortion Access Hearing, Co-Workers & Politics, and …
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GETTING BETTER | When Wellness Turns Dangerous: Inside the OneTaste Cult
Why do people join cults? JVN is joined by investigative journalist Ellen Huet, who spent years interviewing more than 125 former members to expose how a movement built …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: What We Learned in 2025, Viral TikTok Salmon, and Making Republicans “Cool”
This week, we’re talking: Lessons learned in 2025, bringing a sense of play into our every day lives, cubed salmon, jump roping on TikTok, muddling, exploring beauty as …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: Why We’re Blocking CBS News, JVN Takes Europe, Celebrating Semaglutide Success
This week, we’re talking: Going no contact, All Her Fault, the Fanning Sisters, ADHD flow states, JVN’s new favorite European city, Miss Universe pregnancy rules, Norway’s royal family, …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: Trump v. Slaughter, Spotify Wrapped, Pantone’s Color of the Year
This week, we’re talking: JVN’s Euro Hot & Healed Tour, English Breakfasts, Whole Foods hot bars, Simone Biles’ first figure skating lesson, Instagram Close Friends Stories, NSFW shaped …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: Location Reveals on X, TikTok Karens, Advice for Mature Skincare
This week, we’re talking: Thanksgiving recuperation, JVN Takes Europe, our continued Jennifer Welch obsession, attachment styles, TikTok hairstylist dramas, Crafty Slaughter LLC, Sami Sage (Betches)’s Incredible breakdown of …
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GETTING BETTER | How To Spot BS — with Jennifer Welch from “I’ve Had It”
Today, we’re refining our BS reader with one the BEST in the biz – Jennifer Welch – from “I’ve Had It”! Together, JVN and Jennifer dive into how …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: JVN’s Wicked FOMO, Mary Bruce Brings Back Journalism, Epstein File Vote
This week, we’re talking: visits to Drew Afualo & Suzanne Lambert’s podcasts, the Finlandia Trophy, Thanksgiving prep, Paul Revere, JVN’s upcoming European tour, Carmen Sandiego, “Where In The …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: Cynthia Erivo’s Reflexes, Hilary Duff’s Return, the Last Penny
This week, we’re talking: JVN’s return to yoga, which comedian makes JVN pull an oblique & an intercostal muscle, the process of becoming a U.S. Citizen, the perils …
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GETTING BETTER | Radical Self-Care in a World Built on White Norms (with Dr. Jonathan M. Lassiter)
Woke Mind Virus? How about the Whiteness Mindset! JVN welcomes psychologist and author Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter to dig into his new book, How I Know White People …
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