Government & Politics & Social Justice Episodes:
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GETTING BETTER | Epstein Files Deep Dive with Betches co-founder Sami Sage
We’re getting out the red yarn, receipts, proof, timeline, screenshots – f*cking everything – and piecing together the saga of that is: The Epstein Files. JVN and Betches …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: Advocating for Undocumented Immigrants with United We Dream (ICYMI)
Choose Courage, Build Community, and Take Action to Create Change… ICYMI: JVN sits down with Cristina Jiménez Moreta to talk about her new book Dreaming of Home: How …
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GETTING BETTER | ICE, TikTok, & the Supreme Court: What’s Actually Happening Right Now? (feat. Strict Scrutiny)
Melissa Murray & Kate Shaw, two of the three hosts from the HIT podcast Strict Scrutiny join JVN on this week’s episode of Getting Better to break down …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: Mini-Spelling Bee, Trying the Viral Smoked Salmon, FDA & Mifepristone Access
This week: our first official TME Spelling Bee, Producer Nathanael learns the Tin whistle, we try the viral smoked salmon, talk GLP-1 & Cannabis usage, coverMifepristone Access in …
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THE MONDAY EDIT: All I’ll Say About the Queer Eye Discourse
Queer Eye Press Week, WICED Oscar Snubs, Ariana Grande in Sunday in the Park with George, Victoria Beckham the Wedding Crasher, ICE Warrants, Ice Skating Video Games, IU …
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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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