Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Join Jonathan Van Ness (Queer Eye) each week as they explore everything under (and sometimes beyond!) the sun with scientists, historians, activists, entertainers, and other brilliant guest experts.New episodes of Getting Curious drop on Wednesdays. On Mondays, join us for Pretty Curious. our podcast on all things beauty! Subscribe to Extra Curious for exclusive episodes of Ask JVN, where Jonathan's answering your questions about sex, dating, and more.You can follow Getting Curious on Instagram and Twitter @curiouswithjvn. Transcripts for all episodes are available at jonathanvanness.com/podcasts.Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com.

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Recent Reviews
  • SOMETHING 0000000000
    Thank you soooooooooo much
    I listen to this with my dad and I just love how open you are and how you are so dramatic (drama queens and kings unite!) and are not afraid of being yourself or sharing your queer-ness! You are my role model of being proud to be queer!
  • WhitWino
    Thank you🙏
    Thank you for sharing your binge eating disorder and now glp1 experience. It’s helped me to share my diagnosis with less shame, and now discuss glp1s with my doctor.
  • JSD558799
    You are a gift
    Please continue your beautiful existence! I love to spend these moments with you via your podcast. Thank you for being you ♥️♥️♥️
  • Froggy Slurp Slurp
    I really like your podcast
    JVN I really like your podcast the topics are interesting and the guests are things I never heard of getting curious keeps me excited and it teaches me to. And I love Queer eye.
  • jalakadazzle
    ✨✨
    I just have to say, I absolutely love your podcasts! They make my daily commute so much more enjoyable. Thank you for being your genuine ADHD self—it truly shines through! You have the coolest guests and tackle such interesting topics! It broke my heart to hear about the negativity you've faced online. Just know that you're a gem and you inspire me to keep pushing forward, even when things get tough. Keep being amazing!
  • Sally Lovegood!
    Question?
    I have shoulder length blond THIN hair and in 7th grade but i have no idea what to do with by head how do i style it???
  • Frenchfreak2
    Merci!
    JVN and getting curious has helped me to become and more open and curious person! All the love
  • ccneedscoffee
    Must, Gorgeous! Listen now!
    Give yourself the gift of being able to experience more time with JVN. His vulnerability, kindness, gratitude and sensibilities are refreshing and profound! The humor is infectious!
  • biasedreality
    Funny and informational
    JVN is truly a one of a kind person, healing my vulnerable gay heart! Thank you for giving a podcast that’s actually fun to listen to!
  • Sauceysalsa
    Best Show. Period.
    This show has kept me sane since 2020. Im here for life - I even listen way back to the first episodes sometimes just for the joy
  • Sweet Leni
    Insightful topics
    Jonathan‘s curiosity takes you to so many different topics. They always seems to ask the questions you didn’t know you needed to hear the answers too. I love the honesty and vulnerability that is brought to each podcast.
  • SideEyed
    5 Stars, honey!
    Not your typical celeb podcast. JVN tackles important, timely topics with genuine curiosity and features experts to help provide background and answers. The show delivers on its premise with fun and informed perspectives.
  • allisong987
    Love!
    Love Jonathan SO MUCH
  • CAteacheroftinyhumans
    Best!!!
    Love JVN and the energy/positive vibe brought to all listeners. The work and preparation done to bring this to us is very appreciated. I can’t get enough of JVN and wish everyone would listen. Valuable stuff here, and valuable insights from people we should listen to more.
  • Lolita lashes
    Light of my week
    I was introduced to Jonathan through queer eye. I now am also a fan of his smart, funny, vulnerable, informative and very fun podcasts. Thank you Jonathan for being part of the light of this world that is hard to find. I loved that you spoke of the addictive quality of foods in the past by the way. Lean into that natural healing and that farm fresh produce. Trust your Intuition girl, stay happy, healthy and always loved! Thank you for uplifting me on those hard days!
  • agoodgal
    YES !!!!
    JVN and team- thank you for shining a bright light in a dark world! I also appreciate that you could hold back/gate keep certain comments but don’t. JVN and team- you are a beautiful and congratulations on this endeavor!
  • __sarahbellum
    He’s so real
    JVN is the best. I love his energy :)
  • ah-mazing101
    ♥️
    I love this podcast! JVN brings light to so many interesting topics and it truly fills my drive to work with joy.
  • Damegames2
    So much joy!
    JVN is amazing, and the podcast lives up to that amazingness! Weekly listener! Love all things beauty!
  • YayGadget
    Uplifting and informative
    Joyful, uplifting, and informative. I always learn something useful. My weekly dose of joy and confidence booster
  • Learjeticus
    <3
    I love you. That’s it. I just love you so much.
  • Lizzerloo8
    I have been changed for good…
    This was one of the first podcasts I ever listened to. Now years into listening I can honestly say this is one of the best podcasts out there. I leave the episodes changed- either filled with love and hope, bursting with new information, or sore from laughing. Some episodes are all three rolled into one. JVN is an amazing interviewer and open to learning and growth in a way that inspires me to dig deep on all subjects- not just the ones I am naturally drawn to. Thank you for the growth and joy you’ve inspired.
  • Matty43
    Love Getting Curious
    I just am obsessed with JVN podcast. There are several new podcasts dropped weekly on Mondays and it just starts my weeks off right. He’s so funny and covers a wide variety of topics that are bound to put a smile on your face.
  • nemocares3
    Best podcast
    This show makes my ADHD brain happy. Thank you!!
  • NinaaBee
    Heartfelt and informative
    I love JVN curiosity forward interview style with the questions you ask, even when you go off script and follow your gut with what is the best way to approach a topic with an interviewee.
  • occupational therapist in NH
    Compassion and humor
    I can always count on JVN to address issues with compassion and humor no matter what the topic!
  • Jeannette Beaudelaire
    JVN, I love you and your smart mind :)
    Infinity out of infinity stars :) will always love this triple Lutz of a person and podcast. Thank you, thank you, thank you for what you give to society.
  • Wolf Trainer
    Menopause
    I love this Dr. I have had abnormal periods since I had one ovary removed at the age of 23. Next I know I’m getting meds for depression. This year hot flashes started. I spoke to my PCP. And she brushed me off. Well I felt deeply that it has always been hormonal. Could never get a referral to get mine checked. I could not tolerate any birth control. So last week I decided to buy an herbal supplement for perimenopause. With in 3 days of taking these supplements. My depression vanished. I was over the moon. Natures craft perimenopause support. It’s been my saving grace.
  • Boonmah
    JVN LOVE!!!!!
    signature JVN. loving, accepting, warm, funny!
  • Plutopiccolino
    Industry
    Hi Jonathan , look up the Flexner report … ( how the rockefellers hijacked the medical industry by pushing textbooks in colleges, criminalizing all sorts of other sound medical practices , by way of grants to hospitals and colleges ) all for profit. It’s not normal … and the diet industry is the same . 😢 We are a sick society in all directions because a small group of people control too much especially the printing of our currency treating our national treasure as their for profit PRIVATE enterprise , and it’s illegal to audit them . This is what permits their control of 96% of global media , illegal lobbying …. Etc. The root of the eating obsession is deeper and it’s a societal tumor. Loviu and the best thing is to not obsess with food , and make it a habit 💕
  • OldHaeg
    Lacking editing/structure
    I adore JVN and want to listen to what they have to say. I was pumped when I saw they had a podcast with general curiosity as the angle. However I found the podcast itself to be pretty meh. I think the podcast structure is meant to be pretty free flowing but I found it super hard to follow. JVN follows their bliss with really cool guests, asking questions that are all over the place. Sometimes even the guests are confused. At the end I’m often wondering what I just listened too, because none of it really resonated. This podcasts has alllll the right ingredients but the recipe is off. If JVN was able to lead a more structured interview before going off on tangents and whatnot, this would be SO much better. It simply needs to be more concise. JVN, lean on your writing/editing staff for this podcast and add a bit more structure, please!!! 💗
  • Opineupine
    MAJOR! LOVE JVN
    Jonathan is so authentic and really is the epitome of what a journalist is, someone who’s not afraid to ask tough questions, sensitive to others’ lived experience, and brings their own insight to the table. At the same time, Jonathan is funny, 100% true to their self, and unapologetic. I say MEH to anyone who dismisses them as fluff. Fluff you!
  • changagarcia
    Awful!
    Terrible interviewer.
  • artsy_jen
    Love this show!
    I've watched every episode of Queer Eye and JVN is my favorite! Anyway this show has a little bit of everything and has given me so many great book recommendations. I also was ecstatic with this most recent episode about asexuals. Finally representation! Thank you JVN for the positivity you bring to the world!
  • Doggrl
    Fantastic Show Every Week!
    I have been a fan of this show and JVN for years now. His recent episodes with Anne Curzan (language), Renee DiResta and especially the conversations with Dr. Osama Khalil have been outstanding! All the episodes are smart, engaging and fun - I learn so much! The ones are name have really left me thinking and seeking more info through the guests’ books. Thank you, JVN and team for creating an amazing show and helping all of us learn. Thanks for being curious!
  • Dust Bunny Mama
    Live for it!
    I live for Jonathan's interviews. I have been listening since the beginning and the episode of “Is Romance Dead “ MOVED me. As a bi woman married to a Cis white male it really made me think of all the gender roles that we fall into but can and DO alter in this day and age it left me hopeful. The Dr. and their opinion of the future has left me curious and all I want to do is learn more!!!!
  • Trixie’s Dad
    Sad
    I read Rolling Stone.
  • Hello from SW...VA
    My Brain Is Having An Orgasm
    I have always loved learning through reading. But since I discovered Getting Curious, I have become an avid listening learner. Jonathan, you (on this podcast) are so freeing to experience , your realness, your expressing vulnerability is the strongest stuff I’ve ever heard. Allow me to add that I suffer through trichotillamania and your mentioning it on the show literally had me crumple over and cry when it was treated with such acceptance.
  • Sloanbalone
    Oh the soundtrack on this intro! LOVE Thompson Twins!
    Love you JVZ!
  • tuxhtxutvhvj da ad uvib
    Love this concept and JVN!
    Love the show so much. Finally found someone as curious as me! And someone whose thoughts run FASTER than mine haha. I love the wide variety of topics and how many questions JVN asks, like yesss - get into it. The guests always seem so nice and SO SMART. The cherry on top is JVN being such a genuinely curious and caring soul. They’re the type of human I want to see more of in the world. Hope this gets another Netflix season as well.
  • Jay DeeNola
    Genocide supporter
    Very disappointing TikTok that was deleted and JVN accused those calling him out compassionately as bullying. Rich, white liberal who doesn’t care about anyone else and refuses to listen to marginalized voices
  • Sara Abdul
    Educated informative fun and kind
    Your humanitarian approach to everything including Palestine is so rare and sincere
  • Samantha Arnott 06
    Long time listener
    I’ve been listening to JVN since the beginning and this is actually the first podcast I ever subscribed to. I love the topics and the energy but I wonder why they can’t be a bit longer. The guests are often audibly rushed and it feels like we can’t dig deep with them like I get to experience on other podcasts. I’m not sure if jvns podcast partners push rushing the time but I wish we could extend the time of the pod so jvn and guests can speak all their thoughts.
  • Pads Paws & Claws
    More Please! 🥳
    Jonathan, I knew you were adorable, but now I realize you are also incredibly intelligent and well informed. This show is such a needed gift. Thank you!
  • JulesandJoey
    Hairdresser here
    The most recent podcast gave me life! I’m a hairdresser and all of the things made me so happy
  • Erin Hearts
    So educational and fun!
    Thank you, JVN and guests, for educating me in a fun way! Recently I listened to your episode with Jackson Galaxy about how to be a good cat parent. 😻😻😻Loved! Then, this morning I listened to your episode about domestic partner violence. Soo important! I followed free from org and will be keeping up with that news since I am a survivor! Thank you Jonathan! 💖💖💖
  • Ashlibee
    Love this pod!!
    One of the few podcasts where I learn something new and genuinely enjoy every minute.
  • alexpaulanthonywood
    Love
    I love this show so much. It’s always a serotonin boost AND some sort of knowledgey lesson. JVN is so iconic, always asks the right questions…. I’m unclear on the title of the show. Is it pretty curious, getting curious, curious now? Something else? I always just type in curious and I’m OBV subscribed so it doesn’t really matter I guess. Love.
  • HMS38915
    JVN is a national treasure
    Jonathan is such a inspirational person. They have made a significant impact on my life with their beauty and ferocity! Jonathan has a true and beautiful spirit that brings me personal joy. I wish more people were as honest and truthful as Jonathan is willing to be. ❤️❤️
  • Dannerzz
    JVN has OCD???
    Hi!!!! I have ocd so I was so excited to hear JVN mention his first sign of OCD at 7:15 in the dolls episode - but then I googled this and I don’t see anything about JVN talking about having OCD. I can understand if he doesn’t want to be public about the diagnosis. It is a really misunderstood condition and I know JVN is a fantastic advocate for mental health so I’m disappointed if he was using OCD as a quip for a joke. OCD is much more than just keeping things arranged in a neat and tidy order. It can be debilitating.
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