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Oct 2023
55m 6s

Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music Entertainment
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Author, podcaster, and JVN Hair founder Jonathan Van Ness joins the show. Over martinis and oysters, Jonathan tells us what it’s like to live in Texas as a queer person, coming out as HIV positive, and of course, figure skating. This episode of Dinner’s On Me was recorded at Bad Roman in NYC.


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