This week’s guest has not one, but TWO Olympic gold medals. Middle-distance runner Caster Semenya joins Jonathan to discuss what fairness in athletics really looks like. From her experience undergoing public scrutiny to her favorite sport to watch on TV, we learn all about this amazing Olympian and her fight to be allowed to compete.
Caster Semenya, OIB, ... Show More
Feb 11
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 co-founder, Sami Sage, unpack a tangled web that tracks 50 years into the past and traces all the way to toda ... Show More
48m 52s
Feb 9
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 We Turn Fear Into Pride, Power, and Real Change and the work being done at United We Dream, the country’s largest ... Show More
28m 47s
Feb 4
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 the biggest legal and political stories shaping our lives right now — from ICE and Minneapolis, the TikTok data debate, and the ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2023
Grape Therapy: Getting Chirped & Winning Medals with Olympian Ellie Black
<p>When Jonathan Van Ness tells you to have an Olympic gymnast and fellow-Canadian sweetie on the podcast, you listen. The one and only three-time Olympian Ellie Black joins Kaitlyn to talk about everything gymnastics, and it turns out a lot of her wisdom applies to so, so much m ... Show More
54m 36s
Aug 2023
World Cup: Finals Results (with Lindsey Horan and Allyson Swaby)
Tobin and Christen present the final episode of The RE—CAP Show: World Cup Edition. In this episode they celebrate both England and Spain making it to the finals and put extra attention on the World Cup Champions; Spain. Then, Christen chats with Jamaica’s captain, Allyson Swaby, ... Show More
1h 12m
Jun 2023
Oprah Runs A Marathon w/ Natalia Petrzela
**Help support the show as we get back to making new episodes. You can donate right on our website YouGetAPodcast.com** This episode, we look at the moment that Oprah Winfrey ran the Marine Corps Marathon — and all that it represented about her relationship with fitness, dieting, ... Show More
42m 54s