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!!!!

I read Rolling Stone.

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.

Love you JVZ!

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.

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

Your humanitarian approach to everything including Palestine is so rare and sincere

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.

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!

The most recent podcast gave me life! I’m a hairdresser and all of the things made me so happy

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! 💖💖💖

One of the few podcasts where I learn something new and genuinely enjoy every minute.

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.

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. ❤️❤️

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.

I’m a very curious person and this podcast helps feed my hungry brain and the beauty tips have made my skin clear up. What more could you ask for? Oh…the joy that JVN brings to my drive to work from his silly antics are just the cherry on top. JVN just makes my heart happy!

I’m a teacher and thoroughly enjoy Jonathan’s enthusiasm for learning. All the episodes are great, but I want to single out the latest about the Middle Ages. I belong to a medieval re-creation society and I still learned so much. I loved the focus on women. Keep being curious!!!!

I wanna be friends with Jonathan Van Ness. He’s the best friend you wish you had. His topics and interviews are always personal, inspirational, eduacational and he always makes me laugh.

You won’t find a better listener which is what makes a good pod. He balances entertaining with learning which isn’t easy to do. Love him!!

Anyone who disagrees with JVN is “uneducated”?!?! Typical lib worldview. Maybe you should be more curious

I love JVN. He is really smart and knows his stuff but maintains his fun vibe when he interviews his guests. Great show!

Obsessed with JVN. Everything they touch is magic. A much needed, refreshing voice making learning and growing fun, engaging and sexy.

Found this after listening to JVN on armchair expert and couldn’t subscribe fast enough. Excited to work through the back catalogue.

I’ve been a listener for a few years and I wish all reporters delivered the news with Jonathan’s humor and humanity.

I adore JVN from the bottom of my heart and just started listening because of the far right/tradwife influencer episode as this is a big interest of mine (meaning right wing radicalization on social media). Now I’m listening to the Haitian Vodu episode and I just needed to say that Prof. Nwokocha is everything and she is giving the best cool young professor vibes while also offering grounded analysis and very important historical context about the far reaching consequences of the colonial project on indigenous and diasporic cultures all over the world. Awesome work, I’m very excited for more! Also PS but Jonathon postitions themself as being an uneducated midwesterner but truly has the most compassionate,intelligent and honest curiosity when engaging in interviews.

Jonathan’s energy and genuine interest in any and every topic is so wholesome and admirable. He knows how to ask the right questions and has great rapport with his amazing guests. You will get a lot out of this podcast if you don’t mind some language and a bit of rambling. I like that each subject is made fun and accessible to anyone no matter how complex or obscure it is. As a nerd who goes down rabbit holes all the time, Getting Curious brings so much joy. This was one of the first podcasts I got into a few years ago and I keep going back to it!

I love you so much and your show is PERFECT just wanna say I miss the more colorful cover art—can you bring back some *color* to the new one? Thanks love 💕✨

I love this podcast! It’s wonderful to hear how excited that each guest is to talk about their area of expertise!

Getting Curious is 100% an academic lecture and somehow also a 100% joy-filled ride. I wish every episode was about prairie dogs.

I’m a lifelong liberal and opposed every justice that was seated during DTs regime. However, I am so fed up with the Democratic Party being whiny babies who do nothing. Thomas’ stuff is right at the forefront including Anita Hill and non disclosure. Jonathan, keep shedding light! Love the guests for this episode and the pod in general. ✌🏼

I’m blown away at how much I’ve learned about the Orcas from your episode. I stumbled upon this podcast and now I’m hooked. Thank you for your insightful questions and for your efforts in educating people about important issues.

Such a wonderful podcast, covering a multitude of topics. Truly enriching content that I absolutely love listening to while I crochet in the evenings or get ready for work in the morning. I think what I love most is the vulnerability shown in topics we may not quite understand, and the questions asked. Love love love!

Disappointed that you (or your corporate overlords) removed your 2019 interview with RFK Jr. I guess he needs to be silenced by every willing coward, lest the democratic party's neoconservative capitalist values be undermined by the democratic process. Also what's up with all the fake 5 star reviews here?

Love J, but he is constantly interrupting his guests and cutting them off with comments that are out of left field. Would love to hear more from the experts.

The only thing I can say is that the app crashes when you have a chance of fun to see the app and the

I don’t know if you need to do that but if I can get you a couple things done tomorrow if you want to get done with it I will have it tomorrow then I can get

Every episode is a delight with JVN's warm energy and such a cadre of fabulous guests covering all manner of topics you never knew you needed to know all about. Highly recommend!

Im so happy that JVN asks all the questions I might be afraid to. I’m an immigrant so I don’t know enough about US history, or people related to the US histories, so I appreciate her asking all these questions! I love you, JVN, you bring so much joy to so many people’s lives <3

Love the show!

I am so delighted with this podcast, it’s even better than I expected! I love JVN and I was basically expecting the podcast to be JVN being wacky while smart people tried to talk around him, but it’s not, it’s soooo good! JVN is so gracious with the guests and they have great, in depth conversations. He asks such great questions! I was so impressed, it’s obvious that he does a lot of research on these topics. Don’t get me wrong, he is still very much JVN with his signature phrases and attitude, and it’s fantastic!

I always learn new things, often times things I didn’t even know I was missing out on! Amazing pod, I could listen to episodes every day forever

Always informative, palatable and generally entertaining - even on the tough topics. Appreciate and respect JVN’s vulnerability and willingness to learn about anything and everything, and also use his platform to raise awareness. Quality podcasting! 😊

I love this podcast! It’s so captivating and entertaining, and I listen to it almost everyday! Love it! Thank you!! 😄

Thank you so much for your fierce curiosity and for giving us these insightful and illuminating conversations. I appreciate so much your recent themes around social justice ( trans rights and the environmental injustice in Ohio too). Thank you so much for your gorgeous work in this world!

My husband and I own and run a home renovation business (it’s just us and her, honey) and we love love love podcasts while we work. We discovered Jonathan’s podcast a few months ago and find ourselves not only adoring the curiosity at play here with an expert or two, but we actually join in the conversation. Sometimes we have to pause the podcast (don’t worry, I keep painting) and say things like “oh myG, no way, Jonathan, we never knew” or “ooh! I’ve heard this!” And then discuss all of the tangents while we work. Ps, Jonathan goes on great tangents and we are here for every one. Is it wrong that we totally hope Jonathan shows up at our job site just to gab with us some day? It’s smart, it’s beautiful, never pretentious, always informative, and very often hilarious (bc curiosity is so cute). Thanks for giving us something other than news and politics to listen to. Love you Jonathan! Eric has questions. He will be in touch. 💜💙💚💛🧡❤️ Beautiful Humans win when they get Curious.

I love the energy of the podcast and the information. The podcast is presented with some humor, you always walk away armed with great information, knowledge, and feeling a little better. It’s a breath of fresh air knowing important and impactful topics are being discussed.

This podcast is amazing. I learn so much of all aspects of the world from it. History, science, politics, industry, sexuality, activism and mental health. JVN just goes there with such a shameless and open minded approach to learning. The world is a better place because of them!❤️

Truly my favorite podcast. I always learn something new, and it expands my world views and my interests. Is there anything JVN can’t do?? 10/10.

I’ve loved Getting Curious for years, and I’m finally writing a review after listening to the episode about fashion and cults. Fascinating! (And I hope Sarah C. Byrd does write a book!) JVN brings warmth, humor, sincerity, and respect to all his interviews, and I find myself enthralled by topics that had never crossed my mind. Also, many thanks to JVN for raising awareness about gender nonconformity. I’m an editor, and you’ve helped me identify instances of bias that I otherwise might not have recognized.

Love JVN? Have ADHD? (so, like, you need new hyper-focus topics to obsess over weekly?) Get those headphones on and wash your dishes to this, Hunny! It hits all the marks. Just over here living like a neurotypical with a clean kitchen. 😆 Could not love this show more.