The JV Club with Janet Varney

Settle in for this great conversation with awesome guest Cristen Conger, creator and co-host of the Webby Award-winning podcast "Unladylike" (you might also know her from the podcast "Stuff Mom Never Told You")! From the Athens, GA music scene to dreams of patisseries and "ER"-era Clooney, Cristen delights with a series of conversational gems!

It’s The JV Club’s 500th episode! We did it, everybody! And to celebrate this landmark, JV is joined by the Journos podcast’s Stephen Jackson and Brandon R. Reynolds to talk about some bigger picture teenage stuff. We get philosophical! We get scientific! We get silly! All this, PLUS some very special messages from some very special folks celebrating JV’s 500th ep. Happy Birthday, kind of!If you want to hear more from Brandon and Stephen, listen to the episode of "The Journos" where they spoke with Mark Gagliardi and Hal Lulblin.

This episode was originally published in 2013.Hear her on The JV Club before she rises to the top of the arm-wrestling world! It’s Edi Patterson (The Groundlings), who bonds with Janet over the appeal of the celluloid “horndog,” pygmy unicorns, and being the good girl.

Blue Sunsets! Runescapes! Cinnabon! This week’s guest, the wonderful Joalda Morancy (author of Aliens: Join the Scientists Searching Space for Extraterrestrial Life) brings teenage years of curiosity and dedication, humor and more. You too will want to watch the sun go down from Mars!

We hope you’re in the mood to start 2023 with the shining gem that is Amy Nicholson, who in addition to being a New York Times and Variety Film Critic also happens to have a fabulous podcast — Unspooled — with Mr. Paul Scheer. Ring in the New Year with JV, Amy, Rhett, Danny, and Jimmy strolling on the San Antonio River Walk.

THIS EPISODE ORIGINALLY AIRED IN JUNE 2013Janet and guest Kristen Schaal (The Bob's Burgers Movie) put the “cyst” back in “sisterhood” with tales of OB-GYN terror, Twin Peaks-themed shopping malls, and good boys, bad boys, and no boys at all. Want more? How about the non-revelation of how delicious cereal is?This episode was reproduced with help from Marissa Flaxbart

THIS EPISODE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN APRIL 2014In this very special episode, Janet podcasts her very own DAUGHTER! … Well, at least someone who played her daughter in a thing. It’s the terrific Jennette McCurdy (Sam and Cat) and a sitting-on-the-rug hangout, covering such topics as feminism, faith, and becoming a real life Ghostbuster.You can read Jenette's new book I'm Glad My Mom Died now.This podcast was reproduced with assistance from Brian Bulman

JV was simply delighted to be joined by a very special Boy of Winter, Max Fun’s own John Moe (Depresh Mode)!! in celebration of the paperback release of John’s wonderful book, “The Hilarious World of Depression,” these two “let’s be honest and maybe giggle about mental health, but in a loving way” pals turn their conversation north towards Norway and maybe even… moonward?

This week JV welcomes her new and awesome friend from the Coming Out With Lauren and Nicole Pod, Lauren Flans! This conversation is delicious, candid, silly and great, because Lauren is all of those things! So grab your bag of sour candy and your Joni Mitchell albums and settle in for a cozy, giggly chat.

How would you respond if your well-intentioned mom told you a psychic predicted a future she might not approve of? Find out how Subhah Agarwal (“Dog Show”) handled it, along with stories -- teen and otherwise -- from the suburbs of Chicago to her current NY/LA existence. And speaking of existence… will Subhah get a chance to find out that “… there is no spoon…”? Find out, M.A.S.H.-style!