Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb
Joy is essential. And it's also elusive. You can't order it, borrow it, or simply hope it into life. But now, there's a new and exciting way to start your journey toward a more joyful existence: The Joy 101 Podcast with Hoda! Best known for her Emmy-winning work and co-anchoring Today, Hoda Kotb infuses her authenticity, curiosity, and warmth into conversations with the world’s most fascinating people. Entertainment legends, sport icons, wellness experts, and everyday folks will share how they find, allow, and experience joy. Hoda will offer her own tips and takes on seeking a more balanced, harmonious life. If you're craving inspiration, support, and useful tools to maximize your joy, tune in to these candid, uplifting, and moving on-air chats. Joy after a breakup, joy as an empty-nester, joy after loss, joy as a caretaker — Hoda's new podcast will speak to you.
Episodes
Joy 101: Kelli Giddish
"It was like the Pope was coming... And then she walks in. She's so normal, you know, to be a huge megastar that the whole world knows her name. I mean, Taylor Swift, for God's sake." -Kelli Giddish on Taylor's cameo in an SVU video at the EmmysJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podca
Joy 101: Harry Connick Jr.
"I was swimming in the pool at the Sunset Marquis Hotel. I was 22 years old... I jumped out of the pool and introduced myself. And when I met her, I'd never seen a more beautiful human being."    – Harry Connick Jr. on meeting his wife, Jill Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation
Joy 101: Carrie Preston
"My Best Friend's Wedding was such a great thing to get because that was when romantic comedy was queen of Hollywood, and there I was with Queen herself, Julia Roberts… and being a Georgia girl, I think she was kind of rooting for me." -Carrie PrestonJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversat
Joy 101: Taylor Dayne
"Once he saw me, he was like, "she's my next Madonna." He just was such a champion for you and also your biggest critic... And he taught me what a hit song is." -Taylor Dayne on Clive DavisJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you listen to podcasts.
Joy 101: Seth Meyers
“I love that there’s no place my kids can be in the apartment I can’t hear ’em. I love knowing where they are. I love hearing their feet. I just love it so much.” —Seth MeyersJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you lis
Joy 101: Hasan Minhaj
“In frats, everyone is having sex, but no one is in love. But on the competitive Bollywood dance team, everyone’s in love, but no one’s having sex." —Hasan MinhajJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you listen to podcasts. For
Joy 101: Joanna Gaines
"I worked for my dad for 10 years at his Firestone automotive place, and Chip was a customer. He saw me on my dad's commercials. He came in, asked for a brake job. He didn't need a brake job. And I was like, 'who is this guy?' -Joanna Gaines on her meet-cute with husband ChipJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience
Joy 101: Mary Carillo and Pam Shriver, live from the U.S. Open
Hoda takes Joy 101 to the U.S. Open with tennis legends Mary Carillo and Pam Shriver."The hardest thing in the world is doing something you've never done before, but... it's fun to say yes to things." -Mary Carillo"Chrissy beat me 18 straight times out of the gate before I got her. And then Martina, while I got her early, she beat me 33 straight times at the end of our caree
Joy 101: Pat Monahan
"I'm pretty sure that my mother helped me write that song... And it was so quick that you just instantly think, this is not a good song. But then later when you look at it in hindsight, it's like maybe the easy ones to write are the best ones." —Pat Monahan on writing the Train hit, “Drops of Jupiter”Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your
Joy 101: Howie Mandel
"I had OCD. I carried rubber surgical gloves with me all the time because if I was out in public, I didn't want to touch anything… And I just took the rubber glove, and I don't know why, and then I just pulled it over my head." —Howie Mandel on the origin of his classic comedic bitJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Exper
Joy 101: Jason Ritter
“He had so much energy and constantly wanted to make us laugh, and it was like he had a gravitational pull. And then when he passed, it was like, wait, how does the world keep spinning without this person?” -Jason Ritter on the passing of his father, actor John RitterJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the ful
Joy 101: Ariana DeBose
“I do think there are these moments in your life where, while honoring your commitments, you have to honor your commitment to yourself.”-Ariana DeBoseJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you listen to podcasts. For more information please visi
Joy 101: Jefferson Fisher
"Most of the time, the biggest cause of miscommunication is that what was said was not the thing that was heard." -Jefferson FisherJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you listen to podcasts. For more information, please visit us at www.j
Joy 101: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
“We toured with our kids… Haley learned how to walk in Minneapolis, Hana was roller skating in the Forum, they were riding their bikes inside Madison Square Garden.”- Pat Benatar Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you listen to podcasts.
Joy 101: Henry Winkler
“You cannot just fall in love one time to the woman who is your partner. She changes with birth, with life, with age, with loss, with everything that goes on. You have to rediscover her every time.”-Henry WinklerJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" whe
Joy 101: Jennie Garth
“Two of our cast mates now have left us. And, all the things you experience… they all make you who you are. They show you, like, if I survive that, I can survive anything.”-Jennie Garth, recorded in front of a live audience with Hoda Kotb in Cannes, France.Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation o
Joy 101: Robin Arzon
“You should be rattling the age cage. What decision would you make if you were twice as bold and twice as confident? Because it's like that version of yourself is just waiting to be let out of a cage.”-Robin ArzonJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherev
Joy 101: Jodie Turner-Smith
"I know so many very successful people and I've got to say joy is not in abundance among them…I find that the most joyful people are the ones who are surrounded by the ones that they love." -Jodie Turner-SmithJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVSShop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you
Joy 101: Shawn Johnson East
“There was something about gymnastics that was intoxicating to me. And I think it's given me a belief - maybe it's a delusional belief - that we all have one of those treasures inside of us. We just have to find it.”--SHAWN JOHNSON EASTJoy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast
Joy 101: Rosie Perez
"Some days are not easy. You know? And so what do I do? I text my therapist. I got her out of retirement. She told me she was retiring. I go, "you can't! I need you!'"-Rosie Perez Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you listen to podcasts. Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented by CVS. Shop your local CVS, right around the corner. Experience the full conv
Joy 101: Alfonso Ribeiro
“There was a time when I absolutely hated it. You know, time, age and wisdom give you perspective. Now, what I'm able to understand is they're asking me to continue to bring them joy with something that I have already created. It's not an insult. They're letting me know that at the end of the day, you bring me joy.” --Alfonso Ribeiro on being constantly asked to the Carlton danceJ
Joy 101: Olivia Munn
“I cried before going into my double mastectomy, and I cried a week after when I saw myself with the expanders in…That made me nervous thinking about my son…because, you know, a lot of us don't know the day we're going to die, right?” — Olivia Munn Experience the full conversation on the "Joy 101 podcast with Hoda Kotb" wherever you listen to podcasts. For more info
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