Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb

Joy 101: Sebastian Maniscalco

"I told my second grade teacher this is what I wanted to do... And I got laughed at, and people were like snickering, because everybody wanted to be a policeman, a firefi

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

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 b

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 b

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… a

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 D

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 M

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 Minhaj Joy 101

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 did

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...

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 i

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

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

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 DeBose Joy 101 with Hoda K

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 Fisher Joy 101 with Hoda Kotb is Presented

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

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

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

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 wa

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 on