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In this episode, Jo gets back on the mic and shares her thoughts about her 36th year and what she is expecting! Make sure to subscribe to A Cup of Jo Podcast! 💌 Email: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack 📲 Follow @acupofjopodcast

This episode is a celebration of food! Jo honors the trailblazer Lena Richards, highlighting food, culture, and encouraging listeners to connect communally through food. Food is creativity. Food is storytelling. Food is power. And when Black women lead in spaces where their voices were once erased, that’s history being rewritten with flavor. 💌 Email: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack 📲 Follow @acupofjopodcast

This episode is a celebration, not a lecture. Jo honors Black History Month with joy, humor, and heart, reminding us that Black history isn’t just something we remember, it’s something we live every day. From culture and creativity to community and everyday brilliance, this conversation uplifts the past while celebrating the present.   Because Black history didn’t stop, it evolved. This episode is sponsored by Black history, fully updated, still evolving, and very much alive.   💌 Email: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack 📲 Follow @acupofjopodcast

Winter is doing the absolute most — the cold, the gray skies, and the sun clocking out before dinner. In this episode, Jo gets dramatic (and honest) about being a summer girl stuck in winter, how the season can feel heavy, and what it really takes to create joy when everything outside feels dreary. Funny, cozy, and real, this is your reminder that even in the coldest season, you can still find warmth, peace, and purpose.   💌 [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack 📲 Follow @acupofjopodcast

In this special flashback episode, Jo sits down with her dad — lovingly known as the Haitian Sensation — for a conversation filled with stories, culture, laughter, and wisdom. From family history to life lessons, this episode celebrates heritage, perspective, and the voices that shape who we become.   A reminder that some of the best conversations live right inside our families.   💌 Email: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack 📸 Follow @acupofjopodcast

How Community Held Me Together Last Year Last year wasn’t something Jo navigated alone. In this episode, she reflects on how community showed up in quiet, meaningful ways through friends, family, faith, and creative spaces  and how allowing herself to receive support became a form of strength. A gentle reminder that independence isn’t the same as isolation, and that being held by others can be just as powerful as holding yourself together.   💌 Email: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack 📸 Follow @acupofjopodcast

This episode is a reminder that you don’t need a rebrand to grow. Jo talks about releasing the pressure to reinvent yourself in January and choosing rest, clarity, and sustainability instead. A conversation about honoring who you already are and moving into the new year with less hustle and more honesty. 💌 Email: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack 📸 Follow @acupofjopodcast

January Is Not a Sprint January doesn’t need to be rushed. In this episode, Jo discusses slowing down, rejecting fake urgency, and starting the year with intention rather than pressure. A gentle reminder that rest is not falling behind.   💌 [email protected] ✨ The Warm Up on Substack 📸 @acupofjopodcast

Jo kicks off December with a warm, funny, and honest recap of Thanksgiving and a look at what this final month of the year really means. From family chaos to holiday magic, this episode is all about slowing down, reflecting, and stepping into December with softness, clarity, and a little sparkle. 💌 Say hi or share your thoughts: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack for reflections + behind-the-scenes notes.

In this episode, Jo dives into the practice of gratitude — not the Pinterest version, but the everyday kind that shows up between the coffee refills, the interruptions, and the little reminders that life is still good. From overlooked blessings to tiny joys that save our days, this episode explores how gratitude shifts our mindset, softens our hearts, and helps us find beauty right where we are. 💌 Say hi or share your thoughts: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack for reflections + behind-the-scenes notes.

In this episode, Jo talks through the time she leaped, packed up her life, and moved to the South of France. She shares what led to that decision, what the leap really entailed, the fears that accompanied it, and how stepping into the unknown became one of the best choices she has ever made.  💌 Say hi or share your thoughts: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack for behind-the-scenes notes and reflections between episodes.

Welcome to A Cup of Jo Podcast: The Comeback Season. ☕ She’s back, y’all — new mic, new energy, same heart. Join host Jovanie J. Smith as she pours into real talk, laughter, and stories about growth, purpose, and the beauty of starting again. 💌 Say hi or share your thoughts: [email protected] ✨ Subscribe to The Warm Up on Substack for behind-the-scenes notes and reflections between episodes.