Falling in Love with the Process with Joanna “JoJo” Levesque

Barely Famous

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Talk Radio, Society & Culture

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This week on Barely Famous, Kail Lowry sits down with singer, songwriter, and actress Joanna “JoJo” Levesque to discuss her incredible journey spanning 20 years in the spotlight. From being the youngest artist to top the charts with her iconic debut single, “Leave (Get Out),” to releasing her deeply personal memoir, Over the Influence, Joanna opens up about her battles with addiction, navigating fame, and faith, and shares advice for parents of children aspiring to enter the entertainment industry. Joanna's book, Over the Influence, is available now at all major book retailers. Please support the show by checking out our sponsors! Posh Peanut: Go to PoshPeanut.com/FAMOUS, and use promo code FAMOUS for twenty percent off your first order. Rocket Money: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/FAMOUS Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at SHOPIFY.COM/barelyfamous To watch the full episode + other exclusive content, join my Patreon community! Patreon.com/kaillowry

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0:00.0	Welcome to the shit show.
0:02.8	Things are going to get weird.
0:04.5	It's your fave villain, Kail Lowell.
0:06.3	And you're listening to Barely Famous.
0:12.1	Thank you so much, Jojo, for coming on Barely Famous.
0:18.6	Oh my God, I'm excited to be here.
0:19.8	Yeah.
0:20.3	No, you just
0:20.9	released your book over the influence. I can't believe it. I know. Woo! Out in the world.
0:27.0	How do you feel? I feel great. You should. You absolutely should. I feel relieved. I mean,
0:31.2	you know how it is to write something and put it out. It's one thing to go through the process of
0:37.1	writing it, which is like weird and exciting
0:40.8	and terrifying and all the stuff.
0:42.5	And then it unlocks another terrifying thing about sharing it.
0:47.0	But it's been great.
0:48.7	The feedback from my fans and even from people that maybe didn't know who I was or didn't, you know, have any
0:55.5	investment in my story. It's been really nice to hear the things that stuck out to people and maybe,
1:03.6	I think the thing that excites me most is how it makes people think about their own life and
1:07.4	maybe think about the way that they view things and the frame that they put on
1:11.0	their experience and resilience and redemption and all that.
1:15.4	You have a following that responded as if you never left. You never left the public eye.
1:21.9	You never, you know, pivoted from singing to acting to Broadway to anything, right?
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