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JUMP with Traveling Jackie · Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Jo Piazza's 'Soccer Mom' Aspiration vs. Reality

Jo Piazza initially told host Traveling Jackie that she wanted to become a 'soccer mom' after her adventurous travel career. However, she clarified that while she has three children, she actively avoids organized sports for them to maintain her ability to travel on weekends.

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But I remember you saying, I need to do this, I need to get this all in before I become a soccer mom.
Traveling Jackie
And that was before you had met Nick, like it was before, you know, before everything. And I remember thinking that like, whoa, really? Like, is that really what you want to do? But you were so like, this is going to be my life. Like, I'm going to do all this travel right now because one of these days, I'm going to be a soccer mom.
Traveling Jackie
I will say, I will say, I'm actually not a soccer mom, though. We have three kids.
Jo Piazza
But I do everything I can to keep them out of organized sports so that I can still travel, honestly, on weekends.
Jo Piazza
Heard on JUMP with Traveling Jackie — “The Parisian Heist: Writing Women Back Into History with Author Jo Piazza (JUMP 218), published Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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