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Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

For anyone who feels like their life is one disaster after another: good news–you’re not alone. Jameela Jamil (The Good Place, She-Hulk) gathers her funny friends and they share their most mortifying and embarrassing stories. Crucially, there are no morals and no silver linings. They are simply here to revel in each others’ misfortune. Wrong Turns: where dignity goes to die.

Please share your own Wrong Turns with us for possible inclusion in the show, just email a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com. Wrong Turns takes over from iWeigh and Bad Dates as Jameela’s home in podcasting. You can still find the entire archive of I Weigh right here.

Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey, our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.

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Thursday · 35 min
Olga Namer and Jessica Saul
Comedians Olga Namer ($100 Bill Trick, Don’t Tell Comedy, Cracked Comedy Club) and Jessica Saul (That’s Hollywood, Baby, Close Enough, EPIC Players LA) join Jameela for an Amazon hairbrush emergency, a crash course in sex ed after marrying at seventeen, and a Joshua Tree bachelorette on mushrooms rudely interrupted by "Budget Baby". Plus, listener Matt learns he doesn’t still got it. Jameela’s Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 29 · 40 min
Atsuko Okatsuka and Matt Walsh [ReTurn]
Jameela welcomes comedians Atsuko Okatsuka (Hulu special Father, HBO The Intruder, Outcome AppleTV+) and Matt Walsh (Veep HBO, Novocaine, Second in Command podcast). Atsuko learns anything can be called a water park, and Matt learns just how unforgiving an elf costume can be. Jameela’s Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 22 · 50 min
Girls Gotta Eat (Rayna Greenberg and Ashley Hesseltine)
Comedians Rayna Greenberg (Honestly, It’s You tour) and Ashley Hesseltine (Here Comes the Bride special) from the Girls Gotta Eat podcast join Jameela to explain why a bridesmaid dress was the worst thing to wear to family brunch, what happens when you ignore your mom’s advice about oil, and how a bottle of nail polish led to a one-night stand with Bloodyfoot. Plus, a crowded East Village sidewalk turns on Ashley’s dog, and a bride gambles on a fart and loses. Rayna and Ashley also run the sexual wellness brand Vibes Only. Jameela’s Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 15 · 46 min
Rachel Scanlon and Ali Macofsky [ReTurn]
Comedians Rachel Scanlon (Gay Fantasy, A Bit Much Tour, Two Dykes and a Mic) and Ali Macofsky (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ali’s Interview Show, on tour) join Jameela to compare appointments that went horribly wrong. Ali puts her brows in the hands of celebrity eyebrow specialists (spoiler: it did not go well), and Rachel shares pap smear, chiropractor and mindfulness coach misadventures. If you have a Wrong Turn of your own to share with Jameela, email a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com, and we may include it in a future episode. Jameela’s Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 8 · 46 min
Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Lake Bell [ReTurn]
Actors Mary Elizabeth Ellis (A Man on the Inside, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Licorice Pizza) and Lake Bell (The Chair Company, Wet Hot American Summer, "everyone's sexual awakening") join Jameela to talk about a costumer's very specific question, how to keep the room comfortable during your own C-section, a doomed introduction to Brad Pitt, and a colonoscopy Lake still sweats about. Plus, convertible rage spirals and postpartum wardrobe fails. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
October 1 · 35 min
Andrea Jin and Mike Lawrence
Comedians Andrea Jin (Andrea Jin Live in Chicago, Grandma's Girl, Digman!) and Mike Lawrence (The Roast of Tom Brady, Upload, Nerd of Mouth) join Jameela to talk about an empty kindergarten classroom, a child hired as a sniffer dog, a $5 apology left in a McDonald's bathroom, and bombing naked in front of a nudist colony. Plus, listener Gary finishes a yard of beer and immediately regrets it. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
September 24 · 46 min
Simon Pegg and Richard Herring [ReTurn]
Jameela's back in London to hang out with comedy legends Simon Pegg (Star Trek, Shaun of the Dead, Only What We Carry) and Richard Herring (Taskmaster, Can I Have My Ball Back?, RHLSTP with Richard Herring). Public nudity tales abound, we get into the risks of accidentally seeing nudes when someone else shows you something on their phone, and what's your personal policy on peeing in the sea? Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
September 17 · 38 min
Zach Zucker and David Magidoff
Comedians Zach Zucker (Stamptown, Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour, Sweethearts) and David Magidoff (Dexter: Resurrection, The Morning Show, Fanaddicts) join Jameela to trade origin stories that should have ended their careers before they started - a WME rep watching a hometown show implode in real time, and a wedding toast that reopens the Civil War. Somewhere in between: cat allergies, lingering breakups, and the loneliest ring fingers in the business. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
September 10 · 45 min
Hanna Dickinson and Zach Zimmerman
Comedians Hanna Dickinson (Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring, special on EPIX) and Zach Zimmerman ("Surprise Me" special, writing for The New Yorker) join Jameela to trade the stories you bury, not brag about: a near kidnapping story to put you off Ozempic, a hoagie that should've stayed in the trash, and a fog emoji break up strategy. Plus a listener story that was so close to a hook-up story with a hot Uber driver, right up until it wasn't. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
September 3 · 36 min
Jake Johnson, Gareth Reynolds and Eric Edelstein [ReTurn]
Another chance to hear comedians Jake Johnson (New Girl, The Dink, We're Here to Help), Gareth Reynolds (Arrested Development, You're the Worst, We're Here to Help) and Eric Edelstein (The Boroughs, The Lowdown, Twin Peaks: The Return) join Jameela, as Jake shares a hair don't, Gareth breaks from proper lavatory etiquette, and Eric continues his brave battle against the fascists. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
August 27 · 46 min
Laci Mosley and Langston Kerman
Comedians Laci Mosley (iCarly, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Scam Goddess) and Langston Kerman (Abbott Elementary, Bad Poetry, My Momma Told Me) join Jameela to trade tales of woe. Laci takes us through a whirlwind overseas hookup that spirals from a champagne cellar bathroom encounter into an accidental pregnancy joke that goes way too far, capped off by a flight home you have to hear to believe. Langston confesses to accosting the wrong Black woman at one of Hollywood's most exclusive backyard parties, and Jameela shares the podcast guest scandal that taught her never to cover a living scammer again. Plus, listener Matt shares how a Memorial Day parade turned him into an accidental miracle in Misery Loves Company. Follow Laci: instagram.com/divalaci Follow Langston: langstonkerman.com Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
August 20 · 42 min
Jared Freid and Becky Robinson
Comedians Jared Freid (Table for One Tour, Walking Red Flag, U Up?) and Becky Robinson (Wild 'N Out, The Beasts in Me Tour, Entitled) join Jameela for a conversation that somehow lands on a fireman worthy command performance, a dorm room G-string that never should have survived freshman year, and a hookup so dry it produced actual chalk. Jared's big wrong turn traces back to a 12-year-old's landline phone call interrupted by his mom, and Jameela's friend's home office habit gives the family dog a taste for something it really should not want. This week's Misery Loves Company comes from listener Paul, who learns a hotel fire alarm waits for no one. Follow Jared: jaredfreid.com Follow Becky: beckyrobinsonthegreat.com Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
August 13 · 43 min
Katherine Ryan and Alan Carr [ReTurn]
Comedians Katherine Ryan (First Born Daughter special, Tinsel Town film, The Audacity: Why Being Too Much Is Exactly Enough book) and Alan Carr (Have I Said Too Much? tour, Alan Carr's Picture Slam BBC One, Interior Design Masters Netflix) join Jameela for a night of televised flops, dance floor disasters, and dignity going straight down the drain. Alan relives the sweat-drenched chaos of Grease Live (voted worst show on British telly two years running) and the New York toilet incident that left him watching a movie premiere in sunglasses he didn't need. Katherine remembers the audition that proved she has zero rhythm, and the boyfriend who brought her along as an unwitting third wheel on his own date. Jameela gets an electric slide lesson from Beyoncé that goes nowhere fast, and learns that telling Catherine O'Hara "I hope I look like you when I'm old" does not land the way she means it to. This week's Misery Loves Company comes from listener Taylor, whose birthday surprise arrived at exactly the wrong moment for her digestive system. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
August 6 · 38 min
Bob The Drag Queen and Mae Martin [ReTurn]
It's summer, it's hot, we all need a week off from time to time, so that's what we're doing this week on the podcast. But we wouldn't want to leave you high and dry, so here's a ReTurn episode of our Premiere with amazing guests Mae Martin and Bob the Drag Queen. It's one of our most popular episodes, so we hope you'll listen, enjoy, and share it with a friend. Comedians Bob the Drag Queen (Hulu special "This Is Wild," The Traitors, NYT best seller "Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert: A Novel"), Mae Martin ("Handsome" podcast, debut album "I'm a TV," Netflix series "Wayward") join Jameela. Bob reveals his ultimate preschool nightmare and the least comfortable way to extinguish a roast, while Mae shares a secret crush gone horribly wrong, and perhaps the most incorrect way to use a spatula. Follow Bob the Drag Queen: https://www.bobthedragqueen.com/ Follow Mae Martin: https://www.maemartin.net/ Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
July 30 · 40 min
Emily Wilson and Erica Hernandez
Comedians Emily Wilson (host of Tuesdays at the Red Room, host of Call Your Parents, and currently touring her special Fixed: How I Got Rejected by Reality TV) and Erica Hernandez (Search Party, 9-1-1, and Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat) join Jameela to trade their most humiliating near misses, from a snow day bus wipeout to a paranoid grilled cheese standoff. Emily revisits the reality show disaster that turned into her one woman show, and Erica confesses to a college fueled conspiracy theory that had her power walking sixty blocks to feed a friend who was not, in fact, starving. Plus, Colby discovers he has a latex allergy in the most humiliating way imaginable, in this week's Misery Loves Company. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
July 23 · 39 min
Laurie Kilmartin and Sydney Kane
Comedians Laurie Kilmartin (Jimmy Kimmel Live, Conan, Cis Woke Grief Sl*t) and Sydney Kane (Wife Material, Millennial Jenny, Barney & Friends) join Jameela to see who can out mortify the other. Laurie confesses to screaming obscenities at the wrong side of a protest, then rewinds to the school yearbook comments that got her shunned for all of eighth grade. Sydney details the make-up shopping spree that ended with four cops, an eight hour holding cell, and her entire college group chat finding out before she did. Jameela shares her own tale of being ignored at school, the group compares notes on strategically pretending to be asleep, and a Misery Loves Company listener's egg throwing scheme backfires spectacularly. Laurie brings her stand-up to London's Soho Theatre July 27th and 28th. Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
July 16 · 50 min
Chloe Radcliffe and Tone Bell
Comedians Chloe Radcliffe (The Tonight Show, Command Z, Is This Thing On?) and Tone Bell (Survival of the Thickest, Coyote Versus Acme, Fam) join Jameela for an hour of bodies malfunctioning at the worst possible moments, in front of the worst possible audiences. Tone explains the fertility surgery that left him with an unfortunate mullet situation south of the border. Chloe dishes on the film et she left almost as toxic as the non-alcoholic beverage she was there to advertise. And a house party takes a turn for the kinky and extremely public after an under-21-year-old Tone Bell resolves not to touch the dirty ice. Plus, a Misery Loves Company confession involving a Hawaiian party, an airborne bikini bottom, and an unplanned night sleeping pantsless on a cardboard box. Chloe is on tour now and brings her solo show Cheat to Joe's Pub in New York this August. Tone is on tour now too, with a new podcast with his mom, Valentone's Day, launching in August on iHeartRadio. Follow Chloe Radcliffe at chloeradcliffe.com Follow Tone Bell at tonebell.com Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
July 9 · 53 min
Tig Notaro and Caitlin Reilly
Comedians Tig Notaro (One Mississippi, The Morning Show, Come See Me in the Good Light) and Caitlin Reilly (Hacks, Loot, I Love LA) join Jameela for a wide open, no such thing as TMI conversation. Tig's big wrong turn drags her back to a decades old showdown for Sundance Film Festival supremacy against a friend turned rival. Caitlin's starts on an all girls Catholic high school stage (fellow alum: Meghan Markle) and ends at a pool party where a white towel gave away way more than she meant to share. Tig is on tour now (tignotaro.com) and hosts the podcast Handsome with Fortune Feimster and Mae Martin, streaming a day early on Hulu. Catch Caitlin in season five of Hacks. Follow Tig Notaro: tignotaro.com Follow Caitlin Reilly: @hicaitlinreilly Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
July 2 · 36 min
Dylan Adler and Sabrina Wu
Comedians Dylan Adler (Roomies, Netflix Is A Joke Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival) and Sabrina Wu (Joyride, Murderbot, Abbott Elementary) join Jameela for a full audit of who is and isn't a top, the case for Jameela's first fart in front of her boyfriend to be a dramatic rendition of "Hey Jude," and the precise anatomical boundaries of a cat's gooch. Dylan relives the party that was supposed to make him cool and the recovery backflip that followed, Sabrina reluctantly tells how they resorted to a crash course in Eastern medicine to cure a cat's horniness, and Jameela tells us why she can no longer listen to Charli XCX. Plus, competitive sleepwalking confessions, a 6'7" boyfriend learning Wing Chun, and an unbothered family of geese on Fire Island. Follow Dylan Adler: Instagram | Website Follow Sabrina Wu: Instagram Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
June 25 · 51 min
Lamorne Morris, Chris Fleming and Liza Treyger
Comedians Lamorne Morris (New Girl, Spider-Man: Noir, Garfield), Chris Fleming (Gayle on YouTube, Live at the Palace on HBO, I'm the Mayor of Bimmi Gardens on Adult Swim), and Liza Treyger (Night Owl, Survival of the Thickest both on Netflix,That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast) join Jameela for an episode where the wrong turns involve a CPR dummy, a gun on a table in Compton, and a nude boba emergency. Lamorne's micro-humiliation is a classic of adolescent sexual mythology, complete with JD Vance-style couch love and a CPR dummy. His big wrong turn starts with a girlfriend's stolen phone and ends with him quietly backing toward the exit while his comedian friend [REDACTED] pulls out a gun. Chris was mid-bath when the boba craving struck. The pick-up not go as planned. Liza was one of the most highly requested backup nannies at her agency until one family failed to warn her about their plumbing issue. Misery Loves Company: a child psychiatrist confesses what happened when he tried to be the star of his first day on surgical rotation. This episode was recorded live at the Avalon Theatre in Hollywood as part of the Netflix Is A Joke Comedy Festival Follow Lamorne Morris (@lamorne), Chris Fleming: (ChrisFleming.com), and Liza Treyger (LizaTreyger.com & @GlitterCheese). Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson. Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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