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Wrong Turns with 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

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47:16

Naomi Ekperigan and Andy Beckerman

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/12/25

Comedians and podcasters Naomi Ekperigin (Broad City, Hacks, Mythic Quest) and Andy Beckerman (The Pete Holmes Show, Cedric’s Barber Battle, Couples Therapy) join Jameela Jamil for a messy dive into marriage superstitions, chaos goblins, and a truly staggering collection of micro-humiliations.Naomi relives the nightmare of meeting Andy’s parents for the first time, only to end up hospitalized within hours, delivering her full medical history four months into a relationship that somehow survived

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52:08

Adam Rose and Kevin James Thornton

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/12/18

Adam Rose (LA’s Finest, Small Stupid Stuff podcast, YouTube) and Kevin James Thornton (Be Yourself special, Call Kevin podcast, YouTube) join Jameela to unpack a series of deeply questionable life decisions, including pet squirrels with boundary issues, cosmetic school as a financial strategy, and how to make it through a night in jail as a 16-year-old dance instructor.Childhood arrests, disastrous career pivots, and the kind of dating stories that permanently change how you screen potential

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40:23

Shapel Lacey and Aaron Branch

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/12/11

Comedians Shapel Lacey (Three Dads Two Moms special, current tour dates) and Aaron Branch (Unstable on Netflix, The Kevin Langue Show, The Forehead Tour) for an unforgettable episode full of wiener stories.Shapel bravely recounts the worst gig of his life, the cheer-camp sex he may never recover from, and the moment a stranger declared that his penis is the joke. Aaron, meanwhile, brings story after story that make him look sweet, hot, successful, and this week's valedicktorian.Accidental grandpa

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47:37

Dan Schreiber and Andrew Hunter Murray

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/12/04

Comedy troublemakers Dan Schreiber (No Such Thing As A Fish, The Museum of Curiosity, author of The Theory of Everything Else) and Andrew Hunter Murray (No Such Thing As A Fish, The Naked Week, writer for Private Eye, author of A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering) join Jameela for an hour of friendship chaos, gig disasters, and stories that make you grateful for every bad choice you didn’t make.Dan kicks things off with childhood misunderstandings, a karaoke nightmare involving his kid and

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37:44

Aparna Nancherla and Eliza Skinner

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/11/27

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.Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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48:06

Lake Bell and Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/11/20

Actor and writer Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Licorice Pizza, New Girl) and actor, writer, filmmaker, and "everyone's sexual awakening", Lake Bell (Bless This Mess, In a World, Harley Quinn) join Jameela for a gloriously unfiltered session of tiny humiliations and lifelong cringes.Mary Elizabeth shares the on set moment a costumer quietly asked if she'd braided her pubic hair, plus the C section experience where she tried to keep everyone comfortable by joking about the

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48:23

Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/11/13

Jameela welcomes actor Penn Badgley, with his Podcrushed co-hosts Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari (podcast: Podcrushed, new book: Crushmore: Essays on Love, Loss and Coming of Age) for a truly chaotic and hilarious hour of wrong turns. From Sophie’s doomed West Village romance and Jameela’s on-set “fart coffin,” to Nava’s accidental Ambien-induced text to Ariana Grande’s manager and Penn’s near-collision at the Met Gala, this one spirals delightfully out of control.Confessions, catastrophes, and

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44:32

Ian Fidance and Nathan Macintosh

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/11/06

Comedians Ian Fidance (Bein’ Ian with Jordan podcast, Wild, Happy and Free special) and Nathan Macintosh (Tonight Show, Down with Tech special) bring two of the most chaotic Wrong Turns we’ve ever had: a near–loss of virginity on 9/11, a $600 phone sex bill, getting banned from a friend’s house for porn searches, coke-fueled job interviews, and the childhood moment that ended in a full-blown piss emergency in class.Jameela tries to referee as Ian defends the Spice Channel “squiggle” era and Nathan

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53:04

Sofie Hagen and Danny Wallace

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2025/10/30

Comedian and author Danny Wallace (Yes Man, Join Me) and writer-comedian Sofie Hagen (Will I Ever Have Sex Again?) join Jameela Jamil for a conversation about the chaos, coincidences, and canine catastrophes that make life unforgettable.From dogs with terrible timing to the unexpected moments that change everything, they share stories of embarrassment, empathy, and the strange comfort of realizing everyone’s a little bit ridiculous sometimes.Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also

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36:15

Margaret Cho and Brandi Denise

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2025/10/23

Jameela Jamil is joined by comedy icon Margaret Cho (New album Lucky Gift, All That We Love movie in theaters November) and social worker turned standup comedian, actor, and writer Brandi Denise (Vulture Top Comics 2024, LOL! Live with Brandi Denise, Hulu) for an uncomfortably funny chat about their biggest personal disasters.This isn’t a pep talk, it’s a pile-on. From terrible diets and onstage mishaps to the mortifying moments you can never unsee, the three trade stories that remind us no one’s

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41:53

Randy and Jason Sklar

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/10/16

Jameela finds out what it's like to be on the business end of the comedy duo that is Jason and Randy Sklar (Sklar Brothers, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Better Call Saul, Dumb People Town podcast). Together they discover the extent to which a hot air balloon ride can go wrong, what dirty joke your uptight neighbor would rather not hear, and why Jameela will never be allowed to have another dinner in the dark.Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and

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42:05

Erin Jackson and Josh Gondelman

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/10/09

Comedians Erin Jackson (Late Night with Seth Meyers, Grudgery special) and Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero, Positive Reinforcement special) join Jameela Jamil to swap their most undignified disasters.Erin relives the day she was booed off stage at the National Mall - on two jumbotrons, in front of her parents, and the time she literally fell off the stage at her home club’s grand reopening. Josh recalls a Thanksgiving so disastrous it ended with puking in the tub before meeting his in-laws, and a

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38:11

Annie Lederman and David Dastmalchian

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/10/02

Jameela welcomes long time friends Annie Lederman (AnniewoodPodcast, Terrifier 3) and David Dastmalchian (Murderbot, The Dark Knight, Grave Conversations). Together, they discover how many snakes is too many, what not to do in front of a chain gang, and why no one shouldever have a white couch.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

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13:27

Bonus - Russell Howard, Judi Love and Grace Campbell

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2025/09/30

We had so much fun with Russell Howard, Judi Love and Grace Campbell at the London Podcast Festival that we couldn't fit it all into the episode, so here's a bonus audience Misery Loves Company submission that we're calling "AKA That's Why Heather's Not Here", because "Tongue Punch My Fart Box" didn't seem great for the algorithm. Enjoy (but not around kids)!Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.Our consulting producer is Colin

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48:24

Russell Howard, Judi Love and Grace Campbell

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/09/25

Russell Howard (Five Brilliant Things podcast, 2026 Tour), Judi Love (Loose Women ITV, Our Table podcast) and Grace Campbell (Late to the Party podcast, Soho Theatre run) join Jameela live on stage from the London Podcast Festival.The superstar UK line-up share horrifying stores of humiliation, disaster and mistaken identity, with a common theme of the comedians' urge to double down on mistakes.Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.Our

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39:10

Johnny Pemberton and Justine Marino

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/09/18

Actor-comedian, Johnny Pemberton (Fallout, Superstore, up-coming movie Mermaid) and one of the busiest comedians in LA Justine Marino (Comedy Crush @ The Hollywood Improv, Only Fans’ LMAOF) join Jameela to talk about the risks of airport lounge tacos, farting within a relationship, a Universal Studios Tour masturbator who truly had a tramtastic day, Phish concerts, and the hazards of “bag waste”.Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.Our

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41:01

Zach Noe Towers and Jacquis Neal

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/09/11

Jameela takes a harrowing journey with Zach Noe Towers (Good Sod Pod, up-coming live dates) and Jacquis Neal (NBC's Grand Crew , Comedian Clash), which includes the thing you NEVER say to a woman, the least fun Coachella ever, and a race against time that ends with tears. So many tears.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

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45:18

Sal Vulcano and Brian Quinn

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/09/04

Impractical Jokers Sal Vulcano (TERRIFIED standup special on HBO Max, Everything’s Fine tour on-sale now) and Brian Quinn (New season of Impractical Jokers TBS) join Jameela to share stories of shameful hook-ups, firehouse disasters, even more bee attacks and a listener submission that might’ve been a Right Turn for the teenage boy who got to witness 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

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42:15

Katherine Blanford and Jamie Loftus

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2025/08/28

This episode is wildlyfunny, celebrates female friendship, and delves into the depths of human misery and despair. Fun! Jameela is joined by writers and comedians Katherine Blanford (TheTonight Show, "Catholic Cowgirl" Special) and Jamie Loftus (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Bestseller "Raw Dog"). Come for the cringe-inducing public twerking, stay for the story of getting dumped for an inanimate object.Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.Our

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45:09

Kurt Braunohler and Felipe Esparza

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil ·

2025/08/21

This episode is a master class on perseverance through utter humiliation. Jameela's guests are Kurt Braunohler (Bob's Burgers, The Big Sick, Bananas podcast) and Felipe Esparza (Netflix special "Raging Fool," What's Up Fool podcast). It turns out Kurt's German is nicht so gut, and Felipe glows in the dark in the one place you least want to glow.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

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