Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil
Arts & Culture Podcasts
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.
Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts.
Wrong Turns takes over from I Weigh and Bad Dates as Jameela’s home in podcasting. You can still find the entire archive of I Weigh right here in the Wrong Turns feed.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
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. Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts. Wrong Turns takes over from I Weigh and Bad Dates as Jameela’s home in podcasting. You can still find the entire archive of I Weigh right here in the Wrong Turns feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Language:
English
Episodes
Ian Fidance and Nathan Macintosh
11/6/2025
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 relives the four-second first time, the broken bed frame, and the dog watching from the corner. There’s also soaking, psychics, frozen Haagen-Dazs theft, and a surprisingly heartfelt debate on whether shame makes you funnier or just stranger.
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.
Duration:00:44:32
Sofie Hagen and Danny Wallace
10/30/2025
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 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.
Duration:00:53:04
Margaret Cho and Brandi Denise
10/23/2025
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 got it together (least of all them).
Together, they and Jameela trade stories about growth, boundaries, and choosing laughter over shame.
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.
Duration:00:36:15
Randy and Jason Sklar
10/16/2025
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 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.
Duration:00:41:53
Erin Jackson and Josh Gondelman
10/9/2025
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 college romance derailed by an overly enthusiastic Bon Jovi-themed care package.
Jameela shares her own humiliations - including breaking her nose on live TV - as the trio find catharsis in failure, fart jokes, and the fine art of refusing to let go of a grudge.
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.
Duration:00:42:05
Annie Lederman and David Dastmalchian
10/2/2025
Jameela welcomes long time friends Annie Lederman (Anniewood Podcast, 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 should ever 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 Bailey.
Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:38:11
Bonus - Russell Howard, Judi Love and Grace Campbell
9/30/2025
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 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.
Duration:00:13:27
Russell Howard, Judi Love and Grace Campbell
9/25/2025
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 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.
Duration:00:48:24
Johnny Pemberton and Justine Marino
9/18/2025
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 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.
Duration:00:39:10
Zach Noe Towers and Jacquis Neal
9/11/2025
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 Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:41:01
Sal Vulcano and Brian Quinn
9/4/2025
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 Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:45:18
Katherine Blanford and Jamie Loftus
8/28/2025
This episode is wildly funny, celebrates female friendship, and delves into the depths of human misery and despair. Fun! Jameela is joined by writers and comedians Katherine Blanford (The Tonight 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 consulting producer is Colin Anderson.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:42:15
Kurt Braunohler and Felipe Esparza
8/21/2025
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 was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:45:09
Katherine Ryan and Alan Carr
8/14/2025
International comedy legends Katherine Ryan (What’s My Age Again podcast, The Audacity: Why Being Too Much Is Exactly Enough book) and Alan Carr (Interior Design Masters Netflix, Life’s A Beach podcast) join Jameela for a podcast episode full of mortification - professional, romantic, drunken, and always hilarious.
Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Our editor is Shannon Joy Rodgers, our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
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Duration:00:43:40
Adam Pally and Malik Elassal
8/7/2025
This episode brings us all to the edge of the cringe abyss and keeps us there. Jameela is joined by Adam Pally (Happy Endings, Staying Alive podcast) and Malik Elassal (Adults FX, Resident Alien), who confess to shameful childhood tweets and the car sex story that will scare you off the road forever.
Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
Our editor is Shannon Joy Rodgers, our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
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Duration:00:34:41
Simon Pegg and Richard Herring
7/31/2025
Jameela’s back in London to hang out with comedy legends Simon Pegg (Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Star Trek, Shaun of the Dead) and Richard Herring (Task Master, Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, Edinburgh Fringe).
Everyone shares tales of public nudity, we get into the risks of 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 editor is Shannon Joy Rodgers, our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
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Duration:00:46:27
Atsuko Okatsuka and Matt Walsh
7/24/2025
Jameela welcomes the very funny Atsuko Okatsuka (Hulu special “Father”, HBO "The Intruder") and Matt Walsh (Veep, The Hangover). 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 editor is Shannon Joy Rodgers, our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.
Please support our show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us.
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Duration:00:40:31
Moshe Kasher and Mike E. Winfield
7/17/2025
Danger lurks everywhere in this harrowing episode, Jameela included. She welcomes comedians Moshe Kasher (Netflix, Endless Honeymoon podcast) and Mike E. Winfield (Netflix, Amazon, AGT). Moshe shares his brief and wildly unsuccessful fighting career, and Mike will be lucky if he is ever invited back on a cruise.
Please support the show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us. Share your own Wrong Turns with us by emailing a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com.
Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Thank you to our launch producer Eve Bishop, our editor Shannon Joy Rodgers, and consulting producer Colin Anderson.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:50:06
Leslie Liao and Skyler Higley
7/10/2025
Kendrick Kumar. This is the episode that made Jameela feel more at home around fellow sociopaths. She welcomes comedians Leslie Liao (Netflix, Tonight Show) and Skyler Higley (Conan, the Oscars). Leslie proves the extent to which she will flip on her friends, and Skyler reveals how ill-equipped he is to handle a kiss.
Please support the show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us. Share your own Wrong Turns with us by emailing a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com.
Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Thank you to our launch producer Eve Bishop, our editor Shannon Joy Rodgers, and consulting producer Colin Anderson.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:48:16
Jay Jurden and Michael Cruz Kayne
7/3/2025
Jameela welcomes writers and comedians Jay Jurden (HBO, the Tonight Show, The New Yorker) and Michael Cruz Kayne (Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert, Severance). Jay's sexual adventures in high school will make you feel Puritan by comparison, and Michael lets us know how much cheese is too much cheese.
Please support the show by subscribing, reviewing and telling your friends about us. Share your own Wrong Turns with us by emailing a voice memo to PersonalDisasterStories@gmail.com.
Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please.
Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey. Thank you to our launch producer Eve Bishop, our editor Shannon Joy Rodgers, and consulting producer Colin Anderson.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Duration:00:44:17