Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Comedians Leah Rudick ( High Maintenance , Spiraling special on Apple, live tickets ) and Alyssa Limperis ( What We Do in the Shadows , Short of the Week film, No Bad Days special on Peacock) join Jameela for a conversation that begins with a “30 Day Rule” for food found on the floor and somehow escalates into concussions, sex education failures, and deeply inappropriate generosity from future in-...

Comedian and writer Jessi Klein (Big Mouth, Inside Amy Schumer, I’ll Show Myself Out ) and comedian Trae Crowder ( The Liberal Redneck Manifesto , Trash Daddy ) join Jameela Jamil to unpack a lifetime of exquisitely timed social misfires, celebrity encounters gone wrong, and the unique horror of realizing you may have accidentally discouraged a bunch of people who later became extremely famous. Je...

Comedians Steph Tolev (Hacks, Filth Queen on Netflix) and Frankie Quiñones ( This Fool on Hulu, What We Do in the Shadows ) join Jameela Jamil for a tour through humiliation, betrayal, and stories that should never be told in public but absolutely must be. Steph recounts a series of escalating disasters, including waking up extremely drunk in a basement during a hookup gone wrong, a teenage escape...

Comedians Jessimae Peluso (Girl Code, Sharp Tongue, Dying Laughing podcast) and Justin Martindale ( Just Sayin’ podcast, Gay Bash ) join Jameela Jamil for a Wrong Turns episode that escalates from bad dates into full survival mode. Jessimae shares how mistaking a walking red flag for romance led to “dating the DSM-5,” escalating behavior, and ultimately pursuing a restraining order when things tur...

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...

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, dis...

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 sto...

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 y...

Comedy powerhouses, Aparna Nancherla ( BoJack Horseman , Corporate , Mythic Quest ) and Eliza Skinner ( The Late Late Show with James Corden , Drop the Mic , and Earth to Ned ), join Jameela for a perfect storm of humiliation, soft chaos, and stories that instantly make you feel better about your own life choices. Aparna kicks things off with a micro humiliation involving an aggressively friendly...

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...

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...

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 pi...

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 rea...

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...

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 th...

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....

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 a...

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...

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 mista...

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 wa...

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...

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 Plea...

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 i...

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...

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...