Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Comedian, author, and activist Grace Campbell joins Jameela this week to talk about her upcoming Edinburgh show, her complicated relationship with men, where her stunning confidence comes from, why she gave herself a "man ban," it being okay to say you want a relationship, conquering her fear of being alone, and more.   Follow Grace Campbell on Instagram @disgracecampbell and Twitter @GraceCampbell 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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian, author, and 'Bob Hearts Abishola' EP/writer/actor, Gina Yashere, joins Jameela this week to discuss a career marked by perseverance, why she never stopped believing in herself, leaving a career in engineering to become what her mother called "a clown," the glass ceiling for black comedians in the UK, almost missing a meeting with sitcom legend Chuck Lorre, opening doors for other performers like London Hughes, and more.   Check out Gina's book - Cack-Handed - wherever books are sold! Follow Gina on Instagram and Twitter @ginayashere  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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, body confidence and self-acceptance influencer Alex Light joins Jameela to discuss her personal recovery journey from an eating disorder, the realization that diets don't work, the repercussions she and Jameela share from years of dieting, why the healing process is slow but worthwhile, why it's okay to gain weight, and more.  Check out Alex Light's new book - You Are Not A Before Picture: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-are-not-a-before-picture-alex-light?variant=39994206978082 Listen to Alex's podcast - The Light Show: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-light-show/id1489884159Follow Alex on Instagram @alexlight_ldn  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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer, activist, and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project Laura Bates joins Jameela this week to discuss what has changed since she started Everyday Sexism 10 years ago, the ways that all the authorities/systems are failing women, how rape is practically decriminalized in the UK, how men's issues are important to feminism as well, the importance of sharing stories, and more.  Check out Laura Bates' most recent book - Fix The System, Not the WomenYou can follow Everyday Sexism on Twitter @everydaysexism 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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian, podcast queen, and author Erin Gibson joins Jameela to discuss how they are feeling about the current abortion crisis, the way the media's fearmongering affects everyone, what the heck conspirituality is, Erin's journey to finding peace from her depression, the importance of local politics, where to start in making a political difference, and more. Check out Erin's book Feminasty, wherever books are sold: https://www.feminasty.com/You can follow Erin on Instagram @gibblertron You can listen to Erin's podcast Attitudes wherever you get your podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitudes/id479583266 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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor, disabilities activist, and Youtube influencer Lauren "Lolo" Spencer joins Jameela this week to discuss her diagnosis of ALS at a very young age, how the people she loved came around her in difficult times, fighting for "non-medical" acting roles, why she started her Youtube channel Sitting Pretty, the monetary issues that face disabled people, the challenges of dating, what she hopes to see change in the world for disabled people, and more. Check out Lolo's Youtube channel - Sitting Pretty: https://www.youtube.com/c/SittingPrettyLoloFollow Lolo on Instagram and Twitter @itslololove 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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In response to the national conversation around Roe v. Wade, we are re-releasing a favorite episode which goes in-depth on the importance of abortion. Actor, director, writer, and newly-minted podcaster Elizabeth Banks joins Jameela this week to discuss the ways PMS can affect your mental health, why Elizabeth is fighting so hard for reproductive rights, and how Elizabeth loves to wear dresses when directing movies.  Elizabeth's podcast - MY BODY MY PODCAST is out now on Audible! 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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CEO of Make Love Not Porn, Cindy Gallop, joins Jameela to discuss loving the single life, how she discovered a gap in the porn market, why "social sex" is the answer to the porn industry's problems, the importance of sex education at every age, love as a kink, the patriarchal-fueled obstacles she faces building her company, and more.   Check out Cindy's website - Make Love Not Porn: https://makelovenotporn.tv/ 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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson joins Jameela this week to discuss her recent diagnosis of bipolar 2, embracing medication, processing the stigma around bipolar to write a stand-up special around it, her relationship with food and finding intuitive eating, wishing for more open-ness around plastic surgery, what a "clelfi" is and why it is so revolutionary, and more.   Check out Taylor's newest Netflix special - Look At YouFollow Taylor Tomlinson on Instagram @taylortomlinson  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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Documentarians Abby Epstein & Ricki Lake join Jameela this week to discuss their documentary -The Business Of Birth Control. They discuss the history of the contraceptive pill, how many of its side effects have been downplayed by Big Pharma, the dangers surrounding the birth control pill, the importance of women being able to make an informed choice, why the media refuses to talk about this documentary, and more.  **DISCLAIMER​​ - To be clear, this episode is not anti-pill. It is pro-contraceptive pills but also pro-informed consent, pro-transparency, pro-accountability, and pro-more effort to make the pill as safe as possible.  To watch The Business of Birth Control, go to https://www.thebusinessof.life/the-business-of-birth-control. 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 is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamil. Her Substack is A Low Desire To Please.You can find iWeigh transcripts on the Earwolf websiteAnd make sure to check out I Weigh’s Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.