Jameela Jamil

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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This week on Reclaiming, Monica sits down with actor, writer, and activist Jameela Jamil for a passionate conversation about pleasure, purpose, and the ways modern life has quietly taught us to live without community. Jameela reflects on her desire to build a chosen village, why friendships deserve as much investment as romantic relationships, and how capitalism and isolation have reshaped our ideas of fulfillment. She opens up about nearly dying as a teenager, rejecting the idea that life is a test to endure, and why peace, laughter, and joy are not indulgences but necessities. Together, they explore loneliness, patriarchy, burnout, and the radical idea that a meaningful life might be rooted not in productivity, but in connection, curiosity, and shared humanity See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I really enjoy the job that I have the privilege of doing, but I also have a tremendous balance.
0:11.0	And I care about nothing more than my happiness. I care about nothing more than pleasure.
0:16.0	And I feel as though there's been such a war on women's pleasure in particular.
0:20.0	It's considered this privilege, not a right.
0:22.4	You know, that's why in the chocolate adverts from when we were growing up,
0:24.7	the woman has like an orgasm from eating a bite of chocolate because she can't believe.
0:29.4	Yeah, but she can't believe.
0:30.4	She's like, oh, something nice for the day.
0:32.3	Yeah.
0:32.5	Yeah. Jamila Jamil.
0:42.3	Hello. Welcome to reclaiming.
0:45.0	Thank you for having me.
0:46.1	Yeah. It's so nice to meet you.
0:48.0	When I was thinking about, it was like, oh, we've been connected on social media, but we haven't actually met. Yeah. It was years and years ago, right? I think we would have messaged each other like pre-pandemic, maybe. Oh, I'm sure it was. Yeah, absolutely. And then you've got, we have mutual friends, but in Beanie Feldstein. Yes. And Scarlet Curtis. Yeah. Yeah. I love them.
1:11.8	Yeah, me too.
1:13.0	Me too.
1:13.7	Well, I mean, I had the, you can correct me if I'm wrong and we can always cut it.
1:18.6	I had the impression you guys were like a little group.
1:24.1	No.
1:24.5	No.
1:25.3	No.
1:25.5	No.
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