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🗓️ 3 July 2025
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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.
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to wrong turns. This is the show where Dignity Goes to Die, where we don't |
0:07.2 | try and fashion a silver lining out of every fucked up thing that happens to us. And I bring on my |
0:11.4 | favourite funny people. And they tell me their tales of woe and misery and humiliation. And |
0:17.4 | we don't try and make a fucking meal out of it. All right? This is anti-inspiration, it's pro commiseration. With me today, I have two incredibly funny people. One is a comedian, actor, and Emmy-winning writer from shows like Severance, Billy on the Street, and the late show with Stephen Colbert. It's Michael Cruz, Kane. Hello. Just to clarify your fact-checkers, I have, in fact, lost a few Emmys, but never won one. Emmy nominated. Oh, shit. But that's fine. Leave it. Today is opposite day. Thank you. Emmy Award winner, Oscar winner. Michael Chris. He started at the top of the show. If it's opposite day, then man with a full head of hair and these that work awesome. And great shoes why are you you know what the shoes was an off camera thing we've been bullying him about his shoes he's got on Brooks this is fucked up actually Brooks if you're looking are these all my camera Brooks if you want to sponsor me right? Yeah don't sponsor me I'm ready for, do not sponsor me. Leave us out of this narrative. |
1:12.4 | And we also have with us an actor, writer, and comedian who's performed on HBO Comedy Central |
1:16.4 | three times on The Tonight Show and written for The New Yorker and none other than John |
1:19.5 | motherfucking Stewart is Jay Motherfucking Jordan. Hello. |
1:22.3 | Thank you. Yeah, that was all correct about me. Fact checkers, amazing job. I do feel like I'm being bullied instantly. Good. That's why we brought you here. Thank you to be the target of whatever pent up rage you both have. I don't have any. None? I had a good day. Okay. You're in such a good mood. Thank you. I like the the rain i like being prepared for the rain a jacket |
1:46.1 | an umbrella when it's raining this is first of all this is do you love this weather going on right now |
1:51.5 | in new york no i live in this in england so this is just another you come here for a little treat yeah |
1:55.8 | i came here for some sunshine and so you know i wanted to walk with a slice down the street in New York |
2:01.8 | and I can't because I'm sodden so I'm actually very disappointed you you are so |
2:07.7 | gorgeous that you walking down the street with a slice of piece people would go |
2:12.2 | what is this is this a shoot yeah this a shoot yeah is this the commercial for |
2:17.1 | pizza in general yeah what I would would be like, okay, put it down, get a new one. I think when I walk down the street with a slice of pizza, people are like, that poor man. They go, that's his only meal the day. And they go, who gave that man that pizza? What good Samaritan gave that man that pizza? I think I started bullying myself. Yeah. |
2:34.3 | And now you guys piled on again. |
2:35.4 | But you also, I think you also, you radiate. |
2:37.4 | Like, I feel like you have a, you got a, you have an energy. I don't know you well enough. Sabacious glance. Because I've never seen you in a, my glow. It's sweat. I've just never seen you in a bad mood. I've been in a bad mood. |
2:47.9 | How are you both doing today? |
2:50.6 | Very well. |
2:51.5 | I'm happy I'm here. |
2:52.5 | I was excited I got to see you. |
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