Leslie Liao and Skyler Higley

I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

Society & Culture, Jameela Jamil, Storytelling, Disasters, Personal Journals, Comedians, Comedy Interviews, Conversation, Stand-up, Comedy, Funny, True Stories, Shame, Embarassing

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Wrong Turns, where Dignity Goes to Die.
0:08.0	We are a podcast that celebrates mishaps that involve no great wisdom, no morals, no redemption.
0:16.0	We're anti the inspiration movement pro commiseration.
0:27.5	And that's why I bring some of my favorite funny people to tell me their worst and unredeemable moments.
0:33.2	And joining me today, we have a woman who went from working at Netflix and human resources to performing on Netflix as a comedian.
0:36.5	She also has performed on The Tonight Show and is currently on tour around the country.
0:37.5	It's Leslie Lau. How are you?
0:38.6	I'm good.
0:39.1	I'm nervous.
0:40.1	Why?
0:41.3	Because this is just going to be a very triggering conversation for all three of us.
0:45.3	And the entire audience.
0:46.8	That's the goal.
0:47.8	That's the goal.
0:48.3	We're anti the insta therapy culture.
0:50.5	Yes.
0:50.8	We think you're really only alive when you're triggered, you know, and feeling terrible.
0:55.8	Yeah. I can hear for the therapeutic aspect. Oh, I'm so sorry.
0:59.1	I don't do therapy and this is the only time I'm going to talk about these things.
1:01.7	We're an anti-therapy group. You know what? This is, this is perfect. You're more Gen Z in
1:07.1	your mentality of like, protect me at all costs and you're millennial of throw me in.
1:11.8	Yeah, let's go.
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