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Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Sofie Hagen and Danny Wallace

Wrong Turns 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

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

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 realizing everyone’s a little bit ridiculous sometimes.

Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.

Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.

Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to wrong turns.

0:11.6

This is the podcast where dignity goes to die, where we celebrate our misfortunes.

0:16.9

We don't try and shove a silver lining up your ass.

0:19.5

We don't pretend there's always a happy ending.

0:22.0

Sometimes life is just fucking terrible and mortifying.

0:25.5

And I like to bring on my favorite funny people to tell me their tales of woe.

0:29.8

And this week truly are two of my genuine favorite people of all time.

0:35.6

Joining me, we have comedian comedian podcaster and author whose latest

0:38.7

book, Will I Ever Have Sex Again, is fucking extraordinary. They won newcomer of the year at Edinburgh

0:44.3

Fringe Festival and is known for their brilliant solo shows, bubble wrap and the bum swing all the way from

0:49.5

Denmark. It's motherfucking Sophie Hagen. Hello. Hello. Thanks for having me. Thanks for being here. And I am also thrilled to welcome a filmmaker, actor, comedian and bestselling author known for Yes Man. Join me. Fuck you very much. How to Start Your Own Country. He hosts the important broadcast podcast and just to make it weird. He's not only my favourite author, but he's also Sophie Hargans as well. It's motherfucking Danny Wallace. Hello. Hello. How are you? I'm good. It's so

1:16.2

nice to see you both. Sophie, didn't know that Danny was your favorite author until now.

1:23.0

He is and has been for a while. So I've always been starstruck around him, which is horrible and embarrassing.

1:29.1

I mean, of course, officially, my favorite author is like Dasovieski or something like that.

1:33.4

Of course. Of course. Secretly, of course. Yesman meant the world to me, and I read it several times over many years,

1:41.3

just because I needed to read it once a year to try and change my life.

1:45.5

Same.

1:45.9

I like to drag Danny through the story every time I see him, so he has to go like,

1:51.2

oh, wow, that's so amazing.

1:53.0

I'll do it again.

1:54.1

Yes, man.

1:54.6

Yeah, yes man is the only reason I'm on television because I read that book,

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