{"podcast":{"title":"Great Company with Jamie Laing","slug":"great-company-with-jamie-laing-6839737","podcast_index_feed_id":6839737,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65d737dfdc02e00016c413b2","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/great-company","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65d737dfdc02e00016c413b2/1711487298871-b756059f93a7cbbeb13d72822c0f05a9.jpeg","author":"Jampot","episode_count":161,"summary":"I’m Jamie Laing and this is Great Company – a weekly podcast full of inspiring conversations about resilience, joy and self-improvement. Each week I sit down with fascinating guests from entertainment, business and psychology to share the stories that help us learn, grow and feel more connected. New episodes every Wednesday. A JamPot Productions Original Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T10:19:30.848408+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-company-with-jamie-laing-6839737"},"episode":{"title":"NAOMI ACKIE: Playing Whitney Houston Changed Everything - I’m a Different Person Now","slug":"naomi-ackie-playing-whitney-houston-changed-everything-i-m-a-different-person-now","published_at":"2026-04-07T23:03:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-company-with-jamie-laing-6839737/naomi-ackie-playing-whitney-houston-changed-everything-i-m-a-different-person-now","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-company-with-jamie-laing-6839737","url":"https://shows.acast.com/great-company/episodes/naomi-ackie-playing-whitney-houston-changed-everything-im-a","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65d737dfdc02e00016c413b2/e/69d5389e48404f7b5a49e781/media.mp3","summary":"Naomi Ackie is an award-winning actor known for her roles in The End of The F***ing World, Blink Twice and playing Whitney Houston in the 2023 biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody. I love speaking to hugely talented actors like Naomi. I’m always so curious to know what they’re like away from the characters they play. Naomi is a perfectionist who has been incredibly hard on herself throughout her career. In our conversation, she shares how her biggest role nearly broke her, what she’s learnt from it and why she won’t let it happen again. In this episode, Naomi shares: - The advice her Mum gave her when she first said she wanted to be an actor - The anxiety & panic attacks that came with playing Whitney Houston - How losing her Mum at 22 years old changed her - What it’s like working alongside Zoe Kravitz, Florence Pugh & Robert Pattison - What happened when Channing Tatum gave her sister a lap dance This conversation is a reminder that we should all stop judging ourselves so harshly and start celebrating our successes. Naomi Ackie is Great Company. If you enjoyed the show, you can also follow us:  Instagram- @greatcompanypodcast TikTok - @greatcompanypodcast  Jamie - @jamielaing And if you've got thoughts, questions and comments, you can email us at: greatcompany@jampotproductions.co.uk  THE CREDITS Executive Producer: Ewan Newbigging-Lister Producer: Helen Burke Assistant Producer: Issy Weeks-Hankins Video: Josh Bennett Social Media: Laura Coughlan Audio: Rafi Amsili Geovannetti   Great Company is an original podcast from JamPot  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Naomi Ackie is an award-winning actor known for her roles in The End of The F***ing World, Blink Twice and playing Whitney Houston in the 2023 biopic I Wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4499,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/great-company-with-jamie-laing-6839737/episodes/naomi-ackie-playing-whitney-houston-changed-everything-i-m-a-different-person-now/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-company-with-jamie-laing-6839737/naomi-ackie-playing-whitney-houston-changed-everything-i-m-a-different-person-now.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}