90: Laura Whitmore

Published: Nov. 17, 2020, 12:01 a.m.

b"Laura Whitmore is a radio broadcaster, TV presenter, writer and podcaster. Laura's first big gig was presenting for MTV, which led to her then presenting on ITV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! More recently Laura has presented her own show on Radio 5Live, as well as being the presenter for ITV's Love Island and team captain on Celebrity Juice. Laura also presents many podcasts including Cast Away, a podcast about podcasts.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWe spoke to Laura from her home in London and started by chatting about studying journalism, and her experiences in both Dublin and Boston, US. Jim and Laura discuss thinking in shorthand and what led her into presenting.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWe touch on the press and how a lot of people are really starting to switch off from the clickbait style of modern mainstream journalism, and in particular the print media and how podcasts have really helped to allow guests and presenters to express themselves and be more comfortable and candid.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nLaura gives us her advice on dealing with her own blank moments and how imposter syndrome is often something she has to deal with.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nGet BLANK Podcast merchandise here: https://www.podcastmerch.co.uk/blank\\n\\nBuy us a coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/blankpodcast\\n\\n Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theblankpodcast.\\n\\n \\n\\xa0\\nSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"