Emily goes out for a stroll with radio presenter Nihal Arthanayake and meets his beautiful Staffie, Luna. Nihal talks to Emily about growing up in Essex with Sri Lankan parents, meeting his wife and knowing she was ‘the one’, handling tricky interview subjects on his BBC Radio 5 Live show and encouraging his daughter to play the drums.
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Nihal Arthanayake

Join Emily Dean and her Shih Tzu Raymond, for an extraordinary dog walk. Meet household names you’ve heard a lot about, opening up in a way you’ve never heard before. They’ll reveal what truly makes them tick and you’ll discover why the best chats always happen over a dog walk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Comedy Interviews

This week on Walking The Dog, Emily and Raymond are in Battersea Park for a walk with the comedian, actor and satirist Rosie Holt - who is well known for playing her brilliant character Rosie Holt MP. 
Rosie tells us about growing up as one of five in a family home that was described as ‘The Bermuda Triangle For Dogs’. She also explains how she lost her confidence at secondary school and the journey she went on to finding comedy after initially trying to make it as an actor. 
Why We Were Right by Rosie Holt MP is out on 20th June. Pre-order your copy here!
Rosie’s podcast NonCensored is available now on all podcast platforms
Follow Rosie on Instagram @rosieisaholt and keep up with all things Rosie at rosieholt.co.uk

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Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence Music: Rich Jarman  Artwork: Alice Ludlam Photography: Karla Gowlett  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosie Holt (Part One)

Join us in Finsbury Park with the comedian Pierre Novellie for the second part of this week’s Walking The Dog! 
Pierre and Emily discuss how they feel about no longer doing their radio show with Frank Skinner, Pierre tells the story of how he got his autism diagnosis after being heckled at a gig, and we discuss the power of an neurodivergent friendship duo.
If you haven’t heard Part One of this chat yet, you can go back and listen to that now! 
Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? is out on 18th July. Preorder your copy here!
Pierre is performing his show Why Are You Laughing? at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre on 22nd June 2024 and then touring the UK and Dublin in the autumn. Find tickets and dates here: https://www.pierrenovellie.com/ 
Pierre co-hosts BudPod with Phil Wang - which is available on all podcast platforms! 
Follow Emily:  Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean X - @divine_miss_em
Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence Music: Rich Jarman  Artwork: Alice Ludlam Photography: Karla Gowlett  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pierre Novellie (Part Two)

This week on Walking The Dog, Raymond and Emily are taking a stroll in London’s Finsbury Park with the extraordinarily talented comedian Pierre Novellie. 
It was Pierre’s first time meeting Raymond, and although he doesn’t have a dog now - he fills us in about life growing up in Johannesburg with a guard dog who wasn’t very good at her job, and what it was like to have his parents replace him with two spaniels. 
Pierre has written a brilliant book called Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things: A Comedian’s Guide To Autism - and Pierre tells us all about navigating social cues, and how he released he was different as a child. 
Part Two of this conversation will be available on Thursday! 
Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? is out on 18th July. Preorder your copy here!
Pierre is performing his show Why Are You Laughing? at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre on 22nd June 2024 and then touring the UK and Dublin in the autumn. Find tickets and dates here: https://www.pierrenovellie.com/ 
Pierre co-hosts BudPod with Phil Wang - which is available on all podcast platforms! 
You can listen to Emily and Raymond’s walk with Fern Brady from December 2022 here

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Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence Music: Rich Jarman  Artwork: Alice Ludlam Photography: Karla Gowlett  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pierre Novellie (Part One)

Join Emily and Raymond for the second part of our chat with Jon Ronson, who joins us from Greenwich Village in New York, with his dog Josie. 
Jon tells us the story of bringing his dogs to America on the Queen Mary 2, why he enjoys being alone, and the philosophy behind his no expert policy in his documentaries. 
You can hear the first part of this conversation here!
Jon Ronson’s Psychopath Night is on tour in Autumn 2024. Visit https://www.fane.co.uk/jon-ronson for dates and tickets
Things Fell Apart Season 2 is available now on BBC Sounds and all podcast platforms 
Read more about Jon’s work at http://www.jonronson.com/ 
Follow Jon on X and Instagram @jonronson
Follow Emily:  Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean X - @divine_miss_em
Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence Music: Rich Jarman  Artwork: Alice Ludlam Photography: Karla Gowlett  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon Ronson (Part Two)

This week on Walking The Dog, the brilliant journalist and author Jon Ronson joins Emily and Raymond from New York City! 
Jon has an adorable - albeit sometimes needy - elderly Spaniel Poodle cross called Josie who emigrated to the US with Jon and his family, alongside their other dog Floppy, a Tibetan Terrier, who sadly passed away a couple of years ago.
Jon tells us about an infamous portrait that hung in the bar of the hotel run by his family in Wales, why being an outsider makes a good journalist, and what happened when he emailed his teenage bullies to tell them that he was a bestselling author. 
Part Two of this chat will be available on Thursday!
Jon Ronson’s Psychopath Night is on tour in Autumn 2024. Visit https://www.fane.co.uk/jon-ronson for dates and tickets
Things Fell Apart Season Two is available now on BBC Sounds and all podcast platforms 
Read more about Jon’s work at http://www.jonronson.com/ 
Follow Jon on X and Instagram @jonronson
Follow Emily:  Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean X - @divine_miss_em
Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence Music: Rich Jarman  Artwork: Alice Ludlam Photography: Karla Gowlett  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nihal Arthanayake

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