156 episodes

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.
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Walking The Dog with Emily Dean Goalhanger

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.9 • 16 Ratings

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.
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    Kate Thornton (Part Two)

    Kate Thornton (Part Two)

    We are back on Clapham Common for the second part of our walk with the wonderful Kate Thornton. 
    Kate tells us all about how her career shifted from print journalism on TV, how she feels about her time as the first host of The X Factor, and the value she places on her female friendships. 
    If you haven’t heard part one of our chat yet - you can listen to it here. 
    White Wine Question Time with Kate Thornton is a Stak production, available wherever you get your podcasts.
    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 

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    • 31 min
    Kate Thornton (Part One)

    Kate Thornton (Part One)

    Today Emily and Raymond are on Clapham Common with the legendary broadcaster Kate Thornton!
    Kate doesn’t have a dog, but she says she melts in the presence of canine beauty - and Ray absolutely adored her (I mean, who wouldn’t?!) 
    .
    During our walk, Kate chats about summers in the Cotswolds spent in the back of her Dad’s dry cleaning van, her journey to overcoming bullying and she built an extraordinary portfolio career for herself.
    The second part of our walk with be available on Thursday!
    White Wine Question Time with Kate Thornton is a Stak production, available wherever you get your podcasts.
    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 

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    • 39 min
    Rhys James (Part Two)

    Rhys James (Part Two)

    We’re back in Victoria Park with Rhys “Rhysie Baby” James! 
    In this part of the conversation, Emily delves into Rhys' personal life, Rhys tells us how he came to have a cat named by Bob Mortimer and all about writing his new podcast, the brilliant Dial F For Football.
    You can listen to the first part of our chat with Rhys here!
    Listen to Dial F For Football wherever you get your podcasts! 
    Keep up with all things Rhys at https://rhysjames.co.uk/ 
    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 

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    • 29 min
    Rhys James (Part One)

    Rhys James (Part One)

    Join Emily and Ray in London’s Victoria Park for a walk with the brilliant comedian Rhys James. Rhys is actually more of a cat man, but Raymond absolutely adored him nonetheless! 
    Rhys tells us about growing up in Harpenden, what it meant to be a small boy at school, how he feels about being liked and the limited circumstances under which he will accept compliments. 
    Rhys has written a brand new podcast - Dial F For Football: a comedy series that goes behind the scenes of the most popular fictional sport radio station in the country - Totalsport FM. It stars Lolly Adefope, Fergus Craig, Jessica Fostekew & Helen Cripps. You can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts! 
    The second part of our chat is available here!
    Keep up with all things Rhys at https://rhysjames.co.uk/ 
    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 

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    • 37 min
    Katherine Ryan (Part Two)

    Katherine Ryan (Part Two)

    We're back with Katherine Ryan, along with her dogs Meg, Manny and Cardi B - this time we're safely out of the mud in her back garden.
    Katherine tells us about what it was like to film her own reality show, attachment parenting and the benefits of coyote vests.
    You can listen to the first part of our walk here!
    Katherine will be on tour with Battleaxe in 2024 and 2025. You can find tickets here!
    You can listen to Katherine's podcast Telling Everybody Everything wherever you get your podcasts. 
    Katherine's reality show Parental Guidance is available here on UKTV Play
    Listen to Emily and Ray's first walk with Katherine from May 2017 here
    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 

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    • 34 min
    Katherine Ryan (Part One)

    Katherine Ryan (Part One)

    This week on Walking The Dog, it's the one-and-only Katherine Ryan! We met Katherine in a location in Hertfordshire that was far too muddy for someone as glamorous as she... although Katherine dealt with it VERY well.... much better than Raymond. Katherine caught us up with her three dogs: Manny, Meg and new addition Cardi B - and they are all absolutely adorable!
    After encountering a few hurdles with the locals and the mud, Katherine tells us all about the games she played with her sisters growing up, what it was like to be interviewed by Louis Theroux and whether she really does tell everybody everything.
    The second part of our chat is available here!
    Katherine will be on tour with Battleaxe in 2024 and 2025. You can find tickets here!
    You can listen to Katherine's podcast Telling Everybody Everything wherever you get your podcasts. 
    Katherine's reality show Parental Guidance is available here on UKTV Play
    Listen to Emily and Ray's first walk with Katherine from May 2017 here
    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 

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    • 40 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
16 Ratings

16 Ratings

#PartyInDaHouse ,

Love it - all the way from Germany

I used to live in Scotland with my Scottish husband, but we’ve moved to Germany a few years ago. I listened to the Frank Skinner show and still do via podcast, that’s how I came across Emily and her very own podcast, which I absolutely love.
I like the idea of just having a chat with someone while walking a dog, talking about life with all it ups and downs.
Keep the good work up!

Morepowerigor ,

Great way to know them ...

A gentle but often insightful hour or so in the company of various folk in the public eye. Get to know various celebs a little better and help turn them back into people, glimpsing behind the dreadful short attention span of social media.
#longformislovely

Nikolean747 ,

Great interviews

Emily clearly knows her interviewees quite well and consequently they disclose more information about themselves than in normal interviews.

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