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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
    • 4.8 • 146 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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    Ashley James (Part Two)

    Ashley James (Part Two)

    Join us back in St James’ Park with broadcaster Ashley James - as she tells us all about going on Celebrity Big Brother and striking up an unanticipated friendship with Ann Widdecombe. Ashley explains why she doesn’t want to get married and we have a potential royal drive-by… as well as bumping into actual broadcast royalty!
    If you haven’t heard part one of this chat yet, you can listen to it here
    Follow Ashley on instagram @ashleylouisejames 
    Listen to Emily and Ray’s walk with Emma Barnett from September 2019 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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    • 37 min
    Ashley James (Part One)

    Ashley James (Part One)

    Ashley James is our guest on Walking The Dog this week! Emily, Ashley and Ray met in London’s Green Park for a stroll past Buckingham Palace - where we were accompanied by the changing of the guard! 
    Ashley has a poodle called Snoop, who currently lives with her parents in the Lake District - after Ashley’s dad absolutely fell in love with him... she can't bring herself to ask for him back!
    As well as being mum to two young children, Ashley is a broadcaster and influencer who appears regularly on This Morning, and she uses her platform to be a voice for women and mothers online.
    We chat about how Ashley struggled with her identity after getting a scholarship to a boarding school, feeling insecure about her accent and what it was like to be on Made in Chelsea whilst struggling financially. 
    Part Two of our chat will be available on Thursday! 
    Follow Ashley on instagram @ashleylouisejames 
    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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    • 44 min
    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?!) 
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    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

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
146 Ratings

146 Ratings

AFC Hedgehog ,

Five stars

So thrilled this podcast is back .. thank you Goalhanger. As an ex-pat Londoner who has never had a dog but soon to get a service animal due to visual disability this podcast is great for figuring out like with a dog … and it also makes me cough a lung out laughing

Just read the book ,

God is this woman twee and sad

She defeats even the great talkers

Marey two ,

I love this podcast

Wonderful conversation, wonderful insight with the added benefit of a tiny bit of dog talk. The presenter is so tuned in - allows guests to talk or not talk however it works. Loved her interaction with Anthony Horowitz- I thought he was going to be a bit rude at first but she drew him out and we learned about his anxiety, even about cleaning the house in preparation for her visit. I love it. It puts me in a great mood and transports me outside for a walk with a dog (I don’t actually have a dog, but may some day and now, I am prepared). Great work! Thank you!

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