Flo and Joan (Part One)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
Goalhanger
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week Emily and Ray take a stroll with musical comedy duo Flo and Joan, aka sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey.
They chat about growing up in Portsmouth in a vicarage, what it’s really like performing together as sisters (including a little sibling disagreement), and the viral video they made back in 2016 that helped launch their comedy career, leading to appearances on Live at the Apollo and the Royal Variety Performance.
Flo and Joan also talk about their critically acclaimed live shows, and the good news is they’re heading back out on tour later this year with Flo and Joan with Feeling, kicking off in September. Tickets and dates are available at https://floandjoan.com.
It’s a warm, funny and family-feeling walk with two brilliantly talented performers who instantly won over Ray, leaving Emily feeling slightly surplus to requirements (at least until it was time to pick up the poo).
Follow Emily:
Walking The Dog is produced by Will Nichols
Music: Rich Jarman
Artwork: Alice Ludlam
Photography: Karla Gowlett
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Our stepdad was a priest which made it even worse. |
| 0:03.0 | So our slight attempts at sabotage were putting |
| 0:08.0 | pictures of Satan on his desktop before people came into his meetings. |
| 0:12.0 | Yeah, the devil's going to get you on like the screen saver and stuff. |
| 0:15.0 | Homersitting with his bum hanging out. |
| 0:17.0 | This week on Walking the Dog, Ray and I went for a stroll with musical comedy duo Flo and Joan, |
| 0:24.3 | otherwise known as sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. |
| 0:28.4 | So full disclosure, I turned up a couple of minutes late, which is very bad form for a host. |
| 0:33.9 | But luckily, the girls fell so instantly head over heels in love with Ray, |
| 0:39.5 | I don't think they even realised. And Ray fell in love with them right back. Frankly, I was |
| 0:45.2 | surplus to requirements. However, we did end up having the loveliest walk chatting about |
| 0:51.1 | their childhood in Portsmouth, where they grew up in a vicarage, |
| 0:55.1 | how they navigate performing together as sisters. |
| 0:58.3 | At one point, by the way, they had a minor sisterly disagreement during the podcast, |
| 1:03.2 | which I absolutely loved. |
| 1:05.1 | And we also talked about the viral video they made back in 2016, |
| 1:09.5 | which really helped kickstart their comedy career |
| 1:12.2 | and has led to them appearing on shows like Live at the Apollo and the Royal Variety Performance. |
| 1:18.1 | They're also known for their critically acclaimed live shows. And the good news is, |
| 1:23.1 | they're set to go on tour at the end of this year with Flo and Joan with Feeling, which kicks off in |
| 1:28.3 | September, so do make sure to book your tickets now at Flow and Joan.com. Ray and I loved our |
| 1:35.1 | walk with Nicola and Rosie, partly because they're hilarious company, but also because they made |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Goalhanger, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Goalhanger and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

