James O'Brien (Part One)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
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🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Joining Emily and Raymond on Walking The Dog this week is award-winning radio presenter and bestselling author James O’Brien - with his gorgeous cavapoo Polly!
James had an unfortunate incident with a Bassett Hound when he was younger - and he spent many of the following years as a strong objector to all things dog-mucus-related. However, since Polly has come into his life, he’s come round to the dog side.
We discuss talking openly about adoption, the impact of his private education and his subsequent teenage rebellions. James also tells us about his extraordinary entry into journalism - which involved John Major and a suit.... and also a very memorable encounter with Sean Connery!
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You can listen to James’ podcast Full Disclosure on all podcast platforms, and you can hear him on LBC every weekday from 10am!
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| 0:00.0 | You don't want someone to see you letting your dog go a poo and not clean it up and then go on Twitter to say I saw that James O'Brien earlier and he let his dog crack all over the towpath and pretended he hadn't noticed. |
| 0:11.0 | This week on Walking the Dog, Raymond and I went for a |
| 0:14.4 | West London stroll with award-winning radio presenter and author James O'Brien and |
| 0:18.8 | his beautiful dog Polly. James is of course the host of a hugely popular daily current affairs show on LBC, |
| 0:26.0 | and he's also written a series of best-selling books |
| 0:29.0 | like How to be Right in a World Gone Wrong |
| 0:31.0 | and most recently how they broke Britain and somehow he also |
| 0:35.4 | finds the time to do brilliantly in-depth and revealing interviews on his |
| 0:39.1 | podcast full disclosure. So I've got a full disclosure of my own. I've been a huge fan of James in his show for some years |
| 0:46.2 | So I was genuinely a bit nervous about meeting him. This was my version of a meet and greet with Taylor Swift |
| 0:52.4 | But I'm delighted to say James This was everything I hope for and more. We had such a lovely chat about his childhood. He told me about the really unusual break he had into journalism involving John Major and a suit, |
| 1:06.0 | and he also talked really honestly about the huge benefits he'd gained from having therapy. |
| 1:11.0 | James, by the way, lives in the most idyllic pocket of London ever and seems |
| 1:16.2 | to totally adore his dog Polly. So Ray and I have basically decided to move in with the O'Brien |
| 1:21.1 | family. If someone could let them know, that'd be great. Do read |
| 1:24.9 | James's brilliant book, How They Broke Britain if you haven't already, as it's honestly unput downable. You can also hear |
| 1:31.1 | him on LBC weekday mornings and on his fabulous |
| 1:34.4 | podcast full disclosure. I'll stop talking now and hand over to the man himself. |
| 1:39.3 | Here's James and Polly and Ray Ray. |
| 1:42.8 | So James, what do you think of Raymond so far? |
| 1:46.5 | He's very beautiful, isn't he? |
| 1:47.8 | Can he see anything? |
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