Nihal Arthanayake
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
Goalhanger
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is sponsored by Pet Plan who are the UK's number one pet insurer. |
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| 0:23.0 | Oh, hello. Someone's called me for my agents. |
| 0:26.0 | No, no, no, it's my agents. |
| 0:28.0 | It's my agents. |
| 0:29.0 | If it was something like, I mean, usually Obama calls at this time, calls at this time but I don't usually pick up. |
| 0:34.8 | I don't usually pick up. He's bored now. So bored. Just rings up random people. |
| 0:44.0 | This week on Walking the Dog. I went up to Manchester to go for a stroll with radio presenter and human wonder |
| 0:49.0 | Nahal Arthanayaka and his beautiful Stappy Luna. |
| 0:53.7 | I'm a really big fan of Naha' afternoon show on BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:58.2 | He's one of those presenters who's comfortable talking to anyone about any subject, and he's also got a genuine curiosity about |
| 1:05.6 | the world which I got to see in person when he started sparking up conversations |
| 1:10.0 | with every dog walker we passed. Often brilliant interviewers are actually a bit less keen on opening up themselves, |
| 1:17.0 | but Naha'i was really honest about all areas of his life with me, |
| 1:20.0 | what drove him to succeed, what it felt like when he lost his dad, how he knew |
| 1:25.4 | his wife was a keeper. |
| 1:26.8 | She really is, by the way, I met her. |
| 1:29.1 | I love my day with Naha'anlon Luna and I really hope you enjoy it too. He's even made me feel slightly less |
| 1:35.6 | prejudiced towards Furs fans. Well, a little bit. Do rate, review and subscribe if you like |
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