DOG TALK® (and Kitties, Too!) features Tracie’s interviews with authors and pet experts from around the world, discussing far-ranging topics involving dogs and cats, many with dog health information, dog and puppy training advice, and help in living harmoniously with your cat.
This Gracie® Award-winning show, produced and hosted by pet wellness advocate Tracie Hotchner, has been broadcasting for 13 years with more than 620 consecutive shows from its originating NPR station Peconic Public Broadcasting – WPPB 88.3 FM – in the Hamptons, where it is heard from the East End all across Long Island, into Southern Connecticut and Westchester. It is also carried on the local public radio stations:
WHDD Robinhood Radio 91.9 FM, Sharon, Connecticut
WCSQ-LP Radio Cobleskill 105.9 FM Cobleskill, New York
Global Community Radio
WRAQ 92.7 FM Angelica, New York
KIEZ 106.7 FM Monroe, Louisiana
KFZR 93.3 FM Frazier Park, California
KLQS 96.7 FM Agua Dulce, California
KAKU 88,5 FM Kahilui/Maui, Hawaii
Hosted by Tracie Hotchner
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (06-22-2019) #628: Featuring Katie Perez, Ann Hill, and Megan Arant. Katie Perez talks about the Guide Dog Teen camp they offer for visually-impaired young people at Southeastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto Florida; Ann Hill, the founder and Executive Director of Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati talks about this low-cost […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (06-15-2019) #627: Featuring Linda Case, Brian Duggan, and Sharon Peters. Linda Case explains why the issue of “Dogs & Carbs” is complicated, and invites people to participate in her webinars; Brian Duggan discusses his new historical book GENERAL CUSTER, LIBBIE CUSTER AND THEIR DOGS: A PASSION FOR HOUNDS, FROM THE […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (06-08-2019) #626: Featuring Linda Rosenthal, Marc Bekoff, and Rich Kelleman. NY State Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (Democrat, Manhattan) discusses how the New York Assembly and Senate overwhelmingly passed the anti-declaw bills, A1303 (L Rosenthal) and S5532 (Gianaris) which, when signed by Governor Cuomo, will become law effective immediately; Marc Bekoff discusses […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (06-01-2019) #625: Featuring Pam Houston, Nancy McKenney, and a listener’s cat question answered. Author Pam Houston reads from her short story collection WALTZING THE CAT, and talks about the sold out Truth I’d Dare performance in which she participated in Portland, Oregon; Nancy McKenney, Director of the Marin Humane Society, […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (05-25-2019) #624: Featuring Rapper “Slick” Naim, Jacky Colliss Harvey, and Guillermo “Memo” Roa. Rapper “Slick” Naim, the creator/writer/director/producer of the new Netflix show “It’s Bruno” talks about setting the show in his native Brooklyn with all its diverse and wacky characters, and how efforts at inclusion in the film industry […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (05-18-2019) #623: Featuring Linda Case, Tabitha Bell, and Kelsea Brown. Linda Case, the author of DOG SMART: EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING WITH THE SCIENCE DOG, dismisses “unkind” training myths and methodologies like forcing dogs to use a crates, or bad advice like not to comfort an anxious dog; Stanford student Tabitha Bell […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (05-11-2019) #622: Featuring Dave Barry, Carol Novello, and Allie Andrukonis. The wonderfully funny Dave Barry reads from his new book “Lessons from Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog;” Carol Novello, who created the “Mutual Rescue” film series, talks about her book “Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (05-04-2019) #621: Featuring Dr. Katy Nelson, Allie Larkin, and Cathy Bissell. Dr. Katy Nelson talks about the “obesity challenge for dogs” she’s been conducting to help people slim down their chubby pooches; author Allie Larkin reads from her book about a rescued dog helping to rescue his human in SWIMMING […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (04-27-2019) #620: Featuring Tracie & Rachel Geller, Monique Udell, and Mitch from Paw House Inn. Tracie answers cat questions from listeners (for which they receive a coupon for a free Comfort Zone pheromone diffuser) with Rachel Geller, who has a new book SAVING THE WORLD, ONE CAT AT A TIME; […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (04-20-2019) #619: Featuring Christina Ha, Dr Fred Metzger, and Meredith Walsh. Christina Ha of NYC’s Meow Parlour talks about being the inaugural location of Dr. Elsey’s 3-week adoption event called The Power of Purrsuasion, where Dr Elsey’s underwrites daily visits to the Meow Parlour, adoption fees during the campaign, and […]
