DOG TALK® (and Kitties, Too!) originated on the only NPR station on Long Island, WLIW-88.3, where it has been on the air for 13 years and numerous consecutive shows. This Gracie® Award-winning show (for “Best entertainment and information program on local public radio”), is produced and hosted by pet wellness advocate Tracie Hotchner. Each show features Tracie’s interviews with authors and pet experts from around the world, discussing far-ranging topics involving practical and philosophical issues regarding our relationships with dogs and cats.
The show broadcasts from the East End and reaches all across Long Island, into Southern Connecticut and Westchester.
The show's theme song is "Mmm My Best Friend" by Sophie B. Hawkins from her album 
A Test for the Deadly Dog Flu
Dog Talk (05-16-2015) #421: Dr Alexis Seguin, a veterinary internist developing diagnostic tests for IDEXX, announces that her company has already created a test to diagnose whether a dog has the new deadly form of canine flu that swept through Chicago only weeks ago; Erin Moore’s new book That’s Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us delightfully explores the differences between some British and American words, as well as differences in how the two cultures care for their cats; Tracie tells the tale of her own attempt to buy a puppy from a breeder doing all the things she wrote about in The Dog Bible — yet how it backfired on her.
