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 
Dog Talk #336 Tracie Hotchner (08-31-2013)
Dog Talk Show #336: Dr. Alice Villalobos (award-winning Official Oncologist of DOG TALK[R]), sharing end-of-life knowledge about pets and her principles and philosophies about euthanasia with human thanatologists, who are interested in aiding humans at the end of their lives; Lance Weller’s first book Wilderness is a sweeping and deeply moving epic about the Civil War, with a veteran and dog making their way afterwards; Allyson Halm from Westchester rescue Adopt-a-Dog (which participated in the Pepe Infiniti Fur-ever Home adoption event at Westchester Mall with Tracie) on true meaning of “no kill” in the shelter world and misplaced attitudes about it — and the growing for-profit trafficking in sickly dogs from the South, often bred purposely to be transported to the Northeast where unwitting adopters don’t realize they have become part of a new kind of scam. By signing up at DogTalkTheRadioShow.com you will never miss a show, the podcast link will be delivered automatically into your inbox, ready for downloading.
