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 #347 Tracie Hotchner (11-16-2013)
Dog Talk #347: Arnie Arluke talks about his book The Photographed Cat: Picturing Human-feline Ties 1890-1940 (Syracuse Univ Press) and what it tells us about cats in our society; Kerry Heuter, the veterinary internist at the Animal Specialty Center in Yonkers, New York describes his “typical” 18-hour day, going from the Chinese Crested dog with something lodged in his esophagus to the “constipated” cat who actually had a tumor in his lungs; Mary Straus’s little terrier had a life-threatening encounter with an Attack Raccoon right outside her own door in Northern California — she wrote about it in The Whole Dog Journal and shares the story and happy ending.
