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 #369 (4/26/2014)
Dog Talk (4/26/2014) #369: Dr. Con Slobodchikoff — world renowned for discovering that prairie dogs actually have a language — talks about this and the human reluctance to admit we are not the only ones with true language in his book CHASING DOCTOR DOOLITTLE (and here’s a link to his delightful e-book memoir, Autobiography of a Poodle; Annie Brody is the creator and director of Camp Unleashed in the Berkshires where Tracie is taking her new dog Maisie on May 29th to try agility, dock diving, K-9 Nosework, and star gazing; Michael Kaufman is the director of the Green Chimneys farm school and discusses a life spent enhancing the human-animal bond.
