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 #373 (5/24/2014)
Dog Talk (5/24/2014) #373: Ann Garvin talks about her highly original novel THE DOG YEAR, in which the heroine’s kleptomania is a symptom of her falling-apart life, and her rescued dog and dog park lead to re-balancing; Brandon Walter & Kasi Brown are the co-writers, directors and actors in GONE DOGGY GONE, a funny dog-napping film that has already won them many independent film festival awards; Erica Etchason will be teaching tricks at Camp Unleashed, which she explains are basically a way to shape an ordinary or amazing behavior into a cool trick.
