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 #406 (01-31-2015)
Dog Talk (01-31-2015) #406: Director John Harden talks about his highly original film “La Vie D’Un Chien” which will be shown at the Dog Film Festival and imagines a potion that allows people to become dogs and fall in love; Lucky Dog is the memoir of Dr. Sarah Boston, a surgeon who specializes in oncology and whose expertise and equipment helped her find her own thyroid cancer with little help from human doctors; Georgia Cameron (the daughter of author Bruce Cameron) was a firefighter before she decided to devote her life to the Life is Better rescue in Denver, Colorado.
