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 
Mushing with Six-Dog Team on Dry Land
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (07-29-2017) #535: Liz Stainitis talks about being a mushing enthusiast who started with one Siberian Husky and at one point had a six-dog team, competing in NJ and on dry land, too; Deborah Knaan is the Executive Director of BARC Education, the first-of-its-kind online animal cruelty prevention and education course for people who have been charged with or convicted of animal cruelty; Liz Zeek Hueg started O.C. Shelter Partners as an intervention program for people coming to the shelter to give up their dogs to help a different solution.
