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 
Young Readers Edition of Inside of a Dog
Dog Talk (and Kitties Too) (04-23-2016) #469: Alexandra Horowitz is back with a young reader’s edition of her hugely successful book INSIDE OF A DOG, and the idea that “We treat kids and dogs as unsatisfactory adults rather than meeting them where they stand — closer to the ground!”; Alice Calabrese is the CEO of Lollypop Farm in Rochester, NY, where the Dog Film Festival is headed in July and where they received a Petco Foundation “community effort” grant a year ago; Jewel Morris — founder of the Pet Philanthropy Circle and owner of Hamptons Pet magazine — talks about the Afternoon Tea Pooch Party she’s throwing at her Water Mill estate July 31st to kick off the Dog Film Festival in East Hampton.
