Amy Kopelan on Home: Where All Dogs Deserve To Be

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (01-03-2021) # 708: Featuring Jim Gorman, Amy Kopelan, and Tracey Lenac. James Gorman from The New York Times discusses his article about ancient dog DNA and its spread around the globe, and advances in research in bioarchaeology with fossil canine genomes, which is producing some surprises about the lives of […]

Companies Want Cat Colonies to Decrease Rodent Populations

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (08-17-2019) #636: Featuring Alana Grelyak, Rachel Geller with Tracie, and Andrea Herrick. Alana Grelyak from the Tree House Humane Society in Chicago (which will be the beneficiary of the Cat Film Festival on Sept 10th in Chicago) estimates there are 250,000 to a half-million free-roaming cats in Chicago, with a […]

Challenges of Starting Fresh Pet Food Company Without Venture Capital

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (02-23-2019) #611: Featuring Dr. Katy Nelson, Hannah Mandelbaum, and Louise Holton. Dr. Katy Nelson talks about the success of the recent HSUS Spayathon in Puerto Rico; Tracie discusses the challenges of starting your own fresh pet food company (without venture capital) with Hannah Mandelbaum from Evermore pet food in Brooklyn; […]

Why Dogs Do What They Do

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (04-14-2018) #566: Featuring Marc Bekoff, Dr Vicky Thayer, and Gillian Wood Pultz. Marc Bekoff’s newest book, CANINE CONFIDENTIAL: WHY DOGS DO WHAT THEY DO; Dr Vicky Thayer, Executive Director of the WINN Feline Foundation, on funding cat health research; Gillian Wood Pultz helps set up spay/neuter clinics in Thailand, Africa […]

Extraordinary Working Dogs

Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (05-20-2017) #525: Rebecca Ascher-Walsh talks about the extraordinary working dogs in her book LOYAL: 38 INSPIRING TALES OF BRAVERY, HEROISM, AND THE DEVOTION OF DOGS; Jamie Gottlieb discusses an alternative way to get your pet driven from one place to another –– or even become a driver yourself –– for […]

Dog Talk #393 (10/25/2014)

Dog Talk (10/25/2014) #393: Alex Ross Perry wrote and directed LISTEN UP PHILLIP with Jason Schwartzman and his own Fluffy the Cat as Elizabeth Moss’ cat Gadzookey, who in real life is his own inspiration as a writer, along with fellow cat Smokey; THE RESCUE AT DEAD DOG BEACH: ONE MAN’S QUEST TO FIND A […]