DOG TALK® (and Kitties Too!) on 
DOG TALK® features Tracie's interviews with authors, pet experts and animal welfare advocates from around the world, discussing practical and philosophical issues regarding our relationships with dogs, cats, other pets, wildlife and the natural world.
The show broadcasts from WLIW FM 88.3 in Southampton, the only NPR station on Long Island, reaching from the East End 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 TIMBRE.
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Are Dogs Inherently a Danger to Society?
#1012B: Melina Jacques promotes some unusual and controversial ideas about the danger to people and the burden that dogs are to society in her book “What it Really Means to Love Dogs: a Cultural and Ethical Exploration,” which Tracie debates her about.
The Ultimate Story of a Man & His Dog
#1012A: Brock Alston's first novel “Jetson’s Journey” is a humdinger — a gripping emotional tale of a man whose life unravels and crashes — but Jetson, the dear empathetic dog by his side, carries the day.
How She Survived Living With Freddie
#1011B: Anna Heyward's memoir “Living With Freddie” describes in the most compassionate, kind, and patient terms what it's like to live with a dog with desperate separation anxiety — which certainly puts things in perspective for those with slightly clingy dogs.
75 Dog Breeds That Changed the World
#1011A: Tamsin Pickeral's book "The Invention of the Dog: 75 Breeds That Changed the World" gives a new perspective on how modern dog breeds resulted from a brief but intense period of selective breeding that began in the 1800s. She talks about how the dogs we now know and love came to be, from their beginnings in domestication across the world.
Meet the Doctor for Hurricane, the Famous Secret Service Dog
#1010B: Dr. Matt Brunke in Gaithersburg MD — who is board certified in veterinary sports medicine and in pain medicine — is rehab specialist for sports athletes, working dogs and aging dogs, often using the revolutionary joint injection Synovetin OA for long-lasting relief from arthritis. His most famous patient was Hurricane, the Secret Service dog who took down the intruder who breached the White House in 2014 when Barack Obama was President. The Belgian Malinois was medically retired from service in 2016 after sustaining injuries during that incident and Dr. Matt looked after him while he lived out the rest of his life to age 16 with his handler.
Where does RAWZ send 100% of their profits?
#1010A: One of the many service dog organizations to which RAWZ gives monetary support for training and placing service dogs is Patriot Service Dogs. Tracie was absolutely thrilled to be reunited with Brigadier General Scott Wiggins, who was featured with his magnificent dog Bear in one of the Service Dog Salute films in Tracie's NY Dog Film Festival. Bear came from Patriot Service Dogs and Scott talks about what the support from RAWZ means to an organization like Patriot Service Dogs and what dogs like Bear mean to veterans suffering from PTSD.
The Woman Who Never Met an Animal She Wouldn't Rescue
#1009B: Michelle Lerner's memoir "A Series of Opinionated Animals" is a funny and touching testament to the limitless patience and generosity of one woman — and her husband — in a lifetime of giving a loving home to all manner of animals, with dogs being high on the list.
Giving a Dog Time and Space to Reveal Himself
#1009A: Dog trainer Laurel Saville has unique ideas about how we need to respect and honor what our dogs experience of life actually is, not how we want it to be. Her book “How to Live With a Dog: Stories and Solutions for Humans With Dog Problems and Dogs With Human Problems” is filled with wisdom, kindness and profound solutions to situations with dogs that could be solved if only we could slow down... stop trying to control and manage... and let the dog show us who he actually is.
The Butterfly Season — a Quixotic Danish Explorer
#1008B: Lea Korsgaard — an award-winning journalist and author, cofounder and editor in chief of the digital Danish newspaper, Zetland — talks about her wonderfully baffling book, "The Butterfly Season," which recounts how she got it in her head to try to find every one of the 64 species of Danish butterflies in one year... when she knew absolutely nothing about butterflies! An otherwise highly accomplished journalist, businesswoman and practical wife and mother, she is the embodiment of the word "Quixotic" — "foolishly idealistic, romantic, or chasing an impossible dream." Her book and odyssey is an inspiration to those who might want to live out an idea, no matter how impractical.
What Your Open Palm Can Mean to a Dog
#1008A: Sindhoor Pangal is a canine behavior consultant with a Master's in Anthrozoology from the University of Exeter. She researches India's free-living dogs in Bangalore, is a TEDx speaker and author of "Dog Knows." She recently published a peer-reviewed paper “The Open Palm Gesture in Human-Dog Communication,” which is her unique observation of how an open palm facing down towards a dog can calm, reassure and strengthen your bond with the dog.