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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You’re Never Too Old to Become a Veterinarian
#861B: Dr. Doug Mader, Tracie’s co-host on Exotic Pets (and author of the wonderful memoir “The Vet at Noah’s Ark”), talks about what it takes to become a veterinarian and get into vet school, a long path that some people may choose in midlife after another entire career.
One Man Created Petsmart Against All Odds
#861A: Jim Dougherty’s book “Pet Project” tells the surprising and inspiring story of how he had a vision for a large supermarket style pet store that nobody understood. He struggled with just one store in Arizona and faced a mountain of challenges and impediments, but eventually proved everybody wrong and changed the face of the pet industry.
Don't Get a Dog for Your Dog!
#860C: Trainer Annie Phenix talks about the challenges of a multi-dog household and how pack mentality can lead to escalating behaviors (barking, chasing, aggression). Her bottom line advice is only get another dog if you really want one and have the time to manage one more, but “Don't get a dog for your dog!”
We Told You Pet Foods NEVER Caused Heart Problems in Dogs
#860B: Pet food consultant Dr. Ryan Yamka shares Tracie’s frustration with veterinarians who cannot get past the erroneous mistaken belief that premium pet foods using peas and lentils have any relationship to DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) in dogs
K9 Search & Rescue in a Collapsed Condominium
#860A: Jen Danna, writing “That Others May Live” as Sara Driscoll, explains how search and rescue teams navigate a building collapse with their highly trained dogs — and in this thriller how they get to the bottom of the cause of the disaster.
A Zoo Beneath a Florida Prison
#859C: Jeanne Selander runs the Monroe County Prison Zoo on Key West — where she turned the hurricane-proof space beneath the detention center into an eclectic zoo that inmates maintain and work with the animals. Children and community members visit and learn about the local wildlife and exotic animals housed there.
Delicious Paintings of Dogs in the East Village
#859B: Heather LaHaise is a painter and dog portraitist who features dogs in almost all her art, which will be on display for three days from 11AM to 8PM — Dec 15, 16, 17 — at what she’s calling Dog Borough, 616 East 9th in New York’s East Village.
Naval Intelligence by Day, Dog & Cat Angel by Night
#859A: US Navy Captain Risa Simon talks about why and how she created Leashes End, a home setting sanctuary for senior dogs and cats in Maryland (her “day job” is Deputy Senior Naval Intelligence Manager, Near East, assigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence)
Do British Golden Retrievers Get Less Cancer?
#858C: Dr. David Brodbelt discusses a UK study on cancer, which they based on the Morris Animal Foundation Golden Retriever lifetime study. Tracie asks whether there are differences between US and British Golden Retrievers in their genetic tendency to cancer.
The Liberator and Champion of Greyhounds
#858B: Christine Dorchak talks about her book ”Brooklyn Goes Home: The Rise and Fall of American Greyhound Racing and the Dog That Inspired a Movement, which chronicles her career as an activist lawyer fighting to end greyhound racing worldwide.