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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Slithering Things in Your Lost Luggage?
#864A: Wendall Thomas’s hilarious mystery “Lost Luggage” takes her Brooklyn-based travel agent heroine to Africa where she finds out what could happen to your lost luggage if it became a tool in the smuggling of endangered animals.
Little Senior Chihuahuas Living Large
#863C: Jeanne Selander created a sanctuary called Rivers Wish for senior chihuahuas in Key West, where they have a loving home forever
How to Prepare for the Loss of Your Pet
#863B: Erica Messer created her pet loss grief support platform, Wolfies Wish, to help those struggling, as she did, with the death of their pet. Now she has designed “mindfulness” cards and messages for people anticipating their senior pet’s death while caring for them during the final stages of their life.
Many Feathers in Her Cap
#863A: Linda Rhodes, DVM PhD, created the nonprofit “Feather in Her Cap” to acknowledge the achievements of women in the animal health industry — something of which she is personally familiar with an impressive array of her own professional accomplishments.
How to Have a Happier Dog
#862C: Chelsea Barstow talks about the fun (for people, too!) activities she has created for people to do with their dogs in her book “Happy Dog: 101 Easy Enrichment Activities for a Healthy, Happy, Well-Behaved Pup”
“No Ordinary Cats”
#862B: Lisa Erixon’s charming book “No Ordinary Cats” tells the stories of all the kitties she has lived with, but seen from their perspectives in their voices.
A New Longevity Drug for Dogs!
#862A: Celine Halioua is the CEO of Loyal, which has been developing a drug for large dogs that is expected to let them live longer with good quality of life — increasing their “healthspan” as well as their lifespan.
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!”