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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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Pet Food Confusion for Owners in a Crowded Marketplace

2026/04/20

#983B: Dr. Stephanie Clark, board-certified companion animal nutritionist, licensed animal technologist, and assistant director of special services at BSM Partners (which formulates and manufactures pet foods for companies seeking their expertise) talks about how much misinformation is floating around about the various modalities of pet food on offer in the marketplace and the burden on pet owners to make sense of the marketing claims about the benefits of the various versions of pet food.

The Sad Truth About Wolf Dogs as Pets

2026/04/20

#983A: Lorin Lindner runs the Lockwood Animal Rescue center north of Los Angeles, where they are full to capacity with wolves and wolf dogs brought when people discover that they should never have been pets in the first place.

Shelters Should Not Be In Competition With Each Other!

2026/04/13

#982B: Nev Fisher, Executive Director of the Coalition for Pet Progress in St Louis, discusses the importance of shelters working cooperatively — which often they do not, to their own detriment. Nev discusses how multiple shelters in one area all share the same goal — the rescue and rehoming of pets — but unfortunately often find themselves in competition for community support and funds. She talks about how her organization has turned this around in St. Louis.

“Cat on a Hot Tin Woof”

2026/04/13

#982A: Peter Abrahams (the real name of author Spencer Quinn) is back with another catchy title for his most recent Chet & Bernie K-9 mystery and explains how he's able to channel the interior voice of Chet the dog, from whose perspective all 16 books in the series are told, and put himself inside the mind of this stream-of-consciousness pooch and his gumshoe human partner, Bernie.

Can Goats Teach Us Anything About "Highly Sensitive" Dogs?

2026/04/06

#981B: Dog trainer Ineke Vander Aa in Belgium wrote “Dogsitivity: A Guide to Living With Highly Sensitive Dogs” because she is what is technically called “highly sensitive” in people (which leads to her theory on why goats appeal to her so much!)

Does Your Pet Really Need Collagen? Do You?!

2026/04/06

#981A: Dr. Michelle Dulake discusses her Fera Pets collagen supplement — how much it helps the body but also knowing the reliable purity and potency of the sources of bovine and chicken breast cartilage that it is made of.

How a Celebrated Scientist Wound Up With a Whoodle for a Pet

2026/03/30

#980A: Jay Ingram displays a smorgasbord of ideas in his book “The Science of Pets,” making clear why he is so highly celebrated in his native Canada, with his particularly sassy style of combining deeply researched science with highly personal ideas and conclusions about what pets are, why we keep them and what they can tell us about our own species.

Pets Are Better Travelers Than Rock Stars

2026/03/30

#980B: Ric Browde is the CEO of Wings of Rescue, a nonprofit that organizes charter flights to rescue thousands of dogs and cats a year and transport them to places of safety and adoption. It's a complex and challenging business, for which his former career as a songwriter and record producer prepared him because there was constant traveling for tours — but he says pets are better behaved than rock stars.

"One and Done" — the One Injection Treatment for Arthritis in Dogs

2026/03/23

#979A: Dr Bob Menardi talks about Synovetin OA, a treatment for osteoarthritis in dogs and cats that involves a one-time radioactive injection into the joint, providing relief for up to a year. He explains that Synovetin OA was developed based on human treatments in Europe, where it has been used for knee arthritis, and is now available in the United States for veterinary use.

A British Veterinarian Passionate About Animals and the Natural World

2026/03/23

#979B: Sean Wensley's lyrical book — “Through a Vet’s Eyes: How to Care for Animals and Treat Them Better” — describes the wonders of animals in nature as juxtaposed with a clear-eyed examination of how humans must improve the way we raise captive animals as pets or products. His book is not yet available in the US but can be ordered from Blackwell's [https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Through-a-Vets-Eyes-by-Sean-Wensley/9781856754750] in England with free shipping.

Lady Cow Vet and the “Glass Ceiling” in Dairy Barns

2026/03/16

#978A: Dr. Linda Rhodes's “Breaking the Barnyard Barrier” is a memoir that is a fascinating chronicle of the pushback and misogyny that confronted her as a young veterinarian determined to get hired as a dairy cow doctor.

Studying the Human-Animal Bond Around the World

2026/03/16

#978B: Dr. Annie Valuska, a behaviorist with a PhD in animal behavior, talks about how Purina is funding three research projects on the human-animal bond, with two of the grants going to studies being conducted in Hungary.

Sports Medicine for Canine Athletes

2026/03/09

#977A: Dr Carmela (Carrie) Britt — board certified in sports medicine and rehabilitation for dogs, focuses not just on her canine athletes but on improving mobility for aging pets by first addressing their pain which is usually under-managed or not controlled at all.

What Your Pet Would Say if They Had an "Interpreter"

2026/03/09

#977B: Julie Hirt is a professionally trained animal communicator who explains what her training as an intuitive taught her about how animals are able to connect with her — allowing peoples’ pets to speak through her.

CBD — the Wonderful Healer for Pets (But Buyer Beware)

2026/03/02

#976A: Dr. Joe Wakshlag is a research veterinarian (who also has a Ph.D in pharmacology and teaches at Cornell University) who is an expert on CBD and recently lectured at the annual veterinary conference VMX about the enormous healing value of cannabinoids for pain management in dogs and cats — and why other veterinarians need to trust Ellevet, the leader in the field.

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19 reviews

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malfoxley 2021/06/28

Great show!

Tracie, host of the Dog Talk podcast, highlights all aspects of pet health and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insi...

★★★★★

Sharon_268 2007/11/17

5 stars

great radio show and great advice even if i don't agree with her sometimes. all pet lovers make sure to subscribe.

★☆☆☆☆

Cannicky 2018/03/03

So Rude

Whether I agree with her opinions or not truly doesn’t matter. I simply can no longer abide Tracie Hotchner’s rudeness. She invites amazing guests and...

★☆☆☆☆

iVeganFreak 2011/10/19

Horrible podcast.

Unfortunately this podcast is a waste of time. They do invite some special guests who have written great books but Tracy keeps criticizing most of the...

★★★★★

abilify 2007/11/10

Interesting and informative

Yes, she is opinionated, but she is very informative. The podcast is fun to listen to and informative to boot. The information that is given is from...

★★★☆☆

rj16 2007/05/13

Entertaining, interesting and annoying at the same time

Hotchner is super-opinionated, so she's fun to listen to. But sometimes her opinions can grate on the nerves, especially when she talks more than the ...

★☆☆☆☆

Sara Lu 2007/08/04

ON AND ON AND ON

I listened to the first 30 of these and then unsubscribed. You could listen to one and get the gist. The rest are all the same. There is not really...

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