#852A: Widely respected political author and columnist Matt Bai talks about his recent opinion piece in the Washington Post entitled "Master and Commander: Biden's Dog Troubles Hint at a Larger Problem," about the multiple uncontrolled biting attacks by Biden's German Shepherd Commander, which Tracie views as irresponsible and immoral dog ownership and which Bai views as the danger and seduction of entitlement that can come with sitting in the Oval Office. 

#851B: Peta Hitchens in Australia talks about her movie "Filming Dogs" that will be in the upcoming 8th Annual NY Dog Film Festival, and the question she asks herself and others who have performing dogs: "Do they really want to be doing this or are you doing it for yourself?"

#851A: Pilley Bianchi talks about her book "For the Love of Dog" and growing up as the "sibling" of the world's most brilliant dog — Chaser — who knew over 1,000 words. She encourages everyone to "use their dogs' brilliant minds to play," and magnify our bond and appreciation of them.

 #850A: Cate Conte is back with another cozy kitty-infused mystery, this time with ghosts, a psychic, and deaths in a haunted house on Halloween. 

 #850B: Francesco Marciuliano has written “Oh. It’s You. Love Poems by Cats,” another hilarious collection of poems inspired by (and theoretically penned by) his own cultured kitties. He is giving a copy as a gift to everyone who buys tickets for the Meow Party, as well as to the filmmakers coming to the 6th Annual NY Cat Film Festival premiere. 

 #850C: Lynn Hightower, the author of the thriller “A Beautiful Risk” — which is also a book about loss and grief — talks about how this book morphed into her column on grief for Psychology Today. [She generously bought copies of her book for the doggy swag bags for the filmmakers coming to the NYC premiere of the 8th Annual NY Dog Film Festival.] 

#849C: Kathleen Donnelly talks about her second book in the National Forest K-9 series and how her own experience with search dogs makes the human-canine bond so realistic (and the danger so scarier!)

#849B: Brian Patrick Duggan talks about his innovative new book, “Horror Dogs: Man’s Best Friend as Movie Monster,” and the years of research and passion that went into unearthing all the movies ever made in which dogs are depicted as you’ve never thought of them before: as “man’s scariest” friend.

#849A: Director Kim Best won the first-ever Visionary Award in 2022 for having had a film (and sometimes two!) in every NY Cat Film Festival since the first year. She talks about yet again having two of her films selected for this year’s 6th Annual Festival —  “Insomnia” and “Seen at Last” — and what inspires her.

#848C: Rick DuCharme talks about the Community Cat Clinic he opened in Georgia — with more to come — that offers accessible services and fees to cat owners and community cat protectors who previously did not have affordable or geographically accessible care.