#959B: Krysta Fox talks about developing her unique, award-winning pet store Pug & Hound Apothecary with her husband as a place pet owners can come to find the most natural and pure products she has curated.

#959A: Dr. Mark Mamula at the Yale School of Medicine is part of a team developing an immunotherapy vaccine that can cure cancer in dogs — the way it has similarly revolutionized human cancer treatment. Information about their work (with trial sites) is available at https://therajan.com/joomla/, a company that will ultimately manage this therapy.

#958B: Alan Fausel, the Curator of the AKC Museum of the Dog, talks about the delightful collection of original New Yorker magazine covers that is now a special show on display at the museum.

#958A: Margaret Mizushima talks about "Dying Cry,” the newest member of her Timber Creek K-9 Mystery series, this one as edge-of-the-seat dramatic as any we've come to expect from her brave heroine Mattie, and valiant search and rescue dog Robo.

#957B: Paulina and Andi Canalizo are “tied at the hip” sisters who do unique dog portrait sketches from their signature angle — from below the chin! They are bringing their @the.dogObsession [https://www.instagram.com/the.dogobsession/?hl=en] skill to the Pooch & Pussy Cat Party to celebrate the premieres of the NY Dog and NY Cat Film Festivals.

#957A: Jonny Maderson, the co-director of the charming documentary “Hustle & Run” in the NY Dog Film Festival, talks about the sport of Flyball as either “the F1 of dog sports or a posh game of fetch,” as his film follows a ragtag team of whippet owners who go after the biggest brass ring in the dog show world at Crufts.

#956B: Karen Dendy Smith and Meredith Tollison — founders of The Animal Communication Collective, who have been practicing animal communication for decades — give Tracie some messages from her pooch Sky, a sneak preview of the readings they will be giving for guests at the Pooch & Pussy Cat Party October 25th in New York City to benefit Animal Lighthouse Rescue, the partner of the NY Dog and NY Cat Film Festivals.

#956A: First time film director Carphi von Limburg talks from his native Germany about the physical rigors and challenges of co-directing “Jamtland Dogs,” his documentary about a sled dog race which is featured in the 10th Annual NY Dog Film Festival.