# Christina Hunger

Can you chat with your cat? Or dialogue with your dog? Jorge talks to Christina Hunger and Federico Rossano about the global movement to teach pets to talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talking dogs. Rolled Rs. That dangly thing in the back of your throat. Speech impediments. Alternative forms of communication. And talking cats. World famous speech pathologist by day, dog whisperer also by day, Christina Hunger MA, CCC-SLP joins us to talk about what those letters after her name m…

A new NOVA documentary explores the science behind those word-buttons and whether dogs – and other animals – truly have the capacity for language. Cognitive researcher Federico Rossano, speech pathologist Christina Hunger, and "talking" dog-owner Sascha Crasnow join Edgar to discuss.  GBH News' Gal…