Talking dogs. Rolled Rs. That dangly thing in the back of your throat. And did we mention TALKING DOGS? 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 mean, helping people literally find their voice, AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), all the different types of language and communication, and how she applied the same principles to gift her dog with the ability to emotionally manipulate her. A tale as old as time. Learn about mad cats, emerging schools of thought around the ethics of differing modes of interpersonal communication, and just maybe how you can teach your most beloved angels how to demand more cheese in plain language. This episode is like when Momward is away on a business trip so Dadward buys you sugar cereals for breakfast, but instead of sugar cereals you're getting ... t a l k i n g  d o g s.  Also: WARD'S DOING A VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW ON MAY 18TH. A link will go up here later today! Christina’s website: https://www.hungerforwords.com/ Follow her and Stella at: https://www.instagram.com/hunger4words/ Get her book! It’s great, seriously. https://www.hungerforwords.com/book/ A donation went to https://italkautism.com/ Sponsors of Ologies: alieward.com/ologies-sponsors More links and info at alieward.com/ologies/speechpathology Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and now… MASKS. Hi. Yes.  Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Transcripts by Emily White of https://www.thewordary.com/ Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.