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This is the Satellite Sisters Friends & Fiction Special for Summer 2021. On today’s show, fascinating interviews about their books and their lives with authors Mary Alice Monroe, Kristin Harmel and Kristy Woodson Harvey.Mary Alice MonroeKristin HarmelKristy Woodson HarveyThree new books out, but three totally different life stories!We’ve also talked to Mary Kay Andrews and Patti Callahan Henry in 2021so here are links to those Satellite Sisters podcast episodes:Mary Kay Andrews episodePatti Callahan Henry episodeFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comVisit the Satellite Sisters website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our weekly newsletter Pep Talk here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our favorite Olympics moments so far, some thank-you's to listeners who are in Japan, some warnings about hiking with Google and an interview with Naomi Hirahara, author of Clark & Division, featured on our Best Beach Bag Books list.Clark & Division is historical fiction meets mystery, available August 3. Here's a great list of Naomi Hirahara's book events. You can order Clark & Division anywhere including here from bookshop.org.Popcorn On Location! Cooking With Liz LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group Thursday July 29 at 5 pm Pacific time. Nothing fancy. Just popcorn.For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our Satellite Sisters Summer Olympics Special: What we are looking forward to, what we will miss and a special interview with Kat Holmes, member of USA Fencing who is going for the gold and daughter of longtime Satellite Sisters listener Lorrie!Satellite Sister of the Week: Astronaut Wally Funk.Thanks, NBC! We'll be watching ALL the Olympic action, starting with the Opening Ceremonies Friday night. Behind the Scenes at the Game: NPR's Mandalit del Barco's Facebook posts from Tokyo GamesWe will miss Coco Gauff and other athletes who will not compete because of positive COVID tests. Olympic Champion Katie Ledecky swims the first ever women's mile at the Olympics.Olympic newcomer Athing Mu competes on the track in the Women's 800 meters.Equestrian Jessica Springsteen, daughter of you-know-who and Patti Scialfa, competes in show jumping.Basketball star Dawn Staley coaches the US Women's Basketball Team.Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends Ted Lasso Season 2 and Never Have I Ever Liz is debating about Immersive Van Gogh Lian reminds listeners that there are 3 great cookbooks on the Best Beach Bag Books list including Valerie Rice's Lush Life. Her instagram is @eatdrinkgarden. Find Lush Life recipes at https://www.eatdrinkgarden.comTune in for an interview Naomi Hirahara next week, author of Clark & DivisionCooking With Liz LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group Thursday July 22 at 5 pm Pacific time.Recipes for this week: Cacio e Pepe Cheese Puffs and Pomegranate Gimlet, both by Ina Garten.For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Gen Z wants to kill email? Magpies are more deadly than bears? Citrus oils don't belong on your face? Giant goldfish are taking over Minnesota lakes? What is happening, people???If Gen Z kills email, which the NYT says they are trying to do, where will we find all of our messages?Vacationing in the Colorado mountains, Julie spies a bear, a wolf and a magpie and has advice for encountering each.Hey, Minnesota. Liz wants to know what's up with your GIANT GOLDFISH.Entertaining Sisters:Julie cannot recommend Traitors on Netflix but she did watch the whole thing.Liz recommends the Mission: Impastable episodes of The Sporkful podcast.Beauty Tips:Essential Oils wreaking havoc! French Manicures-- Are you engaging in Nail Art? We want to see!Bare Your Legs! Questionable fashion advice from AARP.Lian has book recommendations for Liz and Julie from our Best Beach Bag Book List.For Liz-- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila HarrisFor Julie -- Arsenic and Adobo by Mia ManansalaCooking With Liz LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group Thursday July 15 at 5 pm Pacific time.Recipes for this week: Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers and a refreshing Perfect Paloma.For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The big reveal of the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books List for 2021! The complete list of our picks is on our blog at satelltesisters.com. Today we discuss our choices and also interview best-selling author Christina Baker Kline about her latest book The Exiles, just out now in paperback.On the episode, we mention a few of our favorites below but they are ALL on the FULL LIST HERE also with our mini-reviews. They are also on our Best Beach Bag Book list at bookshop.org, where you can order and support indie bookshops.Red Island House by Andrea Lee (Julie)Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan (Lian) His Only Wife by Peace Adzon Medie (Julie) Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara (Lian) The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline (interview)Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood (Lian) Last Chance Texaco by Rickie Lee Jones (Liz)Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson (Liz) Thanks For Waiting by Doree Shafrir (Liz) Also today, remember to enter Lian Dolan's #sweeneysinthewild contest on Instagram. Just post a photo of the book out in the world with the hashtag #sweeneysinthewild and you may win a Solid Gold Satellite Sister pashmina or a copy of You're The Best by the Satellite Sisters. Deadline is July 3.Blueberry Muffin Recipe: It's time for Edna Dolan's Classic 4th of July Blueberry Muffins. Cooking with Liz: Snacks of the Summer scheduled announced! Live in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group every Thursday at 5 pm Pacific Time/8 pm Eastern, Liz will make a tasty summer snack. First episode on July 1 is a 4th of July classic with a kick: Horseradish Deviled Eggs.Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Summer Cooking Spectacular! Liz launches the new Cooking With Liz: Summer of Snacks and Claire Tansey joins us with summer recipes and two new classes to announce:Summer Cooking School for Tweens and Teens (Sisters get $20 off with code EASY20 and all prices are CAD): https://cart.learnlife.ca/summer-cooking-school/Summer Cocktails Master Class: https://cart.learnlife.ca/cocktails-masterclass/Claire Tansey's BBQ Pizza recipe on YouTube is here (because Julie has it on her To Do list.)Claire Tansey's Grain Bowls with Creamy Tahini DressingSatellite Sister of the Week is Opal Johnson, the "committee of one". who made Juneteenth happen as a holiday. Don's sleep on GenZ Lingo: Are you Cheugy? Menopause in the workplace: Three business articles we discuss -https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-18/women-are-leaving-the-workforce-for-a-little-talked-about-reason?utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=socialFollow up on this from HBR https://hbr.org/2020/02/its-time-to-start-talking-about-menopause-at-workMore perspective from Next Avenuehttps://www.nextavenue.org/menopause-workplace-women-cope/Cooking with Liz: Snacks of the Summer scheduled announced! Live in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group every Thursday at 5 pm Pacific Time/8 pm Eastern, Liz will make a tasty summer snack. First episode on July 1 is a 4th of July classic with a kick: Horseradish Deviled Eggs.Upcoming weeks will be:July 8: 2 kinds of crostini from the Olive & Thyme cookbookJuly 15: Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno PoppersJuly 22: : Ina Garten’s Cacio & Pepe Cheese Puffs. July 29: Herbed Popcorn and Cocktail for Outdoor Movie night!Happy 50th Birthday to Joni Mitchell's BLUE.Lian is holding new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Next one: June 23 7 pm ET. Register at www.liandolan.com or here at Crowdcast. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Satellite Sisters interview the author of the heartfelt and hilarious The Guncle Steven Rowley. Previously by Rowley, bestsellers Lily and the Octopus and The Editor.Lian Dolan announces a new Sweeney Sisters contest on Instagram! It's called #SweeneysintheWild. Post your photos of The Sweeney Sisters book in the wild - reading at the beach, on your bedside table, in the library, anywhere! Post the photo on your own @Instagram and use the hashtag #SweeneysintheWild between now and July 3. You can also tag @liandolan. Lian will do a drawing with everyone who used the hashtag and award ten runners-up a copy of Satellite Sisters' You're The Best and a Sweeney Sisters bookplate. One grand prize winner will get a Satellite Sisters cashmere pashmina and a copy of You're The Best.Freak Accident Watch: Did that guy off Cape Cod REALLY get swallowed by a whale and spit back out? Liz checks it out.Want to get ready for the Olympics?? Start by watching the Track & Field Olympic Trials on NBC. June 18 - 27. Making Team USA can be harder than actually winning a medal in Tokyo, and here are some athletes to watch. Liz's favorites (and their instagrams) among the women are Allison Felix , Sha'Carri Richardson, Dalilah Muhammed, Sydney McLaughlin and Vashti Cunningham.Did you enjoy Escape to the Chateau on TV? Then you might love yourcheapdreammansion on @Instagram.Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Next one: June 23 7 pm ET. Register at www.liandolan.com or here at Crowdcast. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Naomi Osaka, UFO's Yes or No, Post-Pandemic Tipping, Sweeney Sisters Online Book ClubsNaomi Osaka withdraws from French Open for mental health reasons: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/07/naomi-osaka-among-new-generation-tennis-stars-opening-up-about-racism-mental-health/Article by Lindsay Crouse about Naomi Osaka and Michelle Wie West. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/sports/golf/lpga-michelle-wie-us-open.htmlSimone Biles, GOAT: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/06/06/simone-biles-us-championships/Heads-up on the upcoming UFO Report: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-weigh-in-on-pentagon-ufo-report/More UFO info: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/ufos-report.htmlWatch the International Women of Courage Event that Lian produced here: https://iwoc-celebration.hosted.events/HomeLian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 16 7 pm PT and June 23 7 pm ET. Register at www.liandolan.com or here at Crowdcast. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Liz's #littlevictories, Lian's caftan dreams and Julie's post-covid roundtablePost-Covid anxieties:Cave Syndrome: The struggle is real. Are you feeling it?Airplane freak-out: Lian fears a similar fate.Early motto for 2022? Liz is stealing Backroads' theme: Dolce Tempo!Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends HGTV Hometown TakeoverLian celebrates Jean Smart Week! Hacks and Mare of Easttown.Preview of Kennedy Center Honors! Coming to CBS June 6.Dick Van Dyke interviewInfo about the Kennedy Center Honors show Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 3rd and June 16. Register at www.liandolan.comVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's #1 Lesson: Whip The Pony! Some quick sports psychology for all. The Man Who Didn't Invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Story in LA Times. Podcast interview with Sam Dean, the LA Times business reporter who wrote the story.The business of snacking.The latest on Bill Gates' behavior at Microsoft.Wedding Trends for 2021 from The Knot. Entertaining Sisters:The Marfa Tapes Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon RandallNew Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees.The Go-Gos documentary on pay per view.Two books recommended by Lian:The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip WilliamsThe Hour of the Witch by Chris BohjalianLian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 3rd and June 16. Register at www.liandolan.comVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We interview Chandra Sanders about The Mom Project, retraining and supporting women who want to get back into the workforce after the pandemic. Here's Chandra on NBC News. Here's more info about RISE. Cicadas are coming!Lian's Vegan Farro Salad and Flatbread Pizza are a hit!Entertaining Sisters:We recommend Girls5Eva on Peacock. (BTW, Peacock is free.) Fantastic cast and so funny.Broadway is coming back, Baby! Liz bought tickets to Jagged Little Pill and Six.Julie recommends three apps/sites for the outdoors: Merlin Bird ID AllTrails and Seek by iNaturalist.Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mother's Day Shout-Outs, Sweatpants Bonfires, Yeti Lifestyle, Interview with author Mary Kay AndrewsWe share your Mother's Day dedications this week plus we interview author Mary Kay Andrews, whose latest book The Newcomer is just out.Mary Kay is one of the authors who hosts Friends and Fiction on Facebook. The Satellite Sisters will appear on Friends and Fiction on Mother's Day. Log in May 9th at 5 pm Eastern Time for a party.Plus, are you ready for real life again? We discuss The Bonfire of the Sweatpants and other strategies for making an entrance. Are we ready to go back to dressing up? Want to buy some Satellite Sisters merch? We've got a new Two Paws Up collection!Entertaining Sisters. We recommend:The Twelfth Man - a movie on Netflix. Set in Norway during the Nazi Occupation.Halston on Netflix. Coming May 14th.Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lian's Volunteer Career, MOD Squad saves Julie's day, Liz's Major Dog AnnouncementSo many dog tales this week, starting with this one from Lian's friend. Liz has an announcement about her dog Hooper and is skeptical about that photo of Tiger Woods with his dog.40 days in a French cave? Julie doesn't get it.News on COVID vaccines and false mammogram positives.Lian tracks the trajectory of her volunteer career and provides Volunteering stats:https://www.volunteerhub.com/blog/25-volunteer-statistics/https://nonprofitssource.com/online-giving-statistics/volunteering-statistics/American Women for International Understanding. To support Lian's Women of Courage event, you can buy a ticket here.Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends The Spy on Netflix with Sasha Baron Cohen.Coming up next week, our guest is writer Mary Kay Andrews. Her new book is The Newcomer.Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our guest is Annabelle Gurwitch, author of You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downwardly Mobility.Entertaining Sisters:Book Clubs for Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters now out in paperback:Sign up for Lian's groups on June 3rd and June 16th on Crowdcast. Or go to Lian's website and request a visit to your own book club!Nomadland on Hulu. Highly recommended by Lian.Two animal-related shows Liz loved.Secrets of the Whales, a new gorgeous four-part series, premieres on Disney+ and National Geographic on April 22, Earth Day.My Octopus Teacher on Netflix, an underwater documentary nominated for an Oscar this year.Participate in Lights Out Texas to experience a million bird migration this week.Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We recap the wonderful Satellite Sisters Celebration at Sixth & I. Two paws up! What did you miss behind the screens? We review. Many thanks to the wonderful team at Sixth & I and to our event sponsor AWAY.HOW TO BUY A TICKET TO THE ZOOM RECORDING: If you did not buy a ticket to the live #satsisterscelebration, but would like to buy the Zoom recording of the show, you can do that here. Thank you, Sixth & I! This link is good until 4/20.POST your Satellite Sisters Celebration photos on @Instagram. using the hashtag #satsisterscelebration. We want to see what you were wearing, what you were drinking, who you were sharing the moment with and any good screenshots you got of US!The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan is now out in paperback. Order a beach bag full!Entertaining Sisters:Book: Next Gen Satellite Sister Katherine Dolan Nordenson sent Liz Why We Swim by Bonnie TsuiDocumentary: This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist on Netflix is about the famous and unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist in Boston. Great story. Great Boston accents. Even a Whitey Bulger angle.Podcasts about spies! We love spy stories. British Scandal from Wondery is the Litvnenko poisoning story. Why didn't they call Julie as an expert witness? And Spy Affair from Wondery is about the FBI case against Maria Butina. Lian recommends!Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today is Sweeney Sisters Paperback Pub Date! Congratulations, Lian Dolan! Plus Tuesday Trends, Health News, Tickets for Sunday's LIVE Satellite Sisters Celebration, Mike Nichols: A Life Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters is published in paperback TODAY. Links for ordering here.Tickets for our LIVE Virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration this Sunday here. The show featuring all five Satellite Sisters will start at 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific on Sunday April 11. Join us for a pre-party LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group this Friday at 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET to learn how to make our special celebratory cocktail The Golden Buzz from Lian's son Colin. We will be toasting you on Sunday night.Want to check out a National Wildlife Refuge?Tuesday Trends. Julie is skeptical of so-called trends related to corsets, hula hoops. Liz asks about Barkuterie?? Treat plates for dogs. Really??Entertaining Sisters:Mystic Pizza the musical! Who will see it in Ogunquit Maine this summer?Liz recommends new bio of an EGOT. Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris.For more on Nichols and May, listen to the funniest speech ever: Elaine May salutes Mike NicholsVisit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Satellite Sisters welcome Andrew Morton, author of the new book Elizabeth and Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters.Also, discussions of Pandemic-Provoked Projects and Re-Entry Anxiety.Plus a salute to authors Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry.Buy tickets to our LIVE April 11th Satellite Sisters Celebration and win a chance to be the Satellite Sister or Mister who plays Satellite Sisters Trivia live on the show. All ticket buyers are eligible. Watch for an email from Sixth & I about how to enter to play the trivia game.Join us in a toast! Family Mixologist Colin has created a special drink (with alcohol and without) called the Golden Buzz. Watch Colin teach Lian and Liz how to make it LIVE in the Facebook Group on Friday April 9 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET so you'll be ready to make your own drink for the live show on the 11th.Pre-order the paperback of Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters, coming on April 6. Use these links: AmazonBarnes & Noble!Bookshop.orgIndieboundHarper Collins DirectEntertaining Sisters:Operation Varsity Blues on NetflixIndie movies worth watching at home:Nomadland on HuluMinari on AmazonThe Sound of Metal on AmazonPlus the ultimate positive pick-me-up on Apple TV +: Ted Lasso.https://tv.apple.com/us/show/ted-lasso/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.4000Great free upcoming panel: Ted Lasso on Paley Fest! Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Special Travel Episode: Author Hannah Kirshner from Japan on her new book Water, Wood and Wild Things plus Travel Fantasies, Advice, TV and CookbooksWelcome and Happy Pub Day to Hannah Kirshner, author of Water, Wood and Wild Things: Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town. Hannah joins us from her home in Yamanaka, Japan. More about Hannah and her book here. You can subscribe to Hannah Kirshner's newsletter and connect to her virtual book tour here.Lian takes us behind the scenes at a shoot with Lisa Ling and the International Women of Courage.Click here for Tickets to the International Women of Courage Fundraiser hosted by American Women for International Understanding.Pre-order the paperback of Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters, coming on April 6. Use these links: AmazonBarnes & Noble!Bookshop.orgIndieboundHarper Collins DirectWe discuss our travel fantasies for the future, but where can you safely travel now? Here are travel guidelines from the Wall Street Journal. Liz was inspired by this article about best places to swim and dive with sea turtles. Thank you to all the listeners who contributed their fantasies in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Join our LIVE VIRTUAL SATELLITE SISTERS CELEBRATION Sunday April 11 at 7 pm ET/4 pm Pacific. Click here for tickets. Or here. Our special pre-party will happen LIVE in our Facebook Group on Friday April 7 at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Easterm, including family mixologist Colin Treidler and his recipe for the Solid Gold Satellite Sister signature cocktail.Entertaining Sisters:Two television shows and two cookbooks:Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories on Netflix.Escape to the Chateau on Peacock.The Forest Feast Mediterreanean by Erin GleesonDinner in French: Melissa Clark Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Solid Gold Satellite Sister Marlo Thomas talks about her new podcast Double Date. She and husband Phil Donahue have interviewed dozen of celebrity couples on the secrets of long-term marriage. Also today, Julie, Lian and Liz discuss the Oprah/Harry/Meghan interview on CBS.Lian shares news about the 2021 International Women of Courage.Liz announces her new Board of Director position for the World Athletics Championships Oregon '22Julie has her first post-vaccination travel and social events.Buy your Satellite Sisters Event Tickets! Buy tickets to live virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration Sunday April 11 at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT here on the Sixth & I platform.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

To kick off Women's History Month, our guest today is best selling author Patti Callahan. Her newest work of historical fiction is Surviving Savannah. We also recommend Wild Swan about Florence Nightingale, an Audible Original voiced by Cynthia Erivo.In other news, we discuss two new important documentaries:The new HBO documentary Allen vs Farrow and the Hulu documentary from the NYT Framing Britney Spears.Plus, the Lady Gaga dognapping case and a few Golden Globe observations (men in turtlenecks!)In Entertaining Sisters, we recommend:RENT 25th Anniversary from the New Your Theatre WorkshopSimply SondheimOregon Shakespeare Festival onlineThe new Stanley Tucci series on CNN: Stanley Tucci Searching For ItalyBee Gees Documentary on HBO.Satellite Sisters Event Tickets! Buy tickets to live virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration Sunday April 11 at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT here on the Sixth & I platform.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Buy tickets to live virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration Sunday April 11 at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT here on the Sixth & I platform. The promo code for early purchase is sistersIt's podcast episode #888 for the Satellite Sisters. Lucky!Winners of our lucky #satsisters888 drawings announced.Julie reviews what she learned in Texas last week.Lian has a Winter Safety Tip: Walk Like A PenguinLiz presents the Bitter Business Bureau: Citibank Error Not In Our FavorEntertaining Sisters - Our film and book recommendations are:The Big Day on NetflixThe Cold Millions by Jess WalterNomadland on Hulu.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In sports, who's the Greatest Of All Time? Today we discuss Tom Brady, Serena Williams and Tiger Woods. Listeners thought they saw Liz in the Tiger documentary on HBOMax. She took a look and shares some thoughts about working with him early in his career.Plus fun news from Serena Williams at the Australian Open here and a tour of her trophy room here.We discuss an interesting article about the changing nature of friendship during the pandemic from The Atlantic magazine. Do you miss your "weak ties"? We do.Julie fills us in on the latest from Russia including the investigative report on Putin's Palace. Also, how much lying goes on in job interviews? A lot! Listen to this WSJ report here.Lian is on the White House dogs beat. Lots of fun details. Julie recommends this free online lecture series: The Brain - An Owners Guide. One of our favorite podcasts By The Book hosted by Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg featured a Satellite Sisters interview with Liz and Lian on their most recent episode. We discuss how to stay connected from four different bedroom closets. Listen and share. We are off next week's for Presidents Day Weekend but will be back Feb 23 with our Special Episode #888. Seems like a lucky number to us! Do you have any special connections to the number 8? Post them in our Facebook Group on @satsisters on Instagram.Final GOAT link: Feel Good Insta! Follow @pismogoats on Instagram.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.Save The Date: April 11, 2021 is our Virtual Anniversary Celebration with Sixth and I. Tickets go on sale later this month.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Writer Nancy Johnson joins the Satellite Sisters today to discuss her acclaimed debut novel The Kindest Lie.Plus Liz is back with a health status report and a big announcement on her theme for 2021. PLUS, her own review of the excellent service she received from Lian and her son Colin this weekend. They came to install and deinstall a few things that will make her recovery much easier.We are sad to read about Tony Bennett's Alzheimers. We've been there with our father. But we've got good news too - Julie on all the people who are jumping I'm to help with vaccinations around the country.On Entertaining Sisters, Liz recommends a new podcast series from Audible called The History of Sketch Comedy written and performed by Keegan Michael Key. Smart. Funny. 10 episodes.Julie and Lian both recommend The Dig on Netflix. Archeologist Twitter is abuzz.Julie has high hopes for Tom Hanks in News of the World.And we are all excited for a new romantic comedy called The Fussy Virgin from longtime Satellite Sister McGarvey Black. Her novel will be released by Bloodhound Books this week and we feel a little responsible (in a good way!).Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.Save The Date: April 11, 2021 is our Virtual Anniversary Celebration with Sixth and I. Tickets go on sale later this month.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

RIP Larry King. We’ll never forget the crazy weird book party we attended at your house once for your producer Wendy Walker’s book called Producer. Lian tells the tale of the party that Larry forgot.Satellite Sisters of the Week: The Sisters’ Gambit. Yes. Watching sisters play chess on Twitch is a thing. Thank you Amanda Gorman for reminding us what poetry can do and the importance of the arts in our schools.Is 2021 The Year of The Pivot? We discuss this article from Millie.Plus a good news story from American Airlines first class wines for sale! Guest Claire Tansey, author of the cookbook Dinner Uncomplicated, joins us to talk about pandemic food trends and solve some Satellite Sisters kitchen emergencies.Here is the info on the Feb 28 Spice Class:dinneruncomplicated.com/spicesdiscount code: SISTERS45Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Update on Liz from Liz! Plus, Pandemic Design Trends, Great Gadgets & Mardi Gras MadnessOn the podcast, Liz Dolan returns with an update on her injury. You'll get the scoop from Liz, plus an update on her dog Hooper. Also, Julie Dolan becomes the first sister to get the vaccine. And Lian accidentally buys a lot of sour cream.Also:We love it New Orleans! Way to keep the Mardi Gras spirit afloat even if the parades our cancelled. Check out the Float Houses here.How has your home changed in the last year? Lian bids goodbye to her Purple Haze Guest Room and hello to her office/den/library. On trend, according to Dwell.Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends the dark comedy Patriot on Amazon Prime and the doc Pretend its a City on HBO featuring Fran Leibowitz and Martin ScorseseThanks to this week's sponsors:Ritual ritual.com/sistersHarrys harrys.com/satsistersThirdlove thirdlove.com/sistersBrooklinen brooklinen.com promo code sistersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Personal News, Marriage Tips, Pompeii Discoveries & Bee Gees LoveSatellite Sisters are back with news from Liz. Plus, the plight of working mothers during the pandemic, the discovery of an ancient snack shop in Pompeii and marriage tips from non-experts. Plus, music & TV recommendations.Liz needs your good vibes. Join our Facebook group and send along some digital good wishes.We about the tremendous hit working mothers have taken during the pandemic, forced out of the workforce to care for kids and aging parents. Rand called this a she-cession. Are women sitting it out or being forced out? Whatever you call it, the changes will effect the gains for a generation.Food Talk. Check out the Ancient Snack Stand in Pompeii. And read about the new rules for recipes from Ben Mims of the LA Times. Plus. marriage tips & pickleball.We recommend:TV-- Ted LassoMusic-- Greenfield’s: The Gibb Brothers Songbook ( Vol 1)Thanks to this week’s Sponsors: Better Help betterhelp.com/satsisters Candid candidco.com/sisters promo code sisters Rothys rothys.com/sisters Zip Recruiter ziprecruiter.com/sisters See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Satellite Sisters podcast returns for 2021 with new inspiration, new hobbies and new Entertaining Sisters recommendations. Join Lian and Julie as they launch the 2021 Podcast year.What's your motto, theme or word of the year? Go to our Facebook Group and let us know what's on your mind for 2021.Pandemic Buyers' Remorse? Yes, we have it. Why did we buy... fill in the blank. Inspired by this article in the New York Times, we confess our own pandemic purchases.Julie's got Ins & Outs for 2021. And go ahead and win that HGTV Dream Home because Julie in OUT.New Sports, New Hobbies:Julie discovers snowshoeing and survives her first outing. She admits she should have paid more attention to this LL Bean guide to the sport!Lian goes all in on Ancestry.com. HELP! how do you do genealogy? Lian needs your help.Entertaining Sisters:Finished Bridgerton? Us, too. Need more of same? Yes! Find a good list here at Marie Claire and Lian recommends Sanditon from PBS.We've got BOOKS!Find out Satellite Sisters store here at Bookshop.org and check out all our podcast book recommendations.Today, we recommend:The Arctic Fury by Greer MacallisterThe Kindest Lie by Nancy JohnsonSurviving Savannah by Patti CallahanBand of Sisters by Lauren WilligWho is Maud Dixon by Alexandra AndrewsThanks to our Sponsors this week:Ritual ritual.com/sistersFrambridge framebridge.com promo code sistersRothys rothys/com/sistersThird Love thirdlove.com/sistersFind out more about Satellite Sisters at satellitesisters.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hallmark Holiday Finale! And Satellite Sisters' Top Ten Lists for 2020. It's a Hallmark Holiday Finale on Satellite Sisters. Our guests are CEO Wonya Lucas and EVP Programming Michelle Vicary from Crown Media Family Networks, home of all the Hallmark Channels and streaming service. What their holiday movie secrets and goals for the future?Plus each sister has her own Top Ten list for 2020. Lian has Top Ten Personal Silver Lining Revelations for 2020, Liz has Top Ten Unexpected Lessons Learned In An Unexpected Place: Her Kitchen and Julie has Top 10 Things That Gave Her Hope in 2020.This is our final episode for 2020. We will be back on Jan. 5. Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.SAVE THE DATE: We have locked in a SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SATELLITE SISTERS as a Virtual Zoom Event with Sixth & I for Sunday April 11. ALL FIVE DOLAN SISTERS. Ticket prices and times will be announced soon on our newsletter Pep Talk and in the Sixth and I newsletter, so stay tuned.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

NOTE: We had an audio snafu. Lost our master recording. Luckily, Julie had a back-up. As a result, she sounds great but the rest of us - not so much. Still, we loved the episode so here it is. Sorry. #2020problemsOur guest is Real Simple Editor Brandi Broxson with many great ideas for theme gifting. Read more here at the Real Simple website.Lian shares lessons from the Wall Street Journal on how to cultivate E-Charisma on Zoom!We discuss the sad story of Tony Hsieh of Zappos from Forbes.The Cooking With Liz Holiday Wrap Party will take place LIVE in our Facebook Group on Saturday at 4 pm Pacific.We also invite you to POST YOUR TOAST in. special thread in the Facebook Group.Cooking With Liz drink recipes:Here's the mocktail recipe! Liz's favorite is this Paloma Fizz. Love the rosemary! : https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/paloma-fizz-mocktails/f7efe9f1-7cd3-4f27-8247-485de5f82a3cWe will post the recipe for The Five Sisters Cocktail in the Satellite Sisters FB Group and also in this week's Pep Talk newsletter, so be sure to sign up for both. You'll need to shop for St. German Elderflower Liqueur, Lairds Applejack and Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters to play along at home.SAVE THE DATE: We have locked in a SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SATELLITE SISTERS as a Virtual Zoom Event with Sixth & I for Sunday April 11. ALL FIVE DOLAN SISTERS. Ticket prices and times will be announced soon on our newsletter Pep Talk and in the Sixth and I newsletter, so stay tuned.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Perk It Up! Lifting Our Holiday Spirits, Doing The Undoing and Listening to Nashville Hitmaker Aimee MayoWe set a goal for December 2020: Perk It Up! Today, we enjoy talking to an unexpected special guest from Nashville: Author + Hit Songwriter Aimee Mayo.Her new memoir is Talking To The Sky.Here's a Spotify playlist Lian put together of songs Aimee Mayo has written with artists such as Blake Shelton, Martina MacBride, Lonestar, Faith Hill and Kenny Chesney. Congrats to Female First Sarah Fuller, kicker for Vanderbilt football and first woman to play football in the Power Five.Entertaining Sisters:The Undoing on HBO: No spoilers on the podcast todayDance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker on Netflix. A documentary about Debbie Allen and her annual production of Hot Chocolate Nutcracker with students from Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles.Try Poet Kate Baer. Her new volume is What Kind of Woman and it would make a great gift.Tuesday Trends: Early Bird Dinners, New Names for Faux Meat, Helicopter Parenting in the Online Classroom.Gut Health? Liz is checking on her microbiome and has a few issues.SAVE THE DATE: We have locked in a SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SATELLITE SISTERS as a Virtual Zoom Event with Sixth & I for Sunday April 11. ALL FIVE DOLAN SISTERS. Ticket prices and times will be announced soon on our newsletter Pep Talk and in the Sixth and I newsletter, so stay tuned.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Happy Thanksgiving, sisters and misters! Sisters Sheila Dolan and Monica Dolan stop in to catch up with Julie, Liz and Lian before the holidays begin. The Lab Rats have a review of a small appliance that Monica's been testing. Top of Sheila's 2020 Gratitude List? The joy of discovering a good handyman who will work outside.Julie's staying home in Texas for Thanksgiving, but heading to the beach with her pod. You know what that means? Oyster stuffing! Lian is only hosting one socially-distanced guest in her backyard: Liz. Otherwise it's just her nuclear pod. We review many plans listeners have posted in the FB Group and also participate in the #1 Thanksgiving debate: what are the best regional side dishes?Cooking With Liz: What's the winning dessert Liz will make this Saturday and Sunday on FB Live? Cranberry Lemon Bars from the NYT:https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021641-cranberry-lemon-bars?utm_source=sharetools&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=websiteEntertaining Sisters:Sheila is all in on Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in The Undoing on HBOMonica may be late to this party but she's enjoying Samin Nosrat's Salt Fat Acid Heat on Netflix plus her podcast Home Cooking. Monica's going to try her buttermilk brine.SHOP in our Satellite Sisters Shop here.SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SATELLITE SISTERS: A Virtual Zoom Event with Sixth & I is locked in for Sunday April 11. ALL FIVE DOLAN SISTERS will appear. Ticket prices and times will be announced soon on our newsletter Pep Talk and in the Sixth and I newsletter, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, SAVE THE DATE.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We welcome this Season Of Female Firsts! Congratulations to all 3 Satellite Sisters of the Week:Kamala Harris: First female Vice President-elect of the United States. Emily Harrington - the first female to solo free climb El Capitain in less than 24 hoursKim Ng: First female General Manager in Major League Baseball. Named by Miami MarlinsWe interview comedian Michael Ian Black about his new book A (Mostly Serious) Letter To My SonSHOP in our Satellite Sisters Shop here. We have locked in a SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SATELLITE SISTERS as a Virtual Zoom Event with Sixth & I for Sunday April 11. ALL FIVE DOLAN SISTERS. Hilarity will certainly ensue. Ticket prices and times will be announced soon on our newsletter Pep Talk and in the Sixth and I newsletter, so stay tuned. But for goodness sake, SAVE THE DATE.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

SPECIAL Satellite Sisters Listener Appreciation Day: You're the Best, Sisters and Misters! It's a SPECIAL Day. It's Listener Appreciation Day on Satellite Sisters. For the first time in 20 years, we are devoting an entire episode to thanking you, sisters and misters. We want you to know how much you have meant to us over the years by celebrating how smart, funny, kind and quirky YOU are. You're The Best!We also feature 4 "Longtime Listener, First Time Caller" Interviews, another first! Special thanks to Josh Blue, Laurie Levine, Tara James and Lindsay Currie for agreeing to play along with us on Zoom. On the podcast, we have excerpts from those conversations. All next week we will be posting the complete video calls in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. If you are not a member, now is a good time to join.We also have two big announcements:First, to thank you, we have cut all the prices in the Satellite Sisters Shop from November 3 though November 17. If you've ever been tempted to stock up on some Satellite Sisters merch, now is the time. Shop here.Second, we have just locked in a SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SATELLITE SISTERS as a Virtual Zoom Event with Sixth & I for Sunday April 11. ALL FIVE DOLAN SISTERS. Hilarity will certainly ensue. Ticket prices and times will be announced soon on our newsletter Pep Talk and in the Sixth and I newsletter, so stay tuned. But for goodness sake, SAVE THE DATE.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We were right. Friendship is good for you and your health! Today's guest on friendship is Lydia Denworth, author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond. More fascinating writing from Lydia here, here and here. Also, Lian reminds listeners they can still register for Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop. It's virtual, starts Friday and Lian is part of the fun. Julie bids farewell to TAB, the beverage of her teenage years. And Liz shares the tale of terrible neighbors doing terrible things to each other. There is SOME comedy in it, we promise.Julie's tips on How To Host A Virtual Thanksgiving.Liz announces a new season of Cooking With Liz: One Complete Holiday Meal! Info will be posted on the Satellite Sisters website and in the Facebook Group.Thank you to our sponsors. Please support us by using these special urls and codes:MeUndies: www.meundies.com/sistersBrooklinen: www.brooklinen.com Use promo code sistersFabFitFun: www.fabfitfun.com Use coupon code sistersRothy's: www.rothys.com/sistersVisit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's Locktober Expert is Dr. Leslie Korn, an expert in Natural and Integrative Medicine specializing in treating trauma, chronic illness and optimal wellness and author of Natural Woman. She's got some great advice for us and a special offer on her online classes. See below for details. Also today, Liz spills the beans on backstage with Ina Garten and how she prepped for her Zoom night with the Barefoot Contessa at Sixth & I. Ina Garten's new book is Modern Comfort Food.To try an online course from Dr. Leslie Korn, follow these instructions:1. Access LKIIM Courses website: https://bit.ly/2FHJdRaor https://institute.drlesliekorn.com/courses2. You will get a 50% off on all courses by using the coupon code SISTERS50.3. The coupon will be available from October 20th to October 26th.4. To make it valid, delete the current code at the checkout page and enter the new code: SISTERS50.5. In case there's not coupon showing when checking out, you will have to enter the code in "add a coupon" Her latest book is Natural Woman: Herbal Remedies for Radiant Health At Every Age and Stage of Life. Recommendations from Entertaining Sisters:Julie:Palm SpringsBruce Springsteen Letter to YouLiz: Tana French The SearcherThe Trial of the Chicago 7 on NetflixVisit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How can we find more joy and connection over the holidays even if we are not together? Rabbi Judy Greenfeld, the Relationship Rabbi, joins us with advice. Here's more info about her on her Nachshon Minyan website. Plus, Lian tells us about how Martha Stewart has been quarantining and why its important to smile even under your mask, Julie has tips for how to mage your inevitable meltdowns and Liz realizes she actually had that boss Sylvie from Emily in Paris. Merde!We have new products in the Satellite Sisters Shop including Stay Connected, Peace & Sauce and I'm An Eyeballer. You can find everything on our website here: https://satellitesisters.com/shop/Entertaining Sisters:True Appaloosa on Amazon Prime is a fascinating documentary about a horse breeder that Julie recommends for adventure lovers, horse lovers and anyone curious far-off places like Kyrgystan.We're still talking about Emily in Paris on Netflix plus Lian recommends two more shows in that genre:Call Your Agent on Netflix is French and fabulous.Love Life on HBO Max starring Anna Kendricks is a winner: so smart and fun.Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Locktober begins! All month the Satellite Sisters will bring you experts with advice on handling extended lockdown. Today its Dr. Stephanie Newman on managing anxiety, setting goals and empathy. Stephanie is a NY psychotherapist as well as an author. Her new novel, BARBARIANS AT THE PTA, explores bullying and quickly became an Amazon best-seller in multiple categories.Lian will be on Friends and Fiction on Wednesday October 7 at 7 pm ET/4 pm Pacific. Julie and Liz will also drop in. Here is the Streamyard link to join the event: https://streamyard.com/tittn7wp4dOn Tuesday October 13, Liz will appear online at our favorite arts and culture organization Sixth and I to introduce Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contesa herself! You can buy tickets here. For $40, you can get a signed copy of her new book Modern Comfort Food and a link to the online event.Julie thinks watching animal videos may be the best way to manage anxiety. Her suggestions are:Warriorcanineconnection.orgKittenrescue.orgNationalzoo.si.edu/webcamsExplore.org/livecams/africanwildlifeMontereybayaquarium.orgExplore.org/livecams/panda-bearsExplore.org/livecams/brown-bearsEntertaining Sisters: Julie recommendsTehran On Apple TV +Emily in Paris on NetflixVisit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Claire Tansey joins us today, publication day for her great new cookbook Dinner, Uncomplicated. We've already tested some of the recipes ourselves. Winners are announced for our #satsisterslookwhatidid contest - 1 randomly drawn from the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group and another from Instagram. Did you win? Listen to find out.We tackle the new Netflix documentary called The Social Dilemma. Have you seen it? Julie and Liz have. Lian's got some ambitious plans for holiday decoration that she lays out. Liz has good news about aging from a study she read about in Fast Company.Entertaining Sisters:Lian recommends the audiobook of Lucy Foley's The Guest ListShe and her son are watching The Last Dance on Netflix. It's the Michael Jordan documentary that originally aired on ESPN.Liz is a little late to the party but she's loving The Great British Baking Show.Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Satellite Sisters thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg and share many of the things we have read or listened to since learning of her passing.RBG New York Times ObituaryRBG First Woman To Lie In StateNina Totenberg on Ruth Bader GinsburgRuth Bader Ginsburg's Advice for LivingAmicus Podcast from Dahlia Lithwick on the Women of Harvard Law '59Julie recommends this new book on college admissions: Who Gets In and Why by Jeffrey SelingoLian recommends breathing! And this new book that's all about breathing and your nose.Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James NestorWhat dentists are seeing now in this time of stress.Entertaining Sisters:Remain In Love audiobook read by Chris Frantz.Sara Bareilles TV show on Apple TV +: Little VoiceSara Bareilles on Dax Shepherd's podcast.Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris Frantz of The Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club joins us to talk about his new memoir Remain In Love. Two iconic bands. One unforgettable life. A lovely guy married to rock goddess Tina Weymouth. What's not to love? Not only are we huge fans of Chris' but he and Tina live in Fairfield, CT, the town where we grew up.Check out Lian's new Spotify playlist: Satellite Sisters Talking Heads TalkJulie has highlights from entries so far in our Facebook Group and Instagram contest #satsisterslookwhatidid. From the sublime to the ridiculous, some top notch work, sisters and misters!This contest runs through September 28th.Post photos of things you accomplished - big things or small! It's all worthy.Use the hashtag #satsisterslookwhatidid with your post.Got it? We want to celebrate what you are getting done so use #satsisterslookwhatidid when you post it in your own instagram feed or in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. We'll do a random drawing on the show Sept 29 and two sisters or misters will get a bag of Satellite Sisters swag. One from Instagram and one from the Facebook Group.Plus, last week Julie confessed she had used laundry spray on her face. It said Reduce Wrinkles! Today, we have your own product snafu confessions.Lian Dolan's new dates for The Sweeney Sisters Book Clubs:Lian: Sweeney Sisters new book club dates: September, October-- including a Brunch time slot! Sept 16 7 pm Pacific TimeOctober 14 4 pm Pacific TimeOctober 18 9 am Sunday PT/noon ET Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lian catches us up on her dancing progress ( new Rhumba!), Julie accidentally invents a new beauty product and Liz goes from Yosemite to Nosemite. Plus: Russian poisonings are back in the news, we are all struggling with some covid-induced social awkwardness, we salute favorite teacher Shirley Thormann and share the little-known story of Olympic athlete Otis Davis who became a life-long teacher.NEW CONTEST: LOOK WHAT I DID!Our new contest on Instagram and in our Facebook Group begins today and runs through September 28th.Post photos of things you accomplished - big things or small! It's all worthy.Use the hashtag #satsisterslookwhatidid with your post.Got it? We want to celebrate what you are getting done so use #satsisterslookwhatidid when you post it in your own instagram feed or in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. We'll do a random drawing on the show Sept 29 and two sisters or misters will get a bag of Satellite Sisters swag. One from Instagram and one from the Facebook Group.ENTERTAINING SISTERSLiz recommend's Carl Hiassen's new book Squeeze Me.Julie recommends climate change thriller Occupied on Netflix.Lian recommends Netflix documentary The Speed Cubers.Lian Dolan's new dates for The Sweeney Sisters Book Clubs:September, October-- including a Brunch time slot! Sept 9 4 pm Pacific TimeSept 16 7 pm Pacific TimeOctober 14 4 pm Pacific TimeOctober 18 9 am Sunday PT/noon ET Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're back! Lian, Julie and Liz announce plans for the Fall 2020 season including a special series of helpful interviews during what we are calling Locktober. We are here for you, sisters and misters! Also today, some thoughts about the legacies of Chadwick Bozeman and Coach John Thompson.Lian shares information about growth of colon cancer in young people and reccomends these:Ryan Coogler’s tribute to Chadwick BosemanKatie Couric's CRC interview about the puzzling rise of colon cancer in young people.Urban Nana Julie Dolan has two helpful stories:School Daze: Where's College? Anywhere You WantPandemic Parenting: Parenting with an audienceEntertaining Sisters:Lian recommends this podcast (not new but new to her and she loves it): 99% InvisibleLiz has some recommendations for what works and what doesn't as an outdoor movie. Her two faves this summer: Napoleon Dynamite and Black Panther. Maybe skip Jurassic Park if you have nearby neighbors or dogs who might be agitated by the scary noises.Grand Prize winner in Cooking With Liz's Sauce of the Summer Finale is Mama Capra's Marinara. Congrats, Mama and Happy 95th Birthday. Your swag is on the way.Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here.Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the first of our special August 2020 episodes. With or without Tokyo, we've got Olympic Fever! First up, we share the highlights of our Rio Olympics episode August 21, 2016. Lian and Liz came home from Rio full of tales to share with Julie and the whole sisterhood and misterhood. Track & Field, Swimming, Sandwiches and Beer. It was a great trip. Some athlete highlights we witnessed: Usain Bolt wins the 100m, Simone Manuel scores gold in the 100m Free, Michael Phelps doubles in front of our eyes, Wayde van Niekerk sets a new world record in the Men's 400m and Michelle Carter uses her last throw to claim that shot put gold.In the second half of the show, Lian interviews Elise Hooper author of FAST GIRLS, A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team. We featured this book on our 2020 Best Beach Bag Books list which you can see here. You can order any book on that list in our Satellite Sisters Bookshop.org shop here. An excellent way to support indie bookstores.Lian thanks all the sisters and misters who have been vacationing with The Sweeney Sisters. Don't have your copy yet? To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here.Get in the spirit. Liz's Best Olympic movies:Blades of GloryI, TonyaMiracleDownwhill RacerChariots of FireJulie recommends the British Binge-Cation on Hulu.Lian thanks all the sisters and misters who have been vacationing with The Sweeney Sisters. Don't have your copy yet? To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)To order any of the books on our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list, go to this list on bookshop.org.Lian has several online book appearances coming up including a book club discussion about The Sweeney Sisters every Wednesday night on Crowdcast. It's fun and free. Sign up for an upcoming week with your whole book club! Meetings will go on hiatus in August and begin again in September. More details here on her website and shared on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page and in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Check out the brand new Satellite Sisters website! Follow @satsisters on Instagram and Twitter.What's coming up on the Satellite Sisters podcasts in August? We are taking you on vacation with us. We've got special theme shows with classic bits and new stories. Be sure you are subscribed so you get:Liz and Lian at the Rio Olympics plus interview with author of Fast Girls August 4, 2020Fun and Food: Hilarity ensues with Fro Yo and in Whole Foods August 11, 2020Let's Go, South America! Our trips to Galapagos, Macchu Picchu and Patagonia August 18, 2020Let's Go, Europe and Australia! Our trips to Paris, Rome and Australia August 25, 2020Coming up this week on Cooking with Liz, she'll be making Chrissie Tiegen's Beef Skewers with Tahini Sauce. Tune in LIVE in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group Saturday at noon PT and Sunday at noon PT.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We've got it all this week. Remembrance of John Lewis, advice for parents with new college grads searching for jobs (or not), workplace insight during a layoff, the latest announcement on the next season of Cooking With Liz, Nana Camp news on her top 3 ointments and a whole lot of magazine hodge-podge. We love you magazine editors, but you are clearly running out of content! Plus in Entertaining Sisters, a new book from an old friend.Visit our new website here: www.satellitesisters.com Our favorite new word from science to describe this current phase humans and animals are in: anthropause.All the books we recommend can be found here: https://bookshop.org/shop/liandolanMagazine Hodge Podge!Real SimpleMillie. A new magazine for female investors.Southern Living. Julie's on board with okra. Lian not so much.Good Housekeeping. Do your feet hurt? Julie shares Good Housekeeping's explanation why.Read more about Financial Infidelity here.To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)To order any of the books on our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list, go to this list on bookshop.org.Lian has several online book appearances coming up including a book club discussion about The Sweeney Sisters every Wednesday night on Crowdcast. It's fun and free. Sign up for an upcoming week with your whole book club! More details here on her website and shared on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page and in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Check out the brand new Satellite Sisters website! Follow @satsisters on Instagram and Twitter.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's conversation about women and work and kids and school, we cite several studies.Women Carrying The Burden of Education During Covid from Ms. MagazineInterruptions of Working Parents at Home with Kids from The Washington PostStanford Business School on Equity and Inclusion Concerns in New Work/Life Reality. Leadership Lessons in the Time Of Corona from L A TimesOn a lighter note: TidBits!Goodbye Buffets. Hello Endless Entrees? We are not certain this is such a good idea.Julie's headed to Dinosaur National Park! It's all part of Nana Camp 2020Liz will be making Gold Creek Salmon BBQ on Cooking With Liz this week. Tune in at the Facebook Group on Saturday noon and Sunday noon Pacific Time for the fish you will not be eating on the Alaska cruise you are not taking this summer.Thanks to Heidi who provided the best vacation of the year for The Sweeney Sisters and took us along in the Facebook Group. To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)To order any of the books on our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list, go to this list on bookshop.org.Lian has several online book appearances coming up including a book club discussion about The Sweeney Sisters every Wednesday night on Crowdcast. It's fun and free. Sign up for an upcoming week with your whole book club! More details here on her website and shared on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page and in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Susan Wiggs Interview plus New Website Goes Live, Outdoor Movies at Home, Work AdviceLian and Julie interview Susan Wiggs in the second half today's show. First up, info on our new website, some ideas about backyard movies this summer and some work advice and perspective from Liz.We freshened up our website! Check it out at www.satellitesisters.com. (If you have issues, be sure to clear your cache.) Many thanks to our web design Kate McMillan. You can find her at www.outboxonline.com or email her at [email protected]. On the site, you get all the latest info about us, our books, the Satellite Sisters history and how to work with us for speeches or events. Plus a complete audio archive of every podcast episode - more than 850!Working It Out: Liz recommends some of these resources. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s guidance on returning to work and the National Employment Law Practice NELP’s resource guide for workers offer more detailed ideas. California’s Department of Industrial Relations has state-specific guidelines. Most states do.Susan Wiggs' latest book comes out today. It's The Lost and Found Bookshop. Find more information about this book and all of the the Satellite Sisters beach Bag Book Picks here on Lian Dolan's page at bookshop.org. Another of Susan's bestsellers The Oysterville Sewing Circle is out in paperback now. The book Susan recommends about caring for people with dementia is Advice For Future Corpses.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Satellite Mister Carl Reiner, Family Test Results, Saharan Dust Storms, Black Hole Collisions, 4th of July Extravaganza PlansFAREWELL to the ultimate Satellite Mister Carl Reiner, one of our all-time favorite guests EVER. Lian still can't believe that he told us on our radio show in 2003 that Satellite Sisters "was a really good idea for a show!"Family Test Results: We've got some tests to report in the family. Keeps wearing those masks and social distancing, people! News from the natural world:WHAT IS A SAHARAN DUST STORM?https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/29/saharan-dust-united-states-get-another-cloud-week/3281263001/The MOST EXCITING THING IN ASTROPHYSICS!!! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/science/black-hole-collision-ligo.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimessciencANIMALS MISS US.https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/06/24/some-zoo-animals-are-doing-fine-without-visitors-many-are-lonely-without-us/?arc404=trueCooking With Liz: Lian explains do’s and don’t for the Watermelon Ice cream Extravaganza. Here's the recipe and instructions from our Facebook Group.Liz is also looking for a watermelon cocktail recipe. What do you think of this one from Valerie Bertinelli's cooking show Valerie's How Cooking?Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends this book about Churchhill and assures us it's much more interesting that you think! The Splendid and the Vile by Eric LarsonPlus, Chaser, a SoCal Melodic Punk Rock Band, is supporting Julie's nonprofit organization for early childhood learning by donating profits so let's support them by buying their music! www.chaserpunkrock.comLian has several online book appearances coming up including a book club discussion about The Sweeney Sisters every Wednesday night on Crowdcast. It's fun and free. Sign up for an upcoming week with your whole book club! More details here on her website and shared on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page and in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Watch Lian's interview of writer Gina Fattore, author of The Spinster Diaries, in our Facebook Group .To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)To order any of the books on our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list, go to this list on bookshop.org.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lian's inspired by Stephanie Koontz's speech about taking a "close the gap" year at her son's college graduation, Julie has tales of Love in the Time of Covid and Liz shares the insane details of the ex-EBay execs arrested for Cyberstalking with a warning: There IS such a thing as a bad idea in a brainstorming meeting. Plus special thanks to listener Jean Sandman Manthorne who figured out what our grandfather William Klarman did for a living. Family mystery solved!Lian has several online book appearances coming up including a book club discussion about The Sweeney Sisters every Wednesday night on Crowdcast. It's fun and free. Sign up for an upcoming week with your whole book club! More details here on her website and shared on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page and in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Watch Lian interview writer Gina Fattore in our Facebook Group . This premieres Friday June 26th at 9 am Pacific Time.To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)Entertaining Sisters Recommendations:Get ready for Hamilton to begin streaming on Disney+ on July 3rd. And then 24/7 for the rest of your life!False Flag on Hulu - A great Israeli spy thrillerMoney Heist on Netflix - A great Spanish heist series. 4 seasons!Dallas Museum of Art lecture by Conor Knighton, author of the book Leave Only Footprints that Julie recommended. Online event Wednesday July 1 at 7 pm Central time.Big 4th of July Ice Cream Extravaganza COOKING WITH LIZ announcement! On July 1, 2 and 3, Liz will make Lian's Famous Ice Cream Watermelon! Here's the original link to the blog post with the recipe and step-by-step instructions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Satellite Sister Lian Dolan on this special episode drop of The Book Club Girl podcast talking about The Sweeney Sisters. The Book Club Girl Podcast is a biweekly podcast on which the show’s co-hosts, Tavia Kowalchuk and Eliza Rosenberry, talk about books perfectly suited for book clubs. They focus on one book each episode and this week, it’s The Sweeney Sisters. Plus, Summer reading recommendations & an audio clip from The Sweeney Sisters .Find out more about The Sweeney Sisters here.Find out more about The Book Club Girls Podcast here.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.