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Lack of motivation. Academic backsliding. Social distancing collapsing. And everyone's driving you batty. Does this sound familiar? Do you have teens and college kids in the house? Do you have pandemic parenting questions? Susan Borison and Stephanie Silverman of Your Teen Media have answers. We tackle questions from the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group about what's happening in your house. And the stress and anxiety that everyone in the family feels.To find more Satellite Sisters: For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comYou can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, any other podcast app or our website.Lian Dolan's new book The Sweeney Sisters is available at www.bookshop.orgTo listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters episodes.To find Your Teen Media, Check out:PRINT MAGAZINEhttps://yourteenmag.com/subscribeNewsletterhttps://yourteenmag.com/sign-up-for-our-newsletterSOCIAL MEDIAhttps://www.facebook.com/YourTeenhttps://twitter.com/yourteenmaghttps://www.instagram.com/yourteenmag/https://www.pinterest.com/yourteenmag/https://www.linkedin.com/company/your-teen-magazinehttps://www.youtube.com/user/YourTeenMagazineCOVID INFOhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFajhIDXyae627fMcZcviFSg11H8wlBLV (76 videos)https://yourteen.mykajabi.com/free-digital-magazine https://yourteen.mykajabi.com/free-digital-magazine-2-0https://bit.ly/QAreplayPODCASThttps://evergreenpodcasts.com/your-teenSee 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 we talk about taking action in the area of racial justice, both personally and professionally,then we've got some workplace advice (Stop The Unmasked Sneezing!), some entertainment ideas and a family controversy about our grandfather's actual line of work. Train conductor? Brewmaster? Truck Driver? Who knows.COVID-19 pandemic continues to have wide effects. Julie talks about education and cites info Students Falling Months Behind During Virus Disruptions. Liz is working on her approach to an "exposure budget" based on this story Five Rules To Live By During A Pandemic. Lian has interesting info on what college will be like in the fall.In Working it Out, Liz cites Forbes article: Dear White People, Ten Action Steps You Can Take To Promote Racial Justice In The Workplace and recommends this excellent podcast: Women At Work Podcasts from HBR: Sisterhood is Scarce and Sisterhood is Power. Podcast here.Find out more about Dolly Chugh’s book, “The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias,” here: http://www.dollychugh.com/book/BRING YOUR OWN BOOK CLUB: LIAN'S TALKING ABOUT THE SWEENEY SISTERS. Lian will be hosting free book club discussions about The Sweeney Sisters Book Club every Wednesday night in June and July on Crowdcast. All details for free sign-up at www.liandolan.com and on all Satellite Sisters social media.Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends reading Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia to Zion Journey Through Every National Park by Conor Knighton.OFFSTAGE online event from New York Times Events - a nice way to spend Thursday night if you need a touch of Broadway!Next week's show is a special on parenting during the time of pandemic. Lian has a thread started in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group for your questions and suggestions. Lian Dolan's new book The Sweeney Sisters is available at www.bookshop.orgTo listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters episodes.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comSee 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.

A Satellite Sisters Check-In - Our Sadness, Our Hopes plus a Kindergarten Graduation and New Dog Pool. We begin today just checking in. What are we feeling? What should be do about it? How can we support our friends and sisters? Where do we go from here, America? How do we heal the pain?From there, some good news. A thrilling lift-off to space and some exciting twists to the story. Did you know both astronauts are also married to astronauts? Julie celebrates graduation from kindergarten. Not hers, though it feels that way. She also makes a major purchase for her backyard yards that isn't exactly going swimmingly. A Dog Pool.In our work advice segment Working It Out, we answer two listener questions about how to get through these hard times. A working mom who is having trouble dealing with her first grader AND getting her actual job done, and another mother who, Franklin, just doesn't like having her husband and kids at home all day! Deb and Beth, we feel you. Post any of your own work-related questions on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group and we will tackle on future episodes.Lian is trying to find the Texas book club that booked her to appear in August. It's lost among all of her social messaging apps. Help! Was it you? Contact Lian from her website www.liandolan.com. She also found a couple great listener letters that came in months ago. Sorry!On Cooking With Liz, we hear all about Mama Capra's Marinara Sauce. This week. Liz will attempt Vietnamese Salad Rolls and Dipping Sauces. Watch in our Facebook Group live at Thursday noon PT, Saturday noon PT and Sunday noon PT. Peace and Sauce, sisters and misters!In Entertaining Sisters, we recommend watching the documentaries about Christo and Jeanne Claude by the Maysles brothers including Running Fence, Islands and The Gates. Christo died this week at the age of 84.BRING YOUR OWN BOOK CLUB: LIAN'S TALKING ABOUT THE SWEENEY SISTERS. Lian announces a new series of Book Club opportunities every Wednesday night in June and July. Details at www.liandolan.com and on all Satellite Sisters social media. Free. Easy. Fun. For those who have read the book and aren't afford of spoilers! 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 and Liz both have new quarantine habits. Liz even has a slogan. Stop The Slide.Lian has high praise for Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show Never Have I Ever. Special shout-out for surprise John McEnroe stunt casting.Liz answers some of your work and workplace questions from the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Resources mentioned during Liz's Satellite Sisters Working It Out segment:Time Magazine article: Scared To Return To Work Amid Coronavirus? Your OptionsForbes Magazine: Planning For Early RetirementThe Unemployment Rate Among Older Adults: What to do if you lose your jobFor concerns about discrimination or workplace safety. also seek out your state contacts for OSHA and National Labor Relations Board and speak to your union if you are represented by one.We also recommend this episode of Katie Couric's podcast that features an interview with Shake Shack's Danny Meyers and this Fresh Air episode with Tim Colicchio.For a wild fun historical story about the CIA and metal bands in the Cold War, listen to Patrick Radden Keefe's podcast Wind Of Change. Keep write the book about the IRA and The Troubles we loved last year Say Nothing.BRING YOUR OWN BOOK CLUB: LIAN'S TALKING ABOUT THE SWEENEY SISTERS. Lian will be announcing a new series of Book Club opportunities every Wednesday night in June and July so watch for details at www.liandolan.com and on all Satellite Sisters social media.Thanks to our sponsors. Please use these special urls and promo codes.FabFitFun: www.fabfitfun.com Use coupon code sisters. #FabFitFunFramebridge: www.framebridge.com Use promo code sistersRitual: www.ritual.com/sistersMeUndies: www.meundies.com/sistersFor the complete list of Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books for 2020 with links to all, go to our website here.This week Lian talks about two works of historical fiction.To order any of these books and support indie bookstores, go to www.bookshop.orgDon't forget about Lian Dolan's new book The Sweeney Sisters, also available at www.bookshop.orgTo listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters episodes.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comYou can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, any other podcast app or our website.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 2020 Best Beach Bag Books Special! Interview with Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks, plus book and podcast recommendations from the Satellite SistersFor the complete list of Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books for 2020 with links to all, go to our website here.To order any of these books and support indie bookstores, go to www.bookshop.orgDon't forget about Lian Dolan's new book The Sweeney Sisters, also available at www.bookshop.orgFor more on Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, authors of You Are Not Alone and our interview subjects today, go here. The new podcasts we recommended on this episode are:Dear Governor: A brand new 8 episode podcast series from our longtime Satellite Sister Corny Koehl. She tells the story of Jarvis Masters, a man on Death Row in California, and invites listeners to dig a little deeper into their own beliefs about what the death penalty accomplishes. Subscribe here. Facebook Page here.Sugar Calling: A new interview series from author Cheryl Strayed. Unlike her previous podcast Dear Sugar where she dispensed the advice, this time Cheryl calls older wiser folks for their perspective in a pandemic world. They are all some of her favorites writers including George Saunders, Judy Blume, Pico Iyer, Amy Tan and Margaret Atwood. Subscribe here. The Wild with Chris Morgan. Stories about the natural world. Take your minds into forests, mountains and theminds of animals. Chris Morgan lives in the Pacific Northwest but his stuffy British accent works very well to relax and inform you. Subscribe here.To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters episodes.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comSee 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.

Life Opening Up, College Graduations and Admissions, Fantasy Escapes, Birdwatching BoomLian's upcoming online appearances for The Sweeney Sisters include the Pequot Library, our hometown hangout that's featured in the book. Former college admissions officer Julie has thoughts about how admissions testing will or won't work in the future and Lian thinks about all the college graduations not taking place this spring, including her son's. Liz envies a castaway who was camping out on a forbidden island and is is surprised to learn about the YouTube Video sub-genre that's all about abandoned places. And Lian's on top of the bird-watching trend. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DATE CHANGE FOR OUR SIXTH & I SATELLITE SISTERS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW: This event has been rescheduled for June 13, 2021. Tickets for the May 17 show will be automatically honored for the new date, and no action is required. If you had tickets to the show in May and cannot attend the rescheduled show, please consider allowing the value of your ticket to act as a tax-deductible donation to support our non-profit operation during this difficult time. All buyers will be contacted by Sixth & I.Entertaining Sisters:Catch the final two episodes of Homeland and pay attention to Saul's house. Allegedly in McLean Virginia, it's actually down the street from Lian in Pasadena. Julie recommends online tours of Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Dallas Arboretum.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.

It's Lian Dolan pub date for The Sweeney Sisters. We celebrate with an Ask Lian Anything. Thanks for all your questions! For complete info on Lian's appearances online, go to her Lian Dolan author page here. To order The Sweeney Sisters and support indie bookstores in the process, go to Bookshop.org or Greenlight Book in Brooklyn.Julie and Lian review Cooking with Liz latest season: Roast Salmon. They have some constructive criticism. But miraculously Liz get's renewed for a Season 7!! The assignment is baking. Ruh-roh. You can watch all the Cooking With Liz episodes in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group or by following @satsisters on Instagram.Julie has some fascinating insight into how Denmark is opening their schools for the youngest kids. Will we be able to pull that off in the US?Entertaining Sisters: Julie and Liz are both watch Ozark. Dark but SO entertaining. Liz also recommends the Steven Sondheim 90th Birthday Party which you can find online here. Wildly entertaining and a nice palate cleanser from Ozark. You need to relieve the tension.To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters episodes.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comYou can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, any other podcast app or our website.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.

Final countdown has begun to the publication date of Lian's new novel The Sweeney Sisters on April 28. To get in on the east coast online event at A Mightly Blaze at 2 pm ET/11 am PT or the Vroman's west coast event at 6 pm PT/9 pm ET, go to Lian's author page here. Both events are free but the Vroman's event on crowdcast requires preregistration.On today's podcast, Julie has a HUGE idea for The New American Greeting. Get on board!More animal news from Lian. She's loving Pizza Groundhog, a worthy successor to Pizza Rat, plus the Adelaide Kangaroo.She recommends two podcasts on The Wolves of Yellowstone. This Is Love and Criminal.Cooking with Liz: Lian and Julie review Liz's preparation and presentation of this recipe for Turmeric-Spiced Cauliflower and Broccoli with Capers from Rancho La Puerta by Torrie Borrelli. Her book is The Mexican Keto Cookbook.Liz's assignment for Season 6 of Cooking with Liz is Lian's favorite salmon recipe. Roasted Salmon with Dill, Capers and Horseradish. Entertaining Sisters:Wallander on PBS. Hamlet as a detective.The Last Dance, a 10-part ESPN series about Michael Jordan. The first two episodes set new viewing records for documentaries on ESPN. The versions containing strong adult language air on ESPN (TV-MA) while an alternate option edited for that language will air simultaneously on ESPN2 (TV-14-L).To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters episodes.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comYou can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, any other podcast app or our website.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.

Weird Dreams, Tragic Optimism, Quarantrends and FOXES! Plus 'Cooking With Liz' S4 Review. Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at through local Indie bookstores here. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.Get a signed bookplate from Lian. Fill out this Google doc.Corona Catch-Up. How are you doing?Julie recommends the Skullduggery Eyewitness Kits Perfect Cast Fossilworks Craft Kit for Nana Academy learning. Cultivating a sense of tragic optimism despite the sense of overwhelming grief. Articles here and here.Weird Dreams? You are not alone.Book about Loneliness by Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD:Together. The Healing Power of Human Connection In A Sometimes Lonely WorldFOXES are Fun! Lian recommends the fascinating audiobook The Hidden World of the Fox by Adele Brand. 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 Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.How to get a signed bookplate from Lian. Fill out this Google doc. Lian reviews good and bad relationship advice for corona couples:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/world/coronavirus-lockdown-relationships.htmlhttps://thebudgetsavvybride.com/love-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-how-covid19-is-making-and-breaking-relationships/https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-do-life/202003/tough-problems-relationships-in-the-time-coronavirushttps://www.talkspace.com/blog/coronavirus-relationship-quarantine-advice/Living in co-housing under Stay At Home rules.Cooking With Liz Season 4 Announcement: LIVE FROM THE FRIDGE. In order to comply with LA County Public Health officials request to avoid going to grocery stores for the next two weeks, Liz's challenge in Season 4 will be to make something delicious with whatever she's got in her fridge right NOW. On Thursday at noon Pacific Time, she will conduct a Facebook Live tour of her fridge, then on Saturday at noon and Sunday at noon you will get episode 2 and the season finale. All live in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Join the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group, be part of the breakout new series Cooking With Liz.Today's Entertaining Sisters recommendations: Baghdad CentralUnorthodox on NetflixStaying In with Emily and Kumail PodcastThank you to today's sponsor Honey.News about our May 17 event at Sixth & I in Washington DC. Our live show will be postponed until next year. All who have already purchased tickets will be contacted via email by Sixth & I. We are now working on a plan to hold an event virtually on the original date. Details to come. To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters podcasts.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comYou can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, any other podcast app or our website.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.

News about our May 17 event at Sixth & I in Washington DC. Our live show will be postponed until next year. All who have already purchased tickets will be contacted via email by Sixth & I. We are now working on a plan to hold an event virtually on the original date. Details to come.Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.Lian still has the college radio DJ skills. To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters podcasts.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comYou can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, any other podcast app or our website.Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group, be part of the conversation and watch some of our new videos including Cooking With Liz. This week, she will make the vegetable chili from one of our favorite cookbook authors Claire Tansey. Her latest book is Uncomplicated. Here's the recipe as it appeared in Parade.Looking for new toys to entertain kids at home? Our favorites come from SDToyz. including their Smithsonian Museum Craft Kits.Special shout-out to @GrammarGirl Mignon Fogarty for keeping us entertained and enlighten. Listen to her podcast and follow on 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.

So how's everyone doing out there? Lian and Julie both have observations about managing these times, while Liz is cooking things up in the kitchen. That's right, Liz of all people!We are thinking random thoughts, dealing with ambiguity, learning how to cook, and cancelling all of our Olympic-related plans.Thanks for letting us know what you are up to on your Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Join!For Liz and others learning to cook, Lian recommends Valerie Bertinelli's show in the Food Network.For TV viewing, Julie recommends The Stranger on Netflix.Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.Lian still has the college radio DJ skills. To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters podcasts.For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.comYou can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, any other podcast app or our website.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 Special Episode: The importance of community and connection during the time of corona PLUS a surprise excerpt of the audiobook of Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters.For complete info, go to www.liandolan.comTo pre-order the audiobook, go to www.audible.com/sisters or libro.fmTo pre-order the book, go to you favorite indie bookstore (Lian's fave is Vroman's) or any online source like amazon.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 nails Rhythm Nation at her dance showcase. Actual video posted here in Satellite Sisters Facebook Group! Julie needs a ruling on some grocery store behavior. Liz thinks anti-influencers might be getting a bum rap. Plus the rise of drunk shopping, the end of Safe For Work, shout-out to the Time 100 and L A Times Sports Game Changers.In Entertaining Sisters, Liz recommends the new sports podcast Hall of Shame from Crooked Media and offers to be the hosts' go-to baby boomer for generational sports and cultural references. (They didn't know Love Story????. Come onnnnnn.)Liz offers special thanks to Ann at A Tidy Inbox for an organizational overhaul. Worth every dollar!Lian announces the latest winners in The Sweeney Sisters giveaway and had some dates for her book tour:Dayton Dallas Southport, CT Portland, ORWhat's a seed bomb? Julie explains.Don't forget to come see ALL FIVE SATELLITE SISTERS FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY on Sunday May 17th in Washington DC. Complete details here and ticketing 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.

Creativity, Coronavirus, Olympic Marathon, Cooking vs Postmates, Book Recommendations, The Sweeney Sisters DrawingBuy TIX now! Satellite Sisters LIVE in Washington DC on May 17: Details on our website here. Direct link to tickets sales for Sixth & I here.Liz has a report on The Box Sessions creativity gathering including the fab Lynda Barry.Coronoavirus: Julie notes the closing of the Louvre/ No French Kissing and South Korea using smartphone apps to alert users if they come within 100m of a location visited by someone who had coronavirusRIP Trader Joes. Entertaining Sisters:Julie's Late to the Party Book Recommendation: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiLian's book recommendations:Such a Fun Age You are Not AloneSee 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.

BIG Event Announcement, Lian's Birthday, Julie's Tour of Target, Weinstein Verdict ORDER YOUR TIX NOW! Today we announce Satellite Sisters LIVE: Our 20th Anniversary Live Podcast on May 17 at 5 pm at Sixth & I in Washington DC. Details on our website here. Direct link to tickets sales for Sixth & I here.Today's podcast includes salutes to Katherine Johnson and B. Smith, two notable Satellite Sisters.Julie has travel tips for serious readers. Want to visit hotels with special curated book collections? It's a thing!Read about the trend here and here.In other trends, want a bracelet that jams Alexa and Siri? Here you go.A verdict comes in the Harvey Weinstein case. For a explanation of the trial, the verdict and the implications, listen to this episode of The Daily with Megan Twohey and Jodi Cantor, the NYT journalists who also wrote She Said.BOOK NEWS: Enter our new contest to win an advance copy of Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters by posting a photo of you and your Satellite Sisters or Misters on Instagram or in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group with the hashtags #TheSweeneySisters and #satsisters. Once a week, Lian will randomly pull one winner from each.Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.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 is off this week, but we recommend the Book Club Girl Podcast. Hosts Jen & Tavia, two avid readers and believers in books, discuss great book club picks, talk to authors and offer audio samples of new books. In today's episode, they discuss the New York Times bestseller Searching for Sylvie Lee with writer Jean Kwok. Hear the dramatic personal story that inspired her to write this globe-trotting suspense novel. Find Book Club Girl on all podcast platforms and on social @bookclubgirlSee 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.

Oscar Round-Up, The Power of Friendship, High Distraction Factor News, First Winners of The Sweeney Sisters Insta and Facebook Contest Enter our new contest to win an advance copy of Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters by posting a photo of you and your Satellite Sisters or Misters on Instagram or in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group with the hashtags #TheSweeneySisters and #satsisters. Once a week, Lian will randomly pull one winner from each.Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.This week's episode: Lian pulls the very first contest winners plus:Oscar Round-Up 2020: ET has their recap. LA Times has their recap. And Satellite Sisters has ours. Plus producer Lian rewrites the Oscar show flow.Lian has interesting health news:When Life Throws You Curveballs:Looking on the bright side of life: Optimism is good for your health.Tuesday Trends:Flip Phones Are Back!Kim Kardashian's Shapewear AmbitionsFacial Recognition in Schools. (For more on facial recognition, listen to this edition of The Daily.)We assert again that friends are always worth the effort and Julie has research to prove it.Is it just us or are we getting more irresistible High Distraction Factor News:Naked CookingCat + Dog TVEntertaining Sisters:HGTV Unsellable Houses--New show with twin sister real estate agents Long Bright River by Liz Moore : Julie liked this gritty crime/family drama with two sistersWhat The Constitution Means To Me: The Broadway show is on a national tour now. Liz saw it in LA. It tackles issues related to women's rights and the U S Constitution. For more detail, we recommend the episode of Katie Couric's podcast that covers the ERA. She interviews the author and provides some really interesting history.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 Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.Enter our new Instagram and Facebook Group contest for The Sweeney Sisters by posting a photo of you and your Satellite Sisters or Misters on Instagram or in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group with the hashtags #TheSweeneySisters and #satsisters. Once a week for four weeks, Lian will randomly pull one winner from each.You must use hashtags #TheSweeneySisters and #satsisters to get in the random drawing.Also on today's podcast:Did you love the Shakira and JLo Super Bowl Halftime Show as much as Lian? She announces her new dance showcase!Oscar Predictions. Lian's son Colin has strong opinions on this. Are you ready for your Oscar ballot?Coronavirus in the news. Updates from several members of the Satellite Sisters Facebook Community who live in Asia.Have you heard of PreCrastination? Julie explains.Bitter Business Bureau: Listen to WeCrashed from Wondery about the WeWork debacle. Liz explains her outrage.Fitness Trends from L A Times : Lian has a review of new trends. Liz is starting her own Fight Camp.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.

Kobe Bryant: A great athlete, a complex and complicated man. Such a sad loss. Lian cites this column about Kobe from Bill Plaschke in the LA Times. Liz tells the surprising story of how she originally met Kobe.Julie's getting her info on the new coronavirus from either a reliable source like the CDC or longtime Satellite Sister Erin who writes about Hiding From The Virus in the Deployment Diatribes from her home in Beijing.If Jeff Bezos can't keep his phone from getting hacked, how can we? But being smarter than Jeff Bezos, which is not that hard, it turns out.Migration complete! Ready for book launch. Check out Lian's new websiteEntertaining Sisters:The Last Ship: We came for Sting. We stayed for the ship. Read this story about how The Last Ship was recreated after it's Broadway run.Cheer on Netflix. Julie is all in and even check out Corsicana Texas, the fruitcake capital. Brooklinen www.brooklinen.com Use promo code sisters Rothys www.rothys.com/sisters Liquid IV www.liquidIV.com Use promo code sisters at checkout Thirdlove www.thirdlove.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.

Lian's got news! The first event to promote her new novel The Sweeney Sisters is scheduled for Mission Viejo, CA on Feb. 16, 2020. Yes, the book will be in the swag bag! Order your tickets here.Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website.Today's podcast episode:Our NFL news has an LA real estate twist. Welcome to town, Aaron and Danica!Bitter Business Bureau - The Schadenfreude Edition. College students say Tech firms are OUT.Do you love fruits and vegetables as much as Lian does? Read the LA Times salute to The Kiwi Kween. RIP.Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends The Bridge on Amazon Prime. A Swedish/Danish drama.Liz is very happy for Jennifer Aniston. Happy SAG Award , Jen and we loved the finale of The Morning Show.Uh, oh. Goop has a TV show. Liz also checked out the new Goop store.Healthy Hodge Podge: Lian has a round-up of health news.Breaking Dog Allergy News! https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/health/male-dog-allergy-wellness/index.htmlMorning habits that set up your day https://www.self.com/story/morning-routine-habitsHow much water do you really need? https://www.self.com/story/how-much-water-should-you-drink-a-daySee 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.

Royal News! What say we about Harry and Meghan? Plus Meghan and Harry's announcement about stepping down. We have MUCH to discuss. And by the way, congrats Canada!Plus:Oscar Nominations: Do we really have to go see The Joker? Liz is not feeling it. Instead she recommends the trio of Little Women, The Farewell and The Hustler. Nominations be damned. Julie's got strong thoughts about Marriage Story.Lian recommends Spinning Out on Netflix and Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist on NBC. 52 Places To Go. Great travel tips for the coming year from the New York Times travel section.Lian's got news! The first event to promote her new novel The Sweeney Sisters is scheduled for Mission Viejo, CA on Feb. 16, 2020. Yes, the book will be in the swag bag! Order your tickets here.Meanwhile, thanks for preordering the book at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Official publication date is April 28. You can do that here. Also, please ask your local library to buy a copy.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 share our themes for the new year 2020. For Satellite Sisters, It's also the year of The Sweeney Sisters, Lian's new novel. Pre-order her book here. Her book launch will happen at Vroman's in Pasadena on April 28. Come celebrate with her. Lian also has a book event in Mission Viejo CA in February. Here's a link for tickets.Julie has the exciting details of auto exec escape from Japan.There are new charges against Harvey Weinstein in LA as his trial starts in NYC. Liz listened to both books about the Harvey Weinstein investigation and recommends them: She Said by New York Times reports Meghan Twohy and Jodi Kantor and Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow. Catch and Kill is also a podcast.How did Netflix shoot the Sistine Chapel in The Two Popes? 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 and Julie welcome cookbook author Claire Tansey of Uncomplicated:Take the Stress Out of Home Cooking. Claire gives us her expert advice on Holiday Food and Easy Entertaining. Find her recipes, book and videos here: https://clairetansey.com . Plus, we have Lian's Insider's Guide to the Rose Parade, Rose Bowl and Pasadena. Julie's got book recommendations for young readers. Her list:Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada KellyA Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne ParryThe Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Yan GlaserDogMan Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey ( creator of Captain Underpants)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.

Farewell Madam Secretary, Urban Nana's Best Books for Kids, Lian's Upcoming Book Events for The Sweeney Sisters, Gratitude for TeachersLian's got news! The first event to promote her new novel The Sweeney Sisters is scheduled for Mission Viejo, CA on Feb. 16, 2020. Yes, the book will be in the swag bag! Order your tickets here.Meanwhile, thanks for preordering the book at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot.Lian will be on the faculty at the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop in Dayton, OH from April 1 to April 4.Registration starts December 12 and sells out FAST! Go here: http://humorwriters.org/2020-workshop/Liz has been saying FINISH STRONG for a month. Now the New York Times agrees.Her OTHER podcast Safe For Work made a list of the best podcasts of the year. Yeah! Need any workplace or career advice? Email [email protected], Madam Secretary! Lian and Julie loved this show and wrap up their thoughts after the series finale.Our favorite new real life elected official? The new 34 year old Prime Minister of Finland!Julie's got a new plan for wrapping her book club gift exchange. We'll just see how that works.Urban Nana’s holiday book list for kids (or grandkids!), Part One:Little Mole’s Wish by Sang-keun KimHome in the Woods by Eliza WheelerThe Big Book of Beasts by Yuval ZommerShop for Satellite Sisters merch here.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our full website 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.

We visit New Orleans, Salute a 30 year-old Glamour Magazine and Launch a New HolidayShop Satellite Sisters merch here. Visit our Satellite Sisters website here. Lian has breaking news from a 30 year old edition of Glamour Magazine, Liz has a bone to pick with Jack Dorsey in the Bitter Business Bureau installment and launches a new holiday - Unsubscribe Saturday to follow Black Friday. Julie promotes her personal Beignets No Bourbon tour of New Orleans with her grandchildren. Visit these spots:Audubon Nature Institute Zoo and AquariumNew Orleans City Park National World War Two Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.orgCafe du Monde: www.cafedumonde.comDomilises Poboys: www.domilisespoboys.comPaladar 511 Restaurant Plum Street Snowball Entertaining Sisters:Liz recommends 14 Days with Felicity, a very funny podcast about Felicity Huffman calling from jail, and Lindsay Vonn: The Final Season on HBO. A great doc about a great skier we already miss.Julie had one big issue with Knives Out (Talking to you, Daniel Craig!) and watched a Tara Reid Christmas movie so you don't have to: A Royal Christmas Ball on ion.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 Thanksgiving Special! From Liz's Shrimpsgiving and Lian's sous-chef son Colin to favorite holiday destinations and new music from Martin Davich, we've got you covered.The Edna Dolan Memorial "Flying With Food Report": Thanks to the L A Times for this report on how to get your Thanksgiving Dinner through TSA.Listener List of Favorite Holiday Travel Destinations from our Facebook Group plus Top 10 List of Popular Places to spend the holidays from Vacasa RentalsMartin Davich's new album is The Conversation. You can listen here on Spotify and order it here on amazon, here on apple. The song we conclude the podcast episode on is Paris Stroll.Marty created this special Satellite Sisters holiday playlist for us on Spotify - some of his new music and some of his favorites.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.comSee 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.

Julies bakes The Barefoot Contessa apple tart and Liz attends a college football game. What is this world coming to?? Plus Liz recommends visiting a retired Space Shuttle. Endeavor is at the California Science Center.There's a reffing shortage for youth sports and Lian is sad about it. Plus, when's the best time to buy plane tickets for your college student to come home for the holidays?Wait, what? We are using our brains TOO much? This new study says so. Excessive Brain Activity Linked To A Shorter Life? We don't get it. And why your kids should called their robot "it" not he or she.Entertaining Sisters:Liz recommends the new Prince memoir: The Beautiful OnesAnd to support her new High Distraction Factor TV Strategy its Billy On The Street by Billy Eichner.Julie's engaged in some Jack Ryan Season 2 fan outrage plus has the new The Joy Of Cooking on her gift list.Subscribe and Review our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website 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.

Want to get back in touch with your creative spirit? We welcome Laura Holson, New York Times journalist and creator of The Box Sessions, a star-studded creativity gathering at 1440 Multiversity that Liz will be attending in February 2020. Hear about how she got back in touch with her creative spirit. Click on the link to read more and register for The Box Sessions. Other pieces about creativity from Laura Holson include this and this.Julie recounts how close the tornadoes in Dallas came to her home and how much devastation remains. To contribute to recovery and rebuilding, go here. Meanwhile, the LA fires are too close for comfort for Liz.In Entertaining Sisters, we recommend:Four Weddings and a Funeral with Monday Kaling on HuluGood Behavior with Michelle Dockery on HuluTwla Tharp's new book Keep It Moving: Lessons for the rest of your life.To order our book You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship, go here.Started your holiday shopping? Don't forget the Satellite Sisters Shop. Start in the upper right hand corner of our website.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 covers the gamut from women in the workplace to drama in the skies to a first date. Yeah, Satellite Sisters Of The Week: Congrats to the astronauts who executed the first ever all-female space walk and to Ann McClain, the woman left behind who cheered them on. Personally, we would have behaved more like Aidy Bryant on the SNL skit.According to McKInsey and Fortune Magazine, what's between you and that last big promotion? It's not getting that first big promotion. They call it "the broken rung" and it appears to be the biggest system barrier to gender parity.Liz visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.Want to meet America's Sweetheart? Here's Adam Rippon's Book Tour ScheduleWho is sticking up for Meghan Markle? We are. Hang in there, sister.The latest fights on planes? Julie says it's about the window shades now and she's got some rules.Entertaining Sisters:Watch the new Catherine the Great with Helen Mirren on HBORead Circe by Madeline Miller.Just catching up on Succession? Us, too. Liz and Sheila have Succession confessions.Guest coming up next week: Laura Holson, NYT journalist and creator of The Box Sessions, on how to kick-start your own creativity.Started your holiday shopping? Don't forget the Satellite Sisters Shop. Start in the upper right hand corner of our website.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.

Sheila's Here! Complete Wedding Report, New Hot Travel Destinations, TV + Film tipsMother-of-the-bride Sheila Dolan is here with her complete wrap-up from daughter Ruthie's wedding and some thoughts about Victoria Beckham's beauty regimen. Julie has the ultimate UPS Guy As Hero tale plus travel trends from Lauren Bates from Wild Terrains , a boutique women-only group travel company and our TV and film tips for the week.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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 bring home the gold from the World Track + Field Championships in Doha, Qatar! Liz was behind-the-scenes and has sports news, art news and some travel hacks to share.Entertaining Sisters:Ann Patchett: Julie says "run don’t walk" to go see her on her 31 city book tour. Go to www.annpatchett.comCheck out the movie: The OperativeMany thanks to the sponsors of today's podcast. Please use these special urls and promo codes to support Satellite Sisters:Ritual: www.ritual.com/sistersRothy's: www.rothys.com/sistersLiquidIV: www.liquidIV.com Promo Code: sistersZiprecruiter: www.ziprecruiter.com/sistersSubscribe and Review our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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 on the podcast, we follow-up on Liz Dolan's whereabouts (The World Track & Field Championships in Doha), the new law in California for college athletes, some Fall Organizing tips that we don't want to follow, our Fall Book Recommendations and interview Jorjeana Marie about using improv to spark creativity.Thanks to Jorjeana Marie for coming into the studio. Find out more about her and her book Improv for Writers here.Fall Books We Love:From Lian:The Dutch House-- Ann PatchettBeautifully written novel about a broken family and the two siblings that emrege from the wreckage. Novel of memory-- a warning. You’re either going to love that-- or not. The Nobodies-- Liza PalmerThis is a super fun page turner about a former journalist that goes to work at a tech companyy as the lowest person in the department. But her journalistic instincts kick in when she senses something in off behind the scenes. Liza Palmer is the best-selling author of Conversations with the fat Girl and she based her novel on her real life experiences going to work at BuzzFeed. So sosososos funny.We Met in December-- Rosie CurtisFor fans of Rom Coms and British people saying funny British things and drinking way too much on the weeknights. Engaging romance that unfurls over a calendar year.Bringing Down the Duke -- Evie DunmoreTake a regency romance and ramps it up with a fun storyline you don’t see often-- womens suffrage! From JulieA Single Thread -- Tracy ChevalierA pre World War II story about a women who uses her stitching to connect with other women and the worldThings You Save in a Fire -- Katherine CenterFirefighters. Boston. Romance. Funny. We're in!Reminder about GoodReads + BookClubGirl for The Sweeney Sisters give-awaysSee 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.

Downton Abbey Recap, #staynoisy Women, Investment Clubs for Women, Global TravelDownton Gabby is back as Lian and Julie recap the Downton Abbey film. Disloyal tomfoolery, indeed!#StayNoisy shoutouts to Meghan Markle, Michelle Williams, Alex Borstein and Greta Thunberg. Well done, sisters.Julie's Tuesday trends:Mass WeddingsLavender EverythingWhere in the world is Liz Dolan? You can find out about her latest adventure by following @SatSisters on Instagram and #satsisterstravel. Liz has provided these clues: She'll be in a country she has never visited before, after flying there on an airline she has never flown. She'll be near a famous body of water she has never seen but you might be able to see her on TV. Subscribe and Review our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

On today's show, Julie shares the wisdom of Anna Wintour's new management course, Lian gets on board the sharing economy with an app called Swimply and Liz becomes the Paul Revere of the new DMV License Renewal Process. Start now, people!First up, we remember the great Cokie Roberts. She was a guest on our show several times and always a favorite on the radio. The very definition of a Solid Gold Satellite Sister.To get on board for the giveaways that will start soon for Lian's new novel The Sweeney Sisters,join Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com and sign up for the newsletter from BookClubGirl Also follow Lian on Instagram @liandolan. 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.

It's the Satellite Sisters Season Premiere. We are thrilled to be back and share a BIG book announcement.It's all about Lian Dolan and her new book The Sweeney Sisters. Woo hoo!Julie's got the scoop on the college admissions scandal.Liz wants you to know the story of women being scammed on Facebook by fake soldiers. Even fake generals!She's also got the complete Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island report and behind-the-scenes at Sheila's daughter's wedding! Go Ruthie! Congrats Sheila.Plus, so much entertainment news. Two movie recommendations: Peanut Butter Falcon. Blinded By The Light. And one British TV show on Amazon Prime: Line of Duty.Are you as excited as we are about the Downton Abbey news? The worldwide phenomenon DOWNTON ABBEY becomes a grand motion picture event!Go here to preorder Lian Dolan's novel The Sweeney Sisters and read all about it.Interested in booking Lian to come speak to your group after publication, go to www.liandolan.com.Liz Dolan will be in Washington DC at Sixth and I to interview Adam Rippon on October 16. Buy tickets now!Subscribe and posts reviews of our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderySee 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 recounts the personal growth aspects of her visit to Rancho La Puerta with her husband and highly recommends the Inner Fitness Program from life coach Emily Boorstein. Julie recaps Urban Nana's visit to Brooklyn during a heat wave. Liz is excited that NASA's new astronaut training program is named after the goddess of the moon Artemis (Apollo's twin sister). Nasa has promised to send a female astronaut to the moon on the next trip. Here's our favorite cheese-filled wedding announcement. Much better than this story about out-of-control bridesmaids celebrations. And Amanda Knox crowd-sourcing her wedding? We don't get it.For fun, watch this Serena Williams video and this Steph Curry Sings Hamilton video. Tune in next week to hear special guest Rico Gagliano, author of Brunch is Hell and co-host with Liz of the Safe For Work career advice podcast, which was just named to this list of 20 Best Podcasts of 2019.Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do is called Satellite Sisters Talk TV. Subscribe to both!Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

Big #satsisterstravel action today. Julie recommends Steamboat Springs, CO for a great girls' weekend. Lian's just back from wonderful Rancho La Puerta Wellness Resort and Spa in Tecate Mexico. Read more about on her visit at www.liandolan.com. Liz recommends great Apps to help you plan your next Girl's Weekend. Plus an update on what's happening in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group in our Health and Wellness posts we call Operation Sea Turtle. Be sure to use our hashtag #satsisterstravel whenever you post your travel pics on Instagram or Facebook so we can share your vacations.On the science front, Julie's got news on new Alzheimer's Genetic Research while Liz exposes the dumbest DNA test ever. Don't forget to check out our Best Beach Bag Books List here, plus Julie recommends a few more today, based on recommendations from her own Satellite Sisters. They are:The Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Tim EganTransatlantic by Colum McCannMissed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do is called Satellite Sisters Talk TV. Subscribe to both!Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

So many Satellite Sisters of the Week this week: We cheer the U.S. Women's national team for their great Women's World Cup win, Coco Gauff for her Wimbledon successes and Dr. Lucy Jones, for guiding us through all of our Southern California earthquakes! Julie has the inside scoop on Geopolitical Flashpoints which she took in from a throne drinking white wine from a Presidential sippy cup plus she has 10 reasons you must see the movie Yesterday. Liz has a beef with a new law banning the use of the word burger to describe a veggie burger and has a new travel goal: The Statue of Liberty Museum in New York harbor.Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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 the big cheesy day! We announce the winner's of our 'I'd rather be cheeseboarding" Photo Contest. Two lucky winners were drawn at random, one from Instagram and one from Facebook. They'll win a year's worth of delicious Cabot Cheese. What does a year supply of cheese look like? It is quarterly shipments of 25 pounds each (valued at $550) of the World’s Best Cheddar! All Cabot Cheddars are 100% Naturally Lactose-Free, Naturally Aged and Naturally Gluten-Free. You are gonna need a LOT of cheeseboards, winners!Plus 4th of July food: Blueberry History. Yes! Blueberry health facts. Yes! Blueberry Sangria. Yes!Summer of Chimichurri. Yes!High heel facts. Yes!Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

Waking up alone on a cold dark Air Canada plane? Facebook cryptocurrency? Dogs at amazon? Bigfoot breaking news from the FBI? And more on our Best Beach Bag Books list.WORST NIGHTMARE: Waking up on cold dark Air Canada plane. How did this happen? We must discuss. CREATURE REPORT:Dogs at Amazon. It's crazy. Bigfoot File from the FBI just releasedFacebook Cryptocurrency. Whose bright idea was THIS?NETWORKING POWER: Liz's report from her WISE event. Lian on her Pasadena Magazine Women in Businessevent.Best Beach Bag Books: Get caught up with this episode. Liz loved Daisy Jones and The Six audiobook from Audible.Julie's Bend report: Sprinklers, ice packs and Barefoot Contessa's turkey meatloaf,Plus the butcher tried to pick her up at the grocery store and she learned something very surprising about our brother. Entertaining Sisters Netflix series: Trinkets. Filmed in Portland. Cheesy, bingeable, perfect for recuperating from wisdom teeth extraction, rainy day or too hot to go outside. Carole King musical Beautiful : It is never too late to jump on the bandwagon.Get ready Kansas city and Worcester Mass. Beautiful is coming your way.Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

Julie hits the Paul McCartney Tour with her husband in Dallas. HER Beatle! Lian drives home from college with her son. Patience challenged! And we bid farewell to Gloria Vanderbilt. Such touching stories from her son Anderson Cooper.Plus International News Round-Up: Big things happening in Hong Kong and Argentina.Best and worst airports in the world? We debate the list.Witches. The next big thing? Lian thinks so.Go see Mindy Kaling's movie Late Night. We celebrate The Summer of Emma Thompson!Thanks for sharing our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list withall of your Satellite Sisters and Misters. And here's the whole podcast episode devoted to books that includes our interview with Jennifer Weiner.Are you cheeseboarding? Be sure to post your photo in our Facebook Group or on Instagram with the hashtags #satsisterscheeseboarding and #cabotcheeseStitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

It's our Summer Reading Special. We announce the title on our Best Beach Bag Books listand we interview New York Times Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner about her new book, Mrs. Everything. Mrs. Everything is our Satellite Sisters Summer Reading Pick and an epic tale of two sisters over the course of 70 years. We talk to Jennifer about why her stories resonate with women and why it's more important now that ever to tell our stories. For more information about Jennifer Weiner, Mrs. Everything and her "monster book tour," visit her website Click here to find the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books List 2019. Our list includes literary fictions, romance, psychological thrillers and an awesome audiobook about a wolf. You need a book for the beach, the cabin, the plane or the long drive, we got you covered.BREAKING CONTEST NEWS: We want to see your cheeseboards! That’s right, it’s the Satellite Sisters "I’d Rather Be Cheeseboarding" Photo Contest for Facebook & Instagram! The prize for two lucky winners is an ENTIRE YEAR OF CHEESE from Cabot Creamery!Thank you, Cabot Creameryfor supporting our cheeseboarding efforts. Use hashtags #satsisterscheeseboarding and #CabotCheese on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group and on your own Instagram feed. Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sistersepisodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyNEXT WEEK we have a very special guest, the wonderful author Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming is Mrs. Everything.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

Star Wars Opening, Fosse/Verdon Screening, Lost Hiker, Cool Golfer and BIG Contest AnnouncementThe ONLY news in LA media this weekend was the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Land at Disneyland. But we've got more: Liz and Liz hobnob with Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell at the Fosse/Verdon screening, updates on the U. S. Women's Open golf winner with great name, problematic medical research for women, the apology from the hiker who was lost in a Hawaiian forest for 17 days and Julie's Tuesday Trend: Cash apps like Venmo and Zelle. Do you use them?? Like them?? Julie is not so sure. BREAKING CONTEST NEWS: We want to see your cheeseboards! That’s right, it’s the Satellite Sisters "I’d Rather Be Cheeseboarding" Photo Contest for Facebook & Instagram! The prize for two lucky winners is an ENTIRE YEAR OF CHEESE from Cabot Creamery! Thank you, Cabot Creamery for supporting our cheeseboarding efforts. Use hashtags #satsisterscheeseboarding and #CabotCheese on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group and on your own Instagram feed. Complete details are posted on our website www.satellitesisters.comMissed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyCOMING NEXT WEEK: We have a great upcoming guest: the wonderful author Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Everything.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

On today's podcast, we recap the big family engagement party that Lian and Julie threw for Sheila's daughter Ruthie and Liz's 40th College Reunion at Brown. Plus, Julie had a family medical emergency when her son contracted Gullian-Barre Syndrome. Thanks to some excellent medical care at Columbia-Presbyterian from a Rothy's wearing doctor, he's better now but she's headed back to Brooklyn to provide some more family support.Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-ree versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyWe have a great upcoming guest: the wonderful author Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Everything.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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 sez: Gen X! We're The Best! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/style/generation-xers.htmlLiz is headed to her college reunion. Advice, anyone?Thanks to two great Satellite Sisters for your contributions to our discussion about greedy jobs and working mothers. Amrita Krishnan, MD and Katy Cancro Colletto, you're the best!Liz's day with the Queer Eye Food Guy: Does he even know how to cook?Who is more charming than chef Samin Nosrat? Maybe nobody! Salt. Fat. Acid Heat. Yes!Do you watch The Chef's Table? Chefs Asma Khan and Mashama Bailey were featured in Season 6. Nice to see the female directors of their episodes, too.Jon Favreau (the movie one) and Chef Roy Choi announce their new show The Chef Show.Oat Milk Wars? Oh, yes. They are coming.Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad-ree versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyWe have a great upcoming guest: the wonderful author Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Everything.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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 salute some powerful sisters today: Peggy Lipton, Melinda Gates, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern.Let's start with the first cool girl we ever saw on TV: Julie Barnes on Mod Squad. Julie, you changed our lives and our look forever. Plus we'll never forget this: "Cops. One black. One white. One blonde." As Linc would say, solid.Lian spent an evening with Melinda Gates and John Legend talking about her life and her new book The Moment of Lift. She gives us the highlights.Mass shootings. We've had enough. Read this editorial by New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern about what we should be doing next: We Can End The Era of Live-Streamed ViolenceHave you heard of the Glass Cliff? Liz discusses it with a guest on this week's episode of Safe For Work. Lian sees a lot a examples around her, including the new President of USC.Entertaining Sisters:The Veep Finale. We laughed. We cried. We watched it a second time. Farewell, Selina.Russia Russia Russia : Julie's watching TV and movies about her former home. HBO Series on Chernobyl and the movie The White Crow about Rudolph Nureyev directed by Ralph FiennesMissed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyWe have a great upcoming guests:the wonderful Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Everything.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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, Baby Boy Sussex. Well done, Meghan and Harry! That's the good news. Here's the bad news in one NYT headline: Women Did Everything Right. Then Companies Got Greedy. How American's obsession with long hours has widened the gender gap.Is Dancing the new Kale? We discuss: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/well/move/health-benefits-dancing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareNew Satellite Sisters Poetry Corner! Thanks to Kim Dower for sharing poems from her new book Sunbathing on Tyrone Powers' Grave. Check out more of her work here: http://kimdowerpoetry.comMissed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyWe have a great upcoming guests:the wonderful Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Everything.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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.

Women and Travel: Kimberly Endicott was kidnapped in Uganda. Watch Gayle King's great interview with her, listen to our travel tips to keep you safe from NY Times and LA Times and hear your travel questions from our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Measles outbreaks declared around the country and what you need to do about it. Urban Nana Julie has a close connection to this issue with her Brooklyn-based granddaughter.Who does NOT need/deserve his own podcast?? Zuckerberg!More travel news. Martha Stewart has a cruise line we are fascinated by and thanks for posting about your own travels in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group .Wedding bells for Annie Lamott. We love it!Julie is on the Kacey Musgraves bandwagon and sports the cowboy chic to prove it.Liz thinks the Satellite Sisters might be the only ones who did not see the record breaking Avengers: End Game this weekend. Or watch Game of Thrones, for that matter.Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters.Stitcher Premium: For ad free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyWe have two great upcoming guests: Poet Kim Dower, author of Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave, and Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Everything.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news.Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com.To email us, use [email protected] 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 start with our remembrances of Notre Dame, after yesterday's terrible fire. Then more from The Edna and Jim "I've Already Been To College" Update on the Admissions Scandal: It's not looking good for Aunt BeckyBooks: At the wonderful LA Times Festival of Books, which attracts more than 100,000 visitors, Liz went to panels featuring:Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom by David W Blight. It just won the Pulitzer for HistoryThe New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C Stewart. Just won the Pulitzer for Biography.Bad Blood by John Carreyroux, about Theranos, which we have discussed on previous podcasts.Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe about The Troubles in Northern Ireland.Bitter Business Bureau. Wait a sec. The Uber people are going to make $100 million dollars in a IPO for a company that LOST a billion dollars in 2018?? We could think of plenty of business ideas that could LOSE money.We love Abby Wambach and recommend her new book Wolfpack plus two really great interviews with her: TBD with Tina Brown podcast and Norah O'Donnell on CBS This Morning podcast on Stitcher.Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wonderyLian announces two great upcoming guests: Poet Kim Dower, author of Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave, and Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Everything.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.