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Laura Galloway talks to the Satellite Sisters about her fascinating memoir Dalvi: Six Years In The Arctic Tundra. And yes, she did move in with a reindeer herder, stick around after he ditched her and learn the indigenous language Sami and the history and culture of the people. This book is that story plus her family story.Here's a great review of the book. We also ask her about the aurora borealis.Follow Laura Galloway on @instagram @authorlauragallowayJulie's Tuesday Trends:Dolphin SkinPutt Putt Golf for AdultsHome GeneratorsHalloween Trees#CookingWithLiz this week:Liz makes Pasta con Aglio and Olio from Stanley Tucci's new book TASTE: My Life Through Food. Watch her LIVE in the Satelliteite Sisters Facebook Group on Thursday October 21 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT or follow @satsisters on @instagram to see the post on IGTV.Lian's recommendations on more great writing about food:PLENTY: A Memoir of Food & Family by Hannah Howard Tastemakers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America by Mayukh Sen.The Department of Salad, a newsletter from former New Yorker editor Emily Nunn Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners who use their special urls to support Satellite Sisters.Ritual www.ritual.com/sistersRothy's www.rothys.com/sistersGreen Chef www.greenchef.com/sisters125 Use code sisters125Third Love 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.

Julie is always on BREAKING SPY NEWS plus Lian is headed out for her first trip in two years and Liz salutes Shalane Flanagan- six marathons in six weeks - wow!What did YOU do this weekend? Shalane Flanagan ran TWO marathons and will complete six this fall.Submarine Spy Case - Julie is ON IT.Facebook, Instagram and Harm to Teen Girls. More to read here.It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Get your mammogram, sisters and read about this promising new cancer treatment.Only in LA -- Hypno Yoga! Only Martha! Read about what Martha Stewart does and eats every day.Tucci-tober continues LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group every Thursday in October at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET.This week, Cooking With Liz will feature Stanley Tucci's Bolognese from his book The Tucci Table. Cooking With Liz Thursday October 21st: Pasta con Aglio and Olio from the new book.Cooking With Liz October 28th: Spaghetti con Zucchine all Nerano from the new book and TV showEntertaining Sisters:Spy Shows from Spymaster Julie:Counterpart starring J. K Simmons on Netflix.SAS: Red Notice on Prime Video. Shoot'em up with British agents facing terrorist threat on a train. Unit 42 on Netflix. A widowed cop tapped to lead a special cyber crimes unit partners with a former hacker to hunt down tech-savvy criminals in Belgium.Plus Season 3 of Succession on HBOMax premieres this weekend along with a new podcast about the show hosted by Kara Swisher. Thank you to our sponsors and to our listeners for using these special urls to support Satellite Sisters.AWAY www.awaytravel.com/sisters20MEUNDIES www.meundies.com/sistersVisit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

Hall & Oates at the Hollywood Bowl, #StayNoisy shout-outs to the athletes of the National Women's Soccer League + Facebook Whistleblower, How To Homecoming and the launch of Tuccitober.Lian is one of the many fans who filled Hollywood Bowl for Hall & Oates.We all survived the Great Facebook + Instagram Outage of 2021.Satellite Sisters #StayNoisy Shout-Outs:Women of the National Women's Soccer League speak out against abuse from coaches and the league management. Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen speaks out to media and Congress.The Pandemic Toll on Women's Careers from the Wall Street Journal Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends The Big Leap on FOX.Liz says breakfast time is the best time to catch up on The Great British Baking Show on Netflix.Lian has created two book lists which will be featured in Pep Talk this week - Wicked Witches Books and Mysteries with an accent. You can find both lists at Bookshop.org.#CookingWith Liz: Liz launches Tucci-Tober this Thursday night. Four weeks of cooking recipes from Stanley Tucci LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT.Also, watch Stanley's new book launch online with Williams-Sonoma here. Live on Wednesday October 6. The book is TASTE: My Life Through Food.Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners who support these sponsors:Prose www.prose.com/sistersKiwico www.kiwico.com/sistersBetterHelp www.betterhelp.com/satsistersVisit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

Guests Sheila Dolan and Fiona Dolan join Lian, Julie and Liz Dolan on this special salute to NYC. Sheila is a former NYC schoolteacher who is just back in a classroom there after 20 years away. Fiona is a recent college grad working in her first job in the big city. Plus, we all share our favorite NY moments over the years as well as those submitted by listeners. Big events, small moments, only-in-NY experiences.This week's edition of the Satellite Sisters newsletter Pep Talk will be a double issue with with more NYC stories, tips and travel suggestions complied by Lian. Subscribe to Pep Talk here. Plus, Lian created a Spotify playlist Satellite Sisters Heart NYC here.Fiona Dolan can be followed on Instagram @fionaadolann and she writes about music for the entertainment site @earlyrising. Julie's favorite New York places are in Brooklyn including The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The River Cafe, Luke's Lobster and Juliana's Pizza. Plus she recommends walking over the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. More Brooklyn tips here.Liz remembers many NYC Marathons - watching when she was young and running two herself in the 90's.Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners for supporting our sponsors and the show.ThirdLove www.thirdlove.com/sistersRitual www.ritual.com/sistersRothy's www.rothys.com/sistersFramebridge www.framebridge.com Use promo code sistersCooking With Liz returns in October with a mini-season every Thursday night at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. This season is called It's Tucci Time and will feature recipes from Stanly Tucci. His new memoir with recipes is TASTE: My Life Through FoodVisit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

Lian is wine-tasting with Jon Bon Jovi and Gelson's, Julie took a long weekend in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Liz reflects on the medical and psychological value of getting a second opinion. Plus, Satellite Sisters wins a surprise award!Lian took her local grocery store Gelson's up on their wine-tasting with Jon Bon Jovi offer. Check out JBJ's French rose called Hampton's Water.Julie recommends a visit to World Heritage Site San Miguel de Allende. And here's the book about living there called On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel by artist Tony Cohan.Liz shares a study from AARP on importance of getting a second opinion and how to do it, then shares her own recent experience.Lian's Home Improvement Tips To Clip:Up that Curb Appeal from the NYTFive paint colors to improve home value from Martha StewartChuck it! Kitchen Stuff to throw away NOW Entertaining Sisters:Book recommendations:Dead Wake by Erik LarsonThe real story of the last crossing of the Lusitania.Catch us when we fall by Juliet FayDetermined to stop drinking when she finds herself pregnant, Cass Macklin turns to the only sober friend she has—Scott McGreavy, third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, a man with a temper and problems of his own.At Summer's End by Courtney EllisWhen an ambitious female artist accepts an unexpected commission at a powerful earl's country estate in 1920s England, she finds his war-torn family crumbling under the weight of long-kept secrets. Podcast Recommendation:SWAY. On this episode, Kara Swisher interviews Anne Wojcicki, CEO of genetic testing company 23andMe.See Lian Dolan and Liz Dolan LIVE at ShePodcastsLive on October 16 - virtual or in-person.Please support our sponsors by using these special urls:AWAY www.awaytravel.com/sisters20Green Chef www.greenchef.com/sisters100Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

Julie, Liz and Lian Dolan declare this week Jennifer Aniston Week at Satellite Sisters plus report on critters (hawks + beavers save the day!), a AAA triple snafu, TikTok and Facebook concerns and the Elizabeth Holmes Theranos fraud trial finally begins.Celebrate Jennifer Aniston Week!Real Simple Says The Rachel Is Back. The Kids Love JenThe Morning Show Season 2 Begins on Apple TV +Critter News:Spencer the Hawk Saves The DayDam It: Beavers and Us! At the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon.Tech News:TikTok reporting from the Wall Street JournalNew Facebook Spy Glasses Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes Fraud trial startsBad Blood: The Final Chapter podcast follows the trial.Entertaining Sisters:Julie recommends Untold: Breaking Point on Netflix The story of tennis player Marty Fish and his mental health struggles.Thank you to our sponsors this week. Please use the special urls to support them and the show.Rothys www.rothys.com/sistersBetterHelp www.betterhelp.com/satsistersProse www.prose.com/sistersVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

Lian, Julie and Liz Dolan return for the first show of the new Satellite Sisters season. What did everyone do in August? And what are the mantras we are using for the rest of 2021? Julie says Do You Best. Lian uses Keep or Stop. Liz just wants No Fiascos. All is discussed including some thoughts about the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 and the implications for us now. Plus, advice about dealing with life decisions, stress at work and planning for the future.Lian recommends reading this about how to Keep or Stop things from https://www.ellevatenetwork.com/Liz looks at what companies are doing to ease the stress on their employees: Companies Combat Burnout with Time Off and Perks.Julie has a mantra for the times we are in, whether its from self-improvement or home improvement: Do You Best.The Satellite Sisters have many things going on this fall so be sure to subscribe to the weekly email newsletter Pep Talk. Go toLian and Liz will be Keynote Speakers at ShePodcasts in Scottsdale Arizona October 14 - 17. Their appearance is 9 am Saturday October 16. Buy your tickets and support ShePodcasts here.Thank you to this week's sponsors. Please use these special urls to support them and us.Ritual www.ritual.com/sistersKiwico www.kiwico.com/sistersThirdLove www.thirdlove.com/sistersEntertaining Sisters: Our entertainment tips for the week: Julie recommends Wanted from Australia and The Chair starring Sandra Oh on Netflix.Liz has an issue with Resort Horror after watching The White Lotus on HBO and Nine Perfect Strangers starring Nicole Kidman on Hulu. Lian loves The Split on Hulu about British divorce lawyers behaving badly and recommends the audiobook of 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard, narrated by Alana Kerr Collins. Lian listened to three books fro the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books list: Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan, The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris and The Guest List by Lucy Foley.Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

Our #1 episode of 2021 comes with a key sports psychology tip: Whip The Pony!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 BohjalianThank you to our sponsors. Please use these urls and promo codes. Green Chef www.greenchef.com/sisters100Prose www.prose.com/sistersFramebridge www.frambridge.com Promo code satsistersRothys www.rothys.com/sistersVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

Funniest Moments of 2021. Caftan Dreams! Marriage Tips! Julie's Mod Squad and our after-party from the 20th anniversary show. Enjoy the sisters' picks of the brightest spots of this year assembled together on one podcast episode. Hilarity ensues.Listen to the complete episodes for each highlight here:Episode 894: Afterglow of the Satellite Sisters CelebrationEpisode 896: Julie's Mod Squad Episode 883 Marriage TipsEpisode 900: Caftan DreamsEpisode 901: It's Caftan Time Thanks to our sponsors. Please support them and the show by using these special urls.ThirdLove: www.thirdlove.com/sistersRitual: www.ritual.com/sistersVisit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenFor info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.comSubscribe 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.

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 podcast episodePatti Callahan Henry podcast episodeThank you to today's sponsors. Please use these special urls to support them and Satellite Sisters:BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/SATSISTERS AWAY: www.awaytravel.com/sisters20Molekule: www.molekule.com Use promo code sistersKiwiCo: www.kiwico.com/sistersFor 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.

Our LIVE 20th Anniversary Special features all five Dolan sisters - Julie, Liz, Sheila, Monica and Lian - in a one-time-only Zoom party with Sixth & I in Washington DC. The sisters share their history, laugh about the things they got right and wrong over the years and play a game of Satellite Sisters Trivia with listener Nancy Cowan of Shrewsbury, Mass. PLUS the Lab Rats return! Sheila and Monica do some product testing and share the results on camera. Finally, we introduce some our loyal team members over the years - Corny Koehl, John Ramos, Sarah Sweeney, Emily Loudermilk and Sergio Enriquez - and Julie gives our heartfelt thank-yous to all the loyal sisters and misters who have listened over all these years.Lian has posted the Satellite Sisters Slide Show here on YouTube.Thank you to Heather Moran of Sixth and I who conducts the Q+A and to everyone else at Sixth + I who made this event happen (even after a 1 year delay!) including Sasha Fried-Snoad, Jackie Leventhal and Mark Perkins.Thank you to the sponsors of today's special podcast episode. Please use these special urls to support them.ZipRecruiter www.ziprecruiter.com/sistersFrameBridge www.framebridge.com Promo Code satsistersRothys www.rothys.com/sistersMeUndies www.meundies.com/sistersThanks also to AWAY who provided the prize for our trivia contest on the live show.For 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.

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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these special urls to support Satellite Sisters.ThirdLove www.thirdlove.com/sistersRitual www.ritual.com/sistersGreen Chef www.greenchef.com/sisters100Popcorn 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.

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 & DivisionThank you for supporting our sponsors and using these special urls: Kiwi Co. www.kiwico.com/sistersBetterHelp www.betterhelp.com/SATSISTERS.Zip Recruiter www.ziprecruiter.com/sistersMeUndies www.meundies.com/sistersCooking 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.

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 ManansalaThank you to our sponsors. Please use these special urls to support them and Satellite Sisters:ThirdLove www.thirdlove.com/sisters Framebridge www.framebridge.com/satsistersRitual www.ritual.com/sistersRothys www.rothys.com/sisters Cooking 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.

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 interview best-selling author Christina Baker Kline about her latest book The Exiles, just out now in paperback.On the episode, we mention just 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.Thank you to this week's sponsors. Please support them using these special urls:Away: www.awaytravel.com/sisters20Molekule: www.molekule.com Promo code sistersFor 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.Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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.Thank you to this week's sponsors. Please support them using these special urls:Rothy's: www.rothys.com/sistersMeUndies: www.meundies.com/sistersBetterhelp: www.betterhelp.com/satsisters 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.Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

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.Did you say Sauerkraut? Here's the sauerkraut recipe Liz used. Thank you to today's sponsors. Please support Satellite Sisters by using these special urls:Ritual: www.ritual.com/sistersThirdLove: www.thirdlove.com/sistersKiwico: www.kiwico.com/sistersLian 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.

Naomi 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.Please support our show by using these urls and promo codes when you support our sponsors. Zip Recruiter www.ziprecruiter.comGreen Chef www.greenchef.com/90sisters Promo code 90sistersFramebridge www.framebridge.com Promo code sistersRothys www.rothys.com/sisters

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 Many thanks to this week's sponsors and to our listeners who support us by using these links and codes.· Thirdlove www.thirdlove.com/sisters· Butcher Box www.butcherbox.com/sisters· Ritual www.ritual.com/sisters· Zip Recruiter www.ziprecruiter.comLian 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.

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 BohjalianBrooklinen www.brooklinen.com Promo Code satsistersBetterHelp www.betterhelp.com/satsisters Kiwi Co. www.kiwico.com Promo Code sistersMeUndies www.meundies.com/sistersLian 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.

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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these urls and promo codes to support our show:Rothys: www.rothys.com/sisters Zip Recruiter: www.ziprecruiter.com/sisters Harrys: www.harrys.com/satsisters 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.

We 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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please support them and our show by using these custom urls and codes.Brooklinen www.brooklinen.com Use promo code satsistersRitual: www.ritual.com/SISTERSFramebridge: www.Framebridge.com Use promo code SISTERS.ThirdLove: www.thirdlove.com/sisters 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.

So 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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these links and promo codes to support them and our show.BetterHelp: www.betterhelp.com/SISTERSAway: www.awaytravel.com/sisters20Butcher Box: www.butcherbox.com/SISTERSMolekule: www.molekule.com Use promo code sisters 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.Listen + Review: Satellite Sisters on Apple Podcasts. Satellite Sisters on Spotify

Our guest is Annabelle Gurwitch, author of You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downwardly Mobility.Annabelle is also the host of the podcast Tiny Victories. The Tiny Victories hotline is 323-285-1675Entertaining 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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these urls and promo codes to support them and us.Kiwi Co www.kiwico.com Use promo code sistersMeUndies www.meundies.com/sistersRothys www.ziprecruiter.com/sistersZip Recruiter www.ziprecruiter.com/sistersVisit 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.

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 , to our event sponsor AWAY and to our podcast network Wondery.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 video 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!Advice from Lian: Stop exfoliating!Advice from Julie: Try a Maine treasure hunt!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!Harrys www.harrys.com/satsistersRitual www.ritual.com/sistersThirdLove www.thirdlove.com/sistersBrooklinen www.brooklinen.com Promo Code satsistersVisit 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.

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 NicholsThank you to this week's sponsors. Please support them by using these special urls and promo codes.BetterHelp www.betterhelp.com/satsistersZipRecruiter www.ziprecruiter.com/sistersFramebridge www.framebridge.com Promo Code sistersCandid www.candidco.com/sisters Code sistersVisit 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.

The Satellite Sisters welcome Andrew Morton, author of the new book Elizabeth and Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters.Also, we discuss 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! Thank you to our sponsors. Please support them by using these special urls and promo codes:Kiwico: www.kiwi.com Promo code sisters at checkoutButcher Box: www.butcherbox.com/sistersRothy's: www.rothys.com/sistersFunction of Beauty: www.functionofbeauty.com/sistersVisit 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.

Welcome 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 Thank you to our sponsors. Please support them by using these special urls and promo codes:Ritual: www.ritual.com/sisters ThirdLove: www.thirdlove.com/sisters Brooklinen: www.brooklinen.com Promo Code satsisters Harrys: www.harrys.com/satsisters 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.

Satellite Sisters Street Team, Activate! The Sweeney Sisters comes out in paperback on April 6th! Requesting our Satellite Sisters and Misters to spread the word about Lian Dolan's latest novel.

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.Please support our great sponsors by using these links and promo codes:MeUndies: www.meundies.com/sistersFunction Of Beauty: www.functionofbeauty.com/sistersRothys: www.rothys.com/sistersVisit 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.

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 her work Wild Swan about Florence Nightingale, an Audible Original voiced by Cynthia Errivo.In other news, we discuss two new important documentaries:The new HBO documentary Allen v 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.Gorilla Girl about longtime Satellite Sister Ann SouthcombSatellite 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.Please support our great sponsors by using these links and promo codes:Brooklinen: www.brooklinen.com Promo code satsistersRitual: www.ritual.com/sistersThirdLove: www.thirdlove.com/sistersFramebridge: www.framebridge.com Promo code sistersVisit 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.

Buy tickets to live virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration Sunday April 11 at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT here on the Sixth & I platform.It'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.Kiwi Co. www.kiwico.com Use promo code sisters ButcherBox www.butcherbox.com/sistersHarrys www.harrys.com/satsistersFunction of Beauty www.functionofbeauty.com/sistersVisit 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.

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 GuideOne 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.ThirdLove www.thirdlove.com/sistersRitual: www.ritual.com/sisters Brooklinen: www.brooklinen.com Use code satsisters Rothys: www.rothys.com/sisters Feel Good Link of the week! 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.

Writer Nancy Johnson joins the Satellite Sisters today to discuss her acclaimed debut novel The Kindest Lie.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 in 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!).Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these urls and promo codes.Framebridge: www.framebridge.com Promo Code sisters Zip Recruiter: www.ziprecruiter.com/sisters Better Help: www.betterhelp.com/satsisters Candid: www.candidco.com/sisters Code sisters 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.

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.Round Table, Hodge Podge & One good news stories: and 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. Want Spices Uncomplicated? Here is the link to Claire's Spice Class on February 28: dinneruncomplicated.com/spicesdiscount code: SISTERS45Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these special urls and promo codes to shop with them.Function of Beauty: www.FunctionofBeauty.com/sistersKiwi Co.: www.kiwico.com Use promo code sistersZip Recruiter: www.ziprecruiter.com/sisters Butcher Box: www.ButcherBox.com/sisters 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.

On 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 sisters

Satellite 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/satsistersCandid candidco.com/sisters promo code sistersRothys rothys.com/sistersZip Recruiter ziprecruiter.com/sisters

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/sisters Find out more about Satellite Sisters at satellitesisters.com

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. Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these special urls and promo codes.Prose: www.prose.com/sistersRothys: www.rothys.com/sistersBrooklinen: www.brooklinen.com Use promo code sistersLiquid IV: www.liquidiv.com Use promo code sistersVisit 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.

NOTE: We had audio problems today so Julie sounds great, but the rest of us don't. We lost the whole original file but Julie thankfully had a back-up. 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.Thanks to our sponsors! Please use these special urls and promo codes to support them and Satellite Sisters.Framebridge www.framebridge.com Promo code sistersMolekule www.molekule.com Promo code sistersKiwiCo www.kiwico.com/sistersHarrys www.harrys.com/satsistersSAVE 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.

We 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.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.Thanks to this week's sponsors. Please use these special urls to support the companies that support us.ThirdLove: www.thirdlove.com/sistersRitual: www.ritual.com/sistersMeUndies: www.meundies.com/sistersSAVE 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.

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.Thank you to our sponsors this week:Rothy's: www.rothys.com/sistersFramebridge: www.framebridge.com Promo code sistersAway: www.awaytravel.com/sisters20Molekule: www.molekule.com Enter sisters at checkoutSHOP 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.

We welcome this Season Of Female Firsts! Congratulations to all 3 Satellite Sisters of the Week: Kamala, Emily and Kim. 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 SonEntertaining Sisters:Julie and her dog Oliver love the new season of The Crown.Lian recommends Dash + Lily on Netflix and EmmaThank you to today's sponsors. Please use these links and special urls and codes to support our show.Harry's: www.harrys.com/satsisters ThirdLove: www.thirdlove.com/sistersLiquidIV: www.liquidiv.com. Use promo code sistersSHOP 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.

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.Thank you to our sponsors this week and every week. Please use these urls and codesGreen Chef: www.greenchef.com/sisters90 Use code sisters90Ritual: www.ritual.com/sistersProse: www.prose.com/sistersKiwi Co: www.kiwico.com Use promo code sisters

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 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.

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 NetflixThank you to our sponsors this week:Harry's: www.harrys.com/satsistersLiquid IV: www.liquidIV.com Use promo code sisters at checkoutThird Love: www.thirdlove.com/sistersFramebridge: www.framebridge.com Use promo code 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.

How can we find more joy and connection over the holidays even if we are not together? Rabbi/Cantor Judy Greenfeld, the Relationship Rabbi from Nachson Minyan joins us with advice. 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 merch in the Satellite Sisters Shop including collections themed Stay Connected, Peace & Sauce and I'm An Eyeballer. You can find everything on our website here: https://satellitesisters.com/shop/Interested in Ina Garten and Helene Cooper intro'd by Liz tonight online at Sixth & I? Tickets and books here.Book Club Brunch with Lian to talk The Sweeney Sisters. This Sunday at noon ET/ 9 am PT. Register here.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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these urls to shop with them.Rothys: www.rothys.com/sistersKiwiCo: www.kiwico.com/sistersRitual: www.ritual.com/sistersZip Recruiter: www.ziprecruiter.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.

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. You can join the Friends and Fiction Facebook Group here. Click on this Streamyard link to join the event on Wednesday: 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 NetflixThank you to our sponsors. Please use these urls and promo codes.Molekule: www.molekule.com Enter sisters at checkoutGrammarly: www.grammarly.com/sistersMeUndies: www.meundies.com/sistersBrooklinen: www.brooklinen.com Use promo code 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.

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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these special urls and promo codes:Framebridge: www.framebridge.com Promo code sistersBrooklinen: www.brooklinen.com/sistersFabFitFun: www.fabfitfun.com Coupon Code sisters #fabfitfunpartnersThirdLove: www.thirdlove.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.

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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these special urls to support our show.Ritual: www.ritual.com/sistersHarry's: www.harrys.com/satsistersRothy's: www.rothys.com/sistersSchool Mask Pack: www.schoolmaskpack.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.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.

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.Lian made a special music playlist for today. Check out Satellite Sisters Talking Heads Talk on Spotify. Julie 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!Liz thanks her sisters for her birthday Cameo message from Michael Ian Black. Check it out in the @satsisters Instagram feed.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.Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these special links and promo codes:Grammarly: www.grammarly.com/sistersKiwiCo: www.kiwico.com/sistersGreen Chef: www.greenchef.com/sisters80 Promo Code sisters80Framebridge: www.framebridge.com Promo Code sistersLian 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.