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Liz Dolan, Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan back with a new podcast. The sisters discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth, all the surrounding pomp, even her fashion sense. Plus do you have a doppleganger? Science says your twin is out there! . How do dentists care for their own teeth (a couple of surprises) and a new eating disorder had been diagnosed and named. Also Martha Stewart expands her brand into hiking! Lian publishes her newest list of witchy books for the spooky season on the satellite sisters blog. Want to join Lian at a book signing for Lost & Found in Paris this fall? The latest schedule is here on her website. Entertaining Sisters: Julies shares 9 shows to stream about the Queen from the BBC. Liz recommends the audiobook of bestseller Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner who reads it herself. Also Welcome to Wrexham on FX and Hulu, a documentary about a soccer team in Wales that Ryan Reynolds and Rob McIlhenny bought. Plus will you be going to see the new Olivia Wilde-directed film Don't Worry Darling?

Our Season Premiere from 2018 has it all: Serena Williams' tutu on Center Court at the US Open, spies using microwaves to cook our brains and a design trend in supermarkets that we against. Plus Lian takes in a night at the Hollywood Bowl with John Williams and Steven Spielberg. In Entertaining Sisters, we loved, laughed and cried through Crazy Rich Asians and are also very excited about three trailers we saw for new fall movies about music: A Star Is Born with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga! Bohemian Rhapsody starring Rami Malek about the life of Freddie Mercury! And Blaze a new movie from Ethan Hawke. Lian recommends two books: Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen and The Storytellers Secret by Sejel Badani.  Sign up for our weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. The Satellite Sisters Shop for all kinds of gifts and merchandise is here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of

Liz muses about a milestone birthday, Lian's son moves out and Julie get positive emotional support from the health professionals and dairy drinkers in the Satellite Sisterhood. Book and TV recommendations plus we revive our #satsisterstravel on @Instagram. Thinking about aging? Provide your own insights in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group or on email to hello@satellitesisters.com. Wally, The Alligator Emotional Support Alligator Dancing Finnish Prime Minister NYT: Generational Differences in Finland Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends the book Capote's Women, Meghan Markle's podcast Archetypes Liz recommends the new Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters written by and starring Sharon Horgan. Lian is working on her new Witchy Book List coming in September. Here's a link to her Wicked Witches Book List from Halloween 2021. Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners who support us by using these special urls and promo codes: Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Jenni Kayne https://jennikayne.com/membershi

This is the premiere of the Satellite Sisters' 22nd year! Welcome to new and old listeners. We also celebrate more than a million downloads already this year. Thank you for spreading the word and show links! Today we report on our summer vacations plus talk about Liz's roller coaster summer, Lian's return to empty-nester status, Julie's difficult lifestyle change and more on the science about friendship. Plus, we salute two One-In-A-Million Satellite Sisters: Olivia Newton-John dies. Serena Williams is moving on from tennis. Friendship studies: The power of friendship between poor kids and rich kids from the journal Nature reported on by Axios. Another study says walking with friends is good for you, but we always knew that! Eileen Fisher is a real person and an admirable business leader too. Lian's Upcoming Appearances: Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop: October 20 - 22, 2022 University of Dayton, Dayton OH Pequot Library, Southport, CT: A Night Out With Lian Dolan Thursday October 27th 6 pm Thank you to

ONE OF OUR TOP PODCASTS EVER; We've never solved this 2008 mystery of Julie, the stranger and Zorro's slobbery tennis ball. Lian, Monica and Sheila can't believe Julie was so trusting with a odd request. What started as a "sticky situation" became a potentially dark tale. Listen and tell us what you think was actually happening. Post your theories on our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Monica has questions about online reading. Does it have the same effect as reading a book or magazine? Julie recommends a new play based on Little House on the Prairie that's on stage in Minnesota. Lian has some new TV habits. Her household has become a Nick At Night household. Science with Sheila! Sheila has a list of the 10 things not to worry about on vacation from science writer John Tierney of Thew New York Times. Killer hot dogs, shark attacks, unmarked wormholes. Plus big entertainment news from Sheila: She's been cast in a reality show. She's Dating Brad Garrett?   Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here.

Liz and Lian discuss some crazy college drop-offs in our family's past. Hilarity ensues. No helicopter parents for us.  Hear the details of Lian's drop-off at Pomona, Liz's at Brown, Monica's at Georgetown and Sheila's at a Howard Johnson Motor Lodge. Plus strategies for not eating that half a blueberry pie and a news round-up including the Chilean miners and Larry King. Lian and Liz both have suggestions for who should get Larry King's timeslot including Katie Couric, Bob Costas and pretty much anyone but Piers Morgan.  Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan 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. Email Satellite Sisters at hello@

Travel Extravaganza! Come explore South America with Lian, Liz and Julie today with highlights of our trips to the Galapagos (Ecuador) , Macchu Picchu (Peru) and Patagonia (Argentina). Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan 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. Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesisterliz Follow Julie Dolan on @instagram @julieoldestsister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special collection of Madness & Mayhem, including: Naked Conversation Credit Card Catastrophe Word Play and a couple of Chaotic Cozy Couches just for fun. Originally published in 2014. Enjoy while we take a little vacay. Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan 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. Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesisterliz Follow Julie Dolan on @instagram @julieoldestsister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Optimism Boost! TV Recs! Music Fest Do's and Don'ts! Plus, Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan talk to health educator Stephanie Weaver about her personal journey with Migraine, her diet plan for migraine relief and other support. Find Stephanie's website and cookbooks here: https://stephanieweaver.com Find Stephanie Weaver on Instagram here and on Twitter here Thanks to our Sponsors. Please support the show by supporting our sponsors at the following URLs: Prose Hair care Everlywell At Home Medical Tests Caraway Homes Non-Toxic Cookware or use code SISTERS at check out Rothy's Cute Shoes & bags Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on

The World Track & Field Championships start this week at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Liz has been working on it for 3 years and has the whole behind-the-scenes plus an interview with Olympic Champion/World Champion sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross, who is on the NBC broadcasting team and is the newest cast member of Real Housewives of Atlanta. Plus, our favorite sports movies of all time and some hot new up-and-coming sports from around the world. The whole NBC schedule to watch the action from Hayward Field is here. July 15 - July 24. Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. Julie's Favorite Sports Movies: We’re celebrating Satellite Sisters Summer Sports Spectacular this week. Here’s Julie's list of favorite sports movies. A League of Their Own This is a Satellite Sister Solid Gold choice. This movie has everything: sisters, baseball, Geena Davis, Rosie O”Donnell, Madonna in center field, and Tom Hank

Liz is back after a bad COVID week with some surprising findings! Plus menstruation and the Wimbledon dress codes, worst night of the year for dogs - July 4th, fast food news. Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. Bend bans personal fireworks. New dog drug for Steffi's noise aversion on July 4th: Sileo Liz tries Covid anti-viral Paxlovid Giant Cheez-It coming soon from Taco Bell Menstruation + Wimbledon dress code. Six ways to level up your walk. Thank you to today's sponsors and to listeners for using these special urls and promo codes. Everlywell https://everylywell.com/sisters OSEA https://oseamalibu.com Use promo code satsisters Entertaining Sisters: Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Book List Julie's got 2 new spy shows: The Ipcress File Condor Liz recommends Irma Vep on HBO Max - quirky series set in Paris about remaking a classic French movie. Alicia Vikander stars. For Lost and Found in Paris

Lian and Julie hold down the fort this week while Liz is out with COVID. After a tough news week, it’s friendships that get us through. Lian spends the weekend with her Sagehen Sisterhood in Northern California. And Julie explains the Six Forces that Fuel Friendship, according to Julie Beck of The Atlantic.  Plus, the Social Garden, a new landscaping trend, Dog-centric vacations and Planning a 60th Birthday Party.  Sponsor : Thanks to Butcher Box! Free bacon for the Life of your membership! butcherbox.com/sisters use promo code sisters Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan 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. Email Satellit

Travel! Summer Cooking! How about a Satellite Sisters Weekend in Santa Fe? Lian heads to New Mexico for book research and comes back with all kind of tips, raves and reviews for The City Different. Restaurants, Art Galleries, Shopping, Sightseeing. Plus, Julie has the scoop of staying aware of flight cancellations. And our usual Satellite Sisters recommendations on books, TV and more entertaining options. Julie Loved Vacationland from our Best Beach Bag Books List. And the Alex Rider series on Amazon Prime from the bestselling series of books Want to head to Santa Fe? Read Lian Dolan's Complete Travel Guide for Santa Fe here for all the links. Plus, Claire Tansey joins us for easy summer cooking, BBQ ideas and her surefire pasta salad. Check out her great cookbook, Dinner: Uncomplicated. Plus, new recipe videos on my YouTube channel every week all summer! And her website. .For information or to register for her teen cooking class, here's the link: https://cart.learnlife.ca/tweens-cooking-camp-by-ctk/?coupo

Julie and Liz review listeners insights about the change of work pre-, during and post pandemic. Plus Liz tells the tale of her best totally accidental Hollywood negotiation. Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. Lian's Santa Fe Meet-Up is open to all . Tuesday June 14. 5 pm. La Fonda Hotel Rooftop Bar. Jennifer Hudson is an EGOT! Congrats! Britain experiments with 4-day Work Week. Very odd break-in at Dallas Art Museum. Peter Rice Fired As head of TV at Disney. Liz has a POV. Today's story from Wall Street Journal. Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends the remake of Father of the Bride on HBOMax. Liz downloaded audiobooks from the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Book list. Julie will mark Juneteenth with her grandchildren. Next week on Satellite Sisters: Lian will have a Santa Fe travel report and Claire Tansey will join the show to talk about easy summer cooking. Thank you to our sponsors and to l

How to avoid psychic numbing, The Queen has tea with Paddington Bear, Julie gets accused of Tripplehorning, Lian announces a Santa Fe Meet-Up next week. Get the details. Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. Lian's Santa Fe Meet-Up is open to all . Tuesday June 14. 5 pm. La Fonda Hotel Rooftop Bar. The Queen has tea with Paddington Bear. From The Well Newsletter by NYT: The Psychic Numbing of Mass Tragedies. Health & Wellness Martha Stewart tells us what time to eat dinner. Lian's Meet-Up in Santa Fe is open to all. Entertaining Sisters: Julie: Queen's Jubilee Top Gun Maverick Lian: Florence and The Machine Casey Musgraves Liz: When We Fall Apart by Soon Wiley Top Chef Thank you to our sponsors this week and to listeners for using these special urls and codes to support Satellite Sisters Butcher Box https://butcherbox.com/sisters Use promo code sisters Osea https://oseamalibu.com Use promo code satsi

We asked you to Ask Us Anything and you did. In this special BONUS podcast episode from 2018, you get a fresh installment of answers from Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan and Julie Dolan. We got to as many of your questions as we could, including a lightning round for each sister individually. What keeps us sane now? What's one thing we would do over? How do we produce Satellite Sisters? Were there times when we considered quitting? Do we ever fight? What are our hidden talents? Why did Liz step in and out of multiple corporate jobs during her career? Why did Julie live all over the world and what's her favorite place? What's the latest with Lian's next novel and what advice does she have for aspiring writers? We tackle all of this and more on this summer 2018 special. There are even some answers that surprised the sisters! Many thanks to all of you who posted questions in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.  Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satel

Today's New To You episode includes favorite food and fun conversations from all 5 sisters - from Lian's tale of a root canal rage to Sheila's critique of the Whole Foods merchandising scheme (baby wipes and wine together?). Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here Go to the Satellite Sisters You Tube Channel here. To listen to the complete original episodes these highlights came from, go to: Peeling An Egg (Liz, Lian, Julie): Root Canal/Fro-Yo (Lian, Liz, Sheila, Monica) Whole Foods (Julie and Lian) For Lost and Found in Paris and all books by Lian Dolan, go to her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan 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. Email Satellite Sisters at hello@satellitesisters.com. Follow Lian Dolan on @instagram @liandolan Follow Liz Dolan on @instagram @satellitesister

We start with thoughts on the mass shooting in Buffalo and how many times we've had to find words for this horror. Then Lian talks about contracting COVID last week and reflects on One Million Lost in the US due to the pandemic. Julie hiked the Inca Trail in Peru and Liz flunked the "drone test" at her costume party on vacation. On Cooking With Liz this week, Liz will make a batch of Shalane Flanagan's Superhero Muffins, LIVE on the Satellite Sisters YouTube Channel on Saturday May 21 at 2 pm PT/ 5 pm PT. Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends Adriana Trigiani's The Good Left Undone, a book of WW2 historical fiction. We also recommend several works of historical fiction on our Best Beach Bag Books list posted on the blog on our website. including Angels of the Pacific by Elise Hooper. Support indie booksellers and buy any book our our Best Beach Bag Book list here at bookshop.org. Listen to last week's Best Beach Bag Books episode on Apple Podcasts. Lian watched a lot of TV last week including Sweet Magnol

On our annual Best Beach Bag Book Special, we interview #1 best-selling crime writer Dervla McTiernan. Her latest is out today: The Murder Rule. We also unveil our newest curated list of best books for Summer 2022: Thrillers, Mysteries, Historical Fiction, Family Dynamics, Summer Romances, Memoirs and Non-Fiction. Audiobooks included. The complete list of all 18 recommendations is posted here on our Satellite Sisters website. Or here on Bookshop.org On this episode we feature a few: The Palace Papers by Tina Brown Nora Goes Off script by Annabelle Monaghan The Botanists Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari The Power Couple by Alex Berenson Hello, Molly by Molly Shannon Of course, we also recommend Lian Dolan's latest best-seller Lost & Found In Paris. Lost & Found in Paris Events: Lian Dolan at Pequot Library, Southport CT Thursday May 12 Lian Dolan at Theodore's Books in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Please pre-order. Sunday May 15 2 pm Lian Dolan's books: For info on Lost and Found in Paris, The Swee

Lost & Found in Paris Events: Lian's Online Bookclub on Crowdcast May 4 at 7 pm ET/4 pmPT Lian Dolan at Pequot Library, Southport CT Thursday May 12 Lian Dolan at Theodore's Books in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Please pre-order. Sunday May 15 2 pm Today's Travel Interview: Lauren Bates, WILD TERRAIN TRAVEL Other links from today's episode:: 22 Best Travel Apps List of Books with a Sense of Place on Bookshop.org Laura Holson BOX SESSIONS ABROAD. San Miguel de Allende Entertaining Sisters: 10 Percent on Amazon Prime/ BBC America Old Enough on Netflix Irish Museum of Time: Possible headgear for Liz's costume? Sponsors: GreenChef https://greenchef.com/sisters130 Hunter Douglas https://hunterdouglas.com/sisters MeUndies https://meundies.com/sisters Charity Water https://charitywater.org/sisters Lian Dolan's books: For info on Lost and Found in Paris, The Sweeney Sisters and Lian Dolan's other books and appearances, go to www.liandolan.com Lian Dolan's Lost and Found in Paris makes Zibby Owens Must Read Books l