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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 show Entertaining Sisters: Spy Shows from Spymaster Julie: Counterp

Lian Parties with Hall & Oates, Julie Learns Homecoming Texas-Style, Liz Launches Tucci-tober, #StayNoisy Shout-Outs 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 G

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 h

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 NYT Five paint colors to improve home value from Martha Stewart Chuck it! Kitchen Stuff to throw away NOW  Entertaining Sisters: Book recommendations: Dead Wake by Erik Larson The real story of the last crossing of the Lusitania. Catch us when we fall by Juli

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! The Kids Love Jen The Morning Show Season 2 Begins on Apple TV + Critter News: Spencer the Hawk Saves The Day Dam It: Beavers and Us! At the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. Tech News: TikTok reporting from the Wall Street Journal New Facebook Spy Glasses  Theranos/Elizabeth Holmes Fraud trial starts Bad 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. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.com Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For all of ou

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 Your Best. The Satellite Sisters have many things going on this fall so be sure to subscribe to the weekly email newsletter Pep Talk. Go to Lian and Liz will be Keynote Speakers at ShePodcasts in Scottsdale Arizona October 14 - 17. Their

Favorite Episode of 2021: Whip The Pony! Hot Flaming Fraud! Really Bill Gates??? 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 Randall New 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 Williams The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.com Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sister

Finding the Fun! Favorite Moments of this Satellite Sisters Season. Julie's Mod Squad. Caftan Dreams. Marriage Tips. Satellite Sisters Celebration Afterglow.  Funniest Highlights 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. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.com Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk 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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choi

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 Monroe Kristin Harmel Kristy Woodson Harvey Three 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 episode Patti Callahan Henry episode For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.com Visit the Satellite Sisters website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our weekly newsletter Pep Talk 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. See Privacy Policy

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 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. Thanks to AWAY who provi

Our favorite Olympics moments so far, some thank-you's to listeners who are in Japan, some warnings about hiking with Google and an interview with Naomi Hirahara, author of Clark & Division, featured on our Best Beach Bag Books list. Clark & Division is historical fiction meets mystery, available August 3. Here's a great list of Naomi Hirahara's book events. You can order Clark & Division anywhere including here from bookshop.org. Popcorn On Location! Cooking With Liz LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group Thursday July 29 at 5 pm Pacific time. Nothing fancy. Just popcorn. For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.com Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk 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 Twitte

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 Games We 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

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 Harris For Julie -- Arsenic and Adobo by Mia Manansala Cooking With Liz LIVE in th

The big reveal of the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books List for 2021! The complete list of our picks is on our blog at satelltesisters.com. Today we discuss our choices and also interview best-selling author Christina Baker Kline about her latest book The Exiles, just out now in paperback. On the episode, we mention a few of our favorites below but they are ALL on the FULL LIST HERE also with our mini-reviews. They are also on our Best Beach Bag Book list at bookshop.org, where you can order and support indie bookshops. Red Island House by Andrea Lee (Julie) Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan (Lian)  His Only Wife by Peace Adzon Medie (Julie)  Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara (Lian)  The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline (interview) Daughters of Sparta  by Claire Heywood (Lian)  Last Chance Texaco by Rickie Lee Jones (Liz) Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson (Liz)  Thanks For Waiting by Doree Shafrir (Liz)  Also today, remember to enter Lian Dolan's #sweeneysinthewild contest on Instagram. Just post a photo of

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 Dressing Satellite 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=social Follow up on t

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

Naomi Osaka, UFO's Yes or No, Post-Pandemic Tipping, Sweeney Sisters Online Book Clubs 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.html Simone 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.html Watch the International Women of Courage Event that Lian produced here: https://iwoc-celebration.hosted.events/Home Lian 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 webs

Liz's #littlevictories, Lian's caftan dreams and Julie's post-covid roundtable Post-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 Takeover Lian celebrates Jean Smart Week! Hacks and Mare of Easttown. Preview of Kennedy Center Honors! Coming to CBS June 6. Dick Van Dyke interview Info about the Kennedy Center Honors show  Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 3rd and June 16. Register at www.liandolan.com Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe 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/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Face

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 Randall New 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 Williams The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 3rd and June 16. Register at www.liandolan.com Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe 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/liandolan Buy Th

We interview Chandra Sanders about The Mom Project, retraining and supporting women who want to get back into the workforce after the pandemic. Here's Chandra on NBC News. Here's more info about RISE.  Cicadas are coming! Lian's Vegan Farro Salad and Flatbread Pizza are a hit! Entertaining Sisters: We recommend Girls5Eva on Peacock. (BTW, Peacock is free.) Fantastic cast and so funny. Broadway is coming back, Baby! Liz bought tickets to Jagged Little Pill and Six. Julie recommends three apps/sites for the outdoors: Merlin Bird ID AllTrails and Seek by iNaturalist. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe 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/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. See Privacy Policy a