Lizness School

This was Liz Dolan's week on the hot seat in her law school class at Stanford. The class is The 14th Amendment. The professor is Constitutional scholar Pam Karlan. And it was Liz's turn to answer the professor's questions. How'd she do? As Meatloaf famously said, two out of three ain't bad. Also this week, Liz reports on the Stanford Longevity Project's Healthy Aging Conference. Plus, it's Top Che...

Spring seems to be conference season at Stanford, so Liz attends a few and skips a few. The Stanford Data Science gathering might be over her head but the new art installation in the new CoDa there is definitely over her head but in a good way. The Healthy Aging 2025 conference is on her agenda. So is a follow-up session with Stanford's Dr. B J Fogg on Building Habits . Shifting gears into her Spr...

There’s been a big vibe shift on the Stanford campus and Liz wants to talk about it. Immigration issues, research funding, academic freedom - it’s all on the table, affecting students and faculty. Plus we’ve got tales of Leah’s travel. She drove from her old home in Los Angeles to her new home in Nashville! Read about Liz’s classmate Joyce Orishaba here and see her essay that was a winner in...

On the podcast today, it's the Battle of the Law School Movies: Paper Chase vs Legally Blonde. Liz is loving her law school class about the 14th Amendment. She also reports on fun with Nutrition! Leah is now on the road to Nashville, making a few colorful stops along the way. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Ca...

Spring Break news from both Liz and Leah. Liz had a fantastic finish to her video production class. Leah has a new tooth gem. That's right. Tooth Gems! Meet Liz's Constitutional Law professor Pamela S. Karlan of Stanford Law School and her Human Nutrition prof Christopher Gardner of Stanford Med School , both top notch experts in their fields and favorites among students. Plus a return to Memoir W...

Liz decides to go with the tried-and-true course selection process: Pick the best professors! Meet Liz's Constitutional Law professor Pamela S. Karlan of Stanford Law School and her Human Nutrition prof Christopher Gardner of Stanford Med School, both top notch experts in their fields and favorites among students. Plus a return to Memoir Writing. Three solid pillars for her final quarter. Liz also...

Liz continues her winter quarter at StanfordDCI , passes a science quiz and has a few classes that have been overtaken by the news. Plus she wonders if she could learn to be silly. Leah has ups and downs on her big life change moving home to Nashville from Los Angeles. She asks for listener advice to the show email at liznessschool@gmail.com . The episode also includes some fascinating and surpris...

Liz and Leah discuss some big life decisions this week. Liz has thoughts about what she wants to accomplish in the second half of her year at StanfordDCI and Leah has a big announcement about a big life change. It's the season of Ikegai for Liz and some intergenerational mixers. Does she have advice for Stanford undergrads and PhD's? She's not sure! But she knows for sure that she's the worst stud...

On Episode 12 of Lizness School, Liz Dolan and Leah Sutherland discuss Liz's Fancy Grunge Crawl to the Mission District of SF with other DCI Fellows. Plus Liz has news about some of this quarter's classes including whale news . It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Start at Episode 1 if you a...

Liz and Leah talk about Liz's first weeks of classes in the winter quarter. She's taking Chinese History, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Oceans and Video Production. Plus they talk about Liz's side quests and the fires in Los Angeles. Leah lives there. Liz lives in Santa Monica when she's not at Stanford. Liz's Neuroscience Professor is Liqin Luo . Here's is a YouTube bio about Luo startin...

Liz and Leah talk about their learning goals for 2025. Liz announces the classes she is taking this winter quarter plus a new wellness activity. Leah explains the concept of side quests and has a few for herself and for Liz. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Start at Episode 1 if you are...

To send Liz your learning goals for the new year, email liznessschool@gmail.com. Any specific goals for Purpose, Community or Wellness? We want to hear them for our first show of 2025. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer an...

On Lizness School Episode 8, Liz has the scoop on the many de-stressing activities happening on the Stanford campus during exam period for the undergrads. Therapy bunnies, anyone? Plus, if listeners want to take the same art history class Liz took this fall, it's being offered on Stanford's Continuing Studies platform this winter. Here's a link to How To Look At Art and Why with Alex Nemerov and h...

In Lizness School Episode 7, Liz attends a Stanford vs Cal water polo game, collects her thoughts on Designing Her Life and hangs out with some students from Stanford GSB for conversation, Chipotle and a dark fantasy feminist retelling of the Mulan story called The Night End With Fire by K X Song. Plus, Liz and Leah both take Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies Quiz and discuss the implications of be...

In Lizness School Episode 6, Liz does her Life Transition Reflection and she likes it! Plus two death-defying wellness activities - pickleball and a hike in the redwood forest. In Liz's LTR, she explains her Cooking With Liz live Facebook show during the pandemic. Here she makes Ina Garten's Roast Chicken: https://youtu.be/Ghq-vZUM-4w?si=LWUy3T_V1xstCGoP It's Lizness not business this year for Liz...

In Lizness School Episode 5, Liz settles into classes and has observations about her fellow students. Plus two big events on campus: Halloween and Democracy Day . It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. To watch a Stanford seminar by Professo...

It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Join her! In this fourth episode classes actually start! She explains what she's taking and why. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland will give...

It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Join her! In this episode she makes her move to a new apartment in Palo Alto and settles in with her dog Hooper. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Suthe...

It's Lizness not Business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Join her! In this episode she explains her decision to spend this year at Stanford exploring her future and new ideas and provides her professional and personal backstory. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration...

It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Join her! In this episode she registers for classes at Stanford online in the middle of the night. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland will giv...

It's Lizness Not Business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University 's Distinguished Careers Institute . Join her! In the upcoming Preview Episode #1, Liz explains her decision to spend this year at Stanford exploring her future and new ideas and provides her professional and personal backstory. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire...