Satellite Sisters

Update on Liz from Liz! Plus, Pandemic Design Trends, Great Gadgets & Mardi Gras Madness 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 afl...

Personal News, Marriage Tips, Pompeii Discoveries & Bee Gees Love 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...

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 artic...

Hallmark Holiday Finale! And Satellite Sisters' Top Ten Lists for 2020.  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....

NOTE: We had an audio snafu. Lost our master recording. Luckily, Julie had a back-up. As a result, she sounds great but the rest of us - not so much. Still, we loved the episode so here it is. Sorry. #2020problems Our 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 ho...

Perk It Up! Lifting Our Holiday Spirits, Doing The Undoing and Listening to Nashville Hitmaker Aimee Mayo 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 Bl...

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 w...

We welcome this Season Of Female Firsts! Congratulations to all 3 Satellite Sisters of the Week: Kamala Harris: First female Vice President-elect of the United States.  E mily Harrington - the first female to solo free climb El Capitain in less than 24 hours Kim Ng: First female General Manager in Major League Baseball.  Named by Miami Marlins We interview comedian Michael Ian Black about his new...

SPECIAL Satellite Sisters Listener Appreciation Day: You're the Best, Sisters and Misters!  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 T...

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...

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 t...

How can we find more joy and connection over the holidays even if we are not together?  Rabbi Judy Greenfeld, the Relationship Rabbi , joins us with advice. Here's more info about her on her Nachshon Minyan website . 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...

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  Friend...

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 ....

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 Obituary RBG First Woman To Lie In State Nina Totenberg on Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Advice for Living Amicus Podcast from Dahlia Lithwick on the Women of Harvard Law '59 Julie recommends this new book on college admissions: Who...

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. Check out Lian's new Spotify playlist: Satellite Sisters Talking Heads Talk Ju...

Lian catches us up on her dancing progress ( new Rhumba!), Julie accidentally invents a new beauty product and Liz goes from Yosemite to Nosemite. Plus: Russian poisonings are back in the news, we are all struggling with some covid-induced social awkwardness , we salute favorite teacher Shirley Thormann and share the little-known story of Olympic athlete Otis Davis who became a life-long teacher....

We're back! Lian, Julie and Liz announce plans for the Fall 2020 season including a special series of helpful interviews during what we are calling Locktober. We are here for you, sisters and misters! Also today, some thoughts about the legacies of Chadwick Bozeman and Coach John Thompson. Lian shares information about growth of colon cancer in young people and reccomends these: Ryan Coogler’s tri...

Welcome to the first of our special August 2020 episodes. With or without Tokyo, we've got Olympic Fever! First up, we share the highlights of our Rio Olympics episode August 21, 2016 . Lian and Liz came home from Rio full of tales to share with Julie and the whole sisterhood and misterhood. Track & Field, Swimming, Sandwiches and Beer. It was a great trip. Some athlete highlights we witnessed...

Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here . Get in the spirit. Liz's Best Olympic movies: Blades of Glory I, Tonya Miracle Downwhill Racer Chariots of Fire Julie recommends the British Binge-Cation on Hulu. Lian thanks all the sisters and misters who have been vacationing with The Sweeney Sisters. Don't have your copy yet? To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to  amazon  or  book...

We've got it all this week. Remembrance of John Lewis, advice for parents with new college grads searching for jobs (or not), workplace insight during a layoff, the latest announcement on the next season of Cooking With Liz, Nana Camp news on her top 3 ointments and a whole lot of magazine hodge-podge. We love you magazine editors, but you are clearly running out of content! Plus in Entertaining S...

In today's conversation about women and work and kids and school, we cite several studies. Women Carrying The Burden of Education During Covid from Ms. Magazine Interruptions of Working Parents at Home with Kids from The Washington Post Stanford Business School on Equity and Inclusion Concerns in New Work/Life Reality. Leadership Lessons in the Time Of Corona from L A Times On a lighter note: TidB...

Susan Wiggs Interview plus New Website Goes Live, Outdoor Movies at Home, Work Advice Lian and Julie interview  Susan Wiggs  in the second half today's show. First up, info on our new website, some ideas about backyard movies this summer and some work advice and perspective from Liz. We freshened up our website! Check it out at  www.satellitesisters.com . (If you have issues, be sure to clear your...

Satellite Mister Carl Reiner, Family Test Results, Saharan Dust Storms, Black Hole Collisions, 4th of July Extravaganza Plans FAREWELL to the  ultimate Satellite Mister Carl Reiner,  one of our all-time favorite guests EVER. Lian still can't believe that he told us on our radio show in 2003 that Satellite Sisters "was a really good idea for a show!" Family Test Results: We've got some tests to rep...

Lian's inspired by  Stephanie Koontz's  speech about taking a "close the gap" year at her son's college graduation, Julie has tales of  Love in the Time of Covid  and Liz shares the insane details of the  ex-EBay execs arrested for Cyberstalking  with a warning: There IS such a thing as a bad idea in a brainstorming meeting. Plus special thanks to listener Jean Sandman Manthorne who figured out wh...