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Happy New Year from the Satellite Sisters! We are still on vacation but here's a final show of 2014 pulled from our classics.  This was our first show of 2011. Here's a lesson:  Old New Year's Resolutions can be just as good as news one.  Many of the lessons of 2011 will apply for 2015! Julie has a big idea about an idea book. (Still an awesome idea in 2015.) Lian's still working on here theme for...

Welcome to a classic Satellite Sisters show. We recorded this in November 2007. It's one of hundreds of Satellite Sisters shows available at iTunes, Stitcher and www.satellitesisters.com.  We tackle: Soy Milk!  The Lab Rats review soy milk for you. It's a possible crackery mess.  Dave Barry!  Lian talks to Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson about their new book - the third installment of Peter & Th...

Lian, Julie, Liz and Sheila Dolan on the last Satellite Sisters Podcast of 2014:   A special Satellite Sisters Farewell Plus: North Korea, Sony and What's Next Sheila's Gift Card Living Customer Service Communications: Stop the Taunting Touring Texas Stadium Unsubscribe Mania: Clear your inbox and your mind Urban Sweat Lodge and our Themes for 2015. Lian has a suggestion for Sheila See omnystudio....

In 2010,  Julie Dolan visited North Korea as part of a Chinese-based tour group. She spent 5 nights in the country she describes as "The Worst Place on Earth" and she's been to some pretty bad places. Listen to her chilling recollection of her visit on this Satellite Sisters podcast.  Please share. Thanks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

Lian and Julie have a Holiday Party on the podcast today. Okay, not really. But here's what we talk about:   Julie Taste Tests Bulletproof Coffee Lian has advice for her college sons returning home from college: Go Away Customer Service: What happened to the 800 numbers and is there such a thing as too much customer service How to Blow Your Nose & Super-Spreaders Tuesday Trends: Snowga, Scroos...

Liz, Julie & Lian connect and discuss:    The EXTREME weather that wasn't Galapagos Travel: Operation Sea Turtle Update Sony Hack: Hollywood = High School with Money and the Sony emails prive that. Advice for Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin et al. Korean Air Nutrage: Now that's a corporate apology  Prince George Rules and creates run on knee socks Gift Wrapping Tips we can not possible do from Real...

On today's Satellite Sisters. Julie, Liz and Sheila tackle some headline news including: The surprising Sony Pictures hacking and the implications for very average people in the entertainment business, not just Seth Rogan and James Franco who we now now are wildly overpaid. The U VA rape scandal and Rolling Stone Magazine's changing statements on what they reported from an alleged victim named Jac...

Lian and Julie connect on Tuesday and discuss:   Holiday Visit in Dallas: Art Museums, Shopping, Arboreteum and Lunch at Neiman Marcus In the News:  Martha Stewart opens a cafe Sony Gets Hacked and Julie knows why From Self Magazine: The Busy Vortex. Surprising generational statistics.  Movie news: The Theory of Everything   Thanks to Audible for Supporting Satellite Sisters. To download a free au...

So we have a special Saturday edition of Satellite Sisters to accompany you home on your Sunday travels.  We just hope you don't get a middle seat next to a pig on a plane.  It could happen! Sheila kicks off the Thanksgiving review and also fills us in on Lian's activities at Vromans for their Indies First! Event, celebrating indepedent bookstores. As one of their top selling authors, Lian chips i...

Lina and Julie connect before thanksgiving:   A few thoughts on Fergason LA Auto Show Re-cap: What coming with cars and what cars Lian loved Top Chef Encounter: Top Chef,  Ocean Spray and Burger Forward How to prevent Impulse Buying More Exciting Sides and Crazy Thanksgiving Desserts!   The Cherpumple and The Best Piue in Texas   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Pol...

All five Satellite Sisters on the line! Julie, Liz, Sheila, Monica and Lian catch up and talk turkey!   Thanksgiving: memories of our mother and what's we're all doing as we think about her. Plus, Julie announces her Exciting Sides! There's kale involved, people. And Monica is getting on a bus with a squash. Plus, want to host Thanksgiving? There's an APP for that.  Sheila prepares ro Grandparents...

On today's Satellite Sisters, Julie, Liz and Sheila tackle: The Comet Landing!  That little Philae lander has our imaginations fired up. Celebrity Sighting!  Sheila sees a Grande Dame right in her local cafe. Introverts Unite!  Sheila has the latest on this movement .  Julie shares FOUR trends.  Are we participating in any of them?? And all three sisters have a few domestic woes.  What to do? You...

Lian and Julie on the Tuesday show:   Lian's Books are the Kindle Daily Deal on November 11th only! Here's the link http://tinyurl.com/q784pc8  A Russian/Texan Wedding Asian Summit and International Fashion Incident Big Mayo: Hellman's vs. Just Mayo Tide Pods Consumer Alert Big Money Divorce: Who gets the hand tools? The Mommy Lifestyle. Julie and Lian disagree on this article in the New York Time...

Satellite Sisters 110914: Julie, Liz, Monica and Lian discuss:   Amy Poehler Lovefest: Click here to find the audiobook of Yes, Please at the Satellite Sisters Audible URL .  Julie Practices Diplomacy Lian goes back to the Seventies Movie & Book recommendations: St. Vincent and Funny books by Funny Women Monica's Birthday Faux Fur: The Story Continues and another installment of Whose Bright Id...

Julie and Lian on a Tuesday:  Election Day November is Alzheimer's Month: a movie and a book to recommend. Book: Click here for more information about the book Slow Dancing with Stranger News from the Satellite Sisters ArchivesL When the Tappet Brothers met the Satellite Sisters. A Good-bye to Tom from Car Talk Lisa Kudrow, our close personal acquaintance, on The Comeback Congratulations to the wo...

On today's Satellite Sisters, Liz and Julie are joined by Next Gen Satellite Sister niece Meghan.  News, talk and laughs include: Sheila's daughter Ruthie scores a major prize. Julie and Meghan have a Halloween recap. Liz's bedroom ceiling collapsed but she carries on Richard Branson on the Virgin Galactic crash And Bruce Springsteen is smarter than all of us.  Check out his reading list here. Plu...

Lian and Julie connect on the Tuseday show:   Ebola comes to Brooklyn... and so does Julie Lian uncovers a mystery at a neighborhood Opne House Martha Stewart speaks out and we love it Parking Space Apps: Good Idea or Affront to Democracy Toast Update!  Magazineland: A new veggie that Julie will hate and a term you can drop with the cool kids Picks & Pans: The Judge and The Orphan Train by Chr...

On today's Satellite Sisters, Liz, Sheila, Monica and Lian tackle: - Why you need to continue to support serious journalism.  Exhibit A?  Today's Front page story in Thew New York Times.  - Lian's neighborhood meeting gone totally off the rails. - Sheila's daughter has a job interview with "an A-list director."  She won't say who but she will say what advice she has offered. - Monica has deep and...

Lian and Julie connect:    The Two Oscars: One who loves women and one who doesn't. To read Anna Wintour's tribute to Oscar de la Renta, click here: http://www.vogue.com/3285461/anna-wintour-remembers-oscar-de-la-renta/ Women in the News: Mrs. George Clooney and Ms. Monica Lewinsky News from Russia: A suspicious murder and more Jumpsuit News Topiary Trends: Hello Tom Turkey Stuff I learned in Maga...

On today"s Satellite Sisters, Julie, Liz and Lian tackle the world including: Julie's latest news from Dallas on the Ebola panic. Liz's struggle with the Cloud. Lian's favorite seasonal headline + a night at the theatre. Plus the sisters debate whether egg freezing is a corporate benefit that supports women or a test that just adds more professional pressure.  We launch Operation Sea Turtle and di...

This is a reload of the 101414 show.    Julie and Lian connect on the Tuseday show   Heartland Road Trip America's Snobbiest City News: Free after 17 years. Katies Couric's interview with Susan Mellon. You can find the interview here: http://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-interviews-susan-mellen-freed-from-prison-after-17-years-200940337.html Ebola Update Where in the World is Kim Jong Un.  Plus: Mar...

Julie and Lian connect on the Tuseday show   Heartland Road Trip America's Snobbiest City News: Free after 17 years. Katies Couric's interview with Susan Mellon. You can find the interview here: http://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-interviews-susan-mellen-freed-from-prison-after-17-years-200940337.html Ebola Update Where in the World is Kim Jong Un.  Plus: Martha vs Gwyneth Tuesday Trends See omnyst...

The JV Team is Back: Sheila, Monica and Lian manage to connect: Sheila tries to teach her class about Malala Monica tries to get eyeglasses Lian has a cautionary tale about wearing a jumpsuit in a Porta Pottty Important News about Pan Pizzas, Wedding Announcements, Dogs in Grocery Stores Plus, we all Dare to Recharge through Resentment, Saying No and Swimming  See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

Lian and Julie connect for the Tuesday show: Nana nearly kills Flat Stanley Lian on being brave and opening yourself upto critiques. Lessons learned thanks to Annablle Gurwitch From the news: Ebole Update, Nobel Prize, and making Decisions to make you happy Picks n' Pans: A book, A movie and cat food.  Julie picks The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, The CIA and the Battle fro the Forbidden Book by Pe...

On today's Satellite Sisters, Julie, Liz, Sheila and Lian tackle: Lian's rare Sheila sighting in her aquatic environment Julie's breaking Ebola news from her Dallas neighborhood Liz and Sheila's report from their showing of Gone Girl.  It had its own twist. Lian watches The Fault In Their Stars alone.  Thank goodness. Plus a recommendation for a new show on CBS Sports Network that you have to chec...