Satellite Sisters

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 tra...

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...

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 frie...

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 ha...

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 sug...

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 Pa...

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 sh...

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 a...

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...

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 t he 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 6...

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 Hot...

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...

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 whe...

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...

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 Flana...

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...

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...

Julie shops for a new car, Liz dresses as an island, Lian's new novel Lost & Found in Paris hits the bestseller list! Plus we discuss the very serious new findings in an in-depth NYT article about Teens in Crisis. Subscribe to Pep Talk here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here . Go to the Satellite Sisters YouTube channel here . Join the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group , to interact wit...

Viola Davis has a new memoir out and an amazing life story. Plus, the Bitter Business Bureau takes on Big Baby Billionaire Elon Musk and Julie takes a float through a Mexican jungle preserve and survives to tell the tale. Subscribe to Pep Talk here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here . Go to the Satellite Sisters YouTube channel here . Join the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group , to interact...

Liz has starts a good news round-up, Lian reports from her book tour, Julie rejects several so-called trends and is feeling VERY ROBUST. Attend Lian's Book Club for Lost & Found in Paris on April 13 at 7 pm ET and 7 pm PT here: https://crowdcast.io/liandolan Information about Lian Dolan's panel at the L A Times Festival of Books Sunday April 24th here. Subscribe to Pep Talk here. Go the the Sa...

This special episode celebrates the publication of Lian Dolan's new novel Lost & Found in Paris. Author + French cuisine/culture expert Patricia Wells joins from her Paris apartment. 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...

Rico Gagliano joins Liz, Lian and Julie to talk about his book Brunch Is Hell, summertime entertaining and his impending fatherhood. He'll become a first-time dad in September and Urban Nana has some totally unsolicited advice. Rico will interview Lian Dolan at her Vroman's Book Launch for Lost & Found In Paris on April 6, 2022 at 7 pm. We also discuss guilty pleasures (Lian does not like the...

Lost and Found in Paris pubs on April 5th! To celebrate the new book, author Lian Dolan plays some clips from the audiobook narrated by Audie Award winner Brittany Pressley. Lost and Found in Paris is an art history treasure hunt set in Paris and filled with mystery, cation, romance and rock n' roll. In this special episode, Lian explains her process when creating specific scenes, including the se...

For Colon Cancer Awareness Month, today's episode is Lian's story of being diagnosed with colon cancer after a routine colonoscopy and how that early screening may have prevented a much more serious outcome. It's also the story of how being pestered by her friend Karah to get that screening may have saved her life. Satellite Sisters and Misters, this is what we do for each other. You have our perm...

The Dolan's celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Julie explains how Gwyneth explained Crypto, Lian shares International Women of Courage Honorees, Liz learns to shuck an oyster. Subscribe to Pep Talk here. Go the the Satellite Sisters website here . Go to the Satellite Sisters YouTube channel here . Join the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group , to interact with other Satellite Sisters listeners. Like the Sa...