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News about our May 17 event at Sixth & I in Washington DC. Our live show will be postponed until next year. All who have already purchased tickets will be contacted via email by Sixth & I. We are now working on a plan to hold an event virtually on the original date. Details to come. Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website. Lian still has the college radio DJ skills. To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see the white logos for her playlists. You'll also see blue logos for more than 840 Satellite Sisters podcasts. For all information about all things Satellite Sisters, go to our website: https://satellitesisters.com You can listen to Satellite Sisters podcasts at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google P

So how's everyone doing out there? Lian and Julie both have observations about managing these times, while Liz is cooking things up in the kitchen. That's right, Liz of all people! We are thinking random thoughts, dealing with ambiguity, learning how to cook, and cancelling all of our Olympic-related plans. Thanks for letting us know what you are up to on your Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Join! For Liz and others learning to cook, Lian recommends Valerie Bertinelli's show in the Food Network. For TV viewing, Julie recommends The Stranger on Netflix. Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website. Lian still has the college radio DJ skills. To listen to Lian's new Satellite Sisters playlists, download the Spotify app to your phone. Spotify. Search on Satellite Sisters and you'll see

Satellite Sisters Special Episode: The importance of community and connection during the time of corona PLUS a surprise excerpt of the audiobook of Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters. For complete info, go to www.liandolan.com To pre-order the audiobook, go to www.audible.com/sisters or libro.fm To pre-order the book, go to you favorite indie bookstore (Lian's fave is Vroman's) or any online source like amazon. 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lian nails Rhythm Nation at her dance showcase. Actual video posted here in Satellite Sisters Facebook Group! Julie needs a ruling on some grocery store behavior. Liz thinks anti-influencers might be getting a bum rap. Plus the rise of drunk shopping, the end of Safe For Work, shout-out to the Time 100 and L A Times Sports Game Changers. In Entertaining Sisters, Liz recommends the new sports podcast Hall of Shame from Crooked Media and offers to be the hosts' go-to baby boomer for generational sports and cultural references. (They didn't know Love Story????. Come onnnnnn.) Liz offers special thanks to Ann at A Tidy Inbox for an organizational overhaul. Worth every dollar! Lian announces the latest winners in The Sweeney Sisters giveaway and had some dates for her book tour: Dayton Dallas Southport, CT Portland, OR What's a seed bomb? Julie explains. Don't forget to come see ALL FIVE SATELLITE SISTERS FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY on Sunday May 17th in Washington DC. Complete details here and ticketing here. See Privacy

Creativity, Coronavirus, Olympic Marathon, Cooking vs Postmates, Book Recommendations, The Sweeney Sisters Drawing Buy TIX now! Satellite Sisters LIVE in Washington DC on May 17: Details on our website here. Direct link to tickets sales for Sixth & I here. Liz has a report on The Box Sessions creativity gathering including the fab Lynda Barry. Coronoavirus: Julie notes the closing of the Louvre/ No French Kissing and South Korea using smartphone apps to alert users if they come within 100m of a location visited by someone who had coronavirus RIP Trader Joes.  Entertaining Sisters: Julie's Late to the Party Book Recommendation: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Lian's book recommendations: Such a Fun Age  You are Not Alone 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BIG Event Announcement, Lian's Birthday, Julie's Tour of Target, Weinstein Verdict  ORDER YOUR TIX NOW! Today we announce Satellite Sisters LIVE: Our 20th Anniversary Live Podcast on May 17 at 5 pm at Sixth & I in Washington DC. Details on our website here. Direct link to tickets sales for Sixth & I here. Today's podcast includes salutes to Katherine Johnson and B. Smith, two notable Satellite Sisters. Julie has travel tips for serious readers. Want to visit hotels with special curated book collections? It's a thing! Read about the trend here and here. In other trends, want a bracelet that jams Alexa and Siri? Here you go. A verdict comes in the Harvey Weinstein case. For a explanation of the trial, the verdict and the implications, listen to this episode of The Daily with Megan Twohey and Jodi Cantor, the NYT journalists who also wrote She Said. BOOK NEWS: Enter our new contest to win an advance copy of Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters by posting a photo of you and your Satellite Sisters or Misters

Satellite Sisters is off this week, but we recommend the Book Club Girl Podcast. Hosts Jen & Tavia, two avid readers and believers in books, discuss great book club picks, talk to authors and offer audio samples of new books. In today's episode, they discuss the New York Times bestseller Searching for Sylvie Lee with writer Jean Kwok. Hear the dramatic personal story that inspired her to write this globe-trotting suspense novel. Find Book Club Girl on all podcast platforms and on social @bookclubgirl 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oscar Round-Up, The Power of Friendship, High Distraction Factor News, First Winners of The Sweeney Sisters Insta and Facebook Contest  Enter our new contest to win an advance copy of Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters by posting a photo of you and your Satellite Sisters or Misters on Instagram or in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group with the hashtags #TheSweeneySisters and #satsisters. Once a week, Lian will randomly pull one winner from each. Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website. This week's episode: Lian pulls the very first contest winners plus: Oscar Round-Up 2020: ET has their recap. LA Times has their recap. And Satellite Sisters has ours. Plus producer Lian rewrites the Oscar show flow. Lian has interesting health news: When Life Throws You Curveballs: Lookin

Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website. Enter our new Instagram and Facebook Group contest for The Sweeney Sisters by posting a photo of you and your Satellite Sisters or Misters on Instagram or in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group with the hashtags #TheSweeneySisters and #satsisters. Once a week for four weeks, Lian will randomly pull one winner from each. You must use hashtags #TheSweeneySisters and #satsisters to get in the random drawing. Also on today's podcast: Did you love the Shakira and JLo Super Bowl Halftime Show as much as Lian? She announces her new dance showcase! Oscar Predictions. Lian's son Colin has strong opinions on this. Are you ready for your Oscar ballot? Coronavirus in the news. Updates from several members of the Satellite Sisters Facebook Community wh

Kobe Bryant: A great athlete, a complex and complicated man. Such a sad loss. Lian cites this column about Kobe from Bill Plaschke in the LA Times. Liz tells the surprising story of how she originally met Kobe. Julie's getting her info on the new coronavirus from either a reliable source like the CDC or longtime Satellite Sister Erin who writes about Hiding From The Virus in the Deployment Diatribes from her home in Beijing. If Jeff Bezos can't keep his phone from getting hacked, how can we? But being smarter than Jeff Bezos, which is not that hard, it turns out. Migration complete! Ready for book launch. Check out Lian's new website Entertaining Sisters: The Last Ship: We came for Sting. We stayed for the ship. Read this story about how The Last Ship was recreated after it's Broadway run. Cheer on Netflix. Julie is all in and even check out Corsicana Texas, the fruitcake capital. Brooklinen www.brooklinen.com Use promo code sisters Rothys www.rothys.com/sisters Liquid IV www.liquidIV.com Use promo

Lian's got news! The first event to promote her new novel The Sweeney Sisters is scheduled for Mission Viejo, CA on Feb. 16, 2020. Yes, the book will be in the swag bag! Order your tickets here. Lian Dolan's new novel The Sweeney Sisters comes out on April 28. Thanks for preordering the book online and at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Also, please ask your local library to order a copy. To follow all of Lian's activities, check out her new website. Today's podcast episode: Our NFL news has an LA real estate twist. Welcome to town, Aaron and Danica! Bitter Business Bureau - The Schadenfreude Edition. College students say Tech firms are OUT. Do you love fruits and vegetables as much as Lian does? Read the LA Times salute to The Kiwi Kween. RIP. Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends The Bridge on Amazon Prime. A Swedish/Danish drama. Liz is very happy for Jennifer Aniston. Happy SAG Award , Jen and we loved the finale of The Morning Show. Uh, oh. Goop has a TV show. Liz also checked out the new

Royal News! What say we about Harry and Meghan? Plus  Meghan and Harry's announcement about stepping down. We have MUCH to discuss. And by the way, congrats Canada! Plus: Oscar Nominations: Do we really have to go see The Joker? Liz is not feeling it. Instead she recommends the trio of Little Women, The Farewell and The Hustler. Nominations be damned.  Julie's got strong thoughts about Marriage Story. Lian recommends Spinning Out on Netflix and Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist on NBC.  52 Places To Go. Great travel tips for the coming year from the New York Times travel section. Lian's got news! The first event to promote her new novel The Sweeney Sisters is scheduled for Mission Viejo, CA on Feb. 16, 2020. Yes, the book will be in the swag bag! Order your tickets here. Meanwhile, thanks for preordering the book at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Official publication date is April 28. You can do that here. Also, please ask your local library to buy a copy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr

We share our themes for the new year 2020. For Satellite Sisters, It's also the year of The Sweeney Sisters, Lian's new novel. Pre-order her book here. Her book launch will happen at Vroman's in Pasadena on April 28. Come celebrate with her. Lian also has a book event in Mission Viejo CA in February. Here's a link for tickets. Julie has the exciting details of auto exec escape from Japan. There are new charges against Harvey Weinstein in LA as his trial starts in NYC. Liz listened to both books about the Harvey Weinstein investigation and recommends them: She Said by New York Times reports Meghan Twohy and Jodi Kantor and Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow. Catch and Kill is also a podcast. How did Netflix shoot the Sistine Chapel in The Two Popes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lian and Julie welcome cookbook author Claire Tansey of Uncomplicated:Take the Stress Out of Home Cooking. Claire gives us her expert advice on Holiday Food and Easy Entertaining. Find her recipes, book and videos here: https://clairetansey.com . Plus, we have Lian's Insider's Guide to the Rose Parade, Rose Bowl and Pasadena. Julie's got book recommendations for young readers. Her list: Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Yan Glaser DogMan Fetch-22 by Dav Pilkey ( creator of Captain Underpants) 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Farewell Madam Secretary, Urban Nana's Best Books for Kids, Lian's Upcoming Book Events for The Sweeney Sisters, Gratitude for Teachers Lian's got news! The first event to promote her new novel The Sweeney Sisters is scheduled for Mission Viejo, CA on Feb. 16, 2020. Yes, the book will be in the swag bag! Order your tickets here. Meanwhile, thanks for preordering the book at your local Indie book stores. It means a lot. Lian will be on the faculty at the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop in Dayton, OH from April 1 to April 4. Registration starts December 12 and sells out FAST! Go here: http://humorwriters.org/2020-workshop/ Liz has been saying FINISH STRONG for a month. Now the New York Times agrees. Her OTHER podcast Safe For Work made a list of the best podcasts of the year. Yeah! Need any workplace or career advice? Email safe@wondery.com Farewell, Madam Secretary! Lian and Julie loved this show and wrap up their thoughts after the series finale. Our favorite new real life elected official? The new 34 year old

We visit New Orleans, Salute a 30 year-old Glamour Magazine and Launch a New Holiday Shop Satellite Sisters merch here. Visit our Satellite Sisters website here.  Lian has breaking news from a 30 year old edition of Glamour Magazine, Liz has a bone to pick with Jack Dorsey in the Bitter Business Bureau installment and launches a new holiday - Unsubscribe Saturday to follow Black Friday. Julie promotes her personal Beignets No Bourbon tour of New Orleans with her grandchildren. Visit these spots: Audubon Nature Institute Zoo and Aquarium New Orleans City Park  National World War Two Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org Cafe du Monde: www.cafedumonde.com Domilises Poboys: www.domilisespoboys.com Paladar 511 Restaurant  Plum Street Snowball  Entertaining Sisters: Liz recommends 14 Days with Felicity, a very funny podcast about Felicity Huffman calling from jail, and Lindsay Vonn: The Final Season on HBO. A great doc about a great skier we already miss. Julie had one big issue with Knives Out (Talking to yo

Our Thanksgiving Special! From Liz's Shrimpsgiving and Lian's sous-chef son Colin to favorite holiday destinations and new music from Martin Davich, we've got you covered. The Edna Dolan Memorial "Flying With Food Report": Thanks to the L A Times for this report on how to get your Thanksgiving Dinner through TSA. Listener List of Favorite Holiday Travel Destinations from our Facebook Group plus Top 10 List of Popular Places to spend the holidays from Vacasa Rentals Martin Davich's new album is The Conversation. You can listen here on Spotify and order it here on amazon, here on apple. The song we conclude the podcast episode on is Paris Stroll. Marty created this special Satellite Sisters holiday playlist for us on Spotify - some of his new music and some of his favorites. Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wondery Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work. Follow us on @Twitter and @I

Happy Birthday, Monica! We tell the tale of our very special gift. - a Raleigh electric bike called The Retroglide! It was a huge hit!!! Thanks from Lian to all the listeners who responded to last week's episode about her colonoscopy and colon cancer. Plus, news, talk and laughs on: Hibernation-- Bears do it. Should people? Food marketing tricks: Don't fall for these! Dementia. Six major things you can do to prevent dementia. Mermaiding??? The newest fitness trend? Really? Healthy house plants! What are the best house plants for purifying your air? Entertaining Sisters: Kooky story about Mary Steenburgen Watching The Crown on Netflix? We are! Listen to this recap of The Crown from The History Chicks: The Recappery Ford v. Ferrari: It's a crowd-pleaser! Subscribe and Review our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work. Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news. Join our Facebook Group to get

Julies bakes The Barefoot Contessa apple tart and Liz attends a college football game. What is this world coming to?? Plus Liz recommends visiting a retired Space Shuttle. Endeavor is at the California Science Center. There's a reffing shortage for youth sports and Lian is sad about it. Plus, when's the best time to buy plane tickets for your college student to come home for the holidays? Wait, what? We are using our brains TOO much? This new study says so. Excessive Brain Activity Linked To A Shorter Life? We don't get it. And why your kids should called their robot "it" not he or she. Entertaining Sisters: Liz recommends the new Prince memoir: The Beautiful Ones And to support her new High Distraction Factor TV Strategy its Billy On The Street by Billy Eichner. Julie's engaged in some Jack Ryan Season 2 fan outrage plus has the new The Joy Of Cooking on her gift list. Subscribe and Review our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and

Want to get back in touch with your creative spirit? We welcome Laura Holson, New York Times journalist and creator of The Box Sessions, a star-studded creativity gathering at 1440 Multiversity that Liz will be attending in February 2020. Hear about how she got back in touch with her creative spirit. Click on the link to read more and register for The Box Sessions. Other pieces about creativity from Laura Holson include this and this. Julie recounts how close the tornadoes in Dallas came to her home and how much devastation remains. To contribute to recovery and rebuilding, go here. Meanwhile, the LA fires are too close for comfort for Liz. In Entertaining Sisters, we recommend: Four Weddings and a Funeral with Monday Kaling on Hulu Good Behavior with Michelle Dockery on Hulu Twla Tharp's new book Keep It Moving: Lessons for the rest of your life. To order our book You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship, go here. Started your holiday shopping? Don't forget the Satellite Sisters Shop. Start in the upper