Satellite Sisters

Satellite Sisters covers the gamut from women in the workplace to drama in the skies to a first date. Yeah, Satellite Sisters Of The Week: Congrats to the astronauts who executed the first ever all-female space walk and to Ann McClain, the woman left behind who cheered them on. Personally, we would have behaved more like Aidy Bryant on the SNL skit. According to McKInsey and Fortune Magazine, what's between you and that last big promotion? It's not getting that first big promotion. They call it "the broken rung" and it appears to be the biggest system barrier to gender parity. Liz visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC. Want to meet America's Sweetheart? Here's Adam Rippon's Book Tour Schedule Who is sticking up for Meghan Markle? We are. Hang in there, sister. The latest fights on planes? Julie says it's about the window shades now and she's got some rules. Entertaining Sisters: Watch the new Catherine the Great with Helen Mirren on HBO Read Circe by Madeline Mi

Sheila's Here! Complete Wedding Report, New Hot Travel Destinations, TV + Film tips Mother-of-the-bride Sheila Dolan is here with her complete wrap-up from daughter Ruthie's wedding and some thoughts about Victoria Beckham's beauty regimen. Julie has the ultimate UPS Guy As Hero tale plus travel trends from Lauren Bates from Wild Terrains , a boutique women-only group travel company and our TV and film tips for the week. 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 @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news. Join our Facebook Group to get in on the conversation. Visit our complete website satellitesisters.com. To email us, use info@satellitesisters.com 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

We bring home the gold from the World Track + Field Championships in Doha, Qatar! Liz was behind-the-scenes and has sports news, art news and some travel hacks to share. Entertaining Sisters: Ann Patchett: Julie says "run don’t walk" to go see her on her 31 city book tour. Go to www.annpatchett.com Check out the movie: The Operative Many thanks to the sponsors of today's podcast. Please use these special urls and promo codes to support Satellite Sisters: Ritual: www.ritual.com/sisters Rothy's: www.rothys.com/sisters LiquidIV: www.liquidIV.com Promo Code: sisters Ziprecruiter: www.ziprecruiter.com/sisters Subscribe and Review our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. 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 @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for all our news. Join our Facebook Group

Today on the podcast, we follow-up on Liz Dolan's whereabouts (The World Track & Field Championships in Doha), the new law in California for college athletes, some Fall Organizing tips that we don't want to follow, our Fall Book Recommendations and interview Jorjeana Marie about using improv to spark creativity. Thanks to Jorjeana Marie for coming into the studio. Find out more about her and her book Improv for Writers here. Fall Books We Love: From Lian: The Dutch House-- Ann Patchett Beautifully written novel about a broken family and the two siblings that emrege from the wreckage. Novel of memory-- a warning. You’re either going to love that-- or not.  The Nobodies-- Liza Palmer This is a super fun page turner about a former journalist that goes to work at a tech companyy as the lowest person in the department. But her journalistic instincts kick in when she senses something in off behind the scenes. Liza Palmer is the best-selling author of Conversations with the fat Girl and she based her novel on her r

Downton Abbey Recap, #staynoisy Women, Investment Clubs for Women, Global Travel Downton Gabby is back as Lian and Julie recap the Downton Abbey film. Disloyal tomfoolery, indeed! #StayNoisy shoutouts to Meghan Markle, Michelle Williams, Alex Borstein and Greta Thunberg. Well done, sisters. Julie's Tuesday trends: Mass Weddings Lavender Everything Where in the world is Liz Dolan? You can find out about her latest adventure by following @SatSisters on Instagram and #satsisterstravel. Liz has provided these clues: She'll be in a country she has never visited before, after flying there on an airline she has never flown. She'll be near a famous body of water she has never seen but you might be able to see her on TV.  Subscribe and Review our podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. 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. Fol

On today's show, Julie shares the wisdom of Anna Wintour's new management course, Lian gets on board the sharing economy with an app called Swimply and Liz becomes the Paul Revere of the new DMV License Renewal Process. Start now, people! First up, we remember the great Cokie Roberts. She was a guest on our show several times and always a favorite on the radio. The very definition of a Solid Gold Satellite Sister. To get on board for the giveaways that will start soon for Lian's new novel The Sweeney Sisters, join Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com and sign up for the newsletter from BookClubGirl  Also follow Lian on Instagram @liandolan.  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

It's the Satellite Sisters Season Premiere. We are thrilled to be back and share a BIG book announcement. It's all about Lian Dolan and her new book The Sweeney Sisters. Woo hoo! Julie's got the scoop on the college admissions scandal. Liz wants you to know the story of women being scammed on Facebook by fake soldiers. Even fake generals! She's also got the complete Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island report and behind-the-scenes at Sheila's daughter's wedding! Go Ruthie! Congrats Sheila. Plus, so much entertainment news. Two movie recommendations: Peanut Butter Falcon. Blinded By The Light. And one British TV show on Amazon Prime: Line of Duty. Are you as excited as we are about the Downton Abbey news? The worldwide phenomenon DOWNTON ABBEY becomes a grand motion picture event! Go here to preorder Lian Dolan's novel The Sweeney Sisters and read all about it. Interested in booking Lian to come speak to your group after publication, go to www.liandolan.com. Liz Dolan will be in Washington DC at Sixth and I to inter

Lian recounts the personal growth aspects of her visit to Rancho La Puerta with her husband and highly recommends the Inner Fitness Program from life coach Emily Boorstein. Julie recaps Urban Nana's visit to Brooklyn during a heat wave. Liz is excited that NASA's new astronaut training program is named after the goddess of the moon Artemis (Apollo's twin sister). Nasa has promised to send a female astronaut to the moon on the next trip. Here's our favorite cheese-filled wedding announcement. Much better than this story about out-of-control bridesmaids celebrations. And Amanda Knox crowd-sourcing her wedding? We don't get it. For fun, watch this Serena Williams video and this Steph Curry Sings Hamilton video. Tune in next week to hear special guest Rico Gagliano, author of Brunch is Hell and co-host with Liz of the Safe For Work career advice podcast, which was just named to this list of 20 Best Podcasts of 2019. Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catc

Big #satsisterstravel action today. Julie recommends Steamboat Springs, CO for a great girls' weekend. Lian's just back from wonderful Rancho La Puerta Wellness Resort and Spa in Tecate Mexico. Read more about on her visit at www.liandolan.com. Liz recommends great Apps to help you plan your next Girl's Weekend. Plus an update on what's happening in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group in our Health and Wellness posts we call Operation Sea Turtle. Be sure to use our hashtag #satsisterstravel whenever you post your travel pics on Instagram or Facebook so we can share your vacations. On the science front, Julie's got news on new Alzheimer's Genetic Research while Liz exposes the dumbest DNA test ever. Don't forget to check out our Best Beach Bag Books List here, plus Julie recommends a few more today, based on recommendations from her own Satellite Sisters. They are: The Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Tim Egan Transatlantic by Colum McCann Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more tha

So many Satellite Sisters of the Week this week: We cheer the U.S. Women's national team for their great Women's World Cup win, Coco Gauff for her Wimbledon successes and Dr. Lucy Jones, for guiding us through all of our Southern California earthquakes! Julie has the inside scoop on Geopolitical Flashpoints which she took in from a throne drinking white wine from a Presidential sippy cup plus she has 10 reasons you must see the movie Yesterday. Liz has a beef with a new law banning the use of the word burger to describe a veggie burger and has a new travel goal: The Statue of Liberty Museum in New York harbor. Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters. Stitcher Premium: For ad-free versions of our show and many other great Wonder

Today's the big cheesy day! We announce the winner's of our 'I'd rather be cheeseboarding" Photo Contest. Two lucky winners were drawn at random, one from Instagram and one from Facebook. They'll win a year's worth of delicious Cabot Cheese. What does a year supply of cheese look like? It is quarterly shipments of 25 pounds each (valued at $550) of the World’s Best Cheddar! All Cabot Cheddars are 100% Naturally Lactose-Free, Naturally Aged and Naturally Gluten-Free. You are gonna need a LOT of cheeseboards, winners! Plus 4th of July food: Blueberry History. Yes! Blueberry health facts. Yes! Blueberry Sangria. Yes! Summer of Chimichurri. Yes! High heel facts. Yes! Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters. Stitcher Premium: For ad

Waking up alone on a cold dark Air Canada plane? Facebook cryptocurrency? Dogs at amazon? Bigfoot breaking news from the FBI? And more on our Best Beach Bag Books list. WORST NIGHTMARE: Waking up on cold dark Air Canada plane. How did this happen? We must discuss.  CREATURE REPORT:Dogs at Amazon. It's crazy. Bigfoot File from the FBI just released Facebook Cryptocurrency. Whose bright idea was THIS? NETWORKING POWER: Liz's report from her WISE event. Lian on her Pasadena Magazine Women in Businessevent. Best Beach Bag Books: Get caught up with this episode. Liz loved Daisy Jones and The Six audiobook from Audible. Julie's Bend report: Sprinklers, ice packs and Barefoot Contessa's turkey meatloaf, Plus the butcher tried to pick her up at the grocery store and she learned something very surprising about our brother.  Entertaining Sisters  Netflix series: Trinkets. Filmed in Portland. Cheesy, bingeable, perfect for recuperating from wisdom teeth extraction, rainy day or too hot to go outside.   Carole King music

Julie hits the Paul McCartney Tour with her husband in Dallas. HER Beatle! Lian drives home from college with her son. Patience challenged! And we bid farewell to Gloria Vanderbilt. Such touching stories from her son Anderson Cooper. Plus International News Round-Up: Big things happening in Hong Kong and Argentina. Best and worst airports in the world? We debate the list. Witches. The next big thing? Lian thinks so. Go see Mindy Kaling's movie Late Night. We celebrate The Summer of Emma Thompson! Thanks for sharing our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list withall of your Satellite Sisters and Misters. And here's the whole podcast episode devoted to books that includes our interview with Jennifer Weiner. Are you cheeseboarding? Be sure to post your photo in our Facebook Group or on Instagram with the hashtags #satsisterscheeseboarding and #cabotcheese 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

It's our Summer Reading Special. We announce the title on our Best Beach Bag Books listand we interview New York Times Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner about her new book, Mrs. Everything. Mrs. Everything is our Satellite Sisters Summer Reading Pick and an epic tale of two sisters over the course of 70 years. We talk to Jennifer about why her stories resonate with women and why it's more important now that ever to tell our stories. For more information about Jennifer Weiner, Mrs. Everything and her "monster book tour," visit her website   Click here to find the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books List 2019. Our list includes literary fictions, romance, psychological thrillers and an awesome audiobook about a wolf. You need a book for the beach, the cabin, the plane or the long drive, we got you covered. BREAKING CONTEST NEWS: We want to see your cheeseboards! That’s right, it’s the Satellite Sisters "I’d Rather Be Cheeseboarding" Photo Contest for Facebook & Instagram! The prize for two lucky winners is

Star Wars Opening, Fosse/Verdon Screening, Lost Hiker, Cool Golfer and BIG Contest Announcement The ONLY news in LA media this weekend was the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Land at Disneyland. But we've got more: Liz and Liz hobnob with Michelle Williams and Sam Rockwell at the Fosse/Verdon screening, updates on the U. S. Women's Open golf winner with great name, problematic medical research for women, the apology from the hiker who was lost in a Hawaiian forest for 17 days and Julie's Tuesday Trend: Cash apps like Venmo and Zelle. Do you use them?? Like them?? Julie is not so sure.  BREAKING CONTEST NEWS: We want to see your cheeseboards! That’s right, it’s the Satellite Sisters "I’d Rather Be Cheeseboarding" Photo Contest for Facebook & Instagram! The prize for two lucky winners is an ENTIRE YEAR OF CHEESE from Cabot Creamery! Thank you, Cabot Creamery for supporting our cheeseboarding efforts. Use hashtags #satsisterscheeseboarding and #CabotCheese on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group and on your

On today's podcast, we recap the big family engagement party that Lian and Julie threw for Sheila's daughter Ruthie and Liz's 40th College Reunion at Brown. Plus, Julie had a family medical emergency when her son contracted Gullian-Barre Syndrome. Thanks to some excellent medical care at Columbia-Presbyterian from a Rothy's wearing doctor, he's better now but she's headed back to Brooklyn to provide some more family support. Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters. Stitcher Premium: For ad-ree versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the promo code wondery We have a great upcoming guest: the wonderful author Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. E

Lian sez: Gen X! We're The Best! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/style/generation-xers.html Liz is headed to her college reunion. Advice, anyone? Thanks to two great Satellite Sisters for your contributions to our discussion about greedy jobs and working mothers. Amrita Krishnan, MD and Katy Cancro Colletto, you're the best! Liz's day with the Queer Eye Food Guy: Does he even know how to cook? Who is more charming than chef Samin Nosrat? Maybe nobody! Salt. Fat. Acid Heat. Yes! Do you watch The Chef's Table? Chefs Asma Khan and Mashama Bailey were featured in Season 6. Nice to see the female directors of their episodes, too. Jon Favreau (the movie one) and Chef Roy Choi announce their new show The Chef Show. Oat Milk Wars? Oh, yes. They are coming. Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when y

We salute some powerful sisters today: Peggy Lipton, Melinda Gates, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. Let's start with the first cool girl we ever saw on TV: Julie Barnes on Mod Squad. Julie, you changed our lives and our look forever. Plus we'll never forget this: "Cops. One black. One white. One blonde." As Linc would say, solid. Lian spent an evening with Melinda Gates and John Legend talking about her life and her new book The Moment of Lift. She gives us the highlights. Mass shootings. We've had enough. Read this editorial by New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern about what we should be doing next: We Can End The Era of Live-Streamed Violence Have you heard of the Glass Cliff? Liz discusses it with a guest on this week's episode of Safe For Work. Lian sees a lot a examples around her, including the new President of USC. Entertaining Sisters: The Veep Finale. We laughed. We cried. We watched it a second time. Farewell, Selina. Russia Russia Russia : Julie's watching TV and movies about her fo

Welcome, Baby Boy Sussex. Well done, Meghan and Harry! That's the good news. Here's the bad news in one NYT headline: Women Did Everything Right. Then Companies Got Greedy. How American's obsession with long hours has widened the gender gap. Is Dancing the new Kale? We discuss: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/well/move/health-benefits-dancing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share New Satellite Sisters Poetry Corner! Thanks to Kim Dower for sharing poems from her new book Sunbathing on Tyrone Powers' Grave. Check out more of her work here: http://kimdowerpoetry.com Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got 800 of 'em. You can always catch up on Satellite Sisters episodes you may have missed over the years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or Wondery.com. And we love when you share your favorites episodes with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters. Stitcher Premium: For ad free versions of our show and many other great Wondery podcasts, go to www.stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use the pr

Women and Travel: Kimberly Endicott was kidnapped in Uganda. Watch Gayle King's great interview with her, listen to our travel tips to keep you safe from NY Times and LA Times and hear your travel questions from our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Measles outbreaks declared around the country and what you need to do about it. Urban Nana Julie has a close connection to this issue with her Brooklyn-based granddaughter. Who does NOT need/deserve his own podcast?? Zuckerberg! More travel news. Martha Stewart has a cruise line we are fascinated by and thanks for posting about your own travels in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group . Wedding bells for Annie Lamott. We love it! Julie is on the Kacey Musgraves bandwagon and sports the cowboy chic to prove it. Liz thinks the Satellite Sisters might be the only ones who did not see the record breaking Avengers: End Game this weekend. Or watch Game of Thrones, for that matter. Missed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got 800 of 'em. You can always catch u