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High energy today! Advice for Chip & Joanna Gaines on their new Magnolia TV, our #staynoisy report on women in the midterm elections, opinions on the sham process by Amazon to pick their HQ2, thoughts on taking a golden gap year and instructions on how to peel a boiled egg. You heard us right. How to peel an egg.  Thank you to our sponsors. Please use these urls to take advantage of their Satellite Sisters deals. FabFitFun Use the promo code sisters  Salsa Basket  Use the promo code sisters Care MeUndies Our #staynoisy report: More women than ever elected to Congress and they are from many worlds. Yeah! Plus, the new Congress will be younger than ever. We think that's good news, too. You go, millennials!  We salute poll workers everywhere, especially this one:  Poll worker, 97, marks her 79th consecutive year working elections Bitter Business Bureau: Who do you think you are fooling, amazon? Not us. Amazon Bait + Switch.  Trends from Julie: Thinking about a Golden Gap Year? Read this.  Curious about Jealousy

Today's topics include Liz on the murder of Whitey Bulger in prison, Julie's tale of the swallowed Lego while Urban Nana was on duty and some compelling panda facts Lian wants you to know. Julie is going to tell you how to get into Harvard. Plus we recommend the new Netflix series Bodyguard, are skeptical we can pull off Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving DIY Decorative Turkey and wish Joni Mitchell a happy 75th birthday. Joni, you're the best. We are also grateful to all the Satellite Sisters and Misters who are poll workers today all over the country. We love your posts in our Facebook Group. Thanks to our podcast sponsors. Please use these special urls and codes to take advantage of their offers. Beach Body On Demand Text sisters to 303030 Harrys ZipRecruiter Away  Use promo code sisters20  Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.  Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SatSisters  For great Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters gifts from our online shop, go here.  Click here to

So much sadness about the Pittsburgh Tree Of Life Synagogue killings. We look for ways to express kindness and find joy. Plus our monthly book club discussion: Maureen Cavanagh tells us about If You Love Me - A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction. Thank you, Maureen, for your advocacy and all you do for others at Magnolia New Beginnings. You can reach Magnolia's addiction support groups on Facebook here. We have cool new Satellite Sisters products in the Satellite Sisters Shop. Use this link to get there or go to the home page of our website and click on the Stay Noisy photo of us in the upper right. Thank you to this week's sponsors. Please use these links to special urls to take advantage of their offers. Nectar Sleep Salsa Basket Use promo code sisters Brooklinen Use promo code sisters Ritual Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversation. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SatSisters For great Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters gifts from our online shop

On today's podcast, we remember the day we with spent with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the California Women's Conference hosted by Maria Shriver in 2010. Read Lian's original blog post from that day here. We are saddened to hear of Justice O'Connors Alzheimers' diagnosis. What a heartbreak. Also today, travel trends from West Texas - Julie recommends Marfa, the McDonald Observatory and Big Bend National Park. Lian wants to know what's happening in the milk aisle at her supermarket (SO many choices) and Liz has the answer from the business pages. Plus artisanal snacks on airplanes are supposed to make us happy? Really? How about more legroom? Lian will post her Poldark Random Thoughts in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. NEW Satellite Sisters merch in our Satellite Sisters Shop! Check out our new tees, hats, hoodies, water bottles, stickers, beach towels and more. New collections for Urban Nana and Nana Camp plus classic Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters logo'd gifts. Today

On today's podcast, Meghan and Harry's happy baby news could not make us happier. Well done, Sussexes! Special Satellite Sisters Shout-Out to this meteorologist who wore a special accessory on her weather cast. Her baby! And if that's not your choice, try Rent The Runway. New details on your work wardrobe solutions. And one last clothing note, we hear from the New York Times that dirndls are coming back. But longtime listeners will know that Liz brought them back on this podcast episode in 2013. Julie, a former college and grad school Admissions officer herself, helps us understand the new Federal case against Harvard. Plus, she watched the new National Geographic series North Korea From The Inside with Michael Palin. And as ask ourselves if the Pope should really visit the DPRK. Just not feeling it. Liz's gets a diagnosis from her physical therapist. It's surprising. And something that needs to be addressed before Julie and Liz's Major Athletic Adventure in 2019. To Be Announced After The New Year! On the sh

On today's podcast: Lian tries a personality quiz. And wins! Liz reviews A Star Is Born including the scoop on Charlie. That's Bradley Cooper's real dog! And some health and fitness talk, from strength training to CBD. Good luck to everyone on Operation Sea Turtle, our wellness discussion on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Great pep talk and support! We dispute the New York Times claim that dogs are NOT exceptional. Clearly, Laura Holson did not interview Hooper OR Steffi! Plus, Lian shares her five point message to teenage girls. We'll post that on the Satellite Sisters blog with a link from Lian's personal blog. Here's a link to The Frame, the great interview Liz and Lian mentioned with the cinematographer of A Star Is Born. To listen to this week's episode of Liz's other podcast Safe For Work, click here. Thanks for using these special urls to take advantage of our sponsor offers. Nectar Get $125 off and two free pillows plus free delivery Beach Body On Demand: Text sisters to 303030 Care Save 30% of

Women's humor, health and happiness. Satellite Sisters is a weekly pep talk , a respite from the cray-cray. Hosted by Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan and Julie Dolan, real sisters with very different lives, this award-winning podcast entertains listeners with lively, fun conversation, smart advice and positive support - like catching up with your own friends over coffee. What do the Satellite Sisters talk about? Current events, family/friends + pets, health + wellness, culture + entertainment, TV and film, work + careers, life transitions + decisions- everything you'd talk to your own friends about. Give a listen to this trailer. Pass it along to your own Satellite Sisters. Share the sound of friendship.  Go to satellitesisters.com for complete information on our podcast, books and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 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 megap

On today's show, we provide a complete recap of Sheila's epic birthday party including the perfect Madonna theme for our material girl, provide advice to parents about preventing credit theft of your kids' identities and suggest listening to Run Like A Girl podcast to get info on Nag The Vote. We also thank listener Susan who is a psychotherapist and posted advice for in our Facebook Group for listeners who may have been triggered by the Senate hearings last weeks about sexual assault. Search on Susan in the Group to get those tips. Plus Lian has health tips about walking and saunas and Liz talks about a new ax throwing bar in town. Julie and Lian provide a quickie recap of the season premiere of the PBS show Poldark. A complete set of Random Thoughts about Poldark will be posted on our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Julie has a book recommendation for young readers: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's biography for young readers: Turning Pages My Life Story Thank you to our sponsors this week. Please

On today's podcast, we fill you in on the party prep for Sheila's birthday, Lian has Beyonce in the house and has a bone to pick with Ticketmaster’s secret platform for scalpers, we debate the Weight Watchers new name and strategy and present a call to save mayonnaise for millennials starring a recipe from Meghan Markle's cookbook. We are also excited about Michelle Obama's Book Tour.  And have a Vermont Country Store Shocker!!! On Entertaining Sisters: We recommend a new podcast called Last Seen. And Julie raves about the book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.   Lian and Julie announce the plans for their Madame Secretary and Poldark TV Recaps this season. Remember, you need to subscribe to a separate feed for Satellite Sisters Talk TV.  Thank you for supporting our sponsors. Please use our special Satellite Sisters url's below: New Yorker: Listeners save 50% when they enter code SISTERS. With this special offer, you’ll receive 12 issues for just $6, plus get the exclusi

Julie has a hairy drive through a forest fire in a rental car. Liz has one on Lyft. Lian is thinking that maybe retiring at half-time is a fine way to go. Good work Vontae Davis of the Buffalo Bills. When you know, you know. Julie has concerns on Mark Wahlberg's daily schedule. Liz has data emotional support animals on airplanes. Flight attendants think they are out of control. Do you?   Entertaining Sisters: We highly recommend the new documentary Science Fair from National Geographic. Here’s the whole list go where the film can be seen: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/science-fair/screenings/ Thanks to today's sponsors. Please use our special urls:  FabFitFun  Use promo code sisters for $10 off your first box Salsa Basket  Use promo code sisters for 10% off all orders Kopari  Save $5 on your first order Zip Recruiter  Also review the rest of our our annual Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books List here. Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.  For great Satellite Siste

On today’s podcast, Julie breaks down the US Open Women’s Final like a tennis fan and a Serena fan. Plus, we discuss the pros and cons of tracking teens, whether we could ever retire on FIRE and a remembrance for September 11th. Framebridge Use promo code SISTERS at checkout Beach Body on Demand Text SISTERS to 303030 Care.com Harry's Use our code sisters at checkout.  For more on our entertainment recommendations: check out these links: TV: Yellowstone Atypical Books: New Satellite Sisters Book Club Pick If You Love Me by Maureen Cavanaugh Podcast: Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda, Guest Cheryl Strayed Also review the rest of our our annual Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books Listhere. Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Groupto get in on the conversation.  For great Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters gifts from our online shop, go here.  Click here to buy our Satellite Sisters book "You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship"  To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Apple Podcasts, click here.  To subscribe t

This podcast is the live audio from the Satellite Sisters appearance at the Santa Monica Public Library on April 22, 2017. Liz Dolan, Lian Dolan, Sheila Dolan, Monica Dolan and Julie Dolan are all on stage for an Ask Us Anything session. The Satellite Sisters take questions from the live audience, reminisce about their favorite Satellite Sisters memories and share behind-the-scenes stories.   Thanks to the Santa Monica Public Library for the great venue and to the Satellite Sisters listeners from all over the country who attended this special event. You're the Best! For our BRAND NEW August 2018 ASK US ANYTHING episode, go here. Thanks also to the sponsors of our August 14 podcast episode. Use these special urls for special deals: Beach Body On Demand: Text sisters to 303030 ThirdLove Bras Nectar Mattresses Zip Recuiter To listen to our LIVE episode from Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn, go here.  This event was to launch our most recent book You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship.  For great Satellite Sist

On this bonus LIVE show, we introduce you to the Satellite Sisters Next Generation, read from our book "You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship" and give you our philosophy of friendship and Satellite Sisterhood. Plus, we answer your questions and introduce you to our brothers and cousins. This all took place at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn NY in October 2015.  This very special show includes Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan, Sheila Dolan and Julie Dolan plus the Next Gen contributors to our book: Julie's daughter-in-law Lauren Hinkson, Sheila's daughter Ruthie Marantz and our nieces Fiona Dolan, Katherine Dolan Nordenson and Meghan Dolan Saporita. Plus a cameo by Julie's granddaughter Alice!  Click here to buy our Satellite Sisters book "You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship"  Next week we will release a BRAND NEW Ask Us Anything 2018 episode. Julie, Liz and Lian answer the questions you posted in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.  Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group here to get in on future conve

Gwyneth Paltrow: Nut or Not? We ask that question today based on this story from the New York Times Magazine. Plus, how to stay connected to your adult sons, managing a house full of house guests and celebrating Julie's 40th wedding anniversary.  This week's podcast sponsors are: Harrys  Use promo code sisters Framebridge  Use promo code sisters The New Yorker  Use promo code sister  Brooklinen  Use promo code sisters Kopari We'll be on hiatus for the month of August but are releasing three specials. On Aug 14, you'll get our newest Ask Us Anything. You asked in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group, we answered on this special episode. Plus, on August 7th, we'll drop our LIVE Special for the Brooklyn NYC Powerhouse Arena to launch our book You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship. All five sisters participate as well as our Next Gen daughters, nieces and daughters-in-law. On Aug 21, we'll release our LIVE Ask Us Anything from Santa Monica in May 2015. Please subscribe to get every episode. On Entertaining

On today's show, Liz receives a threatening email that's trying to extort her. What should she do? Julie says "Call the cops". What's your advice? Julie has travel trends, plus Liz and Julie both share their personal top 5 travel tips. In Entertaining Sisters, we suggest 6 movies that will inspire you to travel. Plus Mamma Mia 2, of course! For more info on the internet scam Liz explains, go here. Then she went here to determine with data breach she had been a victim of.  All of Julie's travel trends came from Southern Living Magazine and Huffington Post. Who is up for a Global Scavenger Hunt?? This week's sponsors are: MeUndies Liquid-IV.com  Use the promo code sisters at checkout Zip Recruiter Nectar The movies Liz recommended are: The Last Emperor to see The Forbidden City, Beijing, China. Apartment Zero to see Buenos Aires, Argentina. To Live And Die In L.A. for a fantastic LA car chase! The movies Julie recommended are: Mamma Mia 2 Greece! Croatia! Whatever! The Lunchbox to see India. Lost In Translation

On today's podcast, Julie and Lian both recap the fun Satellite Sisters weekends they had. Julie is our resident Russia expert so she comments on the news of the week from Helsinki, Liz shares a story about how to engage your creativity to avoid a midlife crisis and Lian is super excited about Mamma Mia 2. It's going to help her get over the end of the World Cup and Wimbledon. Here's a link to the story on creativity by Laura Holson of the New York Times and a link to Lian Dolan's cover story about female CEO's from Pasadena Magazine. Please support our sponsors this week: Nectar  Beach Body On Demand: Text sisters to 303030 Rothys  Use promo code sisters at checkout ThirdLove Review our annual Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books List here. Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.  For great Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters gifts from our online shop, go here.  Click here to buy our Satellite Sisters book "You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship"  To subscribe to Sate

On today's podcast, Julie has insights on the amazing Thai cave rescue. She lived in Thailand. Lian covers the World Cup (good riddance Russia!), Wimbledon (go Moms!) and welcomes LeBron to Los Angeles. Liz shares news on Smorgasburg and new food trends and provides film and book recommendations. Plus, travel news and trends. Julie says cruises are back! We are on board. Plus plastic straws are gone. Save the seas! Thanks to our sponsors this week. Here are links to our special urls for special deals:  Kopari MeUndies Care.com Harry's  Use our code sisters at checkout.  For more on our entertainment recommendations, check out these links:  Podcast: Heaven's Gate hosted by Glynn Washington.  Documentary: Three Identical Strangers  Audiobook: Something In The Water by Catherine Steadman Oscar-winning film about Russian state-sponsored doping: Icarus on Netflix.  Also review the rest of our our annual Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books List here. Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversa

It's time to get reading, Satellite Sisterhood. On our blog here, you'll find the complete Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books List for 2018. On the podcast, we preview the list and interview writer Jenna Blum, author of The Lost Family, our Satellite Sisters Sumer Read of 2018. Please listen and share our complete list with your Satellite Sisters and book club friends.  We've got some books perfect for a day in the sun and some books that may be better savored on a rainy afternoon at the cabin. We have books that will take you to distant shores while you stay at home and books about bookstores, because that's a whole category we love. And even a couple of non-fiction titles to keep it real this summer.  Thanks for supporting this week's podcast sponsors: The New Yorker  Please use this link and the promo code sisters Rothys Please use this link and the promo code sisters Away Please use this link and the promo code sisters20 ZipRecruiter Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversat

Lian has a complete music festival report from Arroyo Seco Weekend + summer fun tips including 6 new gin + tonics! Julie has some good news from New Zealand, Waco and the U. S. Open plus announces a possible big adventure. Liz investigates a Satellite Sisters mystery that is either a major fraud or a major windfall. What's your theory?  Julie recommends the documentary about Fred Rogers Won't You Be My Neighbor? Thanks to our sponsors this week: Framebridge   Use this link and promo code sisters Nectar  Use our special link. MeUndies  Use our special link Brooklinen  Use this link and promo code sisters  Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.  For great Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters gifts from our online shop, go here. Father's Day. Tick, tock! Click here to buy our Satellite Sisters book "You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship"  To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Apple Podcasts, click here.  To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Stitcher, click here. To find

On today's show, a special salute to all the living first ladies who stepped forward to speak out in support of children and families at the border. Plus Julie reports on Brooklyn fashion trends, Liz rides a scooter and lives to tell the tale and Lian finds the fun in our our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. Also, a depressing report on the pregnancy penalty for working women and an uplifting Ted Talk from Nashville TedX by Martha Ivester called Hire A Mom.  Laura Bush Op Ed from the Washington Post here.  NYT Pregnancy Penalty story here.  Our Satellite Sisters Summer Read is The Lost Family by Jenna Blum. Jenna will join us on our July 3rd episode.  Thank you to our sponsors this week: Ritual  FabFitFun  Use promo code sisters at checkout  Kneipp  Use promo code sisters at checkout Join our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group to get in on the conversation.  For great Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters gifts from our online shop, go here. Father's Day. Tick, tock! Click here to buy our Satellite Sisters b