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On today's Satellite Sisters, we tackle workplace issues from thermostat wars and millenials who bring their parents to job interviews to today's eye-opening story about what its like to work at Amazon. First up, Monica has Science of the Obvious:  Men and women seem to prefer different temperatures in the workplace. It's actual science, people. What's her personal plan for dealing with this? Lian brings us a story from a career coach on Huffington Post about how the parents of millenials may actually be holding their adult children back.   Liz asks:  Just exactly how important is it to you to make sure customers get their toilet paper quickly?  The New York Times has a fascinating story today about the workplace culture at Amazon today.  Entitled INSIDE AMAZON; WRESTLING BIG IDEAS IN A BRUISING WORKPLACES, it's definitely worth a read.  Does your impression of Amazon change when you read male ex-employees say "Nearly every person I work with I saw cry at their desk." Or that a true Amazonian is called an "Am

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan return for the Tuesday Show. This week, it's the Poldark Finale Re-Cap. Pol, Dark & Handsome is back with galloping horses, Linen shirts,Looting & Pillaging and declarations of love. Julie and Lian re-cao the episode and talk about Season 2.   Lian goes on four college tours and reports back on what's important to college kids today. The answer may surprise you.  Julie's new segment: Butt In or Butt Out  Julie inserts herself into a situation and gets a mixed reaction.  Election News:  Half Pint runs for Congress!  Save the Romanian Crown Prince Julie on Dominique Browning's Essay: I'm Too Old for This. Read the essay here.  Plus, You may be too old for pastel hair, but try greige. Bobbi Brown sez it's the color of fall. Check out the Greige pallette here: http://www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com/greige-collection Julie has pics n pans Pick: The Truth According to Us by Annie Barrows Pans: John Wick (Worst movie Ever) and that commercila with the Fuzzy Letters Pol, Dark & Handsome: the Sa

A Satellite Sisters Classic from 2013. A Tuesday show that includes: Broken Wrist Fashions from Chico's a First Ladies Desk Information Hodgepodge Picks n' Pans College Admissions Interviews   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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lian Doln and Julie Dolan on the Satellite Sisters Tuesday Podcast. This week: Poldark Re-Cap, Killer Robots, Olympics & Parenting Advice on Tipping Cojnselors at Summer Camp, Preparing for the Empty Nest and Being your Kid's Concierge. Plus,vacation tales from Bend, Oregon.    Lian on Vacationing in a Small Town: Slow Service comes with the territory You're Welcome, Boston. Los Angeles is ready to step in for the 2024 Olympic games after Boston Bid falls apart. No problem, Beantown.  Beware the Killer Robots: First Stephen Hawking, then Elon Musk and now Julie Dolan raises concerns about Killer Robots.    From the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page: Tipping Counselors at Summer Camp Advice for surviving the Empty Nest   From a writer on The Simpsons; Adults We Failed to Raise . Are you your kids concierge? How to stop now.  Julie's Pick: Try The Walker on Refinery 29  Pol, Dark and Handsome: Our weekly re-cap of the PBS Masterpiece series Poldark. We were gearing up for the season finale next week, but this wee

On today's Satellite Sisters, the Lab Rats Sheila and Monica Dolan go on a Chip Quest.  Monica is determined to participate in the Lays Do Us A Flavor Contest.  She convinced Sheila to get on board to test flavors Gyro, Truffle Fries, Biscuits & Gravy and New York Reuben,  but despite many store visits they could not find the new product.  Not to worry, sisters.  Monica will carry on this week even if it means ordering them from Walmart.com.  Meanwhile, Sheila tries Bikram Yoga for the first time with less-than-ideal results. She has a complete report on that as well as the baby shower she is hosting at her home next weekend.  The workback schedule is being drawn up now.  Now all she needs is a place for guests to actually sit down.  Plus, she crosses town to her new CVS.  Also with mixed results, we'd say. Liz has a celebrity-sighting report from Superba Snack Bar in Venice, CA. Gotta love, JLD.  It was fun to see her and fun to just leave her alone to enjoy her lunch. Food there is superba, by the way.  We

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan connect on the Satellite Sisters podcasts for summer fun! Instragram contest, Facebook Follow-ups, Book and TV recommendations, Guest Towel etiquette, Tech gloating, Katy Perry and the Nuns, plus one great spy novel and one great TV show. Plus, the college admissions agony begins. Finally, Pol, Dark & Handsome, our re-cap of Episodes 5 of PBS Masterpiece series Poldark   #satsisterssummerfun on Instagram! Get on it, people. You and your Satellite Sisters celebrating summer fun for a great sexy prize of Sol de Janeiro Foot Fetish Cream. Are you having fun this summer? Let us know and post it on Instagram.  College Admissions begins  Round Two for Lian with son #2 starting the college application process. Lian is monitoting her nagging before it gets too much for all concerned.  Smart Vacation Tips from Julie  The keye is anticipation and unplugging.  Tech Stories: Glaoting over Ashley Madison breach Real Simple Etiquette  Have you stood in a guest bathroom and wondered. "What the hec

On today's Satellite Sisters show, we launch ourselves into the world of Instragram with a new Satellite Sisters feed @satsisters and a new Satellite Sisters Photo Contest #satsistersummerfun.  Follow us @satsisters and post your best photos of your summer fun with your own family, friends and Satellite Sisters.  Use our hashtag #satsistersummerfun and at the end of the summer, we'll be awarding two prizes in a drawing.  One will go to a photo of #satesistersummerfun in the NEW category, current pics, and one will go to the photo in the #throwback category, for good times back in the day.  Check out our Facebook group and Like our Facebook page to get updates and check out the tutorials we have posted in case @Instagram is new to you.  Most of all, join the #satsisterssummerfun.  Prizes to be awarded from Sol de Janeiro   Also on today's show, we discuss our exictement about the new space age we are entering.  We are loving the Pluto mission and the SpaceX vision for life on Mars.  Listen to the Recode Decode

On our continuing series the Satellite Sisters Word Write Festival, author Lian Dolan talks to two forst time mystery writers: Kris Calvin and Anne Flett-Giardano.    Kris Calvin One Murder More A former local elected official, Kris Calvin, author of debut novel One Murder More, knows politics from the inside out. She lives minutes from Sacramento, capital city of California and has been honored by the State Assembly and the California Governor’s office for her leadership in political advocacy on behalf of children.  Educated at Stanford and UC Berkeley in psychology and economics, Kris has been employed as a college-level lecturer in economics and as the CEO of a 5000-member nonprofit association in children's health.  Kris is a single parent of a daughter and two sons who make every day worthwhile, and the guardian (never owner) of  black cat Nigel  and cattle dog Lily, both strays who found their way to Kris and family and never left. You're most likely to run into Kris at regional mystery writers, readers

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan tackle the world one cup fo coffee at a time. On today's show, we vote on whether we'll buy and read Harper Lee's Go Set A Watchman, based on reviews, the new version fo Atticus and the suspicious discovery of the manuscript in the first place.    Plus: Secrets to a Great Girls' Weekend: More Cheese!  Birthday on Facebook is the Best!  Pluto in the News! Pluto 'phones home' and the world waits to see the pictures fo the farthest thing ever seen from earth. Way to go, Science! Go Set A Watchman Reviews are in. Copies are in the bookstore. The biggest publishing happening since Harry Potter! But is it a good thing that the book surfaced 60 years after it wasn't published int he first place? We discuss.  Book Recommendations from Lian. Two books on the oppostite end of the women's fiction genre. Lian gives the thumbs to The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan and  Dietland by Sarai Walker, a subversive feminist read with a cupcake on teh cover.  Teen Athletes and Heroin Addict

On today's Satellite Sisters, we lead off with announcements of our first two book tour dates to kick-off the publication of YOU'RE THE BEST; A CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIP. Join us Thursday October 29th at Powerhouse Arena in Brookyn, New York and Sunday November 8th at Vromans in Pasadena.  The Powerhouse appearance will feature what Lian describes a "a boatload of Satellite Sisters ioncluding many from the next generation".  The Vroman's appearance will headline Lian, Sheila and Liz.  More details about these dates and other book tour dates will be posted at www.satellitesisters.com and on our Satellite Sisters Facebook page so stay tuned.     Also on today's episode of Satellite Sisters: Liz files a complete report from her ComicCon experience, including a fun meet-up with some longtime listeners and a fascinatng discussion with an Academy Award winner.  Plus, heads-up on the new Muppet Show coming fin the fall and a new show she's working on called Outcast from Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead.  

Poldark Re-Cap, Women's World Cup,  Greeke Economic Crisis, Observation about legalized Marijuana, Royal Christening & Cats in the News The Tuesday Show! With Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan Nana Camp Update Week #1 Women's World Cup- Let's give the USWNY a tickertape parade and some more money!  Royal Christening: Kate Rules! Plus, We love George and Camilla take fashion cues from the Smurfs Greece vs. the Eurozone: Lian adds nothing to the discussion Julie's Observation about Legalized Marijuana Cats in the News! Lian updates you all on Pom, her yard cat plus Cats in the LA Flower Mart.  Baby News! Plus, Pol, Dark and Handsome, our re-cap of PBS show Poldark 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

  The Satellite Sisters Word Write Festival continues with an interview with Daniel Silva, of The English Spy. The English Spy is the 15th novel in the Gabriel Allon series. It's set in Northern Ireland and brings together charters from many of the series characters from the past.    Thanks to Audible for supporting the Satellite Sisters Word Write Festival. To download one free audiobook, use the special Satellite Sisters URL. audiblepodcast.com/sisters 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Tuesday Podcast, Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan on the Satellite Sisters podcast. We cover the world one cup of coffee at a time. Today, our re-cap of Poldark on PBS. We call it Pol, Dark & Handsome. We talk about episode 2 that fetaured steamy swims, hot summer dances, dueling idiots, makeovers and great dating tactics!  Alos on the show:   Nana Camp is in Session. Here what's happening at Julie's house in Steamboat Springs this summer Summer Stories: Why you feel bloated-- It's the weather! Tips for a great family vacation Sibling Violence. A new report out from Pediatrics about sibling violence. Julie and Lian discuss what constitute a felony vs. a brotherly beat down.  Follow-Up to Glen Campbell doc on CNN with a discussion of care for Alzheimer's patients Katy Perry wants to buy a convent in LA and the nuns aren't so sure about that.  Sporting block: Womens World Cup, Wimbledon and the US Olumpic bid.  Pol, Dark & Handsome-- our re-cap of Episode 2 of Poldark on PBS. Everybody in the water!        See

On Satellite Sisters Weekend show: Liz Dolan, Sheila Dolan & Lian Dolan discuss the events of the week, including the Marriage Equality Decision from SCOTUS and the Funeral in Charleston.    Plus, Liz goes to the Festival fo Creativity in Cannes and reports back on hre dinnre with Boy George and Kris Jenner. Plus, a Monica Lewinsky sighting and Julia-Louis Dreyfus panel. What a week in the South of France like. Plus, the taxi strike in France and other Frenchy things about France. Plus, The Marriage Equality Decision by SCOTUS. Liz watching in Heathrown, Lian watching at home on Twitter and Sheila watching on the  Satellite Sisters Facebook feed.  The Satellite Sisters Stay Noisy Award goes to Taylor Swift this week. Thank fro setting Apple staight, T-Swizzle!  Sheila Makes up with her Dry Cleaner. And gets a giant cyst removed. Just a warning!  Lian reports on Panda Express 's search for the Next Orange Chicken. Hear what they are testing and what 8 year olds say about their new menu item. Read about the pro

Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan connect for the Satellite Sisters Tuesday Podcast. On today's show, the sisters take on the new PBS Masterpiece series, Poldark. Looking for something to watch after Outlander and before the new season of Downton Abbey? Check out Poldark on PBS starring Aiden Turner and his linen shirts. Lots of horses, lots of dogs, lots of craggy cliffs and some really, really bad British teeth.    Also on the show:   Presidential Motorcade in Pasadena, thanks to Marc Maron who hosted the President in a nearby garage. Lian gives you the details and talks about her new role as Podcasting Spokesperson Save The Gap Let's start with getting rid of the ugly clothes. Booth Moore of the LA Times with her analysis of what went wrong at the Gap.  Health Tips to Live to 100. Check out The Blue Zone Solution by Dan Beuttner. Stick with green veggies, beans, coffee &Tea and no meat.  Civility in the Workplace- what it pays off No Shampoo Update  Julie jumps on the bandwagon and reveals her surprising results

A rebroadcast of three great Dads ( and great guys) in honor of Father's Day:   Phil Rosenthal-- EP of Everybody Loves Raymond Tom Brokaw  Alan Alda 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lian Dolan, Satellite Sisters and best-selling author interview Matthew Quick, author of several best-selling novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook which was made into the Oscar Winning film and The Good Luck of Right Now. His latest book is Love May Fail.   Love May Fail is contemporary adult fiction, now out in hardback and audiobook. It's a tale of love won, lost lost and the crazy life journey to get there. Matthew talks to us about his latest work, his process, finding your voice in print and what it's like to write fiction and play the Hollywood game. Who will like Love May Fail?  Women going through a divorce People who are fascinated by hoarders People who have loved and lost—to a realy jerk Motley Crue fans Folks from Jersey and Vermont Butchers Teachers Would be Novelists Nuns Fans of nuns People who like funny books People who like sad books And people who like hopeful books Find out more about Matthew Quick and his work, book tour schedule and bio here.  To download Love My Fail for free a

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan on the Tuesday Satellite Sisters podcast. We cover a lot of topics today including: How to Stop Worrying, Giving a Good Pep Talk, the No Shampoo Method, Etiquette Questions about weddings, RSVPs and High School Proms Lian reports back on Day 3 of the No Shamposs Method. Plus, her other strategies ot stave off aging. At least in two areas.  Julie on The Drone convention in San Jose.  How to Give a Pep Talk: From the Wall Street Journal. What works and what doesn't? How to give you best Coach Taylor.  How to Stop Worrying and be More Mindful: From Business Insider, a Harvard Med School Professor has 5 tips on how to let the razy talk in your head go and focus on the moment. You are not your thoughst-- what ever that means. Read the article here.  Etiquette Questions on Weddings, RSVPs and Liability Contract for Post-Prom After-parties.  Plus, our strong opinions against Buddymoons. And, the worst wedding ever at the Waldorf Astoria.  Movie Recommendations: Far From the Madding Crowd a

On today's Satellite Sisters, Julie leads off with an International News Round-Up that starts in outer space and lands in Thailand.  We are all very happy to hear that the Philae comet lander has woken up and tweeted a message to earth.  Hello!  Also in Julie's tour of the world: A flood in Tblisi, Georgia has wild animals roaming the streets, Putin keeps the Pope waiting (again), eating live red ants in Thailand may be good for you but the raw fish might not. You heard it on Satellite Sisters first. The sisters discuss the comments of embattled Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt.  Kudos to the female scientists who tweeted their ridicule with the hashtag #Distractinglysexy.  Comedic revenge is always sweet, but Lian asks if some of the other punishment over the top.  Sheila's school year is over so she fills us in on her latest attempt at gift card living, an ill-fated hike that may be her last, a shoe injury that left a mark and some tension at the dry cleaners.  In other words, Pluto's moons. And Liz tips us off that

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan on the Satellite Sisters Tuesday podcast, including an in-depth discussion on College Admissions Tips from a former Stanford Dean., Julie Lythcott-Haims Have a rising Senior at home and got a check list for him or her for the summer? Think again. Order her book How to Raise and Adult here Plus, an Op-Ed from the New York Times advocates defaulting on your student loans without regret. Read the article Why I Defaulted on my Student Loans here and join in the discussion.    Community Service follow-up  Lian brings in comments from the Satellite Sisterhood on mandatory community serive requirements for middle school and high school.    Tuesday Trends: The Uniform. An Art Director wears exactly the same thing to work everyday. Would you? Take a look at the art director's style here.    Movie & TV Round-up:   Lian recommends Far From the Madding Crowd, Gemma Bovary and Odd Mom Out   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and