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Our favorite Olympics moments so far, some thank-you's to listeners who are in Japan, some warnings about hiking with Google and an interview with Naomi Hirahara, author of Clark & Division, featured on our Best Beach Bag Books list. Clark & Division is historical fiction meets mystery, available August 3. Here's a great list of Naomi Hirahara's book events. You can order Clark & Division anywhere including here from bookshop.org. Popcorn On Location! Cooking With Liz LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group Thursday July 29 at 5 pm Pacific time. Nothing fancy. Just popcorn. For info on The Sweeney Sisters and Lian's online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters go to www.liandolan.com Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitte

Our Satellite Sisters Summer Olympics Special: What we are looking forward to, what we will miss and a special interview with Kat Holmes, member of USA Fencing who is going for the gold and daughter of longtime Satellite Sisters listener Lorrie! Satellite Sister of the Week: Astronaut Wally Funk. Thanks, NBC! We'll be watching ALL the Olympic action, starting with the Opening Ceremonies Friday night.  Behind the Scenes at the Game: NPR's Mandalit del Barco's Facebook posts from Tokyo Games We will miss Coco Gauff and other athletes who will not compete because of positive COVID tests.  Olympic Champion Katie Ledecky swims the first ever women's mile at the Olympics. Olympic newcomer Athing Mu competes on the track in the Women's 800 meters. Equestrian Jessica Springsteen, daughter of you-know-who and Patti Scialfa, competes in show jumping. Basketball star Dawn Staley coaches the US Women's Basketball Team. Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends Ted Lasso Season 2 and Never Have I Ever  Liz is debating about

Gen Z wants to kill email? Magpies are more deadly than bears? Citrus oils don't belong on your face? Giant goldfish are taking over Minnesota lakes? What is happening, people??? If Gen Z kills email, which the NYT says they are trying to do, where will we find all of our messages? Vacationing in the Colorado mountains, Julie spies a bear, a wolf and a magpie and has advice for encountering each. Hey, Minnesota. Liz wants to know what's up with your GIANT GOLDFISH. Entertaining Sisters: Julie cannot recommend Traitors on Netflix but she did watch the whole thing. Liz recommends the Mission: Impastable episodes of The Sporkful podcast. Beauty Tips: Essential Oils wreaking havoc!  French Manicures-- Are you engaging in Nail Art? We want to see! Bare Your Legs!  Questionable fashion advice from AARP. Lian has book recommendations for Liz and Julie from our Best Beach Bag Book List. For Liz-- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris For Julie -- Arsenic and Adobo by Mia Manansala Cooking With Liz LIVE in th

The big reveal of the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books List for 2021! The complete list of our picks is on our blog at satelltesisters.com. Today we discuss our choices and also interview best-selling author Christina Baker Kline about her latest book The Exiles, just out now in paperback. On the episode, we mention a few of our favorites below but they are ALL on the FULL LIST HERE also with our mini-reviews. They are also on our Best Beach Bag Book list at bookshop.org, where you can order and support indie bookshops. Red Island House by Andrea Lee (Julie) Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan (Lian)  His Only Wife by Peace Adzon Medie (Julie)  Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara (Lian)  The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline (interview) Daughters of Sparta  by Claire Heywood (Lian)  Last Chance Texaco by Rickie Lee Jones (Liz) Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson (Liz)  Thanks For Waiting by Doree Shafrir (Liz)  Also today, remember to enter Lian Dolan's #sweeneysinthewild contest on Instagram. Just post a photo of

Summer Cooking Spectacular! Liz launches the new Cooking With Liz: Summer of Snacks and Claire Tansey joins us with summer recipes and two new classes to announce: Summer Cooking School for Tweens and Teens (Sisters get $20 off with code EASY20 and all prices are CAD): https://cart.learnlife.ca/summer-cooking-school/ Summer Cocktails Master Class: https://cart.learnlife.ca/cocktails-masterclass/ Claire Tansey's BBQ Pizza recipe on YouTube is here (because Julie has it on her To Do list.) Claire Tansey's Grain Bowls with Creamy Tahini Dressing Satellite Sister of the Week is Opal Johnson, the "committee of one". who made Juneteenth happen as a holiday.  Don's sleep on GenZ Lingo: Are you Cheugy?  Menopause in the workplace: Three business articles we discuss - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-18/women-are-leaving-the-workforce-for-a-little-talked-about-reason?utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social Follow up on t

The Satellite Sisters interview the author of the heartfelt and hilarious The Guncle Steven Rowley. Previously by Rowley, bestsellers Lily and the Octopus and The Editor. Lian Dolan announces a new Sweeney Sisters contest on Instagram! It's called #SweeneysintheWild. Post your photos of The Sweeney Sisters book in the wild - reading at the beach, on your bedside table, in the library, anywhere! Post the photo on your own @Instagram and use the hashtag #SweeneysintheWild between now and July 3. You can also tag @liandolan. Lian will do a drawing with everyone who used the hashtag and award ten runners-up a copy of Satellite Sisters' You're The Best and a Sweeney Sisters bookplate. One grand prize winner will get a Satellite Sisters cashmere pashmina and a copy of You're The Best. Freak Accident Watch: Did that guy off Cape Cod REALLY get swallowed by a whale and spit back out? Liz checks it out. Want to get ready for the Olympics?? Start by watching the Track & Field Olympic Trials on NBC. June 18 - 27. Making

Naomi Osaka, UFO's Yes or No, Post-Pandemic Tipping, Sweeney Sisters Online Book Clubs Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open for mental health reasons: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/07/naomi-osaka-among-new-generation-tennis-stars-opening-up-about-racism-mental-health/ Article by Lindsay Crouse about Naomi Osaka and Michelle Wie West. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/sports/golf/lpga-michelle-wie-us-open.html Simone Biles, GOAT: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/06/06/simone-biles-us-championships/ Heads-up on the upcoming UFO Report: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-weigh-in-on-pentagon-ufo-report/ More UFO info: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/ufos-report.html Watch the International Women of Courage Event that Lian produced here: https://iwoc-celebration.hosted.events/Home Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 16 7 pm PT and June 23 7 pm ET. Register at www.liandolan.com or here at Crowdcast.  Visit the webs

Liz's #littlevictories, Lian's caftan dreams and Julie's post-covid roundtable Post-Covid anxieties: Cave Syndrome: The struggle is real. Are you feeling it? Airplane freak-out: Lian fears a similar fate. Early motto for 2022? Liz is stealing Backroads' theme: Dolce Tempo! Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends HGTV Hometown Takeover Lian celebrates Jean Smart Week! Hacks and Mare of Easttown. Preview of Kennedy Center Honors! Coming to CBS June 6. Dick Van Dyke interview Info about the Kennedy Center Honors show  Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 3rd and June 16. Register at www.liandolan.com Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Face

Today's #1 Lesson: Whip The Pony! Some quick sports psychology for all.  The Man Who Didn't Invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Story in LA Times. Podcast interview with Sam Dean, the LA Times business reporter who wrote the story. The business of snacking. The latest on Bill Gates' behavior at Microsoft. Wedding Trends for 2021 from The Knot.  Entertaining Sisters: The Marfa Tapes Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall New Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees. The Go-Gos documentary on pay per view. Two books recommended by Lian: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 3rd and June 16. Register at www.liandolan.com Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy Th

We interview Chandra Sanders about The Mom Project, retraining and supporting women who want to get back into the workforce after the pandemic. Here's Chandra on NBC News. Here's more info about RISE.  Cicadas are coming! Lian's Vegan Farro Salad and Flatbread Pizza are a hit! Entertaining Sisters: We recommend Girls5Eva on Peacock. (BTW, Peacock is free.) Fantastic cast and so funny. Broadway is coming back, Baby! Liz bought tickets to Jagged Little Pill and Six. Julie recommends three apps/sites for the outdoors: Merlin Bird ID AllTrails and Seek by iNaturalist. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters. See Privacy Policy a

Mother's Day Shout-Outs, Sweatpants Bonfires, Yeti Lifestyle, Interview with author Mary Kay Andrews We share your Mother's Day dedications this week plus we interview author Mary Kay Andrews, whose latest book The Newcomer is just out. Mary Kay is one of the authors who hosts Friends and Fiction on Facebook. The Satellite Sisters will appear on Friends and Fiction on Mother's Day. Log in May 9th at 5 pm Eastern Time for a party. Plus, are you ready for real life again? We discuss The Bonfire of the Sweatpants and other strategies for making an entrance. Are we ready to go back to dressing up?  Want to buy some Satellite Sisters merch? We've got a new Two Paws Up collection! Entertaining Sisters. We recommend: The Twelfth Man - a movie on Netflix. Set in Norway during the Nazi Occupation. Halston on Netflix. Coming May 14th. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her webs

Lian's Volunteer Career, MOD Squad saves Julie's day, Liz's Major Dog Announcement So many dog tales this week, starting with this one from Lian's friend. Liz has an announcement about her dog Hooper and is skeptical about that photo of Tiger Woods with his dog. 40 days in a French cave? Julie doesn't get it. News on COVID vaccines and false mammogram positives. Lian tracks the trajectory of her volunteer career and provides Volunteering stats: https://www.volunteerhub.com/blog/25-volunteer-statistics/ https://nonprofitssource.com/online-giving-statistics/volunteering-statistics/ American Women for International Understanding. To support Lian's Women of Courage event, you can buy a ticket here. Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends The Spy on Netflix with Sasha Baron Cohen. Coming up next week, our guest is writer Mary Kay Andrews. Her new book is The Newcomer. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest nove

Our guest is Annabelle Gurwitch, author of You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downwardly Mobility. Entertaining Sisters: Book Clubs for Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters now out in paperback: Sign up for Lian's groups on June 3rd and June 16th on Crowdcast.  Or go to Lian's website and request a visit to your own book club! Nomadland on Hulu. Highly recommended by Lian. Two animal-related shows Liz loved. Secrets of the Whales, a new gorgeous four-part series, premieres on Disney+ and National Geographic on April 22, Earth Day. My Octopus Teacher on Netflix, an underwater documentary nominated for an Oscar this year. Participate in Lights Out Texas to experience a million bird migration this week. Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.o

We recap the wonderful Satellite Sisters Celebration at Sixth & I. Two paws up! What did you miss behind the screens? We review. Many thanks to the wonderful team at Sixth & I and to our event sponsor AWAY. HOW TO BUY A TICKET TO THE ZOOM RECORDING: If you did not buy a ticket to the live #satsisterscelebration, but would like to buy the Zoom recording of the show, you can do that here. Thank you, Sixth & I! This link is good until 4/20. POST your Satellite Sisters Celebration photos on @Instagram. using the hashtag #satsisterscelebration. We want to see what you were wearing, what you were drinking, who you were sharing the moment with and any good screenshots you got of US! The Sweeney Sisters by Lian Dolan is now out in paperback. Order a beach bag full! Entertaining Sisters: Book: Next Gen Satellite Sister Katherine Dolan Nordenson sent Liz Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui Documentary: This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist on Netflix is about the famous and unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum he

Today is Sweeney Sisters Paperback Pub Date! Congratulations, Lian Dolan! Plus Tuesday Trends, Health News, Tickets for Sunday's LIVE Satellite Sisters Celebration, Mike Nichols: A Life  Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters is published in paperback TODAY. Links for ordering here. Tickets for our LIVE Virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration this Sunday here. The show featuring all five Satellite Sisters will start at 7 pm Eastern/4 pm Pacific on Sunday April 11.  Join us for a pre-party LIVE in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group this Friday at 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET to learn how to make our special celebratory cocktail The Golden Buzz from Lian's son Colin. We will be toasting you on Sunday night. Want to check out a National Wildlife Refuge? Tuesday Trends. Julie is skeptical of so-called trends related to corsets, hula hoops. Liz asks about Barkuterie?? Treat plates for dogs. Really?? Entertaining Sisters: Mystic Pizza the musical! Who will see it in Ogunquit Maine this summer? Liz recommends new bio of an EGOT. Mike

The Satellite Sisters welcome Andrew Morton, author of the new book Elizabeth and Margaret: The Intimate World of the Windsor Sisters. Also, discussions of Pandemic-Provoked Projects and Re-Entry Anxiety. Plus a salute to authors Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry. Buy tickets to our LIVE April 11th Satellite Sisters Celebration and win a chance to be the Satellite Sister or Mister who plays Satellite Sisters Trivia live on the show. All ticket buyers are eligible. Watch for an email from Sixth & I about how to enter to play the trivia game. Join us in a toast! Family Mixologist Colin has created a special drink (with alcohol and without) called the Golden Buzz. Watch Colin teach Lian and Liz how to make it LIVE in the Facebook Group on Friday April 9 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET so you'll be ready to make your own drink for the live show on the 11th. Pre-order the paperback of Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters, coming on April 6. Use these links:  Amazon Barnes & Noble! Bookshop.org Indiebound Harper Collins Direct Ent

Special Travel Episode: Author Hannah Kirshner from Japan on her new book Water, Wood and Wild Things plus Travel Fantasies, Advice, TV and Cookbooks Welcome and Happy Pub Day to Hannah Kirshner, author of Water, Wood and Wild Things: Learning Craft and Cultivation in a Japanese Mountain Town. Hannah joins us from her home in Yamanaka, Japan. More about Hannah and her book here. You can subscribe to Hannah Kirshner's newsletter and connect to her virtual book tour here. Lian takes us behind the scenes at a shoot with Lisa Ling and the International Women of Courage. Click here for Tickets to the International Women of Courage Fundraiser hosted by American Women for International Understanding. Pre-order the paperback of Lian Dolan's The Sweeney Sisters, coming on April 6. Use these links:  Amazon Barnes & Noble! Bookshop.org Indiebound Harper Collins Direct We discuss our travel fantasies for the future, but where can you safely travel now? Here are travel guidelines from the Wall Street Journal.  Liz was ins

Solid Gold Satellite Sister Marlo Thomas talks about her new podcast Double Date. She and husband Phil Donahue have interviewed dozen of celebrity couples on the secrets of long-term marriage. Also today, Julie, Lian and Liz discuss the Oprah/Harry/Meghan interview on CBS. Lian shares news about the 2021 International Women of Courage. Liz announces her new Board of Director position for the World Athletics Championships Oregon '22 Julie has her first post-vaccination travel and social events. Buy your Satellite Sisters Event Tickets! Buy tickets to live virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration Sunday April 11 at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT here on the Sixth & I platform. Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our com

To kick off Women's History Month, our guest today is best selling author Patti Callahan. Her newest work of historical fiction is Surviving Savannah. We also recommend Wild Swan about Florence Nightingale, an Audible Original voiced by Cynthia Erivo. In other news, we discuss two new important documentaries: The new HBO documentary Allen vs Farrow and the Hulu documentary from the NYT Framing Britney Spears. Plus, the Lady Gaga dognapping case and a few Golden Globe observations (men in turtlenecks!) In Entertaining Sisters, we recommend: RENT 25th Anniversary from the New Your Theatre Workshop Simply Sondheim Oregon Shakespeare Festival online The new Stanley Tucci series on CNN: Stanley Tucci Searching For Italy Bee Gees Documentary on HBO. Satellite Sisters Event Tickets! Buy tickets to live virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration Sunday April 11 at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT here on the Sixth & I platform. Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk her

Buy tickets to live virtual Satellite Sisters Celebration Sunday April 11 at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT here on the Sixth & I platform. The promo code for early purchase is sisters It's podcast episode #888 for the Satellite Sisters. Lucky! Winners of our lucky #satsisters888 drawings announced. Julie reviews what she learned in Texas last week. Lian has a Winter Safety Tip: Walk Like A Penguin Liz presents the Bitter Business Bureau: Citibank Error Not In Our Favor Entertaining Sisters - Our film and book recommendations are: The Big Day on Netflix The Cold Millions by Jess Walter Nomadland on Hulu. Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here. For all of our booklists at Bookshop.org, go to www.bookshop.org/shop/liandolan Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon. Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @s