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In sports, who's the Greatest Of All Time? Today we discuss Tom Brady, Serena Williams and Tiger Woods. Listeners thought they saw Liz in the Tiger documentary on HBOMax. She took a look and shares some thoughts about working with him early in his career. Plus fun news from Serena Williams at the Australian Open here and a tour of her trophy room here. We discuss an interesting article about the changing nature of friendship during the pandemic from The Atlantic magazine. Do you miss your "weak ties"? We do. Julie fills us in on the latest from Russia including the investigative report on Putin's Palace. Also, how much lying goes on in job interviews? A lot! Listen to this WSJ report here. Lian is on the White House dogs beat. Lots of fun details.  Julie recommends this free online lecture series: The Brain - An Owners Guide. One of our favorite podcasts By The Book hosted by Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg featured a Satellite Sisters interview with Liz and Lian on their most recent episode. We discus

Writer Nancy Johnson joins the Satellite Sisters today to discuss her acclaimed debut novel The Kindest Lie. Plus Liz is back with a health status report and a big announcement on her theme for 2021. PLUS, her own review of the excellent service she received from Lian and her son Colin this weekend. They came to install and deinstall a few things that will make her recovery much easier. We are sad to read about Tony Bennett's Alzheimers. We've been there with our father. But we've got good news too - Julie on all the people who are jumping I'm to help with vaccinations around the country. On Entertaining Sisters, Liz recommends a new podcast series from Audible called The History of Sketch Comedy written and performed by Keegan Michael Key. Smart. Funny. 10 episodes. Julie and Lian both recommend The Dig on Netflix. Archeologist Twitter is abuzz. Julie has high hopes for Tom Hanks in News of the World. And we are all excited for a new romantic comedy called The Fussy Virgin from longtime Satellite Sister McGa

RIP Larry King. We’ll never forget the crazy weird book party we attended at your house once for your producer Wendy Walker’s book called Producer. Lian tells the tale of the party that Larry forgot. Satellite Sisters of the Week: The Sisters’ Gambit. Yes. Watching sisters play chess on Twitch is a thing.  Thank you Amanda Gorman for reminding us what poetry can do and the importance of the arts in our schools. Is 2021 The Year of The Pivot? We discuss this article from Millie. Plus a good news story from American Airlines first class wines for sale!  Guest Claire Tansey, author of the cookbook Dinner Uncomplicated, joins us to talk about pandemic food trends and solve some Satellite Sisters kitchen emergencies. Here is the info on the Feb 28 Spice Class: dinneruncomplicated.com/spices discount code: SISTERS45 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. F

Update on Liz from Liz! Plus, Pandemic Design Trends, Great Gadgets & Mardi Gras Madness On the podcast, Liz Dolan returns with an update on her injury. You'll get the scoop from Liz, plus an update on her dog Hooper. Also, Julie Dolan becomes the first sister to get the vaccine. And Lian accidentally buys a lot of sour cream. Also: We love it New Orleans! Way to keep the Mardi Gras spirit afloat even if the parades our cancelled. Check out the Float Houses here. How has your home changed in the last year? Lian bids goodbye to her Purple Haze Guest Room and hello to her office/den/library. On trend, according to Dwell. Entertaining Sisters: Julie recommends the dark comedy Patriot on Amazon Prime and the doc Pretend its a City on HBO featuring Fran Leibowitz and Martin Scorsese Thanks to this week's sponsors: Ritual ritual.com/sisters Harrys harrys.com/satsisters Thirdlove thirdlove.com/sisters Brooklinen brooklinen.com promo code sisters See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva

Personal News, Marriage Tips, Pompeii Discoveries & Bee Gees Love Satellite Sisters are back with news from Liz. Plus, the plight of working mothers during the pandemic, the discovery of an ancient snack shop in Pompeii and marriage tips from non-experts. Plus, music & TV recommendations. Liz needs your good vibes. Join our Facebook group and send along some digital good wishes. We about the tremendous hit working mothers have taken during the pandemic, forced out of the workforce to care for kids and aging parents. Rand called this a she-cession.  Are women sitting it out or being forced out? Whatever you call it, the changes will effect the gains for a generation. Food Talk. Check out the Ancient Snack Stand in Pompeii. And read about the new rules for recipes from Ben Mims of the LA Times.  Plus. marriage tips & pickleball. We recommend: TV-- Ted Lasso Music-- Greenfield’s: The Gibb Brothers Songbook ( Vol 1) Thanks to this week’s Sponsors: Better Help betterhelp.com/satsisters Candid candidco.com/sist

Satellite Sisters podcast returns for 2021 with new inspiration, new hobbies and new Entertaining Sisters recommendations. Join Lian and Julie as they launch the 2021 Podcast year. What's your motto, theme or word of the year? Go to our Facebook Group and let us know what's on your mind for 2021. Pandemic Buyers' Remorse? Yes, we have it. Why did we buy... fill in the blank. Inspired by this article in the New York Times, we confess our own pandemic purchases. Julie's got Ins & Outs for 2021. And go ahead and win that HGTV Dream Home because Julie in OUT. New Sports, New Hobbies: Julie discovers snowshoeing and survives her first outing. She admits she should have paid more attention to this LL Bean guide to the sport! Lian goes all in on Ancestry.com. HELP! how do you do genealogy? Lian needs your help. Entertaining Sisters: Finished Bridgerton? Us, too. Need more of same? Yes! Find a good list here at Marie Claire and Lian recommends Sanditon from PBS. We've got BOOKS! Find out Satellite Sisters store here

Hallmark Holiday Finale! And Satellite Sisters' Top Ten Lists for 2020.  It's a Hallmark Holiday Finale on Satellite Sisters. Our guests are CEO Wonya Lucas and EVP Programming Michelle Vicary from Crown Media Family Networks, home of all the Hallmark Channels and streaming service. What their holiday movie secrets and goals for the future? Plus each sister has her own Top Ten list for 2020. Lian has Top Ten Personal Silver Lining Revelations for 2020, Liz has Top Ten Unexpected Lessons Learned In An Unexpected Place: Her Kitchen and Julie has Top 10 Things That Gave Her Hope in 2020. This is our final episode for 2020. We will be back on Jan. 5.  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: Face

NOTE: We had an audio snafu. Lost our master recording. Luckily, Julie had a back-up. As a result, she sounds great but the rest of us - not so much. Still, we loved the episode so here it is. Sorry. #2020problems Our guest is Real Simple Editor Brandi Broxson with many great ideas for theme gifting. Read more here at the Real Simple website. Lian shares lessons from the Wall Street Journal on how to cultivate E-Charisma on Zoom! We discuss the sad story of Tony Hsieh of Zappos from Forbes. The Cooking With Liz Holiday Wrap Party will take place LIVE in our Facebook Group on Saturday at 4 pm Pacific. We also invite you to POST YOUR TOAST in. special thread in the Facebook Group. Cooking With Liz drink recipes: Here's the mocktail recipe! Liz's favorite is this Paloma Fizz. Love the rosemary! : https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/paloma-fizz-mocktails/f7efe9f1-7cd3-4f27-8247-485de5f82a3c We will post the recipe for The Five Sisters Cocktail in the Satellite Sisters FB Group and also in this week's Pep Talk news

Perk It Up! Lifting Our Holiday Spirits, Doing The Undoing and Listening to Nashville Hitmaker Aimee Mayo We set a goal for December 2020: Perk It Up! Today, we enjoy talking to an unexpected special guest from Nashville: Author + Hit Songwriter Aimee Mayo. Her new memoir is Talking To The Sky. Here's a Spotify playlist Lian put together of songs Aimee Mayo has written with artists such as Blake Shelton, Martina MacBride, Lonestar, Faith Hill and Kenny Chesney.  Congrats to Female First Sarah Fuller, kicker for Vanderbilt football and first woman to play football in the Power Five. Entertaining Sisters: The Undoing on HBO: No spoilers on the podcast today Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker on Netflix. A documentary about Debbie Allen and her annual production of Hot Chocolate Nutcracker with students from Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles. Try Poet Kate Baer. Her new volume is What Kind of Woman and it would make a great gift. Tuesday Trends: Early Bird Dinners, New Names for Faux Meat, Helicopter

Happy Thanksgiving, sisters and misters! Sisters Sheila Dolan and Monica Dolan stop in to catch up with Julie, Liz and Lian before the holidays begin. The Lab Rats have a review of a small appliance that Monica's been testing. Top of Sheila's 2020 Gratitude List? The joy of discovering a good handyman who will work outside. Julie's staying home in Texas for Thanksgiving, but heading to the beach with her pod. You know what that means? Oyster stuffing! Lian is only hosting one socially-distanced guest in her backyard: Liz. Otherwise it's just her nuclear pod. We review many plans listeners have posted in the FB Group and also participate in the #1 Thanksgiving debate: what are the best regional side dishes? Cooking With Liz: What's the winning dessert Liz will make this Saturday and Sunday on FB Live? Cranberry Lemon Bars from the NYT: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021641-cranberry-lemon-bars?utm_source=sharetools&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=website Entertaining Sisters: Sheila is all in on Nicole Kid

We welcome this Season Of Female Firsts! Congratulations to all 3 Satellite Sisters of the Week: Kamala Harris: First female Vice President-elect of the United States.  Emily Harrington - the first female to solo free climb El Capitain in less than 24 hours Kim Ng: First female General Manager in Major League Baseball. Named by Miami Marlins We interview comedian Michael Ian Black about his new book A (Mostly Serious) Letter To My Son SHOP in our Satellite Sisters Shop here.  We have locked in a SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE SATELLITE SISTERS as a Virtual Zoom Event with Sixth & I for Sunday April 11. ALL FIVE DOLAN SISTERS. Hilarity will certainly ensue. Ticket prices and times will be announced soon on our newsletter Pep Talk and in the Sixth and I newsletter, so stay tuned. But for goodness sake, SAVE THE DATE. 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.

SPECIAL Satellite Sisters Listener Appreciation Day: You're the Best, Sisters and Misters!  It's a SPECIAL Day. It's Listener Appreciation Day on Satellite Sisters. For the first time in 20 years, we are devoting an entire episode to thanking you, sisters and misters. We want you to know how much you have meant to us over the years by celebrating how smart, funny, kind and quirky YOU are. You're The Best! We also feature 4 "Longtime Listener, First Time Caller" Interviews, another first! Special thanks to Josh Blue, Laurie Levine, Tara James and Lindsay Currie for agreeing to play along with us on Zoom. On the podcast, we have excerpts from those conversations. All next week we will be posting the complete video calls in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. If you are not a member, now is a good time to join. We also have two big announcements: First, to thank you, we have cut all the prices in the Satellite Sisters Shop from November 3 though November 17. If you've ever been tempted to stock up on some Sate

We were right. Friendship is good for you and your health! Today's guest on friendship is Lydia Denworth, author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond. More fascinating writing from Lydia here, here and here. Also, Lian reminds listeners they can still register for Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop. It's virtual, starts Friday and Lian is part of the fun. Julie bids farewell to TAB, the beverage of her teenage years. And Liz shares the tale of terrible neighbors doing terrible things to each other. There is SOME comedy in it, we promise. Julie's tips on How To Host A Virtual Thanksgiving. Liz announces a new season of Cooking With Liz: One Complete Holiday Meal! Info will be posted on the Satellite Sisters website and in the Facebook Group. Thank you to our sponsors. Please support us by using these special urls and codes: MeUndies: www.meundies.com/sisters Brooklinen: www.brooklinen.com Use promo code sisters FabFitFun: www.fabfitfun.com Use coupon code sisters

Today's Locktober Expert is Dr. Leslie Korn, an expert in Natural and Integrative Medicine specializing in treating trauma, chronic illness and optimal wellness and author of Natural Woman. She's got some great advice for us and a special offer on her online classes. See below for details. Also today, Liz spills the beans on backstage with Ina Garten and how she prepped for her Zoom night with the Barefoot Contessa at Sixth & I. Ina Garten's new book is Modern Comfort Food. To try an online course from Dr. Leslie Korn, follow these instructions: 1. Access LKIIM Courses website: https://bit.ly/2FHJdRa or https://institute.drlesliekorn.com/courses 2. You will get a 50% off on all courses by using the coupon code SISTERS50. 3. The coupon will be available from October 20th to October 26th. 4. To make it valid, delete the current code at the checkout page and enter the new code: SISTERS50. 5. In case there's not coupon showing when checking out, you will have to enter the code in "add a coupon"  Her latest book i

How can we find more joy and connection over the holidays even if we are not together? Rabbi Judy Greenfeld, the Relationship Rabbi, joins us with advice. Here's more info about her on her Nachshon Minyan website. Plus, Lian tells us about how Martha Stewart has been quarantining and why its important to smile even under your mask, Julie has tips for how to mage your inevitable meltdowns and Liz realizes she actually had that boss Sylvie from Emily in Paris. Merde! We have new products in the Satellite Sisters Shop including Stay Connected, Peace & Sauce and I'm An Eyeballer. You can find everything on our website here: https://satellitesisters.com/shop/ Entertaining Sisters: True Appaloosa on Amazon Prime is a fascinating documentary about a horse breeder that Julie recommends for adventure lovers, horse lovers and anyone curious far-off places like Kyrgystan. We're still talking about Emily in Paris on Netflix plus Lian recommends two more shows in that genre: Call Your Agent on Netflix is French and fabulo

Locktober begins! All month the Satellite Sisters will bring you experts with advice on handling extended lockdown. Today its Dr. Stephanie Newman on managing anxiety, setting goals and empathy. Stephanie is a NY psychotherapist as well as an author. Her new novel, BARBARIANS AT THE PTA, explores bullying and quickly became an Amazon best-seller in multiple categories. Lian will be on Friends and Fiction on Wednesday October 7 at 7 pm ET/4 pm Pacific. Julie and Liz will also drop in. Here is the Streamyard link to join the event: https://streamyard.com/tittn7wp4d On Tuesday October 13, Liz will appear online at our favorite arts and culture organization Sixth and I to introduce Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contesa herself! You can buy tickets here. For $40, you can get a signed copy of her new book Modern Comfort Food and a link to the online event. Julie thinks watching animal videos may be the best way to manage anxiety. Her suggestions are: Warriorcanineconnection.org Kittenrescue.org Nationalzoo.si.edu/webcam

Claire Tansey joins us today, publication day for her great new cookbook Dinner, Uncomplicated. We've already tested some of the recipes ourselves. Winners are announced for our #satsisterslookwhatidid contest - 1 randomly drawn from the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group and another from Instagram. Did you win? Listen to find out. We tackle the new Netflix documentary called The Social Dilemma. Have you seen it? Julie and Liz have. Lian's got some ambitious plans for holiday decoration that she lays out. Liz has good news about aging from a study she read about in Fast Company. Entertaining Sisters: Lian recommends the audiobook of Lucy Foley's The Guest List She and her son are watching The Last Dance on Netflix. It's the Michael Jordan documentary that originally aired on ESPN. Liz is a little late to the party but she's loving The Great British Baking Show. Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com. Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Si

The Satellite Sisters thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg and share many of the things we have read or listened to since learning of her passing. RBG New York Times Obituary RBG First Woman To Lie In State Nina Totenberg on Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Advice for Living Amicus Podcast from Dahlia Lithwick on the Women of Harvard Law '59 Julie recommends this new book on college admissions: Who Gets In and Why by Jeffrey Selingo Lian recommends breathing! And this new book that's all about breathing and your nose. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor What dentists are seeing now in this time of stress. Entertaining Sisters: Remain In Love audiobook read by Chris Frantz. Sara Bareilles TV show on Apple TV +: Little Voice Sara Bareilles on Dax Shepherd's podcast. Visit our new website www.satellitesisters.com. Subscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here. For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney Sisters, visit her website here. Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or

Chris Frantz of The Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club joins us to talk about his new memoir Remain In Love. Two iconic bands. One unforgettable life. A lovely guy married to rock goddess Tina Weymouth. What's not to love? Not only are we huge fans of Chris' but he and Tina live in Fairfield, CT, the town where we grew up. Check out Lian's new Spotify playlist: Satellite Sisters Talking Heads Talk Julie has highlights from entries so far in our Facebook Group and Instagram contest #satsisterslookwhatidid. From the sublime to the ridiculous, some top notch work, sisters and misters! This contest runs through September 28th. Post photos of things you accomplished - big things or small! It's all worthy. Use the hashtag #satsisterslookwhatidid with your post. Got it? We want to celebrate what you are getting done so use #satsisterslookwhatidid when you post it in your own instagram feed or in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. We'll do a random drawing on the show Sept 29 and two sisters or misters will get a bag

Lian catches us up on her dancing progress ( new Rhumba!), Julie accidentally invents a new beauty product and Liz goes from Yosemite to Nosemite. Plus: Russian poisonings are back in the news, we are all struggling with some covid-induced social awkwardness, we salute favorite teacher Shirley Thormann and share the little-known story of Olympic athlete Otis Davis who became a life-long teacher. NEW CONTEST: LOOK WHAT I DID! Our new contest on Instagram and in our Facebook Group begins today and runs through September 28th. Post photos of things you accomplished - big things or small! It's all worthy. Use the hashtag #satsisterslookwhatidid with your post. Got it? We want to celebrate what you are getting done so use #satsisterslookwhatidid when you post it in your own instagram feed or in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. We'll do a random drawing on the show Sept 29 and two sisters or misters will get a bag of Satellite Sisters swag. One from Instagram and one from the Facebook Group. ENTERTAINING SIST