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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 interview Adam

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 catch

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 EganTransatlantic by Colum McCannMissed any Satellite Sisters podcast episodes? We've got more than 80

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 Wondery

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-free

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 releasedFacebook 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 musical Beautif

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 #cabotcheeseStitcher 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 wonderyListen t

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 AnnouncementThe 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 you

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 wonderyWe have a great upcoming guest: the wonderful author Jennifer Weiner, who's new book coming in June is Mrs. Ever

Lian sez: Gen X! We're The Best! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/style/generation-xers.htmlLiz 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 you share

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 ViolenceHave 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 former ho

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-shareNew 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.comMissed 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 promo

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 up on Sa

We start with our remembrances of Notre Dame, after yesterday's terrible fire. Then more from The Edna and Jim "I've Already Been To College" Update on the Admissions Scandal: It's not looking good for Aunt BeckyBooks: At the wonderful LA Times Festival of Books, which attracts more than 100,000 visitors, Liz went to panels featuring:Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom by David W Blight. It just won the Pulitzer for HistoryThe New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C Stewart. Just won the Pulitzer for Biography.Bad Blood by John Carreyroux, about Theranos, which we have discussed on previous podcasts.Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe about The Troubles in Northern Ireland.Bitter Business Bureau. Wait a sec. The Uber people are going to make $100 million dollars in a IPO for a company that LOST a billion dollars in 2018?? We could think of plenty of business ideas that could LOSE money.We love Abby Wambach and recommend her new book Wolfpack plus two really great interviews with her: TBD with Tina B

So much lying and cheating afoot!College Admissions Crimes: The scandal we just can't quit. Today we tackle:Felicity Huffman Might Get Jail Time? And what's with the hand-holding??https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-felicity-huffman-admissions-scandal-legal-20190408-story.htmlWhat's Up with the Harvard Fencing Coach? https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/05/us/harvard-fencing-coach-under...for...Who Needs A Prison Consultant? https://www.businessinsider.com/college-admissions-scandal-parents-hired-prison-con...They Had It Coming. Caitlin Flanagan from The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/what-college-admissions-scandal-reveals/586468/And our Satellite Sisters Book Club interview with Abby Ellin, author of Duped: Double Lives, False Identities and the Con Man I Almost Married. Plus Lian has update on cheeseboarding (we have found our issue!) and talking to your dog.In Entertaining Sisters, Liz spends the afternoon with Richard Madden, star of Bodyguard on Netflix, potential new James Bon

Is snowplow parenting related to the college admissions scandal? We discuss.Brexit. Could it be going any worse? In a word, no.This woman who feels no pain. It seemed cool until we read the part about her flesh burning.The right restaurants for those of us over 50.How to talk to dogs. And yes we'd like to see them on court at the U. S. Open. Who wouldn't?Breakdancing in the Paris Olympics? Julie recommends following Harry and Meghan in instagram here @sussexroyal.We are going to see Patrick Radden Keefe and John Carreyroux at the L A Times Festival of Books. Here's the whole schedule. Are you going? There's also a special Wondery Sound Trip: An Immersive Experience from our podcast network on Sunday.Don't forget to shop our merch at the Satellite Sisters Shop. Or order our book You're The Best here.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitter and @Instagram @satsisters. Like our Facebook Page for

The College Admissions Scandal is a story tailor-made for the Satellite Sisters. Remember, Julie was an admissions officer and Lian hosted a podcast called College Bound Chronicles. Today we tackle the news story we suspect will keep on giving. Best coverage is here in the LA Times. Plus, we just love the name Operation Varsity Blues. In other news, NASA lets us down. Really NASA? Not enough spacesuits for TWO women? Plus we report on our Spring Break activities. Julie was on Urban Nana duty in Brooklyn, Lian was on her writer's retreat in Sonoma Valley and Liz was in Bend, Oregon avoiding doing her taxes.In Entertaining Sisters, we recommend the audiobook Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory by Patrick Radden Keefe. Plus Julie saw the movie US and the Broadway version of Frozen.US https://youtu.be/hNCmb-4oXJAFrozen https://youtu.be/wchGVznx_bQListen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow us on @Twitte

On this new Spring Break mini-episode, we discuss one of the biggest Satellite Sisters mysteries OF ALL TIME. What is happening in this 2008 tale of intrigue with Julie, the stranger and Zorro's slobbery tennis ball? Today, we give you a new intro and the entire original story then Julie shares her latest theories of the case. You will hear that Lian, Monica and Sheila can't believe Julie was so trusting with an odd request. What started as a "sticky situation" became a potentially dark tale. Listen and tell us what YOU think was actually happening. Post your theories on our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. To listen to more episodes for the Satellite Sisters Audio Archive, go to our website here. You can listen to hundreds of shows, share them with your own Satellite Sisters and Misters or download a bunch so you always have them ready on any device. It's all here.Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.Follow

Today we are joined by Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, hosts of the podcast Happier in Hollywood and showrunners for the new ABC drama The Fix which debuts March 18. Sarah and Liz talk to us about the excitement of launching their new TV show and what they've learned about leadership in the process. A VERY SPECIAL GUEST calls in to join us in wishing them luck. Plus, it's almost two years since they launched their podcast Happier In Hollywood. What have they learned about themselves in the process?Be sure to watch The Fix on ABC TV March 18th at 10 pm (9 Central).Listen to Liz's workplace advice show Safe For Work and the Madam Secretary recap show Lian and Julie do called Satellite Sisters Talk TV.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: