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Lian's Volunteer Career, MOD Squad saves Julie's day, Liz's Major Dog AnnouncementSo 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 WomenSubscribe to our newsletter Pep Talk here.For more info on Lian Dolan's newest novel The Sweeney

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 WomenSubscribe 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/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on

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 TsuiDocumentary: This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist on Netflix is about the famous and unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Mus

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 Nichols

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: AmazonBarnes & Noble!Bookshop.orgIndieboundHarper Collins DirectEnterta

Special Travel Episode: Author Hannah Kirshner from Japan on her new book Water, Wood and Wild Things plus Travel Fantasies, Advice, TV and CookbooksWelcome 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: AmazonBarnes & Noble!Bookshop.orgIndieboundHarper Collins DirectWe 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 inspired b

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 '22Julie 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 WomenSubscribe 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/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community

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 WorkshopSimply SondheimOregon Shakespeare Festival onlineThe new Stanley Tucci series on CNN: Stanley Tucci Searching For ItalyBee 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 WomenSubscribe to our new newsletter Pep Talk here.For mor

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 sistersIt'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 PenguinLiz presents the Bitter Business Bureau: Citibank Error Not In Our FavorEntertaining Sisters - Our film and book recommendations are:The Big Day on NetflixThe Cold Millions by Jess WalterNomadland on Hulu.Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe 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/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.S

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 discuss how

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 McGarvey B

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/spicesdiscount code: SISTERS45Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern WomenSubscribe 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

Update on Liz from Liz! Plus, Pandemic Design Trends, Great Gadgets & Mardi Gras MadnessOn 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 ScorseseThanks to this week's sponsors:Ritual ritual.com/sistersHarrys harrys.com/satsistersThirdlove thirdlove.com/sistersBrooklinen brooklinen.com promo code sistersSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a

Personal News, Marriage Tips, Pompeii Discoveries & Bee Gees LoveSatellite 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 LassoMusic-- Greenfield’s: The Gibb Brothers Songbook ( Vol 1)Thanks to this week’s Sponsors: Better Help betterhelp.com/satsisters Candid candidco.com/siste

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 at Boo

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 WomenSubscribe 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/liandolanBuy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page

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. #2020problemsOur 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/f7efe9f1-7cd3-4f27-8247-485de5f82a3cWe will post the recipe for The Five Sisters Cocktail in the Satellite Sisters FB Group and also in this week's Pep Talk newsletter,

Perk It Up! Lifting Our Holiday Spirits, Doing The Undoing and Listening to Nashville Hitmaker Aimee MayoWe 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 todayDance 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 Parentin

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=websiteEntertaining Sisters:Sheila is all in on Nicole

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 hoursKim Ng: First female General Manager in Major League Baseball. Named by Miami MarlinsWe interview comedian Michael Ian Black about his new book A (Mostly Serious) Letter To My SonSHOP 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 WomenSubscribe 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