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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:

Lian's owns her big Madonna dance moment this weekend and has the costume change to prove it! Julie reads about The Invisibility of Older Women. Twice. Lian has a "you are beautiful just the way you are" message for the millennials who are reportedly getting plastic surgery so they'll look better on social media. Sad. Liz has a question or two about this NYT article about "Kidfluencers" and a #staynoisy shout-out to Tabitha King. Plus recommendations on our Satellite Sisters Book Club book for April: Duped. And a GO RIGHT NOW movie recommendation for the brand new Apollo 11 film from NASA in IMAX .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/privac

Lady Gaga and Mister Gaga Bradley Cooper WIN the Oscar telecast. Shallow? We think not. We are still breaking it down. Here's the best we article we saw in the Washington Post. We loved the thrill of the documentary winners both long (Free Solo) and Short: Watch Period End of Sentence here on Netflix. Read more about it here. On the Oscars, we also loved the Nordstrom ad, the Nike ad voiced by Serena Williams and the promo for The Fix coming on ABC March 18. Exec Producers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain from Happier in Hollywood podcast will be on Satellite Sisters on March 12 to discuss it.In other news, Julie is concerned about Kim Jong Un's train to meet with President Trump in Vietnam and she gives a special Satellite Sisters Of The Week Prize to 3 teachers in Texas who saved a teen in Virginia. Liz gives a special #staynoisy Satellite Sisters shout-out to Emma Thompson. Lian declare the BEST New York Times wedding announcement EVER! We provide more info on Sheila's daughters TV pilot premiering at SXSW Rainbow

It's Lian Dolan's Birthday. She's got thoughts on other celebs born today.https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/february/19?p=2http://www.bornglorious.com/birthday/?ct=/m/09c7w0&pd=0219Oh, Jeff Bezos. Amazon announced they are pulling out of NYC deal. It reminds Julie of her sophomore year prom date. Really.Julie and Liz review their favorite things about visiting Argentina. Part 2 of our Epic Travel Report. We went to Patagonia with Backroads but spent weekends on either end in Buenos Aires. Loved it! Listen to our tips. And super special thanks to Cristina Pontiroli, our Satellite Sister who hosted us at her restaurant in San Telmo. Don Ernestos! Fantastic neighborhood restaurant you MUST visit if you go.Science now says women need other women to get ahead in the workplace. We've only been saying that, uh, FOREVER! https://www.fastcompany.com/90297884/women-need-other-women-to-get-ahead-in-the-workplace-says-scienceSign us up! The Golden Girls Cruise. You want to know more, right?Move over coloring books.

Julie and Liz are back behind the mics after their epic vacation. Today, Part One of their travels: Hiking in Patagonia, Argentina. They share their learnings from this Patagonia Walking and Hiking Tour with Backroads. In other athletic news, we salute the dominant career of Lindsay Vonn, winningest American skier of all time, and the women who surf the big waves. Plus breaking news about the South By Southwest Festival Premiere of our niece Ruthie Marantz's TV pilot Rainbow Ruthie. Are you going to Austin? Go!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://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn m

Satellite Sister Monica Dolan calls in on her coffee break. We get an update on All Things Monica, including her trip to Puerto Rico. Plus, Beth Howard, author of Hausfrau Honeymoon & Making Piece: A memoir of Love, Loss and Pie, talks to us about love, loss, learning German and, of course, pie. Find more of Beth's work here at her popular blog,The World Needs More Pie. Finally, Lian will be doing a reading in Sebastopol, California as part of her writing residency. If you're in Northern California, come by the Horse & Plow Vineyard on Sunday, March 10th at 1:30 for words, books & wine!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/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Liz and Julie are on Vacation in Patagonia, so Satellite Sister Sheila is behind the mic. We hear all about being the Mother of the Bride, Sheila's New Fitness Routine and a classic New York Times Wedding announcement. Lian reviews Stress Busters and Stress inducers. Plus we talk to Lauren Bates, founder of Wild Terrains, a women-only travel company. 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/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Julie and Liz are in final prep for their travel to Patagonia. Lian will hold down the fort when they are gone, with special guests Sheila Dolan, Beth Howard and Wild Terrain: Group Travel For Creative Women.. TREND ALERT!! Breaking Free by Breaking Plates-- actually smashing self-doubt. From the LA Times. Yoga Breathing Actually Works! Read the detailed Scientific America article here. And Yoga and Veterans from the NY Times. One other way to calm yourself: therapy cows Maire Kondo. You in or out? Based on Kondo inspired donations, looks like many of you are in. Thanks for supporting our sponsors and using these special urls: Ritualhttp://www.ritual.com/sisters Use promo code sisters ThirdLove - http://www.thirdlove.com/sisters Joybird - http://www.joybird.com/sisters Kopari Beauty - http://www.koparibeauty.com/sisters Thank you to longtime Satellite Sister Kyra Sundance for recommending this place for Hooper's vacation while Liz is away. For more on Kyra and her fabulous work with dogs, go here. Our next b