Satellite Sisters

Women's Humor, Health and Happiness. Award-winning pep talk for modern women. Hosted by Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan and Julie Dolan, real sisters with very different lives, Satellite Sisters informs listeners daily lives with entertaining conversation, smart advice and positive support. With laughter and friendship, Satellite Sisters tackles life transitions and decisions, current events + trends, family/friends + pets, health + wellness, culture + entertainment, TV and film, work + careers.

Society & Culture
Relationships
Health & Fitness
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Update on Liz from Liz! Plus, Pandemic Design T...
On this podcast, Liz returns with a health update, Julie gets the Covid Vaccine and Lian buys too much sour cream.
56 min
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Personal News, Marriage Tips, Pompeii Discoveri...
New Satellite Sisters podcast with news from Liz, the plight of working mothers during the pandemic, the discovery of an ancient snack shop in Pompeii and marriage tips from non-experts.
51 min
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New Year! New Mottos! New Ins & Outs! New Pande...
First Podcast of 2021! Bringing new trends, new hobbies, new sports and same old sisterhood to the show. Here we go!
59 min
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Hallmark Holiday Finale! And Satellite Sisters'...
Hallmark Channel CEO and EVP Programming join to talk about holiday movies and what's coming next from them in 2021. Plus Lian, Julie and Liz each have their own Top Ten List for 2020.
80 min
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Joyful Gifting from Real Simple's Brandi Broxso...
Joyful gift suggestions from Real Simple Editor Brandi Broxson plus Julie's decorating enthusiasm this season, Lian's peak 2020 moment in a strip mall parking lot and Liz's realization that she has somehow achieved a lifestyle, not just a work style.
63 min
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Perk It Up! Lifting Our Holiday Spirits, Doing ...
Satellite Sisters commit to perking it up in December - lifting our holiday spirits, doing The Undoing and talking to Nashville Hitmaker/Author Aimee Mayo.
73 min
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Sheila and Monica Visit For Satellite Sisters T...
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.
47 min
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A Celebration Of Female Firsts! Kamala, Emily +...
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 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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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SPECIAL Satellite Sisters Listener Appreciation...
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.
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Locktober Finale: Friendship IS Healthy For You...
Friendship is good for you! Today's guest is Lydia Denworth, author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond. Plus Cooking With Liz and Listener Appreciation
62 min
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Locktober V3: Nutrition & Self-Care During Covi...
Nutrition and self-care advice from Dr. Leslie Korn, backstage with Liz Dolan and Ina Garten, Halloween tips for adults and kids.
61 min
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Locktober V2: Finding Connection + Joy Over the...
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.
61 min
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Locktober Begins! Advice on Goal Setting + Empa...
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.
61 min
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Claire Tansey + Dinner Uncomplicated, The Socia...
Claire Tansey joins to talk about her new cookbook Dinner Uncomplicated, the sisters discuss the new Netflix doc The Social Dilemma and announce winners of their #satsisterslookwhatidid drawing.
60 min
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Thank you, Justice Ginsburg.
The Satellite Sisters thank Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and honor her life.
62 min
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Interview with Chris Frantz of The Talking Head...
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?
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Lian's New Rhumba, School Daze, Russian Poisoni...
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 SISTERSLiz recommend's Carl Hiassen's new book Squeeze Me.Julie recommends climate change thriller Occupied on Netflix.Lian recommends Netflix documentary The Speed Cubers.Lian Dolan's new dates for The Sweeney Sisters Book Clubs:September, October-- including a Brunch time slot! Sept 9 4 pm Pacific TimeSept 16 7 pm Pacific TimeOctober 14 4 pm Pacific TimeOctober 18 9 am Sunday PT/noon ET 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 here on amazon.Join our community: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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New Season Begins! Chadwick Boseman + Colon Can...
We're back! Lian, Julie and Liz announce plans for the Fall 2020 season including a special series of helpful interviews during what we are calling Locktober. We are here for you, sisters and misters! Also today, some thoughts about the legacies of Chadwick Bozeman and Coach John Thompson.
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Let's Go, Europe: Lian Dolan hits Rome, Pompeii...
On this special Satellite Sisters, Lian Dolan takes us to Rome, Pompeii and Paris, great highlights of earlier travel with her son Colin. Plus, Liz Dolan goes to the Emmys and her shoes explode. Whaaaaaaa????
63 min
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Olympic Special: Our tales from the Rio Olympic...
Liz and Lian share their tales from the Rio Olympics then Lian interviews Elise Hooper, author of Fast Girls, The Women of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team
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Lian Health Update, Taylor Swift Advice, Memory...
Sign up for our new weekly newsletter PEP TALK here.Get in the spirit. Liz's Best Olympic movies:Blades of GloryI, TonyaMiracleDownwhill RacerChariots of FireJulie recommends the British Binge-Cation on Hulu.Lian thanks all the sisters and misters who have been vacationing with The Sweeney Sisters. Don't have your copy yet? To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)To order any of the books on our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list, go to this list on bookshop.org.Lian has several online book appearances coming up including a book club discussion about The Sweeney Sisters every Wednesday night on Crowdcast. It's fun and free. Sign up for an upcoming week with your whole book club! Meetings will go on hiatus in August and begin again in September. More details here on her website and shared on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page and in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Check out the brand new Satellite Sisters website! Follow @satsisters on Instagram and Twitter.What's coming up on the Satellite Sisters podcasts in August? We are taking you on vacation with us. We've got special theme shows with classic bits and new stories. Be sure you are subscribed so you get:Liz and Lian at the Rio Olympics plus interview with author of Fast Girls August 4, 2020Fun and Food: Hilarity ensues with Fro Yo and in Whole Foods August 11, 2020Let's Go, South America! Our trips to Galapagos, Macchu Picchu and Patagonia August 18, 2020Let's Go, Europe and Australia! Our trips to Paris, Rome and Australia August 25, 2020Coming up this week on Cooking with Liz, she'll be making Chrissie Tiegen's Beef Skewers with Tahini Sauce. Tune in LIVE in our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group Saturday at noon PT and Sunday at noon PT.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Thank You John Lewis, Advice for New College Gr...
We've got it all this week. Remembrance of John Lewis, advice for parents with new college grads searching for jobs (or not), workplace insight during a layoff, the latest announcement on the next season of Cooking With Liz, Nana Camp news on her top 3 ointments and a whole lot of magazine hodge-podge. We love you magazine editors, but you are clearly running out of content! Plus in Entertaining Sisters, a new book from an old friend.Visit our new website here: www.satellitesisters.com Our favorite new word from science to describe this current phase humans and animals are in: anthropause.All the books we recommend can be found here: https://bookshop.org/shop/liandolanMagazine Hodge Podge!Real SimpleMillie. A new magazine for female investors.Southern Living. Julie's on board with okra. Lian not so much.Good Housekeeping. Do your feet hurt? Julie shares Good Housekeeping's explanation why.Read more about Financial Infidelity here.To order Lian's novel The Sweeney Sisters go to amazon or bookshop.org (which supports indie bookstores.)To order any of the books on our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books list, go to this list on bookshop.org.Lian has several online book appearances coming up including a book club discussion about The Sweeney Sisters every Wednesday night on Crowdcast. It's fun and free. Sign up for an upcoming week with your whole book club! More details here on her website and shared on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Page and in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.Check out the brand new Satellite Sisters website! Follow @satsisters on Instagram and Twitter.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
57 min
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Tough Family Decisions on School Plans, Nana Ca...
The sisters have lots of listener input about the tough decisions being made about school plans plus some lighter news: dinosaurs, bats and bears in backyard pools.
59 min
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Susan Wiggs Interview plus New Website Goes Liv...
Satellite Sisters interview bestselling author Susan Wiggs plus announce new website, provide some work advice and discuss outdoor move plans.
48 min
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Satellite Mister Carl Reiner, Family Test Resul...
Carl Reiner was a favorite Satellite Mister who visited our show several times. Family test results, both positive and negative, get our attention. Plus news of the natural world and entertainment.
58 min