Satellite Sisters

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Whip The Pony! Flamin' Hot Fables! The Go-Go's + Carole King Make The Hall Of Fame! May 18, 2021

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Today's #1 Lesson: Whip The Pony! Some quick sports psychology for all.

The Man Who Didn't Invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Story in LA Times. Podcast interview with Sam Dean, the LA Times business reporter who wrote the story.

The business of snacking.

The latest on Bill Gates' behavior at Microsoft.

Wedding Trends for 2021 from The Knot.

Entertaining Sisters:

The Marfa Tapes Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall

New Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees.

The Go-Gos documentary on pay per view.

Two books recommended by Lian:

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

Lian announces new online book clubs for The Sweeney Sisters. Dates are June 3rd and June 16. Register at www.liandolan.com

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The Mom Project, Triumphant Family Celebrations, Pashmina Drop, Hooper's Homecoming, Cicadas, Girls5Eva! May 11, 2021

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We interview Chandra Sanders about The Mom Project, retraining and supporting women who want to get back into the workforce after the pandemic. Here's Chandra on NBC News. Here's more info about RISE.

Cicadas are coming!

Lian's Vegan Farro Salad and Flatbread Pizza are a hit!

Entertaining Sisters:

We recommend Girls5Eva on Peacock. (BTW, Peacock is free.) Fantastic cast and so funny.

Broadway is coming back, Baby! Liz bought tickets to Jagged Little Pill and Six.

Julie recommends three apps/sites for the outdoors: Merlin Bird ID AllTrails and Seek by iNaturalist.

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Interview with author Mary Kay Andrews, Mother's Day Shout-Outs, Sweatpants Bonfires, Yeti Lifestyle. May 04, 2021

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Mother's Day Shout-Outs, Sweatpants Bonfires, Yeti Lifestyle, Interview with author Mary Kay Andrews

We share your Mother's Day dedications this week plus we interview author Mary Kay Andrews, whose latest book The Newcomer is just out.

Mary Kay is one of the authors who hosts Friends and Fiction on Facebook. The Satellite Sisters will appear on Friends and Fiction on Mother's Day. Log in May 9th at 5 pm Eastern Time for a party.

Plus, are you ready for real life again? We discuss The Bonfire of the Sweatpants and other strategies for making an entrance. Are we ready to go back to dressing up?

Want to buy some Satellite Sisters merch? We've got a new Two Paws Up collection!

Entertaining Sisters. We recommend:

The Twelfth Man - a movie on Netflix. Set in Norway during the Nazi Occupation.

Halston on Netflix. Coming May 14th.

Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women

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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.

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Lian's Volunteer Career, MOD Squad saves Julie's day, Liz's Major Dog Announcement Apr 27, 2021

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Lian's Volunteer Career, MOD Squad saves Julie's day, Liz's Major Dog Announcement

So 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 Women

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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.

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Busted in the Grocery Line, Entertaining Animals, Movie Picks and Annabelle Gurwitch, author of You're Leaving When? Adventures in Downward Mobility Apr 20, 2021

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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:

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 Women

Subscribe 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/liandolan

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.

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TWO PAWS UP: Behind The Screens at the Satellite Sisters Celebration with Sixth & I Apr 13, 2021

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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 Tsui

Documentary: This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist on Netflix is about the famous and unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist in Boston. Great story. Great Boston accents. Even a Whitey Bulger angle.

Podcasts about spies! We love spy stories. British Scandal from Wondery is the Litvnenko poisoning story. Why didn't they call Julie as an expert witness? And Spy Affair from Wondery is about the FBI case against Maria Butina. Lian recommends!

Visit the website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women

Subscribe 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/liandolan

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It's The Sweeney Sisters Paperback Pub Date! Plus Tuesday Trends, Health News, Tickets for Sunday's LIVE Satellite Sisters Celebration, Mike Nichols: A Life Apr 06, 2021

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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: A Life by Mark Harris.

For more on Nichols and May, listen to the funniest speech ever: Elaine May salutes Mike Nichols

Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women

Subscribe 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/liandolan

Buy The Sweeney Sisters here on bookshop.org or here on amazon.

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Re-Entry Anxiety, College Admissions, Enter To Play Satellite Sisters Trivia and author Andrew Morton on Elizabeth and Margaret, the Windsor Sisters. Mar 30, 2021

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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:

Harper Collins Direct

Entertaining Sisters:

Operation Varsity Blues on Netflix

Indie movies worth watching at home:

Nomadland on Hulu

Minari on Amazon

The Sound of Metal on Amazon

Plus the ultimate positive pick-me-up on Apple TV +: Ted Lasso.

https://tv.apple.com/us/show/ted-lasso/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.4000

Great free upcoming panel: Ted Lasso on Paley Fest!

Visit our website Satellite Sisters: A Pep Talk For Modern Women

Subscribe 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/liandolan

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.

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Special Travel Episode: Author Hannah Kirshner from Japan on her new book Water, Wood and Wild Things plus Travel Fantasies, Advice, TV and Cookbooks Mar 23, 2021

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Special Travel Episode: Author Hannah Kirshner from Japan on her new book Water, Wood and Wild Things plus Travel Fantasies, Advice, TV and Cookbooks

Welcome 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:

Harper Collins Direct

We 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 by this article about best places to swim and dive with sea turtles. Thank you to all the listeners who contributed their fantasies in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.

Join our LIVE VIRTUAL SATELLITE SISTERS CELEBRATION Sunday April 11 at 7 pm ET/4 pm Pacific. Click here for tickets. Or here. Our special pre-party will happen LIVE in our Facebook Group on Friday April 7 at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Easterm, including family mixologist Colin Treidler and his recipe for the Solid Gold Satellite Sister signature cocktail.

Entertaining Sisters:

Two television shows and two cookbooks:

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories on Netflix.

Escape to the Chateau on Peacock.

The Forest Feast Mediterreanean by Erin Gleeson

Dinner in French: Melissa Clark

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: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.

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Oprah/Meghan/Harry Interview, Marlo Thomas on her new podcast Double Date, International Women of Courage, Life Post-Vaccination Mar 09, 2021

Show notes

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 '22

Julie 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 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: Facebook Page, Facebook Group and on Instagram and Twitter @satsisters.

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