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July 20, 2014
Satellite Sisters Podcast 072014: Global Hot Spots; Comic-Con Tips; Movie Review; and Fashion Tips to Keep Us Looking Young
New Satellite Sisters Podcast is up! Liz, Sheila, Monica & Lian on the show to discuss:
Listen to the Show Here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/satellitesisters/SS072014.mp3
Before we get started, just for fun:
Hot Spots Around the World: Julie weighs in with a statement and Liz is flying over most of them
Fashion Trends and Tips Sheila’s on the Cozy Couch to make sure we don’t dress like The Golden Girls
Comic-Con Survival Tips: Lian is going to Comic-Con and she is concerned by some of the suggested “tips.”
Wholes Foods and Target Trends: Sheila has some observations
Marketing Genius: Thanks, Coke, for the can
Movie Review: Begin Again Monica and Lian check out the latest movie “Begin Again” from the director of “Once.”
Listen to the Show here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/satellitesisters/SS072014.mp3
Listen to Satellite Sisters 071514: Blueberry News , Urban Sweatlodges and Six Californias http://traffic.libsyn.com/satellitesisters/SS071514.mp3
Listen to The Satellite Sisters WordWrite Podcasts Here:
July 16, 2014
Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival: Cindy Chupack of Sex and The City on her new memoir, The Longest Date: Life as a Wife
To Listen to the interview, click here.
Click here for more information on Cindy, her book and her upcoming appearances
Cindy Chupack is a Writer, Producer and Director. Her award-winning credentials include her writing on Sex and The City, Everybody Loves Raymond and Modern Family. Her first memoir, The Between Boyfriends Book was a NY Times Bestseller. She writes regularly for O, The Oprah Magazine and Glamour Magazine. She’s here to talk about her new memoir, the funny and poignant tale of marriage and infertility, The Longest Date: Life as a Wife.
For more information on Cindy Chupack, including her upcoming events, please visit her website.
To check out Cindy’s Facebook Page, click here.
To see all the books on our Satellite Sisters Beach Bag Books, click here.
You can hear our conversation with Cindy Chupack here.
More Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival Podcasts:
Annabelle Gurwitch on aging gracefully and her book of essays, I See You Made an Effort. Listen here.
Amy Alkon, the Advice Goddess, on her new book of Good Manners. Listen here.
July 15, 2014
Satellite Sisters 071514: Clog Wars; Blueberry News; Warren G. Gets Busy; and New Fitness Craze, the Urban Sweat Lodge
Nothing new to see here. Nothing new. Except, um, "Jerry."
Julie and Lian connect on Tuesday and discuss:
Listen to the show here:
The Latest Fitness Craze: Urban Sweat Lodge. Would you sweat?
Warren G. Harding’s Shocking Correspondance with his Mistress. Read the New York Times Magazine piece here. I think Mister Selfridge could steal this story.
Six Californias: the plan from Sillicon Valley to split up the Golden State
New Products and Tuesday Trends
Breaking Blueberry News & Clog Wars
Listen here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/satellitesisters/SS071514.mp3
Recent Satellite Sisters Podcasts:
SS071314: Happy Birthday Julie Dolan
Satellite Sisters Word Write Festival: Amy Alkon, the Advice Goddess, on Good Manners
Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival: Annabelle Gurwitch on Aging gracefully. Or Not.
July 13, 2014
Satellite Sisters July 13, 2014: Happy Birthday Julie Dolan
On today’s Satellite Sisters, Liz, Monica and Lian share happy birthday wishes with Julie, now dubbed our First Sister.
Lian disputes an ice cream survey. Julie disputes Lian's dispute. A good debate for a hot day.
Julie takes her grandchildren to Six Flags Over Texas and one of them may never ride a roller coaster again.
We share our World Cup observations right before the big final and break down what it teaches us about various nationalities.
Julie is surprised that Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes features so many apes.
Lian disputes the results of an ice cream survey.
Monica has the ultimate footwear recommendation to share with the sisterhood. Do you share her dislike of stuff between your toes? Check out her new Born slides.
Plus she thanks Sheila for some thoughtful hospitality.
July 9, 2014
Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival: Advice Goddess Amy Alkon on Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say @#$%
Amy Alkon dishes ( and dashes) in the New York Times. Click here to read the article.
Lian Dolan interviews Advice Goddess Amy Alkon about her new book :
Good Manners for Nice People who Sometimes Say %#@*
Listen to the podcast here.
Fun and Funny writer Amy Alkon offers her etiquette options for all kinds of situations, from First Dates to People Who Take Too Many Free Samples. But Amy is not the fussy manners mistress but she believes in empathy-driven manners. Why can’t we all get along? Amy applies social scientist to good manners for surprising conclusions.
Check out Amy Alkon in the New York Times
To read more from Amy Alkon, Advice Goddess http://www.advicegoddess.com/ag-columns-blog/newindex.html
Listen to all the podcasts that are part of the Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival:
Amy Alkon, the advice Goddess, talk about her Modern Manners. Listen here.
Annabelle Gurwitch, author and actress, on aging gracefully. And not. Listen here.
Thanks to Audible for supporting the Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival.
July 8, 2014
Satellite Sisters 070814: Vamping, the intersection of Women + Business + Philanthropy and Road Trip Safety Tips , Plus a giveaway from State Farm
Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan connect on the Tuesday Show:
Listen to the show here: http://traffic.libsyn.com/satellitesisters/SS070814.mp3
Today on the show:
Click here to see the whole list of driving tips provided by State Farm
Road Trip Safety Tips from State Farm! Hitting the road this summer? Great. Just keep it safe, sound and hydrated. Thanks to State Farm for providing the tips and providing the give-away of a summer trunk makeover kit worth $50. To be eligible to win, please leave a comment on this blog post. What’s in your emergency trunk kit? We’ll pick winner on Friday, July 11 at Noon PST.
What Modern Philanthropy Looks Like: Lian discusses moderating a panel with dynamic female philanthropists about the intersection of women + business + philanthropy .
Vamping: Are your kids up tip 2 am connecting with their friends on social media. Ours, too.
Tuesday Trends: Potty Training, a very personal fitBit and More
Books to read and Articles to Read
Julie recommends All the Light We Can Not See as a great Book Club Pick, find the full list of Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books here. Or use our special Satellite Sisters URL for Audible and download it for free now:
Julie also recommends an op-ed piece, The Tragedy of the Arabs. Find the article from The Economist here.
Letters and comments on Sharks & Scandals
Want more Satellite Sisters podcasts?
Satellite Sisters 070614: Sleep, Sharks, Supremes, Scandal and More
Funny, Fab and Fifty-ish
Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival with Annabelle Gurwitch. Lian’s conversation with the bestselling author and actress on aging gracefully or not.
July 6, 2014
Satellite Sisters July 6: Julie, Liz and Lian on Sleep, Sharks, Scandal and the Supreme Court
Happy 4th of July weekend. On today’s show, Julie, Liz and Lian tackle:
Who has more fun? Olivia Pope or Indra Nooyi?
Results of a new study on sleep. Are there family traits when it comes to sleep patterns? Not for the Satellite Sisters.
Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi’s comments on not being able to have it all. What do you think?
Shark attack in Manhattan Beach. If someone yelled ‘Shark!”, would you run into the water to help?
Liz’s twitter frustration. If you want her to know something, can’t you just email her? We are talking to you, Food Truck For Dogs people.
Julie’s 8 reasons for watching Scandal. No more costume dramas for her.
Don’t forget our free audiobook download from Audible at www.audiblepodcast.com/sisters
And listen to the Satellite Sisters Word Write Festival. Lian discusses life, aging and humor with Annabelle Gurwitch, author of “I See You Made An Effort”.
July 2, 2014
Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival: Author/Actress Annabelle Gurwitch, author of I See You Made an Effort
The Satellite Sisters WordWrite Festival, our annual book festival on the air, is back! Our series of author interviews to celebrate the summer.
Thanks to Audible for supporting the series. Click here for your free audiobook download.
This week…
Annabelle Gurwitch
Listen to our conversation with Annabelle Gurwitch here
Lian Dolan in conversation with author/activist/actress Annabelle Gurwitch, author of the New York Times bestseller I See You Made an Effort and You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up.
Her thoughts on eye serums, turkey sandwiches, motherhood, marriage, aging garcefully, aging awfully, plastic surgery and saying goodbye to good friends. Annabelle discusses her writing process, aging in Hollywood, and staying funny. Annabelle is funny, insightful and
For more information on Annabelle Gurwitch, click here
To see our entire list of Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books, click here.
June 29, 2014
Satellite Sisters June 29: Liz and Julie tackle the world, including France and crazy glue.
On today’s Satellite Sisters, Julie and Liz provide some World Cup insights, which will be totally out of date by the time you listen to this. Enjoy.
Plus, having nothing at all to do with international sport, Liz has a bone to pick with France and would like to thank Spain and Germany. There are not many weeks in which she has to flee across an international border in the middle of the night. This was one of those weeks. Keep it on the downlow.
Julie has two news stories about CEOs: Marissa Meyer of Yahoo and Mary Barra of GM. Matt Lauer, we would suggest that you should be totally ashamed of yourself but we struck you from our list of Satellite Misters so many years ago that your insulting question didn’t even surprise us.
We also have discussion of plane movies: comedies, dramas and documentaries that you’d probably not see in real life but make for good airborne entertainment. Liz saw one this week. It’s an unusual documentary about street art and artists like Banksy that she enjoyed on a night flight. It’s called Exit Through The Gift Shop. You might want to give it a try even if you are not airborne.
Plus Liz supplies Julie some totally rejectable and possibly terrible advice for her crafting dilemma. She’s got a baby shower coming up.
Don’t forget the special audible deal for Satellite Sisters right now. Go to https://www.audiblepodcast.com/sisters and get a free audiobook download.
June 24, 2014
Satellite Sisters 062414: Full Family Wedding Report, Plus Satellite Sisters Meet-up on Cape Cod
From left to right: Liz Dolan, Sheila Dolan, Monica Dolan, Julie Dolan, and Lian Dolan Summer 2014
Lian and Julie connect on the Tuesday Show. Listen to the show here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/satellitesisters/SS062414.mp3
On the show today:
The Complete Family Wedding Report: Katherine gets married in Chatham, Mass and we dance, eat lobstahs, and enjoy the happy event
The Complete Satellite Sisters Meet-up Report: the Sisterhood gathers on Cape Cod and has a fantastic time
The Complete Vacation Report: A medical Emergency and more lobsters
Plus… new studies on the brains of writers and whatever happened to the cool kids in junior high
AND, you’ll never believe what you can do with your dishwasher
Looking for audiobooks? Check out the selection at Audible and get a free download at
www.audiblepodcast.com/sisters
Looking for more great books this Summer? Check out the Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books for 2014. Click here to see our complete list of fiction, non-fiction, romance, mystery, history, comedy, memoir and more.
