Satellite Sisters

Julie and Lian discuss using a tracking app with your kids. Plus, expert advice and comments from the Satellite Sisterhood about monitoring your kids.

Our season premiere has it all: Serena Williams' tutu, Liz's comments in the Washington Post about Nike's Just Do It campaign, spies using microwaves to cook our brains and a design trend in supermarkets that we against.  Plus Lian takes in a night at the Hollywood Bowl with John Williams and Steven Spielberg and we recommend 3 movies and two books.

This podcast is the live audio from the Satellite Sisters appearance at the Santa Monica Public Library on April 22, 2017. Liz Dolan, Lian Dolan, Sheila Dolan, Monica Dolan and Julie Dolan are all on stage for an Ask Us Anything session. The Satellite Sisters take questions from the live audience, reminisce about their favorite Satellite Sisters memories and share behind-the-scenes stories.  

We  asked you to Ask Us Anything and you did.  In this special BONUS podcast episode, you get a fresh installment of answers from Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan and Julie Dolan.  We got to as many of your questions as we could, including a lightning round for each sister individually.  What keeps us sane now? What's one thing we would do over? Do we ever fight?  How do we produce Satellite Sisters and why have we keep it up all these years on radio + podcast?

On this bonus LIVE show, we introduce you to the Satellite Sisters Next Generation, read from our book "You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship", give you our philosophy of friendship and answer audience questions. This special show includes Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan, Sheila Dolan and Julie Dolan plus our Next Gen Lauren Hinkson, Ruthie Marantz, Fiona Dolan, Katherine Dolan Nordenson and Meghan Dolan Saporita. Taped at Powerhouse Arena October 2015.

Gwyneth Paltrow: Nut or Not? We ask that question today based on this story from the New York Times Magazine.  Plus, how to stay connected to your adult sons, managing a house full of house guests and celebrating Julie's 40th wedding anniversary.  

Liz receives a threatening email that's trying to extort her.  What should she do? Julie says "Call the cops".  Julie has travel tips and trends, plus Liz and Julie both share their personal top 5 travel tips.  In Entertaining Sisters, we suggest 6 movies that will inspire you to travel.  Plus Mamma Mia 2, of course!

Julie and Lian recap the fun girls' weekends they had. Julie is our resident Russia expert so she comments on the news of the week from Helsinki, Liz shares a story about how to engage your creativity to avoid a midlife crisis and Lian is super excited about Mamma Mia 2.  It's going to help her get over the end of the World Cup and Wimbledon.

On today's podcast, Julie has insights on the amazing Thai cave rescue. She lived in Thailand.  Lian covers the World Cup (good riddance Russia!), Wimbledon (go Moms!) and welcomes LeBron to Los Angeles.  Liz shares news on food trends and provides film and book recommendations. Plus, travel news and trends. Julie says cruises are back!  We are on board. Plus plastic straws are gone. Save the seas!

Our Best Beach Bag Books Special: On the podcast, we preview our annual summer residing list and interview writer Jenna Blum, author of The Lost Family, our Satellite Sisters Sumer Read of 2018.  Listen and share our complete list with your Satellite Sisters and book club friends. 

Summer fun! Lian has a complete music festival report from Arroyo Seco Weekend + gin and tonic recipes. Julie has some good news from New Zealand, Waco and The U. S. Open plus a plan for a BIG adventure. Liz investigates a Satellite Sisters mystery that is either a major fraud or a major windfall. Also, her report from the birthday bash. Julie recommends the documentary about Fred Rogers Won't You Be My Neighbor?  We announce next week's episode: Satellite Sisters Best Beach Bag Books Special.

On today's show, a special salute to all the living first ladies who stepped forward to speak out in support of children and families at the border. Plus Julie reports on Brooklyn fashion trends, Liz rides a scooter and lives to tell the tale and Lian finds the fun in our our Satellite Sisters Facebook Group.  Also, a depressing report on the pregnancy penalty for working women and an uplifting Ted Talk from Nashville TedX by Martha Ivestor called Hire A Mom.  

Lian has a complete report on her visit to Paris last month.  Julie is our North Korean expert and has her personal theory about Kim Jong Un. Liz has strong feelings about the IHOP/IHOb nonsense. Plus our discussion of suicide prevention and an amazing Satellite Sister of the Week we learned about in the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. 

The end of The Americans on TV, the summer sleeper hit documentary RBG, some Tuesday trends and our June book club interview:  Where The Peacocks Sing by Alison Singh Gee - all of this on today's podcast. Plus Julie has a dilemma at Trader Joe's. What would you have done? 

On today's podcast, Lian has a complete report on the Italian leg of her trip, Julie has a Urban Nana report on children's movies and Liz recaps the Paul Simon show at the Hollywood Bowl. Travel! Movies! Music! Lian recommends the Small Group Early Entrance Vatican Tour, so check our website for details.