Satellite Sisters Word Wrire Festival 2015 wraps up with author, poet and feminist icon Erica Jong on Satellite Sisters for the first time. Erica joins Lian Dolan to talk about her new book, Fear of Dying, a follow-up to her 1973 blow-you-doors-off bestseller Fear of Flying. Never one ot be contained or constrained, Ms. Jong gives her thoughts on everything from Pope Francis to witchhunts to feminism. 

 

Her new novel Fear of Dying is a delight. A complex, touching and somehow funny book on aging, caregiving, dogs, friends, dogs and, yes, sex.

 

To read more about Erica Jong, you can go to her website 

To find Erica's books on Audible and get ne free download, go to http://www.audiblepodcast.com/sisters 

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Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan on the Satellite Sisters Tuesday show. Lian talks about talking ot novelist, feminist, icon Erica Jong about her new book, Fear of Dying. Or, what happens when an interview gets totally out of control. From Fear of Flying to Fear of Dying, Lian tries to make sense of theit conversation. 

Serena vs. Venus: Julie doesn't buy it. She had nine questions about the sister match-up  at the US Open. Plus, we handicap Satellite Sisters vs. Satellite Sisters match-ups. 

Julie reports on Friends at Work & Breastfeeding. 

New Survey from the National Parks: what is the number one reason people visti our National Parks? And the new Every Kid in a Park Initiative. Every fourth grader gets into the National Parks for FREE! Information here: http://www.nationalparks.org/ook/every-kid-in-a-park

Letting Creativity into your life: From the New York Times, We're All Artists Now by Laura Holson. 

 

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It's been a great summer of #satsisterssummerfun for all of us @instagram.  Thanks for the more than 1100 photos that got posted.  In a random drawing, we selected two winners.  Congratulations to @sosaysshe and @rustysun.  Email us at [email protected] to tell us where to mail your prize - a fantastic package of Sol de Janeiro 2-Step Samba Foot Fetish Care to keep your summer fun going on.  Stay tuned for an upcoming announcement of a new contest for the fall.

On today's Satellite Sisters podcast, Sheila anticipates Liz's birthday later this week and shares some very vague predictions from online horoscopes. Sheila's birthday comes later in the month but she's a Libra. 

Sheila also has some offbeat practices about how to beat the heat.  Think fold-out couch, ceiling fan and Brazilian sarong.  Plus, she's wandering the aisles of Rite-Aid daily now and has spotted some new products worthy of her investigation.  She tries them out on Liz and Monica.

It's not in her horoscope, but Monica is fine with the return of the fanny pack as predicted in the New York Times this week.  She believes in hands-free living.  Go for it sister. 

Also on today's show,  Liz shares some information about an email she received from Mercy Corps in response to the drowning of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi. Here is the photo essay about about the special items Syrian refugees carried with them created by Mercy Corp workers in refugee camps.

 

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Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan meet up on the Tuesday show to talk about topics in the news: the St. Paul Rape Case, Serena Williams goes for the Grand Slam and Uber for Teens. On the show this week:

Misplaced Outrage: Why is this guy NOT a star? Oh, nevermind. He is. 

Granny's Got a Gun: Julie shatters her grandchildren's sense of security

The St. Paul's Rape Case: Is this the purpose of the Communications Decency Act. From the Wall Street Journal http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-prep-school-legal-tangle-1441063393

Serena Wiliams goes for the Grand Slam and the Sisterhood cheers her on. From the New York Times, The meaning of Serena Williams  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine/the-meaning-of-serena-williams.html

Uber for Teens: Is this the mots responsible thing a parent can do? Or are you punting your parental responsibility? 

The Pope Comes to America: What will he say next?

Reality TV Show Casting Call: Would you ever do a Trial Divorce on TV? 

My Cat, the Political Refugee

 

 

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On today's Satellite Sisters, Julie, Liz, Sheila and Lian discuss where heroes come from.  On a story in the New York Times, evolutionary dynamicists (whatever that means) tell us how evolution has favored heroes.  Thank goodness. 

Sheila is trying to give up sugar.  She has a list of food she has had to deny herself.  It's not easy.  She also has a few new restaurant names around Pasadena and Altadena that are bugging her.  What do you think? Liz questions a couple of new anti-aging practices: one is this face fitness program in New York and the other is an anti-aging potion she saw advertised that allegedly "battles graying". 

Julie has some commentary on two new movies:  She has a cultural issue with No Escape starting Owen Wilson and Lake Bell, and recommends Mistress America starring Greta Gerwig.  Speaking of Greta, we hereby issue an apology to Greta for the misinformation we spread about her midway through the show which we correct by the end.  Oops.  Here's her bio from IMDB. Love ya, Greta!

Lian wants to draw our attention to this wedding announcement in the New York Times for one tiny detail: the romantic theatrical gesture of the pearl and the kiss.  She thinks maybe Sheila and Liz could find romantic partners on the stage!

It's the final week of our instagram contest #satsisterssummerfun so be sure to follow @satsisters and tag your own fun photos #satsisterssummerfun to be eligible to win our great Sol de Janeiro 2 Step Foot Fetish Care.  

 

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Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan on the Tuesday #podcast. Usually we go deep on shallow topics. But today, we're going shallow on deep topics. We explain Black Holes, solve the College Loan problem and slw the drought through Shower Songs. 

 

Plus, 

 

BTS Block: where are all the school kids and keep posting those back to school photos! 

More Millennials  Who are their parents? You are Boomers! But that's okay because there ae many lovely, well-raised Millennials. 

Lian Explains Stephen Hawking's new theory about Black Holes. Amazingly, SH and Lian are asking the same questions about the universe. 

Parisian bakers finally get to take a vacation in August and Parisians are forced to eat grocery store bread. 

Book Recommendation: 

Finding Livlihood by Nancy Nordenson

 

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Today on the Satellite Sisters Podcast, Monica Dolan, Julie Dolan and Lian Dolan tackle the world one cup of coffee at a time. Monica has a Contractor Nightmare and wants to knwo if she handled it correctly. Plus, should you take your cat on vacation? 

 

Also on the show:

 

Glass Houses Syndrome: what makes a public figure like Josh Diggar think he can get away with his two Ashley Madison accounts ? And what about the founder of Ashley Madison who calls himself "the King of Infidelity." 

International News Round-up: From hero Americans to North Korea ot the World's Best beaches. There's one beach for every sister! 

Cats on Vacation: Yes or No? Satellite Sisterhood weigh in. 

The World's Most Expensive Underwear  How much would you spend on a pair of panties. Is your life worth $100 panties? Check out these Zimmerli style and decide. 

Instagram Tip! Let's all follow Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.  Follow @elisestafenik as she eats cheese! Rides on tractors! Goes for a run in her pink sneakers! 

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The Satellite Sisters Word Write Author Interviews continue with a conversation with Elisabeth Egan, debut novelist of A Window Opens. Author Egan tells us about her leap from the business side o fthe books business to the author side. She penned her first novel at her daughter's swim team practice. The result is A Window Opens, a warm, funny tale of woman caught between work, life and books. 

 

For more information about Elisabeth Egan and her work, please visit her website. 

 

 

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On the Tuesday Show, Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan go deep on shallow topics. Today, we tackle Tuesday Trends and TV, Movie and Book Recommendations.  Plus, Julie brings us some Global News from Bangkok and Russia, her former hometowns. 

Satellite Sister Salutes: 

Two women pass the Army Ranger Test! a historic first. Well done.  

My friend Leslie who made it to yoga! Not a small achievement when you are sandwiched by family caregiving obligations.

Our Satellite Sister Millennial Samantha who has a great idea for her generation 

Starbucks News: Real Pumpkin in your coffee. And real wine & beer in your coffeehouse. Good idea? 

Tuesday Trends: 

Two questionable ideas and one we can get behind

Tuesday picks:

Madame Secretary: It's not too late to buy into the concept that Tea Leoni is the Secretary of State. With volumized hair. Check out episodes here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/madam-secretary/ 

People Places Things  - A Grown-up Romantic Comedy that is actually romantic and funny. Yeah. Check it out on pay per view, in theaters or at iTunes. Delightful. 

The Sparrow Sisters by Cape Cod Satellite Sister Ellen Herrick . Please check out her event calendar for signings on Cape Cope and in Boston

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On today's Satellite Sisters, we tackle workplace issues from thermostat wars and millenials who bring their parents to job interviews to today's eye-opening story about what its like to work at Amazon.

First up, Monica has Science of the Obvious:  Men and women seem to prefer different temperatures in the workplace. It's actual science, people. What's her personal plan for dealing with this?

Lian brings us a story from a career coach on Huffington Post about how the parents of millenials may actually be holding their adult children back.  

Liz asks:  Just exactly how important is it to you to make sure customers get their toilet paper quickly?  The New York Times has a fascinating story today about the workplace culture at Amazon today.  Entitled INSIDE AMAZON; WRESTLING BIG IDEAS IN A BRUISING WORKPLACES, it's definitely worth a read.  Does your impression of Amazon change when you read male ex-employees say "Nearly every person I work with I saw cry at their desk." Or that a true Amazonian is called an "Amabot" because they enjoy the results of the "continual performance improvement algorithm."  Yikes.  Are we suprised that there's not a single woman on Amazon's top leadership team?  Discuss. 

Julie has a complete International News Round-Up from Uzbekistan, Kurdistan, Thailand and Dubai.

Sheila gives us the update on her successful baby shower and, finally, we get the complete Lab Rats chip quest 2015 report on Lay's Do Yourself A Flavor

Please visit our website for the latest info on both our new book You're The Best: A Celebration of Friendship.   We also have a new Events page.  We'll be adding to it all summer and fall. Thanks for playing along with our @instagram contest #satsisterssummerfun.  It's a blast seeing all your photos.

 

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