This is the premiere of the Satellite Sisters' 22nd year! Welcome to new and old listeners. We also celebrate more than a million downloads already this year. Thank you for spreading the word and show links! Today we report on our summer vacations plus talk about Liz's roller coaster summer, Lian's return to empty-nester status, Julie's difficult lifestyle change and more on the science about friendship.

Plus, we salute two One-In-A-Million Satellite Sisters:

Olivia Newton-John dies.

Serena Williams is moving on from tennis.

Friendship studies:

The power of friendship between poor kids and rich kids from the journal Nature reported on by Axios.

Another study says walking with friends is good for you, but we always knew that!

Eileen Fisher is a real person and an admirable business leader too.

Lian's Upcoming Appearances:

Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop: October 20 - 22, 2022 University of Dayton, Dayton OH

Pequot Library, Southport, CT: A Night Out With Lian Dolan Thursday October 27th 6 pm

Thank you to today's sponsors. Please use these special urls and codes to support them and Satellite Sisters.

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Entertaining Sisters:

The Edge of the Earth on HBOMax

Fire Of Love from National Geographic and Disney+

The Bear on Hulu

'I Am Glad My Mom Died" memoir by Jeannette McCurdy

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