On thie podcast, Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan recap the latest Madam Secretary re-cap You Say You Want a Revolution which is all about Cuba, Kale and car Crashes. Then we interview the EP and show runner of Madam Secretary, Lori McCreary and Barbara Hall.&nbsp;
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MADAM SECRETARY stars T&eacute;a Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, the shrewd, determined Secretary of State who drives international diplomacy, battles office politics and circumvents protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home. A college professor and a brilliant former CIA analyst who left for ethical reasons, Elizabeth returned to public life at the request of President Conrad Dalton following the suspicious death of her predecessor. The President values McCord apolitical leanings, her deep knowledge of the Middle East, her flair for languages and her ability to not just think outside the box, but to not even acknowledge there is a box. McCord&rsquo;s team includes her Chief of Staff Nadine Tolliver, speechwriter Matt Mahoney, press coordinator Daisy Grant and her charming assistant, Blake Moran. As McCord debates third world problems, finesses foreign dignitaries at work and does battle with the President&rsquo;s combative Chief of Staff Russell Jackson, that&rsquo;s just a warm-up for when she goes home to her supportive husband, Henry, and their three children, where &ldquo;politics&rdquo; and &ldquo;compromise&rdquo; take on new meaning. Madam Secretary is on CBS at 8 pm on Sunday nights. You can find Season 1 on Netflix.&nbsp;
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Barbara Hall, the creator and show runner of Madam Secretary, &nbsp;is a longtime TV writer &nbsp;and Executive Producer whose credits include a fantastic list of shows like Moonlighting, Norther Exposure and Chicago Hope.&nbsp; She created both Joan Of Arcadia and Judging Amy and serves as the Co=-Executive Producer of Homeland. She is also a founding member of the Alt Country band The Enablers and released several solo albums.
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Lori McCreary is the Executive Producer of Madam Secretary with her producing partner Morgan Freeman. She is a co-founder of Revelations Entertainment and has also produced such films as Invictus and &nbsp;and TV series like&nbsp;Through the Wormhole. She is on the Board of Directors of the Producers Guild of America.&nbsp;
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Satellite Sisters Madam Secretary Special Re-Cap and Interview

Journalist and master communicator Tina Brown talks to the Satellite Sisters about her biography of Princess Diana called The Diana Chronicles. &nbsp;Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she &ldquo;the people&rsquo;s princess,&rdquo; who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Only Tina Brown, former editor-in-chief of&nbsp;Tatler, England&rsquo;s glossiest gossip magazine;&nbsp;Vanity Fair; and&nbsp;The New Yorker&nbsp;could possibly give us the truth.
A fascinating interview because Ms. Brown&nbsp;is an amazing storyteller and communicator. Part of of You're the Best Encore Interviews celebrating the tease of our new book.&nbsp;

YTB Encore Interview: Tina Brown

Liz Dolan, Sheila Dolan, Monica Dolan and Lian Dolan on the Satellite Sisters Podcast . This week
s show is all about the Turkey. Mostly. We talk Thanksgiving Prep as Liz prepares for her first Turkey and Monica prepares for her Cranberry Fest. Plus, how big a cutting board do you need?&nbsp;
Plus, Sheila and Liz recount their epic trip to Minnesota for the You're the Best Book Tour. Sheila gives Monica tips for the Portland Meet-up.
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Liz gets her turkey on for the first time, Monica is concerned that she is under-preparing.
Monica goes all in on Cranberries
Sheila comments on the girls who want to be Boy Scouts.
Lian and Liz on the Women in Hollywood cover story in the New York Times Magazine. You don't have to be a female director to appreciate the quotes.
Plus, a preview for the You're the Best Encore Interviews this week: Roz Chast. Nick Hornby and more...&nbsp;
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SS112215: Thanksgiving Prep, Minnesota Book Tour Re-Cap, Women in Hollywood

The Satellite Sisters talk to New Yorker Cartoonist and National Book Award winner Roz Chast upon the publication of Theories of Everything. Sheila, Monica and Lian Dolan in studio with the brilliant and hilarious cartoonist. We heart Riz Chast.&nbsp;
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Roz Chast has loved to draw cartoons since she was a child growing up in Brooklyn. She attended Rhode Island School of Design, majoring in Painting because it seemed more artistic. However, soon after graduating, she reverted to type and began drawing cartoons once again.
Her cartoons have also been published in many other magazines besides&nbsp;The New Yorker, including&nbsp;Scientific American, the&nbsp;Harvard Business Review,&nbsp;Redbook, and&nbsp;Mother Jones. Her most recent book is a comprehensive compilation of her favorite cartoons called&nbsp;Theories of Everything: Selected, Collected, and Health-Inspected Cartoons of Roz Chast, 1978-2006. She also illustrated&nbsp;The Alphabet from A to Y, with Bonus Letter, Z, the best-selling children's book by Steve Martin.

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Her book&nbsp;Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?&nbsp;is a graphic memoir, combining cartoons, text, and photographs to tell the story of an only child helping her elderly parents navigate the end of their lives. It won the National Book Award fro Biography in 2014.&nbsp;

You're the Best Encore Interview: Cartoonist Roz Chast

Lian Dolan and Julie Dolan re-cap the CBS drama Madam Secretary . It's a double re-cap, Episode 208 ( Lights Out) and Episode 209 (Russia) . It's all about Power Grabs and Polonium.&nbsp;

Madam Secretary Re-Cap 208 209

Writer Lian Dolan and Former Foreign Correspondant Julie Dolan re-cap the latest episode of Madam Secretary , the midseason finale The Greater Good. It's World War 3! And, for some reason, Madam Secretary is wearing a jumper! The Powers that Be head to a summit in Geneva with the Russians, the Ukrainians and her puffer coat. Plus, handsome husband Henry on board Air Force one to save his spy Dmitri. The world avoids war-- but not before personal relationships break down, spies are captured and a man with an RPG.&nbsp;

Madam Secretary Re-Cap 210: The Great Good

Our series of You're the Best Encore Interviews continues with Julia Louis-Dreyfus&nbsp;who gets our vote&nbsp;as the funniest women ever on TV. What a pleasure to talk to our comedic heroine from Seinfeld and today's Veep. We talked to her when her sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine was debuting on CBS, a hilarious show about a couple trying to execute a "good divorce." Since then, she's gone on to star in Veep and win a slew more Emmys. Well-deserved, Madam President. JLD opens up about what it's like to really be a working mom on TV and her most embarrassing mothering moment.&nbsp;It's a winner! You're the Best Encore interviews will post every Thursday her at satellitesisters.com&nbsp;and on iTunes and other podcast sites. We thrilled to re-visit these interviews from our radio show and share them with new Satellite Sister listeners. Help us celebrate our new book, You're the Best: A Celebration on Friendship, by sharing these shows&nbsp;with your Satellite Sisters. To Listen to our&nbsp;You're the Best Encore Interview with Nora Ephron, please click here.&nbsp; To Order You're the Best: A Celebration of Friendship,&nbsp;click here&nbsp;or looks for it at your local bookstore.&nbsp;