Explore every episode of the podcast Lizness School
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| Lizness School Season 1 FINALE: Director's Cut | 03 Jul 2025 | 00:33:37 | |
Today's episode is special - a combination of the writing Liz did in her memoir class this spring and excerpts from favorite audio episodes throughout the season that include both Liz and Leah. Think of it as Liz's own Director's Cut - a season finale that brings her whole year at Stanford DCI together. Lizness School Season 2 will begin at the end of the summer. Liz and Leah will continue to tackle transitions and lifelong learning together with the lively, spicy intergenerational exchanges they enjoy. To get Season 2 as soon as it starts, be sure you are subscribed to the show on your favorite podcast app (Links to Apple Podcasts and Spotify below). Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Background on Season 1: It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 22: Commencement | 19 Jun 2025 | 00:31:43 | |
Liz finishes up her year at Stanford DCI and heads home to Santa Monica CA but first Leah delivers a commencement speech. They also discuss a special episode coming up next - a final cut that is a combination of audio highlights from the year's worth of podcasts and some of Liz's writing n her memoir class. Lizness School Season 2 will come back at the beginning of the new school year. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 13: Ikegai and Intergenerational Experiences | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:35:02 | |
Liz and Leah discuss some big life decisions this week. Liz has thoughts about what she wants to accomplish in the second half of her year at StanfordDCI and Leah has a big announcement about a big life change. It's the season of Ikegai for Liz and some intergenerational mixers. Does she have advice for Stanford undergrads and PhD's? She's not sure! But she knows for sure that she's the worst student in her Video Production class. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 12: A Side Quest Accomplished! Rooftop Dancing Ensues! | 30 Jan 2025 | 00:36:19 | |
On Episode 12 of Lizness School, Liz Dolan and Leah Sutherland discuss Liz's Fancy Grunge Crawl to the Mission District of SF with other DCI Fellows. Plus Liz has news about some of this quarter's classes including whale news. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Fancy Grunge Crawl itinerary: Matthew Savoca Whale Research What Whales Eat Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 11: Chinese History, Neuroscience and Swimming | 16 Jan 2025 | 00:30:46 | |
Liz and Leah talk about Liz's first weeks of classes in the winter quarter. She's taking Chinese History, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Oceans and Video Production. Plus they talk about Liz's side quests and the fires in Los Angeles. Leah lives there. Liz lives in Santa Monica when she's not at Stanford. Liz's Neuroscience Professor is Liqin Luo. Here's is a YouTube bio about Luo starting with his childhood in China. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners for using these special urls and codes. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 10: Liz's Stanford Class Line-Up for Winter Quarter plus Side Quests | 09 Jan 2025 | 00:30:47 | |
Liz and Leah talk about their learning goals for 2025. Liz announces the classes she is taking this winter quarter plus a new wellness activity. Leah explains the concept of side quests and has a few for herself and for Liz. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners for using these special urls and codes. Welcome to sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 9: Liz's Fall Quarter Wrap-Up with Leah | 19 Dec 2024 | 00:36:38 | |
To send Liz your learning goals for the new year, email liznessschool@gmail.com. Any specific goals for Purpose, Community or Wellness? We want to hear them for our first show of 2025. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Thank you to our sponsors and to listeners for using these special urls and codes. OSEA https://oseamalibu.com/liz EARTHBREEZE https://earthbreeze.com/liz NAVAGE https://navage.com/liz Use promo code liz It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here.
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| Lizness School Episode 8: Exam Period De-Stressing Strategies | 12 Dec 2024 | 00:31:30 | |
On Lizness School Episode 8, Liz has the scoop on the many de-stressing activities happening on the Stanford campus during exam period for the undergrads. Therapy bunnies, anyone? Plus, if listeners want to take the same art history class Liz took this fall, it's being offered on Stanford's Continuing Studies platform this winter. Here's a link to How To Look At Art and Why with Alex Nemerov and here's a link to the whole Winter Quarter offering on Stanford Continuing Studies. To send Liz your learning goals for the new year, email liznessschool@gmail.com. Any specific goals for Purpose, Community or Wellness? We want to hear them for our first show of 2025. Book Recommendations: Haruki Murakami's memoir What I Talk About When I Talk About Running More by Murakami here: https://harukimurakami.com/books/ Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 7: Designing Your Life, My Rebel Tendency and A Dark Fantasy Feminist Mulan. | 28 Nov 2024 | 00:30:14 | |
In Lizness School Episode 7, Liz attends a Stanford vs Cal water polo game, collects her thoughts on Designing Her Life and hangs out with some students from Stanford GSB for conversation, Chipotle and a dark fantasy feminist retelling of the Mulan story called The Night End With Fire by K X Song. Plus, Liz and Leah both take Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies Quiz and discuss the implications of being a rebel and a questioner. Thanks to Gretchen for mentioning how much she enjoys Lizness School on this recent episode of her podcast Happier. Other books mentioned in this episode: Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. Visual Intelligence by Amy E. Herman It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Meditation apps are involved. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 6: Life Transition Reflection + Pickleball | 14 Nov 2024 | 00:33:28 | |
In Lizness School Episode 6, Liz does her Life Transition Reflection and she likes it! Plus two death-defying wellness activities - pickleball and a hike in the redwood forest. In Liz's LTR, she explains her Cooking With Liz live Facebook show during the pandemic. Here she makes Ina Garten's Roast Chicken: https://youtu.be/Ghq-vZUM-4w?si=LWUy3T_V1xstCGoP It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Meditation apps are involved. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 5: Halloween + Democracy Day | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:34:41 | |
In Lizness School Episode 5, Liz settles into classes and has observations about her fellow students. Plus two big events on campus: Halloween and Democracy Day. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. To watch a Stanford seminar by Professor Larry Diamond about the decline of democracy, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlwoO_abLHo Liz's producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland gives her additional assignments about how to take it all in. Meditation apps are involved. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at the University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 4: First Week of School! | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:34:59 | |
It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Join her! In this fourth episode classes actually start! She explains what she's taking and why. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland will give her additional assignments all year so she is sure to get out of her boomer bubble. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For the whole story of Liz's sabbatical year, start at Episode 1. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 21: Big Announcement and Liz's Final Exam | 05 Jun 2025 | 00:37:56 | |
Liz and Leah answer the question everyone is asking: Will there be a Lizness School Season 2? Well YES, thank you for asking! Hear all about the plan for the rest of Season 1 and the launch of Season 2 on this episode. Do you have thoughts and tales about your own life transitions? Email liznessschool@gmail.com. Also on this episode, Leah administers a final exam for Liz. Let's see what she learned. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Preview #3: Liz moves to Palo Alto | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:34:13 | |
It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Join her! In this episode she makes her move to a new apartment in Palo Alto and settles in with her dog Hooper. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland will give her additional assignments all year so she is sure to get out of her boomer bubble. For more in Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Photo by @keeganmdunn @nomadstudios Welcome to our sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at the University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Welcome to Lizness School Preview Episode #1 | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:22:45 | |
It's Lizness not Business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Join her! In this episode she explains her decision to spend this year at Stanford exploring her future and new ideas and provides her professional and personal backstory. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland will give her additional assignments all year so she is sure to get out of her boomer bubble. Welcome to our sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more in Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. Photo by @keeganmdunn @nomadstudios The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at the University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Preview #2: Liz Registers For Classes | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:36:47 | |
It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Join her! In this episode she registers for classes at Stanford online in the middle of the night. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland will give her additional assignments all year so she is sure to get out of her boomer bubble. Welcome to our sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more in Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz use liznessschool@gmail.com. Photo by @keeganmdunn @nomadstudios The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at the University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Trailer: Lizness School Is In Session! | 24 Oct 2024 | 00:01:03 | |
It's Lizness Not Business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Join her! In the upcoming Preview Episode #1, Liz explains her decision to spend this year at Stanford exploring her future and new ideas and provides her professional and personal backstory. Upcoming bi-weekly episodes will follow Liz through her entire year of exploration in Palo Alto. Her producer and millennial mentor Leah Sutherland will give her additional assignments all year so she is sure to get out of her boomer bubble. For more in Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ Photo by @keeganmdunn @nomadstudios The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at the University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here.
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| Lizness School Episode 20: Law School Hot Seat and Top Chef Stanford | 22 May 2025 | 00:34:40 | |
This was Liz Dolan's week on the hot seat in her law school class at Stanford. The class is The 14th Amendment. The professor is Constitutional scholar Pam Karlan. And it was Liz's turn to answer the professor's questions. How'd she do? As Meatloaf famously said, two out of three ain't bad. Also this week, Liz reports on the Stanford Longevity Project's Healthy Aging Conference. Plus, it's Top Chef Stanford! Liz has dinner at a frat and attends a cooking class for students taught by Stanford chef Andrew Mayne. His title is Senior Associate Director of Culinary Event Strategy and Plant Award Experience but the most important thing is that he's a fibrist. Remember, fiber is the new protein. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 19: Most Embarrassing Email + Conference Season | 08 May 2025 | 00:34:40 | |
Spring seems to be conference season at Stanford, so Liz attends a few and skips a few. The Stanford Data Science gathering might be over her head but the new art installation in the new CoDa there is definitely over her head but in a good way. The Healthy Aging 2025 conference is on her agenda. So is a follow-up session with Stanford's Dr. B J Fogg on Building Habits. Shifting gears into her Spring quarter Stanford Law School life, she will attend a legal conference on 100 Days of the Trump Administration featuring her professor Pam Karlan. Liz also announces a Satellite Sisters x Lizness School Meet-Up in the Elizabeth Gamble Garden in Palo Alto on Sunday May 18 from 9 am to 11 am. Meet Liz's sister author Lian Dolan and hear about her new book Abigail and Alexa Save The Wedding. You can preorder the book here. Plus hang out with Liz and Hooper. Bring you your own beverages. The sisters will supply treats. LinkedIn post from Liz's fellow Fellow Mary Ellen Smith.https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mary-ellen-smith_dci-lifelonglearner-activity-7321392857649455104-D5o_?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAC4DB0BXkHWeSewytsP9VCswDE6VAuIpEc Leah catches us up on her new life in Nashville - she's looking for an apartment but living with her parents for now. We also share listener emails. You can always email the show at liznessschool@gmail.com. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 18: Campus Vibe Shift + Leah's Road Trip | 24 Apr 2025 | 00:30:59 | |
There’s been a big vibe shift on the Stanford campus and Liz wants to talk about it. Immigration issues, research funding, academic freedom - it’s all on the table, affecting students and faculty. Plus we’ve got tales of Leah’s travel. She drove from her old home in Los Angeles to her new home in Nashville! Read about Liz’s classmate Joyce Orishaba here and see her essay that was a winner in the New York Times Personal Narrative Contest here. Top NIH Nutrition Researcher Kevin Hall resigns over censorship. Read here or watch here on CNN. Stanford President Jonathan Levin’s comments on immigration and funding issues Visit the Musical Instrument Museum Leah enjoyed in Phoenix on her road trip. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 17: Battle of the Law School Movies | 10 Apr 2025 | 00:34:44 | |
On the podcast today, it's the Battle of the Law School Movies: Paper Chase vs Legally Blonde. Liz is loving her law school class about the 14th Amendment. She also reports on fun with Nutrition! Leah is now on the road to Nashville, making a few colorful stops along the way. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Liznesss School Episode 16: Tooth Gems and Spring Break! | 27 Mar 2025 | 00:33:48 | |
Spring Break news from both Liz and Leah. Liz had a fantastic finish to her video production class. Leah has a new tooth gem. That's right. Tooth Gems! Meet Liz's Constitutional Law professor Pamela S. Karlan of Stanford Law School and her Human Nutrition prof Christopher Gardner of Stanford Med School, both top notch experts in their fields and favorites among students. Plus a return to Memoir Writing. Plus Leah's in the final stages before her move from Los Angles to Nashville. It's major! It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Episode 15: Top Notch Profs Plus Designing a Course on Death and Legacy | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:31:29 | |
Liz decides to go with the tried-and-true course selection process: Pick the best professors! Meet Liz's Constitutional Law professor Pamela S. Karlan of Stanford Law School and her Human Nutrition prof Christopher Gardner of Stanford Med School, both top notch experts in their fields and favorites among students. Plus a return to Memoir Writing. Three solid pillars for her final quarter. Liz also participated in a design session at the D School to design a course that's a collaboration between the D School and Stanford Med School. Plus Leah's in the final stages before her move from Los Angles to Nashville. It's major! It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com
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| Lizness School Episode 14: News Overtakes 2 Classes + How To Be Silly | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:34:05 | |
Liz continues her winter quarter at StanfordDCI, passes a science quiz and has a few classes that have been overtaken by the news. Plus she wonders if she could learn to be silly. Leah has ups and downs on her big life change moving home to Nashville from Los Angeles. She asks for listener advice to the show email at liznessschool@gmail.com. The episode also includes some fascinating and surprising listener email. A listener recommends the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes and Liz's high school Biology teacher Sister Binkert appears again! For her Ikigai class, Liz watched this TED Talk by Brian S Lowery which she liked a lot. And instead of her Sociological and Economic Implications of AI Class, she enjoys this super entertaining and informative podcast that covers AI in a newsy fun way: Hard Fork with Casey Newton and Kevin Roose. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she starts her year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Distinguished Careers Institute. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/ To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz, use liznessschool@gmail.com. The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School Season 2 Premiere: New Life Choices | 14 Aug 2025 | 00:31:27 | |
Lizness School Season 2 Premiere: New Life Choices It's all about choices now. Liz Dolan completed her year as a Fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute and now she's back in the wild figuring out what's next. There are always lots of choices to make and she's got goals about work, community and wellness. Her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland is in the middle of her own transitions, so they've got lots to share. New this year is that Liz and Leah will be inviting guests to talk about their own big life decisions. They'll also be conducting Office Hours for listeners. Do you have a question or a thought to share? Record a voice memo on your photo then email it to liznessnessschool@gmail.com or DM it to Liz on the @liznessschool Instagram. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com Other Learning Suggestions: If you are interested in learning about artificial intelligence, Liz recommends the newsletter from Stanford HAI. That's Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. It's newsy and not too crazy techy. Just enough to keep you in the loop. Here's a link. Subscribe. Listener Nicole also recommends all the free courses now offered by MIT. Here's a link to their site. Since 2001, MIT OpenCourseWare has been creating new opportunities for millions of learners and educators, sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) from MIT and helping to lead a global revolution in free access to knowledge. MIT OpenCourseWare continues to build on this foundation. With a new web platform, ever-growing content, and collaborations across the vibrant open education ecosystem, we're creating a world of more equitable and inclusive education for all. MIT OpenCourseWare is a free and open collection of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum. Knowledge is your reward. Use OCW to guide your own life-long learning, or to teach others. MIT does not offer credit or certification to users of OCW – and asks for nothing in return. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| Lizness School S2E2: It's Birthday Goal-Setting Time | 29 Aug 2025 | 00:30:17 | |
On today's episode, Liz lays out some new goals for the new year that starts on her September 11th birthday. And announces a big event for September 2026. She's got a whole year to train and Leah's going to help. And she wasn't kidding about The Stairs of Death thing. We've also got listener contributions - voice memos and emails with thoughts on transitions and taglines. Thanks to Carole on her "victory lap" inspiration, Jodi for her info about being a volunteer writer in the "My Life, My Story" program at a local hospital and Emily Herrick for her tagline "Where Learning Never Ends. We love it! Coming up next episode: An interview with Katie Connor, the Executive Director of Satnford's Distinguished Careers Institute that Liz attended last year. Katie has a lot of insights on transitions, lifelong learning + the powers of hanging out with the young'uns. Do you have a question or a thought to share? Record a voice memo on your phone then email it to liznessnessschool@gmail.com or DM it to Liz on the @liznessschool Instagram. HOMEWORK: In the interests of life-long learning, we have suggestions at the end of every episode of things to read, listen to, follow or explore. This week Liz recommends the website and online magazine from Stanford Center on Longevity. Even if you are not interested in living to be 100 (which she is skeptical about), they've got lots of great info on health, finance, science and culture on their website . They also publish a free online magazine you can subscribe to. Because she's obsessed with learning about Artificial Intelligence, Liz also recommends this episode of Live Wire with a fascinating interview by Luke Burbank of journalist Evan Ratliff about his AI podcast Shell Game. Listen to the interview then try out Evan's show. Leah recommends a NYT podcast interview with Chris Voss about the power of empathy in negotiations and in life. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E3: Stanford DCI Exec Director Katie Connor on Mentoring | 11 Sep 2025 | 00:37:49 | |
Mentorship and Intergenerational Exchange: On this episode, Liz Dolan interviews Katie Connor, Executive Director of Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, to hear about her career, what it's like to mentor people at various ages and how she almost flunked mindfulness. Season 1 of Lizness School is all about Liz's experience as a Fellow in this program last year. Katie Connor bio on Stanford website. https://dci.stanford.edu/katie-connor-executive-director/ Katie Connor bio on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieconnor/ For more information on The Magic Boost, the mentorship and professional development program Liz co-founded and helps run for young content creators in sports media, view this video: https://www.themagicboost.com/ For a list of the Magic Boosters and links to their work, go here: https://www.themagicboost.com/boosters During 2025 World Athletics Championship from Tokyo, follow these feeds from Boosters. Anderson Emerole for @citiusmag on Instagram and The Final Leg on YouTube Tiara Williams on Real Talk with Tee on Instagram Jillian Michales for On Her Turf/NBC Sports @instagram Serenity Douglas on YouTube and Instagram Johnny Zhang photography on Instagram and for @citiusmag Alex Andrei videography and photography for Team USA and on @alexandtrack on Instagram Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Homework: For more thoughts on mentorship, check out these curated lists of TED Talks on the subject: 1. GrowthMentor's "10 Best TED Talks on Mentorship" This comprehensive list covers talks from 2014-2019, featuring speakers like Austin Stanford, Kenneth Ortiz, Kimberly Griffin, and others who approach mentorship from diverse angles including entrepreneurship, workplace dynamics, and personal development 10 Best TED Talks on Mentorship - GrowthMentor 2. TED's Official "How to be a Good Mentor" Playlist TED has created an official curated playlist specifically focused on helping people "bring out the best in people" and guide others to succeed How to be a good mentor | TED Talks 3. Motivation Matter's List Features Kenneth Ortiz's talk on providing meaningful mentorship, emphasizing that mentorship requires significant time, investment, and thorough planning Best Mentorship TED Talks to Motivate Your Team - Get a Dose of Inspiration | Motivation Matter If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E4: Julie Dolan on Being More Julie, Making + Keeping Friends | 25 Sep 2025 | 00:35:35 | |
On today's episode, Liz's older sister Julie Dolan on David Brooks' theory of resume virtues vs eulogy virtues, her expertise at making and keeping friends plus unsolicited advice for Leah about moving. Gotta get rid of the boxes. Also drifting vs vibing. Julie's recommendation: The Road To Character by David Brooks Lizness School Movie Challenge - An Intergenerational Cultural Exchange. For the next episode, Liz and Leah will watch Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Homework: For listeners who are interested in learning more about Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute or potentially applying, applications are open now through December 1 for the Class entering Fall 2026. There are 2 Virtual Information sessions this fall. More info and registration here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnnMvgAXt0AWL6sP5FtkaKjKbOB_X8rgn2ai6p9jms3N9PpQ/viewform Interested in Corporate Alumni Networks? More here. Leah's YouTube recommendation: How To Stop WorryingWhether Or Not They Like You If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E5: Greg Burke on Career Curves and the Pope | 09 Oct 2025 | 00:42:36 | |
On today's episode, Liz Dolan talks to Greg Burke, a fellow '24 Fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, about his path from growing up in St. Louis through print and television journalism to working at the Vatican serving as Pope Francis' chief spokesperson. Talk about career curves! Greg is currently teaching Communications at the IESE Business School in Barcelona Here's Greg Burke's LinkedIn profile. Here's information about the new board he serves on: Mary's Meals. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness In honor of Robert Redford, we introduce our first Lizness School Intergenerational Movie Challenge. We both watched Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid https://www.amazon.com/Butch-Cassidy-Sundance-Paul-Newman/dp/B004EERGHS Video: Life of Redford sent in by listener Sandy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1gCPtJg698 Info about Paul Newsman's camp for seriously ill kids: The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp https://www.holeinthewallgang.org Info about The Sundance Institute founded by Robert Redford https://www.sundance.org Video: Redford talks about the getting the movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M2npjQBRtc Challenge for our next episode: Shrek. Homework: Liz recommends: Sanjay Gupta’s Chasing Life episode in conversation with another neuroscientist Susan Greenfield about the long-term effect on our brain of living life on screens. https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/chasing-life/episodes/b8a997f4-37bb-11ef-8219-9f34dfc7bb1c Is delegating tasks and even thinking to digital devices making us lose our minds, or at least some brain function? Dr. Sanjay Gupta and neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield, Oxford University professor and author of “Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains,” discuss and debate how screen time might be impacting our human connections and own cognitive abilities. Plus, Greenfield gives us three ways to reclaim our digital independence. 'Because of my age, I'm used to hugging people and living in three dimensions and using all five senses and interpreting body language. Because of that, I feel very sad when people seem to communicate, or put a premium mainly on how many so-called friends they've got, when really the friends are like some kind of Greek chorus who comment and need to be appeased and impressed and so on. So I think I'm worried a little bit about this generation, perhaps, that are uncomfortable in face-to-face communication because it's not an easy thing to do. And, the less you do it, the more aversive it becomes. Leah recommends: Sean Illing's podcast The Gray Area takes a philosophy minded look at culture, technology and ideas. This episode asks the question: Do you have moral ambition? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gray-area-with-sean-illing/id1081584611 We’re told from a young age to achieve. Get good grades. Get into a good school. Get a good job. Be ambitious about earning a high salary or a high-status position. Some of us love this endless climb. But lots of us, at least once in our lives, find ourselves asking, "What’s the point of all this ambition?"Historian and author Rutger Bregman doesn’t think there is a point to that kind of ambition. Instead, he wants us to be morally ambitious, to measure the value of our achievements based on how much good we do, by how much we improve the world. In this episode, Bregman speaks with guest host Sigal Samuel about how to know if you’re morally ambitious, the value of surrounding yourself with like-minded people, and how to make moral ambition fashionable. If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E6: From Sue Fleishman to Campbell Linden Romance Novelist! | 23 Oct 2025 | 00:36:26 | |
It's never too late to totally switch it up. Just ask Sue Fleishman who went from being a Communications Guru at big entertainment companies like Universal, Amblin and Warner Brothers to rebranding herself Campbell Linden, Romance Novelist! On today's episode, she shares her story including a juicy Hollywood bad-behavior- behind-the-scenes tale and how she came up with her nom de plume. Millennial Mentor Leah is jealous and tests out her own potential pen name. To follow Campbell Linden and her books: Buy the latest Settle For More on amazon. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCampbellLinden/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/campbelllindenauthor/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@campbelllinden Website: https://campbelllinden.com/ Check out the trailer for Robert Evan's film The Kids Stays In The Picture Article in Stanford Longevity Magazine RX Creativity for Health Life and Fun by Laura Holson featuring Sue Fleishman. Novel by Lian Dolan about GenX couple that Liz mentions: The Marriage Sabbatical Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness HOMEWORK Where to go for your own creative inspiration. Sue recommends: Find a class at Grub Street Leah recommends: Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Liz recommends: Mr. Scorcese 5 part doc by Rebecca Miller. A new series on Apple TV + about Martin Scorcese and his life's work. Love, Gilda. Documentary about Gilda Radnor. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes (including Amy Poehler). If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E7: Ken Stern on Social Connections and Longevity | 06 Nov 2025 | 00:34:31 | |
Ken Stern visits Lizness School today to talk to Liz Dolan about his new book Healthy To 100: How Strong Social Ties Leads to Long Lives. Ken is the Founder and Chair of the Longevity Project, which he launched in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity. He hosts the podcast Century Lives, also part of the Stanford Center on Longevity. Read Ken's newsletter Three Not-So-Bad Things on Aging and Longevity. Subscribe for free to the Stanford Center on Longevity Magazine. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Homework: Liz's story about total darkness retreat: Would you ever do this? Aaron Rogers Sky Cave Retreat https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/aaron-rodgers-darkness-retreat-wellness-ctpr Leah's story about bar with no phones - https://dc.eater.com/restaurant-news/163917/no-phones-bar-hush-harbor-unplugged-opening-h-street#:~:text=Hush%20Harbor%2C%20a%20month-old,small%20watering%20hole%20(1337%20H If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E8: Happiness Bully Gretchen Rubin Gives Advice | 20 Nov 2025 | 00:35:18 | |
Today, Liz Dolan gets advice about advice-giving from Gretchen Rubin, host of the new advice podcast Since You Asked, co-hosted with psychotherapist + author Lori Gottlieb. Gretchen is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author who studies happiness, habits, and human nature. She is also the co-host of the award-winning, top-ranked podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and has more than 1.4 million subscribers to her “Five Things Making Me Happy” weekly newsletter. Information on her award-winning Happier™ app here. More at gretchenrubin.com Follow Gretchen: Instagram – Facebook – LinkedIn Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Homework: Read about the work of Suzy Welch, Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business and creator of Becoming You Suzy Welch's The Values Bridge If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E9: Kira Dales and Stroke Recovery | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:31:53 | |
Today's episode is inspired by a letter we received from listener Laura Tiberi asking us to consider how life choices can be different for "those who are faced with significant transitions as a result of medical illness or injury." Laura was "retired by leukemia", has experienced two stem cell transplants and "is 3 1/2 years old in transplant years." We speak to Kira Dales, a fellow Fellow of Liz's at Stanford last year, who tells us of her life since a brain tumor and stroke. Her story includes physical, communication, cognitive and emotional recovery over the last 6 years. Kira Dales on Stanford DCI site and LinkedIn. Homework: Kira recommends Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir Of A Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad. Here is Suleika Jaouad's substack Creative Alchemy: The Isolation Journals. Here is an interview on CBS Sunday Morning with Suleika Jaouad and her husband Jon Batiste. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E10: Liz and Leah Review Their Goals | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:34:02 | |
On today's episode, Liz and Leah review the goals they each set at the beginning of the school year. BUT FIRST, a listener supplies our searched-for alternative word for retirement. Tune in to hear it. At the end of the episode, we have an assignment for listeners to execute over the holiday break. Our first episode in 2026 will include our experience taking Suzy Welch's Values Bridge Assessment. You can do it too. take it here. We'll be back on January 8th to discuss the Values Bridge and interview Stanford Memoir Writing teacher John Evans. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E11: Memoir Writing with John Evans, The Values Bridge | 08 Jan 2026 | 00:38:42 | |
Today's episode starts with a conversation with John Evans, a Lecturer in Nonfiction in the Creative Writing Department at Stanford University. John was Liz's memoir writing teacher during her year as a Fellow in Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute. Their conversation is about why people get interested in memoir writing and why being in a memoir writing group can be so meaningful. John leads groups and workshops through Memoir Mentors His two published memoirs are Young Widower: A Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2014), and Should I Still Wish: A Memoir. (University of Nebraska Press, 2017) In the second half of the episode, Liz and Leah discuss what they learned about themselves by using The Values Bridge, an assessment tool created by Suzy Welch of the NYU Stern School of Business. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Homework: More about John's writing: John Evans Author Page Recommended Memoirs: Arthur Ashe, Days of Grace: A Memoir. Arthur Ashe's poignant memoir was co-written with Arnold Rampersad and published posthumously in 1993. Katherine Graham, Personal History. Pulitzer Prize 1998. The fascinating story of the woman who changed American history running The Washington Post. Michelle Zauner, Crying In H Mart. A 2021 memoir by Zauner of the band Japanese Breakfast about her Korean-American family and identity. Other recommendations from John Evan’s syllabus: Annie Dillard, Living Like Weasels Samuel Wilson Fussell, Muscle - Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuiilder The Values Bridge: Suzy Welch Becoming You book and newsletter. Assessment Tool developed by Suzy Welch: The Values Bridge If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E13: Phil Pizzo Reimagines Transitions For All Of Us | 05 Feb 2026 | 00:33:14 | |
Today Liz Dolan interviews Phil Pizzo, the founder of Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, a deep thinker on transitions and lifelong learning. His career has taken him from pioneering pediatric oncologist to Dean of Stanford Medical School to rabbinical studies and chaplaincy training. He is a man who thinks a LOT about doing things differently. Sponsor: Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness HOMEWORK: More on Phil Pizzo, his work and his contributions: The Doctor’s Art podcast: An episode called Courage and Curiosity Discussion of what drew him to medicine in the first place with more about his work caring for seriously ill children and his pioneering work at the National Cancer Institute. Stanford Daily: Phil Pizzo moves from Stanford Medical School to rabbinical studies https://stanforddaily.com/2022/04/10/from-stanford-to-the-rabbinate-phil-pizzo-moving-on/ The Atlantic The New Old Age by David Brooks. What a new life stage can teach us about how to find meaning and purpose. Corrected book title from last episode: Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering The Lost City One Step At A Time from 2021. A fascinating and funny account of a journalist's travels through some of the world’s most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes. If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E12: From LA Marathon to Machu Picchu | 22 Jan 2026 | 00:35:48 | |
Wellness. At Lizness School that means health + fun. Liz and Leah both have wellness goals this year that include training for a big event. On today's first ever wellness episode, specific training plans are put in place. First Leah, an ultra runner and certified trainer herself, gives Liz her plan from now until September to be ready for physical activity at altitude in Peru with her Stanford DCI classmates. Then Leah lays out her own goals for the LA Marathon in March, her first race since she moved to Nashville. Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness . Homework: Read a good book about Macchu Picchu. That's Turn Right at Macchu Picchu: Rediscovering The Lost City One Step At A Time by travel writer Mark Adams. What happens when an adventure travel expert-who's never actually done anything adventurous-tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? Suggest a good book about Peru and the Incas. Send liz any suggestions for some good reading before the Peru trip. Email us at liznessschool@gmail.com Listen to Dr. Zeke Emanuel talk about his new wellness book where he stresses the importance of social connection and interaction along with all the other usual stuff. Here's a good extended interview about "Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life," on CBS Sunday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsoVhSks35U. Here's a link to the book. If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E14: Lian Dolan, GenX-er, Novelist and New Mother-In-Law | 19 Feb 2026 | 00:40:11 | |
Today's guest is Lian Dolan, Liz's youngest sister who went through a major life stage change on New Year's Eve. She became a mother-in-law for the first time! She also hosted the wedding at her home, which gave her a chance to try out all of the "how to throw a wedding" tips she learned researching her latest novel, Abigail and Alexa Save the Wedding , a USA Today Bestseller. How did a real life wedding and transition to her first MIL gig compare to her fictional version? Listen and find out! Lian also shares tips today for how to start writing fiction for listeners who want get started. Abigail and Alexa Save The Wedding comes out in paperback in June. Lian’s the author of six bestselling novels, including The Sweeney Sisters, Helen of Pasadena and Elizabeth the First Wife, and Lost and Found in Paris. Her novel, The Marriage Sabbatical, was a USA Today Bestseller and a People Magazine Pick. For more than two decades, she hosted and produced Satellite Sisters, a top-rated podcast for women that she created with her four real sisters including Lizness School's Liz. Lian also has a Substack newsletter called Pep Talk that you can subscribe to here. Sponsor: Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $620 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E15: Jim Chi, Shark Tank + Oregon Sports Angels | 05 Mar 2026 | 00:27:46 | |
Jim Chi is President of Oregon Sports Angels. This week, two of the company founders that he advises are on Shark Tank. So exciting for these two college seniors with a patent in materials science! Jim can't share the result yet (we had to bleep put him out at one point) but Tanvi and Madhav sent a great audio message describing the behind-the-scenes vibe at the Shark Tank taping. Congratulations to Tanvi Gadamsetti and Madhav Aggarwal of BRCE. More here on LinkedIn. More here on BRCE Shop. WATCH SHARK TANK March 4, 10PM ET on ABC. On the episode, Jim talks about how after years as a leader in Product Management and Global Sourcing, he had not intended to focus on advising/mentoring/investing in new founders. Liz Dolan is also a founding member of Oregon Sports Angels and shares her perspective on advising young founders. Oregon Sports Angels is the only angel investing organization in the US devoted exclusively to sports. For HOMEWORK, Jim recommends Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage by Laura Huang. Sponsor: Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $625 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E18: Liz and Leah do some spring cleaning | 16 Apr 2026 | 00:34:39 | |
Today Liz and Leah refresh the big themes of Season 2 and refire their specific goals for the Spring Quarter of Lizness School. Time to FINISH STRONG. Plus, another call-out for listeners who want to share their own Side Quests on the podcast. Email us at liznessschool@gmail.com. Send Voice Memos if you can! Today we discuss two big themes and the podcast guests who helped us develop them. Relisten to the episodes linked below. Refirement: Excavating your heart and mind for goals, desires, wishes, and then setting clear benchmarks as you work toward those goals, desires, wishes. REFIREMENT works for anyone coming out of a transition who needs to get fired up about your life. Intergenerational exchange: Learning and sharing across generational lines Sponsor: THANK YOU to our podcast sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $625 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness Special Bonus instead of Homework: A link to Leah's astrologer Chani. If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E17: Lee Weinstein's Intentional Life Plan asks the right questions | 02 Apr 2026 | 00:33:25 | |
On today's episode, Lee Weinstein talks to Liz and Leah about how to think about creating an Intentional Life Plan. It starts with some digging. Ask yourself the big questions. Get yourself some craft paper + sticky notes. Go! See more on the process in Lee + Melinda's Workbook here. Look at a Life Plan here. More on Lee here. Also on this week's episode, we put out a LIZNESS SCHOOL CASTING CALL. Lizness School is looking for listeners who are working on a SIDE QUEST. We want to talk to you about it. It can be anything that is engaging you - creative project, community effort, long term plan, one-off adventure. Solo or group. You name it. What is your quest? Tell us about it! Email us at liznessschool@gmail.com or DM us on Instagram @liznessschool. Voice Memos encouraged! . Sponsor: Welcome to our new sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $625 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness HOMEWORK: Step One: Uncover Your Life Wishes! Have a conversation about some of Lee's preliminary questions to kick off your own Intentional Life Planning. Lee also recommends you check out Bruce Feiler's book Life Is In The Transitions: Mastering Change At Any Age. If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E21: Refresher Class! | 28 May 2026 | 00:40:55 | |
Every course has a refresher class at the end of the year so Lizness School does, too. Today you'll get a set-up for the end of season 2 and a refresher for all of Season 1. Liz and Leah review what they learned when it comes to community, purpose and wellness. After this Refresher, there are two more episodes to go this year - the Shrekisode and the Lizness School S2 Finale which Liz will do after she gets home from her Stanford DCI Reunion. Be sure to Follow or Subscribe. Until then: If you want to connect with Tara James about her vision to provide free college counseling to high school students who need it, email us at liznessschool@gmail.com and we will forward. We are still interested in YOUR side quests, so email us with the deets! Voice memos are welcome, too. liznessschool@gmail.com To listen to all Lizness School episodes on Spotify, go here. To listen to all Lizness School episodes on Apple Podcasts, go here. To listen to all Lizness School episodes on Art19, go here. If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast at liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E20: Side Quests from Listeners! | 14 May 2026 | 00:47:47 | |
Side Quests are a key pillar of Lizness School. Today on Season 2 Episode 20, 3 listeners share their side quest stories with us. Thank you to Corey DuBrowa, Mary Warwick and Tara James. More on Corey's music writing: Corey's current book “An Ideal For Living” https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/ Fast Company, Corey in “day gig” mode: https://www.fastcompany.com/user/coreydubrowa Rolling Stone, the most clicked-upon thing he's written in the music world:https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/live-report-north-by-northwest-110891/ Corey's new book coming out Spring 2026 is "Twelve Tunes From Urban Bohemia: Portland's Musical History in Song" For more on Mary's stand-up comedy, go here: https://www.marywarwickcomedy.com/ More on Mary Warwick at Erma Bombeck's Writer's Workshop If you want to connect with Tara James about her vision to provide free college counseling to high school students who need it, email us at liznessschool@gmail.com and we will forward. We are still interested in YOUR side quests, so email us with the deets! Voice memos are welcome, too. liznessschool@gmail.com THANK YOU to our podcast sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $625 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast at liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||
| S2E19: Moving Forward After Losing A Spouse | 30 Apr 2026 | 00:26:09 | |
On today's Lizness School, we hear two stories from listeners whose big transitions were not by choice. First we talk to Kathy Douglass, who lost her husband Ron last fall. Since then, she's sold or packed or shipped everything and moved from Minnesota to a town in France she'd never even visited before. Then Liz reads from a message from Doris Matter, who shares what her life as a widow is like on what would have been her 50th wedding anniversary. There's no right way to adjust to losing a partner. There's only your way. Email us about your experience with a life-changing transition at liznessschool@gmail.com. Also today, update from Leah who ran her half marathon! Woo hoo! And an advance look at the next few episodes including our special Side Quests episode coming up next. Sponsor: THANK YOU to our podcast sponsor Stanford Federal Credit Union. To use their $625 New Member offer, go to sfcu.org/lizness If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild with the help of her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland. To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here. For more on Liz Dolan, go to LinkedIn For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to Satellite Sisters Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Instagram, follow the show at https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/ and follow Liz at https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voice memos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use liznessschool@gmail.com The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. Complete information here. Email the podcast liznessschool@gmail.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | |||