Lizness School
by Liz Dolan
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Lizness School: Summer Update
Lizness School: Summer Update
About this podcast
After a long career in Marketing and Communications at companies like NIKE, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network and National Geographic, Liz Dolan is exploring what's next for her. Liz was also the long-time co-host of the award-winning podcast Satellite Sisters with her real-life sisters, so a new podcast seemed like a good way to do it! In Season 1, Liz is a Fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute and taking classes all over Stanford. The goal of this year is to reconnect with herself, connect with similarly distinguished fellows (aka late career folks), and connect with Future Liz. In Season 2, Future Liz has to put herself out there. What's the plan? Tune in every other week for new episodes of Lizness School where she explores new choices and keeps her curiosity alive with her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland, who's in the messy middle of her own transitions.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 47 episodes
- Lizness School: Summer Update · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 23After a year of waiting, planning, and intensive physical training, Liz is finally in Peru. This is a short update on how the first bit of her trip went; we'll be back in a few…
- S2E16: Roberta Katz, Gen Z Explained and more Shrek · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 16Today's guest is Roberta Katz, Liz's faculty advisor at Stanford last year. Roberta is so fun to talk to. She's a senior research scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the…
- S2E22: Leah defends her Shrek thesis · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 22Today's the day Leah Sutherland finally presents her Shrek thesis. Is Shrek The Movie the voice of the millennial generation? And if so, why? At Lizness School, our academic…
- S2E21: Refresher Class! · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 21Every 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…
- S2E20: Side Quests from Listeners! · 48 min · Season 2 Episode 20Side 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…
- S2E19: Moving Forward After Losing A Spouse · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 19On 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…
- S2E18: Liz and Leah do some spring cleaning · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 18Today 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…
- S2E17: Lee Weinstein's Intentional Life Plan asks the right questions · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 17Casting Call for Lizness School plus a discussion with Lee Weinstein about Intentional Life Planning
- S2E15: Jim Chi, Shark Tank + Oregon Sports Angels · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 15Jim Chi from Oregon Sports Angels talk to Liz about two young founders he advises who areappearing on Shark Tank this week.
- S2E14: Lian Dolan, GenX-er, Novelist and New Mother-In-Law · 40 min · Season 2 Episode 14Today'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…
- S2E13: Phil Pizzo Reimagines Transitions For All Of Us · 33 min · Season 2 Episode 13Today 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…
- S2E12: From LA Marathon to Machu Picchu · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 12Wellness. 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…
- S2E11: Memoir Writing with John Evans, The Values Bridge · 39 min · Season 2 Episode 11Today'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…
- S2E10: Liz and Leah Review Their Goals · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 10Liz Dolan and Leah Sutherland review their goals for 2025 and set a theme for 2026
- S2E9: Kira Dales and Stroke Recovery · 32 min · Season 2 Episode 9Today'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…
- S2E8: Happiness Bully Gretchen Rubin Gives Advice · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 8Today, 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…
- S2E7: Ken Stern on Social Connections and Longevity · 35 min · Season 2 Episode 7Ken 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…
- S2E6: From Sue Fleishman to Campbell Linden Romance Novelist! · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 6It'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…
- S2E5: Greg Burke on Career Curves and the Pope · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 5On 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…
- S2E4: Julie Dolan on Being More Julie, Making + Keeping Friends · 36 min · Season 2 Episode 4Liz's sister Julie Dolan talks about her goals now that she's passed another milestone birthday, Leah describes new Lizness School Intergenerational Movie Challenge
