Deborah Tannen

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5 mentions 1 recordings first heard Sep 2026 last heard 14 Sep ↑5 vs the 6 months before

Linguist and author known for work on conversational style

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Shankar VedantamHidden Brain · Why Conversations Go Wrong · 39:43 · 14 Sep
…Deborah, after you started getting famous and went on TV all the time, your mom noticed something about your TV appearances.…
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Shankar VedantamHidden Brain · Why Conversations Go Wrong · 39:10 · 14 Sep
…Linguist Deborah Tannen's more recent work has focused on the landmines buried in conversations between siblings, between parents and children, and between political adversaries.…
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Shankar VedantamHidden Brain · Why Conversations Go Wrong · 37:37 · 14 Sep
…Deborah, as a fast-talking New Yorker, learned she had to force herself not to jump in every time there was a pause in conversations she had with one colleague.…
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Shankar VedantamHidden Brain · Why Conversations Go Wrong · 2:43 · 14 Sep
…Deborah Tannen, welcome to Hidden Brain.…
Shankar VedantamHidden Brain · Why Conversations Go Wrong · 2:15 · 14 Sep
…In recent decades, the linguist Deborah Tannen has discovered that……
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