Deborah Tannen
person
5 mentions
1 recordings
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 14 Sep
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Linguist and author known for work on conversational style
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Peak in the week of 8 Sep — 5 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentShankar 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.…
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.…
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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