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Deborah Tannen, a world-renowned professor in linguistics and known for her best selling book “You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation”, joins Navin to discuss how sometimes just listening isn’t enough, advice for parents who want to communicate better with their children, and how to better develop your “antenna”.

Guest Bio

Deborah Tannen is a University Professor and serves as a Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of many books and articles about how the language of everyday conversation affects relationships. She is best known as the author of You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly four years, including eight months as No. 1, and has been translated into 31 languages. This is the book that brought gender differences in communication style to the forefront of public awareness.

Among her other books, You Were Always Mom’s Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives, a New York Times best seller, received a Books for a Better Life Award and was featured on 20/20 and NPR’s Morning Edition; You’re Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation spent ten weeks on the New York Times best seller list; Talking from 9 to 5: Women and Men at Work was a New York Times Business best seller; The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words received the Common Ground Book Award; and I Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs, and Kids When You’re All Adults received a Books for a Better Life Award. Look for her newest book, Finding My Father: His Century-Long Journey From World War I Warsaw and My Quest to Follow scheduled to be released October 2020.

Deborah Tannen is a frequent guest on television and radio news and information shows, including The Colbert Report, 20/20, Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Rachael Ray Talk Show, PBS NewsHour, Charlie Rose, Oprah, Hardball, Nightline, many shows on CNN and NPR including 1A, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, The Diane Rehm Show, and Fresh Air. She has been featured in and written for most major newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, HuffPost, Newsweek, Time, USA Today, People, and The Harvard Business Review.

Deborah Tannen is one of only six in Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences who hold the distinguished rank of University Professor. She has been a McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University and spent a term in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey; she has twice been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in Palo Alto, California. The recipient of five honorary doctorates, she is a member of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation Board of Directors.

In addition to her eight books for general audiences, Tannen is author or editor of 16 books and over one hundred articles for scholarly audiences. She has also published poems, short stories, and personal essays. Her first play, “An Act of Devotion,” is included in The Best American Short Plays 1993-1994. It was produced, together with her play “Sisters,” by Horizons Theatre in Arlington, Virginia.

Guest Social Media/Contact info

Website – http://www.deborahtannen.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/deborah.tannen.1

Resources

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/251702/finding-my-father-by-deborah-tannen/

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