IN THE MEDIA
Selected appearances. Click on the date of the media appearance to be taken to its location online.
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2023
April 18 NPR’s WBUR Here & Now “Is 'ladies' acceptable workplace language?”
2022
March 29 Smart Gets Paid “The concept that changed my life, with Dr. Deborah Tannen”
2021
October 6 WHYY’s Radio Times “Interrupting and the art of conversation”
July 21 BYU Radio: The Lisa Show “Reconnecting with pre-pandemic friends”
June 3 The Adventures of Wild Women “Female friendships”
May 19 Inappropriate Questions “What does it mean to ask ‘How are you?’ in a pandemic?”
April 26 Hidden Brain “Why conversations go wrong”
April 7 WPKN’s The Emotion Roadmap “Relationships, misunderstandings, family, politics”
March 15 Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda “The stories we tell”
2020
October 24 Talk Radio One with Steven Spierer Interview with Dr. Tannen on Finding My Father
2019
April 22 The New York Times, “No, you don’t have to stop apologizing”
April 15 NPR’s 1A, “‘Bless your heart’ and beyond”
April 8 The Washington Post’s The Lily, “The case for grown-up slumber parties.”
2018
September 7 Verily interview with Deborah Tannen, “Standing by her: The vital role of female friends in today’s culture.”
July 27 Psychology Today, "How we talk and listen affects our relationships."
April 17 Forbes Masters of Leadership Podcast, "Deborah Tannen: Modern communication challenges in work and life."
2017
October 25 University of California, Berkeley's Conversations with History interview with Deborah Tannen, "A linguist's intellectual journey."
October 25 University of California, Berkeley's Hitchcock Lecture by Deborah Tannen, "Conversations on the small screen: Talking over social media."
October 24 University of California, Berkeley's Hitchcock Lecture by Deborah Tannen, "The language of friendship: The role of talk in an understudied relationship."
July 7 PBS NewsHour, "How social media 'likes' create a conversation of connection."
July 5 Just the Right Book Podcast, "Episode 33: Inside the language of women’s friendships."
June 5 NPR's KALW, "Deborah Tannen on how women talk to their friends and why it matters."
May 30 NPR's KQED Forum, "Secrets and security: Deborah Tannen on the language of female friendship."
May 15 WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show, "Deborah Tannen on how women talk."
May 8 NPR's WPR The Joy Cardin Show, "Understanding the language of girl talk."
May 5 Diane Rehm On My Mind Podcast, "Covering the Trump administration and how to support friends in grief."
May 2 Slate.com Lexicon Valley podcast, "The language of female friendships."
April 24 WESU's For Women Over 40, "Words matter: Women's friendships."
April 20 NPR's 1A, interview with Deborah Tannen, "A little more conversation: How women talk to each other."
February 14 NPR Live video interview with Deborah Tannen about the role of language in relationships in honor of Valentine's Day
2016
November 1 The Ezra Klein Show, "Deborah Tannen on gendered speech, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and you."
October 20 CNN International Edition, interview with Deborah Tannen, "Trump speech impact on campaign."
September 22 PBS's Charlie Rose, interview with Deborah Tannen, "language and relationships."
September 11 Why? Philosophical Discussions of Every Day Life public radio show, "Women and men: Talking, arguing, loving, and politicking"
August 3 NPR's WBR The Joy Cardin Show, "'Shouting,' 'yelling,' and 'shrill': Taking a look at criticism of women's voices"
July 29 NPR's All Things Considered, "Is Hillary Clinton the first woman nominee — or the first female nominee?"
April 1 Voice of America's Press Conference USA, interview about “the double bind” and women in power
2015
October 16 NPR's WBUR Here & Now, "The deferential language of women at work"
October 6 VoiceAmerica Family Matters Podcast, "Family talk when you are all grown up: Parents and adult siblings"
September 21 National Endowment for the Humanities Fifty Years Celebration article, "Deborah Tannen and language"
2011
October 5 CNN's The Situation Room, "Does President Obama's tone sound different?"
July 17 NPR's Morning Edition, "Solving the mystery of mother-daughter speak"
February 15 Martha Stewart Show with guest appearance by Deborah Tannen, "Behind the sisterly bond"
2010
November 1 WYNC's 'The Takeaway' interview with Deborah Tannen, "Why sisters make siblings happier"
2009
September 28 Oprah.com interview with Deborah Tannen, "The relationship between sisters"
September 19 USA Today interview with Deborah Tannen, "Sisters' bonds rival all others, says linguist"
September 8 NPR's Morning Edition interview with Deborah Tannen, "Sisters speak in 'You Were Always Mom's Favorite'"
September 8 NPR's Diane Rehm Show interview with Deborah Tannen, "You Were Always Mom's Favorite"
2006
January 25 NPR's KQED The Forum interview with Deborah Tannen, "Deborah Tannen: mothers and daughters"
January 24 NPR's Diane Rehm Show interview with Deborah Tannen, "You're Wearing That?"
2005
July 1 NPR's Diane Rehm Show, "Political language"
2003
October 21 NPR's Morning Edition, "The power of language"
January 9 NPR's Diane Rehm Show interview with Deborah Tannen, "Fast talk"
2001
May 10 NPR's Diane Rehm Show interview with Deborah Tannen, "I Only Say This Because I Love You"
2000
January 12 NPR's Diane Rehm Show, "Unbending gender"