Mind Reading 2.0: Why Conversations Go Wrong

Hidden Brain
Feb 28, 2022 52 min
Mind Reading 2.0: Why Conversations Go Wrong
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About this episode

<p>Do you ever struggle to communicate with your mom? Or feel like you and your spouse sometimes speak different languages? In the final episode of our "Mind Reading 2.0" series, we bring back one of our favorite conversations, with linguist Deborah Tannen. She shows how our conversational styles can cause unintended conflicts, and what we can do to communicate more effectively with the people in our lives.</p><p><i>If you like this show, please check out our new podcast, </i><a href="https://hiddenbrain.org/myunsunghero/" target="_blank"><i>My Unsung Hero</i></a><i>! And if you’d like to support our work, you can do so at </i><a href="http://support.hiddenbrain.org/" target="_blank"><i>support.hiddenbrain.org</i></a><i>.</i></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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