Podcasts about women's friendships

In this episode we share with you some of the highlights of our conversations about friendship.  Are women’s friendships different than men’s? How do you define a “close” friend?  How is social media changing our friendships?  We talked about those things with Deborah Tannen, who’s a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and author of many books on friendship, as well as psychotherapist Diane Barth, who has also studied and written a lot about friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Women have friends... In the third episode of a series on art by, about, and concerning women, this episode focuses on the theme of women's friendships as they are portrayed in film and television. I have the great delight of discussing this topic with my dearest friend Elena Trueba. Elena is a masters student in Religion and Politics at Harvard, and works in screenwriting.  Listen to this episode for erudite diagnoses of women's friendship in film, stories about Elena's and my college days, and tips on friendship.

Deborah Tannen has spent her career studying the language of everyday conversation. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University and the author of many books, the latest of which is called, "You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer's not over yet! Whether you are looking for a beach read, memoir, thriller, biography, or non-fiction book, we've got you covered! Roxanne gives her summer book recommendations during a very special luncheon at the Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club in Branford, Connecticut.  Following Roxanne's speech, stay tuned for a behind the scenes interview with Clay Smith, the Editor-In-Chief of the renowned, Kirkus Reviews and now host of the new literary podcast Fully Booked.    Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast We’re trying to get a better demographic handle on the people like yourself who listen to Just The Right Book Podcast. Just go to our website, www.BookPodcast.com, and click on the “Listener Survey,” it should take you about 30 seconds and would  be most helpful to us. Thank you in advance for this! Books in this episode: You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships by Deborah Tannen Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Exit West by Mohsin Hamid A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage by Dani Shapiro  This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression by Daphne Merkin Where the Light Gets in: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again by Kimberly Williams-Paisley  The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly The Late Show by Michael Connelly How Propaganda Works by Jason Stanley On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deborah Tannen is a mega bestselling author and renowned Georgetown linguist. Her previous book, You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, was on the NY Times Bestseller List for four years, and as Roxanne puts it, "has become the bible for the differences in the way in which girls and women and boys and men converse." Tannen joins Just the Right Book to discuss her new book, You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships, guiding us to understand the conversational ingredients and behavior that bond or break our friendships with women. Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about Just the Right Book Podcast Books in this episode: You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships by Deborah Tannen A Connecticut Yankee in King Author's Court by Mark Twain Poem in this episode: Some People by Rachel Field  Isn’t it strange some people make You feel so tired inside, Your thoughts begin to shrivel up Like leaves all brown and dried! But when you’re with some other ones, It’s stranger still to find Your thoughts as thick as fireflies All shiny in your mind!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John McWhorter discusses communication styles with linguist Deborah Tannen, author of You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John McWhorter discusses communication styles with linguist Deborah Tannen, author of You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at www.slate.com/podcastsplus. Twitter: @lexiconvalley Facebook: facebook.com/LexiconValley Email: lexiconvalley@slate.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices