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About Deidre Tyler
Deidre Tyler, PhD - Sociologist, Instructional Technologist.
NBN Episodes hosted by Deidre:
Literature
February 2, 2023
White Flag
Judy L. Mandel
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Cheryl said many times that "I'm done with that life, I'll never go back to it." But she did. When her Aunt Judy finds her in jail after two years …
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform
January 18, 2023
The Healing Stage
Black Women, Incarceration, and the Art of Transformation
Lisa Biggs
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Over the last five decades, Black women have been one of the fastest-growing segments of the global prison population, thanks to changes in policies that mandate incarceration for nonviolent offenses …
Biography
December 18, 2022
Bertha Maxwell-Roddey
A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership
Sonya Y. Ramsey
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Bertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership (UP of Florida, 2022) examines a life of remarkable achievements and leadership in the desegregated South. Sonya Ramsey …
Gender Studies
November 24, 2022
Gendering the GOP
Intraparty Politics and Republican Women's Representation in Congress
Catherine N. Wineinger
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
In Gendering the GOP: Intraparty Politics and Republican Women's Representation in Congress (Oxford UP, 2022), Catherine N. Wineinger argues that to truly understand the evolution of women's congressional representation, it …
Literature
November 24, 2022
Bottled Lightning
L. M. Weeks
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Today I talked to L. M. Weeks about his new book Bottled Lightning (South Fork Publishers, 2022) Top global technology lawyer Tornait "Torn" Sagara knows he shouldn't get involved with his …
Literature
November 16, 2022
Dissection
A Medical Thriller
Cristina LePort
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
DC heart surgeon Dr. Steven Leeds is suddenly besieged by a handful of immensely complicated heart attack and stroke cases, all caused by a rare arterial injury--a dissection. And all …
Sociology
November 9, 2022
Father Involvement and Gender Equality in the United States
Contemporary Norms and Barriers
Richard Petts
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Richard Petts' Father Involvement and Gender Equality in the United States: Contemporary Norms and Barriers (Routledge, 2022) focuses on issues of family, work, and gender, with a focus on gender inequality …
Women's History
November 9, 2022
Brave Hearted
The Women of the American West
Katie Hickman
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Hard-drinking, hard-living poker players and prostitutes of the new boom towns; wives and mothers traveling two and a half thousand miles across the prairies in covered-wagon convoys, some of them …
American Studies
November 8, 2022
Democracy's Data
The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them
Dan Bouk
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human stories--you just …
African American Studies
October 26, 2022
Nannie Helen Burroughs
A Documentary Portrait of an Early Civil Rights Pioneer, 1900-1959
Kelisha B. Graves, ed.
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1961) is just one of the many African American intellectuals whose work has long been excluded from the literary canon. In her time, Burroughs was a celebrated …
Literature
October 20, 2022
War and Me
A Memoir
Faleeha Hassan
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
An intimate memoir about coming of age in a tight-knit working-class family during Iraq's seemingly endless series of wars. Faleeha Hassan became intimately acquainted with loss and fear while growing …
American Studies
October 18, 2022
Trash Talk
Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century
Patricia A. Turner
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Barack Obama and his family have been the objects of rumors, legends, and conspiracy theories unprecedented in US politics. Outbreaks of anti-Obama lore have occurred in every national election cycle …
Literature
October 17, 2022
The Devil's Dictionary
Steven Kotler
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Hard to say exactly when the human species fractured. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn, protagonist of Last Tango in Cyberspace, is the first of …
Historical Fiction
October 14, 2022
Coming Apart
A Novel of the Great Depression
Karen Heenan
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Today I talked to Karen Heenan about Coming Apart: A Novel of the Great Depression (2022). Ava has always been poor, so she doesn't think the Great Depression will change anything …
Politics & Polemics
October 10, 2022
The Second Civil War
A Citizen's Guide to Healing Our Fractured Nation
Peter Montoya
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
America is on the brink of disaster. You've seen it -- on television, social media, at work, and even in your personal life. We're in the midst of a cold …
Asian American Studies
October 5, 2022
Fierce and Fearless
Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
The first biography of trailblazing legislator Patsy Takemoto Mink, best known as the legislative champion of Title IX. "Every girl in Little League, every woman playing college sports, and every …
General History
September 23, 2022
Long Days, Short Years
A Cultural History of Modern Parenting
Andrew Bomback
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
When did "parenting" become a verb? Why is it so hard to parent, and so rife with the possibility of failure? Sitcom families of the past--the Cleavers, the Bradys, the …
Education
September 19, 2022
Try This
Research Methods for Writers
Jennifer Clary-Lemon, Derek N. Mueller, and Kate Pantelides
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Try This: Research Methods for Writers (CSU Open Press, 2022) explores interdisciplinary research methods employed in research in writing studies but rarely drawn upon in undergraduate courses. This shifts writing …
Food
September 14, 2022
Coffee the Magical Elixir
Facts That Will Astound and Perk You Up
Sanjiv Chopra
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Today I talked to Sanjiv Chopra about his book Coffee the Magical Elixir: Facts That Will Astound and Perk You Up (Bookbaby, 2021) 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed globally everyday …
American South
September 13, 2022
Remembering Enslavement
Reassembling the Southern Plantation Museum
Amy Potter et al.
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Remembering Enslavement: Reassembling the Southern Plantation Museum (U Georgia Press, 2022) explores plantation museums as sites for contesting and reforming public interpretations of slavery in the American South. Emerging out of …
African American Studies
August 8, 2022
Riding Jane Crow
African American Women on the American Railroad
Miriam Thaggert
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black …
American Studies
July 27, 2022
Instruments of Empire
Colonial Elites and U.S. Governance in Early National Louisiana, 1803–1815
Michael K. Beauchamp
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
M. K. Beauchamp's Instruments of Empire: Colonial Elites and U.S. Governance in Early National Louisiana, 1803–1815 (LSU Press, 2021) examines the challenges that resulted from U.S. territorial expansion through the …
Media
July 25, 2022
The Podcast Handbook
Create It, Market It, Make It Great
Jacqueline N. Parke
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Jacqueline N. Parke's book The Podcast Handbook: Create It, Market It, Make It Great (McFarland, 2022) is a comprehensive overview of the burgeoning podcast industry. It covers the history of podcasting …
African American Studies
July 22, 2022
Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement
Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s
Traci Parker
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
In Department Stores and the Black Freedom Movement: Workers, Consumers, and Civil Rights from the 1930s to the 1980s (UNC Press, 2019), Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate …
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