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About Deidre Tyler

Deidre Tyler, PhD - Sociologist, Instructional Technologist.

NBN Episodes hosted by Deidre:

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 …
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

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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 …
Literature July 20, 2022

The Wrong Woman

A Novel

Leanne Kale Sparks

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Today I talked to Leanne Kale Sparks, author of The Wrong Woman: A Novel (Crooked Lane Books, 2022). The only survivor of Denver's notorious "Reaper" serial murders, FBI Special Agent Kendall Beck grapples …
Women's History July 20, 2022

Trailblazers

Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, American Firsts/American Icons

Gabrielle David

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Since slavery, Black women have struggled to liberate themselves from racism and sexism. Yet despite these hurdles and under the most difficult circumstances, they managed to achieve greatness. Trailblazers: Black …
Economics July 19, 2022

The Border Within

The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear

Tara Watson and Kalee Thompson

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
For decades, immigration has been one of the most divisive, contentious topics in American politics. And for decades, urgent calls for its policy reform have gone mostly unanswered. As the …
African American Studies July 19, 2022

The Emancipation Circuit

Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom

Thulani Davis

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
In The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom (Duke UP, 2022) Thulani Davis provides a sweeping rethinking of Reconstruction by tracing how the four million people newly …
Intellectual History July 18, 2022

Living in the Future

Utopianism and the Long Civil Rights Movement

Victoria W. Wolcott

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Living in the Future: Utopianism and the Long Civil Rights Movement (U Chicago Press, 2022) reveals the unexplored impact of utopian thought on the major figures of the Civil Rights …
Asian American Studies July 15, 2022

Biotic Borders

Transpacific Plant and Insect Migration and the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in America, 1890-1950

Jeannie N. Shinozuka

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
In the late nineteenth century, increasing traffic of transpacific plants, insects, and peoples raised fears of a "biological yellow peril" when nursery stock and other agricultural products shipped from Japan …
African American Studies July 14, 2022

Black Montana

Settler Colonialism and the Erosion of the Racial Frontier, 1877-1930

Anthony W. Wood

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, many African Americans moved westward as Greater Reconstruction came to a close. Though, along with Euro-Americans, Black settlers appropriated the land of Native …
Sociology July 12, 2022

Why Would I Be Married Here?

Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India

Reena Kukreja

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Why Would I Be Married Here?: Marriage Migration and Dispossession in Neoliberal India (Cornell UP, 2022) examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally …
Religion July 8, 2022

Revising Eternity

27 Latter-Day Saint Men Reflect on Modern Relationships

Holly Welker

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Marriage's central role in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distinguishes the faith while simultaneously reflecting widespread American beliefs. But what does Latter-day Saint marriage mean for men?  …
Biography July 8, 2022

Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus

Life, Lessons, and Leadership

H. H. Leonards

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Rosa Parks Beyond the Bus: Life, Lessons, and Leadership (R. H. Boyd, 2022) is a collection of inspiring and instructive memories compiled from the decade that Mrs. Parks was a …
Medicine July 8, 2022

Conquer Your Diabetes: Prevention, Control, Remission

Martin Abrahamson and Sanjiv Chopra

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Managing diabetes often feels daunting and challenging. Conquer Your Diabetes comprehensively covers the best approaches to prevention, control and remission of this condition, and provides a roadmap for people with …
American South July 8, 2022

Louisiana Creole Peoplehood

Afro-Indigeneity and Community

Rain Prud'homme-Cranford and Darryl Barthé

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Over the course of more than three centuries, the diverse communities of Louisiana have engaged in creative living practices to forge a vibrant, multifaceted, and fully developed Creole culture. Against …
Women's History June 30, 2022

Subversive Habits

Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle

Shannen Dee Williams

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In Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke UP, 2022), Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the …
Psychology June 28, 2022

Senior Sociopaths

How to Recognize and Escape Lifelong Abusers

Donna Andersen

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Senior Sociopaths: How to Recognize and Escape Lifelong Abusers (Anderly Publishing, 2022) is the first book to examine antisocial behavior in the over-50 crowd. This is a far bigger problem …
Native American Studies June 28, 2022

Conversations with LeAnne Howe

Kirstin L. Squint ed.

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Conversations with LeAnne Howe (UP of Mississippi, 2022) is the first collection of interviews with the groundbreaking Choctaw author, whose genre-bending works take place in the US Southeast, Oklahoma, and beyond …
Asian American Studies June 17, 2022

Shadow Traces

Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic Archives

Elena Tajima Creef

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Images of Japanese and Japanese American women can teach us what it meant to be visible at specific moments in history. In Shadow Traces: Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic …
Historical Fiction June 17, 2022

Answering Liberty's Call

Anna Stone's Daring Ride to Valley Forge

Tracy Lawson

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Today I talked to Tracy Lawson about her novel Answering Liberty's Call: Anna Stone's Daring Ride to Valley Forge (Gray Lion Books, 2021). In 1778, war is men's business. That doesn't stop …