overlapping talk
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Overtalk: Suspended turn-taking during Noem’s (other) congressional hearing
Here’s how conversation works, approximately: one person speaks and when they are done the other responds, and so on, back and forth. If you’re talking to someone, one reason to wait your turn is so that you can attend to what they are saying to you, in order to respond. It’s hard to do that… Continue reading
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Rubio versus Brennan on Face the Nation
On Jun 22, 2025, Secretary of State and Acting National Security Adviser Marco Rubio appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation, where he was interviewed by Margaret Brennan, senior foreign affairs correspondent. The video of the full segment is above. The interviews starts at 2:17. Things took an ugly turn about two minutes later, when Brennan,… Continue reading
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