May 23, 2016· 24 min

29: How an Old-School Chess Shop Survives in Modern New York

Orality
Model
88%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,556 words)
M:29%
HostTracy Alloway(2,027 words)
M:27%
GuestImad Khachan(495 words)
M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic34%
very, massive, basically
Engagement74%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, right
Repetition100%
chess (67x), like (60x), it's (58x)
Parallelism56%
So have you heard the story ab..., And I'm Tracy Alloway, executi..., And, do you know what it's abo...
Sound Patterns100%
52 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases9%
you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging9%
probably, could, maybe
Passive Voice4%
is destroyed, been studied, been seen
Abstract Nouns21%
investment, prescription, medication
Subordination7%
because, since, while
Sentence Length24%
Avg: 10.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity44%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style26%
328 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style96%
automatically, family, probably

Description

At a time when retail sales are dominated by online behemoths like Amazon Inc. and big chain stores, independent brick-and-mortar shops are under growing pressure. Imad Khachan defies the odds to run the Chess Forum in New York's Greenwich Village. Here, chess fans can buy game sets or compete against each other for a small fee. It's an old-fashioned business model under assault by the digital world on two fronts as more chess players opt to compete online. We talk with Khachan about the challenges of running his dark horse-chess enterprise. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.