December 23, 2016· 31 min

60: These Were the Most Interesting Stories of 2016

Orality
Model
86%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,666 words)
M:93%
HostJoe Weisenthal(804 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic42%
crazy, obviously, very
Engagement65%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, right
Repetition100%
know (51x), they (43x), about (42x)
Parallelism75%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, it's, been quite a ..., But, yeah, it was a pretty wil...
Sound Patterns70%
41 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases10%
you know what, i mean, the thing is

Literate Indicators

Hedging12%
quite, probably, maybe
Passive Voice7%
was billed, was indeed, were seen
Abstract Nouns17%
investment, prediction, charity
Subordination9%
because, although, unless
Sentence Length31%
Avg: 12.8 words/sentence
Word Complexity45%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style35%
383 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style97%
internationally, apply, probably

Description

It was quite a year, 2016! Trump and Brexit alone made it one for the history books. But there was more than political upheaval. In this end-of-year episode of Odd Lots, we speak to five reporters and editors from Bloomberg News to find out what they thought were the most interesting and important stories of the year. Among the huge stories that you might have missed: A momentous turn by the Bank of Japan, the incredible significance of the Mexican Peso, and of course, a Hamptons house party called #sprayathon. Featuring: Max Abelson, Ed Hammond, Dan Moss, Megan Murphy and Mike Regan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.