Orality
Model
88%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,307 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(718 words)
M:29%
GuestRebecca Spang(2,025 words)
M:29%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic30%
very, literally, absolutely
Engagement49%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, like, right
Repetition100%
they (52x), money (43x), people (34x)
Parallelism75%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So we've had a lot of, bleak e..., And I think today's is also ki...
Sound Patterns74%
32 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases14%
you know what, i mean, so to speak
Literate Indicators
Hedging15%
may, probably, maybe
Passive Voice14%
are caricatured, was issued, be offered
Abstract Nouns32%
investment, business, chase.com/business
Subordination14%
because, therefore, since
Sentence Length35%
Avg: 13.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity50%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style51%
213 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style97%
apply, probably, lately
Description
Creating a new form of money is always tough. Will it hold its value? Will people trust it? Will people use it? All these challenges are even tougher if you're in the middle of a political chaos. On this week's Odd Lots, we speak with Rebecca Spang, a history professor at Indiana University and the author of a book about the monetary history of the French Revolution. Her book examines the disastrous attempt to create a new land-backed currency, the Assignat, in the late 1700s. The discussion sheds light on some fundamental issues that are still relevant today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.