Orality
Model
79%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,298 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(590 words)
M:29%
GuestAlice Maggio(2,756 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic18%
very, basically, definitely
Engagement70%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, see
Repetition100%
it's (59x), local (52x), about (43x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, one of the big them..., But it's kinda interesting bec...
Sound Patterns59%
29 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases16%
you know what, i mean, to be honest
Literate Indicators
Hedging7%
may, could, maybe
Passive Voice8%
was launched, are associated, be intrigued
Abstract Nouns18%
investment, business, chase.com/business
Subordination2%
because
Sentence Length43%
Avg: 15.7 words/sentence
Word Complexity48%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style30%
343 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style97%
apply, economically, cuddly
Description
"Buy local" is a mantra that has appeal across the political spectrum. Small communities have preached this gospel for a long time. Our current president advocates a version on a national scale. So how do you put it into practice? One experiment has been taking place in the Berkshires -- a region in the U.S. state of Massachusetts -- that has its own currency called Berkshares. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we speak with Alice Maggio, the executive director of the currency, about how a regional currency works, what it accomplishes, and what they've learned from it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.