January 8, 2018· 27 min
This Is What It Was Actually Like To Live Through The Tech Bubble
Orality
Model
94%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,475 words)
M:93%
HostTracy Alloway(833 words)
M:29%
GuestDash Bennett(3,359 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic42%
extremely, very, obviously
Engagement68%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, right
Repetition100%
like (107x), they (81x), people (43x)
Parallelism100%
So have you heard the story ab..., And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, yeah, I'm very excited tha...
Sound Patterns57%
34 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
i mean, the thing is
Literate Indicators
Hedging8%
probably, suggest, could
Passive Voice5%
was when, is tied, was open
Abstract Nouns13%
investment, prescription, medication
Subordination7%
because, since, although
Sentence Length31%
Avg: 12.8 words/sentence
Word Complexity42%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style32%
406 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style68%
automatically, family, extremely
Description
We talk a lot about bubbles on this podcast. Often we talk about them from the perspective of a trader or speculator. But what about the people whose lives get caught up directly in the craziness? On this week's episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we speak to Bloomberg's own Dash Bennett, who worked for an internet company right during the peak of the mania in early 2000. Dash describes the incredible signs of excesses that he saw at the beginning and the bleak way it all ended when everyone lost their jobs and had all their perks taken away. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.