May 28, 2018· 33 min
What the Finance Industry's All-Night Scavenger Hunt Is Actually Like
Orality
Model
87%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(3,843 words)
M:94%
HostJoe Weisenthal(968 words)
M:94%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic40%
amazing, totally, very
Engagement96%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, okay
Repetition100%
it's (34x), know (28x), what (28x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So I feel like I have to watch..., But there's a reason why I'm b...
Sound Patterns82%
48 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases10%
you know what, i mean, to be honest
Literate Indicators
Hedging8%
quite, might, probably
Passive Voice6%
was sponsored, was offered, was involved
Abstract Nouns16%
investment, edition, madness
Subordination10%
while, because, however
Sentence Length25%
Avg: 11.3 words/sentence
Word Complexity43%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style4%
559 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style90%
reasonably, totally, actually
Description
For years, big banks, hedge funds and other investment firms took part in an epic scavenger hunt in New York. Inspired by the 1980 movie, “Midnight Madness,” teams of quants and traders would stay out all night competing to figure out some of the world's hardest puzzles. This year, the event was held for the first time in London, where Odd Lots joined a team from Goldman Sachs to compete for the prestigious title. In this episode, find out what it's like to actually compete in the fiendishly difficult experience that is Midnight Madness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.