June 4, 2018· 35 min

This Is How The Chocolate Market Actually Works

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

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,173 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(710 words)
M:94%
GuestKristy Leissle(3,803 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic35%
very, incredible, massive
Engagement66%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, like
Repetition100%
cocoa (86x), know (69x), about (53x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But, no, we're gonna be talkin..., And I was so fascinated by the...
Sound Patterns76%
46 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases10%
at the end of the day, i mean, the thing is

Literate Indicators

Hedging11%
maybe, probably, perhaps
Passive Voice8%
be taken, be used, be derived
Abstract Nouns20%
investment, commodity, business
Subordination10%
whereas, because, though
Sentence Length37%
Avg: 14.3 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style34%
401 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style99%
seriously, probably, exactly

Description

When you're eating a chocolate bar, there's a good chance you're not thinking about the complex commodity market that allows cocoa beans to make it into a tasty snack. But obviously cocoa trading is a huge business. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, we speak to professor Kristy Leissle, the author of the book “Cocoa,” about how this commodity market really works. She explains to us where it's grown, how pricing's determined, and the role of the major confectionery buyers in this market.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.