June 18, 2018· 35 min
Meet The Chicago Floor Trader Who Helped Inspire The Tea Party Movement
Orality
Model
89%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,752 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(966 words)
M:29%
GuestEric Wilkinson(3,389 words)
M:94%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic33%
very, definitely, obviously
Engagement84%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, like
Repetition100%
know (83x), like (79x), about (50x)
Parallelism99%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So I'm very excited...., So on 02/19/2009, anyone who w...
Sound Patterns100%
81 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases15%
at the end of the day, you know what, i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging11%
might, probably, could
Passive Voice5%
is credited, was called, being filmed
Abstract Nouns19%
investment, government, movement
Subordination8%
because, since, while
Sentence Length39%
Avg: 14.7 words/sentence
Word Complexity43%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style16%
555 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style79%
oddly, really, exactly
Description
A pivotal moment in U.S. political history is when CNBC's Rick Santelli went on a gigantic rant against Obama's stimulus programs while on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. The rant is credited by some as having helped galvanize the Tea Party movement, which rapidly became highly influential within the Republican party. Standing next to Santelli was a floor trader, Eric Wilkinson, who joined along in the rant, and become a player in his own right in the story. On this week's episode, we talk to Wilkinson about his background, the day of the rant, and how a conversation that he had had earlier that morning with Santelli influenced that moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.