January 7, 2019· 33 min

He Rode The Bitcoin Boom All The Way Up, And Down

Orality
Model
70%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,874 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(824 words)
M:94%
GuestPeter McCormack(3,410 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic40%
literally, completely, very
Engagement100%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, okay
Repetition100%
know (80x), think (58x), about (57x)
Parallelism82%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But no...., And a fascinating experiment i...
Sound Patterns65%
43 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases6%
you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging11%
rather, quite, maybe
Passive Voice2%
was worked, be tired, was locked
Abstract Nouns15%
investment, recommendation, experiment
Subordination8%
because, since, until
Sentence Length33%
Avg: 13.2 words/sentence
Word Complexity43%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style0%
708 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style85%
literally, completely, really

Description

The last two years have been an extraordinary ride for Bitcoin. It exploded in 2017, with the price nearing $20,000 per coin. Then in 2018 it totally collapsed. On this week's episode, we speak with Peter McCormack, a bitcoin trader, who bought in at the bottom, rode the boom all the way to the top, and then proceeded to lose almost everything. He shares with us what he learned along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.