Orality
Model
50%
Speaker Breakdown
HostTracy Alloway(1,353 words)
M:28%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,311 words)
M:28%
GuestGene Seroka(6,811 words)
M:27%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic16%
definitely, certainly, absolutely
Engagement62%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, okay
Repetition100%
about (69x), we've (49x), what (47x)
Parallelism93%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But I feel like, you know, the..., So yeah....
Sound Patterns62%
62 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases2%
i mean
Literate Indicators
Hedging5%
quite, may, could
Passive Voice13%
is manufactured, was shuttered, been exacerbated
Abstract Nouns27%
investment, education, congestion
Subordination6%
provided, although, because
Sentence Length52%
Avg: 18.0 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style38%
619 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style76%
actually, supply, definitely
Description
America's ports are a key source of congestion contributing to supply chain disruptions rippling through the economy. Things have gotten a little better, but very slowly. And the disruptions are expected to continue for quite some time. To understand more about what's going on, we spoke with Gene Seroka, the Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, to understand how bad the problems are, and how they will eventually be fixed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.