September 27, 2021· 51 min

This Is What the Pandemic Did to the U.S. Rail System

Orality
Model
81%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,799 words)
M:93%
HostJoe Weisenthal(969 words)
M:28%
GuestIan Jefferies(5,657 words)
M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic35%
very, massive, absolutely
Engagement65%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
rail (94x), know (75x), it's (70x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, I mean, you know, i..., But I guess it's true....
Sound Patterns35%
32 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
at the end of the day, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%
probably, quite, maybe
Passive Voice9%
be undocked, are loaded, is offloaded
Abstract Nouns20%
investment, equation, association
Subordination7%
while, since, although
Sentence Length54%
Avg: 18.5 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers3%
according to
Impersonal Style35%
592 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style95%
actually, probably, specifically

Description

The pandemic has obviously sent shockwaves throughout the supply chain. And, despite hopes of normalization, things might even be getting worse. The number of ships, for example, waiting to unload at the Port of Los Angeles has continued to grow. And it seems like every day another company talks about various shortages. So what does it mean for our commercial rail system? On this episode, we speak with Ian Jefferies, the President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, to discuss the state of rail, how the industry has adapted, and the work it will take to get things back to normal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.