Orality
Model
78%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,874 words)
M:28%
HostTracy Alloway(848 words)
M:28%
GuestMeredith Angwin(4,592 words)
M:93%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic46%
clearly, definitely, obviously
Engagement58%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, so, now
Repetition100%
it's (79x), nuclear (75x), like (59x)
Parallelism83%
So have you heard the story ab..., And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, Tracy, we recently did an ...
Sound Patterns67%
57 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases9%
at the end of the day, i mean, the thing is
Literate Indicators
Hedging7%
maybe, could, might
Passive Voice7%
been focused, were worried, is spared
Abstract Nouns21%
investment, prescription, medication
Subordination7%
because, though, unless
Sentence Length37%
Avg: 14.3 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style42%
492 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style77%
automatically, family, recently
Description
The soaring price of electricity, particularly in Europe, is once again causing a search for alternative sources of power. Obviously there's a lot of interest in wind and solar -- the classic renewables. But due to their intermittency, it's difficult to use them to sustain the power grid without some kind of backup. Enter nuclear power? On this episode of Odd Lots, Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway speak with Meredith Angwin, the author of Shorting The Grid: The Hidden Fragility Of Our Electric Grid, and a long time energy researcher. She makes the argument that nuclear is safe, clean, sustainable, and the answer to concerns about grid reliability. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.