March 24, 2022· 50 min

A Historic Disruption To The World's Wheat Supply

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

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,899 words)
M:29%
HostTracy Alloway(1,165 words)
M:29%
GuestScott Irwin(4,146 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic43%
literally, basically, massive
Engagement53%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, like, now
Repetition100%
know (84x), wheat (55x), what (49x)
Parallelism96%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And I literally think it was, ..., And since then, let's just say...
Sound Patterns75%
61 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases2%
i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging11%
could, possibly, probably
Passive Voice12%
be interconnected, is expected, being planted
Abstract Nouns19%
investment, information, volatility
Subordination7%
since, because, until
Sentence Length43%
Avg: 15.8 words/sentence
Word Complexity49%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style47%
426 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style100%
monthly, carefully, literally

Description

When it comes to commodities, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had a notable impact on the price of oil and natural gas. It's also a huge deal for wheat, and food more broadly. Ukraine is a massive player in the global wheat market, and the planting season is basically right now. What's more, Russia is also a big wheat seller, and Belarus is a big supplier of fertilizer. On this episode of Odd Lots, Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal speak with Scott Irwin, an agriculture economist at the University of Illinois, about what he calls the biggest disruption he's seen in his career. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.