October 31, 2022· 49 min

A Midwest Drought Is Creating a Supply Chain Crisis on the Mississippi River

Ben Scholl Anton Posner Margo Brock

Orality

Model

68%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,801 words)

M:94%

HostTracy Alloway(1,462 words)

M:29%

GuestBen Scholl(2,316 words)

M:93%

GuestAnton Posner(1,979 words)

M:28%

GuestMargo Brock(656 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic30%

literally, completely, very

Engagement66%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

know (79x), like (76x), river (73x)

Parallelism80%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So, you know, the early days o..., So it's like, what is going on...

Sound Patterns60%

55 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases11%

at the end of the day, let me tell you, you know what

Literate Indicators

Hedging5%

probably, may, might

Passive Voice5%

are involved, being slowed, being reduced

Abstract Nouns16%

investment, recommendation, moment

Subordination9%

because, however, since

Sentence Length42%

Avg: 15.4 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style34%

603 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style94%

literally, completely, supply

Description

The Midwest has been gripped by drought this year and water levels on the Mississippi River have fallen to their lowest marks in decades. That's bad news for farmers growing crops and for anyone trying to actually move those crops down the river to buyers. On this episode, we speak with grains expert and president of Ostebur & Associates, Ben Scholl, about the latest supply chain snarl in the US. We also speak with Mercury Group CEO Anton Posner and President Margo Brock about the important role that the Mississippi plays in the global supply chain. They walk us through the potential impact on a number of commodities — including steel, coal and other vital resources — and why the disruption might reverberate for some time to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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