November 21, 2022· 44 min
Truckers Are Working Countless Hours That They're Not Getting Paid For
Orality
Model
86%
Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,773 words)
M:28%
HostTracy Alloway(912 words)
M:29%
GuestGord Magill(4,525 words)
M:28%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic22%
crazy, very, clearly
Engagement63%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
like (128x), know (80x), they (62x)
Parallelism89%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But how can you discuss these ..., But also just talking about so...
Sound Patterns78%
63 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
i mean, the bottom line, so to speak
Literate Indicators
Hedging11%
apparently, perhaps, could
Passive Voice10%
be caused, are allowed, is when
Abstract Nouns20%
investment, detention, question
Subordination10%
because, therefore, since
Sentence Length47%
Avg: 16.8 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style37%
512 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style68%
actually, apparently, really
Description
For years we've been hearing about a persistent shortage of truck drivers. But what if we're thinking about it wrong? What if the issue is that the shipping industry systematically mistreats or undervalues drivers, creating an ongoing and unsustainable churn? On this episode, we speak with Gord Magill, a longtime truck driver and the author of the Autonomous Truck(er)s Substack, about one persistent problem: truck drivers wasting countless hours in "detention" at loading sites, a time for which they don't actually get paid. Magill explains how this is reflective of broader trends within the industry that devalue drivers and contribute to an inefficient supply chain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.