May 19, 2023· 48 min

We're In the Midst of Trucking Bloodbath 2.0

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,174 words)

M:94%

HostTracy Alloway(1,362 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic32%

basically, definitely, massive

Engagement55%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, see

Repetition100%

know (103x), it's (83x), trucking (78x)

Parallelism100%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., And it's nice because we're no..., And it feels like we are seein...

Sound Patterns46%

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

Formulaic Phrases6%

at the end of the day, you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging8%

quite, may, suggests

Passive Voice5%

been interested, is rejected, being turned

Abstract Nouns14%

investment, expectation, actuality

Subordination9%

because, although, while

Sentence Length38%

Avg: 14.5 words/sentence

Word Complexity47%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style45%

548 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

supply, actually, basically

Description

A couple of years ago, it was an amazing time to have a truck or be a trucker. The goods economy was absolutely booming. Prices were booming. Supply chains were broken. Everyone wanted access to more freight. Fast forward to spring 2023 and the situation couldn't be more different. Prices have collapsed and the environment is now as bad for carriers as it was during 2019, which was a horrible year for the industry. In fact, conditions now might even be as bad as they were during the Great Recession. On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Craig Fuller, the founder and CEO of FreightWaves, and Rachel Premack, editorial director for FreightWaves, about the state of trucking, what the market says about the broader economy, and what it will take to turn the industry around. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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