July 14, 2023· 47 min

Understanding the Real Fight Over Water in Arizona

Kathryn Sorensen

Orality

Model

70%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(2,018 words)

M:29%

HostTracy Alloway(869 words)

M:94%

GuestKathryn Sorensen(4,300 words)

M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic35%

literally, completely, very

Engagement63%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

water (138x), know (74x), like (68x)

Parallelism84%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So Yeah...., And water has come up every ti...

Sound Patterns75%

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

Formulaic Phrases7%

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

Literate Indicators

Hedging10%

somewhat, might, probably

Passive Voice11%

be allowed, is steeped, was announced

Abstract Nouns22%

investment, recommendation, majority

Subordination10%

because, until, although

Sentence Length35%

Avg: 13.7 words/sentence

Word Complexity50%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers4%

as demonstrated

Impersonal Style37%

512 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

literally, completely, really

Description

Arizona recently announced new constraints on housing development in the areas around Phoenix. At issue is water rights and scarcity, which have been a challenge for the US Southwest for as long as people have been living there. That being said, the region is currently in the midst of a 25-year megadrought and when you combine that with booming growth, difficult choices may have to be made. But how do water rights get divided? Who holds them? How much is water worth to the housing developers, farmers and semiconductor manufacturers that have flocked to the state? To learn more, we speak with Kathryn Sorensen, director of research at the Kyl Center for Water Policy at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. We discuss both current and past water management practices in the state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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