March 28, 2024· 51 min

The Mega Corporations That Control What Americans Eat

Austin Frerick

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(2,107 words)

M:94%

HostTracy Alloway(2,124 words)

M:94%

GuestAustin Frerick(5,619 words)

M:93%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic27%

literally, completely, totally

Engagement70%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

like (163x), it's (77x), they (74x)

Parallelism89%

And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So we're recording this on Mar..., And that means that soon, it w...

Sound Patterns41%

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

Formulaic Phrases6%

you know what, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging5%

could, may, probably

Passive Voice6%

are spoiled, be repeated, are multicolored

Abstract Nouns18%

investment, recommendation, question

Subordination7%

because, however, until

Sentence Length33%

Avg: 13.3 words/sentence

Word Complexity47%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers3%

according to

Impersonal Style30%

753 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style99%

literally, completely, specifically

Description

Walk into a grocery store today and there are seemingly endless shelves of product to choose from. But behind all those different options are a handful of agricultural giants that have grown to dominate the food industry. Companies like Walmart and Cargill are well-known at this point, but there are also dominant players in everything from berries to dairy to pig farming. In this episode, we speak with Austin Frerick, an antitrust and agricultural expert. His new book, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry, details the behemoths behind American agriculture and how they got so big. He talks about the choices that went into our current agricultural system, the impact of all that concentration, and what can be done to change it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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