April 18, 2024· 53 min

How The American Workforce Got Hooked on Adderall

Danielle Carr

Orality

Model

68%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,904 words)

M:94%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,527 words)

M:29%

GuestDanielle Carr(5,431 words)

M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic33%

literally, completely, absolutely

Engagement55%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

like (108x), sort (103x), think (78x)

Parallelism100%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But I already know you're not,..., But I'm just curious, like, wh...

Sound Patterns45%

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

Formulaic Phrases8%

you know what, i mean, the thing is

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%

may, maybe, probably

Passive Voice22%

be faced, is needed, been scattered

Abstract Nouns25%

investment, recommendation, question

Subordination7%

because, while, since

Sentence Length58%

Avg: 19.5 words/sentence

Word Complexity53%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style45%

540 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style100%

literally, completely, absolutely

Description

Over the last few years, users of the popular ADHD drug Adderall have been frustrated by regular shortages in getting their prescriptions filled. Various regulatory and supply chain factors have contributed to the inability of producers to keep up with demand. But this raises the question: why is there so much demand in the first place? How did a significant chunk of the labor force -- from tech workers to Wall Streeters -- begin using the drug as an aid for their work and everyday lives? On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Danielle Carr, an assistant professor at the Institute for Society and Genetics at UCLA, who studies the history of politics of neuroscience and psychology. We discuss the history of this medicine and related medicines, what it does for the people who take it, and how market forces opened the drug up to almost anyone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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