March 8, 2025· 44 min

Trump's NIH Cuts Send Shockwaves Through the Science World

Carole LaBonne

Orality

Model

91%

Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(2,067 words)

M:93%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,317 words)

M:94%

GuestCarole LaBonne(3,999 words)

M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic39%

completely, very, obviously

Engagement55%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, like, so

Repetition100%

research (62x), like (52x), they (46x)

Parallelism96%

But we're gonna do it in grand..., So we have Sarah Fuentes from ..., So it should be a really fun n...

Sound Patterns66%

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

Formulaic Phrases7%

you know what, i mean, if you will

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%

may, might, appears

Passive Voice19%

be followed, be replied, was diagnosed

Abstract Nouns20%

investment, community, business

Subordination7%

because, until, while

Sentence Length41%

Avg: 15.3 words/sentence

Word Complexity49%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers4%

according to

Impersonal Style45%

444 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style89%

apply, finally, actually

Description

One of the first moves made by the Trump administration was to change the nature of grants made by the National Institutes of Health. Under the new policy, there's a 15% cap on "indirect costs" associated with a given grant. This is money that essentially pays for institutional overhead, not directly related to the new costs of the specific project itself. So how do NIH grants actually work? What are the direct and indirect costs? What is the effect that's already playing out? On this episode, we speak to Carole LaBonne, a biologist and researcher at Northwestern University, on what she's already seeing from the changes. Read more: Trump’s Science Agency Pick Says He Won’t Cut More Personnel The US Is Withdrawing From Global Health at a Dangerous Time Odd Lots is coming to Washington, DC! Get your tickets for our Jones Act debate here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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