November 7, 2025· 22 min

Lots More on the Worsening State of the US Labor Market

Conor Sen

Orality

Model

55%

Mixed oral/literate (blogs, casual essays)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(2,151 words)

M:28%

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,416 words)

M:94%

GuestConor Sen(1,008 words)

M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic22%

literally, completely, very

Engagement74%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

like (85x), it's (58x), think (49x)

Parallelism66%

So happy anniversary to us...., And, you know what?..., And we really do have the perf...

Sound Patterns63%

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

Formulaic Phrases10%

you know what, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging9%

may, could, perhaps

Passive Voice4%

were closed, were open, is related

Abstract Nouns22%

investment, recommendation, business

Subordination10%

because, until, though

Sentence Length29%

Avg: 12.2 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers5%

according to

Impersonal Style26%

442 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style72%

literally, completely, apply

Description

If the government were open, we'd be getting a jobs report today. But as it is, we're in this blackout of official economic data. That's unfortunate, because the economy is already in a very confusing spot, and so any additional data right now would be very helpful in figuring out where things are heading. In the absence of Non-Farm Payrolls, we talked with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Conor Sen about the worsening state of the labor market, and why he thinks the Federal Reserve needs to step in before the unemployment rate deteriorates further. We also talk about the role AI is (or isn't) playing in the labor market. Read more: US Companies Announce Most October Job Cuts in Over 20 Years Fed’s Hammack Says Inflation a Bigger Concern Than Labor Market See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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