It would be interesting if there was a linguist in this community that could analyze the speech patterns in this conversation. This would be the analysis of not what they said, but how they said it and the emotions behind the conversation.

I think most people can conclude that at points in the conversation Kari was confident, angry, irritated, dismissive, etc.. She didn’t hang up on Jeff, so there must be a longer relationship that she was keeping.

Jeff came across as pensive, scared, nervous, etc.. He was not speaking for him self, this wasn’t a conversation he wanted to have, and he may have even been concerned for himself and Kari. There is a lot more behind the insistence of his pushy sales pitch to Kari. I have been in conversations like this. The person delivering the message doesn’t own the message. Those are uncomfortable conversations. You have to wonder if he was instructed by a superior to not take “no” for an answer.

I am not defending Jeff in any way. One or both of these people knew the conversation was being recorded. Example: When Kari started throwing out numbers, she started with numbers that were high but not Crazy, then she jumped to $1 Billion, (way out of the bounds of a $ figure a political candidate would be paid to pause for 2 years). That was smart, at some point she knew others would be listening.