Sarah McCammon / Tamara Keith / Domenico Montanaro (primary hosts; multi-voice label primarily Sarah McCammon)
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And it's time for Can't Let It Go.
That's the part of the show where we talk about the things from the week that we just can't stop thinking about, politics or otherwise.
And I'm going to start with mine.
What I can't let go of is the fact that the U.S.
minted the very last U.S.
penny this week in Philadelphia.
Did you guys hear this?
Yeah.
I did.
And as you may know, this is a big deal for me personally in my home because... Oh, really?
Oh, yes.
So my spouse is a longtime lawyer for the U.S.
Mint.
And at...
Basically, every party we go to for years, he has been asked by someone who knows what he does.
When are you going to get rid of the penny?
Because everybody knows, right, that the penny costs more to make than it's actually worth.
And that's been a point of contention for a really long time.
But every single I kid you not dinner party, holiday party.
I have to sit through this conversation.