The death of the penny
Post Reports20 Nov 2025

The death of the penny

The last five pennies were minted in Philadelphia last week. Over the 232 years of its existence, the penny became culturally significant through music, fashion and movies. But recently, many have argued for it to be discontinued because of how much the coin costs to produce.

Host Colby Itkowitz speaks with White House economic policy correspondent Jacob Bogage about how prices could be affected by this change and what this could mean for other forms of U.S. currency.

Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Ariel Plotnick and Peter Bresnan, and mixed by Sam Bair.

Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

Det här avsnittet är hämtat från ett öppet RSS-flöde och publiceras inte av Podme. Det kan innehålla reklam.

Avsnitt(1939)

Goodbye from "Post Reports"

Goodbye from "Post Reports"

Just over seven years ago, we launched this daily news podcast from The Washington Post.Our goal was to bring you inside our newsroom, sharing our reporting with listeners to help make sense of what w...

6 Feb 8min

A surprise Kennedy Center makeover

A surprise Kennedy Center makeover

In his second term, President Donald Trump has gone on a mission to reinvent the Kennedy Center, the beloved performing arts venue in Washington, D.C.Trump promised to overhaul the center’s programmin...

3 Feb 18min

A teddy bear, an ice skate: What remains from last year's deadly D.C. plane crash

A teddy bear, an ice skate: What remains from last year's deadly D.C. plane crash

In late January of last year, an American Eagle flight and a U.S. Army helicopter collided above the Potomac River, killing everyone aboard both aircraft. It was the deadliest flight disaster in the U...

2 Feb 15min

Jason Rezaian, Iran and the costs of press freedom

Jason Rezaian, Iran and the costs of press freedom

Ten years ago this month, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian was freed from Iran’s Evin prison. He and his wife, Yeganeh, had been arrested at their home in Tehran and falsely accused of espiona...

31 Jan 37min

Is Minneapolis a turning point in Trump's presidency?

Is Minneapolis a turning point in Trump's presidency?

Since the killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota, President Donald Trump and his administration are feeling the pressure — not only from Democrats, but also from members ...

30 Jan 35min

The quest to ‘destructively scan’ all the world’s books

The quest to ‘destructively scan’ all the world’s books

In early 2024, executives at artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic ramped up an ambitious project they sought to keep quiet. It was code-named Project Panama, and internal documents filed in cour...

29 Jan 27min

Why smaller houses can make us happier

Why smaller houses can make us happier

Houses in the United States keep getting bigger, but the people in bigger houses aren’t necessarily happier. Bigger homes often come with higher costs and more maintenance and can pull people further ...

28 Jan 20min

How Kristi Noem transformed immigration enforcement

How Kristi Noem transformed immigration enforcement

After both Renée Good and Alex Pretti were shot and killed by Department of Homeland Security officers in Minneapolis this month, the story from the agency’s secretary, Kristi L. Noem, was that these ...

27 Jan 24min

Populärt inom Politik & nyheter

svenska-fall
motiv
p3-krim
aftonbladet-krim
spar
aftonbladet-daily
flashback-forever
rss-expressen-dok
rss-sanning-konsekvens
rss-krimreportrarna
rss-vad-fan-hande
rss-flodet
rss-frandfors-horna
politiken
rss-aftonbladet-krim
svd-ledarredaktionen
olyckan-inifran
dagens-eko
rss-krimstad
spotlight