November 15, 2025 • 27 mins
Producers Ali and Greg from the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show with a behind-the-scenes look at the stories that get an unexpected amount of feedback.
This week it was the U.S. Mint ending production of the penny. Who knew it would elicit such a passionate reaction?
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey, welcome back to the After Hours Random podcast with producer.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Allie and producer Greg. Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Yeah, it's been a month. At least we got to
get better about doing this more than once a month.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I promise you we will be better about this, especially
going forward.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
For those of you who don't know, the After Hours
podcast is us basically talking about things that go on
behind the scenes on the Clay and Bucks Show.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
And there are a lot of things always going on
behind the scenes during the show, either live, pre show,
post show.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
There's always something going on. And what we wanted to
talk about today is how sometimes stories just really pick
up steam with the audience that we would not have expected.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Right exactly, like a couple weeks ago, what was that
one that just out of the blow? Oh it was
the Eighties Meetia.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Eighties the best eighties song of all time?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right exactly, just out of the blue, just listeners just
flooded us with emails and talkbacks and halls, and they
wanted to get their voice in about what the good thing,
what it was, what was their best song, their favorite song,
et cetera.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
It's really interesting because for us it's almost like we
get to kind of take the temperature on what people
are thinking and feeling that day. And we can be
knee deep in a really heavy news story and they're
doing political analysis on something that we feel is super important,
and it is. But then the feedback we get on
a random short segment story, that's what we get all
(01:30):
the reaction.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It's true. And one thing about that is it rankles
a lot of people who are meat and potatoes sort
of folkus.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It sticks to the issues crap.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, they really want to They want to talk and
be talking about the things that are happening and the
things that are important. I think the story about the
coins and the last penny being minted and then Clay
throwing out there that maybe we ought to get rid
of all the coins. Yeah, I think it's one of
those issues that everybody can have an opinion about, Like
(02:02):
it's hard to get have an opinion about. We got
into some of the stuff today about each one b
visas and you know, they can get rather showy and
you may not have any experience with each one b visas.
Everybody's used currency and their coins.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
And generational there's nostalgia, there's all kinds of other emotions
attached to it. Not just the practicality.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Absolutely, so there's a lot of things going on, and
it's things that people can relate to. And the fact
that it came together with such an important issue, the
last minting of the of the penny and what that
means and currency in general.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
That was a fun topic. It was was a very
fun topic. But for us as the producers, we're monitoring
the phone lines, monitoring the emails, monitoring the talk backs,
and we were just inundated with everybody wanting to talk
about that subject.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
And everybody had an anecdote or they talked about you know,
when we were kids, we used to do this and
I would find a nickel and I'd run down to
the store and I'd get whatever.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
The penny candy store. Yes, I remember that from my childhood.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Absolutely, And so many people were like, this is how
I taught my kids about money and that sort of stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Did you have a piggybank, Greg, of course, absolutely, did
you absolutely?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Was it an actual pig, Yes, it was, yeah, mine too.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And the tooth fairy. I would always put those quarters
in the piggy bank my allowance. I never got more
than a dollar, like, it was always change, and I
was taught to save it, and I was also taught
how to add subtract. I did learn right, change right.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
So the tooth fairy gave me never more than a dollar.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Oh no, I only got a quarter for each tooth.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Oh okay, Well that inflation has hit quite a bit.
I don't know if you're aware.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh no, my friend's kids like, don't get twenty bucks.
I'm like, wow, I know, I know.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, Like that started a tooth with our kid, and
it was like, you know, suddenly it was, you know,
went from a dollar to five dollars to oh my gosh,
some people of their classmates were getting twenty dollars.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And what we ended up doing, too was going down
a bit of a rabbit hole the other day when
this subject came up, learning more about the history and
the impact of what this will do getting rid of
the penny. And that was fun for me because there
were things And I'm going to quiz you, Greg, go ahead, Yes,
I did not know, so I'm going to see what
you know. Okay, when was the penny introduced?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
The first penny introduced. I'm going to say right around
seventeen ninety thereabouts.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Oh, you're so close. Seventeen ninety three. Okay, and what
could it buy back? Then?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Oh gosh, the penny probably could buy you a new car.
I don't know, maybe a Tesla, right, that's a good question.
I don't know what could it buy?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It could buy a biscuit, a candle, or a piece
of candy.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Okay, penny hence penny candy?
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I like that, Yes, And how much does each one
cost to make?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Nowadays? They're in the neighborhood of you know, a twenty
five cents or more per per coin to actually make?
Am i? Am? I CLIs?
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Well? According I'm actually looking at an AP article on
this and it said each one costs nearly four cents today.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
All right, so I'm way over estimating, but.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Still, but guess how much it's going to save us
getting the taxpayer getting rid of pennies?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Okay, how much will it save the taxpayers getting billions? Right?
Speaker 1 (05:28):
According to treasure Brandon Beach, it's going to save us
fifty six.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Million, fifty six million dollars. How much is it going
to cost us though, at the supermarket for all of
these businesses which now currently sell something for nine to
ninety nine and they're not going to be able to
get those four pennies anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Well, okay, so according to this billions of pennies are
still in circulation and will remain legal tender, but new
ones will no longer be made. So save up your pennies.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
So we're going to be losing them by attrition. So
what does it talk about the lifespan of the penny
and how long those the are in circulation that sort.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Of Oh, that's really interesting. No, it doesn't in this article,
but that I'd be curious to know that.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Okay, we may do an addendum to this podcast and
tell you a little bit about what we find out
about that particular.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yes, so the last few pennies we are going to
be auctioned off, so that will.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Be Oh they are, okay, because that's what that was
one of the things that came up in the discussion.
We'll we see it in the Smithsonian. Is it going
to stay at the mint? Will it be framed and
put on Trump's wall?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
You know that sort of thing, yes, or found in
your couch? When did Canada stop minting its penny?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I honestly really don't know. I didn't even know that
they had stopped minting them.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
This was something I learned too twenty twelve. Apparently really Yeah, no,
So pennies cost far less to produce than nichols. Nikels
cost nearly fourteen cents to make, Dimes, by comparison, costs
less than six cents to produce, and the quarter nearly
fifteen cents.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
So we're making money on dimes and quarters, and we
should actually probably keep the penny and get rid of
the nickel, is what you're really saying.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Yes, yeah, question for you, do you have a giant
jar of change in your home?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
I have a jar of change. It's not a giant jar.
We have a jar of change and every year or
thereabouts we take it down to the bank and like
last year it was money for Christmas, that sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
So they have in your town, they have those machines
at the bank where you can put all dump all
your change in and then you get money.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yes, and it's actually at our bank and they don't
charge you for it, so it's great. It just goes
straight into your account.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Oh, that's excellent. So we had that actually at a
bank in our neighborhood, and then they found out somebody
was skimming because they would take a percentage. They found
out someone was skimming, so they discontinued it, which was
such a bummer. So then we could go to our
local grocery store and do at their machines, and then
they just suddenly abruptly got rid of them. Really, so
(08:05):
now we have such a giant jar of change in
our apartment that even my big, hulking husband can't lift
it up. It's that heavy.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Really, Okay, so that's an interesting question. How much do
you think it weighs? And how much is it worth?
Speaker 1 (08:20):
According to Gerard, he thinks there's probably like a thousand
dollars in there. That's how many Wow much change we have?
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I don't know. I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Was that photo now you sent a little photo around
to the text chat that we all have. Was that
from that jar?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
That's the jar?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I noticed some like, you know, Canada coins and maybe
some kind of British pens and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
There's a lot of foreign currency in that jar mixed in.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
I can't have that, no, no, no, no, no, yeah,
but I might be. I might buy it from you
then I could, you know, and then.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But I can't. It's so heavy. I don't even know
how to get it to the studio m very heavy.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Wheelbarrow at any rate.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
We got so many talkbacks, emails and all that that
we played a bunch on the show, but we didn't
have time, obviously with the constraints of time the broadcast
to play all of them, but there were some fun ones,
so we decided to play them on this after hours podcast.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
So what we're going to do before the leading me
into that. What happened was during a commercial break, we
were just discussing it, you know, the penny and all
of that, and they the boys, we call them the
boys affectionately. We're talking about it, excuse me, and then
Clay said something about let's just get rid of all
and I chimed in on the chat during the commercial.
(09:38):
I said absolutely not, no way, yeah, and Buck threw
me a curveball because we come back from commercial and
then he says, oh, you know, we're all against this
except for producer Greg. Again, maybe producer Greg would come
on and defend why he loves the penny so much.
Put me on the spot. So I had to come
running in and get on the air and explain it.
(10:00):
And we actually got a couple of talkbacks. We actually
got three.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Why don't we first play you trying to explain yourself
put on the spot first.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
I will happily do that for you. Let's play that
for you right here.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
I just put up a poll question buck that we
can have some fun with this too. Today, the last
pennies are being produced, that is, the one cent coin
is basically being phased out. Trump came in and said
the penny doesn't make sense, it costs more than to
produce it. Should we eliminate all coins? Just maybe stepping
(10:34):
into this, may it like when I went after flute players.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
I'm a hard yes on this one. Producer, Greg, I'm
gonna get We're gonna give you a minute. I don't
know if he's by the mic in NYC or if
he wants to just do a talkback or whatever. He
seems like he's not down for and I want to
why would anyone want there to still be pennies?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
We need to have currency for every person because you
eliminate the penny, manet the nickel. That's it's the first
step on the slippery slip to getting rid of all currency,
and then everything can be tracked by the government all
the time.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Okay, Well, I'm with I'm with you on the digital
dollar thing, Producer Greg, so that you're i'm with you
on that, But pennies.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
When was the last time you used a penny? You'd
be surprised how much.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Jangling coins does producer Greg have in his pocket right now,
just jangling around, weighing down his pants, dragging him down.
I'm I'm with you, Buck, I think we should eliminate
all coins. I don't think there should be coin currency anymore.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
That may it's gonna be a scorching hot take that
we didn't expect to be scorching.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Maybe we may get fired up and get attacked on
this one, but we're right.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Oh Greg, don't you just love it when they pull
you on the mic.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
I'm trying to get the words out of my mouth
and they're not coming, and it makes no sense, and
it's it's I and I'm thinking about it. My brain
is going talk you idiot, and I'm trying to Finally
was able to get it all out, and fortunately Buck
agreed with me on the at least on the digital
dollar aspect of it.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Right. I don't think they should get rid of all change,
but I could do without the penny and the nickel.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Okay, I can understand that. I think, look, I just
think the minute you start, you know, if you take one,
then the logic is, well, let's just do the next one.
So why you know, we already did this one, why
don't we do the next one? And I don't. I
don't like that. I like the fact that we have
a dollar coin. I want to have more dollar coins
(12:33):
in circulation. In fact, Canada has two dollars coins that
they have and they have two euro coins in Europe
as well, and I like the two euro coin or
the two dollars Canadian coin. I think the United States
to think about that. I also think the United States
ought to start printing more five hundred dollars bills again,
(12:53):
but that's another discussion for another day. So I'm I'm
I'm not in favor of removing of any of it.
They track us enough as it is. Yeah, and you
know through our algorithms and our phones and all of
this stuff, and your your car when you go through
a toll and all this stuff, so they don't need
to know exactly what I'm that I'm spending my money
(13:13):
on all this junk food and raise my insurance costs
as a result of it.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
A lot of people brought up the good point too
at businesses when you price items, So if the item
comes to three point fifty, are they going to upcharge
you or downcharge you? And we all know the answer
to that, of course, so I can understand where that
comes into play as well being a problem.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Yeah, it's definitely going to be a problem, and they
will upcharge you. You know, we've gotten some calls from
people saying, oh, you know, inflation and it's never going
to come down. Clay has even said I take a
little bit of a different approach on that. I think
the free market will adjust. And you know, if hey,
if nobody's buying your fourteen dollars head of lettuce, gosh,
(13:56):
the price is going to come down now, isn't it
until people start buying it again. So I do think
that there was some give and take, although generally inflation
is consistent.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Well let's listen to some of these talkbacks. Why don't tweet?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Oh? Absolutely? First? Uh let's well, let's start with the
one that we actually played on the air. This is
justin from Arizona, and then we'll roll into a couple
more we played. We did play Justin, but they all
mention me, so.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
I was just gonna say, hmmm, I noticed a little
trend in the talkbacks that you selected.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
I was very disappointed they didn't play more than Justin,
but you'll get to hear them right now. I think
we should keep the coins. I'm with your producer. We
have a thing we call the family fun jar, so
all of our loose change goes into there, and when
it fills up, we cash it in and go do
something fun as a.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
Family, playing buck. Your producer is absolutely right. You can't
eliminate the currency. If you do, you're going to have
a complete disaster. I mean even think, how are you
going to run a garage sale. Everything is going to
be tracked and text thanks.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
I agree completely with what producer Greg said. Once it starts,
it doesn't stop. The government doesn't work like that. I
like that Tom from Houston Man, he completely agrees with
producer Greg. And how can you not thank you? Tom?
I really appreciate it. Yeah, it's always nice to be
(15:35):
I texted my family and they're like, oh, you're famous now. Yes,
it feels really very good to be brought up and
share it on the show. Whether it's eclipses or coins
or whatever.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
By the way I'm looking at. Let's play Tim from
Michigan listening on news radio WOD.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
We actually played this one on the air too, and
I think this is also this is a great point.
I love him from Michigan. Let's maybe tick off the
next view because Andrew from Allentown has a great one.
And then Joe from Laimah, Ohio, Lima, Ohio. I believe
it is what it is like to bean, yes exactly.
And then there is a woman the last one that
(16:17):
will apply for you that it's an interesting discussion we
could pick up on after this. Yeah, let's go through this.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Okay, Tom from Michigan, I own.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
A coin operated launder Matt, I sure hope they don't
get rid of borders.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
So, Greg, I am one of those people living in
New York City in an apartment building. We don't have
laundry in our apartment nor in our building. We have
to haul our laundry to a laundry maat. We live
in a walk up so to several flights of stairs
and then down the street down the block to our
(16:53):
coin operated laundry mat. So quarters are very important.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I'm going to come out against myself here in this
and say, there's really no need to worry about that.
With a laundromat, all you could do is just purchase
a card like you used to have to do in subways,
and that's sort of the subway here in New York City,
and swipe your card at good point, it says the
same thing. It's just a matter of the laundromat owner
(17:20):
needing to upgrade their machinery to to to with the
readers for that sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
And that's that's a fair point. That's a fair point.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
It is a little bit of a cost for the laundromats,
and maybe you know, maybe the government can give them
a little bit of a tax subscentive for that. But
I think I think there's there are ways around that
is what I would say.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
That is a fair point. Okay, let's hear Andrea from Allentown.
Speaker 6 (17:45):
Really love you guys. But this is the first step
in teaching our tiny children how to save money and
the worth of money. They put their little coins in
their pea bank and then they save it up, save
it up, and one day they can buy something they
really want. So don't get rid of the coins.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
So kids, kid, this is how we all learned about money.
You mentioned the piggy bank earlier. We used to you know, gosh,
if you saw a penny on the on the ground,
we would all, you know, run and pick it up.
If it was a dime. It was like score corners.
Forget about it. I mean like everything stopped for a core.
Everybody fought for a quarter.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
And then how are you how are you going to
heads or.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Tails it exactly? I mean, what are we going to
do in the dollar? Right? Can you see them trying
that at the super Bowl? I can't see that. All right,
let's go ahead to play these last two. This is
Joe and then a woman from Minneapolis who won't listen
to what she has to say. Joe, First, we go
(18:51):
out to you a couple times a month, and I
pay with cash seventy five percent of the time.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Well, Joe, you pay with cash. Clearly you do not
live in New York City where we rarely go out
to dinner, because you need several hundies to just get
a basic meal at not even a fancy restaurant.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, this was really kind of a comeback on Clay,
who was really making the comment that he didn't know
anybody who paid with cash anymore. He didn't think anybody
paid for cash for meals at restaurants anymore. And Joe
really and there was actually there were a couple other
talkbacks as well who were saying, oh, no, I pay
for cash, pay with cash all the time.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Somebody made a really good point about cash versus credit card,
and I remember, back way back when I was in college,
the same point being made is when you have to
pay for something using cash, you're more likely to understand
the value of it and the concept of debt, whereas
and this is why I really can't stand that they
(19:52):
have credit card companies set up on college campuses trying
to get those freshmen signed up if they don't already
have a credit card. And kids just think, oh this
piece of plastic. They just click, swipe whatever. They don't
really think about budgeting.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
No. But you know, I will tell you, having gone
through several different American Express card memberships over the years,
you learn pretty quick when they start, you know, calling
you and hammering you, and you know, oh, hey, your
bill is overdue. Oh yeah, gosh, okay at the end.
So at the end of the first month or two,
you really start to do get the signal.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
But I just feel like if you're at a store
and you're a young person and you see an item
you might want to buy, if you have to pay
for it in cash, there's something psychological about counting out
the change and like the tens, the twenties, maybe hundreds,
and then you realize, wow, this is an expensive item.
Where you hand over a piece of plastic. It just
(20:50):
doesn't register the same way.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
No, I totally, one hundred percent. My wife is the
same way. She loves paying with cash. It's the same thing.
And actually she uses coins when she pays, So if
it's you know, two seventy nine, she'll give them a
five and then seventy nine cents because she hates getting
a change back. She doesn't want to change back because
(21:12):
she's not a fan of the of the coins. So
we're very different in that way.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Okay, let's go to this unidentified college.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Yes, woman from Minnesota. I think this is an interesting point.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
I just had to comment on the penny thing.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
I am thrilled that they are stopping penny production because
I have a huge penny collection.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Maybe it'll be worth something more than a dollar.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Well, that could be you, allie. I mean you could be.
You don't know how much money you could be making
in the future if you just continue holding on to
all those coins that you have, they could be worth
something someday. Oh they're so heavy, they'll be so rare,
I think what you know. Unfortunately, there's so many in circulation,
it's just going to be face value for a long
long time.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
I don't think I'm going to be around by the
time there was something.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, I don't. I don't think this woman has to
worry about making you know, four dollars per penny or
anything like that anytime soon.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
So Greg a penny for your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
This has been fun. It's been nice to do this again.
You know, we've got had a lot of stuff going
on around here, and it's always crazy, and especially with
the launch of Clay's new book and you know, everything
else that's been going the holidays are coming up, and
it's just been you know.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Well, I think in generally it's a frenetic pace, this
job anyways, but then you add to it this administration,
the amount of news we're getting. It's so much juggling
there is and deciding what to focus on. So sometimes
when we come across a story that's just a little
bit lighter, even if it does touch on other larger
(22:53):
issues like inflation, we just sort of exhale and have
fun with it, and it is a welcome change. And
then when we see all of you email and calling
and wanting to weigh in as well, it's validating.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
It definitely is. We love it when you respond to
something that something hits you and you send us to feedback,
whether it's through the VIP, email, through the talkback, or
even calling us here on the show. And I'm always
happy to take your calls, and because I'm usually the
one who's answering them, occasionally Producer Mark occasionally Ali so.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
And we should also remind people that the talkback feature
is also something you can do. Some people are still
a little confused how it works, So just a quick
run through. You just go on your phone, fire up
the iHeartRadio app, it's free, find the Clay and Bucks show,
and you'll see a little microphone icon on the upper
right hand corner of the screen. You just click it. It
(23:52):
gives you thirty seconds to leave your message, and off
it goes and Greg gets all of those and listens
and some of them get on the air.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yep. We always do our best to make sure that
klaimbuck have an idea of exactly what's going on and
where the general population is feeling. So we always keep
them up to date on what's going on as what
you're feeling and thinking.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
And on that note, is are there any sponsors we
should mention on today's show?
Speaker 2 (24:23):
Well, I was just I was just thinking, maybe you
know it's getting cooler out, it might be a nice
time to talk about Cozy Earth.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
Well, Greg, we are not on video right now, but
I am wearing my Cozy Earth cardigan.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It's a very nice cardening. I like that sweater a lot.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
Actually, it's very cozy. And a funny story is I
got this and we went to d C. Clay and
I were there a few weeks ago, and just like
he has trouble with the hotel lights, I seem to
have trouble with the thermostat. I can never get the
room to be a temperature that it's either too hot
too cold, it's goldilocks. I can't get it just right right.
(25:02):
So I was freezing and I had my Cozy Earth
sweater and I ended up using it as a blanket
because it's an oversized sweater and it was great nice.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
It looks so warm, and it's very soft, and it's fashionable.
I think it's it brings together everything. It's everything you
want in any sort of sweater that you have. And
the fact that it's Cozy Earth too, you know, the
quality is always there.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Yes, it's Kashmir, so I feel very fancy in it. Oh,
I cannot bring it home. I leave it at work
because if I bring it home, the moths in our apartment.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Oh no, you have moths.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Oh no, most New York City dwellings in my neighborhood.
Speaker 6 (25:41):
Do.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
I'm putting mothballs in your Christmas stocking this year?
Speaker 1 (25:44):
No, those things smell so bad. We have cedar chips,
We do various things, but it's like you almost can't
get away from it in these old buildings.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yeah. So your cats don't chase the moths.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
They do, so they do. They play with them, though
they don't really do much else. Oh no, So.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Well, Cozy Earth is something that you should always you
should definitely check out.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
And I also have the sheets of Funny story I
When we were signing up with Cozy Earth, we got
to try some of their products, and they aren't wrong
about the sheets. I know people like, oh, you guys
always say it's just the best, the best, the best,
But they really are, Greg, They're amazing. I actually order
some for my parents too. I'm going to give them
(26:29):
to them for Christmas. And I know, sheets for Christmas,
that's like a weird gift, but it's actually not when
you try these.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Well, that's good to know because I'm going to have
to get something. I'm trying to get creative this year
for Christmas, so maybe I'll get some sheets from my wife.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
She will love them. They really are. You're going to
be like, oh they.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
Were right, Oh good. That's good to know.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
And right now, if you use Clay or Buck's name
either one in the discount promo code section as you're
checking out, you'll get a nice discount.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
So make sure you head on over.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
To cozyarth dot com.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
That's the website that you want to go to, and
then put in Clay or Buck's name for the special
code and get your discount.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
All right, Greg, that's a wrap on this after hours,
if you have any questions or things you want us
to tell you about about behind the scenes on the show.
Feel free to let us know.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Yeah, if you want to talk about coins and tell
us your stories or your opinions about what's going to
happen to the penny, whether we should get two dollars
coins minted in the United States as well, and bring
back the five hundred dollars bill you send us talkbacks
about that too.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Until next time, I'm producer Greg, I'm producer Ali.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
See then,
Hey, welcome back to the After Hours Random podcast with producer.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Allie and producer Greg. Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Yeah, it's been a month. At least we got to
get better about doing this more than once a month.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I promise you we will be better about this, especially
going forward.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
For those of you who don't know, the After Hours
podcast is us basically talking about things that go on
behind the scenes on the Clay and Bucks Show.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
And there are a lot of things always going on
behind the scenes during the show, either live, pre show,
post show.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
There's always something going on. And what we wanted to
talk about today is how sometimes stories just really pick
up steam with the audience that we would not have expected.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Right exactly, like a couple weeks ago, what was that
one that just out of the blow? Oh it was
the Eighties Meetia.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Eighties the best eighties song of all time?
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Right exactly, just out of the blue, just listeners just
flooded us with emails and talkbacks and halls, and they
wanted to get their voice in about what the good thing,
what it was, what was their best song, their favorite song,
et cetera.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
It's really interesting because for us it's almost like we
get to kind of take the temperature on what people
are thinking and feeling that day. And we can be
knee deep in a really heavy news story and they're
doing political analysis on something that we feel is super important,
and it is. But then the feedback we get on
a random short segment story, that's what we get all
(01:30):
the reaction.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
It's true. And one thing about that is it rankles
a lot of people who are meat and potatoes sort
of folkus.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
It sticks to the issues crap.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, they really want to They want to talk and
be talking about the things that are happening and the
things that are important. I think the story about the
coins and the last penny being minted and then Clay
throwing out there that maybe we ought to get rid
of all the coins. Yeah, I think it's one of
those issues that everybody can have an opinion about, Like
(02:02):
it's hard to get have an opinion about. We got
into some of the stuff today about each one b
visas and you know, they can get rather showy and
you may not have any experience with each one b visas.
Everybody's used currency and their coins.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
And generational there's nostalgia, there's all kinds of other emotions
attached to it. Not just the practicality.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Absolutely, so there's a lot of things going on, and
it's things that people can relate to. And the fact
that it came together with such an important issue, the
last minting of the of the penny and what that
means and currency in general.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
That was a fun topic. It was was a very
fun topic. But for us as the producers, we're monitoring
the phone lines, monitoring the emails, monitoring the talk backs,
and we were just inundated with everybody wanting to talk
about that subject.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
And everybody had an anecdote or they talked about you know,
when we were kids, we used to do this and
I would find a nickel and I'd run down to
the store and I'd get whatever.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
The penny candy store. Yes, I remember that from my childhood.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Absolutely, And so many people were like, this is how
I taught my kids about money and that sort of stuff.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Did you have a piggybank, Greg, of course, absolutely, did
you absolutely?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Was it an actual pig, Yes, it was, yeah, mine too.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
And the tooth fairy. I would always put those quarters
in the piggy bank my allowance. I never got more
than a dollar, like, it was always change, and I
was taught to save it, and I was also taught
how to add subtract. I did learn right, change right.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
So the tooth fairy gave me never more than a dollar.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Oh no, I only got a quarter for each tooth.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Oh okay, Well that inflation has hit quite a bit.
I don't know if you're aware.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh no, my friend's kids like, don't get twenty bucks.
I'm like, wow, I know, I know.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Yeah, Like that started a tooth with our kid, and
it was like, you know, suddenly it was, you know,
went from a dollar to five dollars to oh my gosh,
some people of their classmates were getting twenty dollars.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
And what we ended up doing, too was going down
a bit of a rabbit hole the other day when
this subject came up, learning more about the history and
the impact of what this will do getting rid of
the penny. And that was fun for me because there
were things And I'm going to quiz you, Greg, go ahead, Yes,
I did not know, so I'm going to see what
you know. Okay, when was the penny introduced?
Speaker 2 (04:27):
The first penny introduced. I'm going to say right around
seventeen ninety thereabouts.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Oh, you're so close. Seventeen ninety three. Okay, and what
could it buy back? Then?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Oh gosh, the penny probably could buy you a new car.
I don't know, maybe a Tesla, right, that's a good question.
I don't know what could it buy?
Speaker 1 (04:47):
It could buy a biscuit, a candle, or a piece
of candy.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
Okay, penny hence penny candy?
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I like that, Yes, And how much does each one
cost to make?
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Nowadays? They're in the neighborhood of you know, a twenty
five cents or more per per coin to actually make?
Am i? Am? I CLIs?
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Well? According I'm actually looking at an AP article on
this and it said each one costs nearly four cents today.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
All right, so I'm way over estimating, but.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Still, but guess how much it's going to save us
getting the taxpayer getting rid of pennies?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Okay, how much will it save the taxpayers getting billions? Right?
Speaker 1 (05:28):
According to treasure Brandon Beach, it's going to save us
fifty six.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Million, fifty six million dollars. How much is it going
to cost us though, at the supermarket for all of
these businesses which now currently sell something for nine to
ninety nine and they're not going to be able to
get those four pennies anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Well, okay, so according to this billions of pennies are
still in circulation and will remain legal tender, but new
ones will no longer be made. So save up your pennies.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
So we're going to be losing them by attrition. So
what does it talk about the lifespan of the penny
and how long those the are in circulation that sort.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Of Oh, that's really interesting. No, it doesn't in this article,
but that I'd be curious to know that.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
Okay, we may do an addendum to this podcast and
tell you a little bit about what we find out
about that particular.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Yes, so the last few pennies we are going to
be auctioned off, so that will.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Be Oh they are, okay, because that's what that was
one of the things that came up in the discussion.
We'll we see it in the Smithsonian. Is it going
to stay at the mint? Will it be framed and
put on Trump's wall?
Speaker 1 (06:32):
You know that sort of thing, yes, or found in
your couch? When did Canada stop minting its penny?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
I honestly really don't know. I didn't even know that
they had stopped minting them.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
This was something I learned too twenty twelve. Apparently really Yeah, no,
So pennies cost far less to produce than nichols. Nikels
cost nearly fourteen cents to make, Dimes, by comparison, costs
less than six cents to produce, and the quarter nearly
fifteen cents.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
So we're making money on dimes and quarters, and we
should actually probably keep the penny and get rid of
the nickel, is what you're really saying.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Yes, yeah, question for you, do you have a giant
jar of change in your home?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
I have a jar of change. It's not a giant jar.
We have a jar of change and every year or
thereabouts we take it down to the bank and like
last year it was money for Christmas, that sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
So they have in your town, they have those machines
at the bank where you can put all dump all
your change in and then you get money.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Yes, and it's actually at our bank and they don't
charge you for it, so it's great. It just goes
straight into your account.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Oh, that's excellent. So we had that actually at a
bank in our neighborhood, and then they found out somebody
was skimming because they would take a percentage. They found
out someone was skimming, so they discontinued it, which was
such a bummer. So then we could go to our
local grocery store and do at their machines, and then
they just suddenly abruptly got rid of them. Really, so
(08:05):
now we have such a giant jar of change in
our apartment that even my big, hulking husband can't lift
it up. It's that heavy.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Really, Okay, so that's an interesting question. How much do
you think it weighs? And how much is it worth?
Speaker 1 (08:20):
According to Gerard, he thinks there's probably like a thousand
dollars in there. That's how many Wow much change we have?
Speaker 2 (08:26):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I don't know. I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
Was that photo now you sent a little photo around
to the text chat that we all have. Was that
from that jar?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
That's the jar?
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I noticed some like, you know, Canada coins and maybe
some kind of British pens and stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
There's a lot of foreign currency in that jar mixed in.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
I can't have that, no, no, no, no, no, yeah,
but I might be. I might buy it from you
then I could, you know, and then.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But I can't. It's so heavy. I don't even know
how to get it to the studio m very heavy.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Wheelbarrow at any rate.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
We got so many talkbacks, emails and all that that
we played a bunch on the show, but we didn't
have time, obviously with the constraints of time the broadcast
to play all of them, but there were some fun ones,
so we decided to play them on this after hours podcast.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
So what we're going to do before the leading me
into that. What happened was during a commercial break, we
were just discussing it, you know, the penny and all
of that, and they the boys, we call them the
boys affectionately. We're talking about it, excuse me, and then
Clay said something about let's just get rid of all
and I chimed in on the chat during the commercial.
(09:38):
I said absolutely not, no way, yeah, and Buck threw
me a curveball because we come back from commercial and
then he says, oh, you know, we're all against this
except for producer Greg. Again, maybe producer Greg would come
on and defend why he loves the penny so much.
Put me on the spot. So I had to come
running in and get on the air and explain it.
(10:00):
And we actually got a couple of talkbacks. We actually
got three.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Why don't we first play you trying to explain yourself
put on the spot first.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
I will happily do that for you. Let's play that
for you right here.
Speaker 3 (10:11):
I just put up a poll question buck that we
can have some fun with this too. Today, the last
pennies are being produced, that is, the one cent coin
is basically being phased out. Trump came in and said
the penny doesn't make sense, it costs more than to
produce it. Should we eliminate all coins? Just maybe stepping
(10:34):
into this, may it like when I went after flute players.
Speaker 4 (10:37):
I'm a hard yes on this one. Producer, Greg, I'm
gonna get We're gonna give you a minute. I don't
know if he's by the mic in NYC or if
he wants to just do a talkback or whatever. He
seems like he's not down for and I want to
why would anyone want there to still be pennies?
Speaker 2 (10:53):
We need to have currency for every person because you
eliminate the penny, manet the nickel. That's it's the first
step on the slippery slip to getting rid of all currency,
and then everything can be tracked by the government all
the time.
Speaker 4 (11:10):
Okay, Well, I'm with I'm with you on the digital
dollar thing, Producer Greg, so that you're i'm with you
on that, But pennies.
Speaker 2 (11:15):
When was the last time you used a penny? You'd
be surprised how much.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Jangling coins does producer Greg have in his pocket right now,
just jangling around, weighing down his pants, dragging him down.
I'm I'm with you, Buck, I think we should eliminate
all coins. I don't think there should be coin currency anymore.
Speaker 4 (11:34):
That may it's gonna be a scorching hot take that
we didn't expect to be scorching.
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Maybe we may get fired up and get attacked on
this one, but we're right.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Oh Greg, don't you just love it when they pull
you on the mic.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
I'm trying to get the words out of my mouth
and they're not coming, and it makes no sense, and
it's it's I and I'm thinking about it. My brain
is going talk you idiot, and I'm trying to Finally
was able to get it all out, and fortunately Buck
agreed with me on the at least on the digital
dollar aspect of it.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Right. I don't think they should get rid of all change,
but I could do without the penny and the nickel.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Okay, I can understand that. I think, look, I just
think the minute you start, you know, if you take one,
then the logic is, well, let's just do the next one.
So why you know, we already did this one, why
don't we do the next one? And I don't. I
don't like that. I like the fact that we have
a dollar coin. I want to have more dollar coins
(12:33):
in circulation. In fact, Canada has two dollars coins that
they have and they have two euro coins in Europe
as well, and I like the two euro coin or
the two dollars Canadian coin. I think the United States
to think about that. I also think the United States
ought to start printing more five hundred dollars bills again,
(12:53):
but that's another discussion for another day. So I'm I'm
I'm not in favor of removing of any of it.
They track us enough as it is. Yeah, and you
know through our algorithms and our phones and all of
this stuff, and your your car when you go through
a toll and all this stuff, so they don't need
to know exactly what I'm that I'm spending my money
(13:13):
on all this junk food and raise my insurance costs
as a result of it.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
A lot of people brought up the good point too
at businesses when you price items, So if the item
comes to three point fifty, are they going to upcharge
you or downcharge you? And we all know the answer
to that, of course, so I can understand where that
comes into play as well being a problem.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
Yeah, it's definitely going to be a problem, and they
will upcharge you. You know, we've gotten some calls from
people saying, oh, you know, inflation and it's never going
to come down. Clay has even said I take a
little bit of a different approach on that. I think
the free market will adjust. And you know, if hey,
if nobody's buying your fourteen dollars head of lettuce, gosh,
(13:56):
the price is going to come down now, isn't it
until people start buying it again. So I do think
that there was some give and take, although generally inflation
is consistent.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
Well let's listen to some of these talkbacks. Why don't tweet?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
Oh? Absolutely? First? Uh let's well, let's start with the
one that we actually played on the air. This is
justin from Arizona, and then we'll roll into a couple
more we played. We did play Justin, but they all
mention me, so.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
I was just gonna say, hmmm, I noticed a little
trend in the talkbacks that you selected.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
I was very disappointed they didn't play more than Justin,
but you'll get to hear them right now. I think
we should keep the coins. I'm with your producer. We
have a thing we call the family fun jar, so
all of our loose change goes into there, and when
it fills up, we cash it in and go do
something fun as a.
Speaker 5 (14:50):
Family, playing buck. Your producer is absolutely right. You can't
eliminate the currency. If you do, you're going to have
a complete disaster. I mean even think, how are you
going to run a garage sale. Everything is going to
be tracked and text thanks.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
I agree completely with what producer Greg said. Once it starts,
it doesn't stop. The government doesn't work like that. I
like that Tom from Houston Man, he completely agrees with
producer Greg. And how can you not thank you? Tom?
I really appreciate it. Yeah, it's always nice to be
(15:35):
I texted my family and they're like, oh, you're famous now. Yes,
it feels really very good to be brought up and
share it on the show. Whether it's eclipses or coins
or whatever.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
By the way I'm looking at. Let's play Tim from
Michigan listening on news radio WOD.
Speaker 2 (15:54):
We actually played this one on the air too, and
I think this is also this is a great point.
I love him from Michigan. Let's maybe tick off the
next view because Andrew from Allentown has a great one.
And then Joe from Laimah, Ohio, Lima, Ohio. I believe
it is what it is like to bean, yes exactly.
And then there is a woman the last one that
(16:17):
will apply for you that it's an interesting discussion we
could pick up on after this. Yeah, let's go through this.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Okay, Tom from Michigan, I own.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
A coin operated launder Matt, I sure hope they don't
get rid of borders.
Speaker 1 (16:31):
So, Greg, I am one of those people living in
New York City in an apartment building. We don't have
laundry in our apartment nor in our building. We have
to haul our laundry to a laundry maat. We live
in a walk up so to several flights of stairs
and then down the street down the block to our
(16:53):
coin operated laundry mat. So quarters are very important.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
I'm going to come out against myself here in this
and say, there's really no need to worry about that.
With a laundromat, all you could do is just purchase
a card like you used to have to do in subways,
and that's sort of the subway here in New York City,
and swipe your card at good point, it says the
same thing. It's just a matter of the laundromat owner
(17:20):
needing to upgrade their machinery to to to with the
readers for that sort of thing.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
And that's that's a fair point. That's a fair point.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
It is a little bit of a cost for the laundromats,
and maybe you know, maybe the government can give them
a little bit of a tax subscentive for that. But
I think I think there's there are ways around that
is what I would say.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
That is a fair point. Okay, let's hear Andrea from Allentown.
Speaker 6 (17:45):
Really love you guys. But this is the first step
in teaching our tiny children how to save money and
the worth of money. They put their little coins in
their pea bank and then they save it up, save
it up, and one day they can buy something they
really want. So don't get rid of the coins.
Speaker 2 (18:07):
So kids, kid, this is how we all learned about money.
You mentioned the piggy bank earlier. We used to you know, gosh,
if you saw a penny on the on the ground,
we would all, you know, run and pick it up.
If it was a dime. It was like score corners.
Forget about it. I mean like everything stopped for a core.
Everybody fought for a quarter.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
And then how are you how are you going to
heads or.
Speaker 2 (18:30):
Tails it exactly? I mean, what are we going to
do in the dollar? Right? Can you see them trying
that at the super Bowl? I can't see that. All right,
let's go ahead to play these last two. This is
Joe and then a woman from Minneapolis who won't listen
to what she has to say. Joe, First, we go
(18:51):
out to you a couple times a month, and I
pay with cash seventy five percent of the time.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Well, Joe, you pay with cash. Clearly you do not
live in New York City where we rarely go out
to dinner, because you need several hundies to just get
a basic meal at not even a fancy restaurant.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Yeah, this was really kind of a comeback on Clay,
who was really making the comment that he didn't know
anybody who paid with cash anymore. He didn't think anybody
paid for cash for meals at restaurants anymore. And Joe
really and there was actually there were a couple other
talkbacks as well who were saying, oh, no, I pay
for cash, pay with cash all the time.
Speaker 1 (19:31):
Somebody made a really good point about cash versus credit card,
and I remember, back way back when I was in college,
the same point being made is when you have to
pay for something using cash, you're more likely to understand
the value of it and the concept of debt, whereas
and this is why I really can't stand that they
(19:52):
have credit card companies set up on college campuses trying
to get those freshmen signed up if they don't already
have a credit card. And kids just think, oh this
piece of plastic. They just click, swipe whatever. They don't
really think about budgeting.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
No. But you know, I will tell you, having gone
through several different American Express card memberships over the years,
you learn pretty quick when they start, you know, calling
you and hammering you, and you know, oh, hey, your
bill is overdue. Oh yeah, gosh, okay at the end.
So at the end of the first month or two,
you really start to do get the signal.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
But I just feel like if you're at a store
and you're a young person and you see an item
you might want to buy, if you have to pay
for it in cash, there's something psychological about counting out
the change and like the tens, the twenties, maybe hundreds,
and then you realize, wow, this is an expensive item.
Where you hand over a piece of plastic. It just
(20:50):
doesn't register the same way.
Speaker 2 (20:52):
No, I totally, one hundred percent. My wife is the
same way. She loves paying with cash. It's the same thing.
And actually she uses coins when she pays, So if
it's you know, two seventy nine, she'll give them a
five and then seventy nine cents because she hates getting
a change back. She doesn't want to change back because
(21:12):
she's not a fan of the of the coins. So
we're very different in that way.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Okay, let's go to this unidentified college.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Yes, woman from Minnesota. I think this is an interesting point.
Speaker 4 (21:23):
I just had to comment on the penny thing.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
I am thrilled that they are stopping penny production because
I have a huge penny collection.
Speaker 1 (21:33):
Maybe it'll be worth something more than a dollar.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Well, that could be you, allie. I mean you could be.
You don't know how much money you could be making
in the future if you just continue holding on to
all those coins that you have, they could be worth
something someday. Oh they're so heavy, they'll be so rare,
I think what you know. Unfortunately, there's so many in circulation,
it's just going to be face value for a long
long time.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
I don't think I'm going to be around by the
time there was something.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
Yeah, I don't. I don't think this woman has to
worry about making you know, four dollars per penny or
anything like that anytime soon.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
So Greg a penny for your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (22:12):
This has been fun. It's been nice to do this again.
You know, we've got had a lot of stuff going
on around here, and it's always crazy, and especially with
the launch of Clay's new book and you know, everything
else that's been going the holidays are coming up, and
it's just been you know.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Well, I think in generally it's a frenetic pace, this
job anyways, but then you add to it this administration,
the amount of news we're getting. It's so much juggling
there is and deciding what to focus on. So sometimes
when we come across a story that's just a little
bit lighter, even if it does touch on other larger
(22:53):
issues like inflation, we just sort of exhale and have
fun with it, and it is a welcome change. And
then when we see all of you email and calling
and wanting to weigh in as well, it's validating.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
It definitely is. We love it when you respond to
something that something hits you and you send us to feedback,
whether it's through the VIP, email, through the talkback, or
even calling us here on the show. And I'm always
happy to take your calls, and because I'm usually the
one who's answering them, occasionally Producer Mark occasionally Ali so.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
And we should also remind people that the talkback feature
is also something you can do. Some people are still
a little confused how it works, So just a quick
run through. You just go on your phone, fire up
the iHeartRadio app, it's free, find the Clay and Bucks show,
and you'll see a little microphone icon on the upper
right hand corner of the screen. You just click it. It
(23:52):
gives you thirty seconds to leave your message, and off
it goes and Greg gets all of those and listens
and some of them get on the air.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Yep. We always do our best to make sure that
klaimbuck have an idea of exactly what's going on and
where the general population is feeling. So we always keep
them up to date on what's going on as what
you're feeling and thinking.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
And on that note, is are there any sponsors we
should mention on today's show?
Speaker 2 (24:23):
Well, I was just I was just thinking, maybe you
know it's getting cooler out, it might be a nice
time to talk about Cozy Earth.
Speaker 1 (24:31):
Well, Greg, we are not on video right now, but
I am wearing my Cozy Earth cardigan.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
It's a very nice cardening. I like that sweater a lot.
Speaker 1 (24:40):
Actually, it's very cozy. And a funny story is I
got this and we went to d C. Clay and
I were there a few weeks ago, and just like
he has trouble with the hotel lights, I seem to
have trouble with the thermostat. I can never get the
room to be a temperature that it's either too hot
too cold, it's goldilocks. I can't get it just right right.
(25:02):
So I was freezing and I had my Cozy Earth
sweater and I ended up using it as a blanket
because it's an oversized sweater and it was great nice.
Speaker 2 (25:12):
It looks so warm, and it's very soft, and it's fashionable.
I think it's it brings together everything. It's everything you
want in any sort of sweater that you have. And
the fact that it's Cozy Earth too, you know, the
quality is always there.
Speaker 1 (25:26):
Yes, it's Kashmir, so I feel very fancy in it. Oh,
I cannot bring it home. I leave it at work
because if I bring it home, the moths in our apartment.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Oh no, you have moths.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Oh no, most New York City dwellings in my neighborhood.
Speaker 6 (25:41):
Do.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
I'm putting mothballs in your Christmas stocking this year?
Speaker 1 (25:44):
No, those things smell so bad. We have cedar chips,
We do various things, but it's like you almost can't
get away from it in these old buildings.
Speaker 2 (25:52):
Yeah. So your cats don't chase the moths.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
They do, so they do. They play with them, though
they don't really do much else. Oh no, So.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Well, Cozy Earth is something that you should always you
should definitely check out.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
And I also have the sheets of Funny story I
When we were signing up with Cozy Earth, we got
to try some of their products, and they aren't wrong
about the sheets. I know people like, oh, you guys
always say it's just the best, the best, the best,
But they really are, Greg, They're amazing. I actually order
some for my parents too. I'm going to give them
(26:29):
to them for Christmas. And I know, sheets for Christmas,
that's like a weird gift, but it's actually not when
you try these.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Well, that's good to know because I'm going to have
to get something. I'm trying to get creative this year
for Christmas, so maybe I'll get some sheets from my wife.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
She will love them. They really are. You're going to
be like, oh they.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
Were right, Oh good. That's good to know.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
And right now, if you use Clay or Buck's name
either one in the discount promo code section as you're
checking out, you'll get a nice discount.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
So make sure you head on over.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
To cozyarth dot com.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
That's the website that you want to go to, and
then put in Clay or Buck's name for the special
code and get your discount.
Speaker 1 (27:11):
All right, Greg, that's a wrap on this after hours,
if you have any questions or things you want us
to tell you about about behind the scenes on the show.
Feel free to let us know.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
Yeah, if you want to talk about coins and tell
us your stories or your opinions about what's going to
happen to the penny, whether we should get two dollars
coins minted in the United States as well, and bring
back the five hundred dollars bill you send us talkbacks
about that too.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Until next time, I'm producer Greg, I'm producer Ali.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
See then,
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