Can't Let It Go

Planet Money

NPR

Business, News

4.6 • 29.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Irrational decisions. Things we can't let go. Friend of the show Sam Sanders comes by to talk obsessions. We turn to economics for advice, clarity and comfort. | Subscribe to Sam's podcast, It's Been A Minute.

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0:00.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:03.7	Sam Sanders, welcome to Planet Money.
0:09.4	You are of course the host of the Fabulous Podcast.
0:12.5	It's been a minute, which is one of my personal favorite shows.
0:15.3	Well Karen, that is very kind of you to say as promised your check is in the mail.
0:19.5	Right.
0:20.5	Sam, what are we doing today?
0:23.9	So this episode we're going to do with thing that I actually began doing way back when
0:28.2	I used to host the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:31.6	It's this segment called Can't Let It Go, where I would invite people to share the thing
0:35.7	that they just couldn't stop thinking about.
0:37.8	A song, a meal, a new car, a meme, whatever.
0:41.5	And today we are going to bring that segment to Planet Money.
0:45.3	The entire show will be just our obsession.
0:47.7	It will include the Beyonce of Economics.
0:50.7	We will also seek professional help to get free of a particularly persistent obsession
0:55.0	of ours.
0:56.3	Also butter.
0:57.3	Hello and welcome to Planet Money.
0:59.0	I'm Sam Sanders.
1:00.1	And I'm Karen Duffin.
1:01.5	Today on the show, the things we can't let go.
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