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They are still manufacturing in Pennsylvania, California, and Canada.

But the Chicago plant, they said, just became too expensive to keep running.

Old machines kept needing repair.

In the end, what killed the chocolate smell in Chicago was not federal regulations.

It was not government meddling.

It was good old-fashioned old age.

Which, I don't know.

Maybe it's nice not to blame the government for something once in a while.

When does that ever happen?

Today's episode of our show was produced by Diane Cook, Robin Semien, and myself, with Alex Bloomberg, Jane Marie, Sarah Koenig, Amy O'Leary, and Lisa Pollack.

Senior producer for this episode was Julie Snyder.

Production help from Sam Hallgren, Thea Chaloner, Seth Lin, Tommy Andreas, and B.A.

Parker.

Music up from Jessica Hopper.

Production help on today's rerun from Matt Tierney and Chloe Weiner.

Also, Michael Comete, Molly Marcello, and Stone Nelson.

Special thanks today to Brett Ween of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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Thanks as always to our program's co-founder, Mr. Torrey Malatia, who asked me to tell you he can kick the ass of anybody in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx.