People of Agency
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A podcast about the Post Office that's actually about power, public institutions, and the people history erased. 📬
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ALERT *** ALERT *** ALERT Postmark Dates No Longer Valid
This short (10 min) ep explains that postmark dates NO LONGER REPRESENT WHEN YOU MAILED.
CRITICAL for mail-in ballots, tax returns, legal docs, etc.
Please Repost 🙏
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This short (10 min) ep explains that postmark dates NO LONGER REPRESENT WHEN YOU MAILED.
CRITICAL for mail-in ballots, tax returns, legal docs, etc.
Please Repost 🙏
@peopleofagency.bsky.social
rss.com/podcasts/peo...
May 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
ALERT *** ALERT *** ALERT Postmark Dates No Longer Valid
This short (10 min) ep explains that postmark dates NO LONGER REPRESENT WHEN YOU MAILED.
CRITICAL for mail-in ballots, tax returns, legal docs, etc.
Please Repost 🙏
@peopleofagency.bsky.social
rss.com/podcasts/peo...
This short (10 min) ep explains that postmark dates NO LONGER REPRESENT WHEN YOU MAILED.
CRITICAL for mail-in ballots, tax returns, legal docs, etc.
Please Repost 🙏
@peopleofagency.bsky.social
rss.com/podcasts/peo...
The real fight was being waged in Washington by the private express companies the big railroad corporations and the powerful lobbyists who were terrified of losing their monopoly on package delivery
#postalservice #podcast #usps #saveusps #postoffice
#postalservice #podcast #usps #saveusps #postoffice
April 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The real fight was being waged in Washington by the private express companies the big railroad corporations and the powerful lobbyists who were terrified of losing their monopoly on package delivery
#postalservice #podcast #usps #saveusps #postoffice
#postalservice #podcast #usps #saveusps #postoffice
Physical mail requires 21% less cognitive effort than digital media. 20% higher motivation response. 70% higher brand recall. Neuroscientists can measure this. Your brain literally processes physical mail differently. Episode 7: pod.link/1849228526
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April 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Physical mail requires 21% less cognitive effort than digital media. 20% higher motivation response. 70% higher brand recall. Neuroscientists can measure this. Your brain literally processes physical mail differently. Episode 7: pod.link/1849228526
The Patriots shut down the Royal Mail in 1775 because the Crown was using it to censor and control information. Communication networks have always been about power. Who controls them, who profits, who gets excluded. Ep 1: pod.link/1849228526
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April 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The Patriots shut down the Royal Mail in 1775 because the Crown was using it to censor and control information. Communication networks have always been about power. Who controls them, who profits, who gets excluded. Ep 1: pod.link/1849228526
April 24, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Rural Free Delivery wasn't the government's idea. Farmers and the Grange organized for DECADES to demand equal service. If city folks got home delivery, everyone should. It was pure populism. It worked. Episode 4: pod.link/1849228526
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April 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Rural Free Delivery wasn't the government's idea. Farmers and the Grange organized for DECADES to demand equal service. If city folks got home delivery, everyone should. It was pure populism. It worked. Episode 4: pod.link/1849228526
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"Her name is Mary Fields, and she will become a postal history legend. But before we meet Stagecoach Mary, we need to understand the postal system she bent to her will."
"Her name is Mary Fields, and she will become a postal history legend. But before we meet Stagecoach Mary, we need to understand the postal system she bent to her will."
April 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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"Her name is Mary Fields, and she will become a postal history legend. But before we meet Stagecoach Mary, we need to understand the postal system she bent to her will."
"Her name is Mary Fields, and she will become a postal history legend. But before we meet Stagecoach Mary, we need to understand the postal system she bent to her will."
The white supremacist backlash was in full swing. They used voter suppression laws poll taxes literacy tests grandfather clauses white primaries and more to strip away Black political power
#jimcrow #postalservice #podcast #usps #civilrights
#jimcrow #postalservice #podcast #usps #civilrights
April 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The white supremacist backlash was in full swing. They used voter suppression laws poll taxes literacy tests grandfather clauses white primaries and more to strip away Black political power
#jimcrow #postalservice #podcast #usps #civilrights
#jimcrow #postalservice #podcast #usps #civilrights
80% of VA outpatient prescriptions are delivered by mail. 330,000 veterans receive prescriptions daily. If USPS goes away, private carriers charge rural surcharges. Veterans in Alaska would pay $15+ extra PER prescription. Ep 7: pod.link/1849228526
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April 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
80% of VA outpatient prescriptions are delivered by mail. 330,000 veterans receive prescriptions daily. If USPS goes away, private carriers charge rural surcharges. Veterans in Alaska would pay $15+ extra PER prescription. Ep 7: pod.link/1849228526
THREAD 🧵 Her name was Mary Fields. Born enslaved around 1832. By age 60, she was carrying U.S. mail through Montana blizzards with two guns and zero days missed. Let me tell you who she actually was. (1/5)
April 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
THREAD 🧵 Her name was Mary Fields. Born enslaved around 1832. By age 60, she was carrying U.S. mail through Montana blizzards with two guns and zero days missed. Let me tell you who she actually was. (1/5)
He was telling the South in no uncertain terms that the federal government had a role to play in protecting its citizens, a role that had been neglected since the end of Reconstruction
#reconstruction #civilrights #postoffice #usps #postalservice
#reconstruction #civilrights #postoffice #usps #postalservice
April 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
He was telling the South in no uncertain terms that the federal government had a role to play in protecting its citizens, a role that had been neglected since the end of Reconstruction
#reconstruction #civilrights #postoffice #usps #postalservice
#reconstruction #civilrights #postoffice #usps #postalservice
The British knew that controlling the mail meant controlling the colonies. The playbook hasn't changed, it's just moved online.
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April 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
The British knew that controlling the mail meant controlling the colonies. The playbook hasn't changed, it's just moved online.
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Perfectly working male sorting machines… Disassembled
#votingrights #votebymail #postalservice #saveusps #podcastshow
#votingrights #votebymail #postalservice #saveusps #podcastshow
April 21, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Perfectly working male sorting machines… Disassembled
#votingrights #votebymail #postalservice #saveusps #podcastshow
#votingrights #votebymail #postalservice #saveusps #podcastshow
The story of Owney, the stray terrier who became the mascot of the Railway Mail Service, circled the globe with the mail, and made the loneliest job in America feel like a family.
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April 21, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The story of Owney, the stray terrier who became the mascot of the Railway Mail Service, circled the globe with the mail, and made the loneliest job in America feel like a family.
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Stop calling her "Stagecoach Mary." Her name was Mary Fields. First Black woman to carry U.S. mail. 8 years, never missed a delivery. 6 feet tall, 60+ years old, two guns, drove through blizzards. Use her actual name. Episode 2: pod.link/1849228526
April 20, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Stop calling her "Stagecoach Mary." Her name was Mary Fields. First Black woman to carry U.S. mail. 8 years, never missed a delivery. 6 feet tall, 60+ years old, two guns, drove through blizzards. Use her actual name. Episode 2: pod.link/1849228526
The mail still delivers during, and in the middle of, national disasters
#postalservice #nationaldisaster #podcast #saveusps #postoffice
#postalservice #nationaldisaster #podcast #saveusps #postoffice
April 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The mail still delivers during, and in the middle of, national disasters
#postalservice #nationaldisaster #podcast #saveusps #postoffice
#postalservice #nationaldisaster #podcast #saveusps #postoffice
Mary Fields was "a customized parody to deflect and humiliate" a formidable woman. Researcher Miantae Metcalf McConnell. We're done with cute nicknames that make powerful women smaller. Her name was Mary Fields. Episode 2: pod.link/1849228526
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April 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Mary Fields was "a customized parody to deflect and humiliate" a formidable woman. Researcher Miantae Metcalf McConnell. We're done with cute nicknames that make powerful women smaller. Her name was Mary Fields. Episode 2: pod.link/1849228526
Roosevelt to Congress: "The door of hope should be kept open to all." He shut down Indianola's post office indefinitely rather than let a mob force out a Black postmaster. Minnie Cox later founded one of the first Black-owned banks in Mississippi. Ep 4: pod.link/1849228526
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April 20, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Roosevelt to Congress: "The door of hope should be kept open to all." He shut down Indianola's post office indefinitely rather than let a mob force out a Black postmaster. Minnie Cox later founded one of the first Black-owned banks in Mississippi. Ep 4: pod.link/1849228526
On one side you have the Grange. The organized farmers demanding a public good a service that would bring equality and access to everyone no matter how remote
#farmers #postalservice #podcast #rural #usps
#farmers #postalservice #podcast #rural #usps
April 19, 2026 at 11:51 PM
On one side you have the Grange. The organized farmers demanding a public good a service that would bring equality and access to everyone no matter how remote
#farmers #postalservice #podcast #rural #usps
#farmers #postalservice #podcast #rural #usps
This isn't a podcast about stamps and mailboxes. It's about power, organizing, and who public institutions actually serve. From the Revolutionary War to 2026. All 14 episodes available now: pod.link/1849228526
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April 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This isn't a podcast about stamps and mailboxes. It's about power, organizing, and who public institutions actually serve. From the Revolutionary War to 2026. All 14 episodes available now: pod.link/1849228526
Before 1896, city folks got mail delivered to their homes. Rural families had to travel 7+ miles to town. They paid the same postage but got no delivery. The farmers said: that's not equal service. They organized. They won. Ep 4: pod.link/1849228526
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April 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Before 1896, city folks got mail delivered to their homes. Rural families had to travel 7+ miles to town. They paid the same postage but got no delivery. The farmers said: that's not equal service. They organized. They won. Ep 4: pod.link/1849228526
Postal workers legally cannot strike. When we talk about the 1970 strike being huge, it's because they risked EVERYTHING. 200,000 workers broke federal law. Won collective bargaining. Still can't strike today. Episode 10: pod.link/1849228526
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April 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Postal workers legally cannot strike. When we talk about the 1970 strike being huge, it's because they risked EVERYTHING. 200,000 workers broke federal law. Won collective bargaining. Still can't strike today. Episode 10: pod.link/1849228526
And really what's so fascinating about all of these stories is it tells us a lot about public trust It's really does sound so reckless to us now but for them the post office was the most reliable and in many ways the safest mode of transportation
#postalservice #podcast #usps #postoffice #saveusps
#postalservice #podcast #usps #postoffice #saveusps
April 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM
And really what's so fascinating about all of these stories is it tells us a lot about public trust It's really does sound so reckless to us now but for them the post office was the most reliable and in many ways the safest mode of transportation
#postalservice #podcast #usps #postoffice #saveusps
#postalservice #podcast #usps #postoffice #saveusps
If you've been listening all season: thank you. If you're just discovering us: start anywhere. Episode 1 for Revolutionary origins, Episode 14 for contemporary threats, Episode 7 for "why does this matter." All at: pod.link/1849228526
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April 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
If you've been listening all season: thank you. If you're just discovering us: start anywhere. Episode 1 for Revolutionary origins, Episode 14 for contemporary threats, Episode 7 for "why does this matter." All at: pod.link/1849228526
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"There is no reason ... to ask the [U.S.] Postal Service to turn a profit."
FedEx and UPS — two private carriers positioned to capitalize on a weakened U.S. Postal Service — poured nearly $20 million into federal lobbying in 2025, an OpenSecrets analysis found.
As Postal Service Faces Cash Crisis, FedEx and UPS Spend Millions on Lobbying
Lobbying from private carriers has helped limit USPS expansion into new services like postal banking.
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April 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
"There is no reason ... to ask the [U.S.] Postal Service to turn a profit."