A podcast about the Post Office that's actually about power, public institutions, and the people history erased. 📬 pod.link/1849228526https://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mkdv2wgftk2oThe 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 #postoffice25 Apr 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdv2wgftk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mkdus4rze22oPhysical 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 https://pod.link/184922852625 Apr 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdus4rze22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mkb2tnavgs2xThe 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 https://pod.link/184922852624 Apr 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkb2tnavgs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mkasz7elo22dMail carriers are heroes #votingrights #postalservice #saveusps #podcast #postoffice24 Apr 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkasz7elo22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mkaswa5ewc2dRural 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 https://pod.link/184922852624 Apr 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkaswa5ewc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mk3xheczic2nThe 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 #civilrights22 Apr 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3xheczic2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mk3xdhpb3k2n80% 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 https://pod.link/184922852622 Apr 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3xdhpb3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjzczafdbs2uTHREAD 🧵 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)21 Apr 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzczafdbs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjz6p5m5fc2xHe 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 #postalservice21 Apr 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz6p5m5fc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjz6mv75tk2xThe British knew that controlling the mail meant controlling the colonies. The playbook hasn't changed, it's just moved online. https://peopleofagency.substack.com/p/you-cant-start-a-revolution-if-you?r=86eo9721 Apr 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz6mv75tk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjxsrslfbc23Perfectly working male sorting machines… Disassembled #votingrights #votebymail #postalservice #saveusps #podcastshow21 Apr 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxsrslfbc23https://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjxsolkfec23The 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. https://open.substack.com/pub/peopleofagency/p/the-best-employee-the-post-office?r=86eo97&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true21 Apr 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxsolkfec23https://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjx7zxrb3c2cStop 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/184922852620 Apr 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjx7zxrb3c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjwoxnz6ms2xThe mail still delivers during, and in the middle of, national disasters #postalservice #nationaldisaster #podcast #saveusps #postoffice20 Apr 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwoxnz6ms2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjwotvz5rc2xMary 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 https://pod.link/184922852620 Apr 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwotvz5rc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjwh4g6tdc2eRoosevelt 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 https://pod.link/184922852620 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwh4g6tdc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjv5idary22mOn 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 #usps19 Apr 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjv5idary22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjv5gdbxwk2mThis 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 https://pod.link/184922852619 Apr 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjv5gdbxwk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjpjkdqq6s22Before 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 https://pod.link/184922852617 Apr 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpjkdqq6s22https://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjpjjv5vpk22Postal 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 https://pod.link/184922852617 Apr 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpjjv5vpk22https://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjnp5wy2222uAnd 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 #saveusps17 Apr 2026 00:46 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnp5wy2222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjnotgp5fs2uIf 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 https://pod.link/184922852617 Apr 2026 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnotgp5fs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjmuq72yn22zDOGE shut down in late 2025 having failed to cut spending, save money, or improve anything. What it did accomplish was the largest gutting of the federal workforce and hat was probably the point.16 Apr 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmuq72yn22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjmupnuhh22zSubscribe to People of Agency wherever you listen. All 14 episodes available now. We're taking your 250 years of postal history and showing you why it matters in 2026. Start with Episode 1 or jump to the finale. Your choice: pod.link/1849228526 https://pod.link/184922852616 Apr 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmupnuhh22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mji2bcwccs2fMarch 2025: DeJoy resigns after fighting DOGE to prevent privatization. July 2025: David Steiner becomes Postmaster General. His previous job? FedEx board member. The threats haven't stopped. Episode 14 covers where we are right now.14 Apr 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mji2bcwccs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjhnyylydk2tThe confusion is the point When people don't know the rules when rules changes 4 months before an election when some states have grace periods and others don't and no one's sure what's valid few people vote #electionsmatter #election #voting #votebymail #saveusps14 Apr 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhnyylydk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjhnhsbafc2eThe Grand Alliance coordinated 80+ organizations during COVID. NAACP, VoteVets, National Council of Churches, Greenpeace, MoveOn. Groups that don't usually work together. They organized at 300 post offices. They won the 2022 Reform Act. Ep 14: pod.link/1849228526 https://pod.link/184922852614 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhnhsbafc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/peopleofagency.bsky.social/post/3mjfq3uc6xc2vSeason 1 finale is out NOW. 14 episodes covering Revolutionary origins to 2026 privatization threats. We're already working on Season 2 about journalism history and the Fourth Estate. But first, listen to Season 1: pod.link/1849228526 https://pod.link/184922852613 Apr 2026 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:53cmfpl2tvecidwar76wsfzm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfq3uc6xc2v