U.S. Post Offices

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian Caitlin Gill (TruTV, SF Punchline) and comedy podcaster/writer Andrew Ti (Yo Is This Racist?, ‘mixed-ish’) for a look at why U.S. Post Offices are secretly incredibly fascinating.

This is one of two episodes released on our Super Double Premiere Day! Find the other episode (“Cattle”) in this podcast feed.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episodes.

LINKS FOR OUR GUESTS:

• Caitlin Gill’s stand-up album Major
• Andrew Ti’s podcast Yo Is This Racist? (Earwolf)
• mixed-ish (ABC)

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• Museum of Durham History

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• “The tumultuous history of the U.S. Postal Service—and its constant fight for survival” by Boyce Upholt (National Geographic)
• Undelivered: From the Great Postal Strike of 1970 to the Manufactured Crisis of the U.S. Postal Service by Philip F. Rubio (The University of North Carolina Press)
• Postal Facts (facts.USPS.com)
• Postal Service Mission and Motto
• Smallest Post Office in the United States (RoadsideAmerica.com)
• Mule Mail (USPS Blog)
• In the Grand Canyon, the U.S. Postal Service still delivers mail by mule (Smithsonian Insider)
• ‘Appraising’ an obscure office in Manhattan (Postlandia)
• America’s Quirkiest Post Offices: “Post-A-Nut” (Travel & Leisure)
• TripAdvisor page for “Post-A-Nut”, Hoolehua Post Office
• America’s Quirkiest Post Offices: J. W. Westcott II, Detroit (Travel & Leisure)
• Postal Savings System (USPS Historian)
• How the post office created America (Marketplace APM)
• President Bush Signs Postal Bill Into Law (Postal Affairs Blog)
• U.S. Post Office [2019] losses more than double to $8.8 billion for the year, while revenue rises (Marketwatch)
• Why We Need To Save The Postal Service | Full Frontal on TBS
• USPS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)