Comments on: You’ve Got Mail: A History of the Post Office

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:42:31 +0000

[...] American Postal System 53 mins – “These days, what we find in the mailbox tends to fall into one of two categories: junk mail or quaint hand-written reminders of times past. While the mail may now vacillate between irritating or antiquated, for the more than two hundred years the U.S. Post Office played a central role in American life. It was not only the institution that allowed us to communicate with each other across state lines and beyond, but it played a vital part in our country’s political organization and hierarchies.” At the link right-click “Download” and select “Save Link As” from the drop-down menu. [...]

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:26:43 +0000

By: Matt R

Matt R — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:25:28 +0000

Hello, I recently heard this episode again and thought of an interesting event that wasn’t covered – I read that during the Great Depression that the post office was under-funded so the military tried to take over the mail delivery, but the scope of the operations was such that there were many accidents and plane crashes and the program had to be stopped. It would be interesting to hear more about this topic.

By: Alec

Alec — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:04:52 +0000

Just listened to this episode – one of the best of your show or any other history based podcast.

By: Christopher Corbett, English, on BackStory With the American History Guys | UMBC Insights Weekly

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:12:36 +0000

[...] the American History Guys tackled the history of postal delivery in America in an episode entitled “You’ve Got Mail: A History of the Post Office.” Among the guests who appeared was Christopher Corbett, professor and interim chair of English. [...]

By: You’ve Got Mail: Music | BackStory with the American History Guys

You’ve Got Mail: Music | BackStory with the American History Guys — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:09:48 +0000

[...] This is a list of the music used in the BackStory episode “You’ve Got Mail: A History of the Post Office” broadcast in July of 2012. You can listen to the entire episode here. [...]

By: You’ve Got Mail: Show Segments | BackStory with the American History Guys

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:48:41 +0000

[...] The following are individual show segments included in the BackStory episode “You’ve Got Mail: A History of the Post Office” broadcast in July of 2012. You can listen to the entire episode here. [...]