AR-SP47 Postal Service with Steve Kochersperger

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Our February Round Table discussed how the postal service worked during the American Revolution. Joining us was Steve Kochersperger, historian for the United States Postal Service. To see upcoming roundtable events, or listen to past recordings, go to ⁠AmRevRT.org⁠ To participate live in future Zoom events, be sure to join as a member on ⁠Patreon⁠, or sign up for my ⁠mailing list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Welcome to True Spies.
0:07.0	The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.
0:12.5	Suddenly out of the dark that's appeared in Lobbin.
0:14.5	You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
0:18.1	What do they know?
0:19.2	What are their skills?
0:20.5	And what would you do in their position?
0:22.9	Vengeance felt good. Seeing these people pay for what they'd done felt righteous.
0:29.1	True spies from Spyscape Studios, wherever you get your podcasts. costs. Hello, and thank you for joining this special edition of the American Revolution.
0:51.4	Our roundtable this month discussed how the mail system worked during the
0:55.5	Revolutionary War. Our guest, Steve Cottresberger, is the historian for the United States
1:01.9	Postal Service. Steve began his career with the Postal Service more than 40 years ago.
1:07.8	He joined the historian's office in 2012 and became the acting historian in December of
1:15.1	2023. As always, our roundtable discussion was recorded on Zoom.
1:21.4	All right. Welcome, everyone, to the American Revolution Roundtable. Our guest tonight is
1:26.3	Stephen Contrasberger, who is the historian for the United
1:30.3	States Postal Service. Steve, welcome to the American Revolution Roundtable. Thank you, Mike. It's
1:36.7	great to be here. I'm a longtime fan of the show, and I appreciate the detail that you guys get into.
1:43.7	Looking forward to it.
1:45.6	Before we get into the main topic, why don't you tell us a little about your background,
1:50.4	what you do as historian for the Postal Service?
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