SYSK Selects: How the U.S. Postal Service Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Back when this episode aired, the USPS was teetering on the edge of going under and there were a lot of plans on the table to save it. With the USPS again at risk now for different reasons, join Chuck and Josh as they explore the history and future of the postal service in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.6	Hey friends and family, it's me Josh, your pal, your buddy, avenging Angel, all that jazz.
0:38.6	For this week's S.Y.S.K.S. Selects, I've chosen how the U.S. Postal Service works.
0:43.9	Because as you may know, the Postal Service is under threat of being closed and going
0:48.8	under yet again.
0:50.6	And we don't want that.
0:54.2	For some reason we can't quite put our finger on.
0:56.2	I hope you'll enjoy this episode and it rouses you to do something.
0:58.6	Like save the post office.
1:03.0	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's How Stuff Works.
1:09.6	Hey and welcome to The Podcasts.
1:15.0	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:16.6	I'm Amy Goetman.
1:17.6	This is Democracy Now, the Warren Peas Report, WarrenPeas.org, etc.
1:21.2	I'm Steven Skill.
1:22.2	How you doing?
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