{"podcast":{"title":"Classes of Mail","slug":"classes-of-mail-6306410","podcast_index_feed_id":6306410,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/classesofmail/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/classesofmail","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/classesofmail/20260404_010430_5efa4cf3dbe211ee150f4050bde3b4e6.png","author":"Alan Gegax","episode_count":304,"summary":"This podcast is intended to empower city letter carriers. Through education, we'll make ourselves better carriers who are immune to discipline and mistreatment by management, and are forces for positive change and reform within our own union. I do not speak for the USPS or NALC (or anybody else, for that matter!), this is not an official USPS or NALC podcast, and all opinions and advice are my own or my guests'. Submit feedback, questions, or topic suggestions to classesofmail@gmail.com .","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T16:21:23.431680+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410"},"episode":{"title":"Branch 70 in Their Own Words - The Response to Michael Rivera's Conviction Appeal (Part 1 of 2)","slug":"branch-70-in-their-own-words-the-response-to-michael-rivera-s-conviction-appeal-part-1-of-2","published_at":"2026-07-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410/branch-70-in-their-own-words-the-response-to-michael-rivera-s-conviction-appeal-part-1-of-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/classesofmail/2925165","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/203340/2925165/classesofmail/2026_06_18_13_22_46_76a0981b-91cc-46e3-a6c8-6ed73d837dd6.mp3","summary":"This is the other side of the story. Branch 70 prepared a reply to Michael Rivera, and I am going to read every word of it and discuss it with Michael Brasaemle. This is part one of two. While listening, bear in mind the two statements, written within an election appeal and shown to be false, that have caused all this trouble. To summarize, one is that the Branch President didn't relinquish his microphone to accept his nomination. The other is that there was going to be one microphone for nominations, but there wound up being three. Again, both of those allegations wound up being false. Think about the harm those statements caused to the branch in general, and specifically to the members of the election committee. Financial harm? Emotional distress? Loss of work? Or did nobody care, because they're insignificant accusations. The Branch makes its case for why Michael Rivera deserves an 18 month suspension for those two statements. Listen and decide for yourself.","meta_description":"This is the other side of the story. Branch 70 prepared a reply to Michael Rivera, and I am going to read every word of it and discuss it with Michael Bra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3649,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/classes-of-mail-6306410/episodes/branch-70-in-their-own-words-the-response-to-michael-rivera-s-conviction-appeal-part-1-of-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410/branch-70-in-their-own-words-the-response-to-michael-rivera-s-conviction-appeal-part-1-of-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}