{"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":"Eric Ellis Talks Politics, Corey Walton, and Josh Hawley","slug":"eric-ellis-talks-politics-corey-walton-and-josh-hawley","published_at":"2026-08-24T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410/eric-ellis-talks-politics-corey-walton-and-josh-hawley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/classesofmail/3088081","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/203340/3088081/classesofmail/2026_08_22_00_53_47_9a5504ae-bc3f-4e35-86c2-9a48b5fc1421.mp3","summary":"Eric Ellis comes on to bring some much needed nuance to our political discussions. We discuss the recent muckraking of Corey Walton, bringing up political posts from 10 years ago. I get Eric's take on what it means for Corey's run for Executive Vice President. We also talk about letter carriers' political divides more broadly, and the union's need to reach politicians on BOTH sides of the aisle. We finish with a discussion about Josh Hawley, who has taken a significant interest in the Post Office lately. Is he a friend to the letter carrier?","meta_description":"Eric Ellis comes on to bring some much needed nuance to our political discussions. We discuss the recent muckraking of Corey Walton, bringing up political…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2751,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/classes-of-mail-6306410/episodes/eric-ellis-talks-politics-corey-walton-and-josh-hawley/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/eric-ellis-talks-politics-corey-walton-and-josh-hawley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}