{"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":266,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410"},"episode":{"title":"Ryan Akers Is Discipline Proof","slug":"ryan-akers-is-discipline-proof","published_at":"2026-03-21T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410/ryan-akers-is-discipline-proof","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/classes-of-mail-6306410","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/classesofmail/2606854","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/203340/2606854/classesofmail/2026_03_06_19_13_55_5b04d062-f006-422a-b9c8-db606469c910.mp3","summary":"Sometimes I think about what it would have been like if I would have realized earlier in my career that I don't have to run, that if I just do the job the right way, it can be low stress. It took me fourteen years to come to those realizations. Ryan Akers figured it out MUCH faster. He joins me on this episode to talk about what it's like being a newer carrier who actually knows his rights. [I forgot to add the outro music after the episode. Sorry about that.]","meta_description":"Sometimes I think about what it would have been like if I would have realized earlier in my career that I don't have to run, that if I just do the job the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1827,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/classes-of-mail-6306410/episodes/ryan-akers-is-discipline-proof/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/ryan-akers-is-discipline-proof.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}