{"podcast":{"title":"The Real News Podcast","slug":"the-real-news-podcast-1085016","podcast_index_feed_id":1085016,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2952221/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-real-news-audio-on-demand","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2811bd18a6fab58d3edbf143e96023cb.jpg","author":"The Real News Network","episode_count":4503,"summary":"Daily Reports, specials, and podcasts by The Real News Network (TRNN). TRNN makes media connecting you to the movements, people, and perspectives that are advancing the cause of a more just, equal, and livable planet. TRNN is a nonprofit media organization. We do not accept advertising revenue or corporate sponsorship. Sign up for our newsletter at therealnews.com Text us at (410) 431-0868 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T06:18:20.085560+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016"},"episode":{"title":"US Postal Workers Side with Communities over Collaboration with ICE","slug":"us-postal-workers-side-with-communities-over-collaboration-with-ice","published_at":"2026-04-01T17:45:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016/us-postal-workers-side-with-communities-over-collaboration-with-ice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/us-postal-workers-side-with-communities-over-collaboration-with-ice--71044901","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71044901/s9e13_working_people_connor_mauche_usps_worker_v1_boost.mp3","summary":"While facing decades-long political efforts to throttle and privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS), and while US Postmaster General David Steiner ominously warns that the USPS will “run out of money” within a year, postal workers continue to deliver the mail and serve communities across the country. But that job has gotten harder, more dangerous, and more complicated in recent years. From increases in targeted violence against letter carriers to the Trump administration’s attacks on mail-in voting, to ICE and Border Patrol agents invading communities on their mail routes, USPS workers are confronting many daily hazards on the job that the public doesn’t see. In this episode, we speak with Connor Mauche, a letter carrier in New York and a shop steward for Branch 3 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, about what it’s like to be a postal worker in America in 2026. Additional links/info: National Association of Letter Carriers - Branch 3 website Ann DeStefano Sutherland, The Revolt of the Good Guys (a documentary about the Great Postal Strike of 1970) Derek Dolbeare, Labor Notes , “ Dispatch: Letter carriers are gearing up for another contract fight ” Sara Braun, The Guardian , “ Nearly blind refugee abandoned by US border patrol found dead in Buffalo ” Monique Morrissey, Economic Policy Institute, “ Why is President Trump attacking the Postal Service? ” Susan Haigh, AP, “ US Postal Service expects to run out of cash in a year without help from Congress, postmaster says ” Featured Music: Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song Credits: Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support . Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analys…","meta_description":"While facing decades-long political efforts to throttle and privatize the United States Postal Service (USPS), and while US Postmaster General David Stein…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2443,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-real-news-podcast-1085016/episodes/us-postal-workers-side-with-communities-over-collaboration-with-ice/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast-1085016/us-postal-workers-side-with-communities-over-collaboration-with-ice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}