Civics 101

Episode 77: U.S. Postal Service

<p>One of the founding institutions of America's government is also one of the most overlooked and surprising ones: the Postal Service. What role did it play in shaping the early, disparate colonies into a unified nation? How has it survived the digital age? And what's its future going forward? Our guest is <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/9604/winifred-gallagher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winifred Gallagher</a>, writer and author of <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/311582/how-the-post-office-created-america-by-winifred-gallagher/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How the Post Office Created America.   </a></p>

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