Aileen Day
Host of the podcast People of Agency and researcher/producer who researches and scripts deep dives into public institutions, focusing here on the history of the U.S. Postal Service and rural mail reform.
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Jan 14, 2026 • 1h 25min
Special Delivery: From Farm Rebellion to Mailed Babies
Aileen Day, researcher and host of People of Agency who digs into public institutions, explores how rural mail reshaped America. She traces farmer organizing for Rural Free Delivery, the rise of mail-order catalogs and Parcel Post, bizarre things people mailed, and the story of Minnie M. Cox challenging Jim Crow. The conversation ties these historical fights to modern debates over who the Post Office should serve.
