E3: Passive-Aggressive Postcards

Passive-aggressive postcards pack a punch. In just a few lines, the writer can foist guilt on the reader. "I haven't heard from you; in case you care, I'm very sick." Or a card can say, "Why haven't you written?" Or worse: don't write to me again. In this episode, Frank Roche is joined by Lori Feldman. They talk about passive-aggressive postcards from the early 1900s and how there are many similarities to modern communication. Not much has changed...hurt and indirect communication still exist. But in the Golden Age of Postcards, the burn lingered longer. Bonus content: you also get to hear about extrusions, bathyscaphs and a hospital in Excelsior Springs, Missouri that had a particular specialty.