All Episodes

Fulfilling the Postal Promise of Universal Service and Financial Stability

Maximizing Opportunities for Legislative and Political Engagement

Reflecting on the State of the Postal Service with NALC President Brian Renfroe

The Latest USPS News, the Upcoming NAPS Legislative Conference and House Postal Hearing, and the Congressional Postal Roundtable

Measuring Postal Performance and Effectiveness

"Is the Postal Service Still Sustainable?"

Priming for 2026 NAPS Legislative Advocacy

Best-Selling Author Steve Grant: A Love Letter to the Postal Service

In the Midst of the 2025 Postal Service Health Benefits Program Open Season

Preparing for the 2025 Postal Service Health Benefits Program Open Season

The Evolving Postal Retail Network: Are Post Offices Still Essential?

Serving USPS Supervisors, Managers and Postmasters Through Legislative, Representational and Operational Advocacy

Congressional Postal Caucus Established

Vote By Mail Under Attack -- Again!

Reporting on the Federal and Postal Workforce

Hot Town, Summer in the City: Saving Postal Benefits, Protecting the Postal Health Benefits Program, Evaluating EAS Reclassifications and Assessing Incoming USPS Officials

Six Months Into the 119th Congress: Protetcting Postal & Federal Employees with Rep. Suhas Subramanyan (D-VA)

Remembering Rep. Gerry Connolly and Fighting Benefit Cuts

Fighting Postal and Federal Employee Benefit Cuts

Coalition Building in the Postal & Federal Community

Preparing for the 2025 NAPS Legislative Conference

Possible Presidential Takeover of the U.S. Postal Service

Catching Up With Freshman Rep. George Latimer

Holiday History and Final Legislative Update for 2024

Episode 218 December 13, 2024 -- "The USPS Under Review"

Episode 217 November 15, 2024 - "The Inaugural Postal Health Benefits Program Open Season"

Episode 216 October 30, 2024 -- "Election 2024"

Episode 215 October 16, 2024 -- "Welcoming the New USPS Health Benefits Program"

Episode 214 September 27 2024 -- "Voting by Mail: An American Tradition"

Episode 213 September 9, 2024 -- "Repealing GPO/WEP: Ending Pension Discrimination for Postal and Federal Retirees"

Episode 212 August 19, 2024 - "Chatting With PRC Commissioner Ashley Poling at NAPS Convention"

Episode 211 July 26, 2024 -- "Legislative Postal Snowball in the Summer"

Episode 210 July 2, 2024 -- "A True Postal Patriot, Postmaster General John 'AJ' Creswell"

Episode 209 June 21, 2024 -- "Multi-Partisan Lobbying with Frank McCarthy, Founder of McCarthy Advanced Consulting"

Episode 208 May 21, 2024 - A Timely Conversation with Postal Regulatory Commission Chairman Michael Kubayanda

Episode 207 April 19, 2024 -- "Senate Review of the USPS Delivering for America Plan" with Federal News Network Reporter Jory Heckman

Episode 206 April 5, 2024 -- "Reflections on the 2024 NAPS Legislative Conference and Lobbying Days" with NAPS Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore

Episode 205 March 22, 2024 -- "The 2nd Anniversary of the Postal Reform Act and the State of the Postal Service" with Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)

Episode 204 March 7, 2024 -- "Live from the 2024 NAPS Legislative Conference" with Dr. Kevin Kosar of the American Enterprise Insitute

Episode 203 February 16, 2024 -- "Postal Chat with Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)

Episode 202 January 26, 2024 -- "Those Were the Days My Friend" with former Congresswoman Connie Morella

Episode 201 January 5, 2024 -- "Reflections of a Freshman Member of Congress" with Rep. Nikki Budzinski

Episode 200 December 22, 2023 -- Legislative Benefit Enhancements and Attacks in 2024

Episode 199 December 8, 2023 -- 2023 Year End Legislative Action

Episode 198 November 10, 2023 -- "What's New in FEHBP for 2024"

Episode 197 October 27 2023 -- "Exit Interview with Former PRC Commissioner Mark Acton

Episode 196 October 6, 2023 -- "An Oy Vey" Week for the House of Representatives

Episode 195 September 22, 2023 -- "Moving the Mail"

Episode 194 September 8 , 2023 -- "Your Encore Career"

Episode 193 August 11, 2023 -- "Postal Commerce 2023"

Episode 192 July 28, 2023 -- "NAPS' Disciplinary Defense Fund -- Valuable Insurance"

Episode 191 July 14, 2020 -- "Postal Oversight on Capitol Hill"

Episode 190 June 16, 2023 -- "Postal Transparency & Accountability"

Episode 189 May 25, 2023 -- "Investing the USPS Pension Funds in Stocks and Bonds"

Episode 188 May 19, 2023 -- "Postal Police in the Senate, House Postal Hearing, Postal Regulatory Commission Inquiry -- Oh My"

Episode 187 April 28, 2023 -- "The New Postal Service Health Benefits Program" with Karla Kirby, USPS Executive Manager for the Postal Service Health Benefits Program

Episode 186 April 14, 2023 -- "Evaluating the 2023 NAPS Legislative Conference" with Chuck Mulidore, National Association of Postal Supervisors Executive Vice President

Episode 185 March 24, 2023 -- "The Postal Crime Wave: A View from Law Enforcement" with Frank Albergo, president of the Postal Police Officers Association

Episode 184 March 10, 2023 -- "Groff v. DeJoy: The Supreme Court Looks at Religious Accomodation at the USPS" with Nick Reaves of Yale Law School's Free Exercise Clinic

Episode 183 February 24, 2023 - "What's New on Capitol Hill and Legislative Conference One Month Away" with NAPS Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidlore

Episode 182 February 10, 2023 - "California Dream'n" with the Leaders of the California Postal Legislative Coalition

Episode 181 February 3, 2023 - "What's In Store for Congress and the Postal Service" with D. Kevin Kosar, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute

Episode 180 January 20, 2023 -- "The Postal Service's History as the Nation's Morality Police" with Prof. Stephen Wermiel of the American University Washington College of Law

Episode 179 January 13, 2023 -- "The First Days of the 118th Congress: The House is Not in Order" -- with Bob Levi, NAPS Director of Legislative & Political Affairs)

Episode 178 December 23, 2022 -- "The Year in Review and What to Exepct in 2023" -- with Karen Young, NAPS Magazine publisher, and NAPS Director of Legislative & Political Affairs Bob Levi

Episode 177 December 15, 2022 -- "Wolverine State Postal Activities" -- with NAPS Michiana Area Vice President Kevin Trayer

Episode 176 Decmber 9, 2022 -- "Congressional Lame Duck Issues: What Congress is Taking About" with Bob Levi, NAPS Director of Legislative and Poltical Affairs

Episode 175 November 23, 2022 -- "The 2022 Midterm Election: It's Impact on the Postal Community" with Chuck Mulidore, NAPS Executive Vice President

Episode 174 November 10 2022 -- "Choosing a Health Plan for 2023: The FEHBP Open Season" with Jay Fritz, OPM Manager for Outreach and Program Services

Episode 173 November 4, 2022 -- "Raising the Essential Funds to Conduct a Congressional Campaign" with Tina Stoll, President of Campaign Finance Consultants, Inc.

Episode 172 October 7, 2022 -- "Focusing on Retirement and Health Benefit Issues" with NARFE Staff VP John Hatton

Episode 171 September 16, 2022 -- "The 21st Anniversary of the Anthrax Attack on the USPS: Weaponizing the Mail" with former USPS Senior VP for Government Relations Thomas Day

Episode 170 September 2, 2022 -- "USPS Facility Consolidations and Transparency, and Changes at the House Postal Committee" with NAPS Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore

Episode 169 August 11, 2022 -- "Mail Call on the Battlefield During World War II" with Kimberly Guice of the National World War II Musuem

Episode 168 August 4, 2022 "Last Minutes Thoughts Before the 68th NAPS Convention" -- with NAPS President Ivan Butts

Episode 167 July 22, 2022 -- "For NAPS, the Dog Days of Summer NOT" -- with Chuck Mulidore, NAPS Executive Vice President

Episode 166 July 8, 2022 -- "The Future is Now for the Postal Service" -- with Eddie Monroy, Executive Director of the NextGen Chamber of Commerce

Epiosde 165 June 24, 2022 -- "Creating Our Postal System" with Prof. Joseph Adelman of Framingham State University

Episode 164 June 17, 2022 -- "Farmers Post: Fresh Food from the Farm to the Family via the USPS" with Julia Kurnik of the World Wildlife Federation

Episode 163 June 10, 2022 -- "Retirement Security: Investing in the Thrift Savings Plan" -- with Kim Weaver, Director of External Affairs of the Federal Retirement Thrift Savings Investment Board

Episode 162 May 13, 2022 -- "Where We Are and What to Expect" -- with Katie Maddocks, Legislative and Political Director of the National Postal Mail Handlers Union

Episode 161 April 29, 2022 -- "Postal Service and Ivy League Law; New Legal Challenges for the USPS"

Episode 160 April 15, 2022 -- "White House Road Trip: The Signing Into Law of The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022"

Episode 159 April 8, 2022 -- "Baseball: America's Home Run," the Postal Museum's Exhibition on the Nation's Pastime -- with Daniel Piazza, curator at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

Episode 158 April 1, 2022 -- "Storming Capitol Hill 2022" -- with NAPS Area Vice President Kelly McCartney

Episode 157 March 18, 2022 -- "Story Behind Senate Passage of Postal Service Reform Act" -- with Annika Christensen, Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee

Episode 156 March 11 2022 -- "Senate Passes Postal Service Reform Act - On to the White House" with NAPS Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore

Episode 155 February 25 2022 -- "Landmark Legal Win for NAPS" -- with NAPS President Ivan Butts

Episode 154 February 11 2022 -- "Postal Reform Passes the House of Representatives" -- with Ethan Van Ness, Senior Policy Advisor, House Committee on Reform & Oversight

Episode 153 February 4 2022 -- "Postal Reform Act Teed Up for House Action" with NAPS Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore

Episode 152 January 20 2022 -- "Delivering COVID-19 Tests to America" with Fran Kritz, Veteran Health Care and Health Policy Reporter

Episode 151 January 6 2022 -- "First Class, A New Book About the Postal Service" with Dr. Christopher Shaw, Center for the Study of Responsive Law

Episode 150 December 17 2021 - "Postal Protection, Legislative Update and the Upmong NAPS Legislative Conference" with NAPS Executive Vice President Chuck Mulidore

Episode 149 December 10 2021 -- "Protecting Postal Personnel, Property and Patrons" with USPS Police Captain Butch Maynard, President of NAPS Branbch 51

Episode 148 December 2 2021 -- "A View a Postal View from the Press" - with Bill McAllister, Washington Correspondent for Linn's Stamp News

Episode 147 November 19 2021 -- "Meet New NAPS Secretary/Treasurer James Warden"

Episode 146 November 5 2021 -- " FEHBP Open Season -- What Will Be New in '22?" with Jay Fritz, OPM Manager for Outreach and Progrma Services"

Episode 145 October 29 2021 -- "The Postal Regutalory Commission's Authority Over the Mail Service" with Postal Regulatory Commission Vice Chair Ashley Poling

Episode 144 October 15 2021 -- "Maintaining the Postal Service as a Public Trust" with Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)

Episode 143 October 8 2021 -- "Postal Nominations, Complaints, Pilots and Stagnation" with Bob Levi, NAPS Director of Legislative & Political Affairs

Episode 142 October 1 2021 -- "Reflections with a Past President of NAPS" with Louis Atkins, NAPS President (2010-2016)

Episode 141 September 17 2021 -- "A Legislative Postal Fixture Shares His Wisdom" with Jeffrey Post, Senior Professional Staff Member, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Episode 140 September 10 2021 - "A Visit with Chuck Mulidore, the Newly Elected Executive VP of NAPS"

Episode 139 August 27 2021 - "Reflections with Retiring NAPS President Brian Wagner"

Episode 138 August 20 2021 -- "What Happened to Postal Legislation and Reflections of 7 Years as Executive Vice President" with Ivan Butts, NAPS Executive VP

Episode 137 August 8 2021 -- "What Does America Think About the Postal Service?" -- with Art Sackler of the Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service

Episode 136 July 30 2021 -- "A Congressman's Postal DNA" with Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)

Episode 135 July 23 2021 -- "The USPS' Not Ready for Prime Time Proposal to Slow Down the Mail and Other Postal Regulatory Commission and Congressional Activities"

Episode 134 July 16 2021 -- "Senate Postal Hearing, Congressional Budget Office View of Postal Bill and Attorney General's Demand for USPS Accountability" -- with NAPS Executive VP Ivan Butts

Episode 133 July 2 2021 -- "Fighting to Protect the Postal Service" -- with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro

Episode 132 June 25 2021 -- "California Dream'n About Postal Legislation" -- with Marilyn Walton, NAPS Western Region Vice President

Episode 131 June 18 2021 -- "Legislative Activisim in the Sunshine State" -- with Ann Strickland, NAPS Florida Legislative Chair

Episode 130 June 11 2021 -- "Postal Regulatory Commission Hearing on Postal Standards and Deep Dive Into H.R. 3077" - with Bob Levi, NAPS Director of Legislative & Political Affairs

Episode 129 June 4 2021 -- "Deep Dive into H.R. 3076" - with Bob Levi, NAPS Director of Legislative & Political Affairs

Episode 128 May 28 2021 -- "Prospects for Postal Reform Legislation" - with Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Episode 127 May 21 2021 -- Postal Legislation Moves Forward - with NAPS Executive VP Ivan Butts

Episode 126 May 14 2021 -- The Story Behind a Popular Postal Blog - with Steve Hutkins of "SavethePostOffice.com"

Episode 125 May 7 2021 -- "Postal RIF, EAS Pay Talks and Lunch with Postal Board of Governors" with NAPS President Brian Wagner

Episode 124 April 30 2021 -- "A Congressman's Evaluation of Postal Performance" with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL)

Episode 123 April 23 2021 -- "Postal Nominees to Senate: Restoration of Service is Priority; and Reflections on NAPS' Virtual Legislative Conference"

Episode 122 April 9 2021 -- "Livingroom Lobbying 101 - Preparing for the 2021 NAPS Legislative Training Seminar"

Episode 121 April 2 2021 -- "The Postal Service's Mission Shift" with American Enterprise Institute Resident Scholar Kevin Kosar

Episode 120 March 26 2021 -- "The Wait is Over for the USPS 10-Year Strategic Plan" with NAPS Secretary Treasurer Chuck Mulidore

Episode 119 March 19, 2021 -- "Getting Ready for NAPS Virtual Legislative Training Seminar" with NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 118 March 12 2021 -- "Cheers to the Postal Service" with Jay Hibbard, Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.

Episode 117 March 5 2021 -- "Mailers' Perspective on Legislative & Performance" with Art Sackler of the Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service

Episode 116 February 26 2021 -- "Shmoozing About a Glut of Postal News" with NAPS National President Brian Wagner

Episode 115 February 19 2021 -- "Aggressive Postal Oversight and Emerging NAPS Advocacy for 2021" with NAPS Executive VP Ivan Butts

Episode 114 February 12, 2021 -- "Jones v. U.S. Postal Service: Seeking Judicial Postal Accountability" with Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY)

Episode 113 February 5 2021 -- "Greeting Postal Relief Legislation and Issues that Impact the Greeting Card Industry" with Rafe Morrissey, VP for Public Affairs for the Greeting Card Association

Episode 112 January 29 2021 -- "Postal Transitions: An Informal Conversation with Biden Presidential Transition Team Member Jim Sauber"

Episode 111 January 22 2021 -- "Three Wednesdays in January: Insurrection, Impeachment & Inauguration" -- with Congressman Andy Levin (D-MI)

Episode 110 January 15 2021 -- "Postal Slander at Rally, Postal Performance, and Presidential & Congressional Postal Advice" -- with NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 109 January 8 2021 -- "The First Week of January at the Capitol and a Visit With Congressman Jason Crow (D-CO)"

Episode 108 December 24 2020 -- "The Postal Market and a New Postage System" with Mark Fallon, President & CEO of the Berkshire Company

Episode 107 December 18 2020 -- "A Visit With Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin"

Episode 106 December 11 2020 -- "Anticipating the Next EAS Pay Talks" -- with NAPS Secretary Treasurer Chuck Mulidore

Episode 105 December 4 2020 -- "Choosing a New Health Plan During FEHBP Open Season" with Jay Friske of the Office of Personnel Management

Episode 104 November 26 2020 -- "A Conversation with Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney"

Episode 103 November 20 2020 -- "USPS Rural Importance and the Missouri Election Experience" with Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri

Episode 102 November 13, 2020 -- "The USPS National Election Task Force and Me" with NAPS National President Brian Wagner

Episode 101 November 6 2020 -- "Election Fallout" with NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 100 October 30 2020 -- "Operations, Transparency and Transition -- Elections and the USPS" with Dan Blair, senior counselor for the Center for Presidential Transition

Episode 99 October 23 2020 -- "Election 2020 and the Future of the Postal Service" with Tom Davis, former chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform

Episode 98 October 16 2020 -- "Court Rulings, Public Postal Perception, and Congress " with Ivan Butts, NAPS Executive Vice President

Episode 97 October 9 2020 -- "Polling the 2020 Election and the Postal Service" with Political Consultant Mark Mellman

Episode 96 October 2 2020 -- "The Postal Service, the Election, and the Courts"

Episode 95 September 25 2020 -- "Congressional Operations During a Crisis & Advcocacy During COVID-19" with Kevin Fogarty, chief of staff to Rep. Peter King

Episode 94 September 18 2020 -- "A Visit with Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida"

Episode 93 September 11 2020 -- "More Postal Tumult" with NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 92 September 4 2020 -- "Combatting Postal Partisanship and Promoting Postal Relief" -- With Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL)

Episode 91 August 28 2020 -- "Postal Leadership Under the Congressional Spotlight" with Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence of the House Oversight & Reform Committee

Episode 90 August 21 2020 -- "Postal Service Under Siege" with Christopher Shaw, author of the book, "Preserving the People's Post Office"

Episode 89 August 14 2020 -- "Political Hatchet Job on the USPS" with NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 88 August 10 2020 -- "Postal Focus on Capitol Hill" with Mark Stephenson, Legislative Director of the House Committee on Ovesight & Reform

Episode 87 July 31 2020 -- "White House Decision Making" with Presidential Scholar and Former White House Staff Member Tevi Troy

Episode 86 July 24 2020 -- U.S. Senator Susan Collins on Saving the Postal Service from COVID-19

Episode 85 July 17 2020 -- Does the US Postal Service Want to Delay America's Mail?

Episode 84 July 10 2020 -- Guest: Mark Micali, Nonprofit Alliance Vice President for Government Affairs

Episode 83 July 3 2020 -- Guest: Postal Historian Steve Kochersperger

Episode 82 June 26, 2020 -- Guest: Chuck Mulidore, National Association of Postal Supervisors Secretary Treasurer

Episode 81 June 19, 2020 -- Guest: Rep. Jamie Raskin, vice chair of the Committee on House Administration and member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform

Episode 80 June 12, 2020 -- Guest: Ivan Butts, National Association of Postal Supervisors Executive Vice President

Episode 79 June 5, 2020 -- Guest: Commissioner Mark Acton, Postal Regulatory Commission

Episode 78 May 29, 2020 -- Guest: National Association of Postal Supervisors President Brian Wagner

Episode 77 May 22, 2020 -- Guest: Bill McAllister, Washington correspondent for Linn's Stamp News, and former writer and editor for the Washington Post

Episode 76 May 14, 2020 -- Guest: Rep. Peter King, co-chairman of the Congressional Postal Preservation Caucus

Episode 75 May 8 2020 -- Guest: NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 74 May 1 2020 -- Creation of the Bipartisan Postal Preservation Caucus

Episode 73 April 24 2020 -- Guest: Charlie Moskowitz, Executive Vice President of the Signal Group

Episode 72 April 17 2020 -- Guest: NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 71 April 8, 2020 -- Guest: Rep. Gerry Connolly, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Government Operations

Episode 70 April 3, 2020 -- Guests: NAPS Resident Officers

Episode 69 March 27, 2020 -- Guest: NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 68 March 20, 2020 - Guest: NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 67 March 13, 2020 -- Guests: NAPS Legislative Training Seminar Participants

Episode 66 March 5, 2020 - Guests: NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts and Secretary Treasurer Chuck Mulidore

Episode 65 February 28, 2020 -- Guest: NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 64 February 14, 2020 - Guest: NARFE Director of Legislative and Political Affairs John Hatton

Episode 63 February 7, 2020 - With NAPS Legislative and Political Affairs Bob Levi

Episode 62 January 31, 2020 - With Karen Young, the Editor of the Postal Supervisor Magazine, and Corina May, NAPS Coordinator of Digital and Social Media

Episode 61 January 24 2020 -- With the Resident Officers of the National Association of Postal Supervsiors

Episode 60 January 17 2020 -- With R Street Institute Vice President Kevin Kosar

Episode 59 January 10, 2020 -- With NAPS Legislative and Political Director Bob Levi

Episode 58 January 3, 2020 - With NAPS Executive Vice President Ivan Butts

Episode 57 December 20, 2019 -- With the National Association of Postal Supervisors' Resident Officers

Episode 56 December 13, 2019 -- With Smithsonian Institution National Postal Museum Director Elliot Gruber

Episode 55, December 6, 2019 -- with Postal Regulatory Commission Vice Chair Michael Kubayanda

Episode 54 November 22, 2019 -- With NAPS Legal Counsel Bruce Moyer

Episode 53 November 15, 2019 -- With Resident Officers of the National Association of Postal Supervisors

Episode 52 - November 8, 2019 (with Jay Fritz, Manager for Healthcare & Insurance, US Office of Personnel Management

Episode 51 -- October 31, 2019 (with Randy Broz, co-founder of Angerholzer-Broz Political Consulting

Episode 50 - October 25, 2019 (with the NAPS Executive Board's Legislative Committee)

Episode 49 - October 17, 2019 (Tribute to Rep. Elijah Cummings)