Jeremi speaks with Richard R. John about the role that the post office has served American Democracy

Zachary sets the scene with his poem, ” Delivering Freedom, Save the Post Office.”

Richard R. John is a professor of history and communications at Columbia University, where he teaches in the Ph. D. program in communications at the Columbia School of Journalism. He teaches courses in the history of communications since 1450, networks, and the history of capitalism. His publications include Network Nation: Inventing American Telecommunications (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010; paperback, 2015 forthcoming) and Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse (Harvard University Press, 1995; paperback, 1998).