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Postcard Experimental Design
Postcardist - May 06, 2021 18:40 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn which I talk about polymer physics, design of experiments, rheology, digital calipers, coefficient of friction, bending deflection, stiffness...and so many postcards get marred in the mail.
Postcards and Postage Stamps
Postcardist - May 05, 2021 19:27 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsHow many stamps do you put on a postcard? Another in the National Postcard Week 2021 series.
National Postcard Week 2021
Postcardist - May 03, 2021 17:31 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIt's National Postcard Week this week. I talk about it.
A Postcard By Any Other Name
Postcardist - April 22, 2021 01:03 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI chatted with postcard collector extraordinaire Mark Routh of Mark's Postcard Chat about what defines a postcard -- and how we make a distinction between a postcard and a piece of art. I think you'll be surprised at the answer.
Desperately Seeking Postcards
Postcardist - April 15, 2021 21:16 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI went on a trip across nine states and 20 hours of driving. I stopped along the way. I was Desperately Seeking Postcards. This is a show I recorded along the way.
A Portrait of the Postcard Artist as a Young Woman -- A Conversation with Nicole Carnes
Postcardist - April 08, 2021 00:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsArtist Nicole Carnes joins me on this episode where we discuss a wide range of topics: from her art, her inspirations (Vincent Van Gogh and Toulouse Lautrec), her ambidexterity, and what pictures she visualizes when she gets art inspiration. You can find Nic on Instagram @rockabillynic. Nic's...
How to Create and Curate a Postcard Collection with Mark Routh
Postcardist - April 01, 2021 18:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsMark Routh joins me this time to talk about curating his world-class Covid postcard (and associated mail and stamp) collection. He gives pointers to budding postcard collectors on how to start and where to focus to build a collection. You can find Mark's work many places, including as a long-...
Make a Wish, Adventure in Place, and Sugar & Kiki's Snail Mail Bingo
Postcardist - March 24, 2021 18:21 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI was joined again by Kate Wiggins of Sugar & Kiki, who you heard on Episode 101 talking about her Adventure in Place Snail Mail Bingo idea. You heard Kate talk about donating a portion of the profits of the Spring Break Adventure Pack to the Make a Wish Foundation. In this episode, Kate join...
Episode 102.5 : Follow Up Questions about Magda's Lost Postcard
Postcardist - March 16, 2021 12:42 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI forgot to ask Magda a few questions about her postcard that took four years and 11 days to get to her. Here's the answer.
Magda Got a Postcard That Was Lost in the Mail for Four Years and 11 Days
Postcardist - March 15, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsMadalena Wojcicka of Travel Trinkets Canada left me a message that started with a bit of amazement. She got a postcard at her home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada that had been sent from Spain four years and 11 days earlier. It's a real mystery. The other part of the mystery is how we covered that...
Kate Wiggins of Sugar & Kiki on International Women's Day, Adventure in Place Snail Mail Bingo, Dolly Parton, and The Avett Brothers
Postcardist - March 08, 2021 19:17 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsKate Wiggins of sugarandkiki.com has a great idea: Adventure in Place Snail Mail Bingo. We talk about her concept -- and the opportunity to help with the Make a Wish Foundation.
We Made It to Episode 100!
Postcardist - March 03, 2021 17:53 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsWell, The Postcardist made it to an important podcasting milestone -- Episode 100. Here it is.
Episode 99.5 -- Everything is Going to Be All Right
Postcardist - February 04, 2021 18:56 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThis bonus episode is a follow up to yesterday's show, and uses the title of a poem by the Irish poet Derek Mahon. I worked my way out of my postcard writing rut. Here's a little more behind the scenes for those of you who asked.
In a Postcard Rut
Postcardist - February 03, 2021 15:48 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI'm in a postcard writing rut. This show is about that.
Two Prolific Postcrossers, Sue Boggs and Jennifer Gilman
Postcardist - January 09, 2021 16:36 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe journey of a thousand postcards begins with a single entry on Postcrossing. Or something like that. I'm joined by two prolific Postcrossers for this show -- Sue Boggs and Jennifer Gilman. They're both with the San Diego Postcrossing FB Group -- and send thousands of postcards. You can find ...
Mermaid Tales with Betsy Kirichenko
Postcardist - December 09, 2020 13:23 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsOur story starts with a headstrong young girl and her collection of found objects. That's the story of Ariel in The Little Mermaid -- and it's also the story of how Betsy Kirichenko started with her fascination with mermaids and how that led to her collection of mermaid postcards. Mermaids an...
Samantha Cook teaches me New Zealand slang (and we talk about postcard, too)
Postcardist - November 24, 2020 19:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsWhen you connect with people through postcards, you never know where that will lead. I didn't know it would lead to me learning new slang terms from New Zealand at three o'clock in the morning. But that's what happened with my guest, Samantha Cook, who is also known by her IG handle Princess in ...
Samantha Cook teaches me New Zealand slang (and we talk about postcards, too)
Postcardist - November 24, 2020 19:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsWhen you connect with people through postcards, you never know where that will lead. I didn't know it would lead to me learning new slang terms from New Zealand at three o'clock in the morning. But that's what happened with my guest, Samantha Cook, who is also known by her IG handle Princess in ...
Postcard Creator and Master Storyteller Ed Popcheff
Postcardist - November 08, 2020 15:22 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI chatted with Ed Pocheff from his home in Speedway, Indiana -- home of the Indianapolis 500. Ed designs postcards and really knows how to tell a story. You can find him as @edpopcheff on Instagram.
A Brief History of Halloween Postcards
Postcardist - October 31, 2020 20:16 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsDid you know trick-or-treating wasn't popularized until the late 1950s? Or that Halloween was a day of romance in the early 1900s? Or that cabbages featured prominently on Halloween postcards in the early 20th Century? That's what this episode is about -- a brief history of Halloween postcards.
Mary L. Martin: Owner of the World's Largest Postcard Shop and Author of A Guide Book of Collectible Postcards
Postcardist - October 26, 2020 17:36 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsMary L. Martin owns the world's largest postcard shop. And just just recently wrote (with Q. David Bowers) A Guide Book of Collectible Postcards. We talk about the process that led to the writing and publication of the book, and then talk about the postcard collecting business in general. You c...
Postcard Enthusiast and Sticker Man -- Jim Lynch
Postcardist - October 18, 2020 15:20 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI'm joined again by postcard enthusiast and sticker aficionado, Jim Lynch. Long-time listeners of the show will recognize Jim from episode 60, where we talked about his extensive foray into the postcard world. In this episode, we expand on that topic…here’s a list of what you’’ll here us discu...
Navajo Writer and Postcard Creator Sylvanus Paul
Postcardist - October 11, 2020 20:08 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIt's not every day that we get to hear Navajo being spoken and I'm honored to have been joined by Navajo writer and postcard creator Sylvanus Paul. We talk about how Sylvanus got started with with writing letters and postcards; why he named his Instagram account Letterdoggy; how he writes meanin...
World Postcard Day
Postcardist - October 01, 2020 04:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsOctober 1, 2020 is World Postcard Day. I asked Postcrossers to leave voice messages about what they'll be doing to celebrate. And 20 people answered the call from around the world -- from New Zealand, India, Philippines, Greece, Ireland, England, Canada and the United States. This is what they s...
Postcards, Burning Man Post Office, and Newfie Tacos with Orla Hegarty
Postcardist - September 27, 2020 18:54 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsPostcards connect people. And this show is, once again, about another connection. I connected with Orla Hegarty over the past couple of years because of this show and because of postcards. Orla is a dedicated postcard creator and writer, a mathematician, a traveler, and a postmaster for Canada P...
Risqué Double Entendres in Vintage Postcards with Serece Tascione
Postcardist - September 20, 2020 13:18 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI want to spend some time in your wheat field. You're welcome to my roost. Finally alone. On one level, Romance postcards from 1907 to 1913 seem innocent enough. On another level, they're purposeful double entendres intended to convey risqué intent. In this raucous and experimental episode, S...
Masha Mokeeva, Author of Postcrossing: Book of Secret Knowledge
Postcardist - September 13, 2020 10:47 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsHere's a book about postcard history and the global phenomenon of Postcrossing writ large. On this episode of The Postcardist Podcast, author Masha Mokeeva and I talk about her book, Postcrossing: Book of Secret Knowledge. Masha walks us through the seven highly researched chapters of the book,...
From Russia, with Postcards: A Conversation with Masha Mokeeva of Amelie Cards
Postcardist - September 06, 2020 11:47 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsRussian journalist and author Masha Mokeeva owns a very successful postcard shop in Moscow called Amelie Cards. In this episode, Masha and Frank talk about the origin of Masha's postcard business, why postcards are so popular in Russia, the Russian collector Nikolai Tagrin, and the market for po...
Anushka Sawarkar, the Postcard Princess of Pune
Postcardist - August 30, 2020 16:13 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI'm joined this week by Anushka, who has created many postcard connections across the world with her energy in postcarding. We talk about postcard design, postcard connections, postcard swaps, and why I call her The Postcard Princess of Pune.
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