Latest Deltiology Podcast Episodes
Ben Irving Postcard Project with Tyler Sonnichsen
Postcardist - August 23, 2020 16:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThis week, host Frank Roche is joined by Tyler Sonnichsen, who has a huge collection of his great-grandfather's postcard collection from the 1930s and 1940s. Tyler’s great-grandfather, Ben Irving, was a musician. Traveling salesman. Vaudeville performer. And prolific postcard writer. Tyler ha...
A Big Day with Tiny & Snail
Postcardist - August 14, 2020 12:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsArtists. Business owners. Comedians. Dancers. Sisters. Those are just a few descriptors for Leah and Grace, aka Tiny & Snail. That's the name of their business and their nicknames. Tiny & Snail is a stationery company led by two creative sisters who have a compelling goal: Bringing magic back ...
Postcards and Cake with Tiffany's Postal Treats
Postcardist - August 09, 2020 15:46 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsLet them mail cake. That's what Tiffany of Tiffany's Postal Treats says. This show combines two of my favorite things: postcards...and cake. Tiffany's Postal Treats on Instagram Tiffany's Postal Treats on Etsy
Elise Barras of Elise Loves Letters
Postcardist - August 03, 2020 20:27 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI'm joined this week by Elise Barras of Elise Loves Letters. Elise tells us about postcard collecting, letter writing, and scrambling to the top of big climbs in the Peak District of England, only to find a Mr. Whippy ice cream vendor at the top. Plus, she tells us about The Ancient One and how ...
Postcards and The Department of Lost Letters in India with Bhumika Israni
Postcardist - July 26, 2020 22:20 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThis show is an audio movie. It's that rich with sights and sounds. And if you use your imagination, you'll be transported to Mumbai, India. I talked with Bhumika Israni from there. Bhumika is a huge postcard enthusiast (find out what happened to her room), letter writer, and connector. And she'...
Amina McCain's Pen Pal Club
Postcardist - July 16, 2020 22:10 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThese are trying times. And with the onset of Covid Summer, where we really can't travel anywhere, my guest Amina McCain decided to do something about that. To create connections. And that's where Amina's Pen Pal Club originated. In this show, I talk with Amina about creating her pen pal club,...
Postcrossing's 15th Anniversary with Paulo Magalhães and Ana Campos
Postcardist - July 12, 2020 23:35 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this episode, host Frank Roche is joined by Postcrossing execs Paulo Magalhães and Ana Campos to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the launch of the global postcard phenomenon. We talk about the origin story of Postcrossing, the challenges of scaling up so rapidly, the dance that Paulo and...
The Snail's Mail -- Postcards for People Who Love Postcards with Jess Davis and Charlie Davis
Postcardist - July 05, 2020 15:10 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThis week I'm joined by the talented mother-daughter team of Jess Davis and Charlie Davis. Jess is the proprietor of The Snail's Mail, a New Zealand-based postcard shop. And Charlie is a postcard designer. Did I mention she's 10 years old? In this show we talk about Charlie's new postcard des...
Kate Wiggins of Sugar & Kiki
Postcardist - June 28, 2020 22:01 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this episode, I'm joined by postcard entrepreneur Kate Wiggins of Sugar & Kiki. We talk about her postcard store, postcard designing, the joy of writing postcards, and Julia Sugarbaker (the Sugar of Sugar & Kiki). Sugar and Kiki Sugar and Kiki Blog 18 Million Thanks
Blaize Sun of Rubber Tramp Artist
Postcardist - June 22, 2020 13:22 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsWho would guess that a postcard connection would result in a discussion of a Tarantula Hawk Wasp? Not me. But in this episode, I talk with Blaize Sun, who is a writer and postcard designer based in Taos, New Mexico. Blaize and I cover topics as varied as where to find postcards in thrift stores,...
Mark Routh on Postcards in the Time of Covid-19
Postcardist - June 15, 2020 13:48 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsPostcards connect people. And now, more than ever, postcards connect us to each other and to an enduring story during the Covid-19 pandemic. I'm joined in this episode by postcard collector extraordinaire, Mark Routh, who takes us through the early days of collecting postcards and stamps and eph...
A Chat with Postcard Designer Magda Wojcicka of Travel Trinkets Canada
Postcardist - June 10, 2020 14:24 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI just couldn't find cards I liked, so I decided to design my own. That's what postcard designer (and professional photographer) Magda Wojcicka of Travel Trinkets Canada said when I asked her what started her creative process to make top flight postcards. Here's a chat we had about her desi...
E72: Sara McNally, Author of The Year I Became Snail Mail Superstar
Postcardist - January 09, 2020 13:55 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI interviewed Sara McNally about her new book, The Year I Became Snail Mail Superstar. Sara started writing the book when she was gifted a large postcard collection from her great-grandfather. But what started out being a book about a postcard collection grew into what she says "chronicles a y...
Episode 70: Talking About Christmas Postcards
Postcardist - December 03, 2019 22:03 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this short episode, I talk about Christmas postcards I'm writing and sending. I spend some time chatting about Edition Tausendschön cards; getting a special cancellation from Santa Claus, Indiana; and why I have so many postcards on my desk but am always looking for more.
Episode 69: Postcard Hunting on an Epic Road Trip
Postcardist - November 25, 2019 15:39 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsWhat does a Postcardist do on a 2,762-mile road trip? Stop and look for postcards, of course. This show was recorded on highways of the United States, from Connecticut to Minnesota. And it chronicles how Steven Roche (E44) and I stopped at nine Cracker Barrel stores searching for Lantern Press p...
Postmarked New Orleans Author Jason Smith
Postcardist - October 15, 2019 13:28 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this episode, I talk with Postmarked New Orleans author Jason Smith from his home in The Big Easy and we talked about where he got the idea for the book, about New Orleans history, and about a famous postcard featuring Oysters Rockefeller at Antoine's.
Help Me Get to Inbox Zero with My Postcards
Postcardist - September 17, 2019 15:07 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThis short show is asking for audience feedback about how they acknowledge and display incoming postcards. Help!
Ashli Ahrens and the Post Office Murals First Day of Issue Event
Postcardist - September 09, 2019 20:38 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this episode I'm delighted to welcome back Ashli Ahrens of Mailbox Memories to talk about a First Day of Issue event she attended to celebrate the issue of the Post Office Mural stamp set. In the show Ashli refers to to a special giveaway she created. You can find her @mailboxmemories on IG. ...
A Postcard Jazz Session with Dr. Russ Romano
Postcardist - September 02, 2019 21:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this episode, Dr. Russ Romano talk about postcards and all the places that can take us. From his Postcards for Good to a world tour on The Partridge Family Bus, we cover a lot of ground on this show.
Apollo 11 Postcards and Lots More with Mark Routh of Mark's Postcard Chat
Postcardist - July 28, 2019 22:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe Apollo 11 moon landing happened 50 years ago. And that event was memorialized in many ways -- including on postcards. In this episode, I talk to preeminent postcard collector Mark Routh of Mark's Postcard Chat. Of course, when I get a chance to talk to Mark, we also cover a lot of postcard c...
Magdalena Wojcicka and the New Bohemian Postcards
Postcardist - June 30, 2019 18:43 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsIn this episode, I chat with postcard enthusiast Magdalena Wojcicka. You know her on Instagram as Bohemian Me, Stamp and Away, and on her stamp jewelry site Travel Trinkets Canada.
E62: Is This Thing On?
Postcardist - June 02, 2019 19:09 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsAfter what started out to be a brief hiatus turned into a couple months of radio silence. But your host, Frank Roche, is back with a new show with three stories: one about a hand cancellation experience at a post office in Minnesota; a second story about a man who listened to short-wave radio du...
E61: How I Became the World's Leading Collector of Bigfoot Postcards
Postcardist - April 01, 2019 19:01 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsSome stories just have to be told. This is one of those stories. I have the world's largest collection of Bigfoot postcards. Here's why.
E60: Postcard Stories with Jim Lynch
Postcardist - March 17, 2019 18:04 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsJim Lynch is a collector. He collected baseball cards. Football cards. basketball cards. Bottle caps. And postcards. And he collects information. Jim is an active Postcrosser and participant in the currency tracking project, Where's George? He and I got together to talk (what else?) postca...
E59: The Snail's Mail Postcard Shop with Jess Davis
Postcardist - March 10, 2019 17:33 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsPostcards for People Who Love Postcards. That's the tagline of Jess Davis's new online postcard store, The Snail's Mail. And in this show, it’s proof -- once again -- of the idea that postcards connect people. I connected with Jess in Episode 51, where we talked about the imminent launch of he...
E58: The World's Most Expensive Postcard and Postcards for Good
Postcardist - March 05, 2019 00:05 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsI recently bought a couple lots from a postcard auction in Ireland. And that got me wondering about The World's Most Expensive Postcard. And that led to another thing, and then another. Plus, I had a chat with Russ Romano of Postcards for Good, so I got that in there too. Here are all the top...
E57: Sissy Cross of Lone Star Letter Writers
Postcardist - February 25, 2019 05:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThe clack of a typewriter. The flow of a pen across paper. The fact someone thought about you while they wrote you a real piece of mail. That's what Sissy Cross and I talked about one Saturday morning recently. Sissy is the founder and creator of the Lone Star Letter Writers group, which meets o...
E56: Heidi Belinsky of Mx & Co Post
Postcardist - February 18, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsThis jam-packed show features Heidi Belinksy, the owner and proprietor of Max & Co Post. We cover the gamut in this show -- from antique postcards to writing postcards to the business of selling modern postcards.
E55: Love Hearts Project Live
Postcardist - February 14, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsRuss Romano and I did a live radio show from Love Hearts Project's love letter writing event. Love was in the air. This was the second annual event put on by Alex Krohn, the creator of Love Hearts Project. We sat down with Alex, and a number of people who were at the event writing postcard lov...
E54: Fairy Tale Postcards with Jack Zipes
Postcardist - February 11, 2019 05:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsWhat's the first fairy tale you remember hearing as a child? And do you know fairy tales are told to you throughout your life? In this episode, we hear from the world's preeminent scholar on fairy tales -- the author and postcard collector Jack Zipes, who wrote the fabulous coffee table book ...
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