57: Delivery

57: Delivery

Mar 14, 1997
Stories about the delivery business and the people in it. UPS men, bike messengers, FedEx dispatchers.

NOTE: This American Life has removed the audio for this episode because of questions about the truthfulness of the story by reporter Stephen Glass (who’s no relation to Ira Glass). We have removed the audio from our site, and have left the transcript up only for reference.

  • Prologue

    Host Ira Glass goes to the Federal Express hub at Memphis to watch 1.2 million pieces of overnight mail get sorted in one night and to talk to the adrenaline junkies in the FedEx Command Center. (5 minutes)Travel

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