Carriers Only
A Podcast for Letter Carriers

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Real talk for the people who walk the route. Stories from the satchel, plain-English benefits guidance, and the conversations every carrier wishes someone in HQ would have.

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Carriers Only — The Daily Delivery
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FEGLI: Do you still need life insurance? Assessing coverage as you age.EP 17

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FEGLI: Do you still need life insurance? Assessing coverage as you age.

FEGLI Option B premiums can quintuple between 55 and 70. We walk carriers through the math: what FEGLI actually costs at retirement, when private term or permanent insurance beats it, and the one mistake that locks you out of coverage forever. Plus a step-by-step framework for deciding what to keep, what to drop, and what to replace.

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Jul 15, 2026 · 33 min

The Government Pension Offset (GPO): Navigating spousal Social Security after the repeal.

The Social Security Fairness Act killed the Government Pension Offset — but most CSRS retirees and their surviving spouses don't know what that means for them. We break down who's owed back pay, who needs to file a new application from scratch, and why the survivor benefit story may be the biggest financial windfall federal families have seen in 40 years.

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Jul 8, 2026 · 31 min

Social Security WEP repeal: What every CSRS carrier needs to do now.

The Windfall Elimination Provision is gone. For CSRS letter carriers who also earned Social Security from other work, that means a bigger monthly check and a retroactive back payment to January 2024. We cover how to confirm SSA has recalculated your benefit, the lump-sum tax trap that's catching retirees off guard, and how to update your retirement plan with the new numbers.

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Jun 15, 2026 · 28 min

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Carriers Only kicks off with the pilot episode — who we are, who this show is for, and why letter carriers deserve their own conversation about benefits, retirement, and the postal life.

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