Mail Week: Meet Owney, The Legendary Postal Dog

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

This week we're re-delivering some of our favorite episodes about letters, packages and deliveries. In this episode from July 2019, the story of Owney, the dog who loved the mail so much that he helped deliver it all over the world. Plus: Freeman, South Dakota holds its annual Chislic Festival, a two day celebration of cubed meat on a stick. (Sorry, dogs aren't allowed.)

⁠The National Postal Museum tells the history of America through moon mail, rare stamps, and one taxidermy dog⁠ (Roadtrippers)

⁠The History of Owney the Postal Dog, Mascot of the Railway Mail Service⁠ (USPS Blog)

⁠South Dakota Chislic Festival⁠

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