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Well, it was bound to happen.

In the trailer a trailer!

), was recentlythe target of political attacks by the former president(remember that?

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Intriguingly,Mailin Itis the latest in an unexpectedly ballooning line of podcasts made by federal agencies.

Among others: HUD has one calledHouse Keys.

The Department of Energy has one calledDirect Current.

The EPA publishes intermittent ones.

NASA has a couple, but its NASA, those people know how to get theirbrand on NBA sneakers.

But the more I thought about it, the more I came around to a place of empathy.

Trust in the government is super low these days.

In fact, goharder.

Why not flipMailinItinto a podcast where you crack open and read a random letter flying through the system?

(Is it a federal crime when a federal worker does it on behalf of the feds?

History says no.)

Why not true crime?

Everybody loves true crime.Only Murders in the Mailroom?