# #736 Public Servant Pulse and the People of Government with Dr. Elizabeth Linos, Harvard Kennedy School Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/govlove-a-podcast-about-local-government-392816/736-public-servant-pulse-and-the-people-of-government-with-dr-elizabeth-linos-harvard-kennedy-school Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/govlove-a-podcast-about-local-government-392816/736-public-servant-pulse-and-the-people-of-government-with-dr-elizabeth-linos-harvard-kennedy-school.md Podcast: [GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government](https://stenobird.com/podcast/govlove-a-podcast-about-local-government-392816) Published: 2026-07-10T13:02:00+00:00 Episode link: https://elgl.org/podcast-public-servant-pulse-and-the-people-of-government-with-dr-elizabeth-linos-harvard-kennedy-school/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/govlove/736_Public_Servant_Pulse_and_Perception_of_Government_Workers_with_Elizabeth_Linos_Harvard_Kennedy_School.mp3?dest-id=565967 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/govlove-a-podcast-about-local-government-392816/episodes/736-public-servant-pulse-and-the-people-of-government-with-dr-elizabeth-linos-harvard-kennedy-school Duration seconds: 3199 ## Resource Dr. Elizabeth Linos, Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Director at The People Lab, joined the podcast to discuss the Public Servant Project an effort to collect and analyze data about the people of government. She talked about the Public Service Pulse a survey for local and state government employees to understand their experience and perspective. She shared how the results will be shared and what kinds of analysis she's hoping to do. She also discussed a recent report on how government workers are viewed by the public, including the differences between different roles. Host: Ben Kittelson ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/govlove-a-podcast-about-local-government-392816/episodes/736-public-servant-pulse-and-the-people-of-government-with-dr-elizabeth-linos-harvard-kennedy-school/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/govlove-a-podcast-about-local-government-392816/736-public-servant-pulse-and-the-people-of-government-with-dr-elizabeth-linos-harvard-kennedy-school.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.