{"podcast":{"title":"Civic Punks","slug":"civic-punks-7565949","podcast_index_feed_id":7565949,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/civicpunk/feed.xml","website_url":"https://civicpunk.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20263176/Civic_Punk_Logo7xu8y.jpg","author":"Derek Alton","episode_count":58,"summary":"This is my experiment in creating interesting podcasts about public sector innovation. Disclaimer: All opinions on this channel are my own opinions or the personal opinions of those who I interview.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T04:20:26.761169+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civic-punks-7565949"},"episode":{"title":"The Hidden Trap Behind Cutting the Public Service","slug":"the-hidden-trap-behind-cutting-the-public-service","published_at":"2026-03-25T01:31:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civic-punks-7565949/the-hidden-trap-behind-cutting-the-public-service","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civic-punks-7565949","url":"https://civicpunk.podbean.com/e/the-hidden-trap-behind-cutting-the-public-service/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ymegjbm6vddpicny/riverside_drak_mar_24_2026_001_drak_s_studiobm3w5.mp3","summary":"Right now, it feels like we are in a moment focused on austerity. Governments everywhere are cutting their workforce, but is there a danger with this? Nick Scott thinks so. In his recent article, \"Why Budget Cuts Without Resource Reallocation Rarely Transforms Systems\" he argues that when cuts are rushed or made across the board we end up not with more efficient government but with crappy government. But he also has a solution, invest in reforming the pipes of government. Read the full article here: https://www.shiftflow.ca/ideas/budget-cuts-rarely-transform-systems","meta_description":"Right now, it feels like we are in a moment focused on austerity. Governments everywhere are cutting their workforce, but is there a danger with this? Nic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":170,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/civic-punks-7565949/episodes/the-hidden-trap-behind-cutting-the-public-service/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/civic-punks-7565949/the-hidden-trap-behind-cutting-the-public-service.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}