Well, it's that time again - Public Service Podcasting takes a break from marking and watching the football (we'd give Gareth Southgate and the squad a 74 for their recent performance against Germany) to share the second part of Professor Janine O'Flynn's excellent episode.

This segment explores different approaches to managing Covid-19 in terms of public services and higher education in particular. We also think about the longer-term impacts, which may be enormous for Australia.

If you don't follow @JanineOFlynn on Twitter, well what the heck are you doing? Go and follow her now.

As usual, we are @publicservpod @Ian_c_elliott @karinbottom and @russglennon

Any questions or comments - email us at info@publicservicepodcasting.com

Well, hello PSPers. Welcome back after a slightly longer than usual break (can we just say 'marking' and leave it at that?) but have we got a treat for you. In this episode, we chat with Professor Janine O'Flynn of the University of Melbourne and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG).

In fact, this chat was so good that we have had to split it into two parts. We know you can only stand so much public admin goodness at one time! In this first segment, Janine tells us about her background and how she got to where she is and discusses the Australian public administration scene.

Part two will drop next week when we explore the different responses to Covid-19 in Australia and the UK and we consider what the impact of Covid might be on higher education as a sector.

As always, follow us on Twitter via @PublicServPod and @janineoflynn, @ian_c_elliott, @karinbottom, and @russglennon

Get in touch via info@publicservicepodcasting.com

NB: Recorded in Feb 2021

Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee donkey! We've only gone and made a podcast episode about Line of Duty S6. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Jo Knowles, Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, and Communication at Liverpool John Moores University.

Document H in your folders today is our discussion of the sinister happenings throughout all six seasons of LoD. We consider what the programme can show us about representations of public services in contemporary culture. How does public service motivation and leadership appear in the show? How diverse and representative is it? But what about that ending? And is Jed Mercurio a genius (answer: yeah, probably)?

Towards the end, we also think about whether this might become a semi-regular thing, i.e., discussing how public services appear and are represented in popular culture. If you have a show, film or book you'd like to nominate, email us at info@publicservicepodcasting.com or message us on Twitter at @PublicServPod.