Washington Policy Center

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Latest Episodes

WPC Young Professionals July Podcast
July 30, 2021

Washington Policy Center YP Director Marissa Gaston rounds up this month's policy stories including local income tax bans, school district efforts to halt Critical Race Theory and more.

WPC YP Podcast June 25th 2021
June 28, 2021

Co-hosted by YP Director Marissa Gaston and YP Coordinator Robyn Antoine, YP’s June podcast features a discussion on vaccine policies in Washington state with WPC Small Business Center Director and fo

WPC YP Podcast May 19th 2021
May 15, 2021

YP Director Marissa Gaston sits down with YP Advisory Board member Scott Hedgecock and local wealth advisor Mike Wehner to discuss Washington state’s Long-Term Care Trust Act and the new payroll tax – 58 cents for every $100 earned – that it imposes on a.

WPC YP Podcast April 23 2021
April 28, 2021

Hosted by YP Director Marissa Gaston, YP’s April podcast features a discussion on forests and free market environmentalism with TimberRise founder and YP Advisory Board Chairman Carson Bowlin and PERC Policy Director Hannah Downey.

WPC YP Podcast March 26 2021
March 24, 2021

Real estate broker and YP Advisory Board member Chelsea Shapiro co-hosts with YP Director Marissa Gaston to discuss housing policy with Rep. Andrew Barkis.

WPC YP Podcast Feb 26 2021
February 26, 2021

YP's talk about the proposed income tax on capital gains and other issues dealing with the 2021 state legislative session.

YP: Small Businesses & COVID in WA state
September 28, 2020

This week we speak to Mark Harmsworth, the Director for the Center of Small Business at Washington Policy Center. He explains the impacts of COVID-19 on the state of the economy and small businesses in Washington state.

Ep. 18: Government intervention or patient control? The future of health care policy w/ Dr. Roger Stark
August 18, 2020

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, health care was the most important policy issue for Americans. The coronavirus crisis has made health care all the more important to people in the United States. Listen to Dr. Roger Stark speak on his newly released boo.

YP: Killing Coronavirus with UV light
August 03, 2020

Killing Corona Virus with UV light. In this podcast episode learn how Seattle CEO of Electric Mirror, Jim Mischel, started Safeology, a new branch of his company that leverages the science of light to create, clean, coronavirus-free spaces. Tune in to le.

Ep. 17: Data ignorance leads to unnecessary COVID restrictions
July 31, 2020

Communications Director David Boze speaks with our Center of Environment Director, Todd Myers, on his recent blog linking data ignorance as a driving factor in Governor Inslee's restrictions for COVID.