Becoming a State Policy Wonk with Lynn Harsh

Today’s episode is a conversation between John Papola and Lynn Harsh, the Vice President of Strategy at the State Policy Network. Lynn is also a member of SPN’s Leadership and Development Initiative Team as well as the Creative and Strategic lead for the SPN Annual Meeting. She co-founded and was previously CEO of Washington State’s Freedom Foundation where she was a frequent public speaker and wrote over 200 op-eds, articles, and research projects. The two talk through Lynn’s career from educator to policy wonk. Her passion for policy brings up topics such as prohibitionism, educational bureaucracy, free range parenting, and much more. More from our guest: State Policy Network Bio References from this episode: Temple Grandin (film) Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford The Pursuit (film) At The Fork (film)