It is that time of year again, when we gather around our computers and vote for the Spin Reduxit clip of the year.

You can listen to all of the clips on our latest podcast.
And please take a moment to vote on our poll. The deadline is Thursday at 5 p.m. and we will record our year-end podcast on Friday.

Here is the annual book list for political enthusiasts podcast.
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Jacques Poitras
A Passage to Power by Robert Caro
In Search of R.B. Bennett by P.B. Waite
The Last Act by Ron Graham
The Oath by Jeffrey Toobin
The Lobster Coast by Colin Woodard

Dan McHardie
Public Enemies by Bernard-Henri Lévy and Michel Houellebecq
Offensive Internet edited by Saul Levmore and Martha C. Nussbaum
Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov
The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver.

Dan and Jacques discuss gloomy unemployment and deficit figures for New Brunswick, the first week on the job for the new Liberal leader, and the new information about the Atcon deal.
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The economy dominated the first topic of the podcast.
Here are some helpful links:
New Brunswick's deficit nearly doubles to $356M
Higgs calls ballooning budget deficit a 'wake-up call'
Liberals say corporate tax hikes should be considered
First quarter financial report was withheld, Higgs says
Here is an interactive chart that shows historic debt and deficit trends
Here is an interactive chart that shows unemployment trends since 1996
The chart I mentioned on job losses since the economic downturn is found in Chart 6.

The second topic examined Liberal Leader Brian Gallant's first week.
L'Acadie Nouvelle has a paywall around the Liberal Party office layoffs, so we can't link to that story.
Tories to step aside for Gallant if byelection
An interactive chart showing Gallant's victory

Our final topic revolved around Atcon's $50-million in loan guarantees.
Civil servants advised against Atcon loan guarantees

Jacques and Dan recorded The Shoulder to Shoulder Edition from the New Brunswick Casino in Moncton shortly after the Liberal leadership convention.
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Brian Gallant won the Liberal leadership
We talked about some of the speeches from the convention
Shawn Graham's speech from Friday also made news.

Jacques and Dan bring you the latest podcast, The Boomtown Edition.
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Louis LaPierre's shale gas report
Dr. Eilish Cleary's shale gas report
Education cuts
Municipal salaries