NB Poli Podcast

This pod was produced the last week of May and released a bit later. We breakdown some of the highlights of the 2026 municipal elecitons in NB and talk about potential implications. Beyond that, We can't help but engage with some recent provincial news as well! 

In this week's pod, we cover the upcoming municipal election, the candidates, the voters, and some of the issues. 

After a long break, we are back. We will catch up on a range of issues from the anti-bike lane lobby, to the recent news that Susan Holt has given away the Port of Saint John to Ontario (jk)! We will wrap things up with a look at the changing global order, Mark Carney, and Pierre Poilievre. 

This week, we had a roundtable conversation with former NDP MLA Mat Whynot and Jordan Leichnitz who you've heard on various shows like CBC's Power and Politics and podcasts like the Curse of Politics. We talk about the various developments since the budget, including the floor crossing by former Conservative, now Liberal, Chris D'Entremont. We've been wanting to have a chat about the NDP's leaders...

After 2 weeks of running all over the place, we are back to share some insight and thoughts, and hopefully spark some discussions around the Carney government's first budget. We will also delve into the inside story of the Progressive Conservative Party of NB's most recent AGM and talk about the leadership contestents that are vying for the leadership. Joanna get's excited about the recent electio...

This week we are talking the NFLD election and sharing our thoughts on what a Maritime Union might look like. 

This week, we have a long-overdue conversation with Peter Corbyn, Executive Director of the New Brunswick Non-Profit Housing Association. We talk all things hosing crisis, community housing, and how New Brunswick is situated in the current climate of New Brunswick housing. Shout out to our friends at the Blue Collar Collective whose swag Brent was rocking on the epsidoe. Check them out today at bl...

This week we dive into some pressing issues in New Brunswick that a new task force is tasked with addressing. You'll hear our reccomendations on how to move forward and other news in the headlines.

We are back for our first fall 2025 podcast after our summer break. We are joined with our frequent guest commentators and NB Politics watchdogs Shawn Rouse and Teri McMackin to discuss politics in an age of rage as well as what's been happening on the NB Politics circuit

In this summer edition of the podcast, we explore the National Observer's top-tier journalism, covering the National projects that the Carney government intends to pursue. How does NB fit in? Who's having conversations with whom? What are we spotting on our horizon that we need to be ready for? We will wrap up with a discussion on the political ground NB has. 

This week, we finally get to break the silence around the Spruce Lake Industrial Park conversation that led to what might be the longest public hearing in NB's history, certainly Saint John's history. The final vote was unamious support in this major industrial expansion proposal that includes two Letters of interest valued at over 2.3 billion dollars and featured some of the stiffest backlash by...

This week, we're navigating the latest roadblocks in provincial politics, from NB news updates to what's unfolding on the world stage. We dig into Saint John's road diets, explore hot topics across New Brunswick, and unpack the ripple effects of U.S. political drama. Whether it's local detours or global disruptions, we've got your political traffic report right here.

In this podcast we take the time to dive into a range of topics that we pulled out of our experience at the recent Federation of Canadian Municipalities event in Ottawa. We spoke a fair bit about Mark Carney's speech, which took place at the conference and was covered by all the national broadcast media. We also spend some time talking about our podcast friends, we had the option to meet up, the c...

We FINALLY catch up on all things New Brunswick in this Podcast. We will talk about interprovincial trade barriers, school funding, community care clinics and house assessment freezes. 

We are stoked to have a Canadian TikTokker who talks a lot about political philosophy in Canada on with us Today. When Trevor Deley isn't at Hardcore Emo shows in Ottawa he's working on his PHD in political philosophy and talking about communitarianism on TikTok. We have a wide chat on the political philosophy of Mark Carney, THe Conservatives, and the strange neoliberal and libertarian obsessions...

This is our official Federal election debrief for the 2025 Canadian election and we are excited to be doing this with Shawn Rouse and Teri McMackin who were our former debrief pannel from the New Brunswick general election. 

In this special edition podcast, we give you our top predictions for the 2025 Canadian Election. We will breakdown the battleground ridings in New Brunswick, peel back the curtain of the people behind the parties a little, and comment on the reasons behind what is sure to be a historic Conservative defeat. 

This week we sit down with UNB Saint John Canadian History professor Dr. Greg Marquis to talk about the historic 'Growth Coalitions', the 2025 Federal Election, Tariffs, Trade Wars and how NB fits into it all. 

Well we are a few days late getting this podcast out, HOWEVER, it's worth the wait. We had some drama this week with 3rd party candidates mad about not coming on our show. We will talk about that, as well as break down the debate for each leader to talk about what the result may be. We've got predictions and opinions; let's get into it. 

We are in week 3 of the Canadian Federal Election and we are excited to interview Karen Ludwig, Liberal Candidate for Saint John- St. Croix, New Brunswick's newest riding. 

this week we seek to answer the question "Do Candidates Matter?". With candidates dropping from both parties yet their numbers suggesting it won't matter who they run, its a frustrating reality. We will spend some time unpacking Pallara's polling numbers from April 02, 2025 and what it says about men and women under and over the age of 50. The reality is surprising. Mark Carney is on a tear, can a...

This week we speak to a political comentator from Alberta Knitty Knits (on tik tok) about the growing reality that the Liberals could see the best result in Alberta since 1967. What's happening on the ground? is it real or just weird ghost polls? Is Carney going to help anything? 

This week, we review the 2025 Liberal party budget for New Brunswick. This is the third time we have covered a budget on this podcast, and there is a lot happening around our province right now with big implications. We will discuss some comparisons between the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives, what they have in common, and where things seem to be going for our government's fiscal future. 

This week, Joanna and Brent dig into several issues we have hitting us provincially and internationally. Mark Carney is the new Liberal leader, and a federal election is looming. With the biggest concern for Canadians being the cost of living, do any federal parties have anything to offer? We look at a speech from one of the worlds most successful stock traders and why he's on a mission to tax the...

Well, the tarrif game is on and we have a whole episode devoted to looking at the history, proponents, NB Neo-liberals, and implications of a system that has finally been shown to be incredibly fragile. It may be annoying to hear us say "We told you so!" so many times, but, we've got hours of podcasts from the past 2 years that lay it out as we explore the issue.