As we prepare to celebrate the Christmas holiday, the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio highlights some of the most interesting interviews from the past year.

Stephen Hayes of Fox News and The Weekly Standard offered his thoughts about the 2012 presidential election, while Steven Hayward of the American Enterprise Institute asked the provocative question: Is environmentalism dead?

John Hood helped us separate economic fact and fantasy during the state budget debate, and Rick Henderson detailed the silliness surrounding state occupational licensing lies.

We also heard the Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky puncture myths about voter photo identification laws.