Am I a propagandist? A truth teller? An influencer? There's probably no more contested profession in the world today than mine, journalism. I'm Brian Reed, and on my show, Question Everything, we dive head first into the conflicts we're all facing over truth and who gets to tell it. Listen now to Question Everything, part of the NPR Podcast Network.

Hey, this is Nick from Baton Rouge, and we just finished boiling up 120 pounds of crawfish and

tons of fixing on this beautiful Louisiana day. This podcast was recorded at 121 p.m. on Wednesday,

May 7th. Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but we're hoping to have enough leftover tails for a nice et-soufay and maybe enough potatoes for some potato salad.

Enjoy the show.

I love a crawfish boil.

It's a fun party.

I love what people send us these like time stamps that are so of the

Crawlfish boil in Louisiana. That's a good day. Hey there. It's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis.

I cover politics. And I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House. And NPR International Affairs

correspondent Jackie Northam joins us today because we're talking about U.S. Canada relations.

Hey, Jackie, thanks for coming back on the pod. Thanks very much. So newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made his

inaugural visit to the White House on Tuesday. This comes at a time where relations between our two

generally friendly countries have been unusually tense. We're going to talk about what happened

in that meeting in a moment.

But first, Jackie, can you tell us more about who Mark Carney is and how he came to win this election?

Yeah, it's a remarkable story.

Mark Carney, 60 years old, comes from the world of finance.

You know, he's a complete political newcomer.

He was on Wall Street.

He was the head of the Bank of England during all the turmoil following Brexit.

He was also the governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 economic crisis.

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