Mark Carney hams it up and plays Hip Flip with Nardwuar the Human Serviette

Like several Liberal leaders on campaign trails before him, Mark Carney successfully completed the Hip Flip with guerrilla journalist and radio host Nardwuar the Human Serviette in a new video posted Wednesday. For those unfamiliar, every time an election is called, the celebrity journalist born John Ruskin, who made a name for himself in Canada with quirky interviews of subject he’s researched extensively, tries to meet with leaders of the federal parties. And without fail, he’ll ask them to do the Hip Flip with him. “That looks like so much fun. Yeah, why not,” Carney responded.

It’s not a campaign visit to Vancouver without a Hip Flip.Thanks for the records and the trip down memory lane, @Nardwuar.pic.twitter.com/Sfl8oeta5p— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) April 10, 2025

As described by Board Game Geek , the object of the 1968 Hasbro game is for two dancers to spin a piece of plastic attached to a plastic tub between them by gyrating their bodies. The duo that spins the longest wins. In Carney’s case, as it was for others before him, he achieved a single rotation. Jagmeet Singh, who had already done it with Nardwuar during the 2019 and 2021 campaigns, was also featured in a new Hip Flip video on Wednesday. Other Liberals bosses who have taken part include Paul Martin, Jean Chretien, Michael Ignatieff and Justin Trudeau. Stephane Dion, when asked during a press conference, refused. When Nardwuar approached former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s team about a meeting and Hip Flip attempt in 2004, the journalist was carried away by security as he pleaded with the former Conservative Party of Canada leader. Others to have played along include former B.C. premiers Christy Clark and John Horgan, and former Green Party of Canada leader Annamie Paul. The hip flip with Carney was a culmination of a 13-minute interview that was classic Nardwuar from start to finish, but also shed some light on Liberal leader. Here’s what else we learned about the Liberal leader in his interview with Nardwuar. Gifts galore Carney’s aides likely left the get-together with their hands full, their boss having been gifted several vinyl records. The first was a 45 RPM vinyl of King Richard’s Army’s 1982 single and iconic arena rock song “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” which featured Vancouver Canucks goaltender Richard Brodeur as the cover art. The album was released during the team’s quest for the Stanley Cup that year, led by the netminder. (They were swept by the formidable defending New York Islanders.) “I coveted that Northland goal stick, but I could never afford it,” said Carney, who grew up tending the crease and was a third-string goalie at Harvard. Next up, following a chat about The Clash, is a copy of the band’s “The Cost of Living” E.P., which features the iconic “I Fought The Law”, followed by a copy of their seminal record, “London Calling.” “I will say one other thing about The Clash, which I think people remember, that their first drummer was Tory Crimes. Hmm,” he said, looking into the camera. The play on words was an alias of the band’s first percussionist, Terrence Chimes, whom they chose not to credit on the first album after he dropped out. Perhaps the most obscure gift is a copy of a 1980 recording of a letter written by a seven-year-old Michigan girl named Shelley Looney, thanking Canada for its part in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The letter ends with a postscript that says Canada has a “special place” in both her and her country’s heart. “That’s good to know,” Carney said with a chuckle, “that’s a cold, cold heart. The black heart of America. Thank you, Shelley. We should track her down, maybe she could run for office.” Some expert Canadian hockey fans might already be familiar with Looney. She grew up to become a Team USA hockey player who scored a game-winning goal against Canada in the gold medal game of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan. He’s also given a copy of The Window Jumper’s “The Crash of ‘87” on vinyl and asked how tariffs will affect record production in 2025. “A lot of creativity comes out of adversity, you find over the years. The Window Jumpers being exhibit A.” He’s also given a Charli XCX’s “Brat” on vinyl, and mistakes it for “early XCX.” Still, he’s a fan, having come across her while serving as the Bank of England governor from 2010 to 2020. Nardwaur also hands over a 1962 “Diefen Dollar,” a phony currency rolled out as an election prop by opponents of then Progressive Conservative prime minister John Diefenbaker’s government’s decision to devalue the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar. The Tories were reduced to a minority government. “There was a crisis because the Diefenbaker government effectively fired the governor of the Bank of Canada, which is not a good idea if you want independent decisions and inflation under control,” Carney said, referencing James Elliot Coyne, who resigned after conflict with the Tories. “It’s interesting how history rhymes because now another conservative government is threatening to do similar things,” he added, referring to past vows by Pierre Poilievre to fire current Bank of Canada governor Tim Macklem. The last item is a copy of a record produced by the CBC when it had its own record label, giving Carney an opportunity to express his support for the national broadcaster, which his opponent has vowed to defund. He’s down with Down With Webster Keen-eared politicos will notice Carney’s stump speeches often end with Down With Webster’s anthemic “Time To Win,” and he’s even thrown up the Canadian millennial rock band’s “W” hand gesture as it rings out. Turns out, he and his wife, Diana Fox Carney, were attending a performance by Canadian alternative rock band Sweet Thing at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa and stuck around to see Down With Webster. He’s been a “huge fan” ever since. Carney quickly points out that the Liberals “employ them” for use of the music. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.