SHIFTHEADS: The Show That Watched You Grow Up

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Jan 6, 2026 · 9m

Stranger Things started in 2016. You were dating someone different, living somewhere else, chasing completely different dreams.

Ryan reflects on watching the Stranger Things finale in a sold-out theatre next to people he hadn't even met when the show first dropped—his fiancée and one of his best friends. The conversation moves through how much life changed between seasons: from evil exes to true love, from figuring out college to building a career, from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic life. Hear about the realization that hit during the final moments with Purple Rain playing and a…