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Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift is your late-night companion for real talk, bold ideas, and unfiltered conversations that matter. Hosted by Canadian radio veteran Shane Hewitt, each episode dives into the headlines, human stories, and hidden truths shaping our world—always with curiosity, compassion, and a sharp edge.
From politics and pop culture to mental health, technology, and everyday life, this podcast is where night owls, deep thinkers, and curious minds come to connect. Featuring…
Episodes
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Are We Leaving Boys Behind? A Mental Health Educator on What's Going Wrong
Boys falling behind in school often starts before anyone thinks to look, and a mental health professor says the gap begins in kindergarten. Calissa Ngozi says…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Peptides Are Real. The Science Behind Most of What's Online Isn't
Peptide supplements are flooding the internet with promises about weight loss and joint repair. A physician says the science behind almost all of them stops at…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Art of Screwing Up a Good Barbecue
Barbecue season is officially open, and the question on the table is whether convenience has taken the soul out of lighting one up. The team is at a crossroads…
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Too Much Smoke Is the Enemy: Ted Reader's Barbecue Fundamentals
Pellet smoker season is here, and whether you're new to the grill or years in, there are fundamentals most people skip. Ted Reader has been cooking over live…
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SHIFTHEADS: Shake Shack Is Leaking. Dunkin' Thinks Now Is the Time
Dunkin' Donuts expanding into Canada is not just a brand story. It is a bet that Tim Hortons is more vulnerable than it looks. Tim Hortons has been slowing…
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NEW - Vancouver, Vancouver, This Is It: The Mount St. Helens Story
Mount St. Helens erupted 46 years ago this weekend, and the mountain did not blow its top. It blew its side, and people as far away as Lethbridge, Alberta felt…
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Shiftheads - One Year Later: The Alberta Pipeline Promise and the Referendum That Just Hit a Wall
Alberta pipeline talks are coming to a head, with a major announcement expected that will test whether what has been promised has anything behind it. The Prime…
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ICYMI - Canada Is on the Ring of Fire. Here's Why the Silence Is Misleading
Volcanoes in Canada last erupted 150 years ago. That fact should not be as reassuring as it sounds. George Kourounis makes his living inside craters and has…
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ICYMI - Fox Steals Hot Dogs, Montreal Strippers Strike, and You Can Legally Own a Cannon
Montreal Grand Prix weekend is coming, and one particular group of workers is planning not to show up for it. According to the Montreal Gazette, exotic dancers…
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Mount St. Helens, Bigfoot, and the Miners Who Were Never the Same
Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, and it did not blow its top. It blew its side, and the wall of water and debris that followed changed everything for…
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NEW: Stephen Colbert Is Leaving + Booze and Reviews of Obsession Movie
Stephen Colbert is leaving CBS on May 21st, comedy is under a microscope, and there is a horror movie in theaters right now that arrives from a completely…
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NEW: The Old Farts Had a Seat Open & Shane Sat Down
Canadian community does not always look the way you expect it to. Sometimes it is 21 men eating eggs at seven in the morning on garbage day, no agenda, no…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SMART SPEAKERS - Canadian Life Satisfaction, the Alberta Data Breach, and the Small Things That Change Everything
Canadian life satisfaction is measuring something real and its provincial variation tells a more complicated story than any single headline can carry. The…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW Target Kids: Gambling Advertising, and Brain Development
Gambling advertising in Canada is targeting the demographic least equipped to resist it. Steve Joordens explains exactly why, and what two bills in Parliament…
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Sports Betting Is Just the New (less scary) Word for Gambling
Sports betting did not arrive to replace gambling. It arrived to replace the word. One listener's text put a fine point on it: kids watching sports with their…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: 162 Declassified UFO Files: What's Real, What's a Hoax, and What Nobody Can Explain
Declassified UFO files released by the Pentagon on May 8th look explosive on the surface. Nathan Radke spent the better part of his weekend reading through…
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When Quantum Computers Break Everything Including Your Money
Quantum computers could break the encryption protecting every cryptocurrency on the planet. That is not a distant theory. It is an active scramble. Blockchains…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Why Is Yawning Contagious? Dr. Samantha Yammine on the Study That Made Things Weirder
Contagious yawning remains one of the most studied and least understood reflexes in human biology. A new finding about yawning in the womb just made the…
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ICYMI - Dunkin' Donuts Canada: Tony Chapman Makes the Case Against the 200-Location Bet
Dunkin' Donuts Canada is happening: a master franchise has been secured with plans to open one location per week up to 200. Tony Chapman has questions. The…
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Finding the Good, Even Inside the Bad + Tulips
Dunkin' Donuts is coming back to Canada, a Canadian chain is bringing it in, and the team has thoughts on what this does to the Starbucks and Tim Hortons of…
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NEW: Good News Tuesday: How Finding the Good Is Itself the Good News
Good news Tuesday comes from a simple observation: the bad is loud and the good needs to be found. Two stories this week prove the finding is worth the effort…
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SHIFTHEADS: It's Not The Same as a Phone Book: Matt Gurney on the Alberta Voter Data Leak
Alberta voter data leak is the story Matt Gurney says everyone is trying to minimize. The fake names baked into the voter list have already identified who did…
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Blue Dot Fever: Why Concert Tickets Are Priced for a Market That No Longer Exists
Blue dot fever is the new term for half-empty arenas and cancelled concerts. The data behind it is specific and the team has the numbers. Concert ticket prices…
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NEW - Take Me to Church: Kelly Alexander on What Actually Makes a Concert Worth Attending
What makes a good concert is a question Kelly Alexander answers with a specific recent example. The show felt, she says, like being taken to church. Nothing…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Federico Riva on Why Butterfly Decline Is a Canary in Canada's Coal Mine
Butterfly population decline is measurable, documented, and connected to something most people eat every day. Federico Riva of Carleton University helped lead…
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ICYMI - Bob Addison on the FIFA World Cup: Great Sport, Ugly Business
FIFA World Cup 2026 is landing in Canada at a moment when ticket prices are disconnected from what fans are actually willing to pay. Bob Addison has been to…
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The Luke Skywalker Card Worth $687,000 and the Week in Tech With Kris Abel
Star Wars trading cards were fun in 1977. One of them just sold at auction for $687,500. The seller did not have the Canadian bilingual version with nicks…
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Joy Is Not Something You Find: Dr. Sohan Mansingh on Stress and the Nervous System
Stress and burnout start with a word. Dr. Sohan Mansingh says should is the word. It carries shame, it carries guilt, and it keeps people exactly where they…
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NEW: Life Stretching, Quiet Quitting, and Why We Keep Naming Things Instead of Fixing Them
Generational trend names are everywhere, and the argument on the table is whether they reflect real experiences or just make it easier to stop trying. Life…
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ICYMI - AI at Home, AI in Ottawa: What Works and What's Missing
AI home projects are changing how people tackle everything from clogged sinks to room redesigns. The question of who controls the technology making that…
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ICYMI - Never Having to Ask: The Hidden Test Nobody Announced
Relationship expectations are being shaped by a TikTok trend that tells you your partner should anticipate everything, no asking required. Tony Tedesco calls…
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SHIFTHEADS: Life Stretching, the McMansion, and the Numbers Nobody Wants to Talk About
Canadians living with parents in their 30s and 40s is now at generational highs, according to new Stats Canada data. The conversation digs into the numbers and…
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The Forever Home Is a Myth. Here's How to Actually Buy One.
Buying a home Canada feels impossible until someone sits down and actually runs the numbers with you. Jessica Moorhouse starts with the wishlist, then the…
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The Second Time Home Buyers No Policy Reaches
Housing affordability has a policy blind spot, and second time home buyers are falling right through it. The assumption is that every young buyer is a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Legal Definition of Foreign Interference Is Not What You Think
Foreign interference in Canada is more complicated than the legal definition suggests. The gap between what's traceable and what's actually happening may…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Driverless Cars Are Closer to Canada Than You Think
Driverless cars are coming to Canada, and the safety numbers are making even longtime skeptics rethink their position. Lorraine Sommerfeld wrote the piece. She…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Cards on the Table: The Toxic Ex Conversation and When Sharing Horror Stories Actually Helps
Toxic ex stories on a fourth date sound like a warning sign. Ryan O'Donnell says his became the most honest moment he had ever had with someone that early. He…
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NEW - Your Friends Are a Health Behaviour: Dr. Theresa Pauly on Toxic Relationships and Aging
Toxic relationships and aging are directly connected, and Dr. Theresa Pauly says the mechanism is measurable in your saliva. The quality of your relationships…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Built, Paid For, and Not Open: Patty Handysides on the Gordie Howe Bridge
Gordie Howe Bridge is ready. It has been under construction for eight years, funded entirely by Canada, and co-owned by Canada and Michigan. Patty Handysides…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Sheep Solve a Murder, Speed Racer Gets Its Due, and More to Watch This Weekend
What to watch this weekend spans a video game brawler that earns its cheese, a sheep murder mystery with a cast nobody predicted, and a 2008 film making its…
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NEW: Toxic Exes: What the Patterns Mean, How to Co-Parent Through It, and What They Left Behind
Your toxic ex may be gone, but a clinical psychologist says the damage does not leave with them. Two segments. One conversation that gets into the questions…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Saturday Meme to Monday Shelf: Mohit Rajhans on AI in the Shopping Mall
AI retail technology is not a kiosk in the corner of the food court. Mohit Rajhans says it is the entire operating system of the store you are standing in…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Someone Could Turn It Off: Vass Bednar on Digital Sovereignty and What Canada Is Missing
Digital sovereignty Canada does not fully have, and Vass Bednar says the Trump administration has made the vulnerabilities harder to ignore. The question she…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
A Blog Post Is Not Enough: Carmi Levy on OpenAI and Canadian Privacy Law
OpenAI privacy violations in Canada have been confirmed by federal and provincial privacy commissioners in BC, Alberta, and Quebec. Carmi Levy says the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS - WarMuseum.ca: Twenty Years, One Museum, and a Cross-Country List Worth Making
The Canada War Museum marks 20 years in its purpose-built home this week, and if you haven't walked through the hall with the jet and the tanks, it's time to…
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NEW - Ten Minutes on Sunday: Alyssa B on Meal Planning, Budget Shopping, and the Frozen Aisle
Meal planning does not require a full day. Alyssa B says 10 minutes of planning at the start of the week, knowing what you are making and who is eating, is…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
4,000 Fewer Restaurants: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois on Canada's Food Service Divide
Restaurant closures in Canada are happening faster than forecast. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois projected a drop from 89,000 to 85,000 restaurants in 2026 and says…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Throwback Thursday 2005: Paul Martin, a Harry Potter Leak, and Internet That Felt Fast
Canada in 2005 looked familiar in ways that are hard to ignore: a minority government, a floor crossing, and a prime minister under real pressure. George W…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Alberta Separatism's Biggest Problem Right Now Is Alberta’s Voter List
Alberta voters list data on 2.9 million people was allegedly obtained by a separatist-linked group, and the cleanup is far from finished. The Centurion Project…
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ICYMI - Dr. Andrew Burtch on Why Canada Needed a Building Worthy of Its Military History
The Canadian War Museum spent most of its existence in borrowed spaces. Dr. Andrew Burtch says the collection deserved better long before it got it. Before the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
WKRP Is Real Now, a Man Lost His Car Over a Burger, and Tomatoes Are Fraudulent
WKRP in Cincinnati, the fictional radio station from the classic CBS sitcom, is now a real station in Cincinnati, playing the same adult hits format the show's…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
You Logged On. You Logged Off. Then 2005 Changed Everything
In 2005 pop culture, you logged on, checked your email, and turned the computer off at the end of the day. Ed Conroy knows exactly when that era ended, and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Tragically Chip, Talking Sheep, and the Science of Haunted Houses: Richard Crouse
Tragically Chip ice cream is real, it is maple whiskey with dark chocolate chunks and black cherry ripple, and it comes from a Tragically Hip collaboration…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Brady's Monster Truck and the Self-Checkout Code: A Conversation About Honesty
Self-checkout ethics are more complicated than most people admit, and the conversation starts with a twenty-year-old monster truck confession. Ryan O'Donnell…
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NEW - Manufactured or Real: Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead on Alberta Separatism and Foreign Interference
Alberta separatism is in the news. Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead both question how much of it is Albertans and how much of it is being fed from outside…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Mouth of the South: Bill Brioux on Ted Turner at 87
Ted Turner passed away at 87. Bill Brioux says he was a yachtsman who won the America's Cup, a broadcaster who turned small TV stations into a media empire…
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NEW - God Sees Everything and Value Village Charges $15 for a Donated T-Shirt: The Stealing Texts
Self-checkout theft is not one conversation. The listener texts make that clear. A Brampton man allegedly swapped $97 baby formula for items priced under a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - The Conspiracy You Think Is New Has Been Around for 140 Years: Dr. Lee Kuhnle
Conspiracy theories feel new because we encounter them in the moment. Dr. Lee Kuhnle says most of them are not new at all. The COVID and 5G network conspiracy…
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ICYMI - The Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and Your Medical Diagnosis: Greg Fish on AI Medicine
AI medicine comes in two versions and most people are using the wrong one when they are sick at midnight. Specialist AI in oncology, antibiotic resistance…
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NEW - Upper K, Lower K, and the Middle That Is Disappearing: Tony Chapman on Canada's Two Economies
K economy Canada is not a prediction. Tony Chapman says it is the current state, and the middle is disappearing faster than most people are willing to…