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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
You're Guilty Until You Can Prove Otherwise: Evelyn Jacks on CRA, Audits, and Year-Round Tax Awareness
Tax planning Canada requires one uncomfortable truth to land first: CRA operates on a reverse onus. You have to prove them wrong, not the other way around…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The More Good News You Talk About: Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift's Cinco de Mayo Edition
Good News Tuesday has a theory behind it: talk about good news and you find more of it. Cinco de Mayo on a Taco Tuesday is already a good start. Three…
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ICYMI - Send the Invite Anyway: Pete Bombacci on Mental Health Week and the Human Connection Movement
Mental health week lands in early May for a reason. Pete Bombacci says suicide rates are highest in the spring, not at Christmas, and the social pressure that…
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NEW: High Tax, Low Return: Matt Gurney on What Canada Is Actually Getting for Its Money
Canada's trade surplus is real and Matt Gurney will take it. He just wants to be honest about what it is: a bounce from external conditions, not a sign that…
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Good News Tuesday! Number One Pick and a Maybe: The Maple Leafs, Matthews, and McDavid on Draft Lottery Day
NHL draft lottery day handed Toronto the number one pick and a decision to make, all on the same afternoon. The Maple Leafs are expected to select Gavin…
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Shiftheads - 100 Miles Per Gallon and a $5 Scooter Trip: Ryan O'Donnell Does the Transportation Math
Motorcycle fuel economy is not something most people think about. Ryan O'Donnell did, and the numbers surprised him. Motorcycles average between 30 and 60…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - BP Invented Your Guilt: John Pabon on Greenwashing and the Carbon Footprint Lie
Greenwashing is not always deliberate. John Pabon says it ranges from fossil fuel companies outright lying to corporations that over-claim and governments and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Met Gala, Southwest Airlines, and the End of Ask Jeeves: Kris Abel's Week in Tech
Ask Jeeves shut down May 1st. Kris Abel says it was built around the same idea that AI is now executing, asking questions and getting answers, but it ran out…
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Performance Over Process: Dr. Perry Adler on What AI Is Doing to How We Think
The education system has been optimizing for grades for a long time. Dr. Perry Adler says AI just made the shortcut obvious. His framework is clear: critical…
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SHIFTHEADS: Two Sandwiches, One Drink, Under $20: Bob Addison on the Best Date Night in Surrey
Costco date night did not start as a plan. It started at 8:27pm when it was too late to go home and cook dinner. Bob Addison and his wife got their smoked meat…
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11 Lego Sets on the Mantle: Ryan O'Donnell on May the 4th and 20 Years of Star Wars
May the 4th landed on a Friday this year and Ryan O'Donnell spent it exactly the way you would expect: three films deep by the time the show aired, running…
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NEW - Handy Andy Baryer on Spring Planting, the Sugar Shack Man Cave, and World Password Day
Spring gardening has a temperature threshold Andy Baryer treats as non-negotiable: nighttime lows need to reach 10 degrees Celsius before tomatoes, peppers, or…
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SHIFTHEADS: Barry Choi on Flight Cancellations, Disney Prices, and How to Travel Smart Right Now
Summer travel planning in 2026 requires a different checklist than it used to, and Barry Choi has gone through it. Flight cancellations tied to jet fuel…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Your Phone Can Be Hijacked From a Car: Rob Beggs on SMS Blasters and Scam Texts
SMS blasters are industrial-grade cybercrime tools manufactured and sold specifically to compromise phones at scale. Rob Beggs says one is enough to take out…
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Shiftheads - When to Let Your Freak Flag Fly: The Date Night Conversation
Everyone has a thing. The question is when to show it to someone new, and Tony Tedesco and Jen Kirsch do not entirely agree on the answer. Tony Tedesco's…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Peanut Butter Theory Explains Star Wars (sort of)
Star Wars Day lands on a Friday and Ryan O'Donnell has a theory he has been sitting with since he was a kid. The best peanut butter and jelly sandwich is your…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Insulting or Realistic: Andrew Caddell and Lesley Kelly on Federal Wages and the Cost of Everything
Federal public servant wages are at the centre of a fight that Andrew Caddell says tells you something about where the government's priorities actually are. A…
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Your Tax Refund, Frugality Fatigue, and the 10% Rule: Jessica Moorhouse
Tax refund season has a predictable problem: the money gets spent mentally before it ever arrives. Jessica Moorhouse says writing it down before it lands…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Pester Power and Processed Corn: Tony Chapman on the Rise and Fall of Breakfast Cereal
The corn flake was an accident. Tony Chapman says what Kellogg's built from that accident was one of the most effective kid marketing systems ever put on a…
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NEW - $2.12 a Litre and a Soccer Team That Might Leave: Ryan Price on BC This Week
BC gas prices have been above $2 a litre for a long time. Ryan Price says watching Ontario treat $1.75 as a crisis has been an experience. Victoria sits at…
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SHIFTHEADS: The 50-Kilometre Choke Point Holding the World Hostage: Ian Wereley on the Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz carried 20 million barrels of oil per day before the war. Ian Wereley says that number is down 95%, and the knock-on effects are landing…
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NEW - Miranda Priestly Is Back and Someone Peed at the Hocum Screening: Steve Stebbing's Weekend Guide
May 1st is the start of summer movie season and Steve Stebbing says the lineup is already delivering. Three Movies, One Very Strong Warning Devil Wears Prada 2…
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Shiftheads - Is It Love or Is It Love Bombing: Dr. Laurie Betito on the Line Between Affection and Manipulation
Love bombing is not about the gifts or the attention. Dr. Laurie Betito says it is about the motive and the pattern behind them. Someone coming on fast with…
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ICYMI - The Wrong Conversation: Mohit Rajhans on Youth, AI, and the Trust Problem
A McGill University study on young people aged 17 to 23 and their relationship with AI stopped Mohit Rajhans cold. He says the adults in the room have been…
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NEW - Why Your Heart Almost Never Gets Cancer: Dr. Samantha Yammine on a Stunning New Study
Heart cancer is so rare it shows up in less than 1% of autopsies. Cancer cells pass through the heart constantly. Dr. Samantha Yammine says scientists have…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Who Cares for the Caregivers: Dr. Janet McMordie on Vitals and Frontline Families Canada
Vitals is a solo show running May 2 to 10 at Factory Theatre in Toronto, and Dr. Janet McMordie says the question at the centre of it is one medicine does not…
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The Warm Hug Movie and Why You Keep Watching Them
Comfort movies are not about quality. They are about the feeling you already know is coming before you press play. The hosts break down what actually makes a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Throwback 1980: The Year Terry Fox Started Running and Canada Changed
Terry Fox dipped his prosthetic leg into the Atlantic Ocean in St. John's on April 12, 1980, and started running. What followed changed Canada in ways that are…
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The Informed Shopper: What Grocery Prices Taught Canadians
Grocery prices have not dropped. But Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says Canadians have stopped being caught off guard by them, and that shift matters. The panic that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Is It Actually Allergies? Moshe Ben-Shoshan on What Canadians Get Wrong
Seasonal allergies affect up to 20% of the population. Moshe Ben-Shoshan says a lot of people who think they have them do not, and the difference between an…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Rob Breakenridge on the Alberta Voter Database, the Fiscal Update, and Who Is Watching
Alberta's voter registry data for 2.9 million people has reportedly been accessed by a separatist organization, and the RCMP has opened an investigation. Rob…
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ICYMI - Fred Fox on the Letter, the Run, and What Terry Said to Their Mom
Terry Fox was 21 years old when he wrote the letter that started the Marathon of Hope. Fred Fox says cancer had already changed his brother completely by then…
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Why Borrowing to Invest Makes Anita Bruinsma's Blood Pressure Spike
Borrowing to invest sounds smart until the market drops and the bank wants its money back immediately. Financial planner Anita Bruinsma draws a hard line on…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Before & After Terry Fox: What 1980 Taught Canada About Itself
Terry Fox is still in Canadian classrooms, still in the currency debate, still the name that comes up when Canada talks about who it actually is. Ed Conroy…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Richard Crouse Reviews Devil Wears Prada 2 (Plus Three Drinks to Go With It)
Devil Wears Prada 2 opens the summer season at theatres this weekend, and the timing is not an accident. Why the Michael Jackson Estate Is Just Getting Started…
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Fort McMurray to Ottawa: Canada's Energy Hypocrisy
The spring fiscal update is being celebrated. Canada's deficit is down $11 billion. Oil prices are up. The host is not celebrating. Growing up in Fort McMurray…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Canada’s Reduced Deficit: The Oil Money Nobody Wants to Credit
Canada's spring fiscal update shows a lower deficit. The revenue driving that improvement comes largely from higher energy prices. Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: INSIDE COPY - Bees, a Latrine, and a 30 Percent Price Hike
Three stories. None of them necessary. All of them real. First: condom prices are up 30 percent. The Iran conflict has disrupted supply chains for Karex, the…
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NEW - Clear Your Cache: What Airlines Know That You Don't
Twenty percent of Canadians hold nearly 70 percent of the wealth. Tony Chapman calls it the K economy and says Air Canada's new seating layout is a direct…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW: False Flag or Incompetence: Nathan Radke on the Correspondents' Dinner
Conspiracy theories about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting spread faster than any verified facts. Nathan Radke of the Uncover Up podcast applies…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Click Fraud, Crypto Miners, and Rage Bait: The Bot Economy
The bot takeover of the web is not one thing. Greg Fish of Cyberpunk Survival Guide breaks it into parts. Scrapers steal content, fill it with ads, and send…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Can You Actually Write That Off?
Tax filing in Canada looks straightforward until CRA audits you in retrospect. Evelyn Jacks, President of the Knowledge Bureau, tracks where self-employed…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Scam That Starts With Your Aunt's Obituary
CRA scams are not seasonal, and the information scammers need to make them convincing is sitting publicly on your social media profiles right now. Julie…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Instagram Plus: You're Paying for What Used to Be Free
Instagram Plus is being tested now in Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines. Three dollars a month buys you longer stories, priority placement, anonymous story…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Good News Tuesday: Package Anxiety and a LEGO Griswold House
Good News Tuesday opens with a homeowner in a former church rectory circling the house waiting for a barbecue that may have been delivered next door. The…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS - Good News Tuesday: 70,000 Steps and a Letter That Worked
Good News Tuesday opens with Doug Bush, 62 years old, walking 70,000 steps at a gym in Edmonton. Ten thousand for every year of his life. Google says that's 11…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Pit Wall Decides: Inside F1 with Bernie Collins
F1 engineer Bernie Collins spent years on the Aston Martin pit wall making the calls that shape race outcomes. Her book, How to Win a Grand Prix, covers what…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - The Price Is Fine. The Size Is the Problem.
Calgary rental prices have dropped. Two months free rent, six months free parking, all utilities included. And it still is not enough because the average…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - The Cute Robot Got the Job & an AI Run Cafe
Humanoid robots have arrived at Toyota Canada's Woodstock, Ontario factory, one of the largest automotive facilities in North America. Toyota assessed every…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Canada We Need to Fix What We Have - Before We Build Anything New
Canada's sovereign investment fund is the latest answer to a question the country keeps getting wrong. While federal officials announced a port expansion in…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Remembering Cheech: A Hockey Voice Gone Too Soon
John Garrett was the broadcaster who answered a desperate call with 20 minutes to airtime and asked no questions. He passed away suddenly this week. Bob…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Home: Today I Can Feel Africa
What makes you feel at home is the question that opened a conversation this week, and it started with a priest named Father Paul from Tanzania standing in a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Orange Peels, Grey Hat Hackers, and the Bounty That Pays You to Snitch
Spring yard tips and a cybercrime bounty program make for an unlikely pairing, but both come down to the same idea: things you already have access to are more…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: How a Lego Set Became the Best Conversation About Science in Years
The NASA Artemis Lego set keeps selling out, and the conversation it opened is about something bigger than a model on a shelf. The hosts ask what happened to…
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NEW - Dan McTeague on the Oil Supply Shock Canada Is Not Ready For
Diesel fuel prices are already painful for Canadian truck operators, and Dan McTeague says the number people are watching at the pump is not the number that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Fake Canada Goose and What Online Shopping Fraud Actually Looks Like
Online shopping fraud in Canada hit approximately $640 million in 2024, and Bruce Winder says the vector is not always an obvious scam. Sometimes it is a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Do We Still Need Car Dealers?
Car dealerships have survived a hundred years of disruption, but Lorraine Sommerfeld says their reputations have taken a serious hit since the pandemic and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Alpine Divorce: When Leaving Is Not a Breakup, It Is Abandonment
Alpine divorce is the term circulating online for something that is not a divorce at all. Tony Tedesco and Jen Kirsch say it is abandonment with a trendy name…
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NEW - Trust Us: Canada's New Sovereign Fund and the Questions Nobody Is Answering
Canada's new $25 billion sovereign wealth fund was announced today, and the panel's first question is the one nobody in Ottawa is rushing to answer: who gets…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
How Burglars Case Your Home Without Ever Sitting Outside It
Trail camera surveillance has become a break-and-enter tool, and the reason it works is the same reason it is hard to detect. Mark Mendelson says criminals are…