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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
ICYMI - AI Economy: Is Your AI Subscription Paying You Back?
AI subscriptions can feel worth every penny when they help you avoid an unnecessary bill. Mohit Rajhans puts that value to a practical test while helping you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Chrissy Newton: When UFO Stories Outrun the Evidence
UFO disclosure depends heavily on people saying they know what others don't. Chrissy Newton offers a way to weigh those accounts through Jay Stratton’s…
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Twitter Feels Awful. Why Is It Still Useful?
Nintendo Wii nostalgia is easy to enjoy. Twitter nostalgia comes with a complication: Ryan is trying to quit the platform, but breaking news keeps a hold on…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Food and Sleep: When Did Exhausted Become Normal?
Food and sleep can feel like separate problems until the same day keeps repeating: coffee, not much lunch, a huge dinner and another tired morning. Alyssa B…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS - Sleep Debt: Why Rest Can Leave You Feeling Worse
Sleep debt can make finally getting some rest feel surprisingly unrewarding. Dr. David Greenberg helps you make sense of waking exhausted, the idea of catching…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Twitter Used to Be Boring. Remember How Good That Was?
Social media in 2006 had room for a thought that went absolutely nowhere. No grand argument. No chapters-long reply. Just something ordinary announced to a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Alberta Voted to Stay. It Didn’t Vote to Settle
The Alberta referendum offers an answer to leaving, but what about staying unhappy? Rob Breakenridge gives voice to a position easily lost between separatist…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Twitter Had Less Room. Somehow, More Connection
Twitter history looks different when you remember the excitement before the arguments. Carmi Levy revisits what made the original service useful, helping you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Hunger Doesn’t Wait for a Government Cheque
What can food banks do that a government programme can’t? Dr Sylvain Charlebois makes the distinction immediate, helping you understand what your support…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Wait What? Twitter then Vine Then Twitter Then X?
Wait What? Twitter then Vine Then Twitter Then X? Twitter history might eventually be remembered as much through old screen layouts as old posts. Ed Conroy…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
A 50-Year-Old Party Could Be Your Best Movie Night
Entertainment news usually points you towards what’s new. Richard Crouse gives you a reason to look again: at a character you remember and a gathering…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Salmon Arm or Calgary: Which Is Actually Higher?
Salmon Arm looks like the obvious answer when the question is which city sits higher: it or Calgary. Test that mountain-versus-prairie instinct alongside Ryan…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Alberta’s Grievances, Canada’s Bills: What Changes?
Canadian politics has two uncomfortable questions: what follows a rejection of separation, and what follows another promise of affordability? Jamie Ellerton…
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SHIFTHEADS: The Really Old Department Stores Are Our Favourite. What Made It Special?
Calgary closures bring back an odd endorsement: terrible elevators, a clunky layout, and a department store Ryan still calls his favourite. Revisit what made…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Holiday Jobs Are Coming. Just Not in the Stores Like They Used To
Holiday shopping once meant a department store shift; now a seasonal opening might lead to a warehouse. Retail expert Bruce Winder weighs what Amazon’s…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - The Ghost Was a Prank. The Panic Turned Deadly
The Hammersmith ghost began with a prank, but stopping the prank couldn't stop the fear. Nathan Radke tells a chilling historical story that helps you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Would Aliens Actually Build a Power Plant Around a Star?
The search for alien life has an engineering question hiding inside it: would aliens actually build the megastructures astronomers hope to spot? Greg Fish…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Money Stress: Low Income, High Tax Clawbacks
Money stress can make looking at your finances the very thing you avoid. Brian Orlando, CPA and founder of Calm Money Coach, offers a simpler starting point…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Protecting Children Online: You Can’t Watch Every Chat. What Can You Teach?
Online child safety can’t depend on a parent watching every screen. Lindsay Lobb, Director of Support Services at the Canadian Centre for Child…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Pumpkin Spice Eggnog: Good News Has Its Limits
Good News Tuesday shouldn’t require defending your taste in eggnog. Yet here we are: one person’s seasonal abomination is another person’s…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Would You Go All Cash?
Cash vs cards isn’t only about what leaves your account. For anyone reconsidering the automatic tap, this conversation puts the business’s costs…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: The Alberta referendum leaves a question beyond separation: what happens to the frustration that remains?
Graham Richardson helps distinguish anger with Ottawa from a desire to leave Canada, and considers what that difference demands of political leaders. For a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Gas Prices: Relief in the East, a Hit on the Prairies?
Gas prices could deliver relief in one part of Canada and a harder hit in another. Dan McTeague offers a regional forecast to help you understand why waiting…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Bad Buffets. Great TV. Why Can’t We Stop Watching?
TikTok reality TV has a man with a mullet, a list of badly rated buffets and another plate to get through. The food looks questionable. Leaving would seem…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Counterfeit Cash: Why the Buyer Wants You to Hurry
Counterfeit cash comes with a problem that isn’t printed on the bill: the pressure to accept it quickly. David Coffee, a former financial crimes…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Alberta Feeds More Than the Oil-and-Gas Story
Alberta agriculture deserves more room in Canada’s picture of the province. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, the Food Professor, puts its contribution in…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Swallowed by a Whale: Could the Movie Actually Happen?
Robot dogs sound futuristic; surviving inside a whale sounds like fiction. Kris Abel puts both impressions to the test, starting with the question a survival…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Approved for a Mortgage. Ready for the Cost of the House?
Homebuying costs can look manageable on paper and feel very different once the keys are yours. Martin Dasko helps connect the purchase decision to the life…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Land Transfer Tax: The House Price Isn’t the Whole Bill
Land transfer tax is one reason the accepted offer isn’t the final cost of buying a home. Moshe Lander puts the extra bill in context and helps you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Tipping Before the Food Arrives: What Are You Rewarding?
Tipping fatigue hits differently when the payment screen asks for appreciation before anything reaches the table. This debate gives you competing ways to judge…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Study: Alberta’s Test of Political Loyalty
Tipping fatigue doesn’t mean generosity has disappeared. Jimmy Zoubris and Lesley Kelly help separate service worth rewarding from pressure to pay…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Who Gets the Right of Way in a Flying Car?
Flying cars sound like freedom until someone has to organise the traffic. If the Jetsons future still appeals, this argument offers a practical test: imagine…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - CFB Wainwright Fire: Four Dead, Dozens Injured
The CFB Wainwright fire has left four people dead and dozens injured, according to the reporting presented here. Hear CTV News audio and official responses…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Before You Buy the Mower or the Smart Doorbell
Home maintenance gets frustrating when the tool that promised convenience creates another problem. Handy Andy Baryer helps you spot ownership questions worth…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Can You Afford to Leave Your Relationship?
Financial planning gets personal when leaving a relationship means paying for a second home. Financial planner Anita Bruinsma helps you identify what to count…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - A Memory Switched Off With Light? Meet Optogenetics
Nobel Prize science gets strange when light can change a mouse’s response to a frightening memory. Dr. Samantha Yammine makes optogenetics…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Great Lakes Ghost Stories: Stay Close to the Water
Great Lakes ghost stories begin where the familiar shoreline stops feeling quite so familiar. Mark Leslie offers a tour of legends, unsettling history and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Kitchen Chores to Apocalypse Shovels: Happy Friday
Household arguments are waiting at the end of a short week that somehow felt longer than a normal one. If the holiday already feels imaginary, Ryan has a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Stelco's Job Promises Meet 500 Proposed Layoffs
Stelco layoffs put a corporate promise against workers' immediate livelihoods. Andrew Caddell helps you weigh the dispute between Ottawa and Cleveland-Cliffs…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy: School Election Fraud: Mum Knows Who Should Win
Inside Copy supplies three Friday stories worth bringing to the group chat, starting with election interference in elementary school. A principal admitted…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Bigger Jackpot. Same Odds. Possibly a Smaller Share
Lottery odds don't improve when the jackpot finally gets big enough to tempt you. Jeffrey S Rosenthal helps untangle what actually changes when more people buy…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Street Fighter Looks Right. Does It Play Right?
Deciding what to watch? Steve Stebbing helps sort promising appearances from movies worth your evening. Street Fighter has the look he wanted, but something…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Friday Night Love Shack: The Dishes Are Dirty. Why Does It Feel Personal?
Couples fighting over dishes can end up arguing about whether they matter to each other. Dr Laurie Betito helps identify the request buried inside the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Who Answers When Your AI Acts Without Asking?
Cybersecurity can reach a family through a game, a wallet or an account they barely think about. Mohit Rajhans helps identify the connections worth questioning…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Free Photoshop Lookalikes: A Reckoning for Subscriptions?
AI software alternatives promise something frustrated subscribers want: a way out of the monthly bill. Carmi Levy helps you judge the catch before trusting a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Jim Bakker's Passing: Lessons from a Decade of Wealth
Jim Bakker's Rolls-Royce and private plane might seem like obvious reasons to question a ministry. John Wigger offers a different view of what followers saw…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
1976: Wood Panelling, Rock Records and a Strange Flin Flon Statue
1976 nostalgia looks different when you weren't born yet. From parents' childhood stories to a surprisingly passionate rock-album endorsement, this Throwback…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Butter So Precious You Don't Eat It? Uncle Bob Has Questions
Butter belongs on toast. Keeping some because it's too precious to eat takes the relationship somewhere else. Bob Addison brings a buttery obsession that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Healthy Food Advice Doesn't Pay the Grocery Bill
Healthy food affordability gets lost when the advice starts and ends with “don't eat that.” Dr Sylvain Charlebois puts the shopper back into the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Throwback Thursday: The CN Tower Was the Future. Listen in to 1976
The CN Tower's first pitch wasn't about daring anyone to look down. This trip through 1976 recordings offers a different way to see the landmark: through the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Provincial Rights Sound Good. Until Another Province Uses Them Against You
An Alberta referendum ballot can reject separation and still endorse significant demands of Ottawa. Rob Breakenridge gives you a closer look at those separate…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - You Elect Your MP. Who Do They Answer To?
Canadian democracy promises representation, but does casting a ballot mean your concerns get heard? Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher offers a framework…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Bad Aim or Bad Design? The Splash-Free Urinal
A splash-free urinal sounds like a punchline until you're checking your trousers before leaving the bathroom. This look at research involving the University of…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Throwback Thursday: The Backbone of Toronto Media and Cultur
The CN Tower is easy to recognise and surprisingly easy to take for granted. Ed Conroy gives you a reason to look up again, starting with the everyday problem…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
John Cleese Gets Personal. Whale Fall Gets Claustrophobic
Richard Crouse takes you backstage with John Cleese and inside a whale with Whale Fall, offering both an intimate look at a comedy legend's audience and a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Five Subscriptions Gone. Still Paying $90 a Month
Subscription costs look different when there's a wedding to save for. Five cancellations later, the remaining monthly total offers a useful reality check for…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - White House Criticism: Are We Taking the Bait?
Political communication can work even when the reaction is hostile. Lindsay Broadhead and Jamie Ellerton help you question who benefits when a performance…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Alberta Referendum: The Voting Room Wasn't What He Expected
The Alberta referendum had Ryan expecting a voting room thick with tension. His account offers a different picture of showing up, one worth hearing if the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Subscriptions: Why Is Loyalty the Expensive Option?
Subscription loyalty feels backwards when a stranger gets a discount and your bill goes up. Tony Chapman helps you recognise why staying rarely earns the best…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Cancel Subscriptions You Forgot Were Subscriptions
Trying to cancel subscriptions starts with knowing what counts. If the list stops at Netflix, this conversation offers a wider check of the recurring charges…