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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
Your Tax Pile Might Be Easier this Year - April 30th Is Getting Closer
CRA tax changes for 2026 arrive during the season most Canadians spend actively avoiding the subject. You have a deadline of April 30th. You probably have…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Pipe Under Your Street Has a Secret
Aging water infrastructure under your city is running on borrowed time, and you would never know it from your tap. You turn it on, water comes out, and that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Handy Andy: Everything Your Balcony Could Be Doing
Vertical vegetable gardening and growing from seed will quietly make you the most interesting gift-giver in your neighbourhood. You put 64 seeds in a tray in…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Doomsday Clock: The Same AI That Cured Diseases Can Build Them, Too
The doomsday clock hitting 85 seconds to midnight is the kind of fact that lands hard and then disappears into the noise. You file it somewhere between knowing…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: The Pump Price That Works Against You and For You at the Same Time
Oil price volatility in Canada puts you in a strange position every time you fill up. You pay more at the pump and somewhere in the federal math, the country…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Why Reddit Kept Its Rules When Everything Else Didn't
Social media doom scrolling used to mean wasting time. Now it means being marketed at by people you never followed, on behalf of products you never asked…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Monday Study Panel - Cost of Business in Farms and Cities
The $200,000 Fuel Bill and the $30 Grocery Run Gas prices impact on farmers this week is the reason your grocery bill jumped $30 without a single change to…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Worst Time to Check Your Investments Is Right Now
Financial panic investing has a trigger and right now you're surrounded by them. The gas price on the sign jumped overnight. The news is about oil and conflict…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Sweatpants Sofa Party Is a Valid Life Choice
Millennial party culture has a specific before and after and you lived through both sides of it. Before: Project X was in theatres, G6 was on every speaker…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Nobody Has Defined What Winning Looks Like
Iran war unconditional surrender sounds decisive until you ask what comes after. You are watching a conflict that has been building for fifty years, funded by…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy: I Lost at Poker. I'm Taking Me a Flamingo
Vegas flamingo kidnapping is a sentence that exists now, and the man responsible is Canadian, which honestly tracks. You lose at poker, you walk the casino…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Business Case Canadian Oil Just Showed (AGAIN!)
Shane Rants: Canadian energy self-sufficiency has an argument and right now you are paying it every time you fill up. Diesel was $1.20 a litre not long ago…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Pixar Is Back, Frankenstein Has Dance Sequences, and SCTV Is Finally All Online!
MOVIES: Pixar Is Back and Frankenstein Has Dance Sequences New movies this weekend include a Pixar film that the people who wrote Pixar off are going to have…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI You're Next to Me But You're Really Not With Me
Phone ruining relationships has a clinical name now and you have probably done it this week. Phubbing is phone snubbing, the moment you reach for your screen…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - One Wire. Every Country. No Shared Story
AI disinformation looks different depending on where you are standing and your version of this conflict is almost certainly not the same as anyone else's. The…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The French Fry You're Eating Has 30 Ingredients. Your Parents' Fries Had Three
Ultra processed foods are changing what you eat without you noticing. You order french fries thinking you're getting a potato. You're getting up to 30…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Your Brain Has a Cleaning Cycle and Meditation Can Run It
Meditation brain science just found something that had never been recorded before and it changes the case for why any of this matters. Every night while you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Posthumous Albums: One Last Music Gift or the Last Grab for Cash
Posthumous music releases have always forced you to decide how you feel about something the artist never got to approve. You played Life After Death knowing…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Throwback Thursday: We Can’t Tell If This Budget Is From 1997 or This Morning
1997 Canada nostalgia stops being fun right about when the budget comes out. You pull up Paul Martin's federal budget from that year and he is talking about…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Cheese Curds, Potholes, and a Protected Name
Quebec cheese curd designation is about geography, not quality, and that gap is where things get interesting. You have bought corn on the cob labeled from…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - What Biggie's Legacy Actually Built
Biggie Smalls' legacy runs deeper than the music, and you've been living inside its business model for 30 years without knowing it. You know the drive-by in…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Did Alberta's Budget Fixed Itself Again This Week?
Alberta oil revenue swings don't just move the economy. They move the entire political conversation, and last week's deficit just became this week's windfall…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Notorious BIG: The Young Kid Who Made Ready to Die at 20
Hip hop golden age doesn't get a better case study than Biggie, and when you do the math it hits different. You put on Ready to Die today and it sounds like…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Diana Did It First and Nobody Has Matched It Since
Princess Diana's influence never really left, and you're still living inside what she built. You follow people online who post workout clothes next to red…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Richard Crouse - Spice Girl Greed and Boozy Hockey Drinks!
Turns Out Girl Power Only Goes As Far as a Dollar Spice Girls trademark lawyers just shut down a 22-year-old who built her company from scratch at 13, and you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The War You're Already Paying For
Global conflict is hitting your wallet in ways nobody is connecting for you. You saw the fuel price and kept driving. You got an email apologizing for a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Smart Speakers: The News Is Loud. It's Also Missing You
What the news isn't telling you right now fits in one sentence: the things happening far away are already in your wallet. There is something specific that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Seeking Soulmates - Only 8% Are Still In the Pool
The dating recession in Canada is real, and you are probably not surprised. A new Nanos poll for the Globe and Mail found only 8% of Canadians are actively…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW- The Prehistoric Hookup That's Wired Into You
Neanderthal DNA is not ancient history. It is in you right now, between 1 and 2% of your genome, and it arrived because tens of thousands of years ago, when…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Comic Books: You Grew Up. The Scam Didn't
Online scams feel like something that happened to other people, not you. You've seen the AI-generated fitness transformation video, the one where the old man…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Your Cancer Scan Might Soon Have a New Second Opinion
AI medical diagnosis is already catching cancers that trained doctors miss, and within months of using it, those same doctors are getting worse at catching the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Marketing War: Whose Story Are You Actually Living?
War propaganda and the ad served to you thirty seconds ago use the same playbook, and you're already inside it. Media manipulation lands softest when you're…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - From A Writer: What It Actually Costs to Call Yourself a Creator
Living a creative life, you were told, was about freedom. You built the thing you wanted. You showed up. You protected the time. And then one morning you woke…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Good News Tuesday: Because Some Days You Need Someone to Go First
Good News Tuesday exists because some days you need someone to go first. You have been carrying something this week, maybe small, maybe not. You did not wake…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Good News Tuesday: The Antidote to the Week You Just Had
Good News Tuesday is not pretending the hard stuff is not there. You feel the weight of 2026 and you are not imagining it. Someone on tonight's show said the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - You Have Been Saying Yes to Internet Cookies. Here Is What That Actually Costs You.
Internet cookies are on every website you visit and you have been saying yes to all of them. You click through that popup in half a second because it is easier…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS:The People Who Inspired You Were Almost Never Supposed to Be There
The people who inspired you most were probably not in your plan. You did not find them on purpose. They just showed up one day, did something they had no…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Your Quiet Kid and the Team That Might Be Exactly Right for Them
Shy kids in sports is a question worth sitting with if you have a quiet child at home. You watch them hang back at parties, take forever to warm up to new…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - WHAT MAKES A GOOD COACH: The Coach Your Kid Never Forgets Wasn't the Loudest One in the Room
What makes a good coach? You have had one. You know the feeling of someone putting you in a situation where they believed in you before you believed in…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Apple Promised You the Future. This Week They Just Updated the Usual Stuff.
Instagram teen safety is not something most parents think about until they need to, and by then it is usually too late. This week something changed. If your…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Iran, Israel, and the Part of the War Plan Nobody Has Written Yet
Iran Israel war analysis is all over your feed right now and most of it sounds confident. You are watching footage of precision strikes and hearing about…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
What If Joining a Cartel Is the Rational Choice?
Mexican cartel corruption starts with a choice you've probably never faced. Your options are starvation, death, or work for an organization where you might…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI: The Great BC Time Change: More Math Than Anyone Expected
BC daylight saving time is permanent now. You're the one who has to live with what comes next. Your Vancouver winter solstice sunrise lands at nine in the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Handy Andy’s Garden is Planted and Yard is Ready! (He’s Clearly Not in Ottawa)
What's Actually in Your Potting Mix (Hint: No Soil) Potting mix and potting soil sound identical but one of them contains zero actual soil. You grab a bag at…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Myth That's Been Running Your Clock for 100 Years
Daylight saving time arrives next week and it's coming for your Sunday morning. You lose an hour of sleep, drag through Monday in a fog, and spend the week…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The $50 Move That Beats Every Budget Spreadsheet You've Ever Abandoned
Retirement savings advice usually starts with a budget, and budgets usually fail. You build the categories, track the spending for two weeks, and then life…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
What Can Canada Learn About Our Readiness from the US/Israel Attack on Iran?
Richard Shimooka discusses the technology used in the first weekend of the war, and discusses with Shane Hewitt the gaps in both Canada’s Military…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - The Dealership's First Question Is a Trap. Don't Answer It.
Car loan debt in Canada is heading somewhere Americans have already been, and the first question at any dealership is designed to get you there faster. How…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Last Blood Moon Canada Gets for Three Years
Canada's total lunar eclipse in 2026 is happening once, and this is it. You set the alarm, step outside, and watch a red moon sitting low in the western sky…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Stories From the Weekend - Canola Tariff Help and Observations of the Iran War
Canola tariffs just dropped, and if you grow canola or know someone who does, you felt this week land differently. China suspended agricultural tariffs on…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The $3,800 You're Throwing Out Every Year Without Realizing
Food waste savings of $3,800 a year are already in your refrigerator. You open it, grab what looks good, cook what you felt motivated to make, and quietly…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Brady Tkachuk Fixed It Right
You already know what you think about cancel culture in sports. A US hockey player laughs at the wrong moment during a White House visit. You see the clip, you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Single Women Are “Living Their Truth”. Single Men Are Just Sad, Apparently
Single men stereotypes have exactly two settings right now, and neither of them is accurate. You're either a playboy or you're an incel, and the middle ground…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: 52% of Canadians Feel Lonely Every Week. Are You One of Them?
Loneliness and human connection have a measurement problem, and the number from Genwell's own Canadian research lands harder than most people expect. 52% of…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Paul McCartney Didn't Know If He'd Ever Write Music Again
Your weekend streaming picks just got more interesting than you planned. Prime Video has a Paul McCartney documentary that has nothing to do with The Beatles…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Canada Is Selling LNG to India and That Is Actually the Eco Story Nobody Is Telling
Canadian politics and trade collided this week in ways that cut across the usual lines. India is growing at four to five percent annually, needs energy, and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Town That Invented Hockey Wants Its Credit Back
You think you know the hockey birthplace Canada story. You probably picture Montreal or maybe Kingston. Sports historian Danny Dill has a different answer…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Google Is Giving You a Customized Answer. It Is Not Giving You the Right One
AI search disruption is already changing what you find when you search, and the result is not neutral. Google's AI summary is built on what you have searched…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Sidewalk in Front of Your House Belongs to the City. The Ice on It Is Your Problem
Winter slip and fall liability is more complicated than the patch of ice you're standing on. The sidewalk that cuts through your driveway is city property…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Night Owls Score Higher on Cognitive Tests. Multiple Studies. Same Result
Night owl and early bird brain differences run deeper than when you set your alarm. If you stay up late and always have, you are not one type of night owl, you…