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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
Scientists Mapped a Fruit Fly Brain. Then Came Doom
A fruit fly brain map took years to make. Then the internet turned it into videos of a fly playing Doom and solving a Rubik’s Cube. Dr. Samantha Yammine…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Your Favourite Fall Drink Has Some Explaining to Do
Is your pumpkin spice latte a favourite drink or a favourite fall ritual? Put your own order to the test in a debate about what makes autumn feel good, and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Who Gets to Sell Food Near Your Grocery Store?
Grocery property controls raise a question you won’t find on a price tag: who gets to sell food near your supermarket? Dr. Sylvain Charlebois helps you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Canadians Head to the ISS” What Comes After the International Space Station?
The International Space Station won’t last forever, but what would it take to replace it? Dr. Elaina Hyde helps you understand why that question involves…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Throwback Thursday: Pumpkin Spice Spam. Your Latte Was Just the Beginning
Pumpkin spice has escaped your coffee cup, and some of your favourite foods are in its path. Find out which seasonal creations might test your appetite…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Alberta Pipeline: A Reason to Stay in Canada?
An Alberta pipeline announcement puts the “Ottawa doesn’t care” argument under pressure. Rob Breakenridge helps you gauge whether this moment…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Diesel Prices: The Bill Reaches You Without a Diesel Truck
Diesel prices can reach your wallet even if you never touch a diesel pump. Dan McTeague helps you connect the fuel bill to groceries and heating, with…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Afghanistan War Stories Missing From the Canadian War Diary
Canadian Afghanistan veterans sometimes tell Dr. Andrew Burtch they were there but did nothing remarkable. He offers a way to hear what that modest account…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Why Pumpkin Spice Feels Younger Than It Is
The pumpkin spice latte arrived in 2003, but does that match your memory of when it became unavoidable? Ed Conroy helps connect the drink’s early days to…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Tom Cruise Gets Weird. What Do You Drunk with That?
Entertainment news gets personal with Richard Crouse, from interviewing a childhood comedy hero to sizing up Tom Cruise’s outrageous new role. Get a…
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Report from Iron Mountain: The Hoax That Felt True
Report from Iron Mountain claimed America could not afford peace. Dr. Lee Kuhnle shows you how to test a document that was a hoax even when its argument sounds…
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Can Canada Adapt Before More Jobs Disappear?
The Canada trade war can look manageable on a national chart and devastating in a town losing 350 jobs. Matt Gurney helps you see why both can be true, and why…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Inside Family Medicine
As Canada faces a major shortage of family doctors - an estimated 20,000 by 203 - this powerful and moving collection of real-life stories explore what the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: 50 Irish Lives in Canada
4.4 Million Canadians claim Irish heritage. The book '50 Irish Lives in Canada' written by by Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Mark G. McGowan, highlights the enormous…
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How Did You Find the Music That Became Yours?
Music discovery used to happen almost by accident. A radio station, a relative's record collection, summer camp or some unexpected song could introduce you to…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Smarter DIY Without Buying More Stuff
DIY technology can make life easier, but Handy Andy Baryer has a few reasons to question whether every upgrade is actually progress. From YouTube's expanding…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Canada's 3.5% NATO Promise Has a Spending Problem
NATO spending requires Canada to reach 3.5% of GDP by 2035, but Richard Shimooka sees a problem hidden inside that promise: you can't instantly rebuild decades…
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NEW - Can Politics Actually Make Life More Affordable?
Canadian affordability sounds like an easy political target until someone has to decide what would actually lower a bill. Jimmy Zoubris and Andrew Caddell…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Does Your Music Streaming App Know Your Music Taste Better Than You?
Music discovery used to depend on radio, record stores, friends or simply hearing the right song somewhere. This is a story of how your streaming service can…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - We Sit Silent While Cuba Is Running Out of Energy
Cuba’s energy crisis is putting daily life under enormous pressure, but how did conditions become this severe? Julio Fonseca of the Canadian Network on…
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NEW - You Want Your Money to Change. What About Your Life?
Money decisions get harder when every option feels important. Jessica Moorhouse says there's an uncomfortable contradiction hiding underneath many financial…
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The Scam Caller Is AI. Who Do You Hang Up On?
AI scam calls are changing a familiar problem: what happens when the person trying to fool you isn't a person at all? If you already hesitate before answering…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - What If Canada-U.S. Trade Doesn't Go Back to Normal?
Canadian trade faces a deceptively simple question: are businesses waiting out a temporary disruption, or planning for a relationship that won't return to what…
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SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy: Who Answers When the Robot Gets It Wrong?
AI and robotaxis can do impressive things until an unexpected question or turn changes the script. Inside Copy starts with Tilly Norwood, a computer-generated…
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NEW - What to Watch: Dogs, Brothers and the Unabomber
Weekend movies and streaming picks get strange fast when Steve Stebbing arrives with six very different choices. There’s a scene-stealing dog, an…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - I Love You. Why Don’t I Like You Right Now?
Can you love but not like your partner for a while? Clinical psychologist Dr. Laurie Betito helps you tell ordinary irritation from a feeling that deserves…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - AI Promises Are Big. The Daily Problems Are Here
AI at work sounds impressive from a podium. Mohit Rajhans hears a different set of questions when he visits businesses, and his perspective helps you see the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - New UFO Files, Old Questions
UFO documents can make an old mystery feel newly solved. Chrissy Newton helps you sort what this latest release adds from records that researchers could…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
What If the First Impression Is Wrong?
Slow burn dating asks a deceptively hard question: how much can you know after one meeting? Tony Tedesco and Jen Kirsch offer two ways to think about a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Do You Have to Know Nirvana to Wear the Shirt?
Nirvana band shirts are everywhere. Does wearing one mean you love the music, or just the design? A Throwback Thursday look at the old idea that a shirt was…
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NEW - Nirvana Made the Outsiders the Cool Kids
Nirvana changed who got to feel cool in 1991. Eric Alper takes you back to the moment Nevermind reached far beyond the people who first recognised themselves…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: An Invasion Headline, a Different Defence Problem
Canadian military planning includes extreme possibilities. So why did an acknowledgement about the United States become such a charged story? Richard Shimooka…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Throwback Thursday: 1991 in Canada. What Do You Remember?
1991 in Canada sounds like Nirvana’s Nevermind, but what else do you remember about that year? This Throwback Thursday trip puts the album beside…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Carney Talks to the World. Who Talks to Canada?
Mark Carney is making Canada’s case abroad, but what are Canadians hearing at home? Matt Gurney makes the case for why that gap matters, even while the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Diesel Prices: The Grocery Bill Is Next
Diesel prices may be the number to watch before your next grocery bill. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois says his team’s model points to an added food inflation…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Kurt Cobain Beyond the Headline: Forever in Bloom
Kurt Cobain is often reduced to the way his life ended. Kelly Catlin’s Forever in Bloom asks what disappears when a person becomes a headline, giving you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Was Nirvana the Spark, or Was 1991 Ready?
Nirvana’s Nevermind arrived at a moment Ed Conroy remembers as ready to change. His look back at 1991 gives you a reason to question the familiar story…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Hollywood Is Moving. Will It's Movies Follow?
Hollywood is losing productions to other places, while a filmmaker’s starting point can now be a phone or a YouTube channel. Richard Crouse helps you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Are Your Loyalty Points Worth the Work?
Loyalty points are meant to feel like a reward. Why does saving a little money now require another card, another app and another step at checkout? If you have…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Canada’s Affordability Test: Talk or Action?
Canadian affordability is the test beneath two noisy political conversations. Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead help you weigh what Ottawa is doing against…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Do You Lose Time When You Become a Parent?
Parenthood can feel like a demand on time you barely have. Ryan is planning a wedding, and the baby question has already arrived. If your evenings are the one…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW- Sleepovers: The Stories You Couldn’t Make Online
Childhood stories aren’t always grand. Sometimes they’re a fort, a scary movie or the night a parent discovered the video game was still running at…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Urban Myths: The Phil Collins Story You Never Thought to Question
Urban legends can sit in your memory for decades without ever looking suspicious. Nathan Radke uses the Phil Collins story you may have heard as a kid to give…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Who Answers When an AI Tool Causes Harm?
AI accountability sounds simple when you compare a website to a wall covered in graffiti. Greg Fish tests that comparison so you can see where it holds, and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Loyalty Points: Who Wins When You Keep Collecting?
Loyalty points are supposed to reward you for coming back. Tony Chapman helps you look beyond the balance when every brand wants a place in your wallet, a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Papers Were Signed. The Money Wasn't Safe
Financial abuse in a relationship doesn't always look like control over spending; sometimes it's the quiet freeze of every account you thought you shared…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Some Good News: A Wedding Venue, a Stained Glass Class and Good News
Good news stories do not always arrive as big announcements. Sometimes they begin when a stranger walks up in a community hall and remembers listening years…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Good News Tuesday: Would You Taste Ice Cream for Work?
Good News Tuesday begins with a dream job question: what would you choose if you could spend your workday testing something you love? Ryan has an answer, and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: What is Up? Alberta’s Vote Split Could Change the Next Election
Alberta politics has a fresh result to interpret: a Calgary seat previously held by the UCP has gone to the NDP. Rob Breakenridge helps you judge what that…
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NEW - Have You Ever Been? A Train to Churchill Manitoba?
Churchill Manitoba has polar bears, belugas and a train ride that could take days. Would you still want to go if you could not count on Wi-Fi along the way?…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - What Do You Say That Sounds Canadian?
Ryan told an American friend he needed to wear his toque all winter. His friend heard something very different. What everyday word have you used without…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - The Whole World Says Zed. One Country Doesn't
John Chew traces the letter Z back through French and Greek to explain how nearly every English-speaking country in the world settled on Zed, while one major…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - AI Ran the Radio. Would You Keep Listening?
AI radio stations can choose songs and introduce them. But what happens when each AI decides it knows exactly what the audience wants to hear? Kris Abel has…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Fuel Gap That's a Dollar Wide and Getting Worse
Diesel prices have pulled a dollar ahead of gasoline at the pump, and energy expert Dan McTeague breaks down exactly why that gap opened up and what's actually…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Uncle Bob’s Bits: A New Curling Season + A New Aching Body
Bob Addison is back on the ice, and this season's soreness has shown up somewhere new, a detail that says a lot about what curling actually demands from the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Buying Halloween Candy Five Weeks Early Was a Mistake
A Costco discount led to two hundred and sixty chocolate bars landing in one house five weeks before Halloween, and what happens next is the exact reason…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Burglar Crime and Cyber Crime Meet - A Real Break-in Story
A break-in caught entirely on camera left one homeowner more unsettled than any theft could have, after a masked intruder defeated motion lights and AI…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Personal AI Agents: The Shopping Trip You Didn’t Approve
Cybersecurity and tech analyst Ritesh Kotak shares a scenario that's closer to reality than most people realize, where an AI could buy you something based on a…
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NEW - The Saying That Explains Why City Hall Can't Fix Anything
If you're about to vote in a municipal election, there's an old line two former city hall insiders keep coming back to, and it explains exactly why so many…
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Shiftheads - Municipal Elections: Secrets of What To Listen For
Longtime broadcaster John Moore has moderated Toronto election debates with as many as nine candidates on stage at once, and he breaks down exactly what…