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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
NEW - Taxing Potash Feels Good. It Would Cost Canada More
A potash tariff sounds satisfying, but Dalhousie food professor Sylvain Charlebois maps out who actually pays for it. By the end you will see why turning off…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Throwback Thursday - Fictitious Invoices Built a Real $332 Million Scandal
A $332 million fund meant to promote national unity in Quebec instead turned into fictitious invoices and payments for work that never happened, and this…
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ICYMI - In the News: The Lake Got Renamed. Iran Got Forgotten
Lake Ontario renamed to Lake America is the kind of headline built to get a reaction, and journalist Rob Breakenridge explains why the timing might matter more…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Optimus Prime and Personal Stories of Peter Cullen Stories from Transformer’s TFCon
Peter Cullen's death has TFCon founder Colin Douglas reflecting on the man behind Optimus Prime, and the fallout of one decision Hasbro made in 1986 still…
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ICYMI - The Advice Behind Optimus Prime's Voice
Peter Cullen's death has hit lifelong fans harder than most people expected, and this Throwback Thursday traces where that voice actually came from, starting…
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Dolly Parton Sealed a Song Away for 2046
Dolly Parton's death set off a week of strange entertainment stories, and film critic Richard Crouse walks through the strangest ones. One involves a song…
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Why Do We Talk Ourselves Out Of Our Own Hobbies?
A simple question about hobbies people wish they'd start turns into something more revealing on this episode, as the crew catches themselves shooting down…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Smart Speakers: Trump and What Canada Needs To Learn
Lindsay Broadhead and Jamie Ellerton join for a two-part conversation that starts light and turns serious fast, moving from personal hobbies straight into a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: He Built His Own Tattoo Gun. Then Things Got Weirder
Falk had no formal training before he started tattooing. What he used instead is the kind of detail that makes this story worth hearing on its own, before…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - A Canadian Explains The US From The Inside
Ali Velshi has spent years broadcasting in the United States as a proud Canadian, and this conversation asks him what that's actually been like since trade…
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Shiftheads - The Day The Internet Thought Gravity Would Shut Off
Nathan Radke breaks down the history of mass panic, starting five hundred years ago with a printed prediction that convinced entire cities a disaster was…
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ICYMI - Why Every Headline Sounds Like The End Of The World
Greg Fish joins to explain why climate coverage keeps escalating into panic, and the reason has less to do with the planet than with what gets clicks in the…
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NEW - Marketing Isn't Shouting At You Anymore. It's Listening
Tony Chapman joins to unpack a listener question about consumerism, and the answer goes further than expected. Marketing used to work by getting loud and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Back to School Checklist Item Most Parents Skip
Back to school eye exams rarely make the list, but CNIB executive director Craig Peterson says skipping one can cost more than blurry vision. He lost his own…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
How Do You Do Good News Tuesday The Day Dolly Parton Dies?
Dolly Parton dies at eighty on the one day of the week built around good news only, and the question hangs over everything that follows. There's no script for…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Good News: These Dogs Have Real Jobs. Cute Isn't One Of Them
Dogs with jobs is more than an internet joke on this Good News Tuesday. Somewhere between viral doggo videos and a dog famous purely for looking a bit odd…
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SHIFTHEADS: Dolly Parton’s Passes at 80: What Would Dolly Do?
Dolly Parton has died at 80, and Pure Country host Shannon Ella shares what she learned about the singer's final months, including how caring for her late…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - What On Your Mind Mark Mendelson: The City Still Catching Up on Body Cams
Body cameras have been standard in parts of the Canada for years, and former Toronto homicide detective Mark Mendelson is stunned to learn one major Canadian…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Kids and AI Are Not the Crisis You Think
Kids and AI use get blamed for a lot these days, but Dr. Michelle Sengara says the panic sounds a lot like every panic before it, from video games to the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Dolly Parton's Own Words, Played Back Today
Dolly Parton has died at eighty, after a career that produced more than fifty records. This hour plays a set of interview clips spanning decades, starting with…
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NEW - Humanoid Robots Are Breaking Records. They Also Fall Down
Kris Abel joins to break down how humanoid robots are now setting world records once held by human athletes, and the way they're doing it is what makes it…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
One Comment. The Internet Piled-On. Bob Survives
A stranger's cute baby video should not have been controversial. Bob Addison left one comment on it anyway, and within hours people who have never met him were…
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Canada Announces Everything, Explains Nothing
Canada-US trade talks fell apart last week, and Matt Gurney says the government's response reveals a much older problem than this one negotiation. He walks…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Best Funeral I’ve Ever Been To (Can I Even Say That?)
A funeral is not supposed to be the best thing you attend all year, and yet that is exactly how Shane describes this one, for a 92 year old great uncle, capped…
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NEW - The Squirrel Outsmarted Handy Andy's Jail
A milk carton, some string, and a plan borrowed straight from a cartoon coyote. That's how Andy tried to trap a squirrel that wouldn't leave his yard alone…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: The Future of War: A Ten Thousand Dollar Drone Problem
A country with million dollar missiles is getting hit back by drones that cost a fraction of that, and Richard Shimooka explains why that gap is reshaping what…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Monday Study: Why Canada Walked Away From The Table
Canada pulled out of trade talks with the United States this weekend rather than accept a bad deal, and Lesley Kelly and Jimmy Zoubris reacted from opposite…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - The Arsonist Offering To Put Out The Fire
A prime minister stood up this weekend and said Canada had done nothing wrong in these trade talks. That claim gets tested against the same government's own…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Trade War? Don’t Panic - How Much Cash You Actually Need Sitting In The Bank
Trade headlines and tariff threats have a way of making everyone want to check their bank balance at 2am, and Anita Bruinsma explains why this particular wave…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Why That Forwarded Meme Actually Means Something
Ryan O'Donnell tries to convince Shane that his excitement for Christmas and Ryan's love of Magic the Gathering are basically the same nerdy habit, and Shane…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - How One Province Made Billions Off The Other's Power
A power deal signed in the 1960s looked reasonable to both sides at the time. Then oil prices moved, and one province found a way to multiply its profits…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy: A Burned Down House Wasn't Reason Enough To Cancel
If you have ever sat on hold trying to cancel something you no longer want, this one is going to make your blood boil in a way you did not expect. It starts…
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NEW - What to Watch: Does a Good Script Beat a Big Budget Every Time?
Steve Stebbing has a theory he tests twice this week, once on a low budget thriller and again on a big budget superhero series. The verdict might surprise you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - The Ordinary Phrase Killing Your Relationship
Small moments carry more weight than most people realize, according to Dr. Laurie Betito, and missing them is easier than it sounds. A slightly different…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - The AI Everyone Trusts Still Can't Explain Itself
The AI communication problem starts long before you open the app, according to Mohit Rajhans. Most organizations are handing employees tools without any real…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Is AI Making Us Worse at Math?
Math skills are quietly changing now that AI can prove research-level problems that professional mathematicians spent decades trying to solve on their own…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Single Parent By Choice: Your Fertility Window Is Shorter Than You Think
Single motherhood by choice looks nothing like the stereotype, and the fertility numbers behind it are more urgent than most people think. Dr. Ashley Guttman…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Can You Game Your Way Into Concert Tickets Now
A new system promises reserved concert tickets to a band's biggest fans, and on paper it sounds like a fix for years of ticket buying frustration. Then you…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Canada Paid Farmers For Losses That Never Happened
Only a fraction of the American dairy products Canada agreed to let in under a major trade deal ever actually crossed the border, and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: You Bought The Car. Why Do You Still Have To Watch Ads?
Imagine buying a brand new car, sitting in that fresh leather smell, turning the key, and getting a commercial before the engine even starts. Tony Chapman lays…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - A Decade Since the Hip's Last Show Still Feels Wrong
Ten years should feel like ten years. This one doesn't. A concert that brought an entire country to a stop gets remembered here in specific, personal detail…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Is Keystone XL Actually A New Deal Or Old News
A pipeline gets announced as a big win in trade talks. Except it might already have been built, under a different name, months before anyone in Washington…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Get Your PIN Wrong 3 Times and You Still Can Shop!
A man enters the wrong pin at checkout, gets declined, tries again, and on the third failed attempt the terminal lets him through anyway, just sign here…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - 10 Years Since the Final Tragically Hip Show: What Gord Sinclair Was Ready To Do Mid-Show
Ten years on, Gord Sinclair still remembers exactly what was going through his mind as that final tour began in Victoria, before anyone knew if the band could…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Why the Hip's Last Show Was Actually Perfect
Ten years ago, a band said goodbye and actually meant it, and Ed Conroy explains why that almost never happens in music. Most farewell tours are a marketing…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Richard Crouse Waited Three Days for Harrison Ford to Call
AI generated clips of Robin Williams have been flooding the internet for years, and his own children just decided they've had enough, reviving an Instagram…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Why You Laugh at Jokes That Aren't Funny
There is a specific, researched reason your body laughs at a joke that just bombed in front of you, and it has almost nothing to do with whether the joke was…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Smart Speakers: There Is No Deal Until There's a Deal
Everyone is calling it a trade deal, but Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead aren't buying it yet, and by the end of this conversation you will understand…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Hit in the Face at 110 MPH. Still Not Missing a Game
A Blue Jays game turned into a viral moment when Liz McGuire took a 110 mile an hour foul ball to the face, and she has zero regrets about how she was holding…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Passed on the Highway by a Guy on a Scooter
Shane got passed on the shoulder of a sixty kilometer road in Ottawa by a guy on a scooter, and that one moment sends this conversation with Ryan O'Donnell…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - What Boomers and Gen Z Actually Have In Common
Ask a boomer and a Gen Zer what they share and you'll get blank stares from both. Greg Fish has a one-word answer for what's really going on, and it has…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Is Prediction Market Betting Actually Investing?
Prediction markets are now live in Canada, letting you bet real money on questions like whether Canadian trips to the US will rise or fall, using the exact…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - A Secret Is Only a Secret If Something Is at Risk
Whistleblower versus leaker is not just a legal category. It is the question of who gets to decide what the public is allowed to know, and whether the people…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Good News? The Ticket Site Crashed. The movie Must be Good!
Dune Part 3 pre-sale tickets crashed a website today, and the reason will feel familiar to anyone who has fought for concert seats before. One Good News…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Good News Tuesday: The Postcard Arrived Years Late.
A postcard arrived years late this week, and the timeline behind it is the part that lands hardest. It's one of three stories on this Good News Tuesday…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: The Case for Bribing Your Way Into a Trade Deal
Journalist Matt Gurney lays out why an ally with one of the strongest militaries in its region still got sidelined without warning, and what that means for how…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - What’s On Your Mind, John Moore? To Quit Radio for Good
Burnout is why Toronto radio host John Moore almost quit entirely, not just cut back, this time. Instead of walking away, he negotiated something most people…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - The Four-Day Work Week Isn't the Point. The Weekend Is.
A three-day weekend sounds like the same idea as a four-day work week, but Debbie Bailey says the difference changes everything. The co-CEO of Four Day Week…
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NEW - 2,056 Robots Just Competed in Their Own Olympics
Google just launched its Pixel 11 lineup alongside a new AirTag rival called the Pixel Tag, but the recommendation on whether it's worth the upgrade this year…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Gen Z Shows Up to the Party. They Still Quit.
Gen Z workers are job hopping at record numbers, and a deep dive into workplace happiness data turns up an explanation that has nothing to do with pay. The…