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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
Sticking Around to Fight Another Day - New Research on Cells is Quite Loyal
Killer T cells decide whether to stick around in your body based on nothing more than how firm the tissue feels, a finding with implications for eczema…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Summer Road Trip: 5,470 Kilometres, One Favourite Wooden Coaster
A wooden roller coaster that stalls on the lift hill shouldn't be a selling point, but Bob Addison came back from Idaho convinced it is. His 5,470 kilometre…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
A Grizzly Named Fitz Made a Break for It in Calgary
A one or two year old grizzly bear got loose at the Calgary Zoo, sparking a closure notice and a very fast internet reaction. Reddit users found the escape…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Your Car Might Age Out of Updates Like a Smartphone
Andy Baryer starts with the fire extinguisher most people forget the moment it's mounted on the wall, explaining exactly how it can quietly stop working…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Wildfire, Forest Fire, or Wildland Fire? There's a Real Difference
Most people use wildfire, forest fire, and wildland fire interchangeably. They're not the same thing, and the distinction matters more than the media ever…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Less Than 20% of Canadians Want to Concede to Trump
Two days before Trump's tariff deadline, Jimmy Zoubris and Lesley Kelly dig into why so few Canadians want to give an inch, and who actually pays the price if…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - The AI Admitted It Lied About Its Own Search Results
AI search results feel authoritative right up until someone pushes back. Tech analyst Carmi Levy breaks down why so much of what AI serves up is quietly shaped…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - How Do I Retire Early? Or Do I Just Need a Break…
Jessica Moorhouse, certified financial counsellor and author of Everything But Money, asks one question to everyone who tells her they want to retire early…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - The Court Case Reopening Hip Hop's Biggest Mystery
Eric Alper, music industry analyst, unpacks why a newly filed court case has reignited the decades-old question of who was really responsible for Tupac…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Track Changes: Can You Name the Song That Just Played Before This One?
Author Cam Gordon spent seven years writing Track Changes, a book about how the internet rewired Canadian music between 1990 and 2010. But the real story isn't…
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He Bought a Couch and Left With a New Friend
A drive out to buy a used couch turns into something nobody plans for, a ninety minute conversation with total strangers that ends up feeling more like an old…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Friday Round-Up: The Hut on the BC Alberta Border Everyone Should Know
Andrew Caddell starts with some of Canada's most underrated places, including a mountain hut demolished four years ago that once straddled the BC Alberta…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Inside Copy: The Tour de France Is Now Inspecting Padded Bras
Cycling's biggest race has seen doping scandals before, but this year's cheating concern is different entirely, riders being checked for padded clothing…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Steve Stebbing Picks the Movies Worth Your Weekend
Steve Stebbing brings his weekend watch guide back with new movie releases and returning streaming shows, from a family thriller set in the Jurassic period to…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - The Five Love Languages, and When They Clash
The five love languages sound simple, until you realize you and your partner might not speak the same one. Dr. Laurie Betito breaks down what gifts, quality…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - More People Are Making Movies Than Ever Before
Big Hollywood is back, with 70 millimetre releases selling out theatres weeks ahead of opening weekend. Mohit Rajhans of http://Thinkstart.ca connects that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - UFO Update: The UAP Footage Shows a Move No Human Could Survive
USA Government UFO file dumps keep landing, five tranches deep now, and writer Chrissy Newton breaks down why most people still aren't paying attention. Some…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
An Economist Says Canada's Booze Ban Was an Own Goal
Canada's booze ban was supposed to be leverage in the trade war with the United States. Economist Moshe Lander explains why it may have done the opposite, and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Blame Canada, Twenty-Nine Years Later
South Park turns twenty-nine this year, and this Throwback Thursday looks back at 1997, the year it premiered, and the debate over whether it reshaped the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Chicken Prices Are Rising. The Fix Takes Seven Weeks
Grocery prices keep shrinking, rising, and confusing shoppers, and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois has real answers. The food economist behind the Food Professor…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: The Habit That Kills Hangovers and Salty Cravings
Wellness routines do not need a fresh calendar page to start, and nutritionist Alyssa Bauman lays out why the next food bite or decision made today matters…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Year South Park Declared War on Canada
South Park's music history gets a full walkthrough on this Throwback Thursday, from the Chef Aid soundtrack to a Lady Gaga cover that ended up as a playable…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Should Illegal Guns Be Part of Trade Talks With the US?
Canada's trade negotiations take a strange turn when illegal firearms trafficking becomes a bargaining chip, and political commentator Rob Breckenridge unpacks…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Why a Cartoon Gets Away With What Actors Can't
Adult cartoon satire gets a full breakdown from TV critic Bill Brioux, who explains why a two-dimensional character saying something outrageous lands so…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Why Countries Are Quietly Ditching American Tech
Ritesh Kotak explains why more countries are rethinking how dependent they are on American tech companies, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Year Adult Cartoons Actually Changed
South Park in 1997 gets the full origin story from Ed Conroy who remembers watching it as an underground show buried in a Friday midnight slot with zero…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Richard Crouse: Judge Judy is Handing the Gavel to Her Son
The Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony is only half the conversation with film critic Richard Crouse, who also breaks down why Judge Judy is retiring the gavel to…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Thrifting: Medical Advice on a 1950s Note Hidden Inside A Thrifted Nightstand
A pair of vintage nightstands from Smiths Falls came with more than just furniture. Tucked inside was a decades-old handwritten note prescribing a medication…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Why This Trade Story Is Eating Every Other Headline
Jamie Ellerton and Lindsay Broadhead break down why Canada's trade standoff with the US has swallowed the news cycle this summer, and what it actually means as…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS - Perseids - This Meteor Shower Won't Look This Good For 100 Years
York University astronomer Elaina Hyde joins to explain why tonight's Perseid meteor shower is worth staying up for, and why the conditions line up so rarely…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Could You Survive A Night On A Pirate Ship
Ryan puts Shane through a round of pirate trivia to find out whether he could have actually made it as crew, or whether he'd have been walking the plank by the…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Mayhem: He Sailed Into The Great Lakes' Most Dangerous Waters until A Ship Appeared In The Dark
Nathan Radke wanted to test a theory: that the fear behind conspiracy stories comes from the brain filling in gaps when there isn't enough information. Sailing…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Can A Chatbot Actually Change Who You Vote For
Greg Fish walks through new research showing chatbots may be doing something researchers didn't think was possible, shifting people's political preferences…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Would You Buy It If The Woman Wearing It Wasn't Real
A clothing company shot what looked like a two hundred thousand dollar Monaco campaign, cigarette boats and all, without a single real model. Tony Chapman uses…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Relationship Math Nobody Actually Agrees On Except We Actually Do?
Is it 50-50, or is it 100-100? Jen Kirsch and Tony Tedesco take on one of the more contested ideas in relationships, whether a partner can actually show up…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
This is Good News Tuesday: Fifty Inch Lamps, and a Free Skateboard Hook
Every Good News Tuesday starts the same way: real listener stories, some big, most small. This week opens with a Calgary skate shop owner who walked out to his…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - How Long Should An Air Conditioner Last?
Good News Tuesday rounds up the stuff worth knowing about, starting with a real shift for anyone who has ever sat in a passport office watching a number that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: The Airport Deal Ottawa Killed To Save One Toronto Seat
Canada has eight days before new US tariffs land, and the response so far raises hard questions. Columnist Matt Gurney breaks apart what a real climb down…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - What’s On Your Mind, Mike Le Couteur: Strangers In DC Keep Apologizing For Their Own President
Mike Le Couteur expected the usual little brother treatment when he started asking ordinary Americans what they thought about the state of Canada US relations…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Four Provinces, One Reunion, And A Wildfire Detour
Bob Addison called in from the side of a highway in Medicine Hat, mid road trip through four provinces in two days, to talk about the part of the journey that…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - Canada Stayed Neutral. Its Border Didn't Agree.
Canada and the American Civil War are more connected than most Canadians realize, and a new exhibition at the Canadian War Museum called Close to Conflict lays…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - A Robot Slides Under Your Car And Parks It For You
South Korea has one of the worst parking shortages in the world, and Kris Abel explains the strange, genuinely clever fix Hyundai came up with. A flat robot…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - Canadian Snacks: Americans Rate Butter Tarts, Coffee Crisp, And Ketchup Chips
Canadian snacks get put to the test this week, and not by Canadians. A pair of American snack reviewers work their way through a care package of Canadian…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Right Way To Retire A Canadian Flag Isn't What You Think
Most Canadians assume there is one correct way to retire a worn out flag, and Nick McCarthy says the real answer surprises almost everyone who hears it. He…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
The Wedding Had No Speeches. It Was Better.
Anyone who has flown with a toddler mid-meltdown knows the exact feeling of every head turning your way. This one goes further: an oversold flight, a family…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Why Are Robot Vacuums Suddenly Getting Banned?
Robot vacuums, lawnmowers and pool cleaners just got frozen out of the US market overnight, and Handy Andy Baryer explains why. That story comes after he…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
SHIFTHEADS: Good Kids or Bad Kids… Cancelled Flight is the Outcome
A child would not sit down on a Porter flight out of Victoria this weekend, and the plane never left the gate. Sarah Rosensweet, a peaceful parenting coach and…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - What Farmers Are Really Saying About the Trade Deal
Traveling with kids ranges from toddler tantrums to teenage grumpiness, and this conversation opens with two parents comparing their worst flights before…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - When Does This Bull Market Actually Pop?
This bull market keeps climbing, even with wars, tariffs and headlines that should be spooking investors. Anita Bruinsma explains why stocks don't follow…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Chatbot Boyfriend That Got Insecure
Denise Marigold spent weeks chatting with an AI boyfriend built on the Replica app, and Christine Logel watched the whole thing unfold like a friend tracking a…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads - They Had Minutes to Grab What Mattered
A wildfire west of Summerland moved so fast that families went from no warning to an evacuation order at their door within minutes, some suffering burns as…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Ryan's Perm Decision Gets the Full Interrogation
The hosts spend Good News Tuesday picking apart Ryan's plan to get a perm just before he turns thirty, weighing whether light waves count as a genuine style…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Good News Tuesday: The Dog Survived a Sixty-Foot Fall.
Good News Tuesday leads with the story of Willow, a three-year-old Labrador who fell down a sixty-foot cliff and is now recovering, a moment that will hit hard…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shiftheads: Mercury Retrograde Talked Him Into Getting Organized
A workplace seminar on Mercury retrograde turns into a real debate about belief systems, astrology, and whether star charts hold up to basic math. Anyone who…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - Why Simple Questions Are the Hardest Ones to Answer
Graham Richardson explains why the toughest questions he asks politicians are almost always the plainest ones, and what that says about spotting a dodge in…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Date Night: The Way They Talk About Their Ex Says Everything
Dating coach Tony Tedesco flips the usual red flag conversation on its head, explaining why the way someone describes a past relationship tells you almost…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - 30 Years of Gold: What Donovan Bailey Learned From Men Talking to Men
Donovan Bailey opens up about a side of his life that rarely makes headlines, the friend group that checks in on each other the way he says more men need to…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
ICYMI - The Fitness Test That May Predict How Long You Live
Dr. Mitch Schulman breaks down the VO2 max test, the gruelling treadmill and mask assessment that measures how well your heart, lungs, and muscles work…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - The Sombrero That Saved Dinner From Wildfire Ash
BC wildfire smoke turned Bob Addison's backyard barbecue into a survival mission, with ash falling like snow and a sombrero standing in for proper cover. He…
- Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
NEW - They Want to Clone You Into a Robot, Heartbeat Included
A haptic suit fitted with forty sensors can record a living person's heartbeat, sweat patterns, and the exact way they walk. The Digital DNA project wants to…