Pat Ferns and Shane Hewitt dive into In The Big Picture, exploring Ferns’ journey from early Canadian TV shoots to defining moments in independent Canadian production — from gritty docudramas to the rise of regional storytelling. They reflect on how Ferns’ personal experiences shaped the industry, highlighting key turning points and behind‑the‑scenes lessons shared in the book.

#InTheBigPicture #CanadaTV #IndieProduction #BroadcastHistory #PatFerns #ShaneHewitt #cancon #television 

Originally aired on 2025-06-19

Pat Ferns and Shane Hewitt dive into In The Big Picture, exploring Ferns&rsquo; journey from early Canadian TV shoots to defining moments in independent Canadian production &mdash; from gritty docudramas to the rise of regional storytelling. They reflect on how Ferns&rsquo; personal experiences shaped the industry, highlighting key turning points and behind‑the‑scenes lessons shared in the book.
#InTheBigPicture #CanadaTV #IndieProduction #BroadcastHistory #PatFerns #ShaneHewitt #cancon #television&nbsp;
Originally aired on&nbsp;2025-06-19

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 expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane’s signature style—thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.

If you crave meaningful dialogue, smart perspectives, and late-night radio energy in podcast form, subscribe now and join The Nightshift.

Shane Hewitt &amp; 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&mdash;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 expert guests, passionate callers, and Shane&rsquo;s signature style&mdash;thoughtful, fearless, and refreshingly real.
If you crave meaningful dialogue, smart perspectives, and late-night radio energy in podcast form, subscribe now and join The Nightshift.

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift

Shane Hewitt is known for his engaging and relatable on-air personality, which captivates listeners. His ability to blend insightful commentary with humour and empathy creates a genuine connection with listeners.  Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift provides relatable content, informative discussions and expert insights – along with a balance of anecdotes and entertainment.

Shane Hewitt is known for his engaging and relatable on-air personality, which captivates listeners. His ability to blend insightful commentary with humour and empathy creates a genuine connection with listeners.  Shane Hewitt and the Night Shift provides relatable content, informative discussions and expert insights – along with a balance of anecdotes and entertainment.

Framing Canada’s TV Evolution: Chatting with Pat Ferns

Sleep divorce is the thing most couples won't call anything at all. You know the 3am math: snoring, heat, restless legs, someone reaching for the blanket again. You carry a story about what separate beds mean. The number that contradicts that story is thirty percent. That is how many couples are already sleeping separately. A quarter are in different rooms. Most of them are not in trouble. Most of them are just sleeping.

Why the Story You Carry About This Is Wrong

The assumption that sharing a bed signals a healthy relationship outlasted all the evidence against it. People who openly describe the most unconventional arrangements in their relationships go completely quiet when the spare room comes up, and that silence is doing more damage than the snoring.

The Dimmer Switch Nobody Told You About

Separate rooms does not mean separate lives, but it does require intention. There is a specific kind of intimacy that runs from morning through the evening before it arrives at night, and knowing that changes the fear around separate bedrooms into something that actually has a solution.

Topics: sleep divorce couples, sleep incompatibility relationship, separate bedroom intimacy, couples sleep schedule, menopause sleep

GUEST: Dr. Laurie Betito | DrLaurie.com

Originally aired on 2026-03-13

Sleep divorce is the thing most couples won't call anything at all. You know the 3am math: snoring, heat, restless legs, someone reaching for the blanket again. You carry a story about what separate beds mean. The number that contradicts that story is thirty percent. That is how many couples are already sleeping separately. A quarter are in different rooms. Most of them are not in trouble. Most of them are just sleeping.
Why the Story You Carry About This Is Wrong
The assumption that sharing a bed signals a healthy relationship outlasted all the evidence against it. People who openly describe the most unconventional arrangements in their relationships go completely quiet when the spare room comes up, and that silence is doing more damage than the snoring.
The Dimmer Switch Nobody Told You About
Separate rooms does not mean separate lives, but it does require intention. There is a specific kind of intimacy that runs from morning through the evening before it arrives at night, and knowing that changes the fear around separate bedrooms into something that actually has a solution.
Topics: sleep divorce couples, sleep incompatibility relationship, separate bedroom intimacy, couples sleep schedule, menopause sleep
GUEST: Dr. Laurie Betito | DrLaurie.com
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-03-13

Shiftheads - People Discuss Open Marriages Before Admitting You Sleep Separately

AI and film jobs in Canada are the conversation happening in your industry whether the industry is ready to have it or not. You might expect the threat to look like a robot replacing a director. But a $600 million deal built around making production cheaper is harder to see and harder to fight. By the time it's visible, the shift has already moved.

At some point in the last few years, the AI debate stopped being about the future and started being about now. In Canada, that means something specific: an industry built on service work, on being the place where the crews are, where the sound editors are, where the technical excellence lives. That's worth protecting. But protection and adaptation aren't the same thing, and right now the industry is only having one of those conversations.

The question at the end of this conversation is the one nobody has answered yet: if a Canadian producer makes content on American servers using American software and AI, is it Canadian? There's no clean answer, and the industry is going to need one before the technology forces the issue.

Topics: AI and film jobs in Canada, Canadian film industry, Hollywood production costs, Ben Affleck Netflix, Canadian content future

GUEST: Mohit Rajhans | thinkstart.ca

Originally aired on 2026-03-13

AI and film jobs in Canada are the conversation happening in your industry whether the industry is ready to have it or not. You might expect the threat to look like a robot replacing a director. But a $600 million deal built around making production cheaper is harder to see and harder to fight. By the time it's visible, the shift has already moved.
At some point in the last few years, the AI debate stopped being about the future and started being about now. In Canada, that means something specific: an industry built on service work, on being the place where the crews are, where the sound editors are, where the technical excellence lives. That's worth protecting. But protection and adaptation aren't the same thing, and right now the industry is only having one of those conversations.
The question at the end of this conversation is the one nobody has answered yet: if a Canadian producer makes content on American servers using American software and AI, is it Canadian? There's no clean answer, and the industry is going to need one before the technology forces the issue.
Topics: AI and film jobs in Canada, Canadian film industry, Hollywood production costs, Ben Affleck Netflix, Canadian content future
GUEST: Mohit Rajhans | thinkstart.ca
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-03-13

ICYMI - TITLE: The AI Debate Your Industry Is Having Isn't the Right One

Insomnia treatment that works exists. You probably haven't been offered it. You've tried melatonin, cut the screens, kept the room cold. That list is what sleep researchers use as a placebo, not because it might help, but because they know it won't. Ten years is how long you might go before anyone points you somewhere better.

What does it feel like to follow every instruction and still be awake at 3am? The problem probably isn't your habits. Once insomnia takes hold, your brain pairs your bed with being awake, and something switches on the moment you get in. That pairing is called conditioned arousal, and a drug does not break it.

The actual treatment takes two to four sessions and costs less than a month of medication. What's been missing for most Canadians isn't a cure. It's a standard that nobody enforced until now.

Topics: insomnia treatment, CBT for insomnia, sleep hygiene, conditioned arousal, Ontario sleep standard

GUEST: Dr. Colleen Carney | sadlab@torontomu.ca

Originally aired on 2026-03-13

Insomnia treatment that works exists. You probably haven't been offered it. You've tried melatonin, cut the screens, kept the room cold. That list is what sleep researchers use as a placebo, not because it might help, but because they know it won't. Ten years is how long you might go before anyone points you somewhere better.
What does it feel like to follow every instruction and still be awake at 3am? The problem probably isn't your habits. Once insomnia takes hold, your brain pairs your bed with being awake, and something switches on the moment you get in. That pairing is called conditioned arousal, and a drug does not break it.
The actual treatment takes two to four sessions and costs less than a month of medication. What's been missing for most Canadians isn't a cure. It's a standard that nobody enforced until now.
Topics: insomnia treatment, CBT for insomnia, sleep hygiene, conditioned arousal, Ontario sleep standard
GUEST: Dr. Colleen Carney | sadlab@torontomu.ca
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-03-13

Framing Canada’s TV Evolution: Chatting with Pat Ferns

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