It’s Neurodiversity Awareness Month, and this episode of Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift offers powerful insights for anyone navigating ADHD, autism, or workplace accessibility.

Bridget McDermid—a leader, inventor, and advocate for disability inclusion—shares her journey of being diagnosed with autism and ADHD later in life. From the daily challenges of neurodivergent life to creating real change at work, Bridget opens up about building tools to improve accessibility, including a new adapter developed with TD to help Canadians with disabilities access the digital world.

If you've ever felt unseen, misunderstood, or overwhelmed by a world not built for your brain—this episode will speak to you. Listen in for real talk, shared experiences, and practical ideas for creating a more inclusive world.

Originally aired on 2025-04-29

It&rsquo;s Neurodiversity Awareness Month, and this episode of Shane Hewitt &amp; The Nightshift offers powerful insights for anyone navigating ADHD, autism, or workplace accessibility.
Bridget McDermid&mdash;a leader, inventor, and advocate for disability inclusion&mdash;shares her journey of being diagnosed with autism and ADHD later in life. From the daily challenges of neurodivergent life to creating real change at work, Bridget opens up about building tools to improve accessibility, including a new adapter developed with TD to help Canadians with disabilities access the digital world.
If you've ever felt unseen, misunderstood, or overwhelmed by a world not built for your brain&mdash;this episode will speak to you. Listen in for real talk, shared experiences, and practical ideas for creating a more inclusive world.
Originally aired on&nbsp;2025-04-29

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.

ICYMI - Ever felt like the world wasn’t built for your brain? Bridget’s story of making change.

Olympic technology is supposed to help athletes train better. You've seen the wind tunnels, the data analysis, the aerodynamic testing. That's what you think this is about. But the 2026 Winter Olympics tech isn't for athletes. It's for judges. Eight 8K cameras capture 40,000 frames per second at finish lines, measuring down to millionths of a second. Figure skating sensors measure whether a spin was exactly 360 degrees or just 359.5 degrees. You can't see half a degree. Neither can the judges. But the camera can.

The goal? A 21st century photo finish that builds a historical database of athletic performance. The reality? Judges now disqualify based on measurements invisible to human eyes. When cameras measure millionths of a second and half-degree rotations, you're not judging athleticism. You're auditing technical compliance. And here's the pattern: a Honda assembly robot recently got confused and decided to loosen bolts instead of tighten them, repeatedly, until someone caught it. Same principle: machines making decisions humans can't verify.

The next time an Olympic score seems inexplicable, the reason might be 0.5 degrees on a spin nobody saw. When precision exceeds human perception, who catches the machine's error before it matters? That's not a sports question anymore.

Topics: Olympic technology, 8K cameras, figure skating judging, athletic performance measurement, automated systems GUEST: Kris Abel | realkrisabel.com, @realkrisabel

RUNDOWN: Tech journalist Kris Abel reveals how 2026 Winter Olympics cameras measuring 40,000 frames per second and sensors detecting 0.5 degree variations in figure skating spins shift judging from human assessment to automated disqualification at margins nobody can see.

Olympic technology is supposed to help athletes train better. You've seen the wind tunnels, the data analysis, the aerodynamic testing. That's what you think this is about. But the 2026 Winter Olympics tech isn't for athletes. It's for judges. Eight 8K cameras capture 40,000 frames per second at finish lines, measuring down to millionths of a second. Figure skating sensors measure whether a spin was exactly 360 degrees or just 359.5 degrees. You can't see half a degree. Neither can the judges. But the camera can.
The goal? A 21st century photo finish that builds a historical database of athletic performance. The reality? Judges now disqualify based on measurements invisible to human eyes. When cameras measure millionths of a second and half-degree rotations, you're not judging athleticism. You're auditing technical compliance. And here's the pattern: a Honda assembly robot recently got confused and decided to loosen bolts instead of tighten them, repeatedly, until someone caught it. Same principle: machines making decisions humans can't verify.
The next time an Olympic score seems inexplicable, the reason might be 0.5 degrees on a spin nobody saw. When precision exceeds human perception, who catches the machine's error before it matters? That's not a sports question anymore.
Topics: Olympic technology, 8K cameras, figure skating judging, athletic performance measurement, automated systems GUEST: Kris Abel | realkrisabel.com, @realkrisabel
RUNDOWN: Tech journalist Kris Abel reveals how 2026 Winter Olympics cameras measuring 40,000 frames per second and sensors detecting 0.5 degree variations in figure skating spins shift judging from human assessment to automated disqualification at margins nobody can see.

New Tech: The Half-Degree That Ends Your Olympic Dream

Valentine's Day celebration logistics create an impossible situation you're solving wrong. You have three major events crammed into five February days. Valentine's Day on the 14th. Your kid's birthday on the 17th. Your wife's birthday on the 19th. Your bank account is weeping. The practical solution is obvious: one nice dinner covers multiple occasions. You suggest the anniversary trip to Mexico counts. She says no. You propose the Dine Out Vancouver reservation counts as Valentine's dinner. She says no, that's the anniversary dinner. You're being efficient. She's being unreasonable. Except you're missing what she's actually saying.

 

Addison admits the real problem after 15 years of marriage: parenting becomes your life and you forget about the marriage. Date nights happen rarely now that their son is old enough to stay home alone. The attempt to consolidate celebrations isn't about money or logistics. It's the manifestation of forgetting about "us" while focusing on everything else. When you try to make one event cover multiple occasions, you're proving her point. She needs separate recognition because the relationship keeps getting folded into other priorities.

 

The timing problem reveals a maintenance problem. February stacks events together by accident. But the instinct to combine them shows how relationship priority works the rest of the year. You think you're being practical. She knows you're demonstrating exactly what she's worried about: that the marriage gets treated as the thing that can wait, the celebration that can be bundled, the event that doesn't need its own attention.

 

Topics: Valentine's Day logistics, marriage maintenance after kids, relationship priorities, combining celebrations, date night importance

 

GUEST: Bob Addison | @riobobbo

 

RUNDOWN: Bob Addison has three major events in five February days and explains why his wife won't accept his logical plan to combine celebrations, revealing what that refusal actually means about marriage maintenance during parenthood.

Valentine's Day celebration logistics create an impossible situation you're solving wrong. You have three major events crammed into five February days. Valentine's Day on the 14th. Your kid's birthday on the 17th. Your wife's birthday on the 19th. Your bank account is weeping. The practical solution is obvious: one nice dinner covers multiple occasions. You suggest the anniversary trip to Mexico counts. She says no. You propose the Dine Out Vancouver reservation counts as Valentine's dinner. She says no, that's the anniversary dinner. You're being efficient. She's being unreasonable. Except you're missing what she's actually saying.
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Addison admits the real problem after 15 years of marriage: parenting becomes your life and you forget about the marriage. Date nights happen rarely now that their son is old enough to stay home alone. The attempt to consolidate celebrations isn't about money or logistics. It's the manifestation of forgetting about "us" while focusing on everything else. When you try to make one event cover multiple occasions, you're proving her point. She needs separate recognition because the relationship keeps getting folded into other priorities.
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The timing problem reveals a maintenance problem. February stacks events together by accident. But the instinct to combine them shows how relationship priority works the rest of the year. You think you're being practical. She knows you're demonstrating exactly what she's worried about: that the marriage gets treated as the thing that can wait, the celebration that can be bundled, the event that doesn't need its own attention.
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Topics: Valentine's Day logistics, marriage maintenance after kids, relationship priorities, combining celebrations, date night importance
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GUEST: Bob Addison | @riobobbo
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RUNDOWN: Bob Addison has three major events in five February days and explains why his wife won't accept his logical plan to combine celebrations, revealing what that refusal actually means about marriage maintenance during parenthood.

Valentines Day After 15 Years of Marriage - Worth It?

Good news moments matter most when you're struggling to find them and small wins feel like everything.

Penny the Canadian Doberman won Westminster Best in Show, first Doberman to win in years at the show that sells out Madison Square Garden. Health appreciation comes fast when someone's sick. You have a long list of problems until health becomes the only one that matters.

Sometimes you surround yourself with good things to find the good. Fishing trips with old friends. Pizza dinners that might create new ones. Recovery finally progressing after scary uncertainty. A Canadian dog winning prestigious shows. None of these are massive events, but when you're looking for good news, small victories count. Everyone thinks you're supposed to have things figured out as an adult. Turns out you don't, and that's okay.

Topics: good news moments, adult friendship wins, health recovery relief, Westminster champion, small victories

RUNDOWN: Shane and Ryan celebrate Good News Tuesday wins including making new friends at 50 through facilitated pizza dinner, Shane's upcoming fishing trip reconnecting old friendship, Ryan's father-in-law's cast removal after touch and go ankle surgery, and Penny the Doberman becoming first of her breed in years to win Westminster Best in Show.

Good news moments matter most when you're struggling to find them and small wins feel like everything.
Penny the Canadian Doberman won Westminster Best in Show, first Doberman to win in years at the show that sells out Madison Square Garden. Health appreciation comes fast when someone's sick. You have a long list of problems until health becomes the only one that matters.
Sometimes you surround yourself with good things to find the good. Fishing trips with old friends. Pizza dinners that might create new ones. Recovery finally progressing after scary uncertainty. A Canadian dog winning prestigious shows. None of these are massive events, but when you're looking for good news, small victories count. Everyone thinks you're supposed to have things figured out as an adult. Turns out you don't, and that's okay.
Topics: good news moments, adult friendship wins, health recovery relief, Westminster champion, small victories
RUNDOWN: Shane and Ryan celebrate Good News Tuesday wins including making new friends at 50 through facilitated pizza dinner, Shane's upcoming fishing trip reconnecting old friendship, Ryan's father-in-law's cast removal after touch and go ankle surgery, and Penny the Doberman becoming first of her breed in years to win Westminster Best in Show.

ICYMI - Ever felt like the world wasn’t built for your brain? Bridget’s story of making change.

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