Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
Playlist by Shane Hewitt and The NightshiftShane 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 t…Follow the podcast:
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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, and the bear, named Fitz, is already a small legend thanks to a photo caption that reads exactly like a training montage. The same city de…
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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 without anyone realizing until it's too late. From there he shares a handful of genuinely useful ways to repurpose dryer lint instead of tossing i…
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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 explains. This one breaks down what actually separates them, then tracks a much bigger shift happening across weather language as a whole. T…
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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 nobody does. The conversation starts with something smaller but just as telling, how political language quietly softens bad news before it e…
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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 Shakur's death. The investigation itself has been shaky for years, built on contradicting detective reports and a string of key witnesses who died …
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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 by listicles, sales tactics, and content that was never meant to be trusted in the first place. Carmi explains why legitimate websites are…
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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, and the answer usually isn't about money at all. The conversation works through a specific number of days before burnout starts to set in, an…
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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 about the artists, it's about the people building websites, running blogs, and shaping how an entire country's relationship with music chan…
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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 friendship than a furniture pickup. It starts with a gut feeling nobody can quite explain, one that shows up before anything unusual even ha…
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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 border at over three thousand meters, then moves into what's actually happening behind closed doors in the tariff standoff with the US. Andrew a…
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