Handy Andy Baryer, DIY Tech Guy, joins Shane Hewitt to share expert tips on keeping critters out of your garden and how to paint laminate cabinets like a pro. Plus, he weighs in on a terrifying AI voice scam and a StubHub Blue Jays ticket debacle making headlines.

Tech journalist Carmi Levy joins Shane Hewitt to unpack a trio of digital dilemmas—from a viral dating safety app breach that exposed thousands of private images, to troubling new research on teens using dating apps, and a bizarre privacy win for an Argentine man caught naked on Google Street View.

It’s a revealing look at how tech is colliding with privacy, safety, and accountability in ways we’re only beginning to understand.

Originally aired on 2025-07-28

Handy Andy Baryer, DIY Tech Guy, joins Shane Hewitt to share expert tips on keeping critters out of your garden and how to paint laminate cabinets like a pro. Plus, he weighs in on a terrifying AI voice scam and a StubHub Blue Jays ticket debacle making headlines.
Tech journalist Carmi Levy joins Shane Hewitt to unpack a trio of digital dilemmas&mdash;from a viral dating safety app breach that exposed thousands of private images, to troubling new research on teens using dating apps, and a bizarre privacy win for an Argentine man caught naked on Google Street View.
It&rsquo;s a revealing look at how tech is colliding with privacy, safety, and accountability in ways we&rsquo;re only beginning to understand.
Originally aired on&nbsp;2025-07-28

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.

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Canadian TV nostalgia for Electric Circus hits different when you realize nobody in charge thought it should work. You got an invite, you paid your own way to Toronto, you showed up at those garage doors on Queen Street, and the camera found you. No filter. No preview. No control. The budget was essentially nothing. The magic was everything.

The show started as Saturday afternoon R&B and hip hop where Canadian hip hop found its first real platform. Maestro Fresh West's Let Your Backbone Slide exists because Electric Circus gave him his first TV appearance. When dance music exploded in 1992, MuchMusic took the show nationwide, moved it to Friday nights, and watched it become something 299 Queen Street West has never come close to replicating since.

Gen Z watches the old clips and genuinely cannot process that it was real. The building has banners now where the action used to be. What they're watching is what happens when people show up without the ability to control how they're seen, which turns out to be completely irreplaceable and completely extinct at the same time.

Topics: Electric Circus MuchMusic, Canadian TV nostalgia 1993, CityTV Toronto history, Maestro Fresh West Canadian hip hop, unscripted television social media

GUEST: Ed Conroy |retroontario.com | @‌retroontario

Originally aired on2026-02-26

Canadian TV nostalgia for Electric Circus hits different when you realize nobody in charge thought it should work. You got an invite, you paid your own way to Toronto, you showed up at those garage doors on Queen Street, and the camera found you. No filter. No preview. No control. The budget was essentially nothing. The magic was everything.
The show started as Saturday afternoon R&amp;B and hip hop where Canadian hip hop found its first real platform. Maestro Fresh West's Let Your Backbone Slide exists because Electric Circus gave him his first TV appearance. When dance music exploded in 1992, MuchMusic took the show nationwide, moved it to Friday nights, and watched it become something 299 Queen Street West has never come close to replicating since.
Gen Z watches the old clips and genuinely cannot process that it was real. The building has banners now where the action used to be. What they're watching is what happens when people show up without the ability to control how they're seen, which turns out to be completely irreplaceable and completely extinct at the same time.
Topics: Electric Circus MuchMusic, Canadian TV nostalgia 1993, CityTV Toronto history, Maestro Fresh West Canadian hip hop, unscripted television social media
GUEST: Ed Conroy |<a href="http://retroontario.com"> retroontario.com</a> | @&zwnj;retroontario
Originally aired on 2026-02-26

NEW - Electric Circus Shouldn't Have Happened (That's Why It Worked)

Movie tourism just turned your watchlist into a travel bucket list. You can rent the actual cottage from Heated Rivalry on Airbnb right now for $248.10 a night in Muskoka, and that price is almost certainly 10 times lower than it should be. Downton Abbey's filming location became one of Britain's top tourist attractions the moment the show aired. Your favorite show is already telling you where to go next.

The $248.10 price isn't random. The two leads' jersey numbers are 24 and 81, and the nightly rate was set accordingly. Game of Thrones turned Ireland into a tourism destination. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released its 17 nominee list and somehow Lenny Kravitz, Motorhead, and Jethro Tull are still waiting outside while Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, and Oasis made the shortlist.

Book the cottage before it's gone. The Rock Hall argument will not be resolved by anyone, least of all Gene Simmons. And if movie tourism ever felt like an extreme fan commitment, $248 a night in Muskoka just changed the definition.

Topics: movie tourism, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees 2025, Heated Rivalry cottage Airbnb, film location travel, Lenny Kravitz Motorhead Rock Hall

GUEST: Richard Crouse |http://richardcrouse.ca

Originally aired on 2026-02-26

Movie tourism just turned your watchlist into a travel bucket list. You can rent the actual cottage from Heated Rivalry on Airbnb right now for $248.10 a night in Muskoka, and that price is almost certainly 10 times lower than it should be. Downton Abbey's filming location became one of Britain's top tourist attractions the moment the show aired. Your favorite show is already telling you where to go next.
The $248.10 price isn't random. The two leads' jersey numbers are 24 and 81, and the nightly rate was set accordingly. Game of Thrones turned Ireland into a tourism destination. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released its 17 nominee list and somehow Lenny Kravitz, Motorhead, and Jethro Tull are still waiting outside while Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, and Oasis made the shortlist.
Book the cottage before it's gone. The Rock Hall argument will not be resolved by anyone, least of all Gene Simmons. And if movie tourism ever felt like an extreme fan commitment, $248 a night in Muskoka just changed the definition.
Topics: movie tourism, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees 2025, Heated Rivalry cottage Airbnb, film location travel, Lenny Kravitz Motorhead Rock Hall
GUEST: Richard Crouse |<a href="http://richardcrouse.ca"> http://richardcrouse.ca</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-26

Your Favourite Show Is Already Booking Your Next Vacation Rental

Letters to your kids about who they are before you have to leave them. You've probably thought about it. Maybe you started. Sunny Dhillon started writing his because a racist incident at a playground in Ottawa scared his daughter in kindergarten, and he knew exactly what she was about to carry.

When Sunny was growing up and racism arrived, his response was to hide. Watch for the moment someone might notice his skin color or the food his family ate, and disappear before it happened. He writes about this because his daughter is five years old and already noticing the same things he noticed as a child. He can see every observation she makes. He made them first.

His first trip to India was supposed to answer questions about who he was. It didn't resolve the way he expected. What actually moved something was writing it down, sitting with the question he kept avoiding: what would I want on the page if I'm not here? That's the question worth asking before you think you have time.

Topics: letters to your kids, children of immigrants identity, racism brown skin Canada, Hide and Seek Sunny Dhillon, dad advice children

GUEST: Sunny Dhillon

Originally aired on 2026-02-25

Letters to your kids about who they are before you have to leave them. You've probably thought about it. Maybe you started. Sunny Dhillon started writing his because a racist incident at a playground in Ottawa scared his daughter in kindergarten, and he knew exactly what she was about to carry.
When Sunny was growing up and racism arrived, his response was to hide. Watch for the moment someone might notice his skin color or the food his family ate, and disappear before it happened. He writes about this because his daughter is five years old and already noticing the same things he noticed as a child. He can see every observation she makes. He made them first.
His first trip to India was supposed to answer questions about who he was. It didn't resolve the way he expected. What actually moved something was writing it down, sitting with the question he kept avoiding: what would I want on the page if I'm not here? That's the question worth asking before you think you have time.
Topics: letters to your kids, children of immigrants identity, racism brown skin Canada, Hide and Seek Sunny Dhillon, dad advice children
GUEST: Sunny Dhillon
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-25

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