Shane Hewitt and Handy Andy Baryer dig into home repairs, music nostalgia, and the future of travel. From the right way to use wall anchors to the history of the compact disc, they share practical DIY know-how and reflect on how technology keeps changing our lives. The conversation also looks at how artificial intelligence is reshaping flight booking and travel planning—helping Canadians find better deals and avoid surprises.

Originally aired on 2025-08-18

Shane Hewitt and Handy Andy Baryer dig into home repairs, music nostalgia, and the future of travel. From the right way to use wall anchors to the history of the compact disc, they share practical DIY know-how and reflect on how technology keeps changing our lives. The conversation also looks at how artificial intelligence is reshaping flight booking and travel planning&mdash;helping Canadians find better deals and avoid surprises.
Originally aired on&nbsp;2025-08-18

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.

SHIFTHEADS: 🛠️✈️💿 From Wall Hacks to Flight Hacks: Handy Andy’s DIY Tips and Tech Talk You Didn’t Know You Needed

The Photo Backup Strategy You're Probably Not Using
You've been meaning to back up your photos for months. Maybe years. The dongle you bought for Christmas is still in the box.

Carmi Levy explains why physical backup solutions never work—humans aren't disciplined enough to plug things in regularly, and those devices get lost or run over in driveways anyway. The conversation moves through automatic cloud backup options that sync without thinking, privacy nightmares when families share accounts, and the Amazon Photos feature most Prime members don't realize they have. Shane shares how his parents accidentally broadcast their gift shopping on Apple TV, and Carmi breaks down which services actually deliver on storage promises for multiple users.

Learn why your data needs to exist in three places, how to clean up your phone without deleting memories, and which backup method works best for managing older family members' photos.

Why Your Email Account Is a Ticking Time Bomb
You're still hanging onto that internet provider email address from 1999. The second you switch providers, two decades of messages vanish forever.

Carmi Levy breaks down why treating your inbox like a filing cabinet is a disaster waiting to happen—from people storing social insurance numbers in Gmail to losing everything when accounts get hacked. Shane and Carmi contrast old-school POP accounts that trap emails on one device with cloud-based systems that sync everywhere, explore why 15 gigs of Gmail storage makes people never delete anything, and explain what happens when cyber criminals find your authentication data sitting in your inbox. Hear about the security risks most people ignore, why two-factor authentication actually matters, and how to export an entire mailbox if you absolutely need to.

Discover which kind of email account you actually have, how to separate important messages from clutter, and why that Bob's the best 1999 address needs to go.

GUEST: Carmi Levy

Originally aired on 2026-01-05

The Photo Backup Strategy You're Probably Not Using You've been meaning to back up your photos for months. Maybe years. The dongle you bought for Christmas is still in the box.
Carmi Levy explains why physical backup solutions never work&mdash;humans aren't disciplined enough to plug things in regularly, and those devices get lost or run over in driveways anyway. The conversation moves through automatic cloud backup options that sync without thinking, privacy nightmares when families share accounts, and the Amazon Photos feature most Prime members don't realize they have. Shane shares how his parents accidentally broadcast their gift shopping on Apple TV, and Carmi breaks down which services actually deliver on storage promises for multiple users.
Learn why your data needs to exist in three places, how to clean up your phone without deleting memories, and which backup method works best for managing older family members' photos.
Why Your Email Account Is a Ticking Time Bomb You're still hanging onto that internet provider email address from 1999. The second you switch providers, two decades of messages vanish forever.
Carmi Levy breaks down why treating your inbox like a filing cabinet is a disaster waiting to happen&mdash;from people storing social insurance numbers in Gmail to losing everything when accounts get hacked. Shane and Carmi contrast old-school POP accounts that trap emails on one device with cloud-based systems that sync everywhere, explore why 15 gigs of Gmail storage makes people never delete anything, and explain what happens when cyber criminals find your authentication data sitting in your inbox. Hear about the security risks most people ignore, why two-factor authentication actually matters, and how to export an entire mailbox if you absolutely need to.
Discover which kind of email account you actually have, how to separate important messages from clutter, and why that Bob's the best 1999 address needs to go.
GUEST: Carmi Levy
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-01-05

NEW - Protect your Pocket: How to Actually Protect Your Photos and Emails Before It's Too Late

Stranger Things started in 2016. You were dating someone different, living somewhere else, chasing completely different dreams.

Ryan reflects on watching the Stranger Things finale in a sold-out theatre next to people he hadn't even met when the show first dropped—his fiancée and one of his best friends. The conversation moves through how much life changed between seasons: from evil exes to true love, from figuring out college to building a career, from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic life. Hear about the realization that hit during the final moments with Purple Rain playing and a D&D table monologue—not just that the show was ending, but that the person watching it had fundamentally changed while somehow staying the same nerdy kid who fell in love with 80s nostalgia and Stephen King horror.

Discover what it means to truly grow up with a show past age 18, why the finale didn't have to be perfect to matter, and how core memories get built around the media that accompanies your twenties.

Originally aired on 2026-01-05

Stranger Things started in 2016. You were dating someone different, living somewhere else, chasing completely different dreams.
Ryan reflects on watching the Stranger Things finale in a sold-out theatre next to people he hadn't even met when the show first dropped&mdash;his fianc&eacute;e and one of his best friends. The conversation moves through how much life changed between seasons: from evil exes to true love, from figuring out college to building a career, from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic life. Hear about the realization that hit during the final moments with Purple Rain playing and a D&amp;D table monologue&mdash;not just that the show was ending, but that the person watching it had fundamentally changed while somehow staying the same nerdy kid who fell in love with 80s nostalgia and Stephen King horror.
Discover what it means to truly grow up with a show past age 18, why the finale didn't have to be perfect to matter, and how core memories get built around the media that accompanies your twenties.
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-01-05

SHIFTHEADS: The Show That Watched You Grow Up

What happens when you promise permanent residence to 50,000 students, then pull the rug out? Immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann breaks down how Canada's sudden policy reversal is creating a costly backlash no one predicted.

Students who spent six figures and years building Canadian work experience just watched the points threshold jump from 450 to 540—effectively erasing their pathway to permanent residence. Mamann reveals why this isn't just unfair: it's triggering a wave of expensive refugee claims that will cost taxpayers far more than the original programs. He explains how seasonal agricultural workers, startup visa holders, and international students all got caught in the same policy whiplash, and why even legitimate labor shortages (like the honeybee industry) are now facing worker shortages.

Discover why Canada's "best and brightest" immigration strategy fails farmers, hoteliers, and manufacturers—and what happens when political promises collide with housing and healthcare capacity. You'll understand the real cost of changing immigration rules without warning, and why Mamann believes the reputation damage extends far beyond one broken promise.

GUEST: Guidy Mamann @‌guidymamann

Originally aired on 2026-01-05

What happens when you promise permanent residence to 50,000 students, then pull the rug out? Immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann breaks down how Canada's sudden policy reversal is creating a costly backlash no one predicted.
Students who spent six figures and years building Canadian work experience just watched the points threshold jump from 450 to 540&mdash;effectively erasing their pathway to permanent residence. Mamann reveals why this isn't just unfair: it's triggering a wave of expensive refugee claims that will cost taxpayers far more than the original programs. He explains how seasonal agricultural workers, startup visa holders, and international students all got caught in the same policy whiplash, and why even legitimate labor shortages (like the honeybee industry) are now facing worker shortages.
Discover why Canada's "best and brightest" immigration strategy fails farmers, hoteliers, and manufacturers&mdash;and what happens when political promises collide with housing and healthcare capacity. You'll understand the real cost of changing immigration rules without warning, and why Mamann believes the reputation damage extends far beyond one broken promise.
GUEST: Guidy Mamann @&zwnj;guidymamann
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-01-05

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