Energy and politics collide in this wide-ranging conversation between Shane Hewitt and Rob Breakenridge. Together they unpack the tangled web of pipeline projects, exploring how Alberta, British Columbia, and the federal government navigate influence and interest. The discussion expands into Alberta’s education challenges—from funding gaps to the private-versus-public debate—and how these issues reflect broader political priorities. With sharp insights on Danielle Smith, Mark Carney, and the shadow of U.S. politics, this episode captures the tensions shaping Canada’s future.

GUEST:
 Rob Breakenridge
@robbreakenridge
robbreakenridge.ca

Originally aired on2025-10-09

Energy and politics collide in this wide-ranging conversation between Shane Hewitt and Rob Breakenridge. Together they unpack the tangled web of pipeline projects, exploring how Alberta, British Columbia, and the federal government navigate influence and interest. The discussion expands into Alberta&rsquo;s education challenges&mdash;from funding gaps to the private-versus-public debate&mdash;and how these issues reflect broader political priorities. With sharp insights on Danielle Smith, Mark Carney, and the shadow of U.S. politics, this episode captures the tensions shaping Canada&rsquo;s future.
GUEST: Rob Breakenridge @robbreakenridge robbreakenridge.ca
Originally aired on 2025-10-09

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 - Pipelines, Politics, and Power: Canada’s Shifting Landscape

Attending the Olympics has been on your list for years and you keep talking yourself out of it. Too far, too expensive, too hard to build a trip around real life. You don't need two weeks or a perfectly mapped itinerary. You need one focused week and a clear idea of what you actually want to see. The halfpipe looks like a video game until someone is flying ten feet above your head.

 

The Finland game was the one. Canada went down 1-0, gave up a shorthanded goal on the power play, and the Finnish fans, outnumbered four to one, were somehow louder than everyone else in that building. McKinnon scored and the atmosphere turned over completely. Cellebrini possible offside? Jaime's only thought during that two-minute wait: he's 19 years old, and if they call it back, the whole country blames him.

 

What the broadcast never shows is what happens after the horn. Jaime had beers with the Finnish fans when it was done and says they were a hoot. He found out Canada lost the gold medal game from a stranger who walked out of an airplane bathroom and announced it to the entire cabin. He'd do it again without a second thought.

 

Topics: attending the Olympics Milan 2026, Canada hockey Finland semifinal, Olympic ticket swap app, Winter Olympics first time travel, fan camaraderie Olympics

 

GUEST: Jaime Cepeda Montufar


Originally aired on 2026-02-23

Attending the Olympics has been on your list for years and you keep talking yourself out of it. Too far, too expensive, too hard to build a trip around real life. You don't need two weeks or a perfectly mapped itinerary. You need one focused week and a clear idea of what you actually want to see. The halfpipe looks like a video game until someone is flying ten feet above your head.
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The Finland game was the one. Canada went down 1-0, gave up a shorthanded goal on the power play, and the Finnish fans, outnumbered four to one, were somehow louder than everyone else in that building. McKinnon scored and the atmosphere turned over completely. Cellebrini possible offside? Jaime's only thought during that two-minute wait: he's 19 years old, and if they call it back, the whole country blames him.
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What the broadcast never shows is what happens after the horn. Jaime had beers with the Finnish fans when it was done and says they were a hoot. He found out Canada lost the gold medal game from a stranger who walked out of an airplane bathroom and announced it to the entire cabin. He'd do it again without a second thought.
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Topics: attending the Olympics Milan 2026, Canada hockey Finland semifinal, Olympic ticket swap app, Winter Olympics first time travel, fan camaraderie Olympics
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GUEST: Jaime Cepeda Montufar
 Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-23

SHIFTHEADS: He Swapped His Tickets in Italy and Watched Canadian Hockey History

Team Canada Winter Olympics coverage just reframed what gold actually means. You watched the women's hockey team lose the gold medal game and felt something unexpected: genuine pride in a silver. That hasn't been the Canadian reaction before, not in hockey, not at the big events. Something shifted this week.

Canada was projected to win 10 gold medals and won't reach it. McDavid's answer: the margins are razor thin at this level. Meanwhile Marner, who couldn't do anything right as a Leaf according to the Don Valley Parkway crowd, showed up for Team Canada and started delivering exactly what Toronto always asked of him. And Crosby isn't ruled out for Sunday's gold medal game against the United States. West coast listeners, your alarm is set for 5am.

Shane and Ryan are also asking whether Canada needs to reinvest in sport at a national level or whether the rest of the world simply caught up. That question lands differently right before the gold medal game. Friday night in Canada, hockey matters, and the conversation is worth having.

Topics: Team Canada Winter Olympics, Canada medal count, women's hockey silver, Sidney Crosby gold medal game, Mitch Marner Team Canada

Originally aired on 2026-02-20

Team Canada Winter Olympics coverage just reframed what gold actually means. You watched the women's hockey team lose the gold medal game and felt something unexpected: genuine pride in a silver. That hasn't been the Canadian reaction before, not in hockey, not at the big events. Something shifted this week.
Canada was projected to win 10 gold medals and won't reach it. McDavid's answer: the margins are razor thin at this level. Meanwhile Marner, who couldn't do anything right as a Leaf according to the Don Valley Parkway crowd, showed up for Team Canada and started delivering exactly what Toronto always asked of him. And Crosby isn't ruled out for Sunday's gold medal game against the United States. West coast listeners, your alarm is set for 5am.
Shane and Ryan are also asking whether Canada needs to reinvest in sport at a national level or whether the rest of the world simply caught up. That question lands differently right before the gold medal game. Friday night in Canada, hockey matters, and the conversation is worth having.
Topics: Team Canada Winter Olympics, Canada medal count, women's hockey silver, Sidney Crosby gold medal game, Mitch Marner Team Canada
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-20

Gold or Nothing? Canada Just Changed the Answer

Endurance training should work the same for everyone doing identical workouts, right? You're putting in the miles, tracking your heart rate, building muscle, and somehow still hitting a wall that other people breeze past. Turns out there's a group of neurons in your hypothalamus that activates after you exercise, and whether those fire correctly has nothing to do with how hard you're trying.

A mouse study proved it by using light to turn specific brain cells on and off. Two mice train identically. One has these neurons working, one has them turned off. The mouse with neurons firing builds better endurance despite doing the exact same workout. When researchers gave mice a boost by turning the neurons on stronger, those mice performed better without changing their training at all. The neurons are in the hypothalamus, the part of your brain that normally regulates hunger, not movement. They activate after exercise, not during, which nobody expected. Dr. Samantha Yammine points out this isn't about willpower or mental fortitude to push through a marathon. It's a biological component you can't control through effort alone.

You have biological advantages that make you better at one kind of fitness versus another. When you plateau, maybe it's not about trying harder. Maybe it's just about what your neurons are doing after you stop.

Topics: endurance training, fitness plateau, exercise neuroscience, hypothalamus neurons, building endurance

GUEST: Dr. Samantha Yammine | http://samanthayammine.com , @‌science.sam

Originally aired on 2026-02-20

Endurance training should work the same for everyone doing identical workouts, right? You're putting in the miles, tracking your heart rate, building muscle, and somehow still hitting a wall that other people breeze past. Turns out there's a group of neurons in your hypothalamus that activates after you exercise, and whether those fire correctly has nothing to do with how hard you're trying.
A mouse study proved it by using light to turn specific brain cells on and off. Two mice train identically. One has these neurons working, one has them turned off. The mouse with neurons firing builds better endurance despite doing the exact same workout. When researchers gave mice a boost by turning the neurons on stronger, those mice performed better without changing their training at all. The neurons are in the hypothalamus, the part of your brain that normally regulates hunger, not movement. They activate after exercise, not during, which nobody expected. Dr. Samantha Yammine points out this isn't about willpower or mental fortitude to push through a marathon. It's a biological component you can't control through effort alone.
You have biological advantages that make you better at one kind of fitness versus another. When you plateau, maybe it's not about trying harder. Maybe it's just about what your neurons are doing after you stop.
Topics: endurance training, fitness plateau, exercise neuroscience, hypothalamus neurons, building endurance
GUEST: Dr. Samantha Yammine |<a href="http://samanthayammine.com"> http://samanthayammine.com</a> , @&zwnj;science.sam
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-20

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