William Shatner heavy metal is a real thing happening right now, and at 94 he described a collaboration with a former Megadeth guitarist as "a doorway." Not a novelty project. A doorway. He's covering Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, and said it made him want to go all in and find the best metal players still around. You didn't know you needed this. You do now.

Also on the list of things you didn't ask for: Japan's 7-Eleven egg salad sandwiches have been a cultural institution for years, Canadian arrivals in Japan hit 688,000 in 2025 up 18% from the year before, and now you don't need the flight to find out what the fuss is about. And a man in the US sued Buffalo Wild Wings over boneless wings being "false and deceptive marketing." The actual better lawsuit, which nobody filed, was that they're called buffalo wings and contain zero buffalo.

None of this will improve your Friday. All of it will make it more interesting. Celery or pickles is also, apparently, a generational question worth settling before the weekend.

Topics: William Shatner heavy metal, Buffalo Wild Wings boneless wings lawsuit, Japan 7-Eleven egg salad, Canadian tourism Japan 2025, Friday news segment

Originally aired on 2026-02-20

William Shatner heavy metal is a real thing happening right now, and at 94 he described a collaboration with a former Megadeth guitarist as "a doorway." Not a novelty project. A doorway. He's covering Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden, and said it made him want to go all in and find the best metal players still around. You didn't know you needed this. You do now.
Also on the list of things you didn't ask for: Japan's 7-Eleven egg salad sandwiches have been a cultural institution for years, Canadian arrivals in Japan hit 688,000 in 2025 up 18% from the year before, and now you don't need the flight to find out what the fuss is about. And a man in the US sued Buffalo Wild Wings over boneless wings being "false and deceptive marketing." The actual better lawsuit, which nobody filed, was that they're called buffalo wings and contain zero buffalo.
None of this will improve your Friday. All of it will make it more interesting. Celery or pickles is also, apparently, a generational question worth settling before the weekend.
Topics:&nbsp;William Shatner heavy metal, Buffalo Wild Wings boneless wings lawsuit, Japan 7-Eleven egg salad, Canadian tourism Japan 2025, Friday news segment
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-20

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: Shatner Found a Doorway at 94 and It Goes All the Way to Black Sabbath

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

Your Endurance Problem Might Not Be in Your Legs

What to watch this weekend includes a film written by the writer of Seven, loaded with aesthetic and atmosphere, that Steve Stebbing says feels hollow at its center. You're drawn in by the red-filtered cinematography and the serial killer in a gas mask, and then the third act arrives. It's a first film from this director and it shows in the worst possible place.

How to Make a Killing gives you Glenn Powell, one of the brighter newer stars in Hollywood by Steve's read, and the director of Emily the Criminal, which had tension you couldn't cut with the hardest shears in the world. That director eased off the gas pedal here and the dark comedy needed a sharper edge to justify the premise. The real recommendation this weekend is Mid Winter Break: Leslie Manville and Kieran Hinds in Amsterdam, two phenomenal actors, no glitz, and something from the past that resurfaces and threatens a long marriage.

Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary opens March 20th, based on the Andy Weir book fans say is better than The Martian. Start the countdown now.

Topics: what to watch this weekend, Psycho Killer movie review, How to Make a Killing Glenn Powell, Mid Winter Break film, Project Hail Mary Ryan Gosling 2026

GUEST: Steve Stebbing | stevestebbing.ca

Originally aired on 2026-02-20

What to watch this weekend includes a film written by the writer of Seven, loaded with aesthetic and atmosphere, that Steve Stebbing says feels hollow at its center. You're drawn in by the red-filtered cinematography and the serial killer in a gas mask, and then the third act arrives. It's a first film from this director and it shows in the worst possible place.
How to Make a Killing gives you Glenn Powell, one of the brighter newer stars in Hollywood by Steve's read, and the director of Emily the Criminal, which had tension you couldn't cut with the hardest shears in the world. That director eased off the gas pedal here and the dark comedy needed a sharper edge to justify the premise. The real recommendation this weekend is Mid Winter Break: Leslie Manville and Kieran Hinds in Amsterdam, two phenomenal actors, no glitz, and something from the past that resurfaces and threatens a long marriage.
Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary opens March 20th, based on the Andy Weir book fans say is better than The Martian. Start the countdown now.
Topics: what to watch this weekend, Psycho Killer movie review, How to Make a Killing Glenn Powell, Mid Winter Break film, Project Hail Mary Ryan Gosling 2026
GUEST:&nbsp;Steve Stebbing | stevestebbing.ca
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-20

The Guy Who Wrote Seven Made Something That Deflates Like a Whoopee Cushion

Canada Olympics funding is the quiet story underneath the medal count, and the math is uncomfortable. Norway has roughly the same population as Saskatchewan and Alberta combined. It dominates winter sports because it invests in them. You're watching Canadian athletes compete on world-class talent and aging infrastructure, with organizations fighting for cash every year and facilities like WinSport in Calgary already starting to fade.

The Supreme Court ruled Trump's tariffs illegal this week. That's a win, and Stefan Keyes wants you to understand exactly how limited it is: lumber, metals, automobiles, anything under CUSMA, none of that falls under this ruling. The big ticket items that actually define the Canada-US trade relationship are untouched. Andrew Caddell's read: what happened in court was contempt for the rule of law dressed up as executive authority, and Congress, not the president, is supposed to set tariff policy.

Sport unites a country, and Canada is feeling that politically right now. The argument for investing in athletes isn't just about podiums. It's about what a country decides it's worth funding when the pressure is on. That question has the same answer whether you're talking about hockey or trade.

Topics: Canada Olympics funding, Canada medal count Winter Olympics, Trump tariffs Supreme Court ruling, CUSMA tariff exemption, WinSport Calgary infrastructure

GUEST: Andrew Caddell, Stefan Keyes

Originally aired on 2026-02-20

Canada Olympics funding is the quiet story underneath the medal count, and the math is uncomfortable. Norway has roughly the same population as Saskatchewan and Alberta combined. It dominates winter sports because it invests in them. You're watching Canadian athletes compete on world-class talent and aging infrastructure, with organizations fighting for cash every year and facilities like WinSport in Calgary already starting to fade.
The Supreme Court ruled Trump's tariffs illegal this week. That's a win, and Stefan Keyes wants you to understand exactly how limited it is: lumber, metals, automobiles, anything under CUSMA, none of that falls under this ruling. The big ticket items that actually define the Canada-US trade relationship are untouched. Andrew Caddell's read: what happened in court was contempt for the rule of law dressed up as executive authority, and Congress, not the president, is supposed to set tariff policy.
Sport unites a country, and Canada is feeling that politically right now. The argument for investing in athletes isn't just about podiums. It's about what a country decides it's worth funding when the pressure is on. That question has the same answer whether you're talking about hockey or trade.
Topics: Canada Olympics funding, Canada medal count Winter Olympics, Trump tariffs Supreme Court ruling, CUSMA tariff exemption, WinSport Calgary infrastructure
GUEST: Andrew Caddell, Stefan Keyes
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-02-20

Shiftheads: Shatner Found a Doorway at 94 and It Goes All the Way to Black Sabbath

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