CRA scams are not seasonal, and the information scammers need to make them convincing is sitting publicly on your social media profiles right now. Julie Matthews says most people do not realise how much they have already given away.

Online obituaries have become a targeting tool. Julie Matthews explains how a surviving spouse can receive a call claiming the deceased filed incorrectly, or how a full family tree listed in a death notice gives scammers everything they need to impersonate a grandchild in trouble. The same concern applies to birth announcements posted publicly with full names, birthdays, and family relationships. A separate email address for banking, locked-down social media privacy settings, and a pause before reacting to anything unsolicited are the practical steps Matthews recommends.

Topics: CRA scams, obituary scam, phishing emails, social media privacy, scam awareness Canada

GUEST: Julie Matthews | http://standagainstscams.ca

Originally aired on 2026-04-29

CRA scams are not seasonal, and the information scammers need to make them convincing is sitting publicly on your social media profiles right now. Julie Matthews says most people do not realise how much they have already given away.
Online obituaries have become a targeting tool. Julie Matthews explains how a surviving spouse can receive a call claiming the deceased filed incorrectly, or how a full family tree listed in a death notice gives scammers everything they need to impersonate a grandchild in trouble. The same concern applies to birth announcements posted publicly with full names, birthdays, and family relationships. A separate email address for banking, locked-down social media privacy settings, and a pause before reacting to anything unsolicited are the practical steps Matthews recommends.
Topics: CRA scams, obituary scam, phishing emails, social media privacy, scam awareness Canada
GUEST: Julie Matthews |<a href="http://standagainstscams.ca"> http://standagainstscams.ca</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-29

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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.
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Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift

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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.

The Scam That Starts With Your Aunt's Obituary

Twenty percent of Canadians hold nearly 70 percent of the wealth. Tony Chapman calls it the K economy and says Air Canada's new seating layout is a direct response to it: personalization and comfort for the top, stripped pricing with fees for everything else on the bottom.

Dynamic pricing runs the same logic. Airlines track browser cookies. If you check a fare and come back, the price has moved. Chapman's advice is practical: clear your cache before you search again.

McDonald's is adding specialty drinks to fight for afternoon traffic it loses to convenience stores. Chapman tracks why thirst is a different retail battle than hunger, and what McDonald's is actually trying to buy with a dirty soda.

Topics: K economy Canada, Air Canada seating, dynamic pricing airlines, McDonald's dirty soda, convenience store competition

GUEST: Tony Chapman | http://chatterthatmatters.ca

Originally aired on 2026-04-29

Twenty percent of Canadians hold nearly 70 percent of the wealth. Tony Chapman calls it the K economy and says Air Canada's new seating layout is a direct response to it: personalization and comfort for the top, stripped pricing with fees for everything else on the bottom.
Dynamic pricing runs the same logic. Airlines track browser cookies. If you check a fare and come back, the price has moved. Chapman's advice is practical: clear your cache before you search again.
McDonald's is adding specialty drinks to fight for afternoon traffic it loses to convenience stores. Chapman tracks why thirst is a different retail battle than hunger, and what McDonald's is actually trying to buy with a dirty soda.
Topics: K economy Canada, Air Canada seating, dynamic pricing airlines, McDonald's dirty soda, convenience store competition
GUEST: Tony Chapman |<a href="http://chatterthatmatters.ca"> http://chatterthatmatters.ca</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-29

NEW - Clear Your Cache: What Airlines Know That You Don't

Conspiracy theories about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting spread faster than any verified facts. Nathan Radke of the Uncover Up podcast applies the same framework he uses on every case: look at the evidence before drawing the conclusion.

Radke tracks the specific claims. Vice President Vance was evacuated before the president. A press secretary used a phrase that looked different in retrospect. A reporter's call dropped. Each detail fed the false flag argument. Each detail also has a mundane explanation. Radke's point is not that the mundane explanation is correct. It is that the evidence has to come first.

The deeper problem is what happens when the conspiratorial thinking that politicians use as a tool turns back on them.

Topics: conspiracy theories, White House Correspondents Dinner shooting, false flag, Uncover Up, institutional trust collapse

GUEST: Nathan Radke | @‌theuncoverup | http://amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873/

Originally aired on 2026-04-29

Conspiracy theories about the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting spread faster than any verified facts. Nathan Radke of the Uncover Up podcast applies the same framework he uses on every case: look at the evidence before drawing the conclusion.
Radke tracks the specific claims. Vice President Vance was evacuated before the president. A press secretary used a phrase that looked different in retrospect. A reporter's call dropped. Each detail fed the false flag argument. Each detail also has a mundane explanation. Radke's point is not that the mundane explanation is correct. It is that the evidence has to come first.
The deeper problem is what happens when the conspiratorial thinking that politicians use as a tool turns back on them.
Topics: conspiracy theories, White House Correspondents Dinner shooting, false flag, Uncover Up, institutional trust collapse
GUEST: Nathan Radke | @&zwnj;theuncoverup |<a href="http://amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873/"> http://amazon.ca/Uncover-Up-Think-Clearly-Conspiracies/dp/1770418873/</a>
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-29

NEW: False Flag or Incompetence: Nathan Radke on the Correspondents' Dinner

The bot takeover of the web is not one thing. Greg Fish of Cyberpunk Survival Guide breaks it into parts. Scrapers steal content, fill it with ads, and send bots to click the ads. That is click fraud and it funds a significant slice of what looks like web traffic.

North Korea runs distributed crypto mining scripts that install through browsers and run silently while users are on a page. The country makes millions this way. State actors in other jurisdictions run automated dial-out scripts through VoIP vulnerabilities to generate billable long-distance traffic.

Political operators use bots to amplify rage bait content until algorithms push it into human feeds. The bots are not random. They are infrastructure.

Fish says the solution requires regulation with real jurisdictional teeth and a fundamental rethink of advertising as the financial engine of the web.

Topics: bot takeover web, click fraud, North Korea crypto mining, web scrapers, rage bait amplification

GUEST: Greg Fish | cyberpunksurvivalguide.com

Originally aired on 2026-04-29

The bot takeover of the web is not one thing. Greg Fish of Cyberpunk Survival Guide breaks it into parts. Scrapers steal content, fill it with ads, and send bots to click the ads. That is click fraud and it funds a significant slice of what looks like web traffic.
North Korea runs distributed crypto mining scripts that install through browsers and run silently while users are on a page. The country makes millions this way. State actors in other jurisdictions run automated dial-out scripts through VoIP vulnerabilities to generate billable long-distance traffic.
Political operators use bots to amplify rage bait content until algorithms push it into human feeds. The bots are not random. They are infrastructure.
Fish says the solution requires regulation with real jurisdictional teeth and a fundamental rethink of advertising as the financial engine of the web.
Topics: bot takeover web, click fraud, North Korea crypto mining, web scrapers, rage bait amplification
GUEST: Greg Fish | cyberpunksurvivalguide.com
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-04-29

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