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Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift
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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.
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Why Cornhole Is the Secret to Any Good Party
Yesterday00:09:39Tap to summarizeA good party isn't about the location, it's about a short list of ingredients that keep showing up at the ones people actually remember. A backyard fire on a mild summer night takes the top spot over any big event, cottage weekend, or festival lineup. One rule carries the most weight: there always needs to be a low-stakes activity for people to fall back on, and cornhole gets called out as close to perfect, easy enough to pick up mid-conversation and hard to get bored of. Music gets treated the same way a film score would, opening soft, building toward a climax, and reading the crowd before committing to anything too niche. By the end, the focus shifts outward to the festival circuit stretching from the Yukon to small-town Ontario, with the reminder that none of it matters as much as who shows up and how everyone treats the night. Topics: backyard party tips, cornhole, party playlist, Canadian summer festivals, party planning Originally aired on 2026-07-06
Transcribe →NEW - Sony Just Killed the Video Game Disc for Good
Yesterday00:19:24Tap to summarizeWashing machine mold prevention starts with one habit almost nobody follows, leaving the door open after every load. Tech and DIY expert Andy Baryer breaks down the manual gasket cleaning most people skip, plus the yard work that keeps hedges and trees healthy without overdoing it. Trim It, Clean It, Keep It Growing Andy walks through the right way to trim hedges and trees so they thicken instead of thinning out, and shares the battery-powered tool that changed how he works in the yard. The washing machine advice follows, including the one third rule for high-efficiency soap and why the door should never close after a wash. The End of Owning Your Games Sony's move to drop physical PlayStation discs by 2028 gets picked apart in detail, including what it means for trading, reselling, and actually owning a game library. The conversation also covers which old gadgets, from Walkmans to CRT televisions, are suddenly worth real money. Topics: washing machine mold, DIY yard care, PlayStation physical games, retro gaming, gadget resale value GUEST: Andy Baryer | handyandymedia.com | @handyandymedia Originally aired on 2026-07-06
Transcribe →SHIFTHEADS: The Caesar Is the Official Drink of Every Summer Event
Yesterday00:09:30Tap to summarizeFestival day drinking follows the same script no matter where in the country it happens, water and sunglasses in the morning, a Caesar by noon, full chaos by mid-afternoon. Living beside one of Calgary Stampede's biggest party tents makes that pattern impossible to miss for ten straight days. The noise complaints from last year haven't repeated so far, with the tents staying under the sound threshold and no police intervention needed yet this time. What stands out more is the sheer range of moods on display, someone visibly rowdy at one in the afternoon on a Tuesday, and strangers stopping each other on the street just to compliment a mullet. By the end, the case for the Caesar as the definitive festival drink gets made in full, including a dill pickle version from a Calgary distillery that's worth tracking down before the summer's out. Topics: Stampede noise complaints, festival day drinking, Caesar cocktail culture, Calgary summer party, people watching Originally aired on 2026-07-06
Transcribe →NEW - Canada Just Bought Submarines That Won't Arrive for a Decade
Yesterday00:19:15Tap to summarizeCanada submarine defence spending just became real, with a deal that won't deliver a single vessel for eight to ten years. The Monday study panel breaks down why the government went with a German partner over South Korea or Japan, and what that says about the pace of Canada's NATO commitments. Pipelines, Pancakes, and Who Got Left Out Before the defence talk, the conversation opens with what a real party looks like from a Saskatchewan campfire to a Montreal barbecue table, then pivots to the new pipeline deal between Ontario and Alberta that leaves Quebec on the outside looking in. A House Too Broken to Fix The panel turns to 24 Sussex Drive and the plan to crowdfund the Prime Minister's official residence, calling out decades of neglect from every party in power. The submarine purchase gets weighed against that same pattern, big promises with a timeline nobody can shorten. Topics: Canada submarine spending, pipeline debate, 24 Sussex renovation, NATO commitments, Monday study panel GUEST: Jimmy Zoubris | Lesley Kelly | highheelsandcanolafields.com Originally aired on 2026-07-06
Transcribe →NEW - Just Write the Book Already: Everyone has a Story Worth Collecting
Yesterday00:09:27Tap to summarizeSome jobs stick with you long enough to become writing a book of essays about. Alex Boyd worked a bookshop in the 1990s, the same kind of job George Orwell once described in the 1930s, and found that almost nothing about the customers had changed. His collection, eighteen essays deep, moves through a warehouse job that followed four years of studying English literature, a piece on faith and searching for meaning beyond yourself, and a set of book reviews for titles Alex thinks never got the attention they deserved. He also breaks down what he took from Orwell's writing on clarity, the instinct to make something small and specific feel universal to any reader. The conversation lands on something worth sitting with: everyone has a story worth collecting, and the only difference between a good storyteller and a bad one is whether they actually start writing it down. Topics: essay collection, Alex Boyd author, George Orwell influence, faith and meaning, Canadian writer GUEST: Alex Boyd | @‌alexboydwriter Originally aired on 2026-07-06
Transcribe →Shiftheads - Canada Chose Political Optics Over the Best Submarine Delivery
Yesterday00:08:55Tap to summarizeCanada submarine deal analysis from a military expert lands on an uncomfortable question: why did Canada pass on the faster, cheaper option? Richard Shimooka breaks down how South Korea offered quicker delivery, more production capacity, and a stronger partnership pitch, and still lost out to a German and Norwegian bid that may not deliver a submarine until 2035. The timing raises its own red flags. The announcement landed hours before a NATO conference, which points toward this being as much about optics with European allies as it is about actual defence capability. A ten-year gap between announcement and delivery also means the country is left exposed for years while committing to one of the most expensive options on the table. Richard weighs whether Germany's willingness to supply weapons stacks up against South Korea's, and whether Canada just locked itself into a program vulnerable to cancellation or delay the same way past defence deals have gone. Topics: Canada submarine deal, South Korea submarine bid, NATO defence spending, submarine delivery delays, military procurement GUEST: Richard Shimooka Originally aired on 2026-07-06
Transcribe →ICYMI - How to Tell If Your Next Car Is Actually Canadian-Made
Yesterday00:10:07Tap to summarizeCanadian car buying tariffs are reshaping which vehicles are actually worth the money this year, and the answer isn't always the one buyers expect. Automotive journalist Lorraine Sommerfeld lays out which cars are genuinely built here, how to check a VIN in under a minute, and what that means before you sign anything. Days-on-lot numbers reveal where the real leverage sits. Cadillacs are moving in about three weeks while big trucks and SUVs can sit for four months or more, and that gap is exactly where negotiating room lives. The used market isn't offering much cover either, with prices still elevated since 2021 and industry data pointing to 2027 before real easing shows up. Long-term financing is quietly changing what ownership looks like too, with eight and nine year loans keeping payments in a budget long after the warranty runs out. This one lays out how to avoid getting stuck underwater, and why the smaller, simpler option might be the safer bet right now. Topics: Canadian-made cars, car tariffs, used car market, car loans, negotiating car prices GUEST: Lorraine Sommerfeld | http://driving.ca Originally aired on 2026-07-06
Transcribe →Nobody Planned This Wednesday Holiday. Now Nobody's Working
4d ago00:09:59Tap to summarizeCanada Day landed on a Wednesday and somehow half the country took the whole week off. Shane and Ryan are both at their desks, mildly annoyed, and very much in the mood to talk about summer grievances. The conversation starts with how far in advance you actually need to plan a long weekend, moves into the sounds of summer in a small town and downtown Calgary, and lands firmly on pedal pubs. Ryan has thoughts. Strong ones. Shane isn't sure pedal pubs are the problem so much as context, but agrees the mid-intersection group sing-along version of Mr. Brightside is a legitimate public menace. Also: Christmas in July starts now, summer is the right time to test your Christmas lights, and we are officially one week past halfway to Christmas. You're welcome. Topics: Canada Day long weekend, vacation planning, pedal pubs Calgary, summer noise, Christmas in July Originally aired on 2026-07-03
Transcribe →NEW - You Almost Always Turn Left. Here's Why!
4d ago00:09:18Tap to summarizeHuman movement bias is more consistent than almost anyone expects, and Samantha Yammine is here to explain why the research is harder to dismiss than it looks. Studies in Spain and Japan, with children, adults, individuals, and crowds, all point to the same result: people veer left, and they can't explain why. Handedness doesn't account for it. Driving conventions don't account for it. Walls and social norms don't account for it. The researchers ruled them out systematically, and the bias remained. What's left is something that appears to be intrinsic, without yet having an explanation. The finding has real implications for how cities and venues move people, and a genuinely strange implication for anyone who's ever stood up from a chair and turned the wrong way. Topics: left-turn bias, crowd movement, human behaviour research, urban planning, cognitive bias GUEST: Samantha Yammine | http://samanthayammine.com | @‌science.sam Originally aired on 2026-07-03
Transcribe →SHIFTHEADS: Stories You Did Not Need. Avoiding Them Was the Right Decision
4d ago00:09:16Tap to summarizeIt's Canada Day weekend, give or take, and Shane and Ryan have three stories that will improve nothing about your life and yet somehow feel essential. First: the banana car. Twenty-three feet long, Ford F-150 engine, open top, eighty-five miles an hour, and a dedicated app so you always know where it's headed next. Second: Contemporary Calgary is currently housing a thousand-pound butter cowboy, kept from melting by fans running twenty-four hours a day inside a Monopoly exhibit that runs five months. Third: Florida paddleboarders pulled off a dramatic water rescue for what they were confident was a dog. It was a coyote. Everyone survived. Good job, Florida. Also in the mix: the definitive Batmobile ranking and a brief detour into Homer Simpson's car design philosophy. Topics: weird news Canada, banana car, butter cowboy Calgary, Florida coyote rescue, useless stories Originally aired on 2026-07-03
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