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Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift

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

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10:07

Why Urban Biodiversity Thrives in Vacant Spaces

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/29

Urban biodiversity sounds like a park issue, not a city problem. Your apartment balcony overlooks a crumbling strip mall. Across the street, an abandoned factory lot is overgrown with weeds. You assume it's an eyesore that needs clearing. What if that vacant space is actually supporting more bird species than the manicured park three blocks away? Chris Dennison's research in Detroit found that vacant lots—the ones that look like abandoned eyesores—can support significant bird populations

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9:37

Shiftheads - Hope as Action Versus Outcome: The Word...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Hope as action versus outcome starts with one uncomfortable realization. You're listing everything you hope to accomplish this year. Hope to get the job. Hope to find your wallet. Hope to finish the project. Hope to make a change. Someone stops you and says: hope is a beautiful thing, it's a terrible plan. What's the difference? Outcome hope is crossing your fingers. Action hope is trusting the process will teach you what you need to know even when the path isn't straight. The hosts trace a 2020

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8:51

NEW - The Facebook Scam Problem Law Enforcement Can't...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Social media investment scams operate beyond law enforcement reach. You see an Instagram ad with the Wealthsimple logo. The returns look good. You click into what appears to be an official forum. You invest. Hours later, everything disappears. The scammers, the forum, the ad, all gone. You call the RCMP. They tell you the crime happened in another country. No jurisdiction. You call Facebook. They tell you they've raised ad prices for suspicious accounts to discourage fraud. The scammers are making

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9:41

Finding Good in Bad Days: The Hope Practice That...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Finding good in bad days starts with one brutal truth. You're sitting in traffic for 80 minutes on a route that normally takes 30. The forecast predicted this snow a week ago. Nothing was done. You're losing time you'll never get back, and yet somehow, the drivers around you stay kind. Patience replaces rage. People let each other in. The chaos becomes proof that even waste can reveal something better. The hosts test whether hope is luck or effort. One describes an hour-long lunch prep that could

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9:50

NEW - **TITLE:** Celebrating Small Wins: What Seven...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Celebrating small wins starts with one painful truth. You're 40 years old, looking in the mirror after an 11-year relationship ended. You were at your heaviest then. Today, for the first time in your life, you have cheekbones. The breakup was devastating. The weight loss is real. Which one is the good news? Both. That's the point. A Nova Scotia doctor completed seven hip replacements in one day. Tim Hortons launched Moon Bits in London, Ontario as tribute to astronaut Jeremy Hansen who's flying

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10:07

SHIFTHEADS: Posting Relationships on Social Media:...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Posting relationships on social media starts with one uncomfortable question. Your partner never shares photos of you two together. Their feed shows friends, food, travel, everything except you. You're three months in. Six months. A year. You finally ask why. They say they value privacy. You hear: they're hiding you. Who's actually being performative here? Kirsch argues the person demanding to be posted is the one performing, not the one posting. It signals underlying issues like lack of trust or

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19:38

ICYMI - Choosing Hope: Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe on the...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Choosing hope sounds simple until you're trapped in a sinking car. You're underwater. The vehicle is going down. You have seconds to get yourself out or die here. You make it to the surface. A stranger pulls you the rest of the way. Thirty years later, a Navy SEAL tells you something nobody ever said: you put yourself in a position to be saveable. That reframe changes everything about what hope actually means. Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe spent 30 years studying what happened after that accident. The

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9:45

NEW - Autonomous Snow Removal Robot: The $5,000 Yard...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Autonomous snow removal robot skepticism disappears when the blizzard arrives. You just spent $5,000 on what your family calls a ridiculous toy. A yellow tractor that mows lawns and blows snow. Everyone thinks you've lost it. Then New Jersey gets buried. You're sitting inside with coffee. Through the window, the little yellow tank is clearing 6,000 square feet of driveway while you stay warm. It runs for 90 minutes, returns to charge itself, goes back out. The internet sees your video and loses its

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9:59

Neighborly Warfare: Bob Addison Asks Am I the Problem?

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Am I the jerk: your townhouse complex has roads like the Death Road in Bolivia when garbage bins go out. You're stuck between speed bump installers and a massive diesel truck blocking your path home. The truck idles, spewing exhaust, while a woman digs through every recycling bin collecting cans. You can't get to your garage two doors down. You yell at the caretaker. The woman in the truck rolls down her window and unleashes a barrage of F-bombs at you in your own compound where you've lived 13

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9:52

Controlling the Narrative: Matt Gurney on Canada's...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/28

Controlling the narrative: the White House announces your prime minister's phone call before you do. Americans are describing what was said on cable news. Your government hasn't issued a statement. The other side wrote the first draft of history, and you're standing there fact-checking someone else's version of your own conversation. Who's winning hearts and minds? Matt Gurney calls it info war: government-led communication that establishes your version of events on the record. Israel did it during

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19:21

NEW - Why the GST Rebate Incentivizes You to File...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

$500 Million for Food Security While Cutting Agriculture Research You volunteer at a food bank watching hamper requests increase weekly. Food security investments sound promising until you read the details. Mark Carney announces $500 million for food suppliers, $150 million for small and medium producers, $20 million for local food infrastructure including food banks. The same week, the government cuts 655 jobs at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada including seven research and breeding centers. GST

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9:34

NEW- Why Procrastination Isn't About Laziness (It's...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

Procrastination keeps you walking past the same task for years. You know cleaning out that closet will take eleven minutes. You put it off for months anyway. Your brain evaluates the effort cost before you even start. That calculation happens in a separate pathway from the reward you'll feel when it's done. Dr. Yammine references a study that mapped the motivational break in monkey brains. Scientists manipulated cells to turn off procrastination and motivate monkeys to do avoided tasks. Your brain

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9:41

12 Minutes for a Taco: The Delivery Driver Priority...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

Delivery driver priority ruins your lunch before you taste it. You stand at the counter. Twelve minutes pass. You paid already. The taco you ordered still hasn't arrived. Three delivery drivers walk in, grab bags, leave. Another one comes. Same thing. You're still standing there. The people around you have the same confused look. You made the effort to show up. They're in pajamas on their couch. Who gets served first? The hosts call it a hostage situation. You can't get a refund because you already

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19:30

NEW - Handy Andy: 2 Investments That Will Change...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

Electric Snow Shovels: 40 Years Old But Finally Worth Buying Electric snow shovels just buried your driveway in possibility. You're staring at eight inches of fresh snow. Your back already hurts thinking about the shovel. The battery-powered version sits in your garage. Six to eight inches maximum capacity. Throws snow 25 feet. Weighs less than a traditional snowblower but more than a shovel because you're carrying all your power with you. The plug-in version is lighter but tethers you to an outlet

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9:47

SHIFTHEADS: 34 Years Later: The Shell-Air Miles Split...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

You're standing at the Shell pump with your Air Miles card. Loyalty program changes are coming whether you're ready or not. That 34-year partnership ends this year. Your grocery stores already switched to Scene Plus. Now your gas station follows. Air Miles becomes Blue Rewards by summer, the iconic flying boat logo retiring after serving Canadian wallets since 1992. Your point balance inflates, new restaurant partners appear, and Porter Airlines joins while Shell walks away. Why does Shell abandon a

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10:07

91% of Therapists Confirm What You Already Feel About...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

Social media mental health damage starts with three stolen minutes. You pull out your phone before a meeting. Your friend posts vacation photos. Another shares their promotion. Someone's dinner looks perfect. You walk in late, feeling worse about your Tuesday than you did five minutes ago. Dr. Michelle Grimes reports 91% of mental health practitioners see social media's negative impact, with 51% calling it very negative. The Yorkville University poll identifies social media and youth unemployment as

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8:25

ICYMI - How a Red Lobster Costume Created a...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

You're at an Iron Maiden concert head-banging when you spot him. Local legend status doesn't require fame or fortune. You look left into the mosh pit. Bright red lobster costume. Giant pinchers clapping. The metalheads around you aren't confused. They're cheering. Rock Lobster Guy showed up to every metal concert in Alberta for over a decade wearing that suit. The original costume got so trashed from mosh pits they bought a second one. Bruce Dickinson pointed him out from the stage. You didn't need

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9:51

What Bank Switching Incentives Reveal About Your...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/27

Bank switching incentives flood your inbox. You open the email. Free iPad for moving your RRSP to them. $100 cash for opening a checking account. Your current bank never offered you anything. This new bank wants you badly enough to give you $500 worth of gifts. What are they getting in return? Moorhouse points to the math: if they're giving you a $500 iPad, they expect to make it back within months through mutual fund fees you never see. Online banks offer 1-2% interest while big banks cap at 0.5%

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9:20

NEW - Why Dating Your Ex Reveals More Than You Think

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/24

Dating your ex sounds easier than starting over. Your phone lights up. It's them. Three years later, and suddenly they're back in your messages. The shared history. The inside jokes. The way they already know your family. It feels like skipping ahead to the comfortable part. Jen Kirsch: "Just because something feels electric doesn't mean it's meant to be." Tony Tedesco admits he learned problems don't go away. Jen documents relationship issues through journaling specifically because chemistry makes

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19:10

January Releases + Streaming Picks = What the Hell...

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift ·

2026/01/24

Movies: 16 Oscar Nominations: What Ryan Coogler's Record Actually Unlocks January movie releases signal studio confidence levels. You walk into a theater in January expecting leftover projects studios don't know what to do with. Then Sinners breaks the Oscar nomination record with 16 nods. Your assumption about January being a dumping ground just collapsed. Ryan Coogler now has carte blanche to make whatever he wants next. The next time you dismiss a January release, remember what just happened

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