Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift

Shane Hewitt and the Nightshift crew kick off the show with a celebratory or perhaps brooding tone—it's NHL playoff season in Canada, after all. Amidst recent serious news, we'll take a moment to highlight some heartwarming stories: a mail carrier returning a lost ten-dollar bill and a woman's act of kindness, manicuring a friend's nails shortly before her friend passed away.

Anita Bruinsma is a financial educator and joins S...

Mark Meincke is an Award Winning Author, Host of the podcast Operation Tango Romeo, Military Vet. He joins Shane Hewitt for a conversation about Canadian Forces veterans who served in Canada’s military, some of whom allege that Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) offered them Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) when they were looking for help with their PTSD related mental health. Meincke advocates for significant reform within VAC,...

It’s Neurodiversity Awareness Month, and this episode of Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift offers powerful insights for anyone navigating ADHD, autism, or workplace accessibility.

Bridget McDermid—a leader, inventor, and advocate for disability inclusion—shares her journey of being diagnosed with autism and ADHD later in life. From the daily challenges of neurodivergent life to creating real change at work, Bridge...

CTV Chief Political Correspondent Vassy Kapelos joins Shane Hewitt and the Nightshift for a recap on the federal election. You can hear Vassy Kapelos weekdays at Noon on the iHeart Talk Network https://www.iheart.com/podcast/962-vassy-kapelos-show-105886582/ 

Later Journalist Matt Gurney, joins the Nightshift to talk about the future of Canadians with the Liberals having won the election. https://www.readtheline.ca/ 

Bob ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched in April 1990. Elaina Hyde, a professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy in York University’s Faculty of Science and director of the Allan I. Carswell Observatory, joined Shane Hewitt and the Nightshift and says that in its 35 years the Hubble Space Telescope has significantly surpassed its projected lifespan, making groundbreaking discoveries about black holes, galaxies, and th...

Steve Stebbing joins the Nightshift as he does every week with his thoughts about what movies and streams you can watch this weekend: "The Accountant" features a brilliant accountant using illegal methods to solve a murder; "Until Dawn" follows a group of friends trapped in a deadly time loop; "On Swift Horses" depicts a woman who discovers a secret life and love through gambling; On the stream boxes, "Havoc" is about a detective n...

The Nightshift Crew start the show by exploring the definition of a perfect date. They discuss various date ideas, from spontaneous grocery store trips to attending live music, and even delve into the science of facing the same direction during a conversation to improve communication.

Jen Kirsch is one of Canada’s leading dating and relationship experts, and she joins the Nightshift for Date Night. Jen offers her thoughts on ...

Candy Ho, is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic and member of the Board of CERIC – a national charitable organization advancing career development in Canada. She joins the Nightshift to discuss CERIC’s new national survey of over 1,000 Canadian career service professionals that reveals a stark reality: economic uncertainty is driving record-high job anxiety, while persistent career myths and regrets are holding Ca...

It’s time for the Friday Round Up panel: Joining the Nightshift: Andrew Caddell, a town councillor in Kamouraska, columnist for the Hill Times in Ottawa and President of the Task Force on Linguistic policy., Jimmy Zoubris is  special advisor to the Mayor of Montreal.  A minor language complaint sparked a major debate in Quebec over the use of English phrases like "Go Habs Go," highlighting tensions surrounding Bill ...

Journalist and broadcaster Matt Gurney joins Shane Hewitt for a discussion and says this election reveals a deep generational divide in voter priorities, with older voters focused on stability and younger voters seeking change. He adds that a high voter turnout adds uncertainty despite two "change agent" candidates vying for power. https://www.readtheline.ca/  

China's retaliation against US tariffs has resulted in Boeing retu...

Shane Hewitt and the Nightshift Crew start the show with a lighthearted discussion about a hockey game between the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs unfolds amidst playful banter about team loyalties and jersey choices. Tonight the Nightshift celebrates "Throwback Thursday", and later a story about a unique club in Manitoba exclusively for people named Lois, highlighting the surprising connections and shared experiences among...

Last Call

Movie Critic Richard Crouse joins the Nightshift and reveals surprising insights into the movie industry's profit margins, focusing on concession stand sales as the main revenue driver. He offers anecdotes about Stevie Nicks' upcoming autobiographical album, "The Ghost Record," and its inspiration. Later the discussion highlights the extraordinary career of Cameron Crowe, from his teenage years writing for Rolling Stone t...

Canada's future: A bleak forecast or a call to action? Host of Chatter that Matters, Tony Chapman, is on the nightshift to discuss the Policy Horizons Canada report revealing a nation grappling with economic uncertainty, impacting social mobility and potentially igniting social unrest. https://www.chatterthatmatters.ca/ 

From women’s hockey's westward expansion to Canada's uncertain future: Rob Breakenridge is a journali...

Matt Randolph—known as Mr. Global—brings 34 years of oil and gas expertise to Shane Hewitt & The Nightshift to cut through the noise and set the record straight on one of Canada's most controversial industries.

Together, they unpack the truth behind oil industry misinformation, explore the real environmental and economic impact, and dive deep into the geopolitical ripple effects of Canada expanding its oil and gas m...

Shane Hewitt is back after a short holiday and the Nightshift Crew discuss the value in voting, and the conversation extends to whether or not our families did any early voting. We also ask discussed whether politics came up during recent holiday dinners.

Joining Shane Hewitt, Greg Fish from World of Weird Things talks about about the overwhelming power of negativity over news, our moods, and politics, and how a laser focus on usin...

Shane Hewitt & the Nightshift dives deep into two mind-bending scientific frontiers.

Molecular biologist and science communicator Samantha Yammine explains the newly engineered color "OLO"—a color the human eye physically can’t see. What is it? Why can’t we perceive it? And how did scientists even make it?

Then, astronomer and astrobiologist Sarah Rugheimer joins Shane Hewitt to explore a cosmic curiosity: pos...