Shiftheads - What Do You Say That Sounds Canadian?
Ryan told an American friend he needed to wear his toque all winter. His friend heard something very different. What everyday word have you used without realizing someone else might have no idea what ...
23 Sep 8min
ICYMI - The Whole World Says Zed. One Country Doesn't
John Chew traces the letter Z back through French and Greek to explain how nearly every English-speaking country in the world settled on Zed, while one major country broke from that standard entirely....
23 Sep 20min
NEW - AI Ran the Radio. Would You Keep Listening?
AI radio stations can choose songs and introduce them. But what happens when each AI decides it knows exactly what the audience wants to hear? Kris Abel has audio from two stations whose introductions...
23 Sep 8min
The Fuel Gap That's a Dollar Wide and Getting Worse
Diesel prices have pulled a dollar ahead of gasoline at the pump, and energy expert Dan McTeague breaks down exactly why that gap opened up and what's actually driving it. He also points to a surprisi...
23 Sep 10min
Uncle Bob’s Bits: A New Curling Season + A New Aching Body
Bob Addison is back on the ice, and this season's soreness has shown up somewhere new, a detail that says a lot about what curling actually demands from the body. He also shares a story about a former...
23 Sep 9min
Buying Halloween Candy Five Weeks Early Was a Mistake
A Costco discount led to two hundred and sixty chocolate bars landing in one house five weeks before Halloween, and what happens next is the exact reason nobody should buy that early. Uncle Bob Addiso...
22 Sep 10min
NEW - Burglar Crime and Cyber Crime Meet - A Real Break-in Story
A break-in caught entirely on camera left one homeowner more unsettled than any theft could have, after a masked intruder defeated motion lights and AI tracking without so much as flinching. What happ...
22 Sep 19min
SHIFTHEADS: Personal AI Agents: The Shopping Trip You Didn’t Approve
Cybersecurity and tech analyst Ritesh Kotak shares a scenario that's closer to reality than most people realize, where an AI could buy you something based on a single offhand comment you made in passi...
22 Sep 9min
