Shift Happened

Shift Happened

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Shift Happened episodes

  • I'm A Phallic Doodle Dandy
    It's election day, and that means a deep dive into the strangest ballots in history. There's the Austrian race decided by a single phallic doodle, the Missouri Senate seat won by a dead man, and a time when polling places handed out alcohol to boost turnout. Stitch finally rises from the dead to celebrate National Rotisserie Chicken Day, which leads to Colonel Sanders trashing his own gravy and a debate over whether KFC is worth a second chance. Plus the best fake excuses for leaving work early.

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    19 min
  • Snuggets
    Houston rolls into Monday already worn out, fielding questions about Hot Hunks photos and dodging the crew's repeated attempts to find out why he's so crabby. The guys dig into a survey on the one question people would ask their pets, with Oswald getting an unexpectedly tender three-part interview. Then there's the influencer who smuggled ten chicken nuggets onto a 93-mile-per-hour roller coaster in his underwear, dunked them in sweet and sour, and earned himself a lifetime ban from every Six Flags in the country. The show closes with a German startup that cleans your apartment for free while filming everything to train household robots, which goes about as well as you'd expect with Stitch in the room.

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    25 min
  • Pelted by Brandon Jones

    Summer Nights kicked off in its brand-new downtown location, and the crew breaks down everything from the improved sound to the unexpected bonus of condo residents turning their balconies into front-row seats. They also debate whether "it's all downhill from here" is a positive phrase or a warning sign that life is about to get weird.


    Plus, a surprising study reveals the age when people start choosing sleep over socializing, the gang shares their personal signs that they've "made it," and Houston discovers that being involved in the arts might actually help you live longer.

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    23 min
  • Are You a Mog or a Glazer?
    The crew dives into National Burger Day with strong opinions on who slings the best patty in Rapid City, then spirals into a passionate hatred of dynamic pricing at the grocery store. Plus, Houston brings up Paul McCartney's plan to duet "The Long and Winding Road" with the late Prince, which sparks a debate about consent, estates, and AI in music. Stick around for a Harambe ten-year anniversary moment that genuinely shakes Houston.

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    25 min
  • What's a VCR, Mom
    Stitch is tired again, and the crew can't figure out why. They map out where to spot Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury lining up in the sky tonight, debate whether old books should swap out their VCRs and Fear Factor mentions for TikTok references, and stumble onto an underwater plot of land for sale in San Francisco Bay that they're now seriously considering buying as a group.

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    22 min
  • Who Is Ken Jennings, Really
    Summer's officially here, and Houston and Stitch are diving into a packed weekend of food trucks, Hot Hunks, and the return of Summer Nights. They also get into whether you really need to tip at a self-serve froyo place, and Stitch shares the story of his ex-wife getting a brutally awkward brush-off from Ken Jennings in downtown Rapid City. Plus, a scientist explains why your blood viscosity might be the actual reason life exists.

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    21 min
  • Schrodinger's Radio
    Memorial Day weekend is here, and the crew breaks down the flag rules nobody actually knows, plus the powerful Charleston origin story behind the holiday. Houston confesses to owning a pair of "garage jeans" he refuses to wash, and the guys debate whether they'd fall backwards into a prickly pear cactus for ten million dollars. There's also a blindfold challenge worth millions and some strong opinions on Joey Chestnut's bar slap.

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    22 min
  • Buzz Ball Body
    Houston's back from Colorado with a full report on the new and improved Casa Bonita, plus some thoughts on Stitch's fresh haircut. The crew breaks down Trey Parker's bittersweet realization about his own restaurant, debates whether the dad bod era is officially over, and roasts every meaningless word you've ever seen on a menu. Handhelds, curated, hand-cut. Who's writing this stuff?

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    25 min
  • Twelve Chickens Deep
    Leslie and Stitch hold down the second shift one last day before Houston's back. TSA is daring travelers to bring as many rotisserie chickens on a plane as they can carry, which somehow leads to a deep dive on the agency's official list of approved cargo, including live lobsters, bowling pins, and whole watermelons. Then a poll asks what people would do if they could freeze time, and the answers get morally questionable real quick. Plus, Thomas Edison's first radio broadcast ever, which sounds suspiciously like every rookie DJ's first shift.

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    22 min
  • The Spam Dog Cometh
    Leslie and Stitch hold the second shift down while Houston finishes his vacation. Vogue has declared 2026 the year of the crack, and a model at Cannes is selling unbuttoned shirts that may actually be shawls. Hormel is rolling out the spam dog this summer, and there's a farm in Massachusetts scooping asparagus ice cream by the cone. Plus a Louisiana baker took a $700 order to light a cheating boyfriend's birthday cake on fire, and the video is online.

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    27 min

About Shift Happened

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Here is where you can find the Second Shift if you miss us on the radio! Mark Houston and Stitch are on every weekday afternoon from 3 to 7 pm on The Kat 98.7 and 93.9 the Mix.

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