Shift Happened

Shift Happened

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Shift Happened episodes

  • Call You Maybe
    Leslie and Stitch run the Celebrity Power Hour while Houston eats his way through Casa Bonita in Denver. Taylor Swift is calling wedding guests on the phone so the date doesn't leak, and the date she gave them is "this summer." Britney Spears was spotted barking at her dinner at a place called the Blue Dog Tavern, and her rep has a perfectly reasonable explanation. Plus California wants 140 mile per hour buses on the freeway, which is essentially the plot of Speed.

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    22 min
  • Go Back To The Shire
    Leslie and Stitch hold down the fort while Houston's out, and a viral TikTok of a woman crying over men in flip flops kicks off a full debate about toe hair, Birkenstocks, and whether jeans with sandals is a vibe or a crime. Halo Top has invented a four-dollar spoon that silences your phone while you eat, which raises one important question. Plus a new poll ranks the coolest things in America, and somehow sourdough bread beat out most of rock and roll.

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    25 min
  • Peace Sign Problems
    Houston and Stitch celebrate breaking the Children's Miracle Network record with $106,000 raised, then nerd out hard over Burger King's $21 Mandalorian and Grogu collector's meal before getting completely lost in Star Wars timeline talk. The guys also dig into whether throwing up a peace sign in photos can actually get your fingerprints stolen, debate if companies owe you a kickback for wearing their hats, and unpack the dreaded "Boomer bad news drop."

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    24 min
  • The Good Anxiety
    A wild theory about why T-Rex arms were so tiny, the viral exotic cat called Big Floppa that's fooling people into thinking they need one, and two kinds of anxiety where only one helps you live longer. Plus, a rogue stove burner and a salmonella story that'll make you side-eye your chocolate.

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    23 min
  • Sorry Dogs, Cats Won
    Mark Houston is flying solo today, which means the hantavirus story gets the deep dive treatment, a Montana mom finds out her farmhouse sits on a garter snake den with up to eight slithering through her kitchen daily, and the Florida diamond thief swallows his evidence only for police to find two bonus earrings nobody can explain. Also, science says we're genetically closer to cats than dogs, and Leslie's going to have opinions about that tomorrow.

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    18 min
  • Parallel Play With My Wife
    The crew gets heated about whether tots belong on a plate of fries, debates if a rabid beaver attack in New Jersey is reason enough to never leave the house, and breaks down the viral tweet claiming grown men playing video games is unattractive. Plus, a high-pitched mouse sound that splits the room by age, and one dog named Moses who became a hero in an Arizona driveway. 

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    26 min
  • What Would Oedipus Do
    The crew digs into Kellogg's bringing back toys in cereal boxes for Toy Story 5, and Houston is already plotting to buy ten boxes of Corn Pops. Things get heated over Kraft mac and cheese when one woman online discovers the actual instructions, sparking a debate about how much butter is too much butter. Plus, a viral fight breaks out over who gets shotgun: the girlfriend or the mom?

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    25 min
  • The Backdoor to Your Heart
    Tequila Tuesday hit early on The Second Shift. Houston walks Leslie through the actual history of Cinco de Mayo, including how a ragtag Mexican army at the Battle of Puebla may have quietly saved the Union during the Civil War. Then things get grim with a hantavirus outbreak stranding a cruise ship near Cape Verde, before the show pivots to a viral Reddit thread of women revealing the moment they realized their boyfriend was an idiot, and Houston has to defend himself against the bangs incident. Also, a medical fact about heart palpitations that nobody in this studio wanted to learn.

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    24 min
  • J*zz Wailers

    It's May the Fourth, and the crew went full Star Wars nerd mode. Did you know the cantina song has an official genre name, and it's just the word "jazz" with a letter swapped out? Stitch still hasn't seen all three original movies, and the guys could not let that go.


    Cameron Diaz had her third kid at 53, and that somehow turned into a whole conversation about whether having children that late is impressive or a little unfair to the kids.

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    26 min
  • Not Cosmically Aligned
    Houston, Leslie, and Stitch kick off the weekend by diving into the surprisingly deep history of the Kentucky Derby, including the part nobody talks about, which is the Black jockeys who dominated the race until they were forced out. From there it's vanity plates, specifically the two states where you can legally drive around with "ASSMAN" on your car. Plus, a new study of 20 million people says zodiac signs mean absolutely nothing, which Leslie took like a true Capricorn.

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    20 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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