Shift Happened

On this episode of Shift Happened, Houston flies solo and time travels straight into 2026. The iPhone 18 turns into a pocket sized supercomputer that side eyes your midnight symptom searches, robot coworkers happily tackle the soul sucking parts of your job, and streaming services morph into cable with better logos and more ads. Then the future zooms out to massive FIFA crowds, oversharing smartwatches, and a simple wish for the next year: less burnout, more real life, and a world that finally feels normal again.

Shift Happened heads back to the Second Shift studio for a solo hang with Houston, pulling every break from Monday’s show into one wild 2025 rewind. From parents secretly googling why kids say Sigma or Ohio to the unhinged glory of the hot honey cottage cheese sweet potato beef bowl, this one digs into the recipes, slang, and search habits that quietly exposed all our chaos. AI Barbie selfies, ghostface filters, and the Anxiety Dance that turned Fresh Prince clips into a group therapy session round it out, turning a year of weird headlines into something oddly hopeful and very human.

Houston is stuck in the hospital, so Stitch and Leslie hijack The Second Shift for a very unqualified wellness check on his ego and his chart. They dream of a white Christmas, experiment with potato candy, and fall into a saga about a guy who road trips with an injured raccoon that turns out to have rabies. Holiday family drama gets a survival plan with the art of grey rocking, New Year’s resolutions take a reality check, and Rolling Stone’s top albums list has them wondering if country fans ever stand a chance.

On this Shift Happened, Houston refuses to miss the show and checks in live from a hospital bed in Sturgis, IV bags, monitors and wisecracks included. The crew tears into Kim Kardashian’s Ten Commandments of business and decides which ones actually hit. Then things get awkward and hilarious with IRS agents watching OnlyFans and a debate over how much allowance kids really deserve.

Shift Happened turns a so called snow day into a full afternoon of chaos. Leslie and Stitch talk National Giving Day with SD Gives, question whether anyone needs Amazon dropping a baguette pillow on the porch in thirty minutes, and side-eye Simon Cowell’s very late apology tour. They also roast Rolling Stone’s top movies list that no one has seen, then dig into Oxford’s word of the year, rage bait, with a scroll through Threads that proves the internet loves to wind us up. 

Houston’s out, Leslie’s back from Philly, and things get a little unhinged on Shift Happened. The crew draws a hard line on when Thanksgiving leftovers turn from delicious to dangerous, wonders if Black Friday has swallowed Cyber Monday whole, and dives into those Stranger Things and Kim Kardashian brain scan headlines. They even decode a viral “pregnant wife pizza order” that would terrify most delivery kitchens. 

Shift Happened is your daily rewind of The Second Shift on The Kat 98.7 and 93.9 The Mix, packed with every break from 3 to 7. In this Black Friday episode, Stitch and Houston trade wild retail legends, from pepper spray in the Xbox aisle to a two dollar kitchen deal that spirals into chaos. They even dream up billboard stunts, confess to Thanksgiving overload, and tell the story of a tiny kid snowsuit that shows up with the wrong name stitched on the back. 

Shift Happened rewinds the Thanksgiving Second Shift on The Kat 98.7 and 93.9 The Mix, where Stitch and Houston give thanks for the strangest stuff in your life. From the burr covered hike that led to Velcro, to bomb sniffing bees, to the melted candy bar moment that birthed the microwave, this one is all caffeine, chaos and gratitude, perfect while you sneak another slice of pie and dodge small talk.