Shift Happened

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ChatGPT has a goblin problem, and Houston made it explain itself. The AI's actual response might be the most unhinged thing we've ever aired. Then we went full science mode with quantum entanglement and the theoretical possibility of sending a message back to your past self, which of course led to Powerball numbers and Back to the Future. And somewhere in the mix, two guys kept five balloons in the air for sixteen minutes and apparently that's a Guinness World Record now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wednesday's show kicked off with Leslie smuggling in wax candy from TikTok Shop, and somehow the whole crew spent an entire hour eating them, spitting them out, and debating whether wax tastes like butter. From there, things got unexpectedly educational when the crew dove into the four competing origin theories behind the phrase "86" and how it made its way from soda fountains to mob movies. And because no Wednesday is complete without a deeply important debate, the gang went head-to-head over which direction you're supposed to face in the shower and what that might say about your brain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tuesday's show went places. Houston got emotional about Voyager 1, a space probe that's been drifting alone through interstellar space for fifty years and is slowly running out of power. Meanwhile, bars are apparently ditching trivia nights for nude figure drawing, and the crew debated whether they'd pose as the model. Oh, and somebody reheated salmon in the office. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leslie, Stitch, and Houston kick off the week with the kind of Monday energy you'd expect from people who talk for a living. They dig into whether Americans are losing the ability to have a real conversation, as word counts per day have dropped nearly thirty percent since 2005, and things might only get worse. A brave orangutan makes history by crossing a highway bridge to avoid her very weird family. And the guys stumble onto a story involving Buddhist monks, an international flight from Thailand, and two hundred and forty-two pounds of weed nobody apparently knew was in their bags. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Arbor Day and the crew went full nature documentary on this one. Trees aren't boring, it turns out. They text each other through underground fungal networks, one palm tree from Madagascar spends thirty years growing just to explode in flowers and die, and there's a tree in the tropics literally named "the little apple of death" that will burn your skin, blind you, and kill you from the inside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thursday's show kicks off with a Marley update, Stitch's Chihuahua mix who got hit by a car earlier in the week and is somehow pulling through like a champ. From there, the crew gets into the story of a UK farmer who's planning to breed uglier cows because influencers keep showing up to hug his Highland cattle for content. And somehow the conversation ends up at a man in Russia who was clinically dead, frozen solid, and walked out of the hospital five days later like nothing happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wednesday's Second Shift kicked off Earth Day with a trash pickup along Rapid City's waterways, a swollen infected thumb courtesy of Stitch's dog Marley, and a somehow convincing argument that dandelions are actually flowers. Later, the crew gets into the UK's bold move to permanently ban tobacco sales for anyone born after 2009, and whether banning something ever actually works. Also, someone ordered lunch for everyone after the cleanup and forgot to order for themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stitch kicks off the show with the most terrifying morning of his life. His dog got hit by a car, survived somehow, and then bit him on the thumb during the chaos. So that was his Tuesday. From there, he and Leslie tackle the internet's latest claim that watching junk food videos will actually make you eat less of it, and somehow end the show debating whether a pet-friendly cruise sounds dreamy or like a floating disaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's 4/20 and the crew can't let it slide without a full breakdown of how marijuana went from ancient Chinese medicine to a government propaganda target to a global holiday invented by five bored high schoolers in California. Leslie's running on empty and can't stop thinking about food, which somehow leads into new research on the perfect French fry. And a guy with 63 Marvel tattoos just broke a world record, starting with Thanos on his thigh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Houston, Leslie, and Stitch kick off the weekend by unpacking "phubbing," the weirdly gross-sounding term for ignoring people in favor of your phone, and somehow that leads to nail clipping confessions and hearing voices in the shower. Then pilots get called out for meowing at air traffic control, Iceland gets its first mosquitoes ever, and one in five Americans think they might be psychic. I Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tax season chaos, chopstick physics, and a 91-year-old gaming legend. Thursday on The Second Shift, Houston, Leslie, and Stitch tackled Leslie's last-minute tax scare that almost cost her $1,500 in thrifting money, the federal court ruling that Ticketmaster is officially a monopoly, and a guy in China who spent eight years with metal chopsticks lodged in his throat. And somehow, they still had time to celebrate the Ohio grandma who ignored police welfare checks because she was trying to break her video game record. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tax Day hit different on The Second Shift. Houston, Leslie, and Stitch kicked things off hot with their own returns, refunds, and one very dramatic extension request. From ABBA's sequin jumpsuits being a legit tax write-off to a junkyard owner deducting his cats, the IRS facts got weird fast. Oh, and somewhere in the middle, a request for an AI-generated cartoon foot went completely sideways. Tune in weekdays from 3-7pm on The Kat 98.7 and 93.9 the Mix. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's World Quantum Day, and Houston, Leslie, and Stitch spent the afternoon going full science nerd on The Kat 98.7 and 93.9 the Mix. They broke down Schrödinger's cat using text message read receipts, explained quantum entanglement as that weird feeling you get when you just know something's wrong with someone you love, and somehow made it all make sense. Oh, and there's a guy trying to put vaccines in beer. His brother was the first test subject. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Houston, Leslie, and Stitch kicked off the week on The Kat 98.7 and 93.9 the Mix with a Monday that somehow wandered from backyard landscaping and Doctor Pepper Creamy Coconut to Guinness World Records that probably shouldn't exist. Thirteen live rattlesnakes in one mouth. A blood alcohol level that's technically impossible. And a tortoise who was alive thirty years before the Civil War and is still out here collecting receipts. Oh, and a 24-hour meat vending machine in Bozeman exists now, so the world is both broken and kind of amazing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Artemis 2 astronauts are splashing down tonight, and the crew is fully locked in, debating sharks in the Mediterranean, heat shields that are "loosey goosey," and whether NASA should maybe keep some things to themselves. Then it's grilled cheese drama as 75% of Americans reportedly can't make one with confidence, which somehow turns into a three-way group text contest between Leslie, Stitch, and Houston. And if that's not enough, TikTok is out here eating miniature clay pots seasoned with lime and tahini, and it sounds like it's both a mineral deficiency and a vibe. Happy Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Somehow Thursday's show ended up in the Squidward Extended Universe, and yes, Squid William is a real character with a smoking jacket and a Victorian haircut. The crew also got into everything people have quietly stopped buying this year because the prices are out of control, from steak to concert beer to gas station cappuccinos that somehow cost six bucks. Then, right at the end, someone looked out the window and spotted two guys standing at the very top of the Rushmore building like it was totally fine. It was not fine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rapid City's downtown Fourth of July parade is coming back for the first time since 1991, and the crew is already plotting their entrance, squirt guns and all. Then somehow the show ended up in deep space, because a jar of Nutella on the Artemis mission technically traveled farther than any human ever has, and the astronauts had to just watch it float past the finish line. Oh, and if you've ever sat in a drive-thru for 40 minutes because someone ordered breakfast for eight kids from their car window, Houston has thoughts. Strong ones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artemis 2 is still out there circling the moon, and the crew somehow has better internet than most of us do at home. Houston, Leslie, and Stitch are fully invested in the mission, Christina Koch's arms, and what it must feel like to leave Earth for ten days and not deal with any of this. Also on today's show: CERN loaded antimatter into a truck and drove it down the road, which is either the most exciting or most terrifying thing you'll hear all week. And an AI artist named Eddie Dalton is cracking the iTunes top 10, and the crew has... feelings about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stitch was out, so Houston and Leslie held it down solo, and honestly, things got weird fast. It started innocently enough with Easter candy drama, the unwritten rules of the office candy bowl, and the one coworker who audibly guilts herself every time she grabs a piece of chocolate. Then somehow the whole show spiraled into a deep dive on statues around the world that people rub for luck, including one very specific Parisian grave in Paris where the sculpture made some, let's say, bold creative choices. Houston even had photographic evidence.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Easter weekend and Stitch is at the dentist, which means Leslie and Houston are completely unsupervised with six flavors of Peeps and zero regrets. What started as a festive taste test turned into something closer to a crime scene, with decapitated marshmallow chicks, calorie math nobody asked to do, and a Cotton Candy Peep that smelled better than it tasted. Plus, Easter traditions from around the world, including one from the Czech Republic that Leslie is very relieved she'll never have to participate in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Artemis 2 crew is out here making history and somehow still having Outlook problems in space. The guys react to the moon mission, break down the whole loop de loop translunar situation, and somehow end up debating whether billionaires should be allowed to turn on the sun at 2 a.m. using an app. Oh, and Hot Hunks is officially back, so gentlemen, it's time to stop talking and start signing up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Second Shift crew kicks off April Fool's Day by breaking down the actual unwritten rules of the holiday, like the controversial noon deadline for pranks that Stitch absolutely refuses to believe is real. Houston, Leslie, and Stitch dig into some of the greatest April Fool's pranks in history, from the BBC convincing an entire nation that Swiss farmers were harvesting spaghetti from trees, to Taco Bell buying the Liberty Bell. They also get into what's changing for Rapid City residents this month, including new yard waste fees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leslie bought not one but two Etsy psychics to help navigate some big life decisions, and honestly the jury's still out on whether either of them was legit. Meanwhile, the crew debates the Artemis 2 moon mission and whether flying around the moon without landing is a very expensive road trip. Plus, survival tips get covered, including what to do if you get stabbed, stung by a jellyfish, or somehow end up face to face with a shark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a new week and somehow Stitch is still defending his Android. The crew debates green bubbles, hot chicken origin stories, and whether a twelve ton Kit Kat heist counts as living your best life. Oh, and there's a $170,000 robot named Moya who runs at body temperature and has a thousand yard stare. Perfectly normal Monday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's Friday and the crew is ready to close out the week. Leslie, Stitch, and Houston debate whether cassette tapes deserve a comeback, go deep on adult cheat codes that actually work, and somehow end up arguing about whether mayonnaise is a legitimate musical instrument. It's the kind of Friday energy that makes you glad the weekend's here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leslie, Stitch, and Houston went a little sideways today, and honestly, it was a great time. The crew got into "looks maxing," the wild new trend where guys are literally taking hammers to their own faces in the name of being more attractive. From there, things spiraled into a full conversation about phone addiction, how long any of us could actually survive without our screens, and somehow wrapped up with a blindfolded dinner experiment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wednesday's show had a little bit of everything. Opening Day kicked things off with a debate about whether $413 for a family of four to see the Dodgers is outrageous or just baseball in 2026. Then things got delightfully weird when a deep dive into Easter candy turned into a full-on history lesson about Peeps, complete with the fact that researchers at Emory University once tried to dissolve them in sulfuric acid. And if that wasn't enough, the crew weighed in on the new Harry Potter HBO reboot and why people really need to calm down about the casting of Severus Snape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Buckle up, because today's show is a whole mood. The crew kicks things off comparing health data on their smartwatches... except one person doesn't even own a watch, a ring, or apparently a microphone. From there it's a full debate about where you're supposed to store your butter in the fridge, and yes, people have apparently been doing it wrong their entire lives. Then someone in the building decided it would be hilarious to spray fart spray in the studio, and it was so bad they had to evacuate and relocate for thirty minutes. A practical joke that nobody thought was funny, and one that might have actually been worse than pepper spray. It's a Tuesday, people. The Second Shift with Leslie, Stitch, and Houston on The Kat 98.7 and 93.9 the Mix. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spring is here, and so is everything weird that comes with it. Today on Shift Happened, the crew kicks things off with a neighborhood mystery that's equal parts annoying and philosophical... there's a rooster next door, it crows all day long, and nobody knows the rules. The conversation somehow ends with pressure cooker recipes.Then things get genuinely wild when a dog in England named Stanley digs up a Victorian poison bottle linked to an 1865 murder. He dug for a year, found the bottle, and never dug again. The crew's theory? The dead husband's ghost led him there. Obviously.And if you've ever wondered who Banksy is, well, wonder no more. The mystery might finally be solved, and spoiler: he doesn't look anything like a French guy in a beret with a cigarette. Sorry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leslie, Houston, and Stitch took the whole show outside for the first day of spring, soaking up vitamin D like, in their words, "TB patients being put out to sea to heal." They covered a guy in Australia who used ChatGPT and DNA sequencing to shrink his dog's tumor by 75%, which is the most wholesome AI story you'll hear all week. Then things got messy when they broke down why ABC pulled an entire Bachelorette season, because even reality TV has its limits apparently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You know those days where everything starts just a little off… keys missing, locked out, running on zero sleep… yeah, that kind of chaos sets the tone right out of the gate. It somehow turns into a full-on debate about whether throwing clothes on the floor counts as a system or just giving up entirely.Then it gets weird in the best way. A viral monkey love story has everyone questioning motives, timing, and whether fame changes you… even if you’re covered in fur and still carrying a stuffed animal.And just when things feel somewhat grounded, it spirals into AI bringing actors back from the dead and a surprisingly real conversation about how much we trust what we see and read anymore.It’s messy, it’s honest, and it’s exactly what happens when a show runs on no sleep and too many opinions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day after a holiday and nobody’s pretending to be productive. The crew debates whether we should all get a recovery day after celebrations… and somehow that turns into hiking in Scotland, pub arguments, and why vacations might not be relaxing at all.There’s also a surprisingly heated breakdown of Sloppy Joes… what they are, where they came from, and why calling it a barbecue sandwich might start a fight in your kitchen.Then things take a turn into real life decisions with a “you make the call” moment involving a viral airline incident that’s a lot messier than it first sounds. You’ll hear both sides and probably change your mind at least once.Oh, and if you’re not getting enough hugs… apparently there’s a number for that too.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

St. Patrick’s Day… but not the version you think you know.On this episode of Shift Happened, The Second Shift crew digs past the green beer and leprechauns and finds the weird, surprising stuff hiding underneath it all. Like the fact that St. Patrick wasn’t Irish… at all. Or that Ireland used to shut down every bar on March 17th, which honestly feels illegal just saying it out loud.There’s also the real story behind Chicago turning its river green, and why spelling it “Patty’s Day” might quietly start a fight with an entire country.It’s a mix of history, myths getting busted, and those little moments that make you stop and go, “Wait… seriously?” Exactly the kind of rabbit hole you want to fall into on a holiday like this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With half the crew missing after the weekend, we recap the Leprechaun pub crawl, including the code that might’ve been a little too easy and the turnout that made it all worth it. Then things drift into everything from creepy whale sounds and distracted brains to why shorter people might actually have the advantage in life.It takes another turn when we get into AI learning your chores, robot guard dogs protecting data centers, and Target making a move that has parents quietly panicking.And somehow, we wrap it all up debating who the worst drivers are, which gets a little too real. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We dig into the real origin of Friday the 13th and the guy who accidentally made it famous while trying to prove it was nonsense. Then it turns into everything from flash tattoo chaos to Black Sabbath basically inventing heavy metal in a single day.Somewhere in the middle, sleep schedules get exposed, Pi Day sneaks in, and things spiral into robots learning how to do your laundry, which feels fine until you imagine one standing over your bed at night.We wrap it up with real-life fire concerns near Custer, a little perspective on what actually matters, and a full send into the Leprechaun pub crawl happening downtown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stitch somehow ends up on morning TV in full leprechaun gear after waking up way too early, and it goes about as smoothly as you’d expect. Then a “doomsday fish” washes up and suddenly we’re all wondering why it only shows up when it’s already too late to help.From there, things spiral. Snake yoga becomes a real discussion, digital immortality starts feeling a little too real, and the show closes with a story that will make you question everything about human strength and decision-making.Plus, we’re getting ready for a massive Leprechaun pub crawl in downtown Rapid City, and this one’s shaping up to be the biggest yet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Second Shift, Stitch and Houston hold down the studio while Leslie is out sick, which quickly turns the show into a lively two-man debate. The conversation bounces from a study showing teens checking their phones dozens of times during school to a surprising trend where people using weight-loss drugs are buying more premium chocolate instead of junk snacks. But the real fireworks start when Houston argues that Gen X had the greatest music era ever, pointing to legendary personalities, iconic concerts, and the days when fans lined up for tickets. Stitch pushes back from the millennial side, defending modern music culture and concert production. Along the way, the hosts also preview Rapid City’s upcoming LepreCON pub crawl, talk NBA scoring records, and trade sarcastic jabs about sports, concerts, and aging gracefully. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s Shift Happened gets a little chaotic… in the best way. The crew dives into the return of fireworks over Mount Rushmore and whether lighting explosives over a dry Black Hills summer is bold celebration or a terrible idea. Then the Leprechaun pub crawl gets a reality check when the South Dakota forecast threatens snow and tights become part of the official costume strategy. And somehow the show ends with a full debate about ranch dressing, including the shocking confession that someone on the show might actually fear it.History, weather, pub crawling, and a ranch dressing identity crisis. A normal day on The Second Shift. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Houston took the day off, which meant Leslie and Stitch were left unsupervised… and immediately started questioning daylight saving time and why we still mess with the clocks every year. Turns out one in seven Americans still gets caught off guard by it.They also recap a huge weekend for the crew, including the Mountain West Whiskey Festival and a full-blown redneck wedding inside a monster truck. And somehow the show wraps with Hollywood drama after shots were fired outside Rihanna’s home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rapid City gets some big grocery news as Natural Grocers prepares to move in, which of course sends everyone online straight back to the eternal question… where’s Trader Joe’s? The crew breaks down why stores actually choose cities and why Rapid City might still be waiting.Then science enters the studio with a bold claim that Thin Mints taste better frozen, sparking a surprisingly intense cookie debate. And Stitch shares a nightmare IRS story after cashing a check that the government suddenly wants back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Stitch out, Leslie and Houston take the wheel and immediately get distracted by the weather… again. It’s another suspiciously warm day in Rapid City, which somehow turns into debates about Chick-fil-A fries, where the city should build a Vegas-style Sphere, and why some classic rock lyrics make absolutely no sense. The conversation drifts from lottery winners losing their minds in bars to the sudden rise of banana pudding everything, and even a new Brazilian superfood that blends chocolate nutrients into honey using sound waves. Somewhere in the middle of it all, they also try to convince you to come drink whiskey this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, the crew looks outside at perfect Rapid City weather and realizes they absolutely should be doing the show outdoors… so naturally they stay inside and complain about it. The conversation bounces from the record-shattering Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime numbers to the weird excuses people use to ditch work, including blaming a judgmental mirror and a dog that locked a kid outside. Then things get even stranger with AI-detecting glasses apps, the myth of houseplants cleaning your air, and a brand new cocktail trend that somehow involves vodka and bone broth. It’s the kind of episode where you learn absolutely nothing useful, but you’ll definitely laugh the whole way through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Houston’s voice is back… mostly. But that doesn’t stop the crew from spiraling into some truly strange territory. The show starts with a cancelled doctor appointment that turns into a deep dive on whether doctors can legally write prescriptions for themselves. Then things get weird fast. The team debates the suspicious McDonald’s CEO burger bite that might secretly be brilliant marketing, breaks down the bizarre Gen Z trend called “boy kibble,” and somehow ends up comparing how many people everyone has kissed in their lifetime. Oh, and it all wraps with a conversation about the first question you’d ask in the afterlife and the terrifying story of a guy who survived being trapped in quicksand for days. Just a normal Tuesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.