SHIFTHEADS: Why the Large Hadron Collider Is Shutting Down (For Now)

A YouTuber Tried to Talk AI Into Breaking the Law

An AI lying on camera is one thing. Watching someone talk it into a crime is another. A YouTuber set up three AIs on three phones and asked them to count to one hundred together, then pushed one of them further, testing how far it would bend on a bad business idea before its guardrails kicked in. The count to one hundred alone says something about how these systems work. Each response comes back long and padded, built to keep the conversation going rather than just answer the question. From there, the questions turn sharper. The AI gets confronted about lying, pitched a business idea that edges toward breaking and entering, and asked to copy a picture as its own. When plagiarism comes up, it shuts the conversation down entirely. Topics: AI lying, AI experiment, AI guardrails, artificial intelligence, AI plagiarism Originally aired on 2026-07-17

NEW - Tariffs Over Smoke? Andrew Caddell Weighs In

California burns and Canada sends planes. Canada burns and the US threatens tariffs. Andrew Caddell digs into that double standard, plus the human causes behind fires most people assume are just bad luck, a barbecue that got away from someone, a lit tire tossed into the woods for fun. Caddell heard the Nova Scotia stories directly from firefighters at a convention, the kind of detail that never quite makes it into the news coverage. He also makes the case that Canada's sheer size, and the wood that comes with it, is something American softwood negotiators have never fully understood. Then the conversation turns to gambling. Lottery sales are dropping among young adults while sports betting ads are inescapable, and Caddell asks the question nobody in government seems eager to answer: where does that money actually go. Topics: wildfire smoke, tariffs, lottery sales, sports betting, Canada wildfires GUEST: Andrew Caddell Originally aired on 2026-07-17

SHIFTHEADS: Why the Large Hadron Collider Is Shutting Down (For Now)

The Large Hadron Collider is going dark, and it is not the ending it sounds like. Dr. Samantha Yammine walks through what a decade-old Higgs boson discovery has to do with the way your own brain gets imaged, and why a planned shutdown is actually a four-year upgrade. The Higgs boson never shows up directly in a detector. Scientists infer it from what is missing in a collision, then compare that to a theory first proposed in the 1960s, decades before anyone could test it. Yammine connects the physics back to her own field, tracing how tools built for particle detection at CERN now show up in medical imaging used on the brain, and makes the case for staying curious about science at any level. Topics: Large Hadron Collider, Higgs boson, particle physics, brain imaging, CERN GUEST: Samantha Yammine | http://samanthayammine.com [http://samanthayammine.com] | @‌science.sam Originally aired on 2026-07-17

NEW - What to Watch This Weekend, From Nolan's Epic to a Reboot

A three-hour Nolan epic, a Canadian coming-of-age drama gone taboo, and a reunion sketch pitch disguised as a dinner party. Steve Stebbing breaks down what is actually worth the runtime this weekend, plus the streaming picks worth queueing up after. The Big Screen Verdict Steve calls Christopher Nolan's take on The Odyssey a career-best turn for Matt Damon, with Anne Hathaway and Tom Holland holding their own against a cast stacked with talent. He also digs into Steal Away, a messy but ambitious Canadian coming-of-age drama, and The Invite, a four-hander he ranks among the year's best scripts. What's Actually Worth Streaming From Will Ferrell playing a washed-up golfer at full volume to a Canadian family business turned viral reality show, Steve maps out the streaming landscape. He also raises a real worry about whether Ted Lasso can survive its move from a small English club to Kansas City. Topics: movie recommendations, streaming picks, The Odyssey, Ted Lasso revival, weekend watchlist GUEST: Steve Stebbing | stevestebbing.ca | @thestevildead Originally aired on 2026-07-17

Shiftheads - The Problem With "You Complete Me"

"You complete me" sounds romantic right up until you think about what it implies. Dr. Laurie Betito explains why that phrase, and the old "happy wife, happy life" line beside it, quietly set couples up to fail. Retiring the Old Cliches Betito traces where "happy wife, happy life" comes from and why it no longer fits how most couples actually live, replacing it with a version that asks something of both partners instead of one. Two Circles, Not One Rather than one person completing another, Betito describes healthy couples as two overlapping circles, each with their own friendships, hobbies, and sense of purpose outside the relationship. That, she argues, is what makes the overlap in the middle actually strong. Topics: relationship advice, Dr. Laurie Betito, happy spouse happy house, mutual care, healthy relationships GUEST: Dr. Laurie Betito | drlaurie.com Originally aired on 2026-07-17