The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary This week we find out how improv is going, and that there is going to be a show. How common is it for places to pay for air? The sausage king is murdered, find out what that is all about and would he have gone to a death cafe? Minks are being culled, there is a toilet problem closer to home and where in the world can you pay your tuition fees with coconuts? What famous mirror was found rec...

Summary Why are we so tired and what has been keeping us busy? Has it been exciting stuff, or the day to day grind that is life? Sam ended up doing a radio station interview randomly this week, find out how that went. We have an update on the asteroid we were talking about last week, just how well did NASA do with getting the space dust it wanted? We cover the diabolical iron clad beetle, 0% beer...

Summary Why has Chris been growing a beard? And what plans fell through around said beard? Japan had a mascot competition, which worked really well, find out why they had to cancel it, and what would our local mascot be? A man loses the plot after seeing a Briscoes store, find out what he did. Scientists have been busy building a robot that can do more science, is the the start of the end for us?...

Summary This week Chris finally got to get his Kayak wet, find out how it’s maiden voyage went on the river. Just how much has Covid affected the billionaires in the US, and should we feel sad for them? We talk a bit about a fire fighting robot and wonder why this hasn’t been done before. How did some people get a very expensive scroll dirt cheap, and what did they do with it? Find out and have yo...

Summary This week we cover a lot of topics. From someone getting upset about Maori language week and what happened to their cellphone. Through to Japan Airlines changing their greeting. Chris is back at Improv and we have a new Patron, which is awesome, and if you’d like to become out patron, make sure to check it out HERE What is the new world agenda? And does any of it make sense? One of us stil...

Summary Daylight savings is here, did it cause any problems for your intrepid hosts this week? We have an update on the kayak situation we talked about in episode 300 and we watched The Social Dilemma Doco everyone seems to be talking about. Are we sad a Vietnamese used condom factory closed down? And what exactly does that mean? Ring the doorbell company has a new product that is coming out next...

Summary This is our 300th episode, 300 episodes of randomness, technology and life. We recorded this episode live for the first time with an actual audience as well as live streamed it to our Facebook page. We cover a couple of things we have been up to this past week. We then dive into how we got started, we cover some of our favourite bits of the podcast and have awards for our listeners. This e...

Summary It’s all go this week, from TEDx happening today live, to all sorts of other cool stuff, including the countdown to our 300th episode. We talk about some different police encounters in the US this week. Probably the largest 3D printed sculpture in the world has finally been put in place in Rotorua. What is a coffin confessor? And just how much money does he get paid to do this job? Microso...

Summary What have we been up to this week? And how are the preparations for the 300th episode coming along? Find out. We learn a bit more about super black holes, not your regular black holes, the super kind. NZ is the 2nd safest place in the world, to do with COVID, but we’ll take it, find out where other places rank. Trump has a book coming out, and we’re still not sure if he is smart, or comple...

Summary Sam is currently carless as his almighty Vitz decided to stop working, how will he carry around 186kg pumpkins now? We give film reviews on the NZ film This Town, and a film by the name of How Jesus shows you the way to the highway, a film recommended to us by our patron Adam, which is still leaving us wondering about. How long have the worlds longest married couple been together? And why...

Summary This week Chris has a bunch of podcasts to check out, let us know if there are any you are a fan of, we love to hear about new podcasts. The NZ stock exchange has been under attack by Russian hackers, will they get this under control? Trump has been talking about how great QAnon is, how much crazier can he get? A lot more apparently. Like surrealist art? Check out Beeple_Crap on Instagram...

Summary This week find out what we have been up to, Sam was away for an emergency and Chris has been busy working on this coaching stuff. What has upset the fame Fortnite so much recently and why did they make the ad that they did? We exaplain it all. Want to break a world record? Might as well do it with souped up wheel barrow, just how fast can it go? What will be the ramifications of the specia...

Summary Guess whose back? Back again? Corona, that’s who, find out what’s been happening now with the virus that won’t quit. We learn just how tough a South African Church is having right now, what they use to channel God, and how they are dealing with it all. One of the favourite shows for New Zealanders in 2020 so far is the daily COVID briefings, which are back for season 2, we discuss what peo...

Summary This week we had to say goodbye to our producer on the show, Toffee the cat. Find out what happened and how it affected Chris as he trued to organise his first night of a 6 week improv class he is doing. A bit of space news this week with NASA’s Astronaut’s splashing down, and SpaceX is trialling a new type of spacecraft to take lots more cargo into space. Amazing footage has been coming o...

Summary In this weeks catch up we learn how the Professional Speakers Association event went for Chris, and Sam went and checked out Armageddon in Tauranga. Where he spoke to some of the game creators who have taken their game To Marry for Love to Kickstarter. Find out what Sam thought it was initially, and all the details about this locally made game. He also bumped into one of our Patrons. Our 3...

Summary This week we have been busy, Chris went to an audition for a role he thinks he is perfect for. And Sam went and visited Waitomo Caves, find out about that experience. In the COVID news this week, could a COVID breathalyser be coming out, it’s cheaper, faster and has good results. Also we never really thought about it, but testing buildings for COVID is a thing, and it can help out a lot. A...

Summary Welcome to this weeks podcast show, this week we remembered a story from last week where a Samoan man spent an extra 5 years in prison, just because he didn’t know he could leave. We found out more information about the Corona virus. Fieldays had to move to online this year, and we’ve been checking out some of the online content, and reckon you should too, find out what videos we’ve seen a...

Summary We catch up with what we’ve been up to this week, Chris remembers just how good he is at helping people with written word, and Sam has been updating Op Shops. Fieldays is coming up, online that is, so make sure you sign up with a secure password, and if you are using the same password for everything, you really should get that sorted and use a password manager. 4th of July just happened an...

Summary Chris has been busy speaker coaching this week, Sam went to get a warrant for his car, and didn’t have a good time at VTNZ. We forgot to talk about it last week, but Chris really liked the design and the product that is called Snackachangi Chips, we honestly weren’t sponsored by them at all, we just like the copy on their packets. Facebook had an update this week for people that use it in...

Summary Sam got back from a trip to Christchurch. He flew with Air NZ, and was able to go on a dream-liner. Find out what his experience was like. Fox news got caught out when they reported part of a very old Monty Python sketch, makes you wonder why they can be called news at all. We touch on Trump a bit this episode, from Melania striking a better deal, to what his daughter calls her, and the st...

Summary Another week, another episode of randomness, technology and life. Welcome to episode 286. This week we join the other 5 million members of fight against COVID that are annoyed with the 2 people that may cause us to have more cases. Sam explains what happened to get Chris up to speed on this crazy story. Places all over NZ are getting hacked, Lion Breweries and Fisher and Paykell are just 2...

Summary This week Sam found a docking simulator to test your skills at docking a spacex craft with the ISS, it’s apparently not that easy, check out the link below to see how you fare with it. We learned about Nau Mai Ra power company, and the way they run their power company to help people in need during this current crisis, they have a Give a Little page to help. A treasure chest that was hidden...

Summary Episode 284 is out now and these are the show notes to go along with it. We discuss Trump and his need to inspect the bunker beneath the White House, why did he need to do this, or even come up with this story? What did this lead him to do? We have the much anticipated pigeon update from last weeks episode, as well as an update on the Musk baby’s name, it’s still crap. People are doing goo...

Summary In episode 283 of the podcast we talk about the biggest podcast around The Joe Rogan Experience moving over to Spotify. The Some Good News YouTube channel has also been sold to a network, not sure if that will work now. We learned how efficient wireless charging is now, and how it could work for electric cars. A new Christopher Nolan film is coming out soon called Tenet, they brought a who...

Summary This week we cover a whole bunch of different thing, so buckle up and join us for 30 mins of randomness, technology and life. We have an update on last week’s covid game scoring, find out how Sam fared. Have you downloaded the Covid contact app? What do you think about this and other methods being used. Sam came across an interesting idea for brushing your teeth, seems it has been done a b...