The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary This week we get the low down on a couple of movies Chris has seen, talk about the new less creepy reworked Sonic the Hedgehog trailer that’s just come out. And what would you do if the actress playing a murderer in your film is actually a murderer in real life? We check in with podcast listener Jamie to hear how the Australian bush fires are affecting him. When you think of a therapy anim...

Summary Chris explains what the Tetris challenge is to Sam and who is taking part from all over the world. Some guy in Australia has been charging farmers up to $50,000 to make rain for them, is this a legit type of business or is he just playing the odds of it just raining randomly? Bird tracking leads for an expensive bill for scientists, make sure to check your roaming charges and Sam met a bir...

Summary Sam caught up with Nugget and Meat at Armageddon. Both regulars at Spookers Nugget and Meat were enjoying Armageddon and looking forward to getting something to eat. Photos Links Spookers – Haunted Attratction Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Chris got chatting with Stu Duval, an author and artist who had his own unique skateboard art on display at Armageddon. Find out about Stu and learn how long it took him to create the skateboard art. Photos Links Stu Duval Website Stu Duval on Instagram   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary We came across people wanting to have a staring contest with us at Armageddon this year. It turns out it is all in the name of science. Sam caught up with Dr Phil Turnbull and learned all about the problem of Dry Eyes affecting our youth, especially those that game. Photos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Sam catches up with Erin from Creatures of Chaos. Erin is a plush artist and makes Fruppets, Eye plants and Furries of the Teeth. Make sure to check out the awesome photos below. In this interview you’ll find out how Erin got started, how long she’s been making them for. And Sam chats to a potential customer who can’t seem to get enough of them. Photos Links Creatures of Chaos Felt Store C...

Summary In this interview Chris catches up with Shaun from Comics2movies, and Australian website/brand making amazing comic books and prints that are affordable and look amazing. Check out their website for all of the great things you can purchase, and have a listen to the interview. Photos Links Comics2movies Website Comics2movies Facebook Page Comics2movies Instagram Account   Hosted on Aca...

Summary Sam caught up with Bailey from BotCraft NZ, maker of unique figurines from recycled e-waste. If you are after a unique handmade gift for someone that has everything then make sure to have a listen to this episode from Armageddon and check out BotCraft NZ. Photos Links BotCraft NZ Facebook Page BotCraft NZ Instagram BotCraft NZ Felt Page   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Summary Sam and Chris caught up with Alex Savage, close personal friend of Guy Pigden from The Guy and Harley Podcast. Find out what the IPW is all about and what it’s like to meet a WWE Hall of Famer. Photos Links IPW Wrestling Alex Savage’s Facebook Page The Guy and Harley Podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary This week we catch up on a bunch of things, like checking out Will Flemings new pilot he was filming very close to our podcast studio. We went along to Armageddon and has a mixed experience, with lots of laughs and wondering what was going on with something called the Merpington Dancers. Shout out to RJ’s Licorice for the free sample as well as Berocca and Nutra Grain. Russian drug mule es...

Summary Sam got a sweet deal from Uber Eats, but who would be able to use it to it’s full potential? Come on Uber Eats, how about a more realistic deal for us. Chris has been busy this week with all sorts of projects and looks like it’s going to get even busier, Sam is still snowed under with pumpkin Carnival stuff this week. Excessive nipple twisting lands someone in jail, why did someone hack a...

Summary President trump donates his actual pay for being president, which sounds like a good thing, until you find out how much his golfing has cost. Have a guess and then hear just how much it costs for his pastime. We went and saw a movie this with with Patreon supporter Adam, find out what we thought about Deadbeat at Dawn, and what the movie was about. What is the hashtag #justaskdontgrab all...

Sam is back from a holiday this week, find out how he got on at the airport and who saw Patrick Gower for the second time. There is a new NZ Stats startup that is using mobile data to track population movements, an interesting idea but a little scary at the same time. How did a Russian man turn gay? And why was he blaming Apple for it? How much is he after to help ease this pain? Find out as we di...

Welcome to the 250th episode of the podcast, what an accomplishment, seems like only yesterday we were trying to figure out how to record audio and get it up onto the internet. What crazy ideas does Trump want investigated to make his border wall even better than it currently is? Sam had an incident at the gym this week, find out what happened and how bad it actually was. Chris has been talking to...

Summary What have we been up to this week? Well Chris has been busy talking to people about creating a signature talk, and Sam has been updating giant pumpkin things. We learned this week about the Cherry Tree Festival being canceled here in Hamilton, apparently it was quite a big event. And as always there are always 2 sides to every story, find out about what has been happening with this. Lots o...

Summary An old white man was “doing gods work” this weeks when he took to a Maori sculpture with a chainsaw to remove it’s penis. Find out why this story just seems so crazy. Milton Wainwright who runs the Woodville Organ Museum tried to cut off the “obscene and immoral” penis with a handsaw but had to give up exhausted by the superior quality of the wood combined with being 78 years old, went bac...

Summary We learned an important lesson from last week’s episode and have to issue an apology, find out what that was all about and we have some facts to help back up our position on that. Talking about learning stuff, the person that was making RockRoll toilet paper that Sam backed and was looking forward to receiving has learned a whole bunch of life lessons, find out just how bad all of that wen...

Summary Chris went to a LinkedIn local event this week, find out what that is about and how it went, Sam has been busy making robot hands and a robot head this week, and find out how he almost locked himself out. We watched a bunch of stuff this week, we checked out the small documentary about the Kiwi that starred in the Rambu movies, find out what that is all about. And we just watched Sorry to...

Summary We start this episode off reassuring you our lovely fans that as a podcast are not plagiarising any other podcast, which led us to talk about Jay Sheti, who is making millions from ripping off other people’s quotes it seems. Chris talks about some stick insects that we accidentally exported to the UK many years ago, and what happened to them in regards to breading, and what happened when t...

Summary This week we talk about the 2nd most used resource in the world, and it might surprise you to what that actually is. Deep fakes are a thing we should all be worried about when we watch things online, but some scientists might have the an answer using mice, apparently they can be trained to help spot these fake videos. A giant fossil of a previously unknown giant penguin has been found righ...

Summary Sam spoke to some old people this week about giant pumpkins which went well. Chris learned about Atomik Vodka which is made in Chernobyl, would you be keen to try this? A top gamer named Ninja moved to Twitch alternative Mixer, find out how Twitch has been dealing with that, which leads us onto a discussion around if esports is an actual sport because Hilary Barry doesn’t think it is. Why...

Summary This week you will hear about Chris’s finger, where he got advice from and how he managed to use a brand new app to get free medical treatment. A landlord got upset with one of his tenants and took him to the Tenancy Tribunal over a 10 tonne rock he said wasn’t there, and the tenant had moved and then put back. A police officer from the US accidentally filmed himself putting cocaine into a...

Summary Chris had a bad day this week, find out how many things he broke. We learned this week an astroid came very close to the earth and if it had hit it could have destroyed a large city. How did out prime minister get onto the cover of a magazine recently. CoNZealand is on very soon and if you can figure what that name is for you deserve a medal. This leads on to a story about when Chris was a...

Summary This week we learned about the ancient Kauri tree holds a record of earths magnetic field reversal with in it, Bill Nye was not impressed by the Ark exhibit and had issue with the science involved. We have a nice story about some war medals being returned to their rightful owner, Rutger Hauer died this week. How did a man get caught with millions of dollars of drugs in Australia? And why w...

Summary This week we haven’t been around much so it is a catch up kind of episode, find out how Sam’s trip was and how Chris has been doing at Spookers. If you come up with enough predictions some of them are bound to come true, find out what a futurist believes is going to happen in the near future. The 50th anniversary of man on the moon has happened this week, Chris fondly remembers when it hap...