The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary This week we have a bit of local history for you, we find out who Henry Swan was and what is left of his legacy. What would you do to be part of a film festival? We find out. How much snow lands in the Sahara Desert? We have a robust discussion around the whole Gamestop shenanigans, and find out what amazing pieced of software is 20 years old this week. Another dinosaur discovery, a woman...

Summary This week we cover the full spectrum of randomness technology and life, buckle in, it's going to be a good one. Some guy here in NZ is trying to copy the red paperclip guy from many years ago, by swapping a ceramic tomato to getting a house, how successful will he be? Find out our predictions on this. Who do you call if you have a problem with the drive through at McDonalds? And what would...

Summary Trump has left the building this week, how did that go and who went to it? What was one of the first things Biden did when he got into the White House? And what was Bernie Sanders up to that made him a meme? We learned a lot this week, like what the plan was when Joe Exotic got a pardon, are Elephants the missing link in the fight against cancer? If you could rent a guy to stand around wou...

Summary This week we talk about the crazyness that is the US right now, what has been happening and what’s happened to the app parler? We end up talking about communication apps, and why people are leaving WhatsApp and what you can use to replace that. We have some info about Hyundai, who isn’t sponsoring this episode, but if they’d like to, hit us up. We find out some interesting facts, find out...

Summary Welcome to the first episode of 2021, WOOHOO We cover how Christmas was for us, how did New Years go, and what is the shocking piece of news we received first thing this year? Chris was right about something, we talk about Monkeys involved in an experiment and what exactly is a mega megaphone and what do you use it for? All of this plus more in your favourite podcast covering randomness, t...

Summary This week we welcome some new people to the podcasting world, hopefully they will be as succesful as we have been. Chris gives us the run down on the new Jim Jefferies podcast, and what makes it unique and why you should give it a listen. We learned that kitset assembly services is a thing, find out what keeps them busy in the lead up to Christmas. Talking about Christmas, a local legend c...

Summary Sam is back from a massive Rd trip. What was the reason for this large trip, and what did he see on the way? Indiana Jones 5 has been announced, but not everyone is super keen to be involved, what could go wrong? Talking about films, what made Tom Cruise go off on a rant recently? Chris got a package from China, and it turns out it was a good deal on a set of roof racks for his car. He can...

Summary This week find out what we have been up to, and just how much we are loving the humidity right now. Sam’s camera broke and he just got the quote to fix it, is it worth it and should something that isn’t that old break? Thunder snow scares some Scots, find out what this is all about. We have some fails this week, the biggest being the cash drop promotion by The Safety Warehouse, we figure o...

Summary On of your amazing hosts is sick this week, or it might be heatstroke, hard to tell. What do you do if your small dog is attacked by an Alligator? Well you jump in and wrestle it in the water. Sad news for people that like to travel, no more peacock’s or any animals that aren’t dogs, just how much will this make the airlines now. NZ’s oldest rock is found, in a drawer. Find out what that s...

Summary An Amazon server went down this week and caused problems for a lot of companies around the world, plus one that you might not have expected to be connected to the internet. We have an update on our shower situation and what our landlord has been up to. Is putting your mouth on some old relic and blowing on it a good idea? We talk a bit about the Scientology podcast, and just how batshit cr...

Summary This week we have a problem with our shower, and we can see it from the podcast studio. What are robot wolves used for and why are they so weird looking. Why didn’t scientists work out the benefits of a breathing machine earlier? One of us had a health scare this week. Talking about a health scare what is with the dump fire that won’t go out and is forcing pregnant woman to leave their hom...

Summary This week we find out how Chris went at the Improv Sundae, with a review from Sam who was in the audience. Gwyneth Paltrow has come out with a new lamp which makes us wonder what things don’t make it to market. A time capsule that wasn’t expected to be found for around 40 years made a surprising appearance after only a couple of years, and climate change is to blame. Find out what happened...

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...