The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary While looking around the 2019 Fieldays we came across Chris who installs solar panels onto tiny houses, we found out a lot about solar panels and so can you in this entertaining chat we had. Links NZ Tiny Home Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Another week and another app we have learned about, this time it is one called Giveahoy, which makes donating to causes on the street easy for the charity and random people walking around. Rockroll is a new type of toilet paper, softer and better for the environment is the claim. We talk about this new product, and one of us has backed it via it’s crowd funding, find out what we get for ou...

Summary This week on the podcast Chris is quite excited as it is last day of work and he begins to live his dream, whatever that is. We talk about an app that is destined for great things apparently, Dropit. Would you invest in this? How people have managed to make their own Harriet Tubman bank note with the help of a stamp. We have a bunch of interesting animal facts for some reason this week, on...

Summary This week we cover Adams birthday movie marathon we went to, where we saw a bunch of great films. Someone tried to dropkick Arnie this week and it didn’t work, the last Game of Thrones episode came out, find out what we thought about it as well as what Sam is going to do with his Huawei phone if the newly announced ban from Google comes into play. We learned about a special type of chip so...

Summary We find out how the diet is going for Chris and just how much he is loving cheat day this week. Sam is back from Christchurch, find out what sights he saw and how he went on a Lime Scooter. A new bridge is being built here in Hamilton, and while people don’t really care what it looks like, would a bungy jump make it better? And with only 5 month to go until the local body elections, a new...

Summary We have an update on how Chris is going with his diet and working out this week, he’s been eating a lot including no chicken chicken. He might also have a problem with his car and we learned where transmission fluid goes in a car. Back on the death talk from last week, turns out you can be buried in a mushroom suit and one recent celebrity was super excited about it and did just that, and...

Summary Chris is on a diet and doing well, he is combining the slow carb diet from The 4 Hour Body and the Body for Life program for the gym, find out what body part he’s been having trouble with. Talking of diets, we learned about a man who is on a 46 day beer diet for Lent, find out how that has been going for him. One of the major new publications here in NZ has decided to put a pay wall up on...

Summary Lots of public holidays this week for some of us, and we start off the podcast with a good news story for a change. In fact it is about the best teacher in the world, Peter Tabichi won a million dollars by taking out the Global Teacher Prize. Our prime minister Jacinda Ardern gets ranked as the 2nd best leader in the world, which is no surprise to us, but we would have never guessed the fi...

Summary This week Chris is stressed because it Easter, Sam has a sore mouth and spoke to a gardening group. Chris went and saw the movie Us recently, find out what he thought about it. What ads do you expect to see before a film? If you said NZ Bridge you would be correct. How much do they pay for this? How successful are these ads? Why are they being played, all of these questions go unanswered....

Summary Minecraft dramas this week and one of us drove over 850km just to end up seeing one pumpkin, was it worth it? Brazil has some problems with a set of identical twins, find out what they have been up to and what they have got away with. We learn what you can and can’t do in a DOC hut, and find out what upset some woman named Lyn recently. Hamilton has come in as the top spot to stay apparent...

Summary We get the rundown on everyone’s favourite pumpkin event, The Great Pumpkin Carnival and we find out just how busy Chris got over the weekend. Chris talks about how to sell a massacre and it’s a lot better than what it sounds like, trust us. What is Dub FX and why is it in Chris’s car? Have a listen and find out. Links How to Sell a Massacre EU Car Safety Plan Dub FX Website Hosted on Acas...

Summary Chris had some “fun” spam this week, he was impressed with how it was written and wants to share it. We get the run down on the Arohanui film festival, find out how it was and what movies Chris liked. Sam somehow ended up having a photo shoot with his giant pumpkin, we look forward to seeing how that turns out. We’ve started watching the TV series, Happy and recommend it if you are into da...

Summary Shout out to one of our fans, Jamie who along with his wife had welcomed a new podcast listener to this world. Chris has a functioning face this episode after not being able to move his top lip at all recently. We got our hands on some free tickets to go see the Kiwi romantic music Daffodils, find out what we thought about this film. Chris went and saw the film Alita this week as well, hea...

Summary This week has been a mixed bag of things happening, the big story is the mass shooting in Christchurch, all our thoughts are with the victims, their families and everyone else affected by this tragedy. Sam spoke to the Prime Minister briefly last weekend about the one thing that he is always talking about, giant pumpkins. The Waikato rover has now been fully mapped with Google Maps street...

Summary Chris went to the dental hygienist this week, find out how that went. We cover the whole bunch of famous people dying this week including the man that invented gaffa tape. A story that reminds us of checking your email came out this week, a man lost his rather large amount of air points. Find out what a really common email password is, and see if you have the same one. The bumbling Jihadi...

Summary This week finds Chris dealing with the biggest stuff up he has ever created at his work. We test out some new straws that are made entirely of sugar, we’ll let you know our thoughts on these alternatives to plastic straws. YouTube has decided to crack down on super creepy people by turning off comments on any videos that feature children, is this enough? And Chris went on what he calls “a...

Summary Chris is off to Wellington straight after we recorded this podcast to pick up all the stuff he left there the other week, he’s hoping to actually come back with his car this trip. Chris is surprised Sam didn’t hear about the Cook Straight swim by WIlliam Trubridge this week, Sam doesn’t really care about it to be honest. Bruno Gants passed away recently, and you might not know who he is, b...

Summary Last week we talked about the refridgerdating website, after a bit of research, Sam signed Chris up to it. Everyone’s favorite president to hate, Donald Trump has come up with a new plan for a celebration parade on the exact same day as another parade, has he lost his mind? Sam found himself agreeing with Mike Hosking this week over a employment relations authority decision and a crazy pay...

Summary After last weeks epic episode, Chris got a new car. Find out what he got and what he misses from about his old car. Sam watched the Ted Bundy Doco on Netflix recently. How good is giving a literacy award to a man being held in a detention center? We have a discussion around this. We learned about a 150 year old submarine located down in Otago, why are the Japanese elderly committing small...

Summary Chris is back from his epic trip to Wellington, when one of us on a trip there are always great stories, this trip might be the best one yet, with all the details of how Chris came back without his car. Thought to be extinct the very rare Ili Pika has been found again in China, and is the inspiration for Pikachu in Pokemon. We also received a couple of crappy automatic phone calls this wee...

Summary This week Chris is on a much needed holiday, how long can he last before he needs a drink? We’ve had a some people outside our house that we like to call the van dwellers, how long have they been there and what have they been up to? We learned about a home cure for a bad back, we never said it was a good cure, just something a seemingly dumb Irishman decided to come up with, find out how i...

Summary A big shout out to our new patrons this week, thanks so much for the support. If you’d like to find out more about what becoming a patreon patron means please click the link below. And if you love listening to podcasts as much as we do you will want to check out the website listennotes.com which lets you search a lot of podcasts for whatever topic you may be wanting to hear. Chris informs...

Summary This week Chris found out that he needs to check his emails better, as he missed an email mentioning the short film he is the producer of got an award. Why wont someone think of the plants, just how intelligent are they? A group of scientists have been trying to find out, and it seems like that plants may have some form of intelligence. Sam has some advice about what you should be posting...

Summary In this weeks podcast Sam heard about an app that is helping blind people around the world, he signed up for it. The Chinese have landed a probe on the far side of the moon, what does this mean for the future? Cathay Pacific is owning a mistake they made when some people managed to get an awesome deal on a flight. And talking about awesome deals, find out what Chris brought this week and m...

Summary The number one song in the UK this Christmas has Sausage Rolls in it which we think is great. Chris didn’t want a ham for some reason this Christmas, so he ended up with Tequila instead. Does anybody know what the hell Kevin Spacey is up to? He’s released a weird video just before Christmas which has left a lot of people wondering what is going on. An ex pat Kiwi decided to get married to...