The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary Sam talks to Mike from Holsim about the range of fake animals they are creating to help educate people around animal birthing, artificial insemination, hoof care and much more. You’ll find out what features the fake cows have, and what animals they have been asked to make in the future. Photos Be Social with Us The Chris and Sam Podcast Facebook Page The Chris and Sam Podcast Twitter Feed...

Summary Nick from Acuris Systems talks to Sam about the tool they have created to enable precision agriculture in orchards.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Sam catches up with Paul to talk about the innovative piece of machinery that Precision Cultivation has made to make things easier for farmers and contractors. Video Links Precision Cultivation Facebook Page   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Sam talks to Jeff from Micropod, a startup that allows you to grow your own micro greens at home simply by adding water. With a variety of different things to grow and sizes of trays there is sure to be something for everyone, due for launch at the end of 2018. Photo Links Micropod Website Micropod Facebook Page   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary At the National Agricultural Fieldays® Chris talks to Freemason members Dean and Kevin to learn more about the sometimes intriguing organisation that is the Freemasons. Chris finds out what they do, and what people can get from joining the Freemasons. Links Freemasons NZ Website   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Sam catches up with friend of the podcast Jason who is manning the Health 2000 stand at Fieldays, find out what is hot at the moment in keeping yourself healthy at New Zealand's favourite supplier of natural health supplements, vitamins, minerals and weight lose products. Links Health 2000   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Chris talks to Jo from Camp Quality and finds out the amazing things they do for kids living with cancer. Camp Quality New Zealand is a volunteer charitable trust dedicated to running camps where fun, friendship and a can-do culture inspire children living with cancer to overcome the challenges cancer brings. Links Camp Quality Website   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Summary Sam spoke to The Saucerer about the great tasting products Wild West Worcester make. They have products to enhance any meal with their great tasting sauces and relishes all made by the family in Dargaville. Photos   The range of tasty products The Saucerer getting people to try their great products at Fieldays 2018 Links Wild West Worcester Website   Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

Summary Sam catches up with Stuart Brown to learn how Farmote Systems is helping farmers boost their farm’s performance with precise pasture and grazing management. Farmote is a smart, innovative pasture monitoring system that takes the guesswork out of pasture and grazing management. By delivering precise above-and-below-ground data online, every day, it allows you to monitor your paddocks and ma...

Summary Sam talks to Alistair from Nu-D Rated Shackles about their shackle with the blue pin. Find out what makes this product better than a normal D shackle. Links Nu-D Rated Shackles Website   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary This week we had a great time at The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays® find out who we spoke to and which interviews you can listen to that will be coming out by themselves very very soon. There was a story about the Freemasons this week in the news, someone broke in and stole their human skull and ceremonial marbles which leaves us with a lot of questions, questions we didn’t as...

Summary In his first interview from The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays® Sam learns about the very special tractor nicknamed The Transformer they had on display at their stand. Based in Hamilton, Zealong Tea has a wide variety of tea flavours to suit every taste, please visit their website for more information. Links Zealong Tea Estate Website Fieldays® Website Images   Hosted on A...

Summary Chris is happy this week in the episode, getting a pay rise will do that to a person. But is he happy enough to do a backflip like an FBI agent did, who then proceeded to drop his gun and shoot someone as he picked it up. A new podcast we have been listening to is called Behind the Bastards, and we recommend it, it’s a great show. Sam saw something amazing this week, but was too slow at ge...

Summary Chris is back from his Melbourne trip, after he spoke to a human as the computer thought he was too fat. We find out what exactly he got up to on this amazing trip. Sam finds out what a bank spoke about to a bunch of primary school kids this week, and it wasn’t about what he thought it would be about. Sam got an email from the local library with some pretty exiting information for people w...

Summary Chris is almost ready to go on his trip to Melbourne, but has a chipped tooth he has to sort out before he goes. Next episode we will have Chris Bingo happening, make sure to take part and fill out the form. Chris found a video tape that Sam got excited about, it is Chris’s wedding tape from 1994, we hope it is still in good condition and we hope to digitise it and edit all the best bits f...

Summary With us being the busy people we sometimes are, we occasionally get so busy that we can’t sit down to record a podcast, but with some forward thinking we managed to record this special backup episode for you. It’s our commentary as we watch Netflix’s Lost in Space episode 2. Will it make us rage as much as episode 1? You’ll have to listen to find out. Links Lost in Space Hosted on Acast. S...

Summary We forgot to mention a couple of things in last weeks episode, so we cover our fence jumping and arguing with a security person at The Great NZ Food Show. When does advertising go too far? Our goal is your hole raised a complaint recently as it was featured on the back of a digger, which in itself makes sense, but the inclusion of a womans silhouette can make people think dirty things. We...

Summary We are recording this episode straight after we got back from The Great NZ Food Show, we talked to some awesome people and tried some great products, shout out to Pia and Ara from Angel Food, which makes some tasty Vegan Dairy free cheese, and another shout out to Lisa from Mummas Donuts, who finally convinced Chris to try them and he now realises just how amazing they are. Chris also trie...

Summary We start of this episode with Chris laughing at something inappropriate. We never thought we would get angry over watching the very first episode of the new Lost in Space on Netflix, but we did, we cover the first episode for you, and talk about the bits that got us all worked up. We get an update on how TEDx Ruakura is, and how the speaker coaching is evolving every year We talked about a...

Title: Dropping the Biggest Pumpkin in NZ from a Crane | EP176 – The Chris and Sam Podcast Summary Episode 176 is here, and this is our second take at the podcast as the first effort didn't work. Find out how everything went with dropping the largest pumpkin in New Zealand from a crane, and when you are doing this you need the best shoes you can get, that's why Chris wears Camel Jinge when h...

Summary: This episode is brought to you by Camel Jinge, the only shoe you need. We are back after a week off of dealing with giant pumpkins, a new NZ record of 808kg for a pumpkin, find out how the rest of The Great Pumpkin Carnival went for 2018. We are also hopeful that pumpkin will be blown up on live TV this week, keep an eye out for that. Chris helped out with another film project, this time...

Summary Another full-on week for Chris at his job, find out how one of his days this started this week. We talk about how terrible Golden Homes have been, find out what crap they have been up to and why we don't think they should be building a new home for you. Sam fills us in on his travels around the country last weekend, highlights included two museums, a harvest festival, an elevator in a hill...

Summary This episode of the podcast is being released a day late as Sam has been busy driving all over the place this weekend to go and see a swimming pool. We learnt that the Humanity Star, idea of the Rocket Lab founder and possibly a stupid idea burnt up a lot sooner than expected, money well spent we say. Some people died this week, find out who. Some New Zealanders want to create a snow leopa...

Summary Sam's been all over the place this last week, for pumpkins and Lego, find out where he went and how it was. More amazing work stories from Chris in the land of groceries. We almost forgot to talk about the further education Chris did last week, find out how we went at Chip University. The Mayor of Hamilton seems to have come up with another hairbrained scheme, find out what he thought woul...

Summary Chris has an exciting opportunity to further his education, it's exciting times and we can't wait to tell you more about all of this in this episode. How did we get along with the census which was this week? Find out. Is AI really helping doctors out here in New Zealand, or is it just some form of an elaborate scam? How was our census experience? Uber eats is now a thing in Hamilton, we mi...