The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary This weeks episode is action packed with lots of stuff happening, first off we found out NZ is the second most peaceful country in the world, find out who came out number one, and where did America fall on this list? How much money are people making from reinventing a beach towel? A lot if the answer. Sam went and checked out a school fundraising event and found out that a lot of people re...

Summary Super sad news this week on the podcast, Sam has lost his pumpkin. Chris has been slurring his words which is probably a problem. Sam experienced some craziness around a website that he runs, find out what happened and see how much Chris laughs at this story. We finally find out what Tom Cruise has been doing here in NZ in preparation for the latest Mission Impossible movie and we wonder i...

Summary Chris struggles with technology first thing in this weeks podcast and appears to be super sweaty while drinking Tequila and is operating at what he calls 3000% Chris learned how someone got a huge number of followers on Instagram in a very short period of time. Real life heroes are now in a movie about what they did and it's being directed by Clint Eastwood, we touch on the most recent sch...

Summary More petrol stations have been ram raided in Hamilton, so they are now installing fog cannons, the Government is also thinking about subsidising these for dairy's and shops in Northland. Sam has to wait at a petrol station for some strange transaction. We heard about a guy trying to sell hi brain for over a million dollars on Trade Me, the more you read into it the crazier it seems, have a...

Summary This episode is an alcohol free one. Sam talks about a plugin he has that shows him a random Wikipedia page every time he opens a new tab, find out what he has been learning. How did a local farmer get named as a board game character in a Kickstarter for a game? Find out in this episode. We also heard about Mycroft V2.0, a home assistant type product that is more open source and won't harv...

Summary We struggled to bring you this weeks episode due to the very hot weather, find out how we coped with the heat while recording. We just finished watching all the latest Black Mirror episodes. DJI have announced a new drone, and it's looking pretty good, find out what we know about the DJI Air in this episode. We find out what random stuff Donald Trump has been up to lately. New Zealand beco...

We are back from our break, find out what we have been up to in this slightly longer than normal episode. Sam is back from his Rotorua trip where he went to a lot of tourist destinations, find out what his top tip is if you are traveling around New Zealand. Congratulations to friends on the show Sash and Mary from Flash as Productions for getting married recently. Another friend of the show Harley...

Summary Sam has been busy this week putting together the final stages of a new podcast, The Pumpkin Podcast and we get an update on how the pumpkins are growing at the moment. Chris is contemplating streaming some of his gaming. We find out who was the highest paid actor of 2017 with a little quiz, find out how close Chris gets to guessing who it was and the amount they made. A new segment has mad...

Summary This is out last episode of 2017. Chris got on his soap box and talked a lot about crypto currency recently, find out what his workmate has been up to with the crypto currency he has. We watched the new Netflix movie named Bright starring Will Smith, find out what we thought about it and Chris has some pretty big claims. Christmas is a time for Chris to sort his stuff out, not only does he...

Summary Welcome to the Christmas eve episode of the show, Chris is planning his gaming marathon for over Christmas as well as sorting out his room. Toffee the producer or maybe another cat keeps crapping on Sam's pumpkins which he is not happy about. Our NZ Secret Santa gifts arrived which was awesome, find out what we got individually and what we got for the podcast. We learn about how the spring...

Summary Find out what Chris is drinking in this week's podcast, and how his week has been so far. Sam has a culinary question for Chris, which you too can answer at home. Our super part time flat mate has been annoying us and is about to get kicked out, Chris gives an update on how his whole gym thing has been going lately. We saw someone's doppelganger recently and it's making Sam wonder if the M...

Summary Chris has started hitting the gym again for his quest to have a body for life after getting sick of staring at himself in mirrors, while Sam had a trip down to Christchurch in the extreme heat, find out how he ended up getting down there and how many grumpy people he dealt with. Chris tells us about the 24hr film festival and wonders if he is a bad friend for not sitting with the people he...

Summary This week has had Sam busy doing interviews around the world about NZ Secret Santa, find out where his cousin was when he saw Sam pop up on the TV. Sharing things came out this week, it's a parody of Stranger Things Season 2 done by Sesame St, and it is awesome, check out the video of it below. Chris learnt about a song with over 4 billion views on YouTube, something neither of us have hea...

Summary Welcome to the Birthday episode where Chris has just turned the big 50, find out how his day was, what his work did for him, and what he is drinking as he does this very episode. NZ Secret Santa is all go, with everyone's giftee being announced, we give a very brief overview of the people we got individually, and who we got as the Chris and Sam podcast, and Sam's TEDx talk all about how he...

Summary This week we went to the TEDx Ruakura Salon, where we heard 3 amazing speakers be interviewed on stage by Chris. A great new project you need to check out is Immi the vegan, which currently has some crowd funding happening which has some really good rewards. We have a follow up about a story we talked about last week, the one to do with free coke for sober drivers, and how one bar owner in...

Summary Chris is feeling old and tired this week as he has made his triumphant return to the gym, where he is struggling to even get through the whole class. NZ Secret Santa is now open, so if you get the podcast, this episode is probably a good one to listen too to find out what we are all about. Apparently, Sam's TEDx talk will be out very soon after this episode goes live, we will share it on o...

Summary First off, we contemplate about all the people that are downloading the podcast that we never hear from and then get into hearing all about the Arohanui Film Festival that Chris went to and helped out by doing some Q and A's with filmmakers, even if he didn't know anything about the film beforehand, we find out which films he thinks are worthwhile to watch, while doing that I think we came...

Summary This week was full of good stuff, we went and checked out Armageddon Auckland, find out how that went and who we saw on the way. When we were there we bumped into some people we knew. The John Barrowman panel was an experience and a half, find out what happened. We also managed to see Alex Savage do some wrestling moves with the IPW wrestling show, good friend of Guy from the Guy and Harle...

Summary Another week, and another long week for your two favorite podcast hosts, Chris has been super excited to tell Steves story and this week he finally remembered to do it, find out what that was all about and see if you agree to how amazing it is. We learn that urban polio is making its way to Hamilton, Chris had a chip emergency at work, the likes of which you will probably not care about. C...

Summary This episode we were both feeling a bit blah, but good news is we have a new flatmate. Chris got a new phone this week, after his old one died after being dropped one too many times. We found out this week that the world beard and moustache competition is going to be coming to NZ, has Sam got what it takes to enter? Luckily for him he has a few more years to grow more hair. We talk about a...

Summary Episode 150 is here, and what an awesome milestone that is, so much so we aren't doing anything for it, but we do have another great podcast for you. Chris is apparently is an admin for a very old Facebook page, but people still want to join it, so Sam helped him out and accepted all the people that requested to join the page, even if it was 5 years ago. Sam came across some more strange t...

Summary This week we went through a quick and easy setup of the new router here at the international headquarters of the podcast. And on the way to get the new router Chris managed to vote after getting reminded voting was happening, and was pretty drunk. More spam stuff this week, one was legitimate one wasn't. The next short film Chris is helping with to produce is called Bloody Late Shift, we f...

Summary Another well-crafted podcast for your listening pleasure this week. Chris went along to the 48hr film finals where the standard of films was really high, and friends and ex-teammates did exceptionally well and picked up a bunch of awards, well-done everybody. Hamilton City Council is finally sorting out the Library here in town and is going to fix it up, it's going to take over 8 months th...

Summary Another week another episode, Chris is full of food from eating a lot at his bosses place gave him, and we recorded in the morning so sober Chris this episode. Sam finally got his vacuum cleaner and he heard back from the guy he was trying to track down, so it's been shaping up as a great week around these parts. Sam had to cook up a trout after his daughter came home from a school camp wi...

Summary Chris is stressed out this week and we discuss if he might have thrush. It turns out we have some tramping stories to tell as well. Sam's been looking into one of his YouTube channels and you'll never guess how many views his most viewed video has. Sam's trying to track down a council worker who may not exist or is just terrible at his job, look forward to updates on this. Possibly the bes...