Chris Hanlon & Sam Elton-Walters

The Chris and Sam Podcast

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Randomness, technology and life brought to you each week in a 30 min podcast by two guys from New Zealand named Chris and Sam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Chris Hanlon & Sam Elton-Walters

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Society

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thechrisandsampodcast.com

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

TEDx Wellington, Bambillo is crap and more research needed 13.03.2016

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Content Marketing Conference, Tropfest and a Good Vein 06.03.2016

Summary Chris was in Auckland this week at the content marketing summit and he saw the biggest yacht ever that blew his mind, also he talks a bit about the conference. He also went down to Tropfest and talks about the Hamilton film that made it into the finals and friend of the show Allan George won third with his film titled Lon-Done TEDx Wellington is where Chris is off to this week, and why we...

Hospital Visit and Deadpool Weirdness 28.02.2016

Summary We recorded this episode very early in the morning as we have so much on this week. We went to the Hamilton filmmakers networking meeting, saw some great pieces of work achieved in 2015. Chris has been feeling old again after having to do some physical work this week when a 20 something wearing a moon boot is out doing him. We had some good food at a place called eat burger. Sam had a ment...

Special Intro, Kanye needs help and a code brown 21.02.2016

Summary Chris has a special way of testing the audio before this week starts. Sam’s highlight of the week is a code brown story from the local swimming pool. Chris got paid some money he was owed from a while back, and has been giving Snapchat a really good go. We enjoyed the show Black Mirror, we discuss the Oprah Winfrey show and not paying performers. Samsung has announced not to talk about sen...

Asia Pacific Podcast Conference, Hungover and Heatstroke 15.02.2016

Summary: Chris is tired/hungover from his weekend of awesome. Sam spent the day at the Weetbix Kids Tryathlon with his daughter. Chris helped out at the Asia Pacific Podcasting Conference which was an awesome event, find out how it went for Chris.  Someone at the conference was talking to Chris about Sam, but not realising the Sam she knew and this one was the same person. Animals a...

Flying Undies and a Botched Blackmail 07.02.2016

Summary Flying undies are a thing it seems, Sam experiences this. Chris has an actual day of work and his body didn’t like it at all We can’t stop laughing at a failed blackmail attempt, find out why it was so crazy. Drones are getting taken out by a natural predator. Chris’s inbox has given up the fight, it might be something to do with the 50,000+ unopened emails he has in there, that may be imp...

Dick Smith is a Dick 31.01.2016

Summary Another week another episode, Chris has been busy playing Skyrim, he made his television debut on Shortland St recently and is about to appear topless in his next Television appearance which he is shooting this week. Chris drove his car because if he doesn’t it might just sit there and never work, he didn’t manage to crash it out of a car park building though like some winners here in Hami...

Old Envelopes and Topless Chris 24.01.2016

Summary We talk about making a murderer, you should see it if you haven’t already. Which leads us onto the-the film Paradise Lost and the West Memphis Three. We tidied up the shed podcast studio and Chris had to throw out a bunch of his hoardings, but it allows us to have a new segment in the show, what is in the old envelope Chris has held onto forever and never opened. We talk about the silly wo...

Wellington Trip and Auditions 17.01.2016

Summary Sam came back from his holiday, he managed to squeeze in 5 museums in this trip, the highlights were the Dream works exhibition and the Gallipoli Exhibits, and a silly woman doesn’t like that Sam didn’t pay for the tour find out what her actual problem was. A Japanese train station is kept open for only one person. Chris found an interesting story from around 4 years ago of a woman who was...

Whaling Scam and a Hoax 10.01.2016

Summary Sam has pretty much cut out all news watching and news apps lately and has suffered no great ill effect from not knowing what has been happening. Obama’s people don’t know how to trim their YouTube video, instead just skip forward to around 35mins or so. Live streaming of Lemmy’s funeral is going to occur, is this the new thing for celebrities when they die? Sam hasn’t seen the Young Ones,...

New Years Resolutions 03.01.2016

Summary It’s 2016 people, time to be excited. We celebrated new years by acting like old people and not do much. We talk about how our Christmas went, Chris managed to get in at least 10 hours of gaming and Sam ended up with a random sort of Christmas gift which you can alter in all it’s glory, all the details within this podcast. We’ve got a bit of a revival going on, Chris is getting into Southp...

Christmas Eve and Tinder Problems 27.12.2015

Summary Christmas is almost here and Chris has trouble remembering when it actually is every year. We have both now seen Star Wars, Chris was annoyed by someone’s spelling, and the word of the year isn’t actually a word. Chris has a bit of a rant and defends his buddy John Key, he also rants about something called release 66 and has real problems complaining about it, will he really be heard? He’s...

NZ Secret Santa Gifts and Topless Protestors 19.12.2015

Summary We finally open our Twitter Secret Santa gifts (live on periscope). We apologise for missing a week, but have resolved the issue. Chris has been doing more “acting” in Auckland, and saw AC/DC. Sam talked a bit too… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

More Splitting, Acting and Secret Santa is Done 06.12.2015

Summary Secret Santa gifts are all sent, we find out what acting stuff Chris has been up to, he was even allowed to talk this time. Sam split some more shorts, we talk about homeless people and well some of the audio turned out crap so we cut a chunk of it out. Hope it all make sense. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gym Accident, a Giant Cow and Chris is Old 29.11.2015

Summary Chris has been busy with more background acting work. He also fills us in about the 24hr movie marathon he went to, find out what Chris is allowed to say about it, the threat of saying too much and being banned from future events is possible. There was also more flesh then ever and more females at this event, apparently not those statements are not related. Chris spoke at an IT conference...

Magic Pills and Epic Kickstarter Fail 22.11.2015

Summary We talk about how Chris has been doing some acting work on a big budget feature film, find out what the best thing is about that. SMCAKL was on and it was all about podcasting. Sam is feeling much better after getting some pills. The 24 hour film marathon is here, find out what Chris recommends you take with you and we have a discussion about the biggest Kickstarter in European history, th...

Shortland St and a Bulging Groin 15.11.2015

Summary SMCAKL is on this Wednesday, so a big hello if you are checking this out after wondering who Chris is or having a conversation with either one of us on the night. Chris managed to get himself on Shortland St this week for his background acting debut. We both had to do some audio work on the Tropfest film Lazy Sunday we are helping out with, and talking about Tropfest it looks like they mig...

Stealing Money Via Selfie 08.11.2015

Summary Chris is hungover in this episode, we learn about a problem he has when introducing people and he has been volunteering lately as well. We discuss strapping a 13 year old to the front of a monster truck and driving through burning stuff. The rugby world cup final was just another thing Chris forgot to watch. YIFY the internet pirating website turned out to be run from NZ which we found sur...

Virtual Reality is too much for Chris 01.11.2015

Summary The podcast is now officially a year old and Chris celebrated by singing Happy Birthday, which may scar you for life. Chris managed to get to Armageddon where he was grumpy old man Chris, find out why he was carrying a sleeping bag around with him all day, and no it wasn’t cosplay. Daredevil Bad Blood was screened as well, find out how that went. He also tried out Oculus Rift and Sony VR h...

The Pain of Filming 25.10.2015

Summary Chris gets beaten up on purpose for the short film Lazy Sunday and talks about his injuries and his acting abilities. Getting a jazz band to do the musical score may be harder than first thought. Sam has been dealing with the pain of going to the gym and explains how his inversion table has been going that he bought. Due to budgeting requirements Buffer is currently out, and Social Pilot i...

Lots and lots of Bees 18.10.2015

Summary Sam is angry with technology in this podcast, he also saw some crazy bee stuff happening in town and shot some video of it. Chris hung out with an Olympic athlete randomly and Chris can now see the podcast being recorded as we sorted out our studio a bit better finally. Chris wants to look more badass and has shaved his head or something like that. Sam has ended up at the gym on a free two...

Stinky Loads, Jobless and Travels 11.10.2015

Summary Sam dropped a stinky load and then gapped it, Chris has no job, Sam talks about his Christchurch trip. Which Kiwi director is going to be directing the third thor movie? We discuss the number one downloaded film via torrent, turns out it is a NZ film. Sam saw some art works that were questionable if they were actual artwork, plus some really cool stuff. We discuss short men, travel problem...

Bogans and Penny Black and 50 Episodes 04.10.2015

Summary This is our 50th episode, so we periscoped it. Sam went to the Museum and ended up seeing some guy named Liberty Beats and meets one of his biggest pumpkin fans. Bogans on TV had some footage from the great pumpkin carnival, Chris has to explain what Chris thighs are. Sam had enough of the post shop around the corner and complained, Chris brought the show down talking about shooting, Sam t...

Chris’s Mum knows everyone, Scooter deal 27.09.2015

Summary Chris tells us about Mime the movie and how it was helping out with the shoot, he also talks about a story that happened when he was younger, Sam got a good deal on a scooter. Boiling beer in the face for one dude, and Happy Birthday for all as a restriction is lifted. All this and more in episode 49. Links Boiling Beer Freak Accident Happy Birthday Finally Allowed to be Used Hosted on Aca...

Passions Gone Viral, Kevin Smith and Chris has a New Toy 20.09.2015

Summary This week we went up to SMCAKL and heard about passions gone viral, we learnt about the cure kids campaign and awesome video they have made. We also traveled up to Auckland yet again for the Kevin Smith show. We talk about how the show was, who else we met, Chris wrote an article about the show and had his new toy with him that we used in the car. Sam found out about the best bag that has...

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