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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Author

Chris Hanlon & Sam Elton-Walters

Category

Society

Podcast website

thechrisandsampodcast.com

Latest episode

Oct 8, 2026

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Episodes

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...

Retweeted, Deathgasm and Tinder 13.09.2015

Summary Sam got retweeted and we find out why that was weird, we went and saw a Kiwi film called Deathgasm. Chris doesn't really use Tinder much, but Sam had a play with it, Pokemon Go is coming and much more all wrapped up in this episode for you. Links Deathgasm Postr Pokemon Go Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Old people Driving, Flags and Plane Dreams 06.09.2015

Summary It appears old people are on some sort of car rampage lately with all sorts of crazy crashes. Chris has been helping out the Daredevil fan film and tells us about that experience. Sam has a weird dream about a plane, the 4 new NZ flags are here to choose from and we talk about which one we like the best. The AA man came around for a bit, a bit of a website update and SMCAKL is happening in...

Spending Spree, Praise Be, and Nude Robots 30.08.2015

Summary We both had good customer service this week, Chris went on a spending spree, Sam changed webhosts after his last one went crap, and for some reason Chris doesn’t like nude robots. Links Ex Machina Siteground Web Hosting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sneakers, Snow Suit and Ashley Madison 23.08.2015

Summary Some people go to great lengths to get a sneaker “made” by someone a lot of people don’t like. The Ashley Madison leak shows how many people apparently used the site. Chris recalls his awesome snow suit, we talk about movies some more and a whole lot more, so check it out. Links Kanye West’s Shoes Causes Lines to Buy Them Pregnant Woman Gifted Car by Driver who Collided with her Waikato Sh...

The Codfather, Chris wants his money and Sperm Beer? 16.08.2015

Summary We missed last week’s podcast due to being so busy, we talk about that and why Chris was driving a car into someone on purpose. What would you do if you came across hitchbot? We saw a rather strange short film the other day, someone called the codfather is in trouble, Sam lost part of a mouse and lots more awesomeness all rolled up in this episode. Links Blab Beta Former Hamilton Police Ca...

Periscope, Stupid Ppl and Kevin Smith 02.08.2015

Summary We have been playing around with periscope lately, see what one user said to Sam. Is pissed a swear word? Apparently so if you are Dame Helen Mirran. There is one less person in the gene pool after taking a stupid risk with an escalator, we found a couple of interesting Kickstarters, including one that got Sam riled up. And Kevin Smith is coming to New Zealand, we got tickets and can’t wai...

Sharks, Scrabble, Cannabis Oil and Back to the Future 26.07.2015

Summary Chris gets some replies back from his Podcast hero, the production meeting for the film was last night, we are now budgeting with YNAB. A New Zealander wins the French scrabble championship without knowing any French. Dong Suk Kwak has a problem, we talk about the case with the cannabis oil. Chris rants about NZ post and the BACK TO THE future 30 year reunion, and Mick Fanning survived a S...

Swearing Minions, Upset Chinese and Injured Children 19.07.2015

Summary Chris has been hanging out to podcast, he talks about his weekend talking to people at the fitness expo. One of our political parties has upset the Chinese, Inflatable world has been having trouble with not hurting kids, Chris had a hard time at a quiz night and brought an answer. El Chapo we learnt is the man at escaping, Sam has been having issues with a website he owns. And we discovere...

Will, a Car and Us. An interview of sorts 11.07.2015

Summary: We catch up from Will from Podfellas, and the best place to interview someone is in a car. We talk about how we got into podcasting and what our podcast is apparently good for, traffic, dishes, and toilet time. This is a bit different from our regular episodes, so make sure to check out one of the 38 others we have made so far. Links: podfellas.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Steam Trains, Lost Baby and Hot Dentist 05.07.2015

Summary: Sam went on a steam train ride at night, global mode is coming to an end here in NZ, ever lost your baby at sea? Local guy making it on YouTube, a para glider didn't want to talk to Sam, Chris reminisces about Back to the Future and didn't use his eyes on the hot dentist who was in his mouth and a podcast diet we just learnt about plus other random stuff. Links: Weka Pass Railway Inc Baby...

TedX, Roast Chickens and Travels 28.06.2015

Summary: We have the TedX roundup, Chris has a unique ability and it involves his pants. Sam learnt some stuff about roast chickens on an airplane, we have supermarket stories, how to be awesome at a light festival, Chris has given up on Tinder and now wants to use Tindog, and flooding doesn't stop bar patrons, all that and more in this packed episode. Links: Home - TEDxRuakura : TEDxRuakura Diver...

Auckland, Podcasters and 11,000 Emails 20.06.2015

Summary: We went to Auckland, and spent the voucher Sam won at the sweatshop bar in Auckland, was very good food and we may have eaten way too much. We met some fellow podcasters, with Will from podfellas.com and Paul from http://podcasts.nz/ and realised we aren’t as bad as we thought we are. Chris has a crap story that didn’t impress our flatmate about a button in his car, Chris gives his impres...

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