The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary In this weeks podcast, some dickheads tried to steal Sam's car again. While Chris started another TEDx speaker coaching group. We talk about the random button we now have, open source software and the rising cost of things. When stealing chocolate goes too far, what's up with presidential immunity and God is sent to prison for doing what? Links The Chris and Sam Website NAS.io community pl...

Summary Chris caught up with Ehsan from MagicT at Fieldays this year. He found out about MagicT's journey at bringing New Zealanders quality herbal tea with ingredients sourced from around the world. This is a great story about a great product. Links MagicT Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Chris talks to Irina from Daisy Lab. A company that is perfecting precision fermentation. Allowing them to create identical dairy proteins like whey proteins, caseins and lactoferrins without any cows. Listen to find out about this fascinating technology and what it could mean in the future. Links Daisy Lab Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary This week Chris has a beef with Calendly, and is now the first NZ affiliate for Pitch59, have a listen to find out what that is all about. The 48hour City Finals just happened, find out how that went for Sam and learn who he met while there. Chris has a run in with Waka Kotahi as well this week. Find out what he had to sort out with them. Putin went on a trip and some of the photos were ep...

Summary Sam catches up with Oscar at KiwiFibre, winner of the Early-Stage award at Fieldays for their regenerative composite textile made from Harakeke fibre. Find out what kinds of products this could be used for as a replacement or to complement conventional carbon fibre and fibreglass materials. This is a great story about using naturally occurring fibres while providing an environmentally supe...

Summary Our first episode back from Fieldays, find out what we thought about it. Sam has been at his new job for 4 days, find out how he's been feeling about that. Why has one of the worlds best competitive eaters Joey Chestnut been banned? Hamilton is getting a new hotel, where about is it going and how much will with cost? The great American worm wall. What is it and why does it exist? Find out...

Summary Sam catches up with Lucas from WoolAid the Fieldays 2024 Innovation Award Winner for Growth and Scale. Find out how Lucas came up with the idea of creating the worlds first merino wool bandage and what makes it so much better than the plastic alternative. Links WoolAid Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Summary Coming direct to you directly from Fieldays 2024. Sam went to Christchurch, find out the weird thing that he saw on the flight down Sam also finally left his old job and shares some stories Cocaine made from tobacco plants Woman found still alive at funeral home Find out what or who Bitch Whistle Links Cocaine made from tobacco plants Woman found still alive at funeral home Hosted on Acast...

Summary This week Sam had a problem with his computer and Chris was busy sorting out a pilot of a podcast. What is up with the Americans wanting a felon in the white house? We talk medical things from a fake dog to an anti choking tool. What type of teeth trials will be happening soon and what's the deal with a conference about space piracy? All this and so much more. Come have a listen and get yo...

Summary This week Chris travelled to record a pilot episode of a new podcast. In Chris fashion he got confused when trying to find the recommended place for dinner. We learn more about brain worms and not to eat undercooked bear meat. We learn all about thorium reactors and get a bit mad about a fish and game warden who goes after a woman casting a fishing rod with no bait. All this and much more,...

Summary This week we find out how the 48hour competition went over the weekend with Sam as the City Manager. We find out more about the brain worms and how they could impact you. Rabbit R1 is a piece of tech that no one really wants, and it doesn't work properly. So what is the point of it? Sam got a new job, find out what he was doing for the last 10 years. Links Rabbit R1 Exposed -Part 1 Rabbit...

Summary This week on the podcast Sam talks about the NZ Podcasting Summit, while Chris catches us up on the Last Laugh Comedy club and what's been happening with a film project he is involved with. We talk about a young creator that has got a bunch of funding for his animated show. We learn what a Manta Ray UUV is, and discuss a new way of selling recycled items. All this and so much more. Tell a...

Summary This week Sam is sick, Chris went to Auckland after dealing with a scheduling problem. Our audio kept getting screwed up this week due to things freezing. But we've cobbled it together We talk about a internet power user that lost all their open tabs, chicken blood at a wedding ceremony. Some new water jet invention which led us to find out about a pet water cremation machine. A missing ca...

Summary This week a lot has been happening, our 500th episode is coming up so we give some vague information about that. Sam was on a podcast and found out he is going to be the city manager for the 48hr film competition this year. We learn about Les Mills crazy plans for their upcoming 100th launch. We learn we should be scamming people with fake tickets. A water fight ends badly, Trumps potentia...

Summary Find out what we've been watching this week. From The White Lotus to Fallout, The Mountain and Baby Reindeer. We talk about some crazy animal antics this week as well. What's the latest with robots? A creepy video and attaching a flamethrower to one of them, that's what. We have an interesting Kickstarter project we found, plus so much more. Come have a listen. Links The White Lotus Fallou...

Summary This week we learn how big the Chinese streaming economy is. We get an update about Patchy and his coffee plans. Top tips this week are, don't run from the cops and don't weekend at Bernie's your dead uncle at a bank. We find out what went wrong with an experimental plane. There is a new beard world record plus so much more this episode. Links China and their streaming economy Patchy and h...

Summary Chris gives his review the movie Late Night with the Devil. He also got a random scam message via LinkedIn. Sam had his own scam interaction as well. Just how many people stared at the eclipse? Scientists have realised frogs have been screaming. Sunfed foods is closing down. We learn what US people thing they can beat up. Plus we talk about the plan to build an underwater science base. Lin...

Summary This week we realised we were ahead of the curve as we inch towards out 10 year podcasting anniversary along with some other more well known podcasts. What is the deal with Robbie Williams thinking aliens are going to take him? We have stories of us falling over and almost getting knocked out. We discuss how DOC has spent a lot of money against one stoat and a monkey torture king gets bust...

Summary We start off with a quick update on Trumps latest grift which will probably make him millions. Chris has been smashing his way through the book series Dungeon crawler Carl Sam had a meeting this week and caught up with Spencer from Shift 72 to find out what they do. We then talk about the Baltimore bridge collapse, the fish doorbell, a meteorite finder, the first New Zealander to finish th...

Summary This week we find out just what Chris has been up to this week with exciting future plans discussed. Why is a man suing the US government and who is at fault, we work it out. We learn humans are the only thing that has real chins. And we find out what some Indian guys have been up to in regards to modifying a car they purchased. All this and much more. So come have a listen. Links Mike Tys...

Summary This week Sam went to the Pink concert. Find out how that went, while Chris was taking part in the Strategic Alliance Summit. There was a lot of problems this week for people flying. Would it put you off? Plus we talk about a new airport that isn't getting a traffic tower. A crypto deal goes wrong in a New World carpark while two dumbasses come up with a plan involving blowing up a house a...

Summary In this weeks podcast Chris had an inverted escape room experience, find out how he went. We talk about anxious dogs and an idiot trying to buy expensive cars. A Kiwi pro golfer has done something no one else has ever done, you won't believe the odds of it happening. Should more sword fights in schools be a thing? Chris busts out one of his classic stories from his past, this time it invol...

Summary Sam went through the ultimate escape room experience this week and spoke to someone trying hard to sell some internet. Find out what happened. We learn about the Trump debt counter website and a mobile app called Minutiae and a chrome extension Chris uses to help with LinkedIn. We learn more woman might actually be psychopaths, some Tesla driver had to be rescued from some water. There was...

Summary This week Sam is sick and Chris wishes he went to a special event this week. We talk about some movies, find out what Trump has been up to lately. British tourists get confused by a sign and Google gets German tourists lost. Would you share a bed with a random guy? How bad is a mankini and we heard about a chatbot that gave a refund when it shouldn't have. All this and much more. Links The...

Summary This week find out who we caught up with, what Chris has been working on and what Sam is waiting on to make his life better. We learned about a new fish friendly pump that people are excited about. A stolen tower causes problems for a radio station. A man spends 8 years on a world record and NIWA got some new utes. All this and so much more packed into this weeks episode. Links Students us...