We're tackling everything from funeral insurance frustrations in South Africa to over-engineered foldable beds and Pilates reformers on Kickstarter.

We hear about radioactive pigs in Fukushima, chemtrail bans in the US Congress, and an Irish family’s creative attempt to skip a restaurant bill.

There's also a disgruntled group of Chinese gold-diggers, fake prescription pills,

and more.

South African Insurance Problem

Youngest person to build a nuclear fusion machine

Bill to Ban chemtrails

Kickstart or Dropkick - Roll

Kickstart or Dropkick - Pavo

Armpit Hair Scam

Disgruntled Gold-diggers

Radioactive Pigs

Drug Empire After Winning Lotto

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Summary

Chris battles neighborly woodchippers and errant wasps, while Sam takes us inside a creative doco screening (and a memorable car-art project). We learn about wild Olympic helmet controversies, an AI safety exodus, and the Kickstarter craze for "tree"-flavored pocket sodas.

Creative Waikato Doco - Creativity in Community

Ukrainian athlete banned

Kickstart or Dropkick - Pocket Soda

Kickstart or Dropkick - COiN

Running out of Condoms

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Summary

Chris survives a mind-draining work retreat, while Sam juggles pumpkin sourcing for a mysterious film and fields rabid newsletter replies.

We hear about Bad Bunny’s halftime show backlash, penis injections at the Olympics (sort of), and infrastructure fails both at home and in the US.

Plus, Sam spotlights bizarre Kickstarter projects, and Chris breaks down a massive Bitcoin giveaway blunder.

Bad Bunny Halftime Show

Winter Olympics Ski Jump Scandal

Crypto Windfall

Kickstart or Dropkick - The Swift

Kickstart or Dropkick - Happiness is Fleeting

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Ducks turn dodgy and start hunting other birds, a man survives being crushed twice in a garbage truck, plus finger-ripping hydroslide accidents and teetotal sailors in the Royal Navy.

Whangarei Lawyer with Ultra Marathon World Record

Man survives being crushed by garbage truck, twice

Man loses finger on hydro slide

NZ Rural Games

Ducks killing other birds

Safety at the British Royal Navy

Clean fusion gets funding

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In this episode we cover AI being used with Google Health summaries and being inside Kindles. A beloved rock was returned, while the worlds best rock climber tries not to die on live TV.

We have kickstart or dropkicks this week, a great podcast to check out and more.

Google health AI Summary

AI in Kindles

Alex Hommel on Netflix

Beloved Rock Returned

Kickstart or Dropkick - Nisplay Y1

Kickstart or Dropkick - Tape Measure Productivity

Free Beer if "He" Dies

Career and Advice Bar

PICpatch Labels

Explosive Lies Podcast

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We chat about the fancy new Waikato Regional Theatre, take a look at stone skimming champs and a French tourist picking up rubbish across NZ, and dive into weird scam emails and even a company offering moon hotel bookings.

There’s also some questionable Kickstarter gadgets and a classic dose of randomness along the way. All this and heaps more in this week’s episode!

BNZ Theatre

NZ Stone Skimming Champs

Adventurer Carrying Rubbish Across NZ

Moon Hotel

Kickstart or Dropkick - Ethylokey

Kickstart or Dropkick - Oversleeper

David Rush and the Balloon World Record

Creepylink Link Shortener

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Chris is back at work—sort of—and Sam uncovers the curious tale of a grave robbing hobbyist in Pennsylvania.

We hear about Facebook fan pages gone astray, the challenges of modern computer upgrades, and monkeys causing chaos (real or AI-generated) in St. Louis.

There’s also a Cybertruck deer incident, and a Kiwi mountain biker pulling a 24-hour McDonald’s drive-thru ride.

All this and plenty of randomness in this week’s episode!

Sushi Shop FB Page

Grave robber gets caught

Cyber Truck Safety

Monkeys on the loose

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Chris and Sam are back from their summer holidays, swapping bus and plane stories, including a YouTuber’s wild airport adventure and the mystery of “Coronation Gate.”

We hear about solar farms at Christchurch Airport, fake cops causing trouble, and questionable hydrogen water bottles.

There’s bonus content on AI paperwork headaches, self-landing planes, and Sam’s uncanny knack for winning Instagram giveaways.

All this and much more in this week’s episode.

Fake cop story 1

Fake cop story 2

Trademe Scam Update

Hydrotech NZ

Trump Kennedy Center Website

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