Archive
The Shear Space
A soundproof study pod made from New Zealand wool, school projects hitting the field days, and retrofitting quiet spaces—plus the challenge of turning a student idea into a real business.
The Angry Mexican
Food show mishaps, glaring food truck vendors, donkey guard dramas, bent bridges, and penguin poo saving the climate—plus AI bands and accidental emergency calls at metal concerts.
Respond Bio
A bold new approach to farming using fungi and bacteria aims to reduce chemicals in our food, as Chris discovers how RespondBio is shaking up traditional agriculture and winning over skeptical farmers.
Mara Bio
Turning dairy waste into high-protein mycelium, Mark from Mara Bio shares how they’re tackling sustainability with fungi, farmer buy-in, and plans to take their innovation global.
Kiwi-Econet
A world-first edible bale net aims to replace plastic on farms, as Sam chats with Grant about Kiwi-Econet’s journey from the brainstorm to global innovation. Cows can eat it, and the world’s taking notice.
Kiwi Leather Innovations
Turning wasted kiwifruit into leather, pasta machine mishaps, and New Zealand’s answer to vegan fashion. Find out how Kiwi Leather Innovations is wanting to change the world
AI Going Rogue
AI goes rogue and starts blackmailing its creators, people spiral into “ChatGPT psychosis,” and a comedian gets jail time for his jokes—plus rogue cicadas and stolen wind in the North Sea.
GE Free
Sam chats with Jon from GE Free New Zealand at Field Days, diving into the hot debate around gene editing, the new Gene Technology Bill, and what losing Aotearoa’s GE Free status could mean for our exports and farmers.
Drone Trust
Chris catches up with Peter from Drone Trust to learn about how they can help drone pilots from all backgrounds.
Bader Innovative Wellbeing
Chris talks to Mike from Bader Innovative Wellbeing and the herbal supplements they have created to help everyday people.
Country Trucker Caps
Sam catches up with Knuckles from Country Trucker Caps at Fieldays 2025
New Shirts
We talk about our new podcast shirts and hoodies, chat about their field days adventures (including a Cybertruck sighting), discuss drone assassins and gun seizures, and reflect on awkward US parades.
Fieldays 2025
Recorded at Fieldays 2025, find out how it’s been going for us. We talk about a glacier, a robo centipede, boomers and more.
Broken Bike
From rats to operation Spider Web, a broken bike and more. Find out what we’ve been dealing with this week.
Penny Farthing Speed
From travels down south to fighting robots and racing lawnmowers. Illegal stuff and crappy watches. We have it all.
Nuclear Moon
From binge-worthy chimp documentaries and magical snail dye to nuclear power plants on the moon and hidden plastic ducks—plus dodgy landfill deals, toxic cats, and news on the next James Bond!
Missing Inmate Found
From a dead Russian spy whale to people having relationships or problems with AI. A rare snail lays an egg and a side hustle that turned bad.
Meth Pipe Raccoon
Movies, found sausage dog, raccoon holding a meth pipe, a slow robot and much more.
Robot Half Marathon
From a parking ticket problem to robots running a half marathon to a dumbass being rescued twice, we have it all.
Cat Flavoured Dog Pie
This week we cover in this episode from pies for dogs, a brain implant, a Guinness record, Chris being weird, flooding, a bookshop move and so much more.