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Aug 2, 2025 30 min

New Mineral Found

from The Chris and Sam Podcast

Summary This week, the duo dive into the discovery of a rare mineral thanks to a decades-old letter, discuss NZ’s first smishing attack, and marvel at bananas taped to walls fetching millions. There’s also talk of atmospheric water harvesters, board game accolades, movie piracy with a twist, and Coldplay’s kiss cam fallout. All this randomness and more in this week’s episode! Links Hello Hamilton Catch Up Banana art eaten off of the wall NZ's first smishing attack New mineral found MIT water harvester FBI office for NZ Kiwi wins top board game award Freddy Wong "We're all Going to Die'" Astronomer PR campaign

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