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The Cryptid Factor — Comedy
The Cryptid Factor

Three best buddies – Rhys Darby, Dan Schreiber, and Leon ‘Buttons’ Kirkbeck bring you The Cryptid Factor – a podcast dedicated to all things weird that are yet to be defined by science.Since 2008 they have passionately (and often awkwardly) been discussing ‘cryptids’ and monsters like Yeti, Chupacabra, Bigfoot and Nessie – as well as weird news of the world, UFO’s, Time travellers, robots and space stuff.Though they take these pseudosciences as seriously as they can, they struggle to take themselves seriously at all.Hosted by comedian and actor Rhys Darby, star of top rating podcast ‘No Such Thing as a Fish’ Dan Schreiber – and Pulling it all together is their best friend, ‘Buttons’. If anything goes wrong, it is probably his fault.

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Latest Episodes:

52: #052 The Halloween Issue Oct 31, 2020

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Welcome to the Cryptid Factors first ever Halloween Special! And given how it all went, it may well just be the last! Rhys, Dan and Buttons bring you a *true* spooky story each, which includes a Vampire, a W*ndigo and Poltergeist. We dare you to see if you can get through the utter scariness of it all (let alone the total messiness)! Also a bonus treat of some NZ based cryptid news and we revisit our old mate Mr Boon to hear one of his wonderful Cryptid ditties! Enjoy!

TRIGGER WARNING In this episode we discuss the mythological evil spirit of the Algonquian First Nations people. After the episode was recorded we have learnt that it can be insensitive to either write the full name of the creature or to mention its name, as it is believed that doing so can conjure the spirit. For this reason we have muted the word in the episode and altered the name in the episode description.

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51: #051 The Tongue Biting Issue Oct 23, 2020

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Well, it's episode 51, and just like the Area after the same name, this episode is a real enigma. Rhys has a LA Jet-packing Mothman, Dan has a brand new yet historically exclusive interview with actor, thespian and explorer Brian Blessed, and Buttons has a fat tongue. Also in this ep, there's 4G on the moon, a Drummer goes to hell and back and a Mothman doco gets released.

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49: #049 The 7 Issue Oct 06, 2020

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In an exciting run of 7 episodes in a row, Rhys is enjoying living life as a 7 year old in a Lockdown hotel/prison. We celebrate our 7th patreoner and get excited about the 7th Nessie sighting this year, whilst Dan and Buttons argue over whose news of 7 musical notes is the longest (and enjoy testing the patience of Rhys in the process). All these fun 7's and more... so get amongst it!

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50: #050 The Fifty Issue Oct 05, 2020

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Guys! We made it halfway to a century! To celebrate, Dan helps the us rise in the rankings, Rhys starts modeling, and Buttons sneaks in super star special guest BENEE! You'll also find swearing parrots, a Nessie the size of a bus and the shape of a log, a Yowie poo on a termite mound, board games played with the dead and a Rat metal detector who gets a medal. Yay!

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48: #048 The Segmented Issue Sep 20, 2020

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In a vain attempt to be helpful, Buttons creates his first (and hopefully last) segment. Also covered in this chaotic ep: an explosive fly swatting experience, some snake swallowing surgery, taxidermied high fives, and a sighting (and a shooting) of New Zealand's own ABC's!

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47: #047 The Qualm Issue Sep 13, 2020

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Here we go again - The Cryptid Factor team on a roll! This ep sees qualms raised, jetpack conga-lines, kite flying 3 year olds, Bigfoot shooting uncles, Benny Hill Flat Earthers - oh and not to mention we talk with 'X-Files - The Official Archives' author Paul Terry!

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46: #046 The Babygrow hat issue Sep 06, 2020

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Wow! One full earth month of weekly podcasting consistency - and to celebrate we have a big visual announcement! Plus: Zombie carwashes, stinky sea monsters, Croyden cat killer exclusives, Bigfoot horse braiding, Tiny marionette robot doctor swallowing, Buttons reveals his shed in a shed... oh, and Dan wears a baby grow as a hat. How much bizarreness can you handle?
**NEW SEGMENT ALERT - 3-Way Vibus Update! The new segment where we check in on each others vibes... and the vibes in this inaugural update ends with heroin in the eyeballs.

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45: #045 The Thought Train issue Aug 24, 2020

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This packed episode sees Dan regale us with the mystical beginnings of the Cryptid Factor theme tune, whilst Rhys misses the Thought Train and Buttons cracks the mystery of the stolen Ninja safe! All this along with messing with Mozzie DNA, Nessie hunt results, ET sponges, ancient Cryptozoology and London under threat of losing its ravens!

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44: #044 Season 15, Episode 2 Aug 17, 2020

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In a vain attempt to be more dependable and regular, the CryptidFactor team bring you another episode in just outside a week! Packed with Wizard apologies, Mars enabling Chernobyl Fungi, Ice ships in the Arctic, Baseball hero RV excursions, deflated croissants and a fair amount of Hasselhoff hassles!

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43: #043 The Returning Issue Aug 10, 2020

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... and we are back!!! Just like the proverbial Phoenix from the fire, our three cryptid adventurers have risen back to the airwaves at a time when the world seems like it needs a little weird more than ever before.
Tune in for retiring Cats and Wizards, a swinging squatch, a thieving hog, and much more!

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