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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- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 108
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2025
89: #089 The 2nd First Issue
Well, here we are in 2024 - and while we wait for Ep88 to become hot enough to drop... we have for you here the second recorded episode to be released first (in typical Cryptid Factor confused fashio…
00:59:37 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
87: #87 The Late Night Issue
In the last of the 'All Together in LA' series, Rhys kindly pops back from one of his many other dimensions to join a very tired Dan and Buttons in the task of stringing sentences together. In here y…
01:25:15 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
86: #86 The Unforgettable Issue
Hot on the heels of the last old episode, this new old episode is jam packed full of ancient chat… mainly about Button’s ancient (and very legal) ayahuasca ceremony, some ancient tree breasts, and Da…
01:27:21 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
85: #085 The Yay or Nay Issue
The team are in Hollywood together and have organised a playdate with Oscar, Emmy and Grammy award winning film composer George Michael! (formerly known as Michael Giacchino). Also, seeing as Aliens …
01:25:43 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
84: #84 The Backpack Issue
And we’re back! It’s been a long time since Mothers day, but it’s finally out! In here you’ll get some camouflage chaos, some screaming plants, and a tiny crypto-museum that gets huge ‘shribe-reveal’…
01:10:08 |
Fri 14 Jul 2023
83: #083 The Dusty Old Brain Stairwell Issue
Prepare yourself for this one. Not only is it packed full of all your usual Mammoth Meatballs, Ketchup Elvis hunters, Turkey Claus, Wolf-Tang Clams, Roast Beef Mothman, Bigfoot bathing, Mothership fu…
01:26:35 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
82: #082 The Just Not Great Issue
At last the world has a chance to hear Episode 82 - although will they really want to? Despite being filled to the brim with Bear faces on Mars, Mystery Sausages in mailboxes, Predictable Asparagus F…
00:59:34 |
Tue 07 Mar 2023
81: #081 The Artificial Xmas Issue
It's Christmas Eve and the team have managed to squeeze in one last session for 2022 - and despite Buttons trying to make this issue edit free to get it out for Christmas day... somehow edits became …
01:21:20 |
Thu 05 Jan 2023
80: #080 The Irreversible Issue
Well here we go again! This epically long 80th episode sees the Intro become an outro, Buttons Theory Time become a right royal tea-bagging, there’s a creepy UFV and a USV, Deadpool is busy killing f…
01:32:47 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
79: #079 The Interrupted Issue (part 2)
At last, you get to hear how the interruption was concluded! Was it worth the wait? Hmmmm, that's a tricky one. Are you into Krodel Park Shuttle services? Extant Tasmanian Tigers? Short-legged Bigfoo…
00:32:39 |
Sun 16 Oct 2022
78: #078 The Interrupted Issue (part 1)
This incomplete issue is completely full of complete madness - including Nostradamus and his snow globes, Haunted books evaporating, Rumpology reports in, LA jetpack balloons, some Pulitzer surprises…
00:56:16 |
Tue 20 Sep 2022
77: #77 The Knobs Issue
This episode has one more Knob that usual - who finds himself in prison with Rhys! Also Dan gets his butt read and Buttons rides a horse in his past life. Theres also peanuts pushed up hills, old Jap…
01:16:09 |
Sat 13 Aug 2022
76: #076 The Stood Up Issue
Buttons and an exhausted Rhys are in Boston after his tour - so for this episode Rhys decides to take a back seat... or at least he tries to. But with Dan trying to chat to a tarot reading president'…
01:12:56 |
Tue 12 Jul 2022
75: #075 The Loud and Vocal No Issue
In here there's animals scared of fruit, UFO hunters hunting doors, Alien hunters (possibly) hearing signals from space and an old black knight that's a long way from hoooooome. Also Rhys has news of…
00:59:14 |
Fri 08 Jul 2022
74: #074 The Padding Issue
In this issue Buttons gives his masterclass on padding - which is so good that even the internet takes up the skill. There's busy exorcists and satan himself rating apps, Mona Lisa gets cake on her f…
01:14:21 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
73: #073 The Synchronicity Issue
This issue is packed with synchronous happenings at the Erich Von Däniken and Sphinx Eyes magnitude! Buttons shares a long story about a short visit to a UFO symposium where he encountered a Loyal Br…
01:19:48 |
Mon 20 Jun 2022
72: #072 The Alleged Issue
Aaaaaaaaand we're back!!!
This episode begins with a recap on xmas presents then quickly moves onto old pubs closing, spoon benders PR attempts, artefacts found in ice caves in Antartica, fish drivin…
This episode begins with a recap on xmas presents then quickly moves onto old pubs closing, spoon benders PR attempts, artefacts found in ice caves in Antartica, fish drivin…
01:05:00 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
71: #071 The Belated Christmas Issue
Due to Buttons being busy having a southern hemisphere summer holiday, this Christmas special clearly is well late (which he apologies for profusely) but it's worth the wait - not least due to the a…
01:07:42 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
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