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 pseudo-sciences 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.
98 episodes transcribedWow-wee! this episode is(almost) all about the Yowie! We delve into Australia's big hairy hominid - and hear some chilling accounts of close encounter...
Welcome to yet another episode of the Cryptidfactor! As well as being peppered with the odd monologue, you'll find this one fill to the brim with hair...
Amongst some genius free movie script ideas, you'll find extinct Gibbons in China, new Northern Lights that aren't in the north and a bird-rubbish-col...
This episode is dedicated to the great metal crypto of the skies - UFOs! Buttons and Rhys head to the largest UFO conference in the world to make Dan...
Guys! We've done it! We've finally got on the TV! This week see's us host Monster Week on Animal Planet - and as a special bonus, Rhys has managed to...
This episode finds Rhys back in Fiji where he has tales of near(ish)-death adventures, Dan in the UK where he has tales of wild-ness (& mild-ness)...
This episode sees Rhys reveal a secret team of news gathering fans, and it reveals Buttons in a prison in New York! If that wasn't enough, all manner...
It's 2018 - Which means the Cryptid Factor is 10 years old! 10 years and we're still trying to solve the world's mysteries... and largely failing - bu...
This episode sees Rhys holding bingo nights, Buttons working out in a gym/bunker and Dan somewhere that is not London. The team - discuss clever sheep...
This show sees Dan try to befriend an inter-stellar alien infested ranch owner, Rhys confess to being a land-bound Octopus and Buttons share an eye-wi...
The Cryptid team are back at it with another bout at the weird and wonderful. This week there are White moose ready for colouring in, three-fingered m...
The Shambles from Staples. There is no excuse for this mess of an episode - well, there is, just listen and you'll hear a great deal of ambition to br...
This week the CryptidFactor team have spread their wings yet again, and with Dan broadcasting for the last time in his Crystal Palace, Rhys live from...
Its another week, and its yet-again another CryptidFactor Episode! Prepare your ears for stolen drinking Toes, passport control blunders, another mill...
This weeks episode is al fresco! Whilst in the glorious open LA evening air, we cover everything from Dolphin translations, Caterpillar anal comms and...
This week sees news on nanny haunting ghosts, old lobsters released from condo-jails and dog thefts - where the dogs are the thieves. On the Cryptid f...
We're on a roll! This week, Rhys, Dan and Buttons gather themselves together at Rhys's house in LA... and they are obviously giddy with excitement at...
Its been a long time coming, but this is a pivotal issue of the cryptidfactor! Who is Dan Schreiber? And why is there now a battle on who survives the...
We're back at it! Rhys talks spam sushi, David talks scary rope-nessie and Buttons attempts to revive some olds and turn it into the news...
In unprecedented regularity, Rhys, David, and Buttons have uploaded their second podcast in 2 weeks! Though this episode is spookily plagued with all...
