Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
3,666 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB.
News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?
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Estelle Clifford: Kiwi artist Erny Belle's new album, Venus is Home
May 13, 2022 23:59 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MBEstelle Clifford is back with more Kiwi music to celebrate New Zealand music month. This time she's highlighting Auckland-based artist Erny Belle and her new album, Venus is Home LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catherine Raynes: The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird, Reputation
May 13, 2022 23:52 - 4 minutes - 4.35 MBCatherine Raynes has been reading The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird by Diane Connell and Reputation by Sarah Vaghan. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mike Yardley: Tamborine Mountain, Queensland's Scenic Rim
May 13, 2022 23:41 - 8 minutes - 8.24 MBA short hop from Brisbane or the Gold Coast will land you at Tamborine Mountain and Mike Yardley has all the secrets to make a good trip. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Malcolm Rands: Low carbon travel
May 13, 2022 23:33 - 8 minutes - 7.59 MBPrince Harry is in a video released this week starring Rhys Darby, David Fane and Rena Owen. The premise is not that the destination we go to is rated on how green it is, but that we as tourists are rated on our carbon footprint whilst there. How do you rate yourself at present and how could you improve your score? Well first let’s still talk about a NZ holiday. How do we get there? I’m afraid air travel is the most carbon burning option followed by driving. Driving gets an even worse rati...
Ruud Kleinpaste: Garlic planting timing to prevent rust
May 13, 2022 23:16 - 4 minutes - 3.78 MBRust on garlic seems to have become a real pain in the last few years; not just me in CHC but right around the country, and especially in areas with high gardener-population densities… If you are surrounded by gardeners, growing onions, shallots, leeks and garlic, chances are that spores of the Allium rust are numerous in the air. That means there’s a good chance your garlic (and leeks and onions and shallots will be infected at some stage this coming spring. To avoid that from happening it m...
Dr Bryan Betty: Overuse of antibiotics
May 13, 2022 23:15 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBDr Bryan Betty chats to Jack Tame about the overuse of antibiotics going into winter. Dr Betty says the real issue is with the emergence of ‘anti-microbial’ resistance across the world. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nadia Reid: Singer-songwriter on NZ Music Month, writing her new album
May 13, 2022 22:27 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBIt’s New Zealand music month and who other should Jack Tame speak to than Silver Scroll and Taite Music nominee, Nadia Reid. The 30-year-old has been described by The Guardian as an assured, clever and confident singer-songwriter. Luckily for us, Nadia’s currently working on her fourth studio album and has upcoming shows from Auckland to Dunedin. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nici Wickes: Chicken and egg curry that's easy on the wallet
May 13, 2022 21:55 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBTasty, simple to make and easy on the wallet – this curry has it all! Serves 4 for $15.54 4 boiled eggs 1 medium onion, sliced or diced 2 tablespoons cooking oil 3 tablespoons store-bought green curry paste 4 chicken drumsticks or thighs (bone in or out) 2 large potatoes, chopped into bite-sized pieces 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1 cup coconut milk 1 cup fresh or frozen chopped green beans Cooked rice to serve Papadoms or roti to serve (optional) 1. Boil the eggs for 5 minutes, and for easy peel...
Francesca Rudkin: Operation Mincemeat, A Hero
May 13, 2022 21:47 - 6 minutes - 6.4 MBFrancesca Rudkin has been watching the war drama Operation Mincemeat and an Iranian film called A Hero. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kevin Milne: Tree of the Year Awards
May 13, 2022 21:38 - 7 minutes - 7.19 MBKevin Milne has become immersed in the Tree of the Year Awards and its finalists. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Tame: Confirmation of my bad taste
May 13, 2022 21:22 - 4 minutes - 3.83 MBI am a minimalist. I’m not afraid to admit it. Loud and proud. I’m not ashamed. Not wanting to play to gender stereotypes, I do however wonder if my apartment is decorated in the sparse way in which only a man without a family is happy to live. Truth be told, I just don’t buy stuff. I prefer to spend my money on experiences than things. If you’ve been listening to my show for a while, you’ll know it took me a year or two to even buy a couch. I had a couple of armchairs, I figured. That was pl...
Estelle Clifford: Chelsea Jade's new album Soft Spot
May 06, 2022 23:59 - 4 minutes - 4.56 MBIn celebration of New Zealand Music Month, Estelle Clifford is highlighting Kiwi artist Chelsea Jade's new album Soft Spot. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steven Dromgool: Agreeing to disagree
May 06, 2022 23:27 - 8 minutes - 7.75 MBSteven Dromgool has advice on how to agree to disagree in a relationship. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ruud Kleinpaste: Roses and cuttings
May 06, 2022 23:12 - 4 minutes - 3.77 MBBefore you start pruning your roses (leave that till late June, July, August!) it might pay to go and have a look at the state of them: Are they doing well in their current position? Did they flower abundantly? What was the state of diseases during the growing season? Black spot, Downy mildew, rust? Just think about how much you’ll be pruning them in a month or two – how brutal will it be? Do some roses need to move to a different place in the garden? If so: prepare that spot now. They should...
Hannah McQueen: HENRYs - High Earners, Not Rich Yet
May 06, 2022 23:02 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBHannah McQueen speaks to Jack Tame about HENRYs. It's an acronym coined by financial types to describe a particular sub-set of the population - High Earners, Not Rich Yet. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Stenhouse: Tech titans want to kill the password
May 06, 2022 22:46 - 5 minutes - 4.9 MBThe Tech titans want to kill the password Apple, Microsoft and Google have jointly announced their web and mobile browsers will be able to handle a new authentication method that doesn't require a password. And they want to have it live within the next year.Instead of creating a password, you'll be able to authenticate through a mobile device. It's taking the current two-factor authentication a step further because you won't need to create a password, then register for 2FA - the 2FA is your p...
Tara Ward: The Staircase, We Own This City, Lego Masters NZ
May 06, 2022 22:32 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBThe Staircase: Colin Firth and Toni Colette star in this true crime drama inspired by the true story of Michael Peterson, an American writer convicted of killing his wife, who was found dead at the bottom of the staircase at her home (Neon). We Own This City: Made by the team behind The Wire, gritty drama We Own This City tells the story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption surrounding it (Neon). Lego Masters NZ: The New Zealand...
Nici Wickes: Mother’s Day GF spiced pumpkin pancakes
May 06, 2022 22:10 - 4 minutes - 4.32 MBNici Wickes has been baking up a treat for Mother’s Day - gluten free spiced pumpkin pancakes. Makes 8–10 pancakes 2 eggs ¾ cup mashed roasted pumpkin 4 tablespoons butter ½ teaspoon each ground nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger ½–¾ cup milk 2 drops vanilla extract 2 heaped teaspoons muscovado sugar or brown sugar ½ cup gluten-free flour 1½ teaspoons baking powder 50g butter for frying maple syrup, yoghurt and crispy bacon to serve Separate the eggs, adding the yolks to the mashed pumpkin in a la...
Kevin Milne: A Dog's Show
May 06, 2022 21:33 - 6 minutes - 6.34 MBKevin Milne remembers John Gordon and his classic TV programme, A Dog's Show. John died this week at home in Southland. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Tame: Incentives worked for Teslas...why not e-bikes too?
May 06, 2022 21:20 - 3 minutes - 3.35 MBDon’t you feel like you’re seeing more Teslas at the moment? I do. I feel like I see them everywhere. They’re ubiquitous. It’s not just an Auckland thing. And even though I live right next door to the Tesla showroom on Karanagahape Road, I swear that’s not it! I was in the South Island and in Wellington this week, too, and kept noticing Tesla Model 3s. I’m not crazy. I’m not seeing things. There’s been a surge in electric vehicle imports. In the year to March, the number of EVs and Hybrids im...
Catherine Raynes: Freezing Order, Stepping Up
April 29, 2022 23:48 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBCatherine Raynes has been reading Stepping Up by Sarah Turner and Bill Browder's newly released book, Freezing Order. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mike Yardley: Theme Park Thrills on the GC
April 29, 2022 23:32 - 8 minutes - 8.16 MBMike Yardley gives Jack Tame his pick of the theme parks on the Gold Coast across the ditch. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Malcolm Rands: Regenerative agriculture and applying it to your backyard
April 29, 2022 23:29 - 8 minutes - 7.9 MBMalcolm Rands chats to Jack Tame about regenerative agriculture and how to apply it to your own backyard. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bob Campbell: Chevalier Monopole Blanc de Blancs Brut
April 29, 2022 23:01 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MBBob Campbell has been sipping on the Chevalier Monopole Blanc de Blancs Brut - a crowd pleasing and classy sparkling wine. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Stenhouse: Elon Musk is taking over Twitter
April 29, 2022 22:53 - 7 minutes - 6.83 MBHe did it and he's taking the company private. How did he do it? A lot of financing. He needs $21 billion in cash, which may explain why he sold $8.5 billion worth of Tesla stock in the past few days - reducing his ownership from 17% to 16%. What's next?Twitter shareholders will get to vote to approve the deal.What are his ideas?He wants to get rid of the spam on the platform. He also wants to authenticate all humans - which I think is a great idea. If you've proven you're a real person, you...
Tara Ward: 1883, Gentleman Jack, Ten Percent
April 29, 2022 22:33 - 5 minutes - 5.35 MB1883: This prequel to the popular drama Yellowstone (available on Neon) follows the Dutton family as they flee poverty in Texas and embark on a journey through the Great Plains to seek a better future in Montana (Amazon Prime Video). Gentleman Jack: a second season of the historical drama written by Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley) and starring Suranne Jones (Vigil), about the real life figure of Anne Lister, a 19th century English LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist (N...
Jack Davenport: UK actor on life imitating art in 10 Percent
April 29, 2022 22:29 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBHe’s swapped his pirate’s hat for a corporate suit...UK actor Jack Davenport of Pirates and the Caribbean fame stars as a talent agent in the new British remake of French comedy Call My Agent. The series has been renamed 10 Percent and has just been released in the UK. Jack Davenport joins Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nici Wickes: Gently spiced quince cake
April 29, 2022 22:01 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBQuince season is upon us and this recipe offers something different from the usual quince paste. This beautifully fragrant cake is great for dessert or with a cuppa. Quince 1.5L water 150g caster sugar 3 medium quinces 1 lemon Cake 125g butter 200g honey 125g dark muscovado sugar (can use brown sugar) 2 medium eggs 1 cup poaching syrup from the fruit 250g self-raising flour 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp baking soda 1. Peel the quince and halve them. Place in a pot with wat...
Francesca Rudkin: Downtown Abbey, Abercrombie and Fitch doco
April 29, 2022 21:48 - 6 minutes - 6.19 MBDownton Abbey: A New Era The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie and Fitch Abercrombie and Fitch conquered malls in the late '90s and early '00s with gorgeous models, pulsing dance beats and a fierce scent. But their "all-American" image shattered as exclusionary marketing and hiring practices came to light. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener ...
Jack Tame: Is a fairer tax system on the way?
April 29, 2022 21:21 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MBYou know it must be a slow news week when tax spends so much time in the headlines. But no matter which major party finds itself in government after next year’s election, it looks increasingly likely we’ll see changes to our tax system. Even though it’s not really true, New Zealand likes to think of itself as a relatively egalitarian society. We don’t have a formalised aristocracy or thousands of years of baked in class divisions. Most New Zealanders are taxed on the expectation that the mone...
Estelle Clifford: Indie rocker Father John Misty's new album
April 23, 2022 00:33 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MBEstelle Clifford has been listening to US indie rock musician Father John Misty and his new album, Chloe and the 20th Century. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catherine Raynes: Grand, Becoming My Mother’s Daughter, French Braid
April 23, 2022 00:05 - 4 minutes - 4.1 MBGrand, Becoming My Mother’s Daughter – Noelle McCarthy The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy. French Braid - Anne Taylor The major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author -- a brilliantly perceptive, painfully true and funny journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/l...
Mike Yardley: Hurunui's Gore Bay Tourist Drive
April 22, 2022 23:32 - 8 minutes - 7.69 MBMike Yardley has been touring around the Hurunui district in Canterbury. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steven Dromgool: J.Lo, Ben Affleck back together - can it work with an ex?
April 22, 2022 23:20 - 8 minutes - 8.05 MBSteven Dromgool answers the question everyone wants to know - can it ever really work out with an ex-partner? LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Stenhouse: Watch TV in self-driving cars, unions coming for Apple
April 22, 2022 22:59 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MBSit back, relax, and watch TV while your car drives you New rules for fully self driving cars in the UK will let the driver watch something other than the road - TV! While there aren't any cars with this capability just yet, the UK government is preparing for it. Drivers will be able to watch TV on a screen managed by the vehicle.. if the vehicle needs them to take control, the TV will need to stop - much like a seat-back screen on a plane. Using a handheld device while driving will still be...
Tara Ward: A Very British Scandal, The First Lady, Russian Doll
April 22, 2022 22:52 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MBA Very British Scandal: Claire Foy and Paul Bethany star in this drama about the real-life public divorce between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the 1960s, which plays out amid a media frenzy and accusations of adultery, theft, violence, drug use, forgery, and bribery (Amazon Prime Video). The First Lady: Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson star in this American drama that takes a fresh look at three turbulent times in American history, through the lens of the First Lady (...
Guy Cotter: Kiwi mountaineering legend on returning to the Himalayas
April 22, 2022 22:47 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBGuy Cotter has stood on the summit of Everest five times, been turned back twice, and was leading an expedition in 2015 when the 7.8 earthquake struck causing widespread devastation in Nepal. The Wanaka-based Kiwi owns iconic global mountaineering company Adventure Consultants. It was forced into hibernation as the pandemic decimated the tourism industry but now, they’re back. The company is all set to for expeditions to return to the Himalayas later this year. Guy Cotter joined Jack Ta...
Allyson Gofton: Recipes in ANZAC day and Downtown Abbey era
April 22, 2022 22:05 - 4 minutes - 4.26 MBI hear the ads ZB is running for Downtown Abbey competition and so with this being Anzac weekend, I thought we might look at something of that era, not just the usual Anzac Day biscuit. Downtown Abbey is a worldwide TV series sensation – plus there are movies. It was the most watched television series on both ITV and PBS, and subsequently became the most successful British costume drama series since the 1981 television serial of Brideshead Revisited. By the third series, it had become one o...
Francesca Rudkin: Nicolas Cage playing himself, Prime's All the Old Knives
April 22, 2022 21:55 - 7 minutes - 6.75 MBThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan's birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie. All the Old Knives When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia...
Kevin Milne: New empathy for people cautious about Covid-19
April 22, 2022 21:37 - 7 minutes - 6.79 MBKevin Milne chats to Jack Tame about a new empathy for people who have a cautious attitude towards Covid-19. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jack Tame: Why on earth should young Kiwis choose to come home?
April 22, 2022 21:21 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MBIt was always an inevitability. The moment our borders opened. The moment Kiwis no longer had to play the MIQ lottery and could be relatively sure they could get home at short notice, if they needed. The moment most other countries dropped their Covid restrictions and started actively pursuing offshore talent, of course young New Zealanders were going to leave! Wouldn’t you?! If you were a young Kiwi with itchy feet and you’d been stuck at home for two years, feeling as though your twenties o...
Estelle Clifford: Kiwi artist Mousey and live gigs
April 16, 2022 00:11 - 5 minutes - 5.14 MBEstelle Clifford has been partying away at her first live gig of the year - Kiwi artist Mousey, who's just released a new album, called My Friends. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catherine Raynes: The Unexpected Spy, The School for Good Mothers
April 15, 2022 23:58 - 4 minutes - 3.7 MBThe Unexpected Spy – Tracey Walder When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she’d fly to the Middle East under an alias identity. The Unexpected Spy is the riveting story of Walder's tenure in the CIA and, later, the FBI. The School for Good Mothers – Jessamine Chan In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a youn...
Mike Yardley: Autumn indulgence in Wānaka
April 15, 2022 23:40 - 9 minutes - 8.34 MBMike Yardley is all about autumn indulgence in Wānaka. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Malcolm Rands: What is permaculture?
April 15, 2022 23:29 - 10 minutes - 9.41 MBWhat is permaculture? When we started our eco village in 1987, we also took on the practice of permaculture as the discipline around the use of land here. Permaculture was inventing in the seventies by two Australians David Holmgren and Bill Mollison. When we designed the products for ecostore back in the early nineties, permaculture was the bar we were always trying to meet There are many principles in permaculture but I will share some of my favourites that we all can use in our homes: N...
Ruud Kleinpaste: Preventing leafcurl on stonefruit
April 15, 2022 23:17 - 3 minutes - 3.14 MBPreventing Leafcurl on stonefruit It’s extraordinary how many people ring our talk-back programme in spring and summer to raise the problem of leafcurl on stone fruit. And the answer will always be: “You’re too late!” Taphrina deformans is the fungus that causes this leafcurl. The disease becomes active at bud-break: when the leaves and flowers come out of the buds in spring. The spores of Taphrina deformans are already settled on those buds, making infection quite easy. Once the leaves ar...
Hannah McQueen: Climbing interest rates
April 15, 2022 23:06 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBHannah McQueen gives her perspective on hiking interest rates following a life in the OCR this week. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Stenhouse: Elon Musk now wants the rest of Twitter
April 15, 2022 22:55 - 5 minutes - 5.29 MBSo, Elon Musk now wants the rest of Twitter now? What a bizarre two weeks it has been. After buying 9% of the company, being offered a seat on the board, then declining it, Elon Musk now made an unsolicited offer to buy Twitter for $43 billion. Boy, did people freak out. There are also questions about how he would finance such a deal... would it go on Tesla stock margin? But... Twitter is now saying not so fast! Just today it's filed with the SEC to change its shareholder rights plan to pre...
Tara Ward: The North Water, Anatomy of a Scandal, Old Enough
April 15, 2022 22:51 - 5 minutes - 5.12 MBThe North Water: Set in 1859, this BBC drama follows a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship's doctor on a whaling trip to the Arctic, where he meets a harpooner whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world (Rialto). Anatomy of a Scandal: Sienna Miller and Rupert Friend star in this new Netflix drama about the wife of a British politician, who’s privileged life unravels when scandalous secrets emerge and he is accused of a shocking crime (Netflix) Old Enough: ...
Alex Honnold: Free solo climbing legend takes on the Amazon
April 15, 2022 22:35 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MBAlex Honnold doesn’t experience fear like the rest of us. The free solo climbing legend shot to fame following the first ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite with no ropes. His latest project is called The Last Tepui. It follows Alex and a world-class climbing team deep into the Amazon jungle on a first-ascent climb up a 1000-foot sheer cliff. Along for the ride is biologist Bruce Means who’s on a mission to discover new species in a relatively untouched part of the world. LISTEN ABOVE Se...