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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Nici Wickes: Sticky teriyaki drumsticks
September 20, 2019 21:20 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MBSticky teriyaki drumsticks In a nod to the host nation, how about baking a tray of these teriyaki chicken drumsticks – they’re finger lickin’ amazing! Makes 6-8 6-8 free-range chicken drums ½ tsp salt Teriyaki Sauce 1 TB cooking oil ½ cup light soy sauce ¼ cup mirin (rice wine) 3 tsps sake 2 tbsps caster sugar Heat oven to 180 C. Line a shallow roasting dish with baking paper. Use a sharp knife to score around the boney end of each drum, making sure you get through all of the tendons, then ...
Chris Schulz: Movie picks
September 20, 2019 21:19 - 7 minutes - 6.91 MBAD ASTRA A paranoid thriller in space that follows Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) on a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.MIDSOMMARWith their relationship in trouble, a young American couple travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where a seemingly pastoral paradise transforms into a sinister, dread-soaked nightmare as the locals reveal their terrifying agenda.LISTEN...
Kevin Milne: Why the political divide in climate change?
September 20, 2019 21:18 - 4 minutes - 4.42 MBKevin Milne's been wondering why the party you vote for, also impacts whether you believe in climate change. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Andrew Dickens: Chrissie Hynde's new album
September 13, 2019 23:38 - 4 minutes - 3.69 MBAndrew Dickens is reviewing Chrissie Hynde's new covers album, Valve Bone Woe. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Book review: The Family Upstairs and Never Have I Ever
September 13, 2019 22:49 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MBThe Family Upstairs - Lisa Jewel Be careful who you let in.Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am.She soon learns not only the identity of her birth parents, but also that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion on the banks of the Thames in London’s fashionable Chelsea neighborhood, worth millions. Everything ...
Mike Yardley travels to Turku, Finland
September 13, 2019 22:46 - 7 minutes - 6.93 MBSpanning 800 years of history, Turku's cultural and financial power was assured when the king of Sweden, who then ruled over Finland, made Turku the seat of government and installed his representative here. But Turku’s golden age abruptly ended with Russia routing the Swedes and conquering Finland in 1808. The Russian Tsar shifted the capital to Helsinki, given it was closer to St. Peteresburg and theoretically easier to administer. Compounding Turku’s bad fortunes, a devastating fire engul...
Steven Dromgool: Should you keep money and relationships seperate?
September 13, 2019 22:45 - 8 minutes - 18.9 MBMoney and relationships New research released by the Commission for Financial Capability as part of Money Week has revealed more than half of couples don't talk about how much they earn. How much should we talk about money in a relationship? Is it okay to have some money secrets?LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Ruud Kleinpaste: It's time to plant tomatoes
September 13, 2019 22:41 - 5 minutes - 5.19 MBTomatoes on the 16th floor Tomatoes come in many varieties and in two distinct growth strategies: The Indeterminate varieties keep on growing a long, long climbers… meters long, sometimes! In commercial glass houses, these vines are carefully “trained” to keep on growing on extensive support structures. Indeterminate tomatoes are usually grown in good garden soil and tied to climbing frames The Determinate varieties do not become long vines, but are more like a bush that grows no higher than ...
Bob Campbell: This week's wine pick
September 13, 2019 22:36 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBBOB’S BEST BUYS Wine: Kumeu River 2018 Village Chardonnay $18 Why I chose it: Chardonnay is an “all-seasons” wine (we’re between the seasons) Kumeu River is one of this country’s top Chardonnay makers – featured in the documentary film “A Seat at the Table” It’s a classy wine at a very smart price Mix of Kumeu and Hawke’s Bay grapes from Kumeu River’s new vineyard My wife loves it. What does it taste like? Impressive wine from a challenging vintage. Peach and apple flavours with an attract...
Technology with Paul Stenhouse: Apple announcement
September 13, 2019 22:33 - 3 minutes - 3.4 MBApple's announcement week Meet the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Once again, it's all about the camera.The iPhone 11 will have two cameras on the back but the iPhone 11 Pro will have three cameras.There's an everyday lens, a wide angle lens and then a telephoto for distance/portraits giving a 4x optical zoom.More light, more pixels - for a feature they're calling Deep Fusion which will stitch together 9 images to give more detail and less noise than ever. Also launching ...
Screentime: Temple, Unbelievable and By the Balls
September 13, 2019 21:50 - 4 minutes - 4.33 MBLooking for a new TV show to watch? Tara Ward joined Jack Tame this morning to reveal the best shows on TV this week! Temple: a thriller about a talented surgeon whose attempts to save his wife from a life-threatening illness sees him sets up an illegal hospital beneath Temple tube station in London (SoHo, Sunday)Unbelievable: a hard-hitting new crime series based on a true story, about two female detectives who team up to investigate a series of similar sexual attacks (Netflix)By the Balls:...
Brad Smith: Microsoft President speaks about the mosque attacks
September 13, 2019 21:46 - 12 minutes - 23.4 MBThe boss of Microsoft is praising Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for keeping tech companies on their toes. Tomorrow marks six months since the alleged Christchurch shooter was able to livestream his massacre via Facebook. Microsoft President Brad Smith says Ardern has managed to convince all tech companies that they cannot continue the way they've been operating. He says he's rarely seen a government move with such determination and so quickly.and it's a great testament to the fact that even a...
Rosa Flanagan: Broccoli buckwheat salad
September 13, 2019 21:37 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBRosa and Margo Flanagan, known as the Two Raw Sisters, run workshops around the country teaching the benefits of eating plant-based food.Rosa was our guest food contributor this morning, with a recipe from their new book Two Raw Sisters. The book will be released on the 1st October, RRP is $39.99 and it is published by Bateman Books. Broccoli buckwheat saladSo simple, so easy and so delicious. We are all familiar with cauliflower rice — well, this recipe calls for broccoli rice, creating a su...
Film review: Downton Abbey, Michael Hutchinson and High Life
September 13, 2019 21:21 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MBDownton Abbey The continuing saga of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them in the English countryside in the early 20th century. Mystify: Michael Hutchinson A look at the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS. Deftly woven from an archive of rich imagery, Michael's private home movies and those of his lovers, friends, and family. High Life Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the oute...
Kevin Milne: Country kid in the big city
September 13, 2019 21:20 - 6 minutes - 6.05 MBKevin Milne has been impressed by a restaurant visit in Auckland. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Jack Tame: Why it's worth aiming to be predator free
September 13, 2019 21:06 - 4 minutes - 4.36 MBFrom the moment we stepped off the boat, away from the excited school group, out of the wind and into the bush, birds. They were everywhere. An embarrassment of endemic species. Big fat Tui thumping around in pairs. Saddlebacks with their rusty stripes. Bellbirds calling. Kakariki parakeets. ‘Look!’ Said our wonderful guide, Anne, ‘there’s a rifleman in that stitchbird nest!’. New Zealand’s smallest bird, maybe half the size of a boiled egg, darted about the bush. Generally only young people ...
Andrew Dickens reviews Lana Del Rey's new album
September 07, 2019 00:54 - 6 minutes - 5.8 MBLana Del Rey has released her sixth album, Norman F***ing Rockwell. Newstalk ZB host Andrew Dickens joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album. LISTEN TO THE AUDIO ABOVE
Jack Tame: Why Matty McLean is the most competitive person I know
September 06, 2019 23:37 - 4 minutes - 4.39 MBI didn’t realise how competitive Matty was until he hit me with a cricket bat. We had only been friends a few weeks at that stage, pulled together in the same journalism class, spending our meagre discretionary dollars on pints and wedges with bacon and sour cream at the pub across the road from Broadcasting School. To be fair to Matty, I don’t think he meant to hurt me. He just meant to give me a little tap. After all, I’d been playing cricket all of my life and Matty had never really played...
Book review: The Warehouse and The Arrangement
September 06, 2019 22:14 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBThe Warehouse - Rob Hart Paxton never thought he’d be working for Cloud, the giant tech company that’s eaten much of the American economy. Much less that he’d be moving into one of the company’s sprawling live-work facilities. But compared to what’s left outside, Cloud’s bland chainstore life of gleaming entertainment halls, open-plan offices, and vast warehouses…well, it doesn’t seem so bad. It’s more than anyone else is offering. Zinnia never thought she’d be infiltrating Cloud. But now sh...
Mike Yardley: Overcoming the fear of flying
September 06, 2019 22:13 - 8 minutes - 8.12 MBMike Yardley has tips for Jack on how to deal with a fear of flying. Read his full article here. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Ruud Kleinpaste: Ye olde gardening
September 06, 2019 21:48 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MBNewstalk ZB contributor Ruud Kleinpaste has been checking out gardening practices from 75 years ago. He joined Jack Tame to share his knowledge!LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Hannah McQueen: How to retire in your 30s
September 06, 2019 21:43 - 5 minutes - 4.68 MBHave you heard of the F.I.R.E movement? It stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early, it’s been a big thing on the web for a while and its biggest advocates live really frugal lives and essentially retire early - like 30s and 40s early. They boast of having lives of freedom, choices, travel etc that most of us 9-5ers can only dream of. In reality, they don’t just lie around on beaches, but take up freelance work, or pick and choose what they do rather than being on the hamster wheel. So...
Paul Stenhouse: Finding a date on Facebook
September 06, 2019 21:41 - 4 minutes - 3.85 MBFacebook Dating launches in the US I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they want another dating app, but here we are. The only plus - they have SO MUCH DATA ABOUT YOU already from when you weren't knowing you were being profiled for a dating app, that maybe their matching algorithm will be better than any other app? You need to opt in, you need to create a new profile, then people are presented to you and you can either comment or like their profile. It won't match you to any of your FB ...
Screentime: The Spy, Patrick Gower on Weed and The Righteous Gemstones
September 06, 2019 21:29 - 4 minutes - 3.84 MBThe Spy: Sasha Baron Cohen plays it straight in this new Netflix miniseries based on the life of Israeli sleeper agent Eli Cohen, who spent years in the 60s as a spy in Syria. Patrick Gower: on Weed: Journalist Paddy Gower investigates the world of medical and recreational marajuana, and what this untapped billion-dollar industry could mean for New Zealand (Three, Wednesday)The Righteous Gemstones: John Goodman stars in this American comedy about a world-famous televangelist family with a lon...
Dr Nikki Stamp: Why Instagram is making you sick
September 06, 2019 21:26 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBIf you’re on instagram, you’ve likely seen at least a few ‘wellness’ trends or products being pushed by influencers.Think skinny tea or appetite suppressant lollipops.But as cardiothoracic surgeon Nikki Stamp points out, despite this current obsession with wellness, as a population we’re decidedly not well at all. She’s written a new book: "Pretty Unhealthy: Why our obsession with looking healthy is making us sick". LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Nici Wickes: Spring chicken in a bowl recipe
September 06, 2019 21:25 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MBIt’s spring and that means, time to turn towards lighter meals! Try this scrumptious bowl of goodness that is just perfect for the season. Serves 1-2 ½ cup quinoa 1 ½ cup stock or water, salted 1-2 chicken breasts 1 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves, sliced thinly ½ a carrot, julienned Handful snow peas, sliced lengthwise ½ tsp sesame oil 1 tbsp soy sauce Squeeze of lemon juice Sesame seeds to sprinkle Cook quinoa with one cup of the stock by simmering, covered, until the liquid is absorbed and...
Film review: IT Chapter 2 and Danger Close
September 06, 2019 21:23 - 8 minutes - 7.58 MBIT Chapter 2Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.Danger CloseIn August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.
Kevin Milne: Car stats hard to believe
September 06, 2019 21:21 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBKevin Milne has been surprised about the highest-selling cars in New Zealand. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Andrew Dickens reviews Sheryl Crow's new album
August 30, 2019 23:14 - 6 minutes - 5.72 MBNewstalk ZB's Andrew Dickens has been listening to Sheryl Crow's new album, "Threads". LISTEN TO HIS REVIEW ABOVE
Book review: The New Girl and Driven
August 30, 2019 23:13 - 5 minutes - 5.14 MBThis week, Catherine Raynes reviews two new exciting books for you to read. The New Girl - Daniel SilvaAt an exclusive private school in Switzerland, mystery surrounds the identity of the beautiful girl who arrives each morning and leaves each afternoon in a heavily protected motorcade fit for a head of state. She is said to be the daughter of a wealthy international businessman. She is not. And when she is brutally kidnapped across the border in the Haute-Savoie region of France, Gabriel All...
Mike Yardley: Cartagena - Colombia’s crown jewel
August 30, 2019 23:12 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MB"Sun-toasted and richly stewed in culture, Colombia’s crown jewel on the Caribbean is a colonial treasure with an intoxicating mix of beauty and historic brutality, unmistakable romance, epic legends and storied drama." - Mike Yardley LISTEN ABOVE
Ruud Kleinpaste: Old-school gardening
August 30, 2019 23:11 - 2 minutes - 2.58 MBNZ Gardener is going to be 75 years old this September, and Ruud's been looking at some fascinating old pest-control measures. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Doctor Bryn: Breathing better
August 30, 2019 21:29 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MB96 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-NZ JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} September is Breathe Better September in conjunctio...
Technology: Fixing your broken iPhone is about to become easier
August 30, 2019 21:22 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MB96 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-NZ JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} There's some unique Hurricane preparations being ma...
Screentime: The Gulf, Runaway Millionaires and The Dark Crystal
August 30, 2019 21:21 - 4 minutes - 4.07 MBLooking for a new TV show to watch? Tara Ward joined Jack Tame this morning to reveal the best shows on TV this week! The Gulf: New Zealand’s latest crime drama series about a detective on Waiheke Island, whose life begins to fall apart as she investigates three different cases (Three, Mondays, 8:30pm) Runaway Millionaires: Sunday Theatre is back on TVNZ1 and this week’s offering is a drama about Kara Hurring and Leo Gao, who in 2009 fled the country with $10 million that was mistakenly put ...
Steve Biddulph: Being a good man
August 30, 2019 21:20 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBWith suicide rates hitting record levels this week, the work of Steve Biddulph has never been more relevant. He’s a family therapist and educator with men, probably most famous for his parenting books Raising boys and raising girls.He’s just released an updated version of his international bestseller Manhood, which looks at what is “healthy masculinity”, and how to avoid falling into dangerous patterns that often lead to suicide and family violence. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Nici Wickes: Ultimate bacon buttie
August 30, 2019 21:18 - 6 minutes - 5.89 MBA Bacon & Egg Buttie for DadMy favourite bacon butties have a lovely chive-spiked omelette tucked in there as well as crispy bacon, mustard and relish. Make these for dad this Fathers’ Day. Streaky bacon – allow 2-3 rashers per person 1 tbsp maple syrup Fresh eggs – ½ per person Chives, chopped finely Salt & pepper to season Splash of water Butter White bread - 2 slices per person A good relish or tomato sauce A swipe of wholegrain mustard Roll each bacon rasher up and place on a tray to coo...
Film review: Dan Carter: A Perfect 10, The Kitchen and Apollo 11
August 30, 2019 21:17 - 8 minutes - 7.42 MBDan Carter: A Perfect 10 Documentary on All Black legend Dan Carter, focusing on his World Cup campaigns and promising to reveal the rugby superstar's personal side. "It’s definitely more of myself than I’ve been comfortable giving in the past. I’ve been incredibly lucky in my life with the opportunities I’ve been given, but I’ve also had some dark times along the way," says Carter. "I hope audiences take away from the film that you can reach your goals no matter where you come from and what ...
Kevin Milne: Car shopping tips
August 30, 2019 21:17 - 6 minutes - 6.37 MBWhat does Kevin look for in a car? And is it time to go electric? LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Jack Tame: My top secret visit to Team NZ
August 30, 2019 21:11 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MBIt’s amazing how fast technology moves in the America’s Cup. A boat which just two years ago was top secret, cutting edge, state of the art, the clandestine culmination of millions of dollars in innovation and design, is now bolted in place for the whole World to see outside of Emirates Team New Zealand’s base. “Why would you do that?” I asked Grant Dalton. Think about it.. he said. The cycling grinders. The crane you need to take it in and out of the water. The temperamental nature of the A...
Book review: Into the Raging Sea and Six minutes
August 23, 2019 21:52 - 4 minutes - 4.2 MBThis week, Catherine Raynes reviews two new exciting books for you to read. Into the Raging Sea – Rachel Slade On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro whole, resulting in the worst American shipping disaster in thirty-five years. No one could fathom how a vessel equipped with satellite communications, a sophisticated navigation system, and cutting-edge weather forecasting could suddenly vanish—until now. Relying on hund...
Mike Yardley: Breezing through Bogota
August 23, 2019 21:51 - 9 minutes - 8.45 MBMike Yardley has been in Bogota, Colombia’s sprawling, high-altitude capital. You can read his review here LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
Ecoman Malcolm Rands: Being Green at Work
August 23, 2019 21:50 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MBBeing green at work Hidden power usage Ok, we turn off the lights when you leave the room, use efficient light bulbs. But did you know, when you turn off your machines, computer, printer etc - if it is still on stand by mode it is still using as much as 15 to 20 watts? Studies of homes say standby mode uses 10% of all energy. This is the hidden price of a little more convenience. Paper 55 percent: the amount of water saved by producing recycled paper as compared to virgin paper. Recycled pa...
Ruud Kleinpaste: What you didn't know about eggs
August 23, 2019 21:47 - 3 minutes - 3.42 MBAs sure as eggs In the Gardening world there are a lot of mysteries and good tips, best practices and “proven techniques” that are the biggest urban myths on the planet. Using egg shells is one of the top contenders for the mis-use of science prizeRobert Pavlis (Blogger from North America) nicely summed up the various hopeful claims around this calcium/sulphur/magnesium/potash/sodium/organic matter – containing material. Of course, all these minerals and nutrients are very useful for plants, ...
Technology with Paul Stenhouse: Google, Apple and Instagram
August 23, 2019 21:39 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBGoogle's looking at your photos They're scanning them for text to help you find what you're looking for. Imagine you take a photo of a receipt, or of a sign, or a recipe. You know its somewhere in your camera roll but you don't know where - now you can search for it. It's actually something that Microsoft has had since the end of 2017 in OneDrive, but now Google Photos will use AI and OCR technology to search photos and screenshots. And they take it one step further and let you copy and paste...
Screentime: Succession, Carnival Row and Wild Bill
August 23, 2019 21:33 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBLooking for a new TV show to watch? Tara Ward joined Jack Tame this morning to reveal the best shows on TV this week! Succession: A second season of the popular American satirical comedy-drama television series about the fictional Roy family, the dysfunctional owners of a global media empire who are fighting for control of the company amidst uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch, Logan Roy (SoHo & Sky On Demand). Carnival Row: a new fantasy drama starring Orlando Bloom and Ca...
'I've smoked weed with Olympians': Liam Malone's shock revelation
August 23, 2019 21:32 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBParalympic blade runner Liam Malone has revealed he smoked weed with Olympians. The 25-year-old from Nelson quit competing last year, having won 200m and 400m gold medals at the Rio Olympics in 2016. He has made his stand-up debut for a touring Glasgow company with an act which included a story about fans with amputee fetishes and He spoke to Jack Tame on NewstalkZB after performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland this week. Tame asked about a recent tweet by Malone which read: "...
Nici Wickes: Getting more iron in your diet
August 23, 2019 21:30 - 4 minutes - 4.44 MBWorld Iron Awareness Week It’s essential for us to get enough iron into our diets if we want to feel vital and avoid feeling lethargic, unfocussed, or depressed. The most readily available source of iron comes from meat, poultry and shellfish but consuming these food groups is not the only way to boost iron intake; plant based diets are just as likely to satisfy your iron intake. Here’s some food ideas to ensure you’re getting enough iron: A steak on a bed of spinach with a squeeze of lemon...
Film review: Blinded by The Light and Angel Has Fallen
August 23, 2019 21:28 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBBlinded by The LightJaved is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes poetry as a way to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the stubborn views of his traditional father. When a classmate introduces him to the music of Bruce Springsteeen, Javed sees parallels between the singer's powerful lyrics and his own working-class environment. Springsteen's melodies soon inspire Javed to find his own voice and follow his ...
Kevin Milne: What I wished I'd known decades ago
August 23, 2019 21:20 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MBThis week, Kevin talked about what he wished he'd known about his 1970s stomping ground. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE