Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Bad Sisters:  An Irish comedy-drama starring Sharon Hogan about the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another (Apple+).   Welcome to Wrexham : A docuseries that follows the purchase and stewardship of Wrexham AFC, one of Wales’ oldest football clubs, by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney (D...

Joe Biden cancelled student debt.   Not all of it. $10,000 in federal loans per person for people who earn less than $125,000 a year. Call it an exercise in fairness or a cynical political play… either way, it won’t be happening here.    And nor should it. This might surprise you - it’s certainly a different position to the one I held when I racked up my own student loan, constantly comparing my o...

Film reviewer Francesca Rudkin talks to Jack about new release films Beast and Farewell, Mr Haffman. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Estelle Clifford has been listening to Stan Walkers newly released album, All In. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Book reviewer Catherine Raynes talks to Jack about her latest reads, One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke and Portrait of and Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sustainability expert Kate Hall shares her tips on how to use the most 'clean' energy and busts myths about how electricity works.  You can find more information on her blog. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

House of the Dragon: The long-awaited prequel to Game of Thrones, telling the story of the Targaryen civil war that took place about 300 years before events portrayed in Game of Thrones (Neon, from 22 August)   The Undeclared War: A geopolitical thriller set in a post-pandemic Britain in the run up to a general election, as a team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ secretly work to ward off a...

Being Dutch has a few advantages: getting free plants is important! My mum was known for taking cuttings all over Europe when the Kleinpaste Family was on Holiday in their foldable campervan/tent. We returned to the Netherlands with heaps of propagation material in the car – there was barely room for us, kids, to sit on the back seat!   Mum was the gardener and she took cuttings – constantly exper...

In times like these it is tempting to take a conservative approach to growing wealth, however that usually means you aren't keeping up with inflation.  Enable Me founder Hannah McQueen joins Jack to talk about how to get comfortable taking risks, when you are naturally risk-averse. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 If you have an Apple device, you'll want to install the latest update  Apple has released an emergency update to its suite of platforms - mac, iPad and iPhone - to fix a critical security issue which could allow a hacker into your device through your web browser. Worse - Apple says these vulnerabilities have been used.   It's very technical, but simply, through accessing a website the hacker coul...

One year ago, this week, the Taliban swept into Kabul and took control of the Afghanistan capital.  Former Tampa refugee Abbas Nazari, joins Jack Tame to discuss what the last year in Afghanistan has been like under Taliban rule. Abbas was 7 years when his family escaped the Taliban and Afghanistan in 2001.  They were on board a small fishing boat with 400 other asylum seekers when it began to sin...

Nici Wickes joins Jack with an iron rich recipe ahead of World Iron Awareness Week, next week.   MAKES 8-12 small sausage rolls 2 quality sausages – beef, pork or lamb 200g mince – beef or lamb 1 cup shredded spinach ½ cup drained canned lentils ½ cup fresh breadcrumbs (use GF if going that way) 2 tbsp milk 1 spring onion, sliced thinly 1 tsp salt 2 tsp fresh chopped herbs – rosemary, parsley, thy...

Film reviewer Francesca Rudkin has been watching documentary Gloriavale and new Emma Thompson film Good Luck to you Leo Grande. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne joins Jack Tame to discuss the issues surrounding a shortage of people putting their name forward in the local elections. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I’ve sold my home. It’s happening. I’m leaving my 16th floor apartment for a place that will require much more maintenance. No more locking-and-leaving. No more stunning sunrises. No more Keith Jarrett on the stereo, sitting in an armchair and watching the World revolve below me. No more Maungawhau. No more Hauturu. No more monitoring the motorway traffic in real time. No more whipping downstairs...

Growing up, there was bound to be a Barry Crump book peeking out of the bookshelves of Kiwi families or in your local school’s English curriculum.    Crump sold millions of his semi-autographical novels and was a stalwart of New Zealand writing.    But he was also a difficult person with a complicated home life – a father to six boys from four different mothers.    For the first time, the brothers...

Don’t make me say it. Don’t make me say it. A week is a long time in... I’ll start with Gaurav Sharma. I don’t think we know enough about what has been alleged to have certainty as who is the bully and who is being bullied, but I’m stunned this dispute has been allowed to fester to the point Sharma decided to speak out. Seeing a sitting Labour MP accuse the party-of-kindness of bullying is a remar...

Catherine Raynes has been reading The Prey by Tony Park and  The Missing Cryptoqueen by Jamie Bartlett. She joined Jack Tame to share her thoughts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monkey Pox has been declared a Global Emergency by WHO - Dr Bryan Betty gives us the lowdown. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Way out west, Perth is enjoying its moment in the sun. The city’s mojo is positively seductive, with a fizzy sweep of fresh temptations and grand triumphs of urban regeneration, redefining the urban platter. First impressions count and one of the best ways to find your feet is to join one of Oh Hey WA’s irrepressible walking tours. Under the command of the equally irrepressible Adie Chapman, who h...

Sustainability expert Kate Hall shares her tips for how to second hand shop and donate clothes more sustainability. You can read more on her blog . LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It is quite extraordinary, how often I come across gardeners that are complaining about having a very wet garden. In many cases they are dealing with a residual “wetland”!!! In our history, land owners and farmers simply hated these wet lands and they went to extreme efforts to drain the living daylights out of them… As luck would have it, I have just read a brand-new book about New Zealand’s WETL...

Industry:  a new season of the British drama about a group of young graduates who venture into in the cut-throat finance world during the recession following the 2008 financial crisis (Neon).   The Resort: A married couple's relationship is tested on an anniversary trip to a tropical paradise that unexpectedly pulls them into a strange unsolved mystery from 15 years earlier (TVNZ+).    Woodstock 9...

Amazon's spending spree continues - now purchasing iRobot.   They've spent $1.3 billion (in cash) to purchase the company who makes the Roomba vacuum cleaner. The company will be folded into the Amazon devices group.   When the markets are down from historic highs, even paying a 22% premium means you are still kind of getting a bargain.      Analysts say they've purchased the Roomba for 'context'...

Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant are names I’m sure you recognise but it’s Chelsea Lane’s name you should remember.   The Kiwi went from being a physio in New Zealand, to working with the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, to becoming Vice President of the Atlanta Hawks franchise.   Chelsea even made history in her role as head of performance at the Golden State Warriors – becoming the first w...