Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Catherine Raynes has been reading Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gilliam McAllister and Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever been to Toowoomba? No, neither had I. Changing the habit of a lifetime on a recent road-trip in Queensland, I took the 2 hour drive west of Brisbane to the Great Dividing Range, where Woombie or Tbar as the locals call it, clings to the escarpment, 700 metres above sea level.  As you enter from the east, the city seemingly dangles on the edge of the elevated plateau, overlooking the...

Steven Dromgool says post-wedding blues are definitely a thing and it's quite common.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you reckon…Entomophagy??  When I was born, there were 2.5 billion people on the planet and now we’re pushing eight billion. (No wonder it’s getting more difficult for Kevin Milne and myself to get a decent car park in the city). Seriously, our economic “growth at all cost” really has had its day. We’re using resources in an obscene tempo, creating a carbon bubble in the place we don’t need...

Dr Bryan Betty talks about the importance of sleep and how many hours you should be ticking up a night. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sherwood: It’s the British drama everyone’s talking about. When two shocking murders shatter a small ex-mining community in the north of England, the manhunt threatens to inflame long-held divisions sparked during the Miners' Strike three decades before (TVNZ+)  The Old Man: Jeff Bridges stars in this drama about Dan Chase, a man who absconded from the CIA and lives off the grid. When an assassin...

Comedy and controversy can often go hand-in-hand when it comes to Jimmy Carr. The British comedian quit a job in marketing at the petrol giant shell and his way in comedy with his famous boundary-pushing one-liners. Love him or loath him, Jimmy's gone on to become one of Britain's most successful comedy exports. He speaks to Jack Tame ahead of bringing his show, Terribly Funny, here next year.  LI...

Roll out a tray of these fabulous little treats for a rugby-watching crowd and you’ll be more popular than an All Black scoring a try! Makes 12 12 bread rolls – I use soft white buns or sliders from supermarket ¾ cup store-bought onion jam or relish 300g shaved ham 1 cup grated cheese – tasty or whatever TOPPING 50g melted butter 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce ½ teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon dry...

Ring of Fire   In 1962 the sport of boxing suffered an enormous setback to mainstream acceptability, when Benny ‘Kid’ Paret died after being pummelled by six-time welterweight champion Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden, on live network television. Dan Klores and Ron Berger delve deeply into this event, drawing a wealth of testimony and analysis from a gallery of veteran New York boxing ident...

Kevin Milne returned to his old stomping ground of Auckland this week and has some thoughts to share. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Thursday night, New Zealand Today went to air on TV3 with roughly half of its show dedicated to an exchange between the show’s host, Guy Williams, and Auckland mayoral candidate, Leo Molloy. The piece was funny if not especially edifying. Even for the minority of us who do engage with local body politics, Leo Molloy is probably better known for his character rather than his policy positions. Le...

OPINION:  Three leaders. Three countries. One week.  Boris Johnson's resignation felt like a rare little win for the convention.  There can be no doubt Donald Trump's leadership style inspired him, and the way Trump just thumbed his nose at all of the previous standards of behaviour for world leaders.  Scandal after scandal, Boris Johnson managed to duck and dodge and deflect and survive what woul...

Harper Finn joined Jack Tame to discuss his debut EP LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Estelle Clifford has been listening to Paolo Nutini's new album, Last Night In The Bittersweet.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All Comes Down to This - Theresa Anne Fowler  Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, will be dying soon and taking her secrets with her. Marti has ensured that her modest estate is easy for her family to deal with once she’s gone––including a provision that the family’s summer cottage on Mount Desert Island, Maine, m...

Travel expert Mike Yardley has been travelling around Sydney LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kate Hall has been on the hunt for someone to fix her mini oven cord and has her tips on why we should be on the repair bandwagon over buying new.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A few weeks ago, we dealt with lemons and other citrus – never got around to solving some pests and diseases and … pruning tips  Lemons should be fruiting. Ensure that the load of fruit on the branches is not too heavy (breaking!), so remove fruit accordingly, especially from young trees and prune some off to let the frame-work develop; next year let a few more grow as the tree strengthens its bra...

Elizabeth Blake from enable.me asks what gives on three of the big main banks cutting interest rates in the past week. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

More affordable satellite internet is coming to campervans and boats Elon Musk's Starlink has got a new customer base - those on the move. The FCC has given approval for cars, trains, planes and boats to be connected to Starlink's internet. It was previously only available to homes and stationary campervans.  The Starlink service is significantly cheaper than other satellite operators, who typical...

Life after Life: New Zealander Thomasin McKenzie stars in this BBC drama based on the book by Kate Atkinson, about a woman stuck in a time loop who dies and is continually reborn (TVNZ+)   Blackbird: A drama inspired by real events, about a prisoner who gets an incredible offer. If he can elicit a confession from a convicted killer, he’ll be freed, and the mission becomes a challenge of a lifetime...

Kevin Milne's daughter has turned 21 and is having a big bash this weekend, which doesn't bode well for Kevin's fear of hosting parties. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Francesca Rudkin has been watching Thor: Love and Thunder and The Princess on Disney+. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are tamarillo’s the Brussel sprout of the fruit world? You either love them or hate them. I’m a lover and cooking them – stewing, baking etc – mellows their flavour beautifully. This cake is a good keeper but served warm with ice cream, cream, custard or yoghurt (or heck, all of them!) it is just magical.  225g (about 1 ½ cups) self-raising flour  1 cup caster or raw sugar + extra for topping  1 ¼...

Travel expert Mike Yardley has been travelling around Fiji See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.