Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Steven Dromgool chats to Jack Tame about the importance of siblings and whether blood really is thicker than water.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

June is bowel cancer awareness month and Dr Bryan Betty is speaking about the screening programme and its importance.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big changes with Sheryl Sandberg leaving Meta / Facebook The 52-year-old has been at the company for 14 years. She's held an unconventional COO role because she was usually the public face of the company. A COO usually is a very internal operations-focused position.  She's been under investigation at Meta for using company resources to plan her wedding. Meta says that isn't tied to why she's leavi...

The Responder: Martin Freeman stars in this British thriller about a cop under pressure, who must tackle a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool while trying to keep his head above water personally and professionally (TVNZ OnDemand). Pistol: Directed by Danny Boyle, this miniseries follows the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols amid the 1970s London punk rock scene and is based on the memo...

While most run away from war zones, Anna Kent runs toward them. Anna helps the most vulnerable women deliver babies in often harrowing conditions. At 26, she delivered a baby in a tropical storm by the light of a headtorch. The following year, she became responsible for the female health of 30,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.  Anna’s details her experiences in a new book called Frontline Midwi...

In celebration of the Queen’s 70th Jubilee we’re making a British favourite – Yorkshire Puddings! Makes 12 large 4 medium eggs 200mls milk 200g plain flour Large pinch salt Grapeseed or rice bran oil 1. In a large bowl, whisk up the eggs until broken up. Pour in the milk and add the flour and whisk together gently until combined. Avoid overworking the batter, any lumps will soften in the resting p...

The French Film Festival is playing all around New Zealand over the next month. Francesca Rudkin talks through her picks.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne was entranced by the pageantry in London for the Queens Birthday and chats to Jack Tame about it. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Jacinda Ardern and Joe Biden sat down, one subject was totally inevitable. Touring the U.S in the wake of its latest massacre(s), the New Zealand Prime Minister was asked by almost every politician or late night TV host about gun reform. As far as they were concerned, March 15th happened and within days her government acted. Almost immediately she took steps to get military style semi-automat...

Estelle Clifford has been spinning Florence and the Machine's new - and fifth - studio album, Dance Fever. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Raynes has two books picks this week worth a read - What Eden Did Next by Shelia O’Flanagan and Trust by Hernan Diaz. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Yardley has been living the hard life soaking up the sunshine on Alexandra Headland. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I love the story told to me by my friend Michael Braungart, co-author of Cradle to Cradle, the book that helped launch the circular economy movement in the early noughties. He says, what would happen if you take all the humans on the planet and put them in a big pile and then take all the ants and make a pile next to it. The ant pile would be bigger. But no one says , too many ants are ruining the...

The British Gardeners are urged to stop mowing lawns in May so as to “support bees”. Gardeners come in many different "sizes":  1) Precision gardeners. Those that follow the swanky garden magazines and have not a plant nor a blade of grass out of place. Think Versailles and the Famous British gardens like Sissinghurst. When it comes to lawns they are cut to within an inch of their life! There are...

Hannah McQueen is talking about the latest OCR increase - the fact that rates are rising faster, and likely higher than previously predicted will be scary for some. The whole economic picture can seem overwhelmingly negative at the moment – so what do you focus on in the midst of the doom and gloom?  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Huawei is banned from supplying 5G equipment in Canada This means  it's now fully banned across the five-eyes alliance of the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Canadian companies will have until June 2024 to remove it - at their own cost and without reimbursement from the Canadian government. They say it's a move to protect their critical telecommunications infrastructure of the future f...

Stranger Things Season 4 (Netflix)  It’s been six months since the Battle of Starcourt, which brought terror and destruction to Hawkins. Struggling with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time – and navigating the complexities of high school hasn't made things any easier. In this most vulnerable time, a new and horrifying supernatural threat surfaces, presenting a grue...

The legendary blues-based rocker George Thorogood and his band the Destroyers have announced they’re coming our way in October. They've sold over 15 million albums, built a catalogue of classic hits and played more than 8000 live shows.  There’s no slowing down for 72-year-old George just yet. He catches up with Jack Tame about 45 years of rock and why he still loves it.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystud...

Have you noticed all the gorgeous lemon trees beginning to shine with fruit? I just love this time of year when citrus comes into its own again. Try this cake - it’s a terrific combination of a cake and a cheesecake and it’s lemony delicious. Serves 8-12 Batter 1 ¼ cup sugar Zest from one lemon ½ teaspoon sea salt 1 large egg room temperature 220g butter melted 3 tablespoons lemon juice 2 ¼ cups p...

Kevin Milne chats to Jack Tame about some civil naughtiness in Wellington.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I was sitting in my apartment in East Harlem, New York, when it first hit the news. I think I saw something on Twitter first. Then I turned on cable TV and waited to hear from a police officer or a politician or someone with some authority. There was so much confusion in those first couple of hours. There always is. Everyone hangs on every thread of information but it always takes an age to work o...

Estelle Clifford gives her review of Harry's House, the new album from Harry Styles.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Raynes has been reading actress Minnie Driver's memoir, Managing Expectations as well as Trespasses by Louise Kennedy, which has rave reviews. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Yardley's been exploring parts of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Dromgool is at a men's retreat for the weekend and thought it was a good reminder to talk about the importance of male friendship.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.