Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Estelle 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.

The 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 Moth...

Mike Yardley is all about autumn indulgence in Wānaka. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What 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 princi...

Preventing 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 Taphr...

Hannah 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.

So, 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 sa...

The 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 unrav...

Alex 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...

Francesca Rudkin has been watching films that are part of the upcoming Volvo Scandi Film Fest. Diana’s Wedding   Diana’s Wedding is a romantic comedy about a girl observing her parents’ turbulent marriage and dealing with how their relationship has affected her own ability, as an adult, to love, or be loved. July 29, 1981. Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales, at St Paul’s Cathedral...

Kevin Milne chats to Jack Tame about a message he's received from a young Ukrainian woman he met when filming Intrepid Journey in Ukraine in 2009.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the last five years I’ve lived in an apartment on the Karangahape Ridge, with amazing views across central Auckland. I’m very lucky. If I look North on a good day, I can see Tiritiri Matangi Island and even Hauturu Little Barrier. South is Maungawhau Mt Eden. South West is Eden Park. And dominating my view from the 16th floor is a view right down the guts of K Road. There’s always something ha...

As a new travel era dawns, it's going to take time for some Kiwis to confidently find their travel feet again. Mike Yardley shares his tips to get back into the swing of travel.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Relationship expert Steve Dromgool shares his advice about coming home and switching off from work and into family life.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People who are not familiar with the Science of naming bugs, plants, animals etc usually give creatures an (often random) “common name”. “Daddy Longlegs” is used in NZ for three different critters that are found all over the country and frequently encountered; all they have in common is rather long legs, but they belong to totally different animal groups. At this time of the year they are quite co...

Bob Campbell shares his pick of the week: Allan Scott 2021 Stellenbosch Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elon Musk buys 9% of Twitter and has made a billion dollars already Monday he announced he had quietly started buying 73 million shares of Twitter spending around $2.6 billion. Tuesday he got a seat on the board. Wednesday his position was worth $3.7 billion. Wild. According to reporting from The Washington Post, employees are freaking out. They're concerned that the company’s culture will change...

Outlaws: A British comedy thriller starring Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken, about a seven strangers thrown together to complete a community service sentence who get dragged into a dangerous world of organised crime (Amazon Prime Video)  The Split: A new season of the British drama about The Defoes, a family of female divorce lawyers, who are forced to face their past following the return...

75-year-old Ruth Shaw has lived an incredible life - sailing in the Pacific and taking on pirates to suffering heartbreaking losses. She's since settled in remote Manapouri in Foirdland, where she runs three tiny bookshops.  Ruth's been convinced to write her memoir and joins Jack Tame to chat more about her adventures.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Try one of these muffins, warm from the oven, and you will swoon I guarantee it! They are so evocative of an Easter bun, with the spices and currants, and then the surprise of a caramel egg in the centre is just pure genius! They’re a real Easter treat. Makes 12 regular muffins 100g butter 2 heaped tbsps golden syrup 3/4 cup caster sugar 1 cup plain yoghurt 2 eggs 2 cups flour 1 ½ tsp baking soda...

Fantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore  Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of follower...

With a Wellington restaurateur in the headlines recently about tracking down a customer who had been overcharged by $8 and wanting to refund her, Kevin Milne reflects on his own similar story. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The creeping pink line still fills me with dread. Every time I watch it, the viscous juice from the depths of my nasal cavity soaking up the paper, I feel a little panic as it passes the ‘T’. Is that a line? Even just a faint one? I’ll catch my breath. The liquid would soak up a few more millimetres. Kau. Karekau. Nope. No line. Nothing. Nada. When the history of this pandemic is settled and sorte...

Estelle Clifford has been spinning Unlimited Love by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers - their brand new album and first with guitarist John Frusciante since he left the band in 2009. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Book reviewer Catherine Raynes has been reading The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake and an incredible autobiography from Saudi Arabian woman Rahaf Mohammed, called Rebel. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.