Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Move over Tesla: Ford's hitting the electric scene  Not just with any car, but America's best selling vehicle the F-150. It's a massive ute - known over here as a "pickup truck" - which has the same shape people love and is less than $40,000 USD brand new. There's hope that this model will be the magic that pulls the masses over to electric.. so much so it's being compared to Ford's Model T which...

May 22, 2021.  Mark Robinson, CEO NZ Rugby.  100 Molesworth Street, Wellington.  Dear Mark,  I get it. I know it’s been an ugly few weeks. I know that every Tom, Dick, and Harriet has been texting and ringing you at all hours of the day, pleading this way and that, for you to make a final call on the Silver Lake deal. I know you’ve needed one of those special battery packs that you carry around to...

Screentime Queen Tara Ward has some picks for your weekend watching. Whitstable Pearl: A light British drama about single mum Pearl (Kerry Godliman, After Life) who starts a private detective agency, which she runs from her family restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all kinds of cases. But when a friend dies suspiciously, Pearl fi...

Kiwi muscian Teeks' incredible soul voice has taken the world by storm. He released his album “Something to Feel” earlier this year, and he’s about to tour the new music. Teeks has been speaking to Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Francesca Rudkin has been watching drama The Artist’s Wife and thriller The Woman in the Window.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When thinking about food waste the focus is often on how we’re wasting money and vital resources but there’s another element to it; Wasted food ends up in landfill which has adverse effects on our environment. So, here’s a recipe for banana bread that’s not only 100% delicious but it also uses the WHOLE banana, skin and all!  Makes 8-10 slices  ¾ cup sultanas  ¼ cup boiling water  125g butter, sof...

New Zealanders need to have more babies. This week, we've learned the average family size needs to rise from 2.1 to 2.4. Kevin Milne's been talking to Jack Tame about a family he knows with 17 kids - and what we could learn from them. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aussie musician, comedian, actor and composer Tim Minchin is defying Covid by planning a tour of New Zealand - and even more bravely, the UK. His tour will include work from his first studio album “Apart Together”, which, while being perfectly named for 2020, was written before Covid really hit.  It's a return of 2019’s sell-out visit to our shores and it’s called “BACK”,  billed as “Old Songs, Ne...

By any measure it’s a heritage-heavyweight, a blockbuster trail and a star specimen of Upper Hutt’s sparkling outdoorsy credentials. The Remutaka Cycle Trail is one of New Zealand’s Great Rides and the flagship section of this riveting circuit is indisputably the Remutaka Rail Trail, for the intimate experience with the Remutaka Incline. Built in 1878, this historic inter-provincial rail route bet...

Music reviewer Estelle Clifford has been listening to new music from The Black Keys: the new album Delta Kream. She joined Jack Tame to share her thoughts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Raynes has been reading Duchess, Countess by Catherine Ostler and The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not everything can be recycled ...  We’ve talked about things you can recycle, here are the things to keep out: Plastic bags, food and garden waste, hazardous waste and chemicals, polystyrene trays and packaging, coffee cups, batteries, nappies, clothing window glass, mirrors or light bulbs, cookware, electrical items, building waste and medical waste.  But even things that can be recycled will go...

An unexpected side effect of COVID is lots of people have been hoarding cash. Around $600m more cash seems to be in circulation. enable.me's Hannah McQueen has been talking to Jack Tame about why we want to have cash on hand - and whether it poses any major issues. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Underground Railway: a 10 part adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a young woman named Cora who escapes a Georgia plantation and boards a train on a harrowing trip as she seeks true freedom while being hunted by a notorious slave catcher (Amazon Prime Video)Halston: Ewan McGregor stars in this drama based on the life of American designer Halston, as he leverages his single, in...

Love is in the air this spring in the eastern United States, where billions of cicadas will soon appear in the biggest emergence event since 2004. The insects are part of a group called Brood X — also known as the Great Eastern Brood — which is expected in a geographical range stretching from Tennessee to New York. These cicadas have been subterranean for 17 years, tunneling and feeding beneath th...

Ransomware attacks draw headlines when they take down major operations: hospitals, cities and most recently, a US fuel pipeline. Not only do cybercriminals scam businesses demanding large sums of money or they'll wreak havoc on their computer systems, this week's gas shortages showed how it can also have broader impacts. But ransomware against individuals — specifically, anyone who uses the intern...

If you’re new to bread making then making this simple Italian slab bread is a great place to start. 2 ½ cups warm water 2 tsps instead yeast 2 tsps honey or sugar 600g (just shy of 5 cups) high grade flour ¼ cup olive oil Fresh rosemary 1 tbsp sea salt   1. In a large bowl gently stir together the water, yeast and honey. Let sit for 5-7 minutes until it’s foamy. 2. Add flour and salt and mix until...

You know when you call a business, and they're experiencing 'higher than normal call volumes'?  Kevin Milne doesn't believe them. Jack Tame's been asking him why. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin has been watching new Angelina Jolie thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead, and Irish romcom Finding You. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When I was a kid, one of the greatest treats in my life was to be allowed to stay up and watch TV with my mum and dad. It didn’t happen all that often. It might surprise you, given I’ve spent half my life working in TV, to know that we weren’t really a big TV family. My parents liked what they liked and disliked pretty much everything else. And instead of trying new stuff, they would get a VHS and...

Amy Shark is an Aussie indie pop singer-songwriter, but don’t let that make her sound small-time.   She’s just released her new album ‘Cry Forever' which features collaborations with Travis Barker and Ed Sheeran.  Estelle Clifford has been taking a listen for Jack Tame. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’re crafting plans for some fresh and sublime adventures this spring and summer, sun-splashed Tasman Bay, at the top of the South, is a spell-binding proposition. Tickle your toes in the golden sand, savour drool-worthy food, feast your eyes on the burgeoning arts trail, graze from the vineyards and famed craft beer scene or try your hand at some enthralling soft adventure. Cable Bay Adventu...

Book reviewer Catherine Raynes has been reading The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone and Tall Bones by Anna Bailey. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Relationships expert Steven Dromgool has been talking to Jack Tame about the best ways to care for kids post-separation. LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Planting fruit producing systems in small spaces  Last week, we looked at saving space in the garden and still grow fruit trees. One of the topics was grafting fruit tree wood on a root stock that supressed growth. Some fruit trees are available as multiple-grafts: imagine a plum tree with two or three different varieties grafted on different sides of that one tree! You can add a pollinator and an...