Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice   Three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life soon gets turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter discovers a mysterious portal to the afterlife. When someone says Beetlejuice's name three times, the mischievous demon gleefully returns to unleash his very own b...

This slice is a classic and so easy to make! The tamarillo jam is a lovely surprise.    Make 16-20 pieces     Ingredients   6-8 large tamarillo, halved and flesh scooped and diced   ¼ cup sugar    120g butter, softened   1/3 cup caster sugar   2 large eggs, separated   1 tsp vanilla extract   1 ½ cups flour, sifted   ½ cup walnut meal    1 tsp baking powder   ½ cup caster sugar   ½ cup desiccated...

Can you play Bananagrams in space?    Something tells me that with the whole gravity situation, they perhaps don’t recommend anything with lots of little parts. Anything that’s hard to keep as a full set on Earth is automatically disqualified from the International Space Station.    No Bananagrams. No Monopoly. No scrabble, either.   But Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are gonna have to find somet...

The Paralympics got underway this week in Paris, and for the first time in 16 years, Team New Zealand is missing a familiar face.   Dame Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand’s most decorated Paralympian, has decided to forgo this year’s Games in favour of staying home with her young baby.   Pascoe is a 4-time Paralympian, bringing home a total of 19 medals – 11 Gold, 7 Silver, and 1 Bronze.   However, while...

A change of pace from John Legend, as he releases an album of “sing-alongs and lullabies for children and families”.   My Favorite Dream is Legend’s 10 th studio album, featuring nine originals, three covers of Fisher-Price songs, and three bonus tracks.   Legend says he was inspired to make the album both by his own experience as a child and his experience as a father to four children.   Estelle...

The Briar Club by Kate Quinn   Washington, D.C., 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic, she draws her oddball collection of neighbors into unlikely friendship: poised English beauty...

" If you’re planning a jaunt to the Big Island of Hawai’i, get in the hot seat. Immerse yourself in the might, power and wonder of nature’s cauldron. I recently took my first foray to Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. The sheer size of the park is staggering – nearly as big as the entire island of O’ahu. The park climbs from sea level to over 4000 metres and encompasses two volcanoes – Kīlauea, one...

Spring begins tomorrow and with it comes everybody's favourite chore: spring cleaning.   Kate ‘Ethically Kate’ Hall joined Jack Tame to give a few tips and tricks on how to get your home sparkling and fresh while keeping the environment in mind.   A few of her tips include:   - Using sustainable cleaning products   - Using reusable cloths instead of single use wipes (e.g. old shirts or sheets)   -...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 31 August 2024, legendary New Zealand athlete and our most decorated Paralympian Dame Sophie Pascoe joins Jack to discuss staying involved from home in her first time in 16 years not being at the Games.   Jack compares Kamala Harris' presidential campaign to Hilary Clinton's 2016 run in the way Harris discusses her identity.   B...

A few weeks ago we talked about an “early Spring”, simply because I thought some of my plants were flowering a lot sooner than expected. Especially the Clematis paniculata one of the seven native species of Clematis in Aotearoa.   Picture taken on Sunday 25 August, 2024   This is one of my favourite Native, New Zealand Climbers, also known as puawānanga , (flower of the skies). It belongs to the F...

OTU 2024 Sauvignon Blanc. Marlborough $16   Why I chose it:   - I like Sauvignon, particularly when we get some warmer weather.   - First of the excellent 2024 vintage.   - Best of the 2024 vintage wines so far.   - Don’t overlook the discounted 2023 vintage wines.   What does it taste like?   This early release wine confirms the general belief that 2024 was a cracker of a vintage; a crisp, dry wh...

The AI wars are heating up   Reports are out today that Amazon has selected Anthropic to be its AI partner for the new Alexa devices.   Reuters notes that initial versions Amazon's own AI proved insufficient, often struggling with words and responding to user prompts. It's thought that this enhanced AI assistant will be a subscription service costing $5 to $10 a month. Amazon already has a minorit...

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about who New Zealand’s biggest sports star is, with Lydia Ko and Lisa Carrington being major contenders.   Kevin Milne thinks there may be another option as he watches Dame Sophie Pascoe in her role as a live TV presenter for the Paralympics.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kaos   A darkly comedic and contemporary reimagining of Greek mythology, exploring themes of gender politics, power, and life in the underworld; six humans learn that they are component parts of an ancient prophecy ( Netflix ).     Sherwood   A second season of the British drama about a murder investigation in a small-town, working-class community in the north of England ( TVNZ+ ).       The Twelv...

I have this photo from the night of the US election, eight years ago. It was a graffiti stencil, taken right outside where Hillary Clinton hoped she’d be having a celebration party in a few hours’ time. A bit of paint on the sidewalk with Clinton’s silhouette and a simple phrase underneath.    ‘I’m with her.’    With just two months to go, I’m all-in on the US election.    And I was reminded of th...

We Were Dangerous   In 1954 New Zealand, Nellie and Daisy attempt to escape an institution for delinquent girls, but they are caught and it triggers a relocation to a facility on a remote island. The duo become a trio as well-to-do Lou joins them, and life on the island takes shape under the command of the devout Matron. The trio rail against the system, dubious of the benevolence of the bible and...

This is such a great brunch idea and a great start to Father’s Day. This mince is spiked with some fried onions and chilli and served with an egg.   Serves 4-6      Ingredients   2 tbsp olive oil    400g beef mince   2 carrots, grated    1 bay leaf    ¼ cup red wine    400g tin chopped tomatoes    ½ tsp sea salt + pepper   2 medium onions, sliced thinly    1 tbsp butter or oil    1-2 red chilli, s...

We Were Dangerous is a brand-new Kiwi film about girlhood, rebellion and violence – but it has friendship at its heart.   Although the story is fictional, it comes at a time that makes you feel it could have been plucked right from the history books.   It follows a misfit trio of Nellie, Daisy, and Lou, determined to rally against the system in 1950’s New Zealand.   The film won the Special Jury P...

Phenomenon of Irish post-punk, Fontaines D.C. have released their fourth studio album.   ‘Romance’, released on the 23 rd of August, is an 11 track album in which music reviewer Estelle Clifford thinks they’ve found themselves.   “This album is where I feel like they've suddenly found themselves and taken a real creative look at this and how to do things a little bit differently.”   LISTEN ABOVE  ...

Tiger, Tiger: His Life, as It's Never Been Told Before by James Patterson   James Patterson--the only major author to have nine holes-in-one--gets inside the mystery of Tiger Woods as only he can. How did Tiger become the G.O.A.T., what drove him to fall so spectacularly, and how has he made his way back to the pinnacle of golf? In Patterson's hands, Tiger's story is an unputdownable thriller.   O...

"Enrobed by chiselled cliff tops, wild beaches and the serene Grey Valley, the West Coast’s biggest town of Greymouth is so much more than just a gateway to the region. Explorer Thomas Brunner named the river in honour Governor George Edward Grey, which also gave rise to the town’s name. The town centre is built on the site of the former Māori pa called Māwhera, which translates as 'wide spread ri...

Many of us experience disruptions to our sleep when we are busy or stressed. This can be due to our brains being switched into “flight or fight” mode. When this mode is on our body and brains are alert and actively looking for danger, which makes sense if our danger is from a wild animal but doesn’t make quite as much sense if our “danger” is from a high workload. This sense of alertness is the po...

A few weeks ago, after that yucky and cold spell in the middle of winter, I was checking my mistletoe to see how it had been coping under those chilly and frosty conditions.   Looked okay, but there were a few bite marks on the leaves. Hmmm… nothing worrying about though.   Ileostylus micranthus is the green mistletoe I “planted” on my kowhai bush a few years ago now.   The sticky seeds should be...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 24 August 2024, Jack is joined by stars of new Kiwi film ‘We Were Dangerous’, Erana James and Nathalie Morris, to discuss winning the Special Jury Prize and SXSW 2024 and what it was like to film on Otamahua Quail Island in the South Island.   Jack finds New Zealand Rugby's communication around Leon MacDonald's exit refreshing....

The OCR cut has seen banks lower their rates – some cutting multiple times. But how low will they go? And what impact will this have? Lisa Dudson joined Jack Tame to run through the details.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.