Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Maybe virtual reality isn't as appetizing as the tech companies want it to be   Meta has decided to call it quits on making a high-end mixed reality headset to compete with the Apple Vision Pro. They started working on it back in November, but reportedly told staff this week to stop. The goal was to keep the price under $1000 which is getting harder and harder with the price of the micro-OLED disp...

Pachinko   The hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family, beginning with a story of a forbidden romance that leads to a sweeping saga taking place in Korea, Japan and America (Apple TV+) .       Industry   Young finance graduates venture out in the cut-throat competitive world to get a job during the recession times that followed as a result of the 2008 financial crisis ( N...

The Union   Mike, a down-to-earth construction worker, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission ( Netflix ).   The Three Musketeers: Milady   Constance Bonacieux is kidnapped before D'Artagnan's very eyes. In a frantic quest to save her, the young musketeer, aided by Athos, Porthos and...

Lovers often meet under the night sky, stargazing a cliché of the romance genre. But do other celestial bodies carry the same romantic energy?   Kevin Milne is wondering if blue moons, and blue supermoons in particular, bring romance into people’s lives. He wouldn’t have thought so, but this week’s blue supermoon has stirred some memories and emotions.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener...

Leeks are so underrated and I have to remind myself to use them for more than just soups and chicken pies. In these tarts they are the star and as well as looking pretty they are absolutely scrumptious with soft and sweet, leeks combining with the tang of parmesan and saltiness of prosciutto. Perfect really!     Makes 4     Ingredients   3-4 leeks, cut into 2cm thick rounds (to yield about 16-20)...

13-year old Jack Tame would never have believed that Scott Robertson and Leon MacDonald weren’t getting along.    The year was 2000.  Having survived Y2K, started high school, and become a teenager in the space of a few short months, the highlight of my year was yet to come: May 20th, when the Canterbury Crusaders defeated the ACT Brumbies by a single point at Bruce Stadium in Canberra to become S...

An author with a pen game strong enough to reduce people to tears, Jodi Picoult has quite an extensive and well-loved body of work.   She’s written nearly 30 books, selling around 40 million copies, with fan favourites such as My Sister’s Keeper, Mad Honey, and Wish You Were There flying off the shelves.   Picoult writes across a diverse scope of genres, from thriller to romance to ghost stories,...

Album 8 in his 10|10|10 project is Troy Kingi’s ‘Leatherman & The Mojave Green’.   The album is described as a “sun-baked excursion into desert / stoner rock sonics”, released August 16 th 2024.   Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the release.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Act of Disappearing by Nathan Gower   Julia White is struggling: her bartending job isn’t cutting it and her first book has sold hardly any copies. She’s broke, barely able to make ends meet while drowning in her late mother’s medical bills and reeling after a one-night stand with her ex-boyfriend, who’s now completely ghosted her. Enter Johnathan Aster, world-renowned photographer, with a pro...

"Just imagine taking a jaunt to Calypso’s Cave, where the nymph Calypso held Odysseus as a prisoner of love for seven years in Homer’s epic Odyssey. How about taking to the waters in the Blue Lagoon or gazing in awe at the Crystal Caves of Comino? Malta’s neighbouring islands of Gozo and Comino are full of history and wonder. I recently travelled to the Maltese islands with Insight Vacations, on t...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 18 August 2024, Bestselling Author Jodi Picoult is an author with a pen game strong enough to induce real tears, she joins Jack ahead of the release of her 29 th  book.    Of all the global stars to rise from this year’s Olympic Games —Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, Dame Lisa Carrington— 36-year-old Macquarie University lecturer R...

Kate “Ethically Kate” Hall is a fan of the sustainable options. She recently received a comment on a DIY project where she dried avocado pips to make buttons saying that they’ll “just buy my own buttons like a normal person”, and while sure, that is an option, sometimes it’s fun to do things a little differently.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blackcurrants pruning   Oh… good old Ribes nigrum! It’s one of our favourite fruits – Juuls makes pretty mean jam out of those dark berries. You can eat them raw off the plant, but honestly… jam is the way to go as far as I’m concerned.   They hail from the temperate areas of Central and Northern Europe and Asia – yep, they can deal with frosts.   Blackcurrants are usually grown as multi-stemmed p...

What is Carpal Tunnel and who gets it?   - One of the most common hand conditions.   - Pressure on something called ‘median nerve’ that goes through the wrist.   - The nerve goes through a narrow ‘tunnel’ (carpal tunnel) in the wrist, and when it gets compressed, you can develop symptoms.   - 1-5% of the population get it at some point. Twice as common in women as men.   - Most often seen in those...

Fortnite is back on the iOS store   But it's only for those in the EU, thanks to their Digital Markets Act. It's forced Apple to offer a pathway for app developers to sell their software without needing to go through Apple's official app store.   Epic says Apple has a monopoly on the market, and uses that position to force developers to give up to 30% of their revenue to them. They reportedly earn...

Douglas is Cancelled    Douglas Bellowes is a widely respected middle news anchor with a sidekick Madeline and newspaper editor wife Sheila, when he makes an ill-advised joke at a wedding and is faced with cancel culture ( ThreeNow ).     Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story   Based on the shocking true story of model Chloe Ayling, who was lured to a fake photoshoot and abducted by human traffickers...

Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line Midnight Oil is not your typical band, so it makes sense that this is not your typical rockumentary. Sex and drugs play little if any part in the tale of one of Australia’s most successful rock groups ever. Neither will you find the kind of rivalries and tensions that one expects in the story of a band with a career as long as this one.   Told in voiceovers by manage...

Pulses and legumes. They’re filling, nourishing, super versatile and cheap and yet many of us would be lucky to eat them more than once or twice a month. Would it encourage you if I told you they’re necessary, yes necessary, for a balanced diet?   This one-pot dish is tasty and wonderfully easy to throw together.   Serves 4   Ingredients   1 400g tin lentils, drained   2 tbsps olive oil   4-6 piec...

Of all the global stars to rise from this year’s Olympic Games —Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, Dame Lisa Carrington— 36-year-old Macquarie University lecturer Rachael Gunn is perhaps the unlikeliest.    Raygun, as per her stage name, is a true icon of these times. Not because she competed in the most modern of Olympic sports —breaking— but because through the power of the internet, her efforts have...

Kevin Milne, like everyone, watched the Olympics. He loved the Olympics, but couldn’t help but notice the disappointment, tears, and heartbreak of many competitors. And it left him with a question: is high-level competitive sport worth it?   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Sainsbury wears many hats - actor, writer, comedian, director, host, influencer - across film, tv, stage, and social media here in New Zealand and on international projects.   Kiwis might know him for his political impersonations or shows like Wellington Paranormal.   Tom is hosting a winter special of New Zealand’s International Comedy Festival, and having just returned from a very glamorous...

For the second time in a row, Tones and I’s recently released album ‘Beautifully Ordinary’ opens at No. 1 on Australia’s album chart.   The album is the follow-up to ‘Welcome To The Madhouse’, which debuted in 2021.   Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the album.   LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The War Below by Ernest Scheyder   Tough choices loom if the world wants to go green. The United States and other countries must decide where and how to procure the materials that make our renewable energy economy possible. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths, and ni...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 10 August 2024, the wearer of many hats Tom Sainsbury joins Jack to chat about his latest film ventures, and a special winter celebration of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.    Jack wraps on his favourite nail-biting moments of the 2024 Olympics .   The highly anticipated adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel  It En...

" It’s one of the most southerly European nations – so far south that it’s parallel with Lebanon, Tunisia and Algeria. Malta has long been on my bucket-list and this relatively under-the-radar destination offers not only good-value for visitors, but it exudes astonishing scenery and historic treasures. I recently jaunted to Malta with Insight Vacations, who offer a fabulous introductory guided tou...