Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

I first realised it this week, running through the city and around Hagley Park on one of those beautiful, still, cold South Island evenings.   For me, it was a long time coming. Twelve years and three months, all up.  Maybe others felt it earlier. Maybe others haven’t reached the point yet. I know those who’ve lived in Christchurch right throughout, who never left the city, might have a completely...

Dave Fishwick left school at the age of 16, determined to become the largest supplier of minibuses in the UK as well as a self-made multi-millionare. During the economic crisis of 2011 banks stopped lending money overnight, so Dave picked up the slack. He began lending money to struggling businesses in his hometown of Burnley, starting the Bank of Dave. Dave joined Jack Tame to have a chat about t...

It's a stunning response to the pain of last year... As is the rest of the album, which hums with an intensity and focus that Foo Fighters' more recent outings have lacked.   Musically, it's back to basics. Muscular chords and melodic riffs are the order of the day, as the band power through their sadness.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hang the Moon – Jeanette Walls Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who’d amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a life of comfort and privilege, Sallie remembers little about her mother who died in a violent argument with the Duke. By the time she...

Mike Yardley joined Jack Tame to chat about his visit to Port Vila, Vanuatu. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent survey from TradeMe has shown that people often invest more in themselves after a breakup. They spend more time and invest more energy into doing things like working out, eating healthier, buying things for themselves, and relaxing alone. Clinical Psychologist with Umbrella Wellbeing Dr Dougal Sutherland joined Jack Tame to chat about this change. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener...

In our old Auckland garden we used be surrounded by so-called rainbow skinks. They were everywhere and… what a cool name! The best way to describe them: a small grey-brown skink with a dark brown, lateral stripe along the body. When they are sun bathing it is easy to find a spectacular rainbow-coloured sheen on their scales. I quickly learned these fascinating and quite pretty animals are actually...

There are plenty of indicators suggesting that things could be about to turn when it comes to the property market. Building consents, migration numbers, LVR changes, auction clearance rates, interest rates peaking, etc – however, it’s important to call out what we’ve (hopefully!) learned from the pandemic surge and slump. Property is not just a one-way bet, it’s best as a long-term investment, so...

We've been talking about the AI wars, now get set for the VR wars   Apple is expected to launch a brand-new device next week at its developer conference - a virtual reality and mixed reality headset.   Meta seems to have wanted to steal their thunder by announcing their new Quest 3 this week. It's far lighter and thinner than the v2, which makes it more comfortable to wear for extended periods of...

Deadloch: Madeleine Sami plays a police detective in this dark Australian comedy-drama set in the Tasmanian town of Deadloch, who must investigate the mysterious death of a local man during a popular festival (Prime Video).       Maternal: A British drama about three female doctors all returning to work in the NHS after the birth of their children (TVNZ+, also TVNZ 1 10.05pm Saturday nights) .   F...

These are wonderfully easy to whip up on a long weekend and you can choose whatever fruit you like – pears, apples, stonefruit, berries – whatever is in season!   Ingredients: 2 firm pears   400g flaky puff pastry (I use Pannetton or a block of puff pastry)   Flour for rolling   ½ cup store-bought custard, cream cheese or sour cream (if using these 2, add 1-2 tbps brown sugar)   1 heaped tbsp grou...

Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. However, when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders. He must soon redefine what it means...

This week Kevin’s here to chat about Everest Day and throw his support behind an idea of how to celebrate it. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mike Yardley joined Jack to chat about his recent visit to the beautiful Halong Bay in Vietnam.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beating out Ed Sheeran, Lewis Capaldi's second album  'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent'  is the fastest selling album of the year thus far.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wager, David Grann   On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager ha...

Temu has been covering the internet in advertising over the past couple months, and the app has been topping free app charts on a regular basis. Kate Hall, an expert in sustainability has a few thoughts on the app, and on online shopping in general. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the most incredible endemic insects in the collective New Zealand garden flies largely under the radar, yet it is as common as muck and lives for most of its life in a silk sleeping bag. Liothula omnivora is known in the trade as the “bag moth” or “case moth”. Tiny, baby caterpillars spin themselves a small silken case in which they incorporate pieces of foliage, twigs, mosses or lichens, t...

WhatsApp will now let you edit your messages   There are some restrictions though - it has to be done in the first 15 minutes of sending it. It can only be edited once. It'll show as edited, but won't have a way to see the previous message. So good news, if you edit it before your recipient reads it, they'll never know what you said originally.   To do it, long press on the message and select edit...

The Clearing: Miranda Otto and Guy Pearce star in this adaptation of J.P. Pomare’s book about a woman who must confront the secrets of her past to prevent a local cult from brainwashing members of her community (Disney+)     Platonic: A screwball comedy starring Seth Rogan and Rose Byrne as platonic best friends who reconnect after a long rift, only for their friendship to become all-consuming in...

Shaun Wallace, the Dark Destroyer, is a man with a big brain and a lot of knowledge.  The Londoner shot to fame when he won the BBC’s legendary Mastermind in 2004, and is one of television’s most beloved Chasers.  But he’s not only a quiz champion, Shaun’s also a successful barrister and has been a criminal defence advocate for more than three decades.   Shaun joined Jack this morning ahead the ev...

Celebrate the apple season with this absolutely gorgeous apple cake. It’s full of warming spices and with a golden caramel topping, it’s a winner.   Ingredients:  85g (about 6 tbsps) butter   ½ cup sweetened condensed milk   1 tsp vanilla extract   ¼ tsp cinnamon   2 medium apples, peeled and sliced thinly   Cake batter   120g butter, softened   ¾ cup sugar   2 large eggs   1 ½ cups plain flour  ...

The Innocent - Cannes International Film Festival 2022 Familial tensions, criminal hijinks and unexpected romance collide in the uproariously entertaining new comedy hit from the multi-talented Louis Garrel (A Faithful Man). Lyon, present day. When widowed marine biologist Abel (Garrel) learns that his impulsive mother Sylvie (Anouk Grinberg) is once again re-marrying – this time to an inmate she...

This week Kevin wants to remember Tina Turner, going right back to the first time he saw her perform as  Ike & Tina Turner and the Ikettes.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It took Sanitarium an awfully long time to finally dedicate a series of its Weetbix collector cards to the World Cup-winning Black Ferns. My colleagues at Fair Go covered it in depth, and when it was finally announced that Weetbix would publish a Black Ferns series, most of us assumed that would be that. But a fascinating story in the Herald revealed the best-known women’s rugby player in the Worl...