Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Dungeons and Dragons   A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a long lost relic, but their charming adventure goes dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.   The Portable Door    A man lands an internship at a mysterious London firm with unconventional employees, including the charismatic CEO who is incorporating modern corporate st...

Kevin Milne recently took a walk round the zoo with his daughter. An idea crossed his mind as to how we could help fund our deteriorating health system.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At the start of this year, my girlfriend decided to sell her old dunga’. It was a good decision. Her car was a big, old, fat 2.6L sedan with blind spots the size of a bouncy castle, and the only thing it loved more than chewing through vast quantities of petrol was being as difficult as possible to wedge into parallel parks. ‘Good news!’ she said to me, one day. ‘I sold my car for three thousand d...

Rolling Stone says: Lana Del Rey spends her ninth LP taking a close look at herself — and reminds us she's in a creative class all her own.   She has another ridiculous song title on her album called: Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he’s deep-sea fishing. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paris, The Memoir   From the woman who is credited, for better and for worse, for launching what we know as the celebrity focused, brand driven, social media obsessed popular culture of today, comes an honest and surprising memoir that reckons with that truth, and shows that there is so much more to Paris Hilton than you might believe.  Behind Paris Hilton's meteoric rise from Upper West Side club...

- The East by West Ferry offers great excursion options. (Matiu/Somes Island.)   - How was the birdlife?  - And the ferry connects to Days Bay, too. ( Then take an ebike to Pencarrow Lighthouse.)   - North of the Capital, the Escarpment Track is pulling the crowds.   - If the weather's not behaving, what's new at Wellington Museum.   - And the Te-Whanganui-a-Tara exhibition is a fresh feature?  (...

What is anxiety actually? If it's not real, can't you just tell someone to snap out of it - or get over it?  So, what helps?  LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We had a bit of rain this week… and a huge amount of wind as well.  It really showed me I had underestimated the ripeness of my “Sanguine Peaches”, a variety that never fails to perform here in Christchurch. An acquired taste: very sweet and spicey; The name originates from Sanguine de Savoie, meaning “the blood of savoy”.  Another favourite tree fruit is the apple “Initial”; perfectly crisp and n...

What is it?   Serious infection of blood or brain (meningitis) Can lead to very severe disease or even death. Caused by a bacteria called meningococcal. - 15% of us carry it in our nose and throat and it doesn’t harm us. For reasons we don’t understand it can occasionally transmit to others and cause the disease.   Who gets it?   Peak those under 5, and teenagers/young adults up to 25 High risk ar...

Chat GPT stunned the tech world by launching plugins   Now you can get Chat GPT to connect to a range of applications to enrich what it knows, and what it can do. For example, you can now connect it to Expedia and have it search flights, or recommend hotels. You can connect it to Bing to search the internet - yes, it can now know real-world and real-time information. You can even connect it to you...

The Night Agent: An American spy thriller. While monitoring an emergency line, an FBI agent answers a call that plunges him into a deadly conspiracy involving a mole at the White House (Netflix).     Yellowjackets: Season two of the dark thriller starring Melanie Lynskey, about a team of talented high-school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness (Neon).    ...

It was 1990 in Ireland, when three sisters and their brother decide to form a family band.  Thus, The Corrs were formed and their version of Celtic-pop somehow worked.  They’re one of the biggest musical acts to come out of Ireland, selling 40 million albums worldwide and creating six bestselling albums.  The band went on a decade-long hiatus to raise families before returning to the charts in 201...

This cake is gorgeous! Lime & coconut are great friends and bring in the pineapple, guava-like flavour of feijoa and wow, it’s a winner  150gbutter, softened   3/4 cup caster sugar 3 large eggs 150gself-raising flour   2 tbspsyoghurt or milk   Slug of rum 3/4 cup desiccated coconut 1 cup feijoas, chopped Zest and juice from 2 limes, plus 1 extra lime Icing   250gcream cheese   2 tspsvanilla ex...

Living (at cinemas)   Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, a civil servant's life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him his time is short. Influenced by a local decadent and a vibrant woman, he continues to search for meaning until a simple revelation gives him a purpose to create a legacy for the next generation.    Featuring Bill Nighy and Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Woo...

Kevin Milne went to see English stand-up comedian Michael McIntosh this week, he says it was a superb show.   But he can’t think of a more stressful occupation than being a stand-up comic. Walking onto a lonely stage several times a week with a couple of thousand fans expecting you to be hilarious, he was keen to have a yarn about this and joined Jack Tame.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listen...

My girlfriend was in Christchurch last week, waiting at the airport departure gate before flying to Auckland, when she sent me an excited text. “The Crusaders are here. All of them.” She said. “Well, I think they are. I don’t know sports.” She rang me a few minutes later, a bit star-struck for someone who supposedly didn’t care too much for rugby, to say that everyone at the airport was asking one...

'Amelia' is the debut album from British pop artist Mimi Webb. After three years of development and a few lead-off singles, Mimi Webb released he first full studio album in early March. Music reviewer Estelle Clifford analysed the album and compared Mimi Webb's style to Emeli Sande and Dua Lipa. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Last Orphan: An Orphan X Novel The Last Orphan is the latest instalment in Gregg Andrew Hurwitz's Orphan X series. Evan Smoak was taken from a group home to be raised and trained up into an assassin for the Government's secret Orphan program, until he broke away to go underground and use his skills for good. The Government's onto Evan now and the President has a deal for him- eliminate a power...

Commentator Elliott Smith is here with this weekend's sports highlights, including the unfolding second day of the Black Caps v Sri Lanka second test and SailGP's grand prix event. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Travel expert Mike Yardley shared some of his recommended spots for dinner, brunch and cocktails in New Zealand's capital.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Which period products are the most sustainable and budget friendly? Kate 'Ethically Kate' Hall talked Jack through some of the better options available on the market. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Autumn is near and the hot days have certainly increased life in the garden. Flowers are still banking on pollinators to do their job; they are numerous right now: flies, hover flies, beetles, thrips and mites; of course our native bees are still around as well. But the invertebrates that cause troubles in the garden and vegetable plots are also on the peak of their numbers; after all they, too, h...

Wine expert Bob Cambell reviews his pick of the week- Saint Clair 2021 James Sinclair Malbec out of Hawke's Bay. Bob Cambell told Jack Tame what he thought of this choice, and explained the rising popularity of malbec in New Zealand. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand and the UK are among the growing list of countries banning TikTok on Government devices amid mounting security concerns. Tech expert Paul Stenhouse explained this issue to Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Screentime expert Tara Ward highlights her TV recommendations for the week: Ted Lasso Sports comedy-drama Ted Lasso is back for its' third (and presumably final) season. The heartwarming story of an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team continues on for Apple TV+. Will Trent Will Trent is an American crime drama based on a series of books. The show follows Will Trent, a Spe...