Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

What is concussion?   Mild brain injury  Bump or blow to head – for example Falls, contact sport, car accidents, previous concussion.  Can interfere with brain function and may or may not be associated with loss of consciousness  Why does it occur?   Brain like jelly – shakes or bounces around in the hard skull, causing minor injury  Can cause bleeding within the skull – small or large.  Can be cu...

Spirited - A Christmas Musical   A musical version of Charles Dickens's story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.   The Road Dance   A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

San Francisco is preparing for robots with guns   The San Francisco Police Department has prepared a draft policy which would explicitly allow robots to be able to be armed with guns or explosives to be used when the risk to human life is too great. Today most of the robots in their fleet are for bomb disposal but some can be equipped with weapons. They say that deploying a robot like this would b...

Three Pines: Alfred Molina stars as a detective investigating cases beneath the idyllic surface of the Quebec village, Three Pines, finding long-buried secrets and facing a few ghosts of his own (Prime Video).     Willow: The legendary sorcerer, returns in a new series set many years after the events of the original film. An unlikely group of heroes set off on a dangerous quest where they must fac...

It was more than a decade ago that a famous boy wizard and his evil counterpart appeared on our screens.   No one could predict the success of the Harry Potter films, least of all the kids who grew up on set at Hogwarts.   And who could forget the first time we were introduced to that blonde haired, blue-eyed sneaky Slytherin antagonist. Tom Felton a.k.a Draco Malfoy is one of the beloved characte...

To reduce the stress of the Christmas lunch or dinner it’s a good idea to include a dessert that can be prepared ahead of time. This is the most gorgeous and show-stopping Christmas dessert and it’s actually very easy to assemble last minute. 1½ sheets puff pastry (use Paneton flaky puff for the ultimate buttery layers) 2 tablespoons icing sugar, plus extra to serve 3 cups mixed berries - strawber...

Football is pretty much the only sport where I feel comfortable supporting Australia. But tomorrow morning, even though they’re occupying that rarest position for any Australian sporting team – Underdog - I won’t be backing the Socceroos in the knock-out stages of the Football World Cup. I’ll watching and hoping like anything that Argentina gets up. Not because I feel a deep, personal bond with Ar...

This week Kevin tried out Flotation Therapy for the first time.  That's where you float in a closed pod of with 500 kilos of Epsom salts in about 30 cm of water. Keeps you at zero gravity or weightlessness. It's supposed to be the ultimate in relaxation.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Servants of the Damned, David Enrich    In his acclaimed #1 bestseller Dark Towers, David Enrich presented the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality. Now Enrich turns his eye towards the world of “Big Law” and the nearly unchecked influence these firms wield to shield the wealthy and powerful—and bury their secrets. To tell thi...

Mike Yardley once again making us all jealous with his galivanting through Singapore. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Educator, activist and blogger Kate Hall has an interesting take on having children. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wine: Marisco 2021 The King’s Favour Sauvignon Blanc $21.99  Why I chose it:  - Tasted blind in a lineup of mostly 2022 Marlb. SB it was a standout (gold medal).  - 2021 much better than 2022.  - SB a great antidote for warm, muggy weather.  What does it taste like?  - Intense, pristine sauvignon blanc from a very favourable vintage. Bright, vibrant wine with passion fruit, capsicum, lemongrass an...

Mercedes is charging you a monthly fee to go faster   So you’ve just purchased an expensive car, laying down tens of thousands of dollars.. then to get the most out of it, you need to pay a monthly fee to unlock features. The car maker is purposely limiting capabilities behind a paywall, which you need to pay to get through.   BMW recently tried (and failed) to make you pay to access CarPlay or An...

Echo 3:  An America action thriller about a scientist who disappears on the Venezuelan-Columbian border, and the attempts of her husband and brother to find her (Apple TV+)   Wednesday:  Tim Burton directs this fresh - and very dark - coming of age story about the youngest child of the Addams Family (Netflix).   This Country:  The BAFTA-winning British mockumentary series about the lives of cousin...

It was more than a decade ago now when the I Quit Sugar movement took hold and swept the world – and the brains behind just so happens to be across the ditch in Aussie, Sarah Wilson.   The cookbooks became bestsellers around the world and her business was set to skyrocket – until Sarah decided to sell and donate all the proceeds to charity.   Sarah’s gone on to live an incredibly inspiring life –...

The beauty of this slice is EVERYONE loves it AND you can pretty much use any type of cereal (cornflakes, rice bubbles, muesli, cocoa pops or even oats) or even Weetbix!  Makes 20-24 squares  50g rice bubbles or cornflakes (about 1 ½ cups) or 3 crushed Weetbix 1 cup coconut 1 cup plain flour (or ¾ cup GF if making GF) 3/4 (150g) cup sugar 2-3 heaped tablespoons cocoa or milo 1 teaspoon baking powd...

Kevin Milne would like to consider how he'd feel if he were 17 and had been denied the opportunity to vote in the General Elections.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  Meet Cute   Sheila, a young woman grappling with suicidal thoughts, discovers that a tanning bed in a nail salon is a time machine. Traveling back 24 hours, she relives the best date night of her life over and over, only to decide that her boyfriend, Gary, needs some fixing. Unaware that meddling with the past could ruin the future, Sheila goes even further back in time to turn him into the perf...

  No, I haven’t bought a new air fryer. Tempted as I might have been, I’ve resisted the urge to upgrade my TV. So far, I’ve only bought two things in the Black Friday sales and I think even the most staunch anti-capitalists would have to agree, neither could be deemed particularly luxurious: a compost bin for my kitchen, and a shower squeegee. Woo-hoo! It’s one of those curious little quirks of 20...

Off the back of the release of his brand-new album The Hardest Love, global superstar Dean Lewis has announced The Future is Bright World Tour which will head to New Zealand in March 2023.    The 10-track The Hardest Love album includes previous singles ‘Looks Like Me’ and ‘Hurtless’, as well as the emotive ‘How Do I Say Goodbye’—a devastating song about the looming loss of a parent.    With over...

Love Untold, Ruth Jones   The funny, moving and uplifting new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Never Greener and Us Three.   Four generations of one family. Four women: Grace, Alys, Elin and Beca.   Each of them has a secret. Each has been misunderstood. And each of them longs for just one thing... to feel loved.     When McKinsey C...

Mike Yardley once again is making us jealous with the tales of his travels to the Swiss Reviera. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are commitment issues a big deal in a relationship? What makes it so serious? What can you do if you think your partner is unsure?   What can you do if you are unsure?   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Taylor Swift's fans feel let down by Ticketmaster   The pre-sale earlier this week was Ticketmaster's biggest event ever. To put it into perspective, they had 4x the number of system requests than their last peak. There were 3.5 million registered verified fans, who purchased 1.5 million tickets. There were long digital queues, and now resellers are taking advantage of the demand putting tickets b...

It’s never how anyone plans it when they get married, but divorce is very common – which means it could be a curveball you have to contend with.   On the financial as well as the personal – it can be devastating.   So how can you best navigate the dollars and cents side of divorce?   LISTEN ABOVE   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.