Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Coffee and walnuts are old friends and in these cute little cakes maple syrup adds an extra dimension.  Makes 8 small cakes or 10-12 muffins  100g soft butter 2/3 cup brown sugar, loosely packed (about 100g) 3 eggs 50g yoghurt or sour cream 100g walnuts, chopped + extra pieces to garnish 1 ½ cups plain flour (or 1 ¼ cups GF flour) 3 tsp baking powder 3 tsp espresso powder or 2 tsp instant coffee 1...

Dame Valerie doco   This 90’ feature documentary named More than Gold is the candid and inspirational story of fivetime Olympian, double Olympic gold medallist, Tongan/New Zealander Dame Valerie Adams; one of the world’s most celebrated athletes. It is also the story of a mother, a daughter, a sister, and a survivor.   At a time when sportswomen globally are struggling with pressures beyond the fi...

Kevin Milne is most nervous about the university exams starting next week, yet he isn't sitting any. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I’m on the road at the moment. North America. Toronto and New York. And like anyone who’s been fortunate enough to take a holiday in the U.S lately, I’ve been swallowing hard at just how much stuff costs. Tomorrow night I’m staying one night in a mid-range New York hotel. It’s probably a 3.5-star establishment. The room is tiny. But for a sliding door, the toilet is more-or-less right next to my p...

Long Shadows – David Baldacci   Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci.     Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge and her bodyguard at her home in an exclusive, gated community in Florida from international bestselling author David Baldacci.   Our Missing Hearts – Celeste Ng  From th...

OK… as promised, last week...   Language and definitions: Native – Endemic – Beneficial – Pest   A NATIVE organism is firmly established in NZ; it’s origin could be from overseas (or an ancient continent like Gondwanaland), but it got here, somehow, on its own accord (flying, drifting on logs, floating in the air, etc) without assistance from humans (luggage, commercial goods, planes, boats, smugg...

Kate Hall shares the strange things she gets up to in order to help the planet - and you might just learn a trick or two.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boby Campbell usually picks a wine with a price of tag of $20 or below but this week, he's shaking it up and chats to Jack Tame about one of our most expensive wines - Destiny Bay 2020 Magna Praemia, Waiheke that retails at $550 a bottle.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Netflix reveals how much you'll pay to watch with ads   In the USA the new "Basic with Ads" plan will be $6.99 a month, saving folks around $3 a month. It won't allow downloads or offline viewing, and won't offer 4K content, or multiple devices. Expect 4-5 minutes of ads an hour, ads will be 15-30 seconds in length, and they'll be both before and during the show. It's launching in 12 countries in...

This England:  Kenneth Branagh stars as Boris Johnson in this drama based on the British prime minister's tumultuous first few months in Downing Street, as he grapples with the first wave of the Covid-19  pandemic (TVNZ1, Sunday).   The Watcher:  Naomi Watts stars in Ryan Murphy’s latest drama about a married couple who purchase their dream home only to be threatened by terrifying letters from a s...

Wedding Crashers, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Borat a.k.a Sacha Baron Cohen  They all have one thing in common: Isla Fisher.  The actress has worked in TV and film for more than 25 years.   You’ll be familiar with seeing her face walking the red carpet at movie premieres but what you might not be familiar with is her name on children’s books.   Isla loves writing, having released her first kid...

As well as a savoury ingredient, polenta is a truly wonderful baking ingredient - it’s cornmeal so is GF and has so much texture.   Serve these little beauties with whipped cream.   GF syrup   ½ cup icing sugar   Juice of 3 lemons (use zest in cakes)   Cakes   175g butter, softened   175g caster sugar   2 large eggs   80g fine instant polenta   ½ cup freeze-dried raspberries + extra for topping  ...

Movie reviewer Chris Schulz gives us his thoughts on Amsterdam and the doco Katrina Babies. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A week on from the Peter Ellis Supreme Court ruling and Kevin Milne had had a chance to digest.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I was trying to think how long it had been since we were all in a room together. It was before Dayle and Jeremy each had a family. Before Matt became a doctor. Before Alex announced to everyone that he’d taken a job in West Africa and by any chance did anyone know what the weather was like in Togo at this time of year? Five mates who grew up in the middle-class Christchurch suburbs and all knocked...

Estelle Clifford has been listening to PRE PLEASURE from Julia Jacklin. The Australian songwriter’s empathetic, understated rock songs sift through a litany of relationships and beliefs, seeking a balance between thinking about life and actually living it.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catherine Raynes has been reading My Darling Daughter by JP Delaney and Forever Home from Graham Norton. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Yardley has been venturing around Milano. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Dromgool shares his advice on how to make a good apology and the magic time zone of when to. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tropaeolum is the Latin name for that almost weedy, but seriously colourful plant called Nasturtium Most gardeners know them, many grow them (in frost-free locations), some eat them and others find them a bit of a pain in the bottom due to their rampant growth. The famous painter Monet was a huge fan too! They hail from Central and Southern America; flower colours are bright in the red, orange and...

Dr Bryan Betty has the rundown on what we can do to help treat osteoporosis. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google is joining the smart watch market   This week they announced their first ever Pixel Watch. They bought Fitbit last year for $2.1 billion and that tech is front and center in the new  watch. It 's a circular design which differentiates it from the Apple watch, boasts a 24 hour battery and has all the health tracking Fitbit offers such activity tracking, heart rate monitoring and sleep tracki...

Interview with a Vampire:  New streaming service AMC+ launches in New Zealand with a variety of new and exclusive shows, including a contemporary remake of Anne Rice’s famous novel (AMC+)   Friends of the Family:  Anna Paquin and Colin Hanks star in this true-crime drama about a family destroyed by a kidnapping that happens right under their noses (TVNZ+)     Derry Girls:   The third and final sea...

Kita Mean’s life went from grunge rock to glitz and glam as he made an unforgettable entrance into the drag world.   Kita Mean a.k.a Nick Nash was the first winner of global television hit RuPaul’s Drag Race Downunder .   But it wasn’t all plain sailing to get there and Kita bares all in her brand new memoir, Life in Lashes .   Nick Nash / Kita Mean joined Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.co...

Asparagus is here and remember it’s a short season so make hte most of it with this gorgeous tart. It’s so simple to whip up and utterly delicious.  Asparagus and mustard tart  Serve 4-6  2 bunches (or about 20) medium thickness asparagus spears 1 sheet puff pastry 1 egg, beaten with a fork 150g sour cream or crème fraiche ½ cup grated parmesan + extra to serve 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard ½ te...