/on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/rss ob体育接口 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:27:31 Z en /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ed-gamble-uk-comedian-ahead-of-his-nz-tour-of-hot-diggity-dog/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ed-gamble-uk-comedian-ahead-of-his-nz-tour-of-hot-diggity-dog/ Ed Gamble is a man of many hats.  Champion of the Taskmaster UK, podcast co-host, author, television host, standup comedian – on top of this, he’s an absolute food fanatic.  He’s bringing a feast of comedy to New Zealand with his new show ‘Hot Diggity Dog’, filled with his classic “ranting, raving and spluttering”.  Gamble told Jack Tame he describes the show as a collection of things that have happened to him since he last did a show, including a bit about his disastrous honeymoon and one about buying a cat with his wife.   “It’s a lot more exciting than my description of it makes it sound,” he reassured.  “I promise you’ll be on the edge of your seat, even though it sounds incredibly tedious and middle class.”  He’ll be performing live in Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland – tickets available on TicketMaster.   LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:38:09 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-samantha-fish-paper-doll/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-samantha-fish-paper-doll/ Samantha Fish is offering up nine new powerhouse songs on her latest album ‘Paper Doll’.  It’s Fish’s 13th album, and the first she’s recorded with her touring band, leaning into her strengths as a musician in a way she hasn’t before.  Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on the new release.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:26:21 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-the-perfect-divorce-and-the-paris-express/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-the-perfect-divorce-and-the-paris-express/ The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose   Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine. It's been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress.      The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue   Europe is racing towards the future. Steam travel is the emblem of progress; industry and invention are creating ever greater wealth and ever greater deprivation; and on an autumn day in 1895 a young woman determined to make her mark on history boards the Granville to Paris Express with a bomb.   With her travel the train crew and her fellow passengers: the men who run the engine, who have built a life together away from their wives; a little boy travelling alone for the first time; a wealthy statesman and his ill daughter; an artist far from home and in search of a muse; and another young woman with a secret of a very different nature hidden beneath the layers of her dress . . .    LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:17:29 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-a-surprising-wealth-of-information-on-nzs-fallen-soldiers/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-a-surprising-wealth-of-information-on-nzs-fallen-soldiers/ Kevin Milne has been doing some research into his family history recently – notably the deaths of three of his uncles.  All three were soldiers in the First World War, and Kevin was surprised how much research already exists into the lives of New Zealand’s fallen soldiers.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:08:40 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-savouring-the-sights-and-sounds-of-salzburg/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-savouring-the-sights-and-sounds-of-salzburg/ "Few cities in the world enjoy the stature of being a music mecca quite like Salzburg. It’s one of my favourite European destinations and I recently ventured back to this Austrian jewel with Trafalgar, as part of their magnificent 10-day Imperial Europe tour. It’s like a tasting plate of some of Central Europe’s most glittering destinations, steeped in history and spilling with scenic finery. And it’s all spectacularly brought to life with specialist local guides who live and breathe these destinations, with unbridled passion and pride." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:55:43 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dougal-sutherland-the-benefits-of-doing-one-thing-at-a-time/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/dougal-sutherland-the-benefits-of-doing-one-thing-at-a-time/ Some would argue our world has got too busy, too frantic, that we never get a chance to switch off. An estimate from a few years ago believes we have as much as 34GB of information coming into us every day. Some of this business is likely due to never being able to switch off from incoming info, as well as a loss of “stopping cues” around us, e.g. ads on linear tv, intermissions at movies.  We can get into a pattern of always being on, always “doing”, never stopping and just “being”. It’s arguably not good for our wellbeing —a constant low level of stress— and can also affect relationships, e.g. having a conversation at the same time as scrolling on your phone.  Here are three things people could try if they want to experiment with an antidote to this business:   1) Mindfulness: one aspect of mindfulness is becoming aware of when your attention has shifted and moving it back to just one thing, e.g. your breathing.  2) Concentrating on doing everyday tasks one at a time, e.g. if brushing your teeth, just brush your teeth. Notice all the aspects of it – notice your mind wandering away and practice bringing it back to the task at hand.  3) Watch some slow tv. My best recommendation for the moment is the Great Moose Migration on Swedish tv (svtplay.sw). It’s 24/7 coverage of moose migrating across a river —over 30 cameras but very slow— long shots of Swedish wilderness without a moose in sight. It’s on right now but only lasts for a few more days – you can almost feel your blood pressure lowering.  Give it a go, see if it makes a difference!  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:51:58 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-26-april-2025/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-26-april-2025/ On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 26 April 2025, the master of combining comedy with his love for food, Ed Gamble joins Jack ahead of his tour to NZ.  Jack marks an unusual anniversary.  Winter warmers on your mind? Margo Flanagan of Two Raw Sisters delivers a delicious Halloumi Saagwala recipe and discusses options for alternative proteins.  Francesca Rudkin offers her verdict on the much-hyped Sinners film.   And tech expert Paul Stenhouse explains new EU rules for devices to have a mandatory label.  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:12:46 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-taphrina-deformans-or-peach-leaf-curl/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-taphrina-deformans-or-peach-leaf-curl/ I’m trying a different tack on Newstalk ob体育接口.    It’s something I use with teachers and kids at school: the meaning of scientific names of living organisms helps to remind us how certain creatures operate or how they can be identified.   Once you get that in your gardening vocabulary it becomes a lot easier to prevent or control the problem that’s causing you regular troubles.   Taphrina is the name of a parasitic fungi (belonging to the family Taphrinaceae) that produce asci in a superficial hymenium having an indeterminate margin and cause leaf curling and malformations like blisters on various vascular plants.   It literally tells us it’s a name of Rotter-Fungus that causes curling, malformation, and blisters.   The second name (deformans) repeats the symptoms: it causes deformations. That tells us it is a real bummer to have on your plants (especially on stonefruit: peaches, nectarines, plums, peachcotts, peacherines, apricots, etc).  Ladies and gentlemen: we’re talking about leaf curl on peaches (and Bladder Plum/Plum Pocket on plums).   Spring and summer are the main months of queries on our Gardening programs: how to deal with Taphrina deformans and, while we're at it, Taphrina pruni.   Short answer: in spring and summer you’re too late. Yes, the disease starts in spring, but you can’t spray copious amounts of copper on the new and tender leaves – young leaves will burn!   Right now, in the middle of Autumn you can avoid the infection.  Around mid to late April, when the leaves are falling off the deciduous stone fruit trees, the new buds for the next season are formed. Taphrina deformans will then be invading those new buds and overwinter on those buds to infect the trees again in spring.  First thing to do is to remove all fallen leaves from under the trees. That reduces infection chances.   Next thing is to spray a double dose of copper spray (copper oxychloride, liquid copper, or copper-sulphur mixtures, available form garden centres) on the remaining leaves and on the branches/twigs of the tree. Use a “sticker” if you can to increase coverage and stickability.  Do this again a few weeks or a month later and ensure good coverage of all parts of the tree.   Some people use Lime sulphur. That’s okay too as a winter clean-up – seeing as the trees are getting to dormancy, Lime Sulphur won’t harm the leaves, but I think that lime may not be a great material for apricots as it has the ability to raise the pH levels.   A last smack of Copper spray before budburst should “mop up” the last surviving spores before the flowering and fruiting season begins again.   LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:41:24 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/bryan-betty-dengue-fever/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/bryan-betty-dengue-fever/ Dengue fever is in the news right now after the death of a young Samoan boy at Starship Hospital last week. As many New Zealanders travel to the Pacific Islands, the recent outbreak means it’s something to consider.  The other interesting fact about dengue fever is as well as being relevant to the Pacific, it’s becoming more common around the world due to climate change – increasing temperature and humidity driving mosquito population and leading to more people being infected.      What is it?   A mosquito-spread virus. You get it when a mosquito bites you that is infected with dengue fever.   Unlike malaria, it’s carried by the small mosquitoes that come out during the day. Not the evening/early morning mosquitoes that typically carry malaria.  It’s becoming more common around the world with climate change – with hotter more humid temperatures.   Endemic in Pacific, which is presently going through an outbreak.   Can actually now be found in places like far North Queensland.   It could it reach New Zealand one day – possibly with climate change.       What happens if you are bitten by a mosquito carrying dengue fever?   Symptoms occur 4-10 days after the mosquito bite.   Typical symptoms: High fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint aches (has been referred to as ‘break bone fever’), nausea, vomiting, and skin rash.   Often people recover after 1-2 weeks.   Severe form is called haemorrhagic fever with bleeding, cardiovascular shock, and sometimes death.   Typically occurs when you get an infection a second time – not the first.       What can we do treat it?   Important: There is no vaccine to prevent the disease, once you have it there is no treatment.   Just treat the symptoms:   Paracetamol, not ibuprofen or aspirin as this can increase bleeding risk.   Plenty of fluids and rest.   A majority will get better, however, if symptoms are severe, you need to see a doctor and may need the hospital.      How do we prevent it?   Be aware that Pacific destinations Fiji, Tonga and Samoa have had recent outbreaks.   Outbreaks are often every 2-5 years with year-round risk.   Resorts often put in place protocols to reduce/eliminate mosquitoes.   If mosquitoes are around, protect against getting bitten with insect repellents, long sleeve shorts/pants, and mosquito nets.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:27:44 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-open-ais-open-to-buying-chrome-upgrades-to-apples-ipad-eu-imposes-mandatory-labels-on-tech-products/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-open-ais-open-to-buying-chrome-upgrades-to-apples-ipad-eu-imposes-mandatory-labels-on-tech-products/ OpenAI would be open to buying Google's Chrome browser   Talk about an instant audience - imagine logging into your Chrome web browser and instead of getting Google results, you get ChatGPT. The DOJ ruled last year that Google is a monopolist in Search – now comes the search to decide what to do with Chrome.   OpenAI told the judge the company would be interested in taking it over. Open AI, with ChatGPT, wants to be the way you find and access information on the web. Attempts to partner with Google Search have been unsuccessful – they only have access to Bing. Only trouble, Open AI says it's not as good as Google. The line between iPad & Mac could be about to be blurred even further   One of the regular Apple leakers has as a scoop: a menubar could be coming to the iPad when the magic keyboard is connected. Assuming it functions like the Mac version, it gives quick access to app and operating system. They also say iPadOS 19 will enhance Stage Manager, the feature that allows a user to plug their iPad into an external monitor. These two changes would make it the most laptop-like iPad we've seen.   Devices in the EU are about to get a mandatory label on the box   Just how long will that new phone or tablet's battery last? You'll now get a way to compare from device to device with standardized labels. The labels will say how many times the battery is rated to be recharged, how energy efficient the device is, and how long the battery should last each day. It'll also rate now repairable and durable the device is.   They will also impose "ecodesign" requirements to make devices more resilient, including being protected from splashes of water, dust, scratches, and drops. All devices on sale across the EU from June 8 will need the label.      LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:06:46 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-mobland-etoile-ransom-canyon/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-mobland-etoile-ransom-canyon/ Mobland   Power is up for grabs as two warring crime families clash in a battle that threatens to topple empires and ruin lives. In the crossfire stands Harry Da Souza, a street-smart 'fixer' who knows too well where loyalties lie when opposing forces collide (Prime Video).     Etoile   In an ambitious gambit to save their storied institutions, two world-renowned ballet companies in New York City and Paris swap their most talented stars. From the Executive Producers of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel comes a bold new series celebrating the beauty, humor, and unpredictability of a life devoted to the arts, both on stage and off (Prime Video).     Ransom Canyon   Passions run deep in a small Texas town, as three ranching dynasties fight for their land, their legacies and the people they love (Netflix).    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:54:54 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/margo-flanagan-halloumi-saagwala/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/margo-flanagan-halloumi-saagwala/ Margo Flanagan of ‘Two Raw Sisters’ serves up a delicious recipe for Halloumi Saagwala.  Serves: 2   Time: 20 minutes     Ingredients  Saagwala   1 brown onion, diced   1 tomato, diced - large   ⅓ cup coconut cream   4 cloves of garlic   1 tbsp ginger, freshly grated   1 tsp garam masala   ½ tsp chilli flakes   ¼ tsp cinnamon   1 tsp sea salt   5 cups greens (spinach, rocket, herbs, kale, silverbeet)      Fried Halloumi   100g halloumi, cut into cubes   2 tbsp cooking oil      To Serve   1 cup brown rice, cooked   2 tbsp chilli oil   2 tbsp peanuts, toasted and chopped   1/4  cup coriander, chopped      Method Add all of the saagwala ingredients, except the greens, to a pan and simmer for 8 minutes. Add the greens to the pan in the last 2 minutes. Mix until wilted.   Add the saagwala to the blender and blend until smooth and vibrant green.    Clean the pan and cook the halloumi. Heat the cooking oil in the pan until hot, add the halloumi cubes and cook until golden on each side.    Pour the saagwala sauce back into the pan with the halloumi and mix. Heat until you reach your desired temperature.    Spoon cooked rice into a bowl followed by the saagwala, chilli oil, peanuts and herbs. Enjoy    Any leftovers will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Alternatively, you can freeze the saagwala sauce without the halloumi for up to 3 months.    Simple Swaps / Additions    Halloumi for chickpeas, paneer or chicken.   Brown onion for red onion.   Garam masala for ground cumin.   Chilli flakes for fresh red chilli.      LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:14:45 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-correspondent-and-sinners/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-correspondent-and-sinners/ The Correspondent  The story of the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Australian journalist Peter Greste, who while reporting on the Arab Spring uprising becomes entangled in a deadly game of rivalries.     Sinners  Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their Mississippi hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:08:41 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ciar%C3%A1n-hinds-irish-actor-on-his-latest-project-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ciar%C3%A1n-hinds-irish-actor-on-his-latest-project-the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north/ Ciarán Hinds’ acting pursuits have taken him far from his roots in Northern Ireland.   A quality actor - he lends himself to both villainy and simmering heroics.   His long career has included intimate Shakespearean theatre productions right through to major franchises like Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and the Disney animated film Frozen.   His latest project ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ is an intimate character study on human spirit – the Prime Video series based on the novel by Richard Flanagan.  He told Jack Tame when he was first introduced to the project, he’d heard of the book but never read it.   “They sent me a couple of scripts and I was immediately hooked by the quality of the writing and the story itself,” Hinds said.  “So I went out and got myself the book.”  “Deeply moved, I was, by the savagery, the cruelty, the brutality, the love, the deep passion, the haunting... it’s a huge and hugely emotional read for anybody,” he told Tame.  “And from then, I said I’m very interested in this project, and so we went on from there.”  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:55:56 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-beirut-a-study-of-losses/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-beirut-a-study-of-losses/ In Beirut’s 7th album, Zach Condon returns to a place he had no plans to ever go back to.  ‘A Study of Losses’ was commissioned by the Swedish circus troupe Kompani Giraff, and at first he was hesitant to write a soundtrack for a circus, the idea a reminder of a time he’d been pigeonholed, as he says, “as a whimsical circus waif”.  However, videos of the troupe’s performances and an abstract of the work upon which the new project would be based changed his mind.  Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to give her thoughts on Beirut’s new album.   LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:41:46 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-nine-hidden-lives-and-strangers-in-time/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-nine-hidden-lives-and-strangers-in-time/ Nine Hidden Lives by Robert Gold   Secrets only survive in the dark  When journalist Ben Harper is asked to help re-examine an unsolved murder case from thirty years ago, he immediately agrees. It's not just that the victim was also a journalist, murdered after she'd published a series of shocking interviews with victims of domestic abuse. It's also that he understands all too well the need of victim's daughter, Doctor Uma Jha, for answers.  But it's not long before their investigation leads to threats being made on Uma's life. Ben needs to unravel this crime before it's too late, but instead he finds himself tangled in a web of lies and deception. After all, a crime like murder has implications for many people.  People who have been keeping secrets for thirty years, and will do whatever it takes to protect them.     Strangers in Time by David Baldacci   Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.    Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of children to have been evacuated to the countryside Molly has been away from her home for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she’d hoped for as she’s confronted by a devastating reality: neither of her parents are there.    Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his bookshop, The Book Keep. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost.    But Charlie’s escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone’s been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is harboring his own secrets, which could have terrible consequences for all of them.   As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.        LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:21:56 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-humility-humiliation-and-a-bit-of-a-fall/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kevin-milne-humility-humiliation-and-a-bit-of-a-fall/ Less well known than the days that follow it is Maundy Thursday – the day in which Jesus Christ shared the Last Supper with his 12 apostles.  A theme of the day is humility, and Kevin Milne had a taste of that and a bit of humiliation both earlier on this week.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:14:21 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-waltzing-through-vienna-with-trafalgar/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-waltzing-through-vienna-with-trafalgar/ "You could spill vast rivers of blue Danube ink try to encapsulate the enduring brilliance of Vienna and all that it has lavished on the world. It’s the city that vaulted Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Strauss and his waltz into the world’s consciousness. The city that unleashed the genius of Freud, published the world’s first newspaper, conceived the delicious Torte, and was the powerbase for the imperial Hapsburgs. Vienna remains a city of culture, class and beauty; of churches, castles and concert halls." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:36:40 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kate-hall-reframing-food-scraps/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/kate-hall-reframing-food-scraps/ Food Appreciation Month is coming up, and Kate Hall is thinking about food scraps.  New Zealand households are throwing away over 157,000 tonnes of edible food every year, costing the average household $1,326.   Instead of tossing out your food scraps, Kate has a few tips on how you can reuse them, turning them into ingredients and saving money.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:32:24 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-spotting-fungi/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-spotting-fungi/ A week ago I noticed one of those beautiful red toadstools in our garden – the classic red fungus with white dots all over the skin.   Amanita muscaria or Fly agaric – there are a few different sub-species with different colourations (orange-red to yellow, and various colours of the “dots”). This is a Mycorrhizal fungus that is associated with a few common host trees: Birch, beech and pine trees. It’s not very edible – in fact, it’s better not to muck around with. Some young children have ended up being poisoned and some rather risky adults (trying to go on a Hallucinogenic journey) ended up in similar troubles.   But they look great, and this was the first time I saw this species in our front garden, which surprised me. Of course, I never saw the 7-meter tall Betula which really need pruning away from electricity wires…   Many species are doing a great job in recycling dead materials, fallen leaves, and dead branches, and also dead trunks in all shapes and sizes.   These are some examples of fungi doing the recycling job in forests – small and large and colourful.  Ear Fungus is often found on dead trunks of trees.   This is a weird looking, feeling, and tasting mushroom that can hardly be misidentified: It looks like a human ear, it feels like an ear, and it even tastes like an ear!   This edible fungus was the very first export article that was sent from New Zealand to China in the eighteen hundreds. The Chew Chong brothers in Taranaki were the first people to send container loads of these fungi by ship.   Gardeners will encounter fungi that cause all sorts of problems in fruit (fruit rots), in roots (Phytophthora), and in stems and on leaves. Often preventative gardening will reduce the problems developing. Copper sprays tend to protect a plant from Spores settling on the developing fruit.   Brown Rot on Apricot  What I love to see is interaction between fungi and insects. Here is a stinkhorn fungus with a decent amount of smelly, brown liquid. Flies are keen to harvest that brown stinky stuff and in doing so, they get the brown spores on their body. Those spores are distributed through gardens and forests.   Autumn is the time to go for a walk and just look at fungi; I reckon they actually run this planet!  LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:19:06 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-19-april-2025/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/full-show-podcast-19-april-2025/ On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 19 April 2025, Northern Irish acting legend, Hollywood royalty, and the man who has been in almost every major film franchise of the 21st century, Ciaran Hinds joins Jack to discuss the intimate character study of his new project The Narrow Road to the Deep North.  Jack considers the legacy of the Blue Origin spacecraft against this week's discovery within Earth's very own Big Blue.  Catherine Raynes reviews the latest novel from David Baldacci – the perfect long weekend read.  For those sick of hot cross buns, chef Nici Wickes has an alternative Easter breakfast recipe.  And as Food appreciation month approaches, sustainability expert Kate Hall reframes our view on food scraps.  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:12:45 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/cameron-douglas-esk-valley-malbec-cabernet-sauvignon-merlot-2022/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/cameron-douglas-esk-valley-malbec-cabernet-sauvignon-merlot-2022/ Esk Valley Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022, Hawkes Bay RRP from $24.99.    From the Gimblett Gravels sub-regional GI of Hawkes Bay     The Wine: Great colour concentration leading to a bouquet of ripe dark red berry fruits, blackberry and roasted plums, a mix of sweet and bitter chocolate, cacao and baking spices. The wood smoke from use of barrel adds complexity and depth. Dry with an abundance of ripe tannins and plenty of acidity for bite and freshness, West drinking from day of purchase through 2030.      The Food:   Great with moderate to high protein foods – from lamb to beef and even some roast chicken. Red meat, say a steak, that is cooked medium-rare has a lot more available protein on the palate than say one cooked to medium-well, or well-done. The rarer the meat the bigger and younger a red wine can be – the protein in the flesh and any juice that might ooze from it soften tannins in the wine making it seem smoother or softer.   The other consideration is the sauce and the seasoning: I don’t mean tomato sauce – though this is full of sugar and salt – I mean a reduction, a jus, or a cream=based sauce will all have a reaction with the wine.   One piece of advice – if you have a chili meter from 1 to 10, 1 being the least heat and 10 being the hottest of hot, don’t add chili spices to the food that is intended to go with red wine beyond a 3 or 4 on the scale. Chili turns the volume up on tannin and alcohol perceptions in red wine and can easily disrupt the flavours within the dish.     The season:   2022 was a very good year for wines from Hawkes Bay. With a warm and dry winter, and the earliest veraison in 30 years.  Then quite a bit of rain before 30+ degree days until harvest.   The wines that I have tasted are balanced, complete and will age through to 2030 for most and 2035+ for the rest.   LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:06:03 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/oskar-howell-tech-commentator-on-google-and-metas-digital-advertising-practices-steams-loot-crate-profits/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/oskar-howell-tech-commentator-on-google-and-metas-digital-advertising-practices-steams-loot-crate-profits/ Google and Meta are being raked over the coals in the US  The two titans are facing antitrust suits for the methods used in their digital advertising networks. Google for running an illegal monopoly within its digital ad network, while Facebook is in front of the FTC for antitrust behaviour in its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, as part of its digital ad strategy.    Steam profits off gaming loot crates  It was revealed that game publisher and marketplace Steam made US$82 million from loot crate openings in one month, from a single game.     LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:02:34 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-patience-the-stolen-girl-diamond-heist/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-patience-the-stolen-girl-diamond-heist/ Patience   Against the backdrop of the historic city of York, detective Bea Metcalf forms an unlikely duo with young autistic police archivist Patience Evans, opening a door into a whole new world for Patience (ThreeNow).   The Stolen Girl   A seemingly ordinary decision turns the world of Elisa, mom to two young kids, upside down. When her daughter Lucia asks to go to a sleepover at her new best friend Josie's house, Elisa agrees. After meeting Josie's mother, Rebecca, she's put at ease by her charming nature and their impressive house. But when she says goodnight to her daughter, she has no idea that she is about to be thrust into every parent's worst nightmare (Disney+).   Diamond Heist  It's the year 2000, and London unveils the Millennium Dome to usher in the third millennium. A group of criminals devise a plan to steal the Millennium Dome Diamond at the heart of the Millennium Jewels collection (Netflix).    LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 18 Apr 2025 23:35:27 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-penguin-lessons-and-warfare/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-the-penguin-lessons-and-warfare/ The Penguin Lessons    An Englishman experiences personal and political changes after adopting a penguin during a turbulent time in Argentina's history.    Warfare   A surveillance mission goes wrong for a platoon of American Navy SEALs in insurgent territory in Iraq.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 18 Apr 2025 23:06:30 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-easter-morning-pancakes/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-easter-morning-pancakes/ These pancakes may not only be the most delicious thing you’ll eat this Easter, they may also be the most healthy!    Makes 12+      Ingredients  2/3 cup rolled oats   1 tsp cinnamon    1 tsp mixed spice    ½ tsp nutmeg   ½ tsp baking powder    ½ tsp baking soda    3 tbsps. currants or sultanas    1 banana, mashed   1 medium egg   ¼ cup natural yoghurt    ¼-1/3  cup water or milk   Butter for frying and eating      Method  Blitz the oats in a blender or food processor until it’s like flour. Tip into a bowl and add in spices, baking powder and soda and currants or sultanas.   Whisk together banana, egg, yoghurt and ¼ cup water (or milk) and pour into the dry ingredients. Stir until it forms a smooth batter, adding more water/milk if it’s too stiff.    Heat a pan to medium. Grease the surface with a little butter.    Drop spoonfuls of batter into the pan and cook until browned on one side and puffed before flipping and cooking through.   Serve with butter, or syrup, or whatever you fancy. Happy Easter!      PS. I reckon they’re even better cold.    LISTEN ABOVE  Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:30:25 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/sam-hales-the-jungle-giants-frontman-on-the-bands-evolution-and-growth/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/sam-hales-the-jungle-giants-frontman-on-the-bands-evolution-and-growth/ Over a decade has seen Australian pop-dance royalty The Jungle Giants grow from simple lovers of music to fully-fledged artists on the world stage.  They had a massive year last year – playing shows and headlining festivals from hemisphere to hemisphere.  And now, they’re bringing their energy to New Zealand, with shows in Wellington and Auckland.   Frontman Sam Hales told Jack Tame they’ve been in a band together for about half their lives.  “No matter what happens, we know how to support each other, we know how to press each other’s buttons,” he said.  “And I think it really affects the music as well.”  Hales says that having such a supportive band allows him space to experiment.  “Even though it was spooky and risky, they we’re like, ‘Dude, just do, do whatever feels good. We’ve got your back.’”  “For me, knowing that support network was there, it makes me feel just, free to adventure and experiment, which is a really lucky place to be.”  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:45:58 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-previewing-the-taite-music-prize/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-previewing-the-taite-music-prize/ The creativity of Kiwi musicians is being recognised this month.  The Taite Music Prize is being awarded next week, the purpose of which is to recognise outstanding creativity for an entire collection of music contained on one album.  80 albums were nominated this year, of which only ten made the cut to be finalists.   Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to preview the awards.  LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:27:47 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-together-we-roared-broken-country/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-together-we-roared-broken-country/ Together We Roared by Steve Williams and Evin Priest   Steve Williams, arguably the greatest caddie in golf history, teams up with renowned golf journalist Evin Priest to give his definitive account of his 12-year partnership with the legendary Tiger Woods, sharing personal, never-before-told moments of their friendship on and off the course.  When Tiger Woods went on an extraordinary majors run between 1999 and 2008, one man stood at his side: his caddie Steve Williams. Together Steve and Tiger dominated the PGA Tour and won an astonishing 13 major championships, their sights set on breaking Jack Nicklaus’s record 18 majors. Before they could overtake Nicklaus, however, their partnership ended abruptly, and a 12-year period without talking began. Years later, the two reconnected.  Steve, with PGA Tour journalist Evin Priest, reflects fondly on his years as Tiger’s caddie and their relentless pursuit of greatness. He revisits all their best moments, from Tiger’s iconic shot on the 16th hole at the 2005 Masters to the famed Tiger Slam of 2000 and 2001, to his against-the-odds victory on a broken leg at the 2008 US Open. Steve goes behind the scenes of their on-course success and shows their friendship off the course, like Tiger caddying for Steve on his wedding day and Tiger giving a heartfelt best man speech. Steve also shares fascinating, never-before-seen photos and ephemera.  Together We Roared offers an inside look at what it is like to ride alongside greatness and is a heartfelt ode to the friendship that produced one of the winningest duos in golf history.     Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall   Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth’s brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn’t realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager—the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident.  As Beth is pulled back into Gabriel’s life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become.    LISTEN ABOVE  Sat, 12 Apr 2025 01:12:31 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-headline-experiences-in-munich/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-headline-experiences-in-munich/ "As spring began to bud and bloom in Munich, I embraced the season of renewal by joining Trafalgar on their riveting 10 day Imperial Europe guided coach tour, which strings together a necklace of enchanting destinations. It’s a cracking introduction to the richness of Central Europe – kind of like a glorified greatest hits tour." Read Mike's full article here. 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