Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Jan 31 2025 2524 ep. 8 mins 732

Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Podcast artwork

Jack Tame’s crisp perspective, style and enthusiasm makes for refreshing and entertaining Saturday morning radio on Newstalk ZB.

News, sport, books, music, gardens and celebrities – what better way to spend your Saturdays?

News Society & Culture TV & Film

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Nadia Reid: Kiwi musician on her upcoming album 'Enter Now Brightness', motherhood

Jan 31 2025 13 mins

In less than a week’s time, Kiwi musician Nadia Reid will release her fourth album: ‘Enter Now Brightness’. It’s her first album in five years, born from a period of reflection during the Covid lockdowns beginning in 2020. The album is a record of “poise and great beauty”, documenting the sound of a “cellular shift” and pain giving way to tenderness and

Estelle Clifford: Young Franco - It's Franky Baby!

Jan 31 2025 10 mins

The debut album from Young Franco, ‘It’s Franky Baby!’ is filled with experimental tracks and collaborations. The 10 tracks cover a range of genres, Franco taking inspiration from disco, rap, punk, and dance music from all over the place. Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to share her thoughts on the DJ’s first release. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com

Mike Yardley: Walking and wings in Marlborough

Jan 31 2025 8 mins

"Far from being just a port town, Picton has blossomed into a fully-fledged holiday gem. Wrapped in forest-clad hills, the Picton foreshore is studded with a swag of hospo spots and heritage treasures like the Edwin Fox, in addition to being an alluring launch-pad for savouring Queen Charlotte Sound." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for

Catherine Raynes: Beautiful Ugly and A Dangerous Game

Jan 31 2025 3 mins

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but

Kevin Milne: A run in with credit card fraud

Jan 31 2025 6 mins

Kevin Milne had a bit of a run in with some credit card fraud last weekend. Upon trying to make a few purchases, he found his card blocked due to 7 suspicious attempts to withdraw money stemming from the US. He joined Jack Tame for a chat about the experience and the lessons he learnt. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dougal Sutherland: The need for mental health support in the workplace, the financial cost of cutting it

Jan 31 2025 11 mins

2024 was a hard year for many. If you didn’t lose your job, you might have spent a lot of time worrying about losing your job or ending up in the unenviable position of trying to do more with less! It’s not surprising that there are high rates of anxiety, stress, and burnout in the workforce. However, at the same time I’ve noticed over the past 12 months a bit of a wor

Full Show Podcast: 01 February 2025

Jan 31 2025 117 mins

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 1 February 2025, Kiwi muso Nadia Reid joins Jack from halfway around the world ahead of the release of her first album in five years, ‘Enter Now Brightness’. Jack finds common ground with RFK Jr. on his attitude towards ultra-processed foods and America's big-food industry. You can't beat a classi

Ruud Kleinpaste: Mighty mites and garden pains

Jan 31 2025 3 mins

The tiniest critters can be the biggest pain in the you-know-what when it comes to your body and your garden. The mere fact that they are sooo small does not help to discover them in time. That kind of goes for most of the members of the Order ACARI – a huge range of critters such as Bird mites, Follicle mites (we all have them in our eyelashes), chiggers, scabies mites, t

Bryan Betty: How to deal with head lice

Jan 31 2025 6 mins

Head lice, otherwise known as nits or kutis, is one of the most frustrating medical conditions parents have to face. It’s very common and often seen in school outbreaks. What are head lice and who gets them? They’re small insects found on the head. They live on hair and suck blood from the scalp. They lay eggs on the hair – looking like little grains of s

Paul Stenhouse: Tesla's new robotaxi service in Texas, Sims games are being re-released, and Meta cracks down on leaks

Jan 31 2025 8 mins

More robotaxis are headed to the streets Tesla is starting a robotaxi service in Austin in June. They'll be fully autonomous, with no human driver behind the wheel. As far as we know, these will be standard Teslas using just cameras to understand their surroundings. That's unlike Waymo and others which use Lidar radar technology. Tesla has been testing out the full dr