Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
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?
Episodes
Bryan Adams is a rock music legend.
With 16 albums under his belt, he’s estimated to have sold between 75 million and 100 million records and singles during his 45 year career.
His most recent album, ‘Roll with the Punches’, harkens back to his earlier releases, with the rock sound that’s made him so popular over the years.
And off the back of an extensive string of international dates, Ada...
Emerging Kiwi musician Isla Noon has remixed and revamped her first album.
‘Out of Body’ was released in 2025, and explored themes of identity and detachment through a combination of synth heavy electronic pop and delicate vocals.
‘Out of Body (REDUX)’ was made in collaboration with producer Justyn Pilbrow, taking seven tracks from the original album and pushing the electronic sound harder.
..."Jetting into Vanuatu across the sapphire sea and the crisp palette of lagoon blues, all the hues of your tropical holiday dreams stretch out to greet you. After taking in the delights of Port Vila, head out of town for some rewarding encounters. For a sweet burst of soft adventure, jaunt to the Mele Cascades, about 15 minutes north of town. It is a wonderland of waterfalls. A twenty minute walk through lush and fragrant native bus...
One Of Us Is Guilty by Steve Cavanagh
Patrick Vanderpool, son of a billionaire media mogul, is destined for power. But the affair he's having could ruin everything.
Vanessa Vanderpool, married to one of America's most influential men, has her own ambitions. But the affair he's having could ruin everything.
When the other woman is found brutally murdered, there are only two suspects...
One of them is guilt...
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday August 08 2026, we were joined by rock legend Bryan Adams ahead of his New Zealand tour of Roll With The Punches.
Jack dissected what he believes to be one of Christopher Luxon's worst weeks as Prime Minister.
Francesca Rudkin reviewed the new film that depicts the life of our endeared rugby superstar Jonah Lomu.
Many people will be familiar with two modes of thinking – fast and slow. Fast thinking is intuitive, whereas slow thinking is deliberate reasoning
Researchers are proposing a third mode, one that they’ve called “cognitive surrender” – the tendency to accept AI-generated answers without critically evaluating them, which is effectively farming-out decision making to AI.
They gave participan...
We were going for a lovely walk through the town of Lincoln and came across the Lincoln Envirotown Community Gardens. Locally maintained by enthusiasts, growing all sorts of edibles – nicely done!
But that wasn’t really what surprised us most: Julie discovered a series of flowering Hamamelis with a lovely range of coloured flowers.
No doubt these shrubs had been planted quite some time ago (many decades), ...
Markets fluctuate, which can make investment a tricky business.
Property may seem like a guaranteed investment, but according to Ed McKnight, the number one mistake people make is assuming past returns guarantee future performance.
He joined Jack Tame to dig into the details to try keep listeners from making this mistake.
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In the tech world now, nothing is new – just new players joining markets
Meta has launched their own AI coding agent called “Muse Code”, which they say is designed for large, sprawling code bases. It doesn’t have a subscription offering though, so it’s pay per use. It’s also around the same price as the other frontier models, unless you decide to opt into let your code be used for training ...
The Shards
In 1980s Los Angeles, aspiring writer Bret and his elite prep school circle navigate identity, desire and obsession as a magnetic new student arrives amid a serial killer’s reign of terror (Disney+).
Ted Lasso
Jason Sudeikis is Ted Lasso, an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team - despite having no experience. But what he lacks in knowledge, he makes up for with optimism,...
Today’s a critical juncture in the run up to November’s election.
National will set its party list, meaning those MPs who either aren’t standing in an electorate or are unlikely to win an electorate seat will be keenly waiting to see the numbers next to their names.
If the current polling trends don’t improve, National’s in line to lose something in the vicinity of ten or eleven MPs ...
Savage House
In 18th-century England, Savage House follows Sir Chauncey Savage, a gloriously unscrupulous social climber propped up by debt and bravado. When invited to host the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Chauncey and his razor-sharp wife, Lady Savage, launch a bid to impress. As preparations spiral into duels, decadence and bloodshed, their performance careens out of control--a darkly comic satire of class, spectacle, a...
An email from a reader giving me feedback on the cost of making my pistachio and white chocolate cookies, got me thinking of economic baking ideas.
This recipe for peanut brownies is just the ticket – easy to make, rich with protein from the egg and nuts, they’re a filling little lunch box filler or perfect to have with a cuppa tea.
Makes 20
Ingredients
- 125g butter
- 1 cup sugar ...
Sport as a whole will always claim people's attention, but the popularity of the games contained within that broad category ebbs and flows.
And one sport in particular, seems to be in the midst of a comeback – chess.
Kevin Milne learned about the game’s increasing popularity recently, and is quite delighted.
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A new album from The Strokes.
‘Reality Awaits’ is the band’s seventh studio album, following on from their 2020 Grammy Award-winning album ‘The New Abnormal’.
'Reality Awaits’ is filled with apocalyptic imagery, corporate imperialism, and political commentary, paired with the heavy use of pitch correction and auto-tune.
Chris Schulz joined Roman Travers to share his thoughts on ...
"Sculpted with lagoons and islets and flanked by thickly forested emerald hillsides, cascading down to the water, Port Vila’s alluring good looks is what screensavers were made for. The locals’ smiles are as wide as a coat-hanger and that gentle, authentic Melanesian warmth will constantly keep delighting you in Port Vila. There is a timeless innocence to their cheerful, inquisitive and friendly patter."
Hayley Sproull wears many hats.
Along with being one of the hosts of ZM’s Breakfast show, she’s a television host, a podcaster, an actor, writer, and a comedian.
She’s also newly single, and her recent dating escapades have led to the creation of her newest comedy show – ‘Sproull On The Prowl’.
“Every year I make a comedy show, and every year it gets harder to think about...
Ransom by Daniel Silva
Alice Winter, one of Britain’s most dazzling socialites, seemingly has the perfect life—a lavish home in posh Knightsbridge, a grand estate in Devon, millions of followers on social media who eagerly await her next post. But when she disappears without a trace while on holiday with three old friends from Cambridge, her desperate husband, the real estate baron Edward Knight, turns to none ot...
One of the main concerns Kiwis have when planning out their retirements is the cost of getting old – especially when it comes to healthcare.
Ed McKnight runs through a couple of the key things you need to take into consideration when it comes to health after retiring.
Public is free, but you pay the price of waiting
- Over 36% of patients have waited more than four months for surgery
- The Governme...
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday August 1st, 2026, Roman Travers is in to host the show while Jack recovers from a cold.
Kevin Milne shares his about chess’ rising popularity and thinks everyone should get amongst it...
The dinner table is set with a winter warmer recipe from Chef Nici Wickes – a cost-effective Lamb Ragu.
Our resident music man Chris Schulz gives th...
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