Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

The fifth solo studio album from American musician Jeff Tweedy, Twilight Override is packed full. 

It’s a triple album, with a total of 30 tracks, created with the intention of overwhelming the ‘ennui’ that was being squeezed into his life with his own creative works. 

He’s credited the prolific output to his belief that creativity “eats darkness”. 

James Irwin joined Jack Tame to review the album. 

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Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China by Jung Chang  

Jung Chang’s Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation – the story of ‘three daughters of China’: Jung, her mother and her grandmother and their lives during a century of revolution. Fly, Wild Swans is, quite simply, what happened next. 

Jung Chang arrived in the UK in 1978 aged 26, part of a Chinese scholarship programme for study abroad. Finding herself ...

"For even the most intrepid of travellers, India can be a sensory assault – confronting and riveting in equal measure. If you’re a first-timer to the subcontinent, the Golden Triangle which threads together New Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur offers the best crash-course in getting to grips with India. I first tripped around the Golden Triangle fourteen years ago and I’ve recently completed a return visit with Wendy Wu Tours. It was fascin...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll know that we’ve just had Mental Health Awareness Week. It’s a great initiative by the Mental Health Foundation to normalise talking and thinking about mental health!  

Pop quiz – how many Kiwi adults do you think will, in their lifetime, experience a major mental health problem?  

According to Ministry of Health, it’s 47% of us.  

But data from the Dunedin Longitudinal St...

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 11 October 2025, rising Kiwi musician Sam Cullen joins Jack in studio for a live performance and to chat about the upcoming release of his debut album. 

Jack considers the lack of rules around treatment of referees in football. 

Tara Ward shares details on the brand-new series of The Celebrity Traitors UK, starring Stephen Fry, Alan Carr, and Celia Imri...

Motor neurone disease is a devasting condition that’s recently come to prominence in the media with the diagnosis of former English rugby captain Lewis Moody. Another famous person who suffered from the condition was Stephen Hawkins.  

What is motor neurone disease?  

• It’s a progressive nerve disease.  
• It damages and kills nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain that control muscle movement in the...

Codling moths are a pain in the backside for people that grow apples. A week or so after flowering, the fertilised, tiny apples (known in the UK as “codlings”) are the perfect target for the moths to lay eggs in. 

The caterpillars emerge from the eggs and tunnel into the developing fruit, causing ugly tunnels, often with fungal infection, brown decay, and “frass” sticking out of the hole. Once these caterpillars are inside, yo...

Apps have arrived inside ChatGPT  

Another big moment in the company's offerings – this is where ChatGPT has gone from a tool to a platform. Now inside ChatGPT you can ask it to directly ask an app to do something. So, you can ask Spotify to create a playlist for you that is 150bpm for a 45 minute run. Or you can ask it to research hotels in Paris on Booking.com, and it'll return real results you can then book with a click. &n...

Victoria Beckham 

Step into Victoria Beckham's London atelier, as the Spice Girl-turned-powerhouse designer opens up about her life while preparing for Paris Fashion Week (Netflix). 

Film Club  

Two movie enthusiasts, Noa and Evie, share a weekly film club where their unspoken feelings for each other grow. When Noa decides to move away for work, Evie has a limited time to confess her love before potentially lo...

Eleanor the Great  

After seventy years with best friend, Eleanor moves to New York City for a fresh start. Making new friends at ninety proves difficult. Longing for connection, she befriends a 19-year-old student. 

The Lost Bus  

A white-knuckle ride through one of America's wildfires as a wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from the inferno. 

This is an utterly delicious way to make the most of seasonal asparagus. It’s simple, packed full of protein, and just as good for lunch or dinner, as a picnic item or party piece.   

Serves 4-6   

Ingredients 

• ¼ cup olive oil   
• 1 onion, thinly sliced   
• 400g (approx. 2 medium-large) potato   
• 5 medium-large eggs, lightly beaten in a large bowl   
• 2...

The All Whites were playing Poland yesterday in the build up for next year’s World Cup. I saw about half of the game. Although we ultimately lost, my main takeaway was that we looked alright. All Whites of old would have faced potential humiliation in a game against Poland – not this team. 

But for whatever reason I was also struck by one of the challenges that led to a yellow card in the match, and the way in which the player...

A bit of a change in focus for Jeremy Redmore. 

While most will know him from the rock band Midnight Youth, Redmore is going through a bit of a creative evolution, turning his attention to children’s music. 

But it’s not the sugar-rush pop you might be expecting, the music instead following a —surprisingly emotional— narrative. 

Redmore told Jack Tame it all started when he was writing a children’s book about the sup...

Taylor Swift has released her hotly anticipated 12th album 'The Life of a Showgirl'. 

It's a shift away from the bleakness of her previous album 'The Tortured Poets Department', Swift describing it as a 'vibrant and lively' project.

However while it's a departure from TTPD, it's almost a return to for the pop superstar, filled with upbeat pop and soft rock songs - the album centring around her relationship with her fiancé Trav...

"Whether you’re looking for a beachfront break in Southeast Asia or a flavourful side-trip to enrich your adventures, Penang is a getaway that sure hits the sweet spot. Just a few hours drive from Kuala Lumpur, or a one hour flight from Singapore, the island of Penang is pinned to the Malay Peninsula by some seriously impressive bridges, spanning the Strait of Malacca. One of the bridges includes a 17km stretch over the water!

"Ble...

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman  

Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? 
 
It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal. 
 
But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who’s in tro...

Spring has sprung and it’s the perfect time to pick up a few simple, sustainable habits that connect you to nature. 

Kate Hall has a few suggestions that she joined Jack Tame to delve into, including:  

• Plant and swap: Sow quick wins like salad greens, radishes, and herbs. Share or swap seeds and seedlings with neighbours.  
• Line-drying: The spring winds are free! Ditch the dryer and line-dry for that “fresh air...