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
Kevin Milne has been weighing himself with the same bathroom scale for years.
Unfortunately, this trusty scale was looking a bit shabby and out of place in their bathroom, so he and his wife decided it was time for a new one. This had an unforeseen problem.
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Wicked: For Good
Now demonized as the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba lives in exile in the Ozian forest, while Glinda resides at the palace in Emerald City, revelling in the perks of fame and popularity. As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, she'll need to reunite with Glinda to transform herself, and all of Oz, for good.
Playdate
A chance encounter with a stay-at-home dad lands a man in hot w...
The famed New Orleans Po’ Boy is a sandwich to beat all sandwiches. It’s messy, generous, and utterly delicious: a baguette stuffed with lettuce and fried prawns (or “shrimp”) and oysters, and with plenty of punchy mayo.
Makes 2-4
Ingredients
For the sauce, whisk the ingredients below until combined, taste and season to suit you.
- ¼ cup mayo
- 2 tbsps. thousand island dressing
- 1 tbs...
We weren’t big on dining out when I was growing up.
Truth is, we couldn’t really afford to. With four kids, a mortgage, and decent cooking skills themselves, my parents didn’t really buy food. They bought groceries and the odd few rounds of fish and chips on the beach, but apart from that almost everything we ate was prepared in the kitchen at home.
That being said, every now and then there’d be a special occasion. Eve...
An attorney by education, David Baldacci is an acclaimed novelist with a penchant for suspense and legal thrillers.
He’s written over 50 books, and his specialist knowledge of the US political and legal systems make his stories international bestsellers.
‘Nash Falls’ is his newest work, the tale of an ordinary businessman recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network.
Baldacci has been writing f...
A picture is worth a thousand words, or so the saying goes.
Images often convey more meaning and information than can be held in a sentence or two, an image often provoking more emotion or deeper thought.
Kevin Milne saw one such image earlier this week – an image of the Earth, taken in 1990, from 6 billion kilometres away: The Pale Blue Dot.
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"As a quick hit to recharge when travelling to or from Europe, Doha makes for an eye-opening stopover in the heart of the Middle East. The capital of Qatar pulses with all the flamboyant bling of Dubai, overlaid with deep pockets of old world Doha, where tradition, heritage and culture abound. Doha seems to have nailed the sense of urban intermingling – the fusion of cutting-edge modernity and traditional vibes."
The fourth studio album from Spanish singer Rosalía is a linguistic tour de force.
‘LUX’ is symphonic album, recorded in 14 different languages, its song’s inspired by the lives of various female saints.
Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album.
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Exit Strategy by Lee Child & Andrew Child
Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for.
First - a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing about. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively, Reacher checks the...
On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 15 November 2025, leading legal thriller author David Baldacci joins Jack to discuss the state of US politics, AI and ownership, and their influence on his latest novel Nash Falls.
Jack considers the convenience of digital IDs and wallets.
Nici Wickes spotlights the mango in her first BBQ firing of the season.
The holiday season is often filled with waste, but this year could be different.
If you’re looking to shift your holiday celebrations towards the sustainable, but aren’t quite sure how to broach it with your family, Kate Hall has a few tips for you.
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Tohu Pinot Gris 2025, Awatere Valley, Marlborough RRP from $18.99
The Awatere is located on the eastern site of Marlborough with many of the vineyards at the north-eastern reaches. On a clear day, the North Island is easy to see. This location means many of the vineyards are exposed to the easterly and southerly breezes, but there are significant sunshine hours to ripen the grapes.
The wine styles are nearly always fr...
At this time of the year there’s only one place I’d love to be: The North Island.
These are the largest moths in Aotearoa. They are also very nicely coloured – lots of green and yellow as well as white and orange patches. Their wingspan is up to 150mm, and they’re a noisy flyer at night.
Females are often larger than males – they lay masses of eggs as they fly through the forest at night.
The relatively small ...
New Zealanders are getting a new ChatGPT feature
In a pilot with select countries, you'll be able to have a 'group chat' with ChatGPT. It's available on all plans, and Open AI wants feedback before it's rolled out more broadly. You can invite between 1 and 20 people to join you. Apparently ChatGPT knows when to stay quiet and when to chime in, and you can summon it if you need.
Americans can now put their...
Death Valley
Retired actor John Chapel and detective sergeant Janie Mallowan team up to investigate murders each week in Wales (TVNZ+, TVNZ1 from Sunday).
I, Jack Wright
When Jack Wright dies in what appears to be a suicide, Sally faces an earth-shattering revelation about her husband's will and DCI Morgan makes a shocking discovery (ThreeNow).
The Beast in Me
Author Aggie Wiggs has rec...
The Running Man
In the near future, "The Running Man" is the top-rated show on television, a deadly competition where contestants must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins. Desperate for money to save his sick daughter, Ben Richards is convinced by the show's ruthless producer to enter the game as a last resort. Ratings soon skyrocket as Ben's defiance, instincts and grit turn him into an unexpected f...
There’s nothing like a butterflied chicken sizzling on the BBQ – it’s juicy, full of flavour, and cooks evenly every time. Pair it with warm tortilla, fresh salsas, limes, and chilli and you’ve got yourself a fiesta of flavour!
Ingredients
- 1 free range chicken, butterflied (ask your butcher or do it yourself) & brined (optional, see note)
- 3 tbsps. olive oil
- 2 tsp sea salt
- 3 tbsps. to...
I hate carrying my wallet.
Not because I’m a prickle pockets —I swear I’ll always buy my round!— but because at heart, I’m an optimiser. I don’t want something else to remember, a bulge in my back pocket. I want to be able to do everything with the least baggage possible.
My wallet has four cards. Just four. Bank card, credit card, driver’s license, and my TVNZ access card. Until two weeks ago, I needed a card to get into the Newst...
An extremely prolific author, Michael Connelly has published more than 40 books.
He’s created in-depth universes surrounding well-known characters like Mickey Haller in the Lincoln Lawyer and Harry Bosch, who’s appeared in 24 of Connelly’s novels.
His universes continue to grow with a new addition to the Lincoln Lawyer series, ‘The Proving Ground’, which sees Haller team up with a journalist to take on big tech, AI, an...
As the weather turns warmer, more of us are taking advantage and hanging our clothes outside in the sun to dry.
Kevin Milne’s not sure if the silly season has just come early, but he’s realised he’s quite the fan of clothes pegs – one kind in particular.
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