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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?

  1. 3d ago

    Chris Schulz: Gin Wigmore - Beautiful Mess

    A tale told in two halves, Gin Wigmore’s new album deals with the duality of life.  ‘Beautiful Mess’ delves into the past decade of her life and the way she navigated love, loss, divorce, parenthood, and the complex nature of rebuilding herself.  Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 3d ago

    Catherine Raynes: It Could Have Been Her and Nothing To My Name

    It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell   It was the night she almost died.   Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - and Jane senses she's in a bad place and in danger. She runs.   Twenty-five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing.   A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her...   A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets...     Nothing To My Name by Kangkang Li Kovacs   Inspired by the author’s own family history, and spanning the past hundred years of Chinese history, this multi-generational family saga explores how women survive the tsunamis of history  Nothing to My Name chronicles the intertwined fates of three generations of Chinese women: Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei. The Grandmother, Ah Xue, witnesses the rise of the Communist Revolution while earning a meager living combing the hair of the few wealthy ladies in her small fishing village. Mimosa, the Mother, grows up in the shadow of her parents’ struggles as the growing tension of the Cultural Revolution threatens to pull their family apart. And Fei Fei, the Daughter, brought up as a “boy” by her activist father, grapples with gender identity in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square massacre.  Awash in the tides of societal upheaval, Ah Xue, Mimosa, and Fei Fei are all driven by the instinct to survive, weathering hardship that splinters the boundary between the personal and the political. For readers of sweeping upmarket book club fiction like Pachinko and Homegoing, Nothing to My Name is a braided history of suffering and dignity, of loss and reckoning, and of the unexpected joy that sustains family bonds.    LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. 3d ago

    Gin Wigmore: Kiwi singer-songwriter on her new album 'Beautiful Mess'

    Gin Wigmore is exploring the duality of life in her new album.  Her first studio album in eight years, ‘Beautiful Mess’ is a chronical of the last decade of her life – the highs and lows, love, loss, divorce, parenthood, and the complexities of rebuilding oneself.   “Life is messy,” Wigmore told Jack Tame.  “It’s not all, you know, roses and apple blossoms ... and to tell the full picture of anyone’s story, there’s gonna be beautiful parts, there’s gonna be messy parts, there’s gonna be heartache, loss, love... all of it.”  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  4. 3d ago

    Mike Yardley: Riding the rails in the Rocky Mountaineer

    "Awaking to the elemental splendour of Stanley Park, the Burrard Inlet, and the North Shore Mountains, I was up early at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, buzzing with anticipation. I had a hot date with a legendary rail excursion." "Even the most seasoned travellers agree that experiencing the Rocky Mountaineer will leave you in swirl of superlatives with its unswerving commitment to delivering the best: in hospitality, comfort, cuisine, and knock-out scenery." Read Mike's full article. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. 3d ago

    Kate Hall: Ethical beauty - which cosmetic brands are actually improving?

    Beauty and skincare is yet another area filled with brands making strides towards sustainability and ethical practices.  But are they really?   Sustainability is about much more than “natural” ingredients and recyclable packaging, and Kate Hall has a few things you should look for to find out if brands are actually sustainable, or just saying they are.   LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. 3d ago

    Ruud Kleinpaste: The trials of dealing with Nostoc Fungi

    Have you heard of Nostoc?   It's scientific name, Nostoc commune, sounds like a chat between Trump and Putin but it’s actually a living organism that troubles more than a few Kiwis on their quarter acre paradise.   Brown-green “gorilla snot” is another name, star jelly, witch’s butter, and mare’s eggs... But most folk call it brown, slimy scum.  It’s a colony of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that form dense gelatinous mats of slimy and leathery bits and pieces on driveways, gravel, and bare soil.   It is usually terrestrial but can also be aquatic (such as in wet paddy fields).  The trouble with this stuff is its persistence and difficulty to control. It reproduces by binary fission, meaning each cell simply splits in two when conditions are suitable.   Gardeners often complain that it thrives on Roundup weedkiller, and most other weedkillers for that matter (I doubt that, by the way!!). Chlorine and salt don’t work, and bleach simply runs off the rubbery squishy invader. Copper sulphate and sodium hypochloride are also ineffective.   On the various online “help me” websites (hilarious to read, by the way) people state that some Benzalkonium chloride (a quaternary ammonium compound often used as an algaecide) may be the answer.    Why is it so difficult?   Nostoc occurs anywhere from the tropics to the dry valleys in Antarctica – an impressive range of climatological conditions. In summer it dries out to a crispy, brown material, while in winter it’s lush, soft, and spongy, and blueish green or olive green.   It’s particularly good at coping with water stress. A colleague once did some experiments showing that it could lose more than 70% of its weight in water before cell metabolism was affected – hence its success on driveway shingles.  It grows on alkaline soils in the tropics and doesn’t care about brackish water either. It’s resistant to heat as well as continuous freezing/thawing cycles and it produces no oxygen when it’s dormant. Despite the fact it hasn’t got Chloroplasts, it can fix Nitrogen from the atmosphere.  Nostoc is eaten in Asia, but it’s not recommended (there have been some suggestions of toxicity). Having said that, some varieties (such as Nostoc commune var. sphaeroides) may be beneficial by means of an anti-inflammatory mechanism.  So… how do we control it on our driveways?   Good question! Let us know your success stories…  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. 3d ago

    Ed McKnight: The dangers of chasing winners

    Sometimes what seems like the best option isn’t always the best.  When it comes to investing and KiwiSaver, it may seem like frequent swaps to whatever seems to be bringing in the best return is a good decision, but that may not be true.  A recent study looked at what would happen if someone switched their fund managers every year, moving to the company that got the highest return over the last twelve months – turns out, they’d actually make less than if they’d stayed.  Ed McKnight joined Jack Tame to chat about the study and the dangers of chasing winners.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. 3d ago

    Full Show Podcast: 18 July 2026

    On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday July 18th 2026, the delightful Gin Wigmore is in the house to chat about her brand-new album ‘Beautiful Mess’.  Jack ponders over the most serendipitous moments before Messi and Yamal face off on Monday.  Chef Al Brown brings his superb sashimi dish to the table.  Our financial expert Ed McKnight explains the dangers of chasing winners, and Mike Yardley takes us to the Rocky Mountains in Canada!  Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Full Show Podcast: 18 July 2026
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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?

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