Saturday Morning With Jack Tame

Bob Campbell has been sipping on the Chevalier Monopole Blanc de Blancs Brut - a crowd pleasing and classy sparkling wine. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He did it and he's taking the company private.How did he do it?A lot of financing. He needs $21 billion in cash, which may explain why he sold $8.5 billion worth of Tesla stock in the past few days - reducing his ownership from 17% to 16%. What's next?Twitter shareholders will get to vote to approve the deal.What are his ideas?He wants to get rid of the spam on the platform. He also wants to authenticate all humans - which I think is a great idea. If you've proven you're a real person, you'll get a badge which I assume will be similar to the blue tick. He wants to open source the algorithm to build trust through transparency.But will it happen?If Elon decides to walk away, or can't secure the financing (especially after the Tesla stock price dipped) he'll have to pay $1 billion to Twitter, but Twitter could walk away from Elon for $1 billion if it gets a better deal from someone else.Snap's dronePixy is a drone dedicated to taking photos of you while you're out and about doing fun / cool things. It will fly f

1883: This prequel to the popular drama Yellowstone (available on Neon) follows the Dutton family as they flee poverty in Texas and embark on a journey through the Great Plains to seek a better future in Montana (Amazon Prime Video).Gentleman Jack: a second season of the historical drama written by Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley) and starring Suranne Jones (Vigil), about the real life figure of Anne Lister, a 19th century English LGBTQ+ trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist (Neon)Ten Percent: An English version of the popular French comedy Call My Agent, set in a London talent agency where agents scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder (Amazon Prime Video).LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He’s swapped his pirate’s hat for a corporate suit...UK actor Jack Davenport of Pirates and the Caribbean fame stars as a talent agent in the new British remake of French comedy Call My Agent. The series has been renamed 10 Percent and has just been released in the UK. Jack Davenport joins Jack Tame. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Quince season is upon us and this recipe offers something different from the usual quince paste. This beautifully fragrant cake is great for dessert or with a cuppa.Quince1.5L water 150g caster sugar 3 medium quinces 1 lemonCake 125g butter200g honey 125g dark muscovado sugar (can use brown sugar) 2 medium eggs 1 cup poaching syrup from the fruit250g self-raising flour 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp baking soda1. Peel the quince and halve them. Place in a pot with water, lemon juice and sugar and simmer for one hour or until soft. With a sharp knife or spoon, remove the core when they’re cool enough to handle. Slice each quince into 4 slices.2. Pre-heat your oven at 180 C. Grease and line a 23cm cake tin. Arrange the quince slices at the bottom in a single layer.3. Melt butter and stir it into the muscovado sugar and honey in a mixing bowl. Whisk the eggs with 1 cup of the poaching liquid and pour these into the bowl and stir to combine. Add the dry ingredients and mix to a smooth batter. It

Downton Abbey: A New Era The Crawley family goes on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the dowager countess's newly inherited villa. White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie and Fitch Abercrombie and Fitch conquered malls in the late '90s and early '00s with gorgeous models, pulsing dance beats and a fierce scent. But their "all-American" image shattered as exclusionary marketing and hiring practices came to light. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know it must be a slow news week when tax spends so much time in the headlines. But no matter which major party finds itself in government after next year’s election, it looks increasingly likely we’ll see changes to our tax system.Even though it’s not really true, New Zealand likes to think of itself as a relatively egalitarian society. We don’t have a formalised aristocracy or thousands of years of baked in class divisions. Most New Zealanders are taxed on the expectation that the money they give shouldn’t be squandered, and that the tax they pay will be fair, relative to everyone else.If fairness is the measure, and if fairness is what the majority of voters expect, then maybe we’re about to get it. Or, at least something close. National and Labour both look likely to introduce tax policies which appeal to a sense of fairness.Let’s start with Labour. To be clear, the party hasn’t confirmed its position, but Revenue Minister David Parker is beginning to lay the ground work for tax reform that might impa

Estelle Clifford has been listening to US indie rock musician Father John Misty and his new album, Chloe and the 20th Century.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grand, Becoming My Mother’s Daughter – Noelle McCarthy The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking, birth and loss, running away and homecoming from prize-winning writer and broadcaster Noelle McCarthy. French Braid - Anne Taylor The major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author -- a brilliantly perceptive, painfully true and funny journey deep into one family's foibles, from the 1950s right up to the changed world of today. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Yardley has been touring around the Hurunui district in Canterbury.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steven Dromgool answers the question everyone wants to know - can it ever really work out with an ex-partner? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sit back, relax, and watch TV while your car drives you New rules for fully self driving cars in the UK will let the driver watch something other than the road - TV! While there aren't any cars with this capability just yet, the UK government is preparing for it. Drivers will be able to watch TV on a screen managed by the vehicle.. if the vehicle needs them to take control, the TV will need to stop - much like a seat-back screen on a plane. Using a handheld device while driving will still be illegal. These new rules are ahead of a more detailed regulatory framework expected to be in effect in 2025. The Unions are coming for Apple An Apple Store in Atlanta is going to be the first in the country to attempt to be unionized. They've collected enough signatures to be able to file for an election. Organizers say workers there have been denied a living wage, cost of living adjustments or equitable stock options. I will say, as someone who worked in an Apple Store, the benefits for retail vs corporate employees were

A Very British Scandal: Claire Foy and Paul Bethany star in this drama about the real-life public divorce between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll in the 1960s, which plays out amid a media frenzy and accusations of adultery, theft, violence, drug use, forgery, and bribery (Amazon Prime Video).The First Lady: Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson star in this American drama that takes a fresh look at three turbulent times in American history, through the lens of the First Lady (Neon).Russian Doll: A second season of the delightful American comedy-drama starring Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne. She plays Nadia, a woman who gets caught in a mysterious loop as she repeatedly attends the same event and dies at the end of the night each time -- only to awaken the next day unharmed as if nothing had happened (Netflix).LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guy Cotter has stood on the summit of Everest five times, been turned back twice, and was leading an expedition in 2015 when the 7.8 earthquake struck causing widespread devastation in Nepal.  The Wanaka-based Kiwi owns iconic global mountaineering company Adventure Consultants. It was forced into hibernation as the pandemic decimated the tourism industry but now, they’re back.  The company is all set to for expeditions to return to the Himalayas later this year. Guy Cotter joined Jack Tame.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I hear the ads ZB is running for Downtown Abbey competition and so with this being Anzac weekend, I thought we might look at something of that era, not just the usual Anzac Day biscuit. Downtown Abbey is a worldwide TV series sensation – plus there are movies.It was the most watched television series on both ITV and PBS, and subsequently became the most successful British costume drama series since the 1981 television serial of Brideshead Revisited.By the third series, it had become one of the most widely watched television shows in the world.People became so interested in the kitchen and house management parts of the series that it resulted in Penguin re-printing an absolute classic book - Arabella Boxer’s Book of English Food.It’s a disjointed but charming collection of recipes and stories of food of the Edwardian era – the time Downtown Abby was set in.That said simplicity in the Edwardian era in a grand home was very different to the poorer classes.A quick pre-dinner drink would involve handing around 7-9

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan's birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie. All the Old Knives When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne chats to Jack Tame about a new empathy for people who have a cautious attitude towards Covid-19.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was always an inevitability.The moment our borders opened. The moment Kiwis no longer had to play the MIQ lottery and could be relatively sure they could get home at short notice, if they needed. The moment most other countries dropped their Covid restrictions and started actively pursuing offshore talent, of course young New Zealanders were going to leave!Wouldn’t you?! If you were a young Kiwi with itchy feet and you’d been stuck at home for two years, feeling as though your twenties or early thirties were slipping away, wouldn’t you want to make up for lost time? The pandemic has changed a lot of things, but it hasn’t changed our rangatahi’s desire to go and experience the World. That’s a good thing.From a financial perspective it’s always been attractive for young Kiwis to go offshore. Before the pandemic, my sister spent a few years teaching in Perth, Western Australia. After just four years there, with performance incentives and the currency exchange, she was earning $40,000 more than what she earns

Estelle Clifford has been partying away at her first live gig of the year - Kiwi artist Mousey, who's just released a new album, called My Friends. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Unexpected Spy – Tracey Walder When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she’d fly to the Middle East under an alias identity.  The Unexpected Spy is the riveting story of Walder's tenure in the CIA and, later, the FBI. The School for Good Mothers – Jessamine Chan In this taut and explosive debut novel, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance.  Frida Liu is struggling. She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. She can’t persuade her husband, Gust, to give up his wellness-obsessed younger mistress. Only with Harriet, their cherubic daughter, does Frida finally attain the perfection expected of her. Harriet may be all she has, but she is just enough.  Until Frida has a very bad day. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat