Saturday Morning With Jack Tame

Anti Hero: An Orphan X Novel by Gregg Hurwitz   Once a black ops assassin for the government known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak broke with the program and went deep underground, using his operational rules and skills to help the truly desperate with nowhere else to turn.  When Luke Devine, one of the most powerful men in the world has a psychological crisis, Evan flies to the East Coast to meet Luke. While there, he learns of a young woman who was kidnapped off the New York City subway, clearly in danger and in need of aid. With no name and few clues, Evan and his team track down the missing woman, who was assaulted and abandoned. Evan offers his help―and sets out tracking down the young men responsible. But the woman insists that Evan abandon his usual methods―no vengeance and, in particular, no killing. Which will prove no easy feat given the mounting incoming threats from all sides. In a mission that takes Evan from coast to coast, from the poorest corners of society to the richest, Orphan X must

"There’s an unmistakeable spring in the step on the streets and laneways of Hamilton. Waikato’s powerhouse city boasts a growing arsenal of headline sights and experiences, spanning outdoorsy delights, a cranking hospitality scene and cultural riches." Read Mike's full article.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 21 February 2026, Moana Maniapoto of Moana and the Tribe joins Jack to discuss bringing musicians from around the world together for a special International Women's Day performance.  Jack reflects on that photo of former Prince Andrew.   Francesca Rudkin shares an adventurous documentary.  And Dougal Sutherland is Dr Love for the day, with advice for online dating.  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.

Hot on the heels of Valentines Day, Dr Dougal Sutherland becomes Dr Love.  He joined Jack Tame to discuss some research about dating, both online and in person, and offer up some advice.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mid-summer in your garden is an important time for your “locals”. Normally you won’t see many birds apart from the common blackbird and thrushes, sparrows and starlings, grey warblers, tui and bellbirds.    It’s just a matter of having the right areas to forage for these birds, and extra food is usually not drastically needed to keep everybody in good condition – food aplenty all over the place!    Just one useful tip for gardeners, though: Silvereyes act a little differently.  Over the years I have noticed that if you feed them sugar water in summer, they will certainly come back to your garden to lick up all the sweet liquids.    EVERY DAY!!  The reason that’s important?     They quickly learn where you live and where to get free food! They’ll remember that well into the wintertime when nice food is hard to get. The regular visits to your garden are a benefit due to the free pest control that these birds deliver: silvereyes love to pick up aphids, caterpill

Finances aren’t everyone’s strength, and as such, they might decide to enlist a financial advisor.   But there are a few things you might not be aware of when it comes to the job, so Ed McKnight joined Jack Tame to reveal the truth about financial advisors in New Zealand.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social Media's impact on mental health is being examined in a landmark case    The trial, which centres on a 20-year-old woman's mental health struggles allegedly caused by Instagram and YouTube, will serve as a critical test for thousands of other lawsuits targeting social media companies.   Meta CEO Mark Zukerberg testified this week, taking questions for around six hours. At the centre of the case are documents that show the company had a goal to increase the time 10-year-olds spend on Instagram, despite the app being officially for 13 and above. Zuckerberg testified that while they want teens using their apps, they account for just 1% of the company’s revenue. He also talked about the challenge of identifying accounts of children, because they can simply lie about their age.       Another week, another new AI model    This time Anthropic —the company behind Claude— has released Sonnet 4.6, designed to be used for more general applications and is better than pre

Neighbors    Witness stories of absurd, outrageous, and dramatic real-life residential conflicts from a range of larger-than-life characters. Each episode introduces us to a new set of neighbours in the heat of their grievances (Neon).    Being Gordon Ramsay   Follow celeb chef Gordon Ramsay behind the scenes as he juggles family life, global empire and his biggest launch yet in this all-you-can-eat documentary (Netflix).     Married At First Sight Australia  Australia's most controversial social experiment returns in 2026 with an addictive mix of love and drama (ThreeNow).    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kevin Milne let his fellow Wellingtonians down last week.  He and his wife Linda had managed to dodge the worst of the storms with a weekend trip to Auckland, and while they wanted to keep it discrete, there was no way to hide the evidence.   LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deeper   A team of divers, led by Dr. Richard Harris, aims to set a record for the deepest descent as they explore New Zealand's Pearse Resurgence cave system.     No Other Choice   After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Late summer stone fruit —peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, even cherries— are just perfect for baking with. Serve this cake warm for dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a drizzle of fruity olive oil, and a sprinkle of sea salt.    Makes one 20 cm cake      Ingredients   3-4 ripe peaches or nectarines or 4-5 apricots, chopped   200mls extra virgin olive oil    ½ cup + 2 tbsps extra caster sugar    2 large eggs   1 tbsp Greek yoghurt    1 1/3 cups plain flour    1 tsp baking powder   Big pinch baking soda      Method  Preheat the oven to 180C fan bake. Grease a 20cm cake tin and line with baking paper.    Toss nectarines with ¼ cup of the olive oil and 2 tbsps sugar. Leave to sit for 10 minutes.   In a bowl, whisk eggs with remaining ½ cup of sugar until pale and thickened. Whisk in remaining olive oil and yoghurt.   Sift in flour, baking powder and baking soda and stir unti

What. A. Photo.     What a stunning, extraordinary, scandal-defining, generation-defining photo.    A gaunt man. His eyes wide, somehow focusing on nothing and everything at once, as if haunted by a vision he cannot unsee. His face is haggard. His pale fingers clasped. The light of the photographer’s flash reflected in red in his pupil.  What is the position he’s in? Is he trying to hide? If so, he did a terrrrrible job. Is he willing the plush leather seats of his vehicle to swallow him whole? And what is that expression? Is it the humiliation of Police detention? The shock and embarrassment of being held against your will? Or is it the gravity of this moment, this realisation? Does Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor finally see that he, a man born into the most extreme privilege is now mired in the most profound shame. Charged? As of yet, no. Convicted? Certainly not. But surely irredeemable in his disgrace.  What a moment. What an extraordinary fall from grace. What a photo.  Onc

On my route home from work is a big arterial road with a whole line of different car dealerships. There’s a Toyota yard, a Ford dealership, a Mazda and a Volkswagon. A series of uber-fancy ones selling everything from Audis to McLarens to Lamborghinis. And as I made my one home one night a couple of weeks ago, a new sign caught my eye.  What the hell is Zeekr? I wondered.  Actually, truth be told I already had a pretty good hunch and a quick Google that evening confirmed my suspicion.   Zeekr is the latest premium Chinese EV company to hit the New Zealand market.   You can add it to Geely and Farizon, EV brands  owned by the same Chinese conglomerate. Add to those Xpeng, which has its first dealerships and sells a pretty smart-looking coupe SUV. Add to it Leapmotor, Dongfeng and old mate BYD, and if you’ve spent any time on the road in New Zealand of late, you’ve surely noticed we are in the midst of a bit of a revolution  with Chinese Evs.   It’s not just us, of course. It’

On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 14 February, 2026, New Zealand music legends Six60 join Jack in studio to discuss recording their 5th album in live one-takes and to give a very special performance. Jack weighs up who the world leader in the manufacture of electric vehicles will be. Francesca Rudkin dishes on the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the classic novel, Wuthering Heights. Nici Wickes shares a recipe guaranteed to conjure a marriage proposal this Valentine's Day. Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Six60 have spent more than 15 years working on their craft.  With the heights they’ve reached you might forgive the band for taking some time to relax a little, but there is simply no stopping the boys Matiu, Marlon, Ji and Chris.  Six60 have released their 5th album, it's called Right Here Right Now. And what makes this album so special is that it’s all recorded live. Every track is a one-take wonder.  The boys joined Jack in the studio to discuss the process behind making their new album and give a special performance of one of their new tracks. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney  Eden Fox, an artist on the brink of her big break, sets off for a run before her first exhibition. When she returns to the home she recently moved into, Spyglass, an enchanting old house in Hope Falls, nothing is as it should be. Her key doesn't fit.    Red Dawn Over China by Frank Dikotter  The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking land from the rich and giving it to the poor. Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Red Dawn Over China reveals how unlikely the Party's victory actually was, had it not been for financial and military support from the Soviet Union.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If I remember correctly, cicadas used to be quite a bit more common in the Auckland Summer Months. Yep they changed from year to year and occasionally almost completely quiet, but that was rare, to be frank.  In Christchurch they’ve been a lot less noisy – especially the past 4 years or so. But early 2026 it started with a few choruses and now the “clappers” are also occupying the sound-scape.    Male cicadas have so-called Timpany, which are little drum cavities on the underside of the bellies. They look a little bit like bent and shaped flaps.  The timpany are really good at amplifying the sounds they make to lure females closer and closer – Party time!  Females are known to aim for the noisiest male on the block. Egg-laying is happening from now on, at this time of the year.  When the female has a good number of fertilised eggs to get rid of, she climbs into a suitable host tree. Her Ovipositor is a pretty useful tool to lay eggs inside the wood of a branch; a dozen or two ar

The heart is a phenomenal muscle in the body that is often described as ‘natures quiet overachiever’. Small steady steps work to keep it healthy are important as heart disease is responsible for 33% of deaths in New Zealand. It’s our biggest killer.  Dr Bryan Betty joins Jack Tame to discuss what Kiwis can do to keep their heart healthy, and it doesn't take much.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A smarter Siri? You'll be waiting a little longer..  Apple initially launched - or should that be teased? - the launch of Apple Intelligence in June, 2024. It was thought that March might be the month, but there have been further delays. Bloomberg is reporting it could be May before the start of the launch that is now though to be spread over several releases. iOS27 might see the bulk when it comes out in September. The issue is apparently that Siri doesn’t always properly process queries or can take too long to handle requests. The ability for Siri to access personal data - like text messages or emails, the key selling point of Apple Intelligence - are the most likely to slip.    Anthropic has raised a fresh round of funding  The new round has more than DOUBLED its value from September. They've got an additional $30 billion in cash, which takes their post-money valuation to $380 billion. It's the second largest private tech funding round on record second only to OpenAI. Anthropic's Super

Small Town Scandal - (Neon) Tom Sainsbury brings his hit true-crime parody podcast to the screen. The beloved comedian plays a disgraced journalist-turned-true-crime podcast host investigating the death of his millionaire uncle in a town filled with eccentric suspects.    Queen of Chess - (Netflix) Hungarian chess prodigy Judit Polgár challenges champion Garry Kasparov and her controlling father over 15 years, breaking gender barriers to become the greatest female player ever.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.