Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

This week, Ecoman Malcolm Rands has been getting his property ready for some useful new pets some chickens.
He has got plenty of room at his place but has some tips if you want a steady supply of fresh eggs at your house.
Malcolm joined Jack Tame this morning to share his expert advice and ensure you will be waking up to a enjoy a Sunday morning scrambled eggs fresh from your own backyard!
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Journalist Abby Ellin was in love.
Her fiance was nicknamed The Commander and was a navy seal. He was a personal friend of Barack Obama’s and even orchestrated the raid on Osama Bin Laden.
But it was all lies. As she pieced her life back together after being scammed by the Commander, Abby wrote the book 'DUPED: Double Lives, False Identifies and The Man I Almost Married' which not only looks at her fiance’s lies but all dishonesty and what drives it.
Abby joined Saturday Mornings with Jack Tame from New York to share her story and what made her write it down on paper for the world to read.
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Can't decide what TV shows you should be watching? TV critic Tara Ward joins Jack Tame to gives us her top picks for your viewing pleasure!
Russian Doll: Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black) stars in Netflix’s new drama about a woman caught in a mysterious loop which forces her to relive the same day over and over
7 Days Out: this docuseries gives viewers an intimate look at the drama in the seven days leading up to popular events, like the Westminster Dog Show and Chanel’s Haute Couture show (Netflix)
Underarm - the Ball that Changed Cricket: the full story of Trevor Chappell’s legendary 1981 underarm delivery is revealed by players on both teams who were on the field that afternoon (Prime, Monday, 7.30pm)
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Every Saturday morning, movie critic Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to take a look at what is playing at the movies this weekend.
Green Book
Green Book is a 2018 American comedy-drama film. Set in the Deep South in the 1960s, it follows a tour between African-American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and Tony Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), an Italian-American bouncer who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard.
Ben is Back
Ben Is Back is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges, starring his son Lucas Hedges, Julia Roberts, and Courtney B. Vance. The plot follows a mother who tries to help her addict son after he returns home from rehab.
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Ask yourself this. Could you get by if you cut out a couple of meat meals each week?
It wouldn't be that hard, would it?
It's only really habit and marketing and our relative prosperity which is why so many of us eat meat.
I have this habit where I don't cook it at home. I still love eating meat, and I don't hesitate to order a burger or lamb korma when I'm away from home.
Five to six days a week, I'm a vegetarian. It is pretty easy to get protein from other foods.
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Chocolate and blueberries are both packed with flavonoids, which have been proven to have a positive effect on brain function, particularly in the memory stakes. Here I’ve crammed them into a sweet treat that is scrumptiously rich!
Brownie
1 cup plain flour
¾ cup cocoa
130g (about ¾ cup) brown sugar
1 cup sugar
½ tsp sea salt
170g butter, melted
3 large eggs
Cheesecake topping
250g cream cheese, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
200g fresh blueberries (can use frozen, thawed)
1. Heat oven to 160 C. Grease and line a 20x20cm tin.
2. Mix all brownie ingredients together in a large bowl. Scrape brownie batter into prepared tin.
3. Whip cream cheese with vanilla until smooth then beat in egg and beat to combine. Stir through blueberries.
4. Spread cheesecake topping over brownie and run a butter knife through it to swirl and mix it up a little with the brownie mixture.
5. Bake for 60 minutes or until brownie is set.
6. Eat warm spoonfuls with icecream or leave to cool in tin and slice into small squares.
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Chocolate and blueberries are both packed with flavonoids, which have been proven to have a positive effect on brain function, particularly in the memory stakes. Here I’ve crammed them into a sweet treat that is scrumptiously rich!
Brownie
1 cup plain flour
¾ cup cocoa
130g (about ¾ cup) brown sugar
1 cup sugar
½ tsp sea salt
170g butter, melted
3 large eggs
Cheesecake topping
250g cream cheese, softened
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
200g fresh blueberries (can use frozen, thawed)
1. Heat oven to 160 C. Grease and line a 20x20cm tin.
2. Mix all brownie ingredients together in a large bowl. Scrape brownie batter into prepared tin.
3. Whip cream cheese with vanilla until smooth then beat in egg and beat to combine. Stir through blueberries.
4. Spread cheesecake topping over brownie and run a butter knife through it to swirl and mix it up a little with the brownie mixture.
5. Bake for 60 minutes or until brownie is set.
6. Eat warm spoonfuls with icecream or leave to cool in tin and slice into small squares.
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One of the most upsetting pests in a gardener’s psyche is the green looper caterpillar.
A master at camouflage, right from when very small and very young, the caterpillars are bright green with some black dots and white squiggly stripes in strategic places. They are known hide on the underside of leaves and make themselves invisible to humans and predators alike.
These caterpillars are “catholic” in their taste – they eat a seriously wide range of plant species including Coleus, Geranium/Pelargonium, but especially beans, tomatoes, capsicums, frangipani, dahlias, sunflowers and tobacco plants.
Ruud Kleinpaste, also known as The Bugman, is well known as a presenter on the former Palmers Garden Show and Maggie's Garden Show.
He is a Newstalk ZB regular contributor and joined Jack Tame this morning to share his expert advice on dealing with the evasive green looper caterpillar.
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When Mimi first visits her dad’s new home in the Cotswolds, she falls in love with Goosebrook and the people who live there. (Well, maybe not snooty Henrietta, who lets Mimi walk miles in the rain rather than give her a lift.)
There’s Paddy, with his flashing eyes and seductive charm. Friendly and funny Lois makes Mimi laugh. And seriously gorgeous Cal is welcoming and charismatic. Though Mimi loves her city life and her career, she’d be very happy to return to Goosebrook if it means seeing more of him.
Life is about to take some unexpected and shocking twists and turns. And Mimi’s path and Cal’s are set to cross again and again – but will it ever be the right time for both of them?

Schools across the country re open their doors next week, so one of the things many parents will be dreading is getting out the school lunchboxes again.
A growing number of schools now have no-waste policies, and most parents are getting more savvy about reducing waste in their kids’ lunchboxes.
Founder of the Eco-store and Fairground Foundation chair Malcolm Rands told Jack Tame there are several useful tips you can put into practice to ensure kids have a lunchbox which not only looks presentable, but has the right balance of nutrition.
"Where we start, its all about the lunch box. You want to have something which is unbreakable and very sturdy. It is worth spending a little bit more to get something which can keep for ten years or more.
"Making it visually appealing is really important, with lots of colours and a good ratio between sweet and savoury."
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