Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Tara Ward takes us through her picks for this week's viewing:
Homecoming: a psychological thriller starring Julia Roberts as a therapist working at Homecoming, a facility that helps soldiers transition back to civilian life (Amazon Prime Video)
Discovery of Witches: this historical-fantasy series is based on the popular books by Deborah Harkness and is set in a world where witches, vampires and daemons live discreetly among humans (Soho2)
Rake: the brilliant Australian comedy-drama about criminal lawyer Cleaver Greene returns for its fifth and final season (Season 5 on Rialto, Seasons 1-4 on Netflix)

Catherine Raynes joined Jack Tame this morning to discuss two new books.
Heads You Win by Jeffrey Archer
From the master storyteller Jeffrey Archer, Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel from the author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel.Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko is no ordinary child, and from an early age, it is clear he is destined to lead his countrymen. But when his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive.
Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
Lenny's younger brother has a rare form of gigantism and while Lenny's fiercely protective, it isn't always easy being the sister of 'the giant'. A book about finding good in the bad that will break your heart while raising your spirits in the way that only a classic novel can.
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"There really isn't anything I have collected during my life which I have made money off. I would be surprised if anybody who collects old stuff ever really does.
Sure you fluke the odd lucky purchase, but they are the exceptions. Ask anyone who collects teaspoons or pottery, you never resell them at a profit. We buy these items because they are appealing. As we get older, these items remind us of our early years."
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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.
Vermilion - starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand; Theresa Healey, Emily Campbell
This drama follows a group of women – mothers, daughters, friends and neighbours. Some of their relationships are good and some are broken.
Journey’s End starring Paul Bettany, Sam Claflin and Asa Butterfield
Led by young officer Stanhope, whose mental health is rapidly disintegrating, a group of British soldiers await their fate in an Aisne dugout during the end of World War I.



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Summer is on its way for sure so it’s time to indulge in an ice-cream sandwich, Sicilian style. Toasted brioche buns or thick slices of loaf cake work well for this decadent and fun dessert. The hero really is the caramel made with apple juice – yum!
Apple caramel – makes about 1 cup
1 cup Apple Press jazz juice
1/3 cup brown sugar
2-4 tbsps cream
Large pinch of salt to taste
Serve with:
Store-bought brioche buns or thick slices of loaf cake, toasted
Vanilla ice cream
Fresh blueberries
1. Simmer apple juice with brown sugar for 7-10 minutes or until it thickens. Add dash of cream and sprinkle of salt and let it bubble to form a beauitful caramel sauce. Keep warm.
2. Toast brioche or thick slices of loaf cake. Set out on individual plates. Top with ice cream, some fresh blueberrries and drizzle with apple caramel sauce.

"I think Donald Trump has every right to be pretty pleased about the results from the midterm elections.
After all, it is the tradition for sitting presidents and their party's to lose ground after the midterm elections, and Trump didn't lose much ground.
By expanding the Republicans majority in the Senate, he has ensured he is able to pass any supreme court judges he fancies over the next few years.
The President will turn the Democrats control of the house into a positive. All of his failures he will turn into the Democrats failures."
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Walls is the thirty-sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Barbra Streisand.
The lead single "Don't Lie to Me" was written as a criticism of America's political climate and Donald Trump.
LISTEN ABOVE AS MUSIC REVIEWER AND NEWSTALK ZB HOST ANDREW DICKENS JOINS JACK TAME TO DISCUSS THE ALBULM

The House Across the Street by Lesley Pearce, Penguin $38 
23 year-old Katy Speed is fascinated by the house across the street. The woman who lives there, Gloria, is the most glamorous neighbour on the avenue, owning a fashionable dress shop in Bexhill-on-Sea. But who is the woman who arrives in the black car most Saturdays while Gloria is at work? Sometimes she brings women to the house, other times they have children.
The Reckoning by John Grisham, Hachette $50
Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippi’s favorite son—a decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning he rose early, drove into town, and committed a shocking crime.  Pete’s only statement about it—to the sheriff, to his lawyers, to the judge, to the jury, and to his family—was: “I have nothing to say.” He was not afraid of death and was willing to take his motive to the grave.
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Ruud Kleinpaste gives us his top tips for stopping lemon tree borer. 
Life’s lesson for gardeners:
Do not prune your citrus/lemons and other susceptible plants in spring, summer and early autumn, as that would allow the borer beetles an obvious place to oviposit and start the trouble all over again.
So you can’t “cut out” the borer damage in the warmer months of the year
Instead:
1) find the toilet holes with plugs of borer frass (poo/sawdust) hanging from it
2) insert a fine plastic “straw” nozzle from an insecticide can into the hole and tunnel and fog the larva to death in situ.
3) alternatively: grab a piano-wire or guitar string and poke it into the hole to spear the lemontree borer grub up its bottom, so to speak - I found the best string to use is the G-string J
There is no point in spraying your citrus tree/bush with an insecticide, as the larva is totally protected inside the branch/twig – it’ll survive
There’s perhaps some merit in covering the winter pruning cuts with some pruning sealant.

Dr Bryn Thompson chats to Jack about Diabetes - "Act now to live well!"

The stigma of diabetes
New medication funded for diabetes in NZ
Just a tiny bit of fat loss...1 gram.. in the pancreas.. can lead to diabetes remission
Healthy eating.. not a diet for diabetes and pre-diabetes.