Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Master of Wine Bob Campbell tells Jack about his Best Buy of the week, Dashwood Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough $14.99.
"I tasted the 2018 vintage while I was chairing the NZ International Wine Show, where it won a gold medal and tried it again more recently while reviewing over 100 Sauvignon Blanc wines, Mostly from Marlborough and mostly from 2018."

US correspondent Paul Stenhouse joins Jack to discuss the latest technology news. 

There's a new company taking on smart glasses. It's called 'North'.. they're a much more stylish version of Google Glass.
Twitter is looking to reinvent itself. This is a little strange, because they're doing it in a way that most software companies don't do.. they're showing you ideas!
Updates are coming for Facebook Messenger, they're clearing the clutter and making it simpler.

Tara Ward takes us through her picks for this week's viewing:
Little Drummer Girl: the team behind The Night Manager reunite to adapt this John Le Carre novel, a tense spy thriller set in the 1970s about a woman whose holiday romance is not what it seems (TVNZ On Demand, from Monday)
The Trial: A Murder in the Family: the inner workings of the British justice system is revealed in this documentary-dama about a fictional murder case being tried in a real court, in front of genuine lawyers and a jury of 12 randomly selected members of the public (TVNZ1, Monday, 9:30pm)
Salt, Acid, Fat, Heat: part cooking show, part travel documentary, this beautifully filmed four-part series about the elements of cooking is a “food show like no other" (Netflix)

Every Saturday morning, movie critic Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to take a look at what is playing at the movies this weekend.
American Animals
Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson  
Hunter Killer
Starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Billy Bob Thornton
The Seagull
Starring Elizabeth Moss, Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening
LISTEN ABOVE AS FILM REVIEWER FRANCESCA RUDKIN SPEAKS TO JACK TAME

In Pieces by Sally Field
Sally Field is one of the most celebrated, beloved and enduring actors of our time, and now she tells her story for the first time in this intimate and haunting literary memoir. In her own words, she writes about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey as a daughter and a mother. Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated audiences for more than five decades, beginning with her first television role at the age of 17. From Gidget’s sweet-faced ‘girl next door’ to the dazzling complexity of Sybil to the Academy Award-winning ferocity and depth of her role in Norma Rae and Mary Todd Lincoln, Field has stunned audiences time and time again with her artistic range and emotional acuity. Yet there is one character who always remained hidden: the shy and anxious little girl within. With raw honesty and the fresh, pitch-perfect prose of a natural-born writer, and with all the humility and authenticity her fans have come to expect, Field brings readers behind the scenes for not only the highs and lows of her star-studded early career in Hollywood, but deep into the truth of her lifelong relationships including, most importantly, her complicated love for her own mother. Powerful and unforgettable, In Pieces is an inspiring and important account of life as a woman in the second half of the twentieth century.
A Keeper by Graham Norton
The truth drifts out to sea, riding the waves out of sight. And then the tide turns.
Elizabeth Keane returns to Ireland after her mother's death, intent only on wrapping up that dismal part of her life. There is nothing here for her; she wonders if there ever was. The house of her childhood is stuffed full of useless things, her mother's presence already fading. And perhaps, had she not found the small stash of letters, the truth would never have come to light.
40 years earlier, a young woman stumbles from a remote stone house, the night quiet but for the tireless wind that circles her as she hurries further into the darkness away from the cliffs and the sea. She has no sense of where she is going, only that she must keep on.
This compelling new novel confirms Graham Norton's status as a fresh, literary voice, bringing his clear-eyed understanding of human nature and its darkest flaws.
LISTEN ABOVE AS BOOK REVIEWER CATHERINE RAYNES SPEAKS TO JACK TAME

"Zero alcohol beer has the same taste and smell, it costs the same, and you end up buying just as many.
You can afford to forget how much you are drinking, and you do! I reckon the new alcohol-free beers are a winner, the only problem is managing to find them at your local bottle store."
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"Professional commissioners who study this issue believe the war on drugs is spent. The war against them has had 80 odd years of failing.
Trying to prosecute and prohibit drugs is profoundly damaging. The problems we have with drugs today are the same as they have always been.
We should decriminalize drugs for personal use. No one goes to jail for selling drugs. Just imagine that."
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It's been fifteen years since Mitch Albom wrote his bestselling novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven.
The book told the story of Eddie, a war veteran turned amusement park mechanic who dies saving the life of a little girl named Annie.
The book was a global hit, but now, over a decade later, Albom has finally written a sequel telling Annie’s story.
He joined Jack Tame to talk about why he wrote ‘The Next Person You Meet in Heaven’ after so many years
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Are the Government's proposed tax changes going to be the death knell for investing in property?
Kiwis tend to think of property as a solid investment because they understand it, they can see and touch it, it’s useful even if the market tanks, and they can borrow money to invest in it. But between plans to ring-fence tax losses and a potential capital gains tax.
Hannah McQueen is from Enable Me finance, and joins Jack Tame to discuss how the tax changes will effect the property market.
LISTEN ABOVE AS HANNAH MCQUEEN SPEAKS TO JACK TAME

Passionvine hoppers are Australian imports which are part of the frog-hopper group.
For those of you who have problems visualising the two active stages of passionvine hoppers (Scolypopa australis), the picture surely tells a few hundred words.
In October the hopper eggs hatch into tiny little larvae that look, under the microscope, like miniature froglets with long, white fluffy tails.
LISTEN ABOVE AS GARDENING EXPERT RUUD KLEINPASTE SPEAKS TO JACK TAME