Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Tara Ward gives us her top picks for your viewing pleasure!
Dark Tourist: David Farrier’s documentary series about the darker side of tourism (Netflix)
Eat, Race, Win: a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows Australian team Orica Scott during the Tour de France (Amazon Prime)
The return of two fan favourites: Orange is the New Black (Netflix) and Poldark (Prime, 31/7)

Kevin Milne is back on the Saturday Mornings with Jack Tame after a holiday abroad in the United Kingdom.
Though the heat hampered parts of his travels, Kevin has a lot to say about what he got up to and how it was a different type of travel.
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Steven Adams has quickly become one of New Zealand's top sporting exports. 
The basketballer is on a $100 million contract with Oklahoma City Thunder, who he has been playing with since 2013.
Yet his new book, My Life, My Fight, out next week, highlights the difficult road it took for him to get to where he is now.
In honour of the book's release, Jack reflects on his first time meeting Adams in America, and what he learnt from reading the book.
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Andrew Dickens gives us his thoughts on Amy Shark's album Love Monster.
On first listen this is solid symphonic electronic pop with an edge.  She’s has a memorable voice and a nice range.  But then you realise that many of the lyrics are a bit meh.  Then you hear Jack Antunoff and Joel Little repeating the Lorde production tricks they developed.  That’s when you think a record company has decided to throw cash at Amy to create and Australian Lorde.  So the sentiments lose their authenticity.  Good album not a great one. 6/10

Catherine Raynes reviews two new exciting books for you to read:
The Book Ninja by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, Simon and Schuster $35
The Peacock Summer - Hannah Richell, Hachette $35

Media commentator Janet Wilson discusses how the White House Press Corp are joining forces against Sarah Sanders Huckabee and Sir Cliff Richard gets 210,000 pounds in damages for loss of privacy.

Dr Bryn Thompson tells us why brisk walking could make you live longer and new research discovers smell receptors in remote parts of our body.

Jack's guest this morning is Australian filmmaker Benjamin Gilmore, who spent two months filming in dangerous conditions in Afghanistan to bring us his latest offering, Jirga.
Described as a war film with a difference, Jirga, is a gritty drama, about a former Australian soldier who wants to atone for killing a civilian in a raid, that was shot secretly in Afghanistan.
Jirga will screen at the New Zealand International film Festival next week on July 26th and 27th.
LISTEN ABOVE AS BENJAMIN GILMOUR TALKS TO JACK TAME

Jack's guest this morning is Australian filmmaker Benjamin Gilmore, who spent two months filming in dangerous conditions in Afghanistan to bring us his latest offering, Jirga.
Described as a war film with a difference, Jirga, is a gritty drama, about a former Australian soldier who wants to atone for killing a civilian in a raid, that was shot secretly in Afghanistan.
Jirga will screen at the New Zealand International film Festival next week on July 26th and 27th.
LISTEN ABOVE AS BENJAMIN GILMOUR TALKS TO JACK TAME

The MacBook Pro's have had an upgrade..
They've had a power boost. More processing power, newer chips, more RAM.. 
They have not added in HDMI.. haven't added in a regular USB port.. they also haven;t fixed the keyboard (but apparently they have made it quieter)
They have added Siri always on support.. so you can now say "Hey Siri" to wake her up.
One analyst said exactly what I would.. where is the touch screen? where is the LTE?
 
 
Get set for more emoji options!
Coming in Apples new iOS 12: Red heads.. curly haired folks.. rejoice! You're being represented. But only in certain places.. sorry.
There'll also be a parrot, kangaroo, lobster and a peacock!
There's also a superman and a superwoman.. as well as a freezing face emoji - perfect for winter!