On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 5th of July 2025, Theo David and Phoebe McKellar join Jack as stars of ATC’s fast-paced 60s twist on the original tale of star-crossed lovers, Romeo & Juliet.

Jack considers his French sporting viewing picks for this weekend.

Mike Yardley shares his favourite apps for anything you may need while travelling.

And how does the latest Jurassic franchise instalment rate? Francesca Rudkin dishes on the latest on the big screen.

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Open AI’s talent is being poached for eye-watering numbers

Being paid $100 million to join a team sounds like something from the NFL or NBA, but it’s happening in Silicon Valley too. OpenAI’s talent is being poached by other tech giants, with Meta reportedly offered signing bonuses that large to steal talent and offering salaries in the millions.

Could website and content owners cash in on AI?

Cloudflare wants to help. When newspapers, magazines, and other content creators started putting their content online it was largely free, and even if it wasn’t, they still allowed Google to crawl it since having your website be discovered was worth it. That math shifted over the years, and now with AI those same content creators are debating if they should do something different this time around.

Cloudflare —a content delivery network— has a new feature aimed to help websites if they want to start charging for AI bots and agents to scrape their sites and use their service. They’re offering an auction system or a flat fee, and Cloudflare will be the broker for the transaction.

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This City is Ours

A long-time member of organised crime falls in love with Diana, prompting him to reevaluate his life and contemplate a future beyond his criminal activities (ThreeNow).

Hospice Heroes

A new documentary series that introduces us to the staff and volunteers of one of New Zealand’s largest hospice facilities as they help terminally ill patients (ThreeNow).

Quick round-up of the return of three blockbuster shows:

Tour de France: Unchained (Netflix)

The Bear (Disney+)

Squid Game (Netflix)

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Jurassic World Rebirth

Zora Bennett leads a team of skilled operatives to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide life-saving benefits to mankind. As the top-secret expedition becomes more and more risky, they soon make a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

The Great Lilian Hall

Broadway actress Lillian Hall pours her heart and soul into preparing for her next big role but finds herself blindsided by confusion and forgetfulness. She strives to make it to opening night while holding on to her fading memories and identity.

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If I was to enter Mousse Masters, the competition currently underway to find New Zealand’s top chocolate mousse, this would be my entry – simple, classic and utterly delicious. It’s as much about the mouthfeel as it is about ensuring the distinct flavour of using a quality chocolate comes through.

Mousse Masters is a one-of-a-kind competition for pro chefs and promising young chefs. It's designed to captivate the food service industry, showcase the magic of Weave Cacao’s couverture chocolate drops, and celebrate the artistry of New Zealand's chefs and bakers.

Serves 2-4

Ingredients

• ½ cup cream
• 2 small egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 70g very dark good-quality chocolate, chopped (check out the Weave Cacao website)
• ½ cup cream, whipped with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or rum or orange zest or espresso)
• grated chocolate to serve

Method

1. Bring the first measure of cream to the boil. Remove from the heat.
2. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until pale, then slowly pour over the hot cream whilst continuing to whisk so the eggs don’t curdle.
3. Add the chopped chocolate and let stand, covered, to allow the chocolate to melt. Allow to cool.
4. Fold the whipped cream gently into the cooled chocolate mixture.
5. Pour into four cups or glasses or ramekins and refrigerate until set -at least 3-4 hours. Have patience!
6. To serve, grate over some more chocolate because, well, why not?!

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Let’s be honest, so far as All Blacks tests go, this is a bit of a funny one.

If you were just weighing the odds on paper, I suppose there’s good reason why you might favour Les Bleus.

I hadn’t realised it until this week, but we’re coming off a three-game losing streak against the French, and you’ll remember last year’s first All Blacks test in Dunedin was a nail-biting one-point victory. The All Blacks didn’t scream cohesion. Add to that the fact I still don’t think we have an emphatic answer for who should start at ten, and Tupou Vai’i, surely one of the World’s best locks, is playing blindside flanker!

And yet the French are playing eight debutants and have left a slab of their elite stars back home. If it were any other test nation, I think New Zealand Rugby would have the right to kick up a bit of a fuss about the whole situation. But given the French and their history of spirited unpredictability on the rugby football pitch, it probably makes sense to secure a dominant victory before moaning about the standard of the opposition.

You can just imagine it, can’t you? No sooner would we lodge a formal complaint than a French rugby team with a prop at first five or a winger throwing the line outs would intercept an errant pass in the 84th minute or accidentally charge down the match-ending clearance kick with their replacement fullback’s face in a freak moment of sporting brilliance to pip the All Blacks for yet another famous victory.

An All Blacks test is an All Blacks test and the first of the season always gets me fizzing, but truthfully I realised I’d crossed a curious little Rubicon of sorts this week when I noted in myself an even greater sense of excitement about a completely different Gallic endeavour which happens to coincide with tonight’s game.

The Tour de France kicks off tonight. And I dunno what it is, but over the last few years it has become appointment viewing for me on the international sporting calendar. I think the romance and agony of it all is just so alluring. The way that riders slowly decay over the three weeks and more than 3000km. The way teams have to work to secure individual victories. The spectators lining the road, running with the leaders, often getting far, far closer than would ever be allowed in any other sport. The psychology of it! It’s madness. Imagine cycling for hundreds of kilometres in intense heat or over a mountain range, only to get back to your bus and know you have to do it again the next day. And the next day. And the day after that.

I honestly thought after the Lance Armstrong saga that I was done with the Tour de France. But whether it’s the Netflix treatment or the incredible, generation-defining rivalry of the World’s two best riders, I’m very much back in the saddle.

So there’s my pick. I reckon the All Blacks are well-placed to blast the French in Dunedin. But if you haven’t watched it in a while, and you want guaranteed sporting drama... hang around a few more hours tonight for stage one of Le Tour. You will not be disappointed.

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Robert Muchamore is behind some of the best novels available to young readers.

His CHERUB series is credited with shaking up young adult literature, with realistic language, unconventionally sophisticated themes, and portrayals of heroes that challenge tradition.

His latest series tackles concepts like corruption, protection rackets, and late-stage capitalist failure, with a twist on the tale of Robin Hood. The ninth book in the series, Robin Hood: Fury, Fire and Frost, was released earlier this month.

Muchamore told Jack Tame he’s always been fascinated by the tale of Robin Hood – this very old story that has been passed on and reimagined over and over again.

“It’s this kind of legend that's been around for so long, and everyone gets to interpret it in their own way.”

His version of the story is a more modern take, set in a contemporary world with a 12/13-year-old Robin Hood that's very similar to most modern children.

That similarity can be something of a challenge though, as Muchamore explains that over his twenty years of writing for children, it’s becoming a bit harder to stay in touch with kids.

“You really do have to be humble and talk to kids, and listen to what they say.”

“Kids are quite ruthless,” Muchamore explained.

“They’re always quite ruthless if you get something wrong or you use a phrase that isn’t hip anymore or something like that.”

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Lorde has described her fourth album as her rebirth.

‘Virgin’ is her attempt to make a document that reflected her femininity, which she described as “raw, primal, innocent, elegant, openhearted, spiritual, masc”.

It deals with themes of gender identity, body image, and mental health, a more introspective album than its predecessor ‘Solar Power’.

Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to share her thoughts on the album.

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