Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

It's hardly your average father-son enterprise.
UB40 has been rolling out the hits since 1978, and over the years they've had their dramas and a few personnel changes.
And now founding member Robin Campbell has been joined on stage by his son Matt – the pair lining up behind the mics together, touring the world, and performing songs written before Matt was born.
In 2027, the band is coming to New Zealand with their new Unstoppable World Tour.
It's been nearly fifty years since UB40 first began, and Robin confessed that he didn't for a minute expect to still be performing after so long.
"My ambitions probably stretched to maybe getting a decade out of it," he told Jack Tame.
"To get to here, we are literally 48 years later since we started, it's what dreams are made of, I've spent my entire life doing something I love."
Robin says the tour is named 'Unstoppable' for a reason, as it's effectively how they feel at the moment.
"We literally feel like we're having the most fun we've had in a long time."
While the band has been in existence for nearly fifty years, Matt was not, and only joined the line up in 2023.
"To be honest, it was never anything that I'd kind of dreamt of doing in that respect, but it's something that I kind of feel has come naturally in that sense," he told Tame.
"It's really it's an honour and a privilege really to be part of the band, to be welcomed into the band by everybody. And, not only performing with my dad, but performing with, essentially everybody, everyone in the band I've known my whole life."
"It's a really special thing to be involved with."
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Some may be surprised to learn that we haven't yet found every colour and pigment.
Scientists are still developing new pigments, with the last major inorganic pigment to be discovered in 2009 – YInMn Blue, a near perfect shade of blue.
Kevin Milne joined Jack Tame to chat about the world of pigments and the ongoing hunt for the "perfect red".
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Beebadoobie has taken a hard swing into the 90s in her latest album.
'Pylon' is the fourth album from the Filipino-British musician and is filled with touches of classic grunge, midwest emo, and ‘90s radio rock.
The album also features collaborations with Hayley Williams, Turnstile’s Brendan Yates, Chino Moreno of Deftones and Pinegrove’s Evan Stephens Hall.
Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album.
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As climate change continues to impact the planet, causing issues and severe weather all around the world, it's important to think about the future, and those who will be living in it: kids.
But how do you raise your kids to care about the planet without overwhelming them? Kate Hall has a few tips.
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Hollywood, Ending by John Green
For rising young actors Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, being cast in the buzzy biopic Andy Warhol Never Gets Old is the opportunity they’ve both been waiting for. They’re on the verge of breaking out, and maybe even falling in love. Soon, the movie is blowing up, and so are their lives—in exciting, but also terrifying, ways.
John Green artfully blends a behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story with an unflinching examination of the insatiable attention economy. Told through dual points of view, the novel follows Kai and Juniper from the first days on location to the movie’s premiere, brilliantly juxtaposing their story with the on-screen study of Warhol’s life at the dawn of celebrity culture.

Double Tap by Vince Flynn & Don Bentley
Mitch Rapp signed up to be an assassin.
A lone wolf who hunts and kills his nation’s enemies on their turf.
Now, he has a new mission.
When Mitch’s target—a Pakistani chemical weapons scientist for hire—is snatched from the streets of Verona, the American Assassin must penetrate the jihadi cell responsible for the brazen kidnapping before they can make use of the scientist’s deadly expertise.
But Mitch isn’t the only one interested in the scientist.
The Pakistani represents an existential threat. A threat that will fray alliances, force enemies to seek common ground, and resurrect long settled vendettas. As the events triggered by the kidnapping cascade out of control, Mitch Rapp must stop the chain reaction before the Middle East reaches critical mass.

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