Guy Sebastian is an Australasian icon with a career that’s nothing short of extraordinary.

From winning the first season of Australian Idol back in 2003, to carving out a place on the charts, to mentoring new talent as a coach on The Voice Australia – he's been in the spotlight for over two decades.

And now he’s embarking on a new chapter with the release of his tenth album ‘One Hundred Times Around The Sun’.

The album has taken Sebastian nearly five years to make, a much longer period than the typical six months to two years most artists these days create them in.

He told Jack Tame that in the early stages of his career, he felt pressure to create quickly.

“Don’t take longer than a year,” Sebastian explained. “Or you’ll disappear into obscurity.”

“Then there’s like, the pressure of doing the right thing by the fans, y’know, you don’t wanna make them wait too long.”

It’s a mentality that used to govern much of Sebastian’s process, but one that he’s managed to grow beyond.

“I just got to this point where like, I don’t want to release anything until I’m stoked with it,” he told Tame.

“I wanna love every song. I don’t want a filler on there, I want every song to be great.”

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Today Estelle Clifford is hitting rewind and taking it back to 2005, looking at some of the iconic albums released before music streaming services really took off.

Among the albums nearly old enough to drink in the United States are Bloc Party's 'Silent Alarm', Black Eyed Peas' 'Monkey Business', and Paramore's 'All We Know is Falling' - but that's not the end of her list.

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"Brooding, imposing, ruggedly beautiful and spilling with forth with a storied history, Edinburgh stirs the senses of even the most jaded traveller. I’ve just reacquainted myself with the striking Scottish capital, as part of a riveting romp around the UK on Trafalgar’s Real Britain tour."

Read Mike's full article here.

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The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te Moke

Born into love but then thrust into violence, and shaped by struggle, Timoti Te Moke was never destined to be a leader. After an early start as a bright boy in the eastern Bay of Plenty, nurtured by his reo Māori-speaking grandparents, Timoti's life changed sharply when his mother took custody of him when he was six. He survived abuse, state care, gangs and prison, his life marked by trauma and pain.

By fourteen, he was behind bars. By twenty, he'd crossed the Tasman, trying to leave his past behind. But it was a moment in a prison cell — a glimpse of blue sky — that sparked a life-altering question: What if this isn't all there is?

Through grit and an unyielding drive for justice, Timoti transformed his life. He returned to Aotearoa, became a paramedic and, after facing racism and an unsupported manslaughter charge that nearly derailed his life, became a medical student in his fifties. Timoti is now a fully qualified doctor — proof that brilliance can come from anywhere, and that our society must change to allow it.

A powerful, confronting memoir of injustice, identity and the cost of lost potential, The Unlikely Doctor is not just Timoti's story — it is every child's. Because when we remove the barriers for success, we don't just help individuals — we help reshape a nation.

The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Gina Butson

Thea, a young woman crushed by guilt, flees to Central America to escape her life in New Zealand.

In Guatemala, she meets the charismatic Chris and his partner, Sarah, and the three of them form a tight bond. While the rest of the world is caught in the grip of the global financial crisis, the three friends find a false reality in the backpacker party town of San Pedro. Surrounded by the dark volcanic beauty of the Guatemalan highlands, Thea starts to come to terms with her past. But everything changes when a tragedy occurs.

Knowing she has to leave Central America, but not ready to return home, Thea settles in Tasmania and into a new relationship. Bonded by grief, she and her partner make a life for themselves in Hobart. But years later, when tragedy strikes again, all Thea's old grief and guilt - together with unanswered questions - come to the surface. Against the backdrop of the pandemic and lockdowns, Thea begins to question the trust she has in her partner. She realises that if she wants to know the truth, she will need to come clean about her past.

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Winter can feel drab and we often end up reflecting that feeling in what we wear.

Layers on layers can leave you feeling like there’s not a lot of room to play. So, how can you keep things feeling fun while staying warm... and sustainable?

Creative connoisseur Evie Kemp joined Jack Tame for a chat about livening up your winter wear while still keeping things sustainable.

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This week Chris Woakes the English cricket batting star dislocated his shoulder in the England-India test, then yesterday came out to bat with a dislocated shoulder at number 11 to try and save the test! Very brave stuff!

What is a shoulder dislocation?

• The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body.
• It’s a ‘ball and socket’ joint, however sockets aren’t deep enough so the joint is supported by tendons and muscles.
• Occasionally the ball can come completely out of the socket – a dislocation.
• It can dislocate forward, which is common, or backwards, which is less common.

How do they happen and what are the signs?

• Generally an accident that puts severe force on the shoulder can cause dislocation.
• For example:
  • Falling from ladder and holding on it.
  • Collision in sport or falling onto an outstretched arm.
  • Car accidents.
• Some people have very flexible shoulders and can dislocate with simple things like rolling over in bed, hanging out washing.
• Effects: severe pain, unable to move the shoulder, occasional numbness down arm.
• You can see the deformity – can see the ball out of the socket, bulging out.

What do we do about it?

• See a doctor who will examine the shoulder.
• An Xray to make sure it is not broken.
• Then pop it back into place with light sedation or anaesthetic.
• Then keep the arm in a sling for 1-2 weeks, avoiding lifting or using the shoulder for six weeks. It can take up to 3-4 months to fully heal.
• Physio is often important to strengthen the shoulder and get moving.

Are there any complications?

• You can fracture the shoulder.
• Can tear cartilage (or lining) of the shoulder.
• Sometimes the tendons and muscles supporting the shoulder tear – call this a rotator cuff tear.
• Nerve damage can occur.
• Sometimes requires surgery.
• Can become recurrent and requires surgery to stop it popping out: orthopaedic surgeon.

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On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday 9 August 2025, Australian idol legend Guy Sebastian joins Jack in studio for a chat about releasing album number ten, and gives a very special performance of a brand new track.

Jack considers his experiences with the NYC subway compared to Auckland's new CRL.

A hearty recipe for the weekend, Rosa Flanagan of Two Raw Sisters shares a how-to for her Slow Cooked Moroccan Lamb and Pumpkin dish.

Ruud Kleinpaste reckons it's about getting warm enough to get back into the garden.

Plus, Catherine Raynes shares details on a brand new Kiwi tale of resilience, The Unlikely Doctor by Timoti Te Moke.

Get the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast every Saturday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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It’s been a weird winter – cool and often wet. Indeed, I grew a few edibles in my tunnel house after most of the tomatoes had been removed.

With rubbish weather I tend to divert to bird hobbies, rather than vegie-garden maintenance. But in early August things become a bit more positive, and today that was highlighted when I visited my old mate Mike (a Scottish builder with heaps of Scottish humour).

He had already planted small strawberry plants under a cover of dense pea-straw – yes, next summer’s fruit extravaganza: STRAWBERRIES! New Zealand Gardener usually gives you the latest varieties available.

I had totally forgotten that I could have planted them a month or so ago, here on the port hills! Time to become a lot less lazy!

Friable, well-draining soil with heaps of organic material in the top layers. Some granular, general fertiliser (not too much – just a bit) so that the roots will lick their food on the warmer, early-Spring days. The pea-straw (and mulch) protects plants from heavy frosts (and later on as a medium on which the developing fruit will stay in dryer conditions – not on wet soil).

Go to your local garden centre and ask the local experts what kind of strawberry varieties work well in your neighbourhood – I bet they’ll have Cama Rosa and Camino Real as their “short day” varieties (they can be planted in May-June).

Other varieties, such as Aromas, Seascape, and San Andreas are day-neutral and can be planted in spring.

While the strawberries are slowly getting in their winter development, it may be useful to take a look at your rhubarb. This plant tends to be reasonably tolerant of a bit of frost – if the frosts are heavy and mean, you might find that patience will be a good virtue. I saw it growing in Mongolia in the wild (permafrost), in the deserts (dry as a bone), with big weta-like critters hiding underneath!

It’s a great crop if you’re into crumbles and fruity bits for breakfast (with muesli and yoghurt and soaked sultanas) and stuff like rhubarb pies.

In good hot summers it might take a break in the hottest period of the year. In the North/hot areas, it may pay to allocate a cooler spot and some shade for the warmest period of the day to stop it “bolting” – the flower stalks can be broken off, the edges of the leaves can become beautifully red, but it’s a sign of the breakdown of chlorophyll and hence the beginning of summer die-back.

Rhubarb requires a nice, fertile free-draining soil, so if you’ve got heavy clay soil break it up and add heaps of compost to make it friable.

Alternatively: plant it above the soil level (in a raised bed). I reckon you can even grow it in a big container with good mix, but keep it watered, so it doesn’t dry out too much.

Fertiliser: rhubarb loves compost and manure (yes, some rotted cow poo/sheep/pig or horse – preferably gone through a composting cycle).

Keep the plant base free of weeds. Pests and diseases are usually of no great concern – slugs and snails are your main problem and they will only go on the leaves. Copper sprays may prevent leaf-spots, but they’re not a big deal usually.

Harvest: cut the stems for consumption and use leaves in compost bins (all good – the oxalic acid is not going to harm anything in that bin!).

Alternatively, the large leaves are great on the ground as “weed mat”.

Look around for various cultivars – if you are lucky you might find some of the old-fashioned bright red varieties that look fantastic: Moulin Rouge, Crimson Crumble, Cherry Red, Ruby Red, Glaskin’s Perpetual…

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