Maggie Dent has been helping parents navigate the tough parts of raising kids for decades.

Having raised four sons and become a grandparent, she's passionate about giving teen boys the best environment to thrive.

Her latest book focuses on a subject that's receiving growing attention, 'Digital Freedom' looking at how to strike the right balance with screen use in children's lives.

Dent joined Jack Tame to chat about the current relationship between children, technology, and screens, and what parents can do to shift the balance.

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Some excitement in the Milne kitchen this week.

Kevin and his wife Linda have been dutifully collecting stickers for New World's promotion with Smeg, and this week they were able to pick up their first set of knives.

He joined Jack Tame to chat about their new acquisitions, and debate whether or not they're really "free".

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Beatie Boys co-founder Mike D is kicking off his solo career.

His debut solo studio album, 'Thank You', marks the first full-length release of new music from a Beastie Boys alumnus since 2011.

It's filled with dubby, hard-hitting psychedelia, analog synthesizer noise, and post-electronic grooves paired with his signature rapping.

Chris Schulz joined Jack Tame to share his thoughts on the album.

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Winter is nearing its end, which means it's nearly time to start thinking about plans for the summer.

A few changes are on the horizon for those in the mood to travel, including new routes, new services, and even some new charges.

Mike Yardley joined Jack Tame to chat about the notable airline trends hitting the skies over the summer.

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The Governor by Lynda La Plante

Barfield Prison is one of the toughest high-security prisons in England, housing the country’s most dangerous criminals. And when an inmate is found dead in his cell, a riot breaks out, forcing the authorities to investigate a potential murder.

Despite being Barfield’s youngest ever female Governor, Helen Hewitt is seen as the best woman for the job. But with a prison full of corrupt and suspicious officers, restless inmates and a broken system, Helen has her work cut out – and no allies to help her….

Agrippa by Robert Harris

Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa.

To claim Octavius's inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together.

Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous.

From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, the great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life- the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius. When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all?

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Technology is constantly progressing, which means were often left with old, outdated, or broken electronics we have no use for.

So what do you do with them? Since you can't just throw away your old electronics and appliances, Kate Hall has compiled some information on where they should go instead.

• Mobile phones, laptops, chargers, cables and tablets can often be recycled through retailers like Noel Leeming and other approved e-waste collection points.
• Larger appliances such as vacuum cleaners, microwaves and printers should be taken to your local e-waste recycling facility or transfer station. Sometimes the company accepts old appliances for responsible recycling or parts reclamation.
• Before recycling, ask yourself whether the item could be repaired, donated or refurbished. Extending the life of electronics is almost always the most sustainable option.
• Delete personal data from phones, laptops and tablets before donating or recycling them.

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On the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Saturday August 29 2026, Maggie Dent, leading parenting expert from Australia, joins us to talk about her new book 'Digital Freedom'.

Jack casts his vote for the best apple – the Cosmic Crisp!

Ridley Scott's 'The Dog Stars' is in cinemas now, so our film critic Francesca Rudkin gave us her review.

Finance expert Ed McKnight fills us in on the hidden costs of buying a house and how to lower them.

And Mike D from The Beastie Boys has put out his first solo album at 60 years old. Our muso Chris Shulz is in studio to tell us all about it.

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

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Ruud Kleinpaste discusses house centipedes, sparked by a phone call from an enthusiastic young bug finder.

It's always exciting when we're smelling the beginning of spring. Some invertebrates are starting to wake up – especially when they have their own secret hiding place inside your home.

Here’s the picture:

A lovely phone call, plus a pretty cool picture of a glass container, held by an enthusiastic young lady who kept a great eye on a 4.5 centimetre long Scutigera coleoptrata.

When you're dealing with one of those wonderful House Centipedes, I can totally imagine that many young Nature Nerds simply can’t take their eyes off these fast-moving creatures.

They run at 40 centimetres per second! Imagine that speed with a 4.5 cm long body.

They have a huge, elegant body with 15 pairs of rather long legs that become longer from the front towards the back. 15 pairs of legs means that this centipede is fully grown and equipped with super-fast feet and really long antennae in the front of their head.

By the way: when a very young centipede lands on the planet, it only has 4 pairs of legs. When it moults to a larger version, it will be walking on 5 pairs of legs. After the next moult 7 pairs, followed by 9 pairs, then 11 pairs, 13 pairs and finally (with the last moult) 15 pairs of legs.

The centipede is then fully grown, and it remains active with 15 pairs of extremely fast legs.

In New Zealand we have two species of Centipedes (or maybe even more) that arrived here from the Mediterranean area. Their speed indicates great amazing predator movements during the day, but especially at night. Gardeners may not realise that they're great predators of many plant pests in your garden and inside your house: caterpillars, small beetles, larvae of young insects, flies, small wasps… their job is fabulous!

I realise more and more that our young New Zealanders are getting better and better when it comes to learning about Invertebrates and how to look after all these creatures… and what their jobs are in nature! No longer too scared of them and ready to feed them too!

Thank you Raine! You’re doing a great job – we need people like you to look after our environment.

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