/on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/rss ¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:02:07 Z en /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nicki-wickes-tells-jack-tame-the-recipe-for-a-strawberry-vanilla-choux-cake/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nicki-wickes-tells-jack-tame-the-recipe-for-a-strawberry-vanilla-choux-cake/ Strawberry & vanilla choux cake This cake is a simpler and more rustic version of a Polish karpaka and it is truly wonderous. It’s a great way to use strawberries and would be a good choice for the Christmas menu. Serves 6-8 For the choux 75ml milk 75ml water 75g butter 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 100g plain flour sifted 3 large eggs (about 170g) at room temperature, beaten lightly. The eggs should be weighed without shells For the filling 300mls cream 1 big tablespoon of icing sugar + extra for dusting 1 tablespoon vanilla extract  1 cup store-bought custard (I use Meadow Fresh Thick & creamy as it is the thickest and so holds well) 1-2 cups sliced strawberries For the dough Preheat the oven to 200 C fan. Line the bottoms of two 23cm springform tins with baking paper and grease the sides with butter. If you have only one springform, you will need to bake one layer of the cake and then prepare the form again to bake the second layer. In a pot combine water, milk, butter, sugar and salt and heat over medium heat until it starts simmering. Remove from the heat and add the flour. Mix until no dry flour is left, bring back to the heat set to low and stir continuously cook until it forms a ball and comes away from the sides of the pot. It will leave some residue on the base of the pot too. Remove from the heat then beat it hard with a wooden spoon, hand beaters or in a standing mixer until it cools some. Start adding the eggs a third at a time and beating until you have a mixture that is glossy and smooth. I add the final third of egg more slowly to get the right consistency – you may not need it all. The dough should be firm enough to hold its shape, just shy of dropping consistency.  Split the dough between both tins and spread it over the base and scrape it up the sides a bit too. Make sure the surface is a bit uneven as this will create random hills and valleys on the surface once cooked which is what we want.  Bake for about 25 minutes or until reaching a deep, even golden-brown colour on top. Remove from the oven and leave to cool down for 10 minutes before removing it from the tin onto a cooling rack to cool down completely. Repeat the process if using only one spring form tin. Whip the cream with icing sugar and vanilla until quite stiff. Fold in the custard To assemble the cake:  Place the springform ring only on a serving plate and place one of the choux discs, perhaps the one least puffed up, into it. Spoon over half the custard cream mixture, scatter over strawberries (some can be left to serve alongside the dessert) then the remaining custard cream. Cover with the second choux disc press a little bit to secure it.  Chill for 2-3 hours or overnight. When ready to serve remove the ring, dust with plenty of icing sugar and serve in lovely big wedges.  Note:  When you spread the dough into the tins you won’t think you have enough but it puffs magically! Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:36:06 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-homemade-crumpets/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-homemade-crumpets/ I’ve just been in Wellington and have come home so inspired by the places I ate. I’ve gone mad on crumpets! I visited a cafe on all the days called Glou Glou who make their own crumpets! They can be made at home and topped with more than just golden syrup or honey. Makes 6   Ingredients 50mls milk  150mls warm water  1 heaped tsp instant yeast  1 tsp sugar  150g high grade flour  ½ tsp baking powder  ½ tsp salt    Method Warm the milk to just a bit hotter than tepid. Add in water and then dissolve the yeast and sugar. Cover with a tea towel and leave until a froth forms – about 10-15 minutes.  In a bowl, sift in the flour, baking powder and sea salt. Make a well in the centre, pour in the yeast mixture and whisk gently for a few minutes until you have the consistency of double cream. You may need to add a little more water if it’s too thick.  Cover with a damp tea towel or plastic bag (or a shower cap if you have one!) and set aside for 45 minutes or until bubbles form on the surface.    To cook:  Grease 9-10cm metal rings (see note) with oil. Grease a large pan and heat to medium-high.  Arrange the rings in the frying pan spoon 4 tablespoons of the batter into each ring. Cook until bubbles form – 30 seconds -1 minutes – then turn the heat to low until bubbles break on the surface, like when making pikelets. This can take 5-7 minutes. Carefully lift off the rings and flip the crumpets, cooking for a further 30 seconds. Re-grease the rings between batches.  Serve the crumpets warm, with a slather of butter and your choice of toppings: ham, chutney & cheese, crème fraiche dill & smoked salmon, mascarpone & strawberries etc.    Notes & tips: The barrier to making crumpets at home is often not having metal rings. I use the little spring form tins available at supermarkets. Grease them well even though they’re non-stick. Beating the batter helps to stimulate the gluten which lends itself to the vertical tunnels forming in the crumpet. If you truly want the texture of store-bought crumpets it’s best to leave them for a day or 2 then toast to serve – that rubbery texture is for once what we’re aiming for!   LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:08:19 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-small-cocoons-in-woollen-carpets/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-small-cocoons-in-woollen-carpets/ It’s that time of year again; The number of complaints I get goes up every year:  Small cocoons in woollen carpets  Similar cocoons in cashmere woollen clothes, in woollen socks etc etc  Increasing discoveries of holes in woollen clothes, socks and woollen garments.  Tiny golden moths flying around the house – they are actually quite pretty! 5-7 mm long  I have mentioned this before on the program and have fielded quite a few calls on talk-back as well.  The moths we are talking about is known as the Webbing Clothes Moth (Tineola bisselliella)  It’s a great recycler of “dead keratin” (wool, in other words): the small caterpillars use that wool to create their cocoons as well.  Trouble is, they often show their damage when it’s far too late to do anything about it  I decided to have a look (via iNaturalist) at this moth’s distribution in the world and in New Zealand in particular New Zealand:  The beasty is common in Europe and America etc, even in parts of Australia, but here is largely confined to Lincoln and Christchurch, according to the iNaturalist data  The odd record from Wellington and Nelson may be erroneous observations.  It shows you how insects travel the world – they may have arrived reasonably recently.  They are hard to control; it takes a bit of effort to keep them in check:  In a past life I worked on Aircraft spraying techniques (Biosecurity) to avoid mosquitoes and other pests travelling to New Zealand via aircraft cabins and cargo holds.  A residual insecticide was created to spray planes every 8 weeks literally reduce the chance for insects to hitch a ride into Aotearoa (and Australia, the Pacific Islands etc etc)  The science was developed in New Zealand in collaboration with World Health Organisation (malaria prevention, dengue, yellow fever, encephalitis – you name it)  I have been experimenting with the residual aircraft spray to see if I could knock the buggers off in my house and “so far so good”.  I used the residual spray, made for “Aircraft Disinsection” and aimed the aerosol can at the woollen carpet and the wardrobes, closets and cupboards where our woollen garments are stored.  Timing is pretty important, seeing the moths start to fly early in November and will have many generations later in summer, autumn and early winter.  Once you have “whacked” them in spring their numbers will be dramatically reduced – follow up with a second spray 2 months later.  The aerosol cans are stocked by a company called “Safeworx”; (AKL, WLG and CHC)  I did some follow-up tests on other household pests with the residual Aircraft Spray as well and found that Carpet Beetles (Anthrenus verbasci) won’t survive a treatment either  Anthrenus verbasci Larva These beetles are - right now – pollinating your flowers in the garden (roses, asters, Queen Anne’s Lace, carrot flowers, Marigolds and probably heaps more  Of course they’ll feed themselves with pollen and nectar before flying back into your house to lay eggs in your carpet.    LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 24 Nov 2023 22:39:49 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-kokako/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kleinpaste-kokako/ Before I get into the story of this magnificent bird, I need to remind everyone that has rung me in the past 36 years on talk-back radio, that apples are susceptible to codling moth infestation. The small beginnings of the fruit are developing on your trees.  Those tiny fruitlets are known in English as “Codlings”, hence the name for the moth who’s caterpillars love to invade these codlings: Codling moth. Avoid the caterpillars tunnelling into your tiny, developing fruit!  MADEX is the spray to use from now on; every two weeks or so until February.  Madex is a codling moth granulosis virus that will affect the small brutes before they enter the apple. Only works on Codling moth species (Cydia pomonella); and the virus will not harm us either.    Kokako  Last week I spent a few days at Pukaha, Mt Bruce (North Wairarapa). This Wonderful Natural Reserve used to be called Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre and managed by the Wildlife Service.  Situated in 1000 hectares of pretty impressive forest. There’s been some logging in the past, but now well taken care of. Great Forest Ecosystem and an ideal place to have some of our rare species.  From Kiwi to Kokako – from translocated individuals to Captive-bred specimens; but also Native species that are protected through intensive trapping.  It’s the only place in the world (as far as I know) where you can chat with an 18 year old imprinted Kokako that used to be reared by a male DOC employee with a beard.  That bird will only talk to men, preferably with a beard!  It learned to whistle and imitates a heap of sounds (clacking tongues!), while sitting 25 centimetres from your face, on the other side of the enclosure’s mesh.  Kahurangi preening. Photo / Supplied Her name is Kahurangi and I’ve had many conversations with that bird.  It hops through the aviary (Kokako glide, rather than fly) and shows great agility, just like its mates in the wild forests.  As a bird-Nerd, I have seen Kokako many times, despite the fact they tend to be pretty rare (Bay of Plenty, Puketi Forest, Little Barrier, Tiritiri Matangi, Pureora, Hunua); I love them… and I love their wonderful sounds, the gliding flight and hopping in the canopy of our forests.  In 2011 we moved to the South Island and that first summer my son and I decided to explore the west coast for a few days. Driving south from Haast and past Hannah’s Clearing, the road is straight and fringed by tall forest – there’s just a few meters of sky visible above. And against that sky I saw a kokako fly for just a few seconds.  Unmistakeable!  But it took me a few moments to realise I was in the South Island and therefore this was likely a South Island Kokako – presumed to be extinct.  I opened the window of the car while slowing down and could faintly hear the characteristic call.  That was all I saw and heard – we looked and listened for quite some time… After some discussions with members of the South Island Kokako Charitable Trust (Rhys Buckingham and the late Ron Nilsson) I learned that I was rather close to one of the last confirmed sightings of this amazing endemic New Zealand wattle bird  I will never, ever forget that fleeting encounter.  https://www.southislandkokako.org/the-search  Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:45:31 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-easy-fish-tacos/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-easy-fish-tacos/ These tacos are a fantastic way to stretch a few fillets of fish and make them into a whole meal!   Makes 6 taco – enough for 2-3 people      Ingredients  2 fillets gurnard (about 150-200g), each fillet cut into three pieces (can use any fish really)  ½ teaspoon sea salt  2 tablespoons flour  1 teaspoon cumin seeds  1 teaspoon each butter and oil  6 small corn or flour tortillas   Guacamole  1 avocado  A small handful of fresh coriander  Lemon or lime juice  Chilli (fresh or flakes) to taste  Salt and pepper to taste   To serve  1 cup shredded lettuce (or cabbage, spinach or grated carrot)  1 tomato, diced (leave out if not in season)  Fresh coriander  Hot sauce  A squeeze of lime juice      Method  Dust the fish pieces in sea salt, then in the flour and finally in the cumin seeds. Fry with oil and butter in a pan over medium heat.  While the fish cooks, warm each tortilla in a dry pan. I do them in a stack and keep rotating and turning them, so they all get well warmed through.  To make the guacamole, smoosh together (in a blender or by hand) the avocado, coriander, lemon or lime juice, chilli, salt and pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed. Thin with a little cold water, if you like, to get a smooth purée.  To serve, smear each tortilla with guacamole, top with lettuce, then fish pieces, tomato, fresh coriander and hot sauce. Squeeze over some lime juice. Fold and EAT!    LISTEN ABIVE  Sat, 30 Sept 2023 00:11:12 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-tech-teslas-plug-likely-to-become-the-industry-standard/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-tech-teslas-plug-likely-to-become-the-industry-standard/ Tesla's plug is likely to become the industry standard  General Motors has signed a deal with Tesla to start producing electric vehicles using Tesla's proprietary plug - two weeks after Ford did something similar. This is a win-win for everyone. For GM drivers it'll be easier for them to find a charger because they now also have access to the Tesla network of Super Chargers. It's a win for Tesla (and their drivers) because we're likely to see further investment in the Super Charger network with more customers and increased demand nationally. Plus Tesla will have a new group of customers to sell energy to.  Large parts of Reddit have gone dark  Popular communities like Funny, Music, Gaming and others have turned to private-mode to protest. The company has introduced fees for access to its services and data by third-party developers which has angered the community. The company says it can't afford to subsidize commercial entities like Google and OpenAI by providing free access to the content on their site, and allowing them to use it to train AI models free of charge. They also don't think they should be allowing developers to create apps which replicate the experience of Reddit, outside of Reddit, and have those apps generate revenue off Reddit's content and user base.    Fri, 16 Jun 2023 23:14:14 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/bryan-betty-recovery-after-a-knee-replacement/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/bryan-betty-recovery-after-a-knee-replacement/ Why do we do knee replacements?  For advanced arthritis of knee – basically when it wears out. Pain stiffness, poor mobility, fall risk. It’s a major operation very routine, and we have very good orthopaedic surgeons – just not enough of them!    What is the benefit of the operation?  It’s very good – reduces pain, increases mobility, reduces fall risk. Most important thing to follow the rehabilitation program given by the surgeon and physio.    Immediately after the operation  The main risk for a few days postop is infection and blood clots in the lower leg – we want to prevent those. You will have bruising, swelling in the lower leg, and pain. Pain killers are often used.  Early mobilization is important to prevent blood clots. Regular hourly exercise. Wear compression stockings often to prevent clots. Discharged after 2-3 days, when they’re sure you can manage at home with a walking aid.    What to look for when you get home?  You will have a swollen leg! Walking helps reduce the swelling plus putting the leg up. There will be lots of bruising. Pain killers, sometimes constipation issues because you’re not moving around as much. Most important thing is to follow the physio’s exercise program.  Don’t take on too much. Things like vacuuming and cleaning floors might require help initially. Dressing – sit on side of bed or chair. Use shower stool initially. Be realistic: it can take on average up to six months to fully recover. Back to driving after 6 weeks, and back to light work after 6-8 weeks Most end up less pain, more mobile, and very happy with result! Fri, 26 May 2023 23:35:07 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-music-terrible-sons-the-raft-is-not-the-shore/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-music-terrible-sons-the-raft-is-not-the-shore/ Terrible Sons is the moniker for husband/wife duo Matthew Barus (The Dukes) and Lauren Barus (L.A. Mitchell, Fly My Pretties), who work and live with their two children in an intentional community near Christchurch. Having clocked up over 18 million streams on previous singles since 2018, the quietly accomplished band is signed to Nettwerk Music Group. The band's string of sparse, yet intimate modern folk EP releases include their most recent, and much-lauded third EP Mass.    LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 13 May 2023 00:28:22 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-holly-humberstone-can-you-afford-to-lose-me/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-holly-humberstone-can-you-afford-to-lose-me/ Holly Humberstone is releasing a compilation album titled, Can You Afford to Lose Me? Humberstone won the Brit Award for Rising Star at the 2022 Brit Awards, pushing the English singer-songwriter to new heights. The new album combines her last two EPs in a fresh order and adds one new track, the title track.  LISTEN ABOVE     Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:27:15 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-holiday-classics-in-waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-holiday-classics-in-waik%C4%ABk%C4%AB/ Mike Yardley is once again the envy of us all. LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 09 Dec 2022 22:58:34 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kelinpaste-a-different-way-of-planting/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/ruud-kelinpaste-a-different-way-of-planting/ A few weeks ago I attended a Restoration Planting by the Mokihi trust in Cromwell. This wasn’t a regular planting of Native trees and shrubs, but an attempt to get plants in hard-to-reach places (on the banks of Dunstan Lake) in a way local Maori used to do that, all those weekends ago….  Or so the story goes!  First you select your seeds: the pioneer species that are able to germinate in “new areas” and then form the beginning of the ecosystem.  Manuka, Kanuka, Griselinia and Pittosporum  Then a mōkihi is to be built – a small version of a double hull canoe. It’s made from flax and raupo.  One of the hulls is hollowed out so the seeds can be put into the cavity  You can mix them or just have one seed species in that hull  When the mōkihi is completed and filled up with seeds, it is ready to be launched.  All you need is a canoe to launch the mokihi from and set the seed carriers free.  Imagine the learning in such an event; The kids are totally engaged with the whole process: from gathering seeds, cleaning and sorting them  Finding flax and raupo; cutting the hulls and putting together some sails.  Making the mōkihi as colourful as they can and filling them with seeds  The whole process also brings back ancient ideas and technologies, but most of all it is the idea of spreading the Seeds down the Clutha and Kawarau rivers to downstream communities, so these habitats can be restored and re-planted.   Fri, 18 Nov 2022 22:25:55 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-beyonces-renaissance/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/estelle-clifford-beyonces-renaissance/ Estelle Clifford's been listening to Beyonce’s new album, Renaissance, which hasn't gone without its share of controversy.  LISTEN ABOVE Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:56:00 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-jammy-apple-tamarillo-crumble-ice-cream/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/nici-wickes-jammy-apple-tamarillo-crumble-ice-cream/ Fruit crumbles are one of the easiest things to whip up for a quick dessert and the perfect accompaniment is surely ice cream, scooped on top of the crumble straight from the oven so it melts into it. Bliss! Serves 1-2 1–2 cups chopped fruit, e.g. apple (no need to peel), tamarillo, or berries 1 tablespoon jam, any will do 1 heaped tablespoon each rolled oats, brown sugar, flour, sugar, butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Preheat the oven to 180°C. In a small saucepan, heat chopped fruit with jam and a splash of water. In a small bowl, rub together the rolled oats, flour, sugar and butter until the mixture resembles rustic crumbs. Add the vanilla extract to the warmed fruit and transfer to an ovenproof dish. Top the fruit with the crumble and bake for 15–20 minutes. Always have with ice cream! Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:08:45 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-under-the-banner-of-heaven-the-rising-borgen/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-under-the-banner-of-heaven-the-rising-borgen/ Under the Banner of Heaven: An American true crime series based on the book by Jon Krakauer. Andrew Garfield plays a devout Mormon detective, whose faith is tested when he investigates a double murder within his own church (Disney+). The Rising: A supernatural crime thriller. Emerging from Blackstroke Lake with no memory of how she got there, Neve Kelly is horrified to realise that she is dead. As she tries to discover who killed her and why she is still there, she uncovers the secrets, lies and violence buried within her rural community. (Neon) Borgen: the return of the highly regarded Danish political drama about a prime minister’s unexpected rise to power, and how this power corrupts and changes lives (Netflix).  LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:42:04 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-twitter-battle-and-goodbye-to-the-ipod/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/paul-stenhouse-twitter-battle-and-goodbye-to-the-ipod/ The battle for Twitter continues.. is the deal even still happening?  It's on hold right now.. but he tweets that he's still committed to the acquisition. Twitter shares are down 10% on the news, Tesla is up 4%. As always, the big question is why??  There's a billion dollar break fee on this deal and it seems Elon Musk could be looking for an out from that provision, as well as an out from the deal.  Basically, the deal requires Twitter to be true to the metrics they present. They told the SEC that spam / bot accounts are estimated to be less than 5% of the daily active users, but it could be higher than that. Elon says this is why the deal is now on hold. Ridding the platform was a key part of his vision. Does that mean he thought the platform had higher bots? or fewer bots?   Elon's influence has already placed significant pressure on Twitter to cut costs and look for ways to increase revenue. On Thursday, Twitter's CEO asked two high level executives to resign to refocus the company.   Apple is saying goodbye to the iPod  21 years of the iPod. It was a real game changer giving people dramatically more storage than was available at the time. It made music management so much easier than any other system too. The ability to buy music by song was also behind the device's success - because you couldn't get the same cheap price any other way. Over the years we were graced with the iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Touch -- oh the memories!  Fri, 13 May 2022 22:46:43 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe-the-essex-serpent-hacks/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/tara-ward-the-thief-his-wife-and-the-canoe-the-essex-serpent-hacks/ The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: a gripping British drama based on the unbelievable true story of John Darwin who – with help of wife his Anne – faked his own death, secretly moved into a bedroom in his own house and used the insurance money to pay off their debts. Years later, they were discovered alive in well in Panama and were catapulted into the global media spotlight (TVNZ OnDemand). The Essex Serpent: Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston star in this Victorian-era drama about a London widow who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms a bond of science and skepticism with the pastor, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature (Apple TV+). Hacks: At long last, the Emmy award-winning series about a legendary Las Vegas comedian who forms an unlikely bond with an ambitious young writer hits New Zealand screens (TVNZ OnDemand). LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 13 May 2022 22:37:12 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-the-candy-house-brazen/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/catherine-raynes-the-candy-house-brazen/ Catherine Raynes has been reading The Candy House by Jennifer Egan and the memoir of former ultra-orthodox Jew Julia Haart, called Brazen. LISTEN ABOVE     Fri, 06 May 2022 23:58:01 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-gold-coast-eats-beats/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/mike-yardley-gold-coast-eats-beats/ Mike Yardley has his top tips for the foodie scene on the Gold Coast.  LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 06 May 2022 23:39:17 Z /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-dr-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-the-velvet-queen/ /on-air/saturday-morning-with-jack-tame/audio/francesca-rudkin-dr-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-the-velvet-queen/ Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness  Dr Stephen Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens a portal to the multiverse. However, a threat emerges that may be too big for his team to handle.   The Velvet Queen High up on the Tibetan plateau, among unexplored and inaccessible valleys, lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world's most renowned wildlife photographers, takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson (In the Forest of Siberia) with him on his latest mission. For several weeks, they'll explore these valleys searching for unique animals and try to spot the snow leopard, one of the rarest and most difficult big cats to approach.  LISTEN ABOVE Fri, 06 May 2022 21:53:03 Z