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Voter ID: Democracy Under ...

09.14.2023

Most people in the UK would take pride in the fact that whatever your political persuasion you can take part in free and fair elections. But two new reports suggest that this right isn’t always all it seems. The Electoral ...

Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show episodes:

09.14.2023 Voter ID: Democracy Under Pressure Most people in the UK would take pride in the fact that whatever your political persuasion you can take part in free and fair elections. But two new reports suggest that this right isn’t always all it seems. The Electoral ...
09.08.2023 Pitch Battle - Saudi Sportswashing and Newcastle United On the weekend that this podcast is released, Saudi Arabia will be playing two international football matches at Newcastle United’s St James Park, against Costa Rica and South Korea - but the results won’t really matter, and not just because ...
08.28.2023 ULEZ Expansion London is about to have the world’s largest pollution charging area, as the capital’s outer suburbs are added to the inner city Ultra Low Emission Zone - ULEZ. Drivers of vehicles that don’t meet emissions standards will be charged £12.50 ...
08.24.2023 The Life And Death Of Yevgeny Prigozhin The life and death of Yevgeny Prigozhin tells us much about modern Russia. After spending years in prison, he launched a business career in St Petersburg in the 1990s, supported by former KGB agent Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin became the figurehead ...
08.24.2023 Detained - For Helping Migrants In Distress Adrian Goldberg hears from Nathan Akehurst a British volunteer, working on a search and rescue boat in the Mediterranean. The vessel - the Sea Eye IV - has been impounded by the Italian authorities after saving 114 migrants who'd been ...
08.07.2023 From Trump to "Woke" Adrian Goldberg hears from former US congressman Joe Walsh, once a member of the low tax, socially conservative Tea Party faction of the Republican party, who supported Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016. Joe has since been on a remarkable ...
08.02.2023 Ukraine's 'Silent Genocide' Adrian Goldberg hears from Byline Times writer Iain Overton, freshly returned from Ukraine, about how Russia’s invasion has led to a plummeting birth rate. This is perhaps understandable at a time of war, but many Ukrainians see it in the ...
07.26.2023 Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse Journalist Daniel Knowles talks about his new book 'Carmageddon - How Cars Make Life Worse and What To Do About It'. Daniel tells Adrian Goldberg that, “car manufacturers are really not much different to the oil industry or big tobacco”. ...
07.20.2023 Fair Game Football As we stand on the brink of a new football season, is there an alternative to the global financial and political interests now dominating the national sport? There are clubs like Newcastle United which are owned by the oil state ...
07.18.2023 Heatvwaves, Damp Squibs and the Climate Crisis As Mediterranean countries grapple with an unprecedented heatwave, the UK is dealing with April showers in July. It seems that we’re now starting to experience the extreme andf unpredictable weather, climate scientists have long predicted. Is it too late to ...
07.14.2023 Murdoch Most Foul Adrian Goldberg discusses The Sun's headline grabbing and untrue Huw Edwards story and reflects on what it tells us about Rupert Murdoch's media empire, with Nathan Sparkes, CEO of Hacked Of and Francesca Cociani, an Associate at Hodge Jones Allen ...
07.11.2023 What's The Real Migrant Crisis? What is the REAL migrant boat crisis? The British media seem obsessed with small boats crossing the Channel, but there's been far less coverage of the vessels carrying hundreds of migrants from West Africa which have gone missing en route ...
07.05.2023 NHS at 75: Public Health v Private Wealth? The NHS is 75, but it's birthday that comes with warnings that the institution – like many of the people it serves – is showing signs of ageing badly. The Health Service is arguably a victim of its own success ...
07.05.2023 The NHS at 75: Public Health vs Private Profit? The NHS is 75, but it's birthday that comes with warnings that the institution – like many of the people it serves – is showing signs of ageing badly. The Health Service is arguably a victim of its own success ...
06.29.2023 "My Extinction" - The Movie "My Extinction" is a new documentary by award winning film maker Josh Appignanensi about his conversion to climate activism and the battle against climate denialism. Adrian Goldberg hears from both Josh and Peter Pomerantsev, author of This Is Not Propaganda, ...
06.26.2023 Boris Johnson and The Lebedevs This time, a new twist Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs…a long running story which has featured extensively in the Byline Times and here on the podcast… Alexanxder Lebdev is a former senior KGB spy and businessman; Evgeny his son owns ...
06.26.2023 Boris Johnson and The Lebdevs This time – a new twist Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs…a long running story which has featured extensively in the Byline Times and here on the podcast… Alexanxder Lebdev is a former senior KGB spy and businessman, Evgeny his son ...
06.22.2023 Windrush 75: On Racism and Reparations In June 1948, the HMT Empire Windrush set sail from Jamaica carrying 802 people to Tilbury In Essex. Along with their suitcases they carried dreams of a better life in the 'Mother Country.' It wasn’t the first migrant ship from ...
06.20.2023 From Colour Bars to Desi Pubs Desi pubs are Indian owned drinking establishments in the UK and they tell two very different but inter-related stories about this country. One is a story of segregation that most British people would rather forget; the other is a story ...
06.14.2023 Protest - and a Police State? Has Britain officially become a police state? That might seem like an over-egged question, but thanks to legislation introduced by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the authorities will now have the power to restrict any protest that could cause a “more ...
06.12.2023 The Prince and The Press The Duke of Sussex aka Prince Harry is taking the media to task over intrusion into his private life which he claims crossed a line into illegality; He believes that Mirror Group Newspapers – publishers of the Daily Mirror, the ...
06.07.2023 What's Appening To The Covid Inquiry? The secrets and silence of the state. Adrian Goldberg explores the government's reluctance to release What's App messages in defiance of the Covid Inquiry Chair Baroness Hallett, with Iain Overton and Josiah Mortimer. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded ...
06.07.2023 "Kids As Commodities" Is It time to stop treating kids in care as commodities? In this episode, Adrian Goldberg examines the outsourcing of children’s homes to private companies. The evidence suggests that profit making firms in the sector generally provide a worse service ...
06.01.2023 How To Save The NHS More than 7 million patients are on waiting lists for non emergency operations – the highest number since record began 16 years ago. The government’s solution involves telling GP’s to give a range of options to anyone referred for treatment. ...
05.27.2023 'Eastern Front - Terror and Torture in Ukraine' John Sweeney discuss his new movie for Byline TV, 'Eastern Front - Terror and Torture in Ukraine'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times.
05.23.2023 Money Rebellion Adrian Goldberg hears from Gail Bradbrook - co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and its offshoot Money Rebellion - about the wave disruptive actions against banks and financial institutions accused of funding the climate crisis. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and ...
05.16.2023 Zelensky Returns To The UK Rishi Sunak has pledged more help for Ukraine as President Zelenksy visits the UK. But can President Putin be defeated? Adrian Goldberg hears from Zarina Zabrisky who has spent the last year covering the war from Odessa. Produced in Birmingham ...
03.31.2023 Bullingdon Club Britain This is the story of an Oxford University institution known as the Bullingdon Club, and its influence on the UK government. Bullingdon alumni included Boris Johnson, David Cameron, and George Osborne – so to what extent have its values and ...
03.11.2023 LTNs, 15 Minute Cities - And A Global Conspiracy When mundane traffic calming measures become a magnet for outlandish conspiracy theories, you know you’re living in truly bizarre times – but that’s precisely where we are now with Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (aka LTNs) and 15 Minute Cities. Adrian Goldberg ...
03.04.2023 Trans Rights - and Wrongs: The Closure of GIDS The author of an acclaimed new book about Britain’s most prominent gender identity clinic has told Byline she regards her work as an investigation into flawed healthcare – not an attack on Trans rights. ‘Time To Think’ by Hannah Barnes ...
02.27.2023 Football Governance: The White Paper Adrian Goldberg explores the White Paper on the governance of football with Daniel Storey of the I newspaper; and Niall Couper CEO of Fair Game. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.
02.25.2023 Sportwashing 1 Human Rights 0 This time Adrian Goldberg reflects on Newcastle United’s hopes of winning their first major domestic trophy in 68 years when they play Manchester United in the Carabao Cup Final. The Geordies – or the Toon as their known to their ...
02.24.2023 Ukraine: A Grim 'Anniversary' This time we're fusing the personal and the political with Inna Sovsun Deputy Leader of Ukraine's opposition Holos Party. Inna, the former Deputy Minister of Education and Science, joins Adrian Goldberg from Kyiv. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and ...
02.21.2023 Ukraine: One Year On From The Russian Invasion Adrian Goldberg marks the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Zarina Zabrisky, a correspondent for the Byline Times in Kyiv and Denys Ghanza, a member of President Zelensky’s Youth Advisory Council. First broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio ...
02.18.2023 Knowsley, The Far Right... Knowsley is the suburb of Merseyside where a recent anti refugee protest turned into a riot outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. Amid violent scenes a police van was set on fire and 15 arrests made. This follows the firebombing ...
02.11.2023 The Steve Rotherham Interview In the first of a series of interviews with England's directly elected Mayors, Adrian Goldberg meets Steve Rotherham - Mayor of the Liverpool City Region. They discuss Jeremy Corbyn (for whom Rotherham was a parliamentary aide) as well as levelling ...
02.04.2023 Windrush: The Trauma Continues The government has reneged on three promises it made to post-war migrants from the Caribbean - the so-called Windrush generation named after the first boat from the West Indies to arrive in 1948 when the so called 'Mother Country' was ...
01.29.2023 Troubles Amnesty "Is UK State Cover Up" Families of victims killed in the Northern Ireland conflict are warning that a proposed murder amnesty is being driven by the British state’s desire to cover up its own historical misdemeanours. The plan to end prosecutions for deaths, torture and ...
01.25.2023 Russia's "Rolling War Against The West" President Putin invaded Ukraine nearly 12 months ago, causing death and destruction to his neighbour, but the Byline Times has been reporting for years about a broader conflict inspired by The Kremlin – an information war designed to undermine democracy. ...
01.23.2023 Mouldy Flat 'Made My Lung Collapse' Mould and damp have long been a concern for many social housing tenants, and the death two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale provided incontrovertible evidence (if any were needed) that it could be fatal. The toddler's inquest ruled last November ...
01.18.2023 Prince Harry's 'Spare' Prince Harry’s book Spare has sold 1.4 million copies across all formats in the UK, the United States and Canada – so what does it tell us about the UK and our place in the world? And what does it ...
01.16.2023 The NHS In Crisis - Cause And Effect The latest Byline Times podcast explores the crisis in the NHS and the factors which lie behind it. We’ve got a Health Service which (in England at least) is riven by industrial disputes, involving nurses and ambulance drivers - with ...
01.14.2023 The Week In Politics: Strikebusting and Biden's Classified Documents Adrian Goldberg hosts a discussion about The Week In Politics including the UK government's strike busting plans, Joe Biden and the classified documents and more Our guests this time Adam Bienkov, Byline Times Political editor and Heidi Cuda from the ...
01.10.2023 Deja Coup: Brazil's Insurrection Two years after the January 6 assault on the Capitol in Washington DC, hundreds of right wing followers of the former Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro launched an attempted coup in their country’s capital Brasilia, vandalising the Presidential Palace, Congress buildings ...
01.09.2023 Reaction to Harry: The Interviw Adrian Goldberg gets instant reaction to ITV's 'Harry: The Interview' with US based royal commentator RS Locke, comedian and journalist Ava Vidal and media pundit Mic Wright. This is an edited version of a broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on ...
01.04.2023 Extinction Rebellion: What Next? What’s next for Extinction Rebellion? The environmental protest group sent out a press release at the start of the year headlined “We Quit” – which might lead you think that, well, they were giving up. Not quite…but they are shifting ...
01.02.2023 Harry and Meghan Netflix Review: Vol 2 In this episode of the Byline Times podcast, Adrian Goldberg discusses Episodes 4-6 (ie Volume Two) of the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary series. Adrian's guests are US-based royal commentator RS Locke and media pundit Mic Wright. This episode was ...
12.30.2022 Trump, Truss and Twitter - The Year In Politics Trump, Truss and Twitter - we review The Year In Politics on both sides of the Atlantic with Byline Times editor Adam Bienkov and Heidi Siegmund from the Radicalized Pod. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. ...
12.30.2022 Trup, Truss and Twitter - The Year In Politics Trump, Truss and Twitter - we review The Year In Politics on both sides of the Atlantic with Byline Times editor Adam Bienkov and Heidi Siegmund from the Radicalized Pod. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. ...
12.28.2022 Harry and Meghan Netflix Review: Vol 1 In this episode of the Byline Times podcast, Adrian Goldberg discusses Episodes 1-3 (ie Volume One) of the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary series. Adrian's guests are comedian and journalist Ava Vidal; US-based royal commentator RS Locke; and media pundit ...

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Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show episodes:

Voter ID: Democracy Under Pressure

Pitch Battle - Saudi Sportswashing and Newcastle United

ULEZ Expansion

The Life And Death Of Yevgeny Prigozhin

Detained - For Helping Migrants In Distress

From Trump to "Woke"

Ukraine's 'Silent Genocide'

Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse

Fair Game Football

Heatvwaves, Damp Squibs and the Climate Crisis

Murdoch Most Foul

What's The Real Migrant Crisis?

NHS at 75: Public Health v Private Wealth?

The NHS at 75: Public Health vs Private Profit?

"My Extinction" - The Movie

Boris Johnson and The Lebedevs

Boris Johnson and The Lebdevs

Windrush 75: On Racism and Reparations

From Colour Bars to Desi Pubs

Protest - and a Police State?

The Prince and The Press

What's Appening To The Covid Inquiry?

"Kids As Commodities"

How To Save The NHS

'Eastern Front - Terror and Torture in Ukraine'

Money Rebellion

Zelensky Returns To The UK

Bullingdon Club Britain

LTNs, 15 Minute Cities - And A Global Conspiracy

Trans Rights - and Wrongs: The Closure of GIDS

Football Governance: The White Paper

Sportwashing 1 Human Rights 0

Ukraine: A Grim 'Anniversary'

Ukraine: One Year On From The Russian Invasion

Knowsley, The Far Right...

The Steve Rotherham Interview

Windrush: The Trauma Continues

Troubles Amnesty "Is UK State Cover Up"

Russia's "Rolling War Against The West"

Mouldy Flat 'Made My Lung Collapse'

Prince Harry's 'Spare'

The NHS In Crisis - Cause And Effect

The Week In Politics: Strikebusting and Biden's Classified Documents

Deja Coup: Brazil's Insurrection

Reaction to Harry: The Interviw

Extinction Rebellion: What Next?

Harry and Meghan Netflix Review: Vol 2

Trump, Truss and Twitter - The Year In Politics

Trup, Truss and Twitter - The Year In Politics

Harry and Meghan Netflix Review: Vol 1