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BREXIT, BRITISHNESS, AND E...

08.06.2020

This week the Byline Times podcast discusses Brexit, Britishness and Empire. Hardeep Mathuru, editor of the Byline Times website and newspaper reflects on the connection her parents felt with Empire despite growing up in parts of the world where they ...

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08.06.2020 BREXIT, BRITISHNESS, AND EMPIRE This week the Byline Times podcast discusses Brexit, Britishness and Empire. Hardeep Mathuru, editor of the Byline Times website and newspaper reflects on the connection her parents felt with Empire despite growing up in parts of the world where they ...
07.02.2020 GOLDBERG INVESTIGATES: CELTIC BOYS CLUB SCANDAL What was the link between Glasgow Celtic FC and Celtic Boys Club, where young boys were horrifically abused for more than three decades? Should Scotland's nine-in-a-row champions accept greater responsibility for the fate of victims and survivors? Gordon Woods and ...
06.24.2020 GOLDBERG INVESTIGATES: HSBC BOUNCEBACK LOANS Pt 2 The HSBC Bounceback Loans Scandal continues. Adrian talks to Magdalena and Phillip who fear for the future of their businesses because they can't get access to government backed finance through HSBC. Produced and Presented by Adrian Goldberg for Kick In ...
06.18.2020 GOLDBERG INVESTIGATES HSBC AND BUSINESS BOUNCE BACK LOANS The UK government introduced Business Bounce Back Loans in May 2020 to help smaller firms survive the Coronavirus pandemic. But Goldberg Investigates has discovered problems for customers who've applied for the loans through HSBC.
06.17.2020 MY FEARS FOR FOREIGN AID: ANDREW MITCHELL MP Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell MP shares his fears about the UK's future foreign aid contribution after Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared his intention to merge DfID - the Department for International Development with the Foreign Office. In 2020, ...
06.10.2020 George Soros by Emily Tamkin George Soros is a billionaire investor and philanthropist, who has attracted more than his share of criticism. Dubbed "the man who broke the Bank Of England", he has been described as "enemy of the state" in his native Hungary, and ...
06.03.2020 SEAN FOLEY: THEATRE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS Sean Foley has done it all in the theatre; written, performed, directed and now he's running the show at Birmingham Rep after becoming Artistic Director earlier this year. In this hugely entertaining conversation he talks us through a career which ...
05.28.2020 CAROL SHANAHAN: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS - WITH ZERO QUALIFICATIONS Carol Shanahan is a UK tech entrepreneur who has created a thriving business employing 360 workers, despite leaving school with zero qualifications. That proved to be no handicap as Carol took on the male dominated world of computing and learned ...
05.22.2020 "GET KNOCKED DOWN 7 TIMES, GET UP 8": LINDA AITCHISON On the third anniversary of the death of her best friend Carol, Linda Aitchison from Staffordshire, UK reflects on how she has dealt with a double tragedy in her life. Her story is a powerful testament to resilience and dealing ...
05.14.2020 Dating Dad In 2017, father of four Glen Ocsko discovered his wife of 18 years was having an affair. After the inevitable separation, Glen reinvented himself as a blogger, sharing stories of his romantic adventures on his blog A Dating Dad. Through ...
05.09.2020 ROCHDALE AND RIOTS: NAZIR AFZAL PT 2 Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal tells how he helped bring a notorious child grooming gang in Rochdale to justice. Plus how he ended up on an Al Qaeda hit list; and why he enforced "tough ...
05.07.2020 "YOU'LL NEVER GET JUSTICE" - NAZIR AFZAL PT 1 Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal talks about the racist beating in his home city of Birmingham which inspired a career in the law. Nazir explains how his creative legal interpretations helped confront the evils of ...
04.30.2020 Lucy Goes Dating Lucy Goes Dating is the name of an award winning blog, which unflinchingly describes the relationship triumphs and disasters of a 40-year old singleton. In this interview "Lucy" describes the dating "no no's" every man should avoid, and discusses the ...
04.17.2020 TIGER QUEENS The hit Netflix documentary Tiger King shone a light on the controversial work being carried out by private zoos in the United States who breed tigers and other big cats and claim to be involved in Big Cat conservation. In ...
04.10.2020 THE RAMONAS The Ramonas are a brilliant UK-based all-female tribute band, covering the songs of punk legends The Ramones - but they also play their own tunes too. In this episode we meet vocalist Lisa Lathwell and bassist Victoria Smith.
03.16.2020 DAVID KEENAN An interview with singer songwriter David Keenan recorded at the Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham UK on 12 march 2020,
02.23.2020 Bev Bevan In Conversation Legendary rock drummer Bev Bevan talks about a stellar career in music spanning more five decades. Over that time he's been a founder member of hitmakers The Move with Roy Wood, spent 15 years in ELO with Jeff Lynne and ...
02.09.2020 BRUCE DAISLEY: LIFE AFTER TWITTER Bruce Daisley was Twitter's European Vice President until he quit in early 2020 because he wanted to join the fight against climate change. He shares his amazing life story which took him from a Birmingham council house to the pinnacle ...
01.29.2020 Insomnia with Samantha Harvey, author of The Shapeless Unease A conversation with author Samantha Harvey, whose book The Shapeless Unease is a literary interpretation her year of not sleeping well - and often not sleeping at all. This is a chat for anyone who has experienced insomnia.
01.24.2020 GISELA STUART: MY BREXIT JOURNEY How did a German born MP who'd represented Labour in the UK parliament for 20 years come to lead the EU Leave campaign alongside Conservatives Boris Johnson and Michael Gove? Gisela Stuart talks me through her political journey - and ...
01.22.2020 PEAKY BLINDERS: THE REAL STORY (LIVE) WITH CARL CHINN Historian Professor Carl Chinn shares the true secrets of the Peaky Blinders who inspired Stephen Knight's hit international TV show. Carl's research is featured in his book, Peaky Blinders: The Real Story a Sunday Times best seller.
01.15.2020 NO SLEEP PODCAST: DAVID CUMMINGS David Cummings turned his hobby into a career when no one else seemed interested in curating the horror stories submitted to a thread on the Reddit website. His No Sleep podcast is now the most successful horror fiction podcast in ...
01.13.2020 "Rocketman and me" Nadia Sohawan's story Nadia Sohawan is a dancer, choreographer and - amongst other things - a fire eater. She worked on double Golden Globe winner Rocket Man, was also involved with The Olympic opening ceremony at London 2012 and recently assisted Ricky Gervais ...
12.18.2019 Instagram Influencers: Theresa Gromski and Lisa Piddington Theresa Gromski and Lisa Piddington from Birmingham, UK discuss why they started posting pictures of their houses on Instagram and offer tips to other would be home decor influencers.
12.07.2019 SIMON WOLSTENCROFT: Me, Morrissey, and Mark E Smith Drummer Simon Wolstencroft has a great rock n roll story to tell. He turned down the chance to be in The Smiths; made 11 albums with Mark E Smith and The Fall; and later appeared on Top Of The Pops ...
12.01.2019 Mal Young on TV Mal Young worked his way up from being an extra on Brookside to producing the top US soap, The Young And The Restless. His remarkable career path has taken him to the BBC where he oversaw big hits like Eastenders ...
11.26.2019 Angus Loughran: How To Be A Sports Broadcaster Great stories from the life and times of sports commentator Angus Loughran (aka "Statto" from Fantasy Football) as he offers tips on how to become a sports broadcaster.
10.17.2019 Goldberg Investigates...Verastar Goldberg Investigates Verastar, a utilities company who provide telecoms and other services to small and medium businesses in the UK.
09.30.2019 Pat Murphy (Live) Broadcaster Pat Murphy was the guest when Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show went live for the first time on 26 September 2019, at the Glee Club in Birmingham. Pat has been a member of the BBC's much loved Test Match Special ...
09.24.2019 Jonathan Pie Tom Walker is the creator of the satirical TV reporter Jonathan Pie, who over the last four years has become an authentic internet sensation, with more than half a million You Tube followers. His targets include Boris Johnson, Donald Trump ...
09.18.2019 "I WAS AN OPIOID ADDICT" Academic scientist Dr James Brown explains how he became addicted to a popular opioid painkiller for 22 years - and offers suggestions as to how others can avoid the same fate.
09.15.2019 Anna Calvi: The Music Of Peaky Blinders Anna Calvi talks about the music of hit TV series Peaky Blinders and writing the score for Season 5.
09.08.2019 "REES MOGG MONSTERED ME" - A WHISTLEBLOWER'S STORY In September 2019 Dr David Nicholl, a consultant neurologist from Birmingham, found himself in the eye of a parliamentary storm after leaking details of Operation Yellow Hammer, the UK government's planing strategy for a "No Deal" Brexit. The leader of ...
09.06.2019 Katharine Birbalsingh - The Contrarian Head Katharine Birbalsingh is one of Britain's most controversial teachers. In 2010 she told the Conservative Party conference that the education system was broken. As a result she lost her job as a Deputy Head, but in 2014 she opened the ...
09.03.2019 "THE REAL PEAKY BLINDERS" WITH CARL CHINN Social historian Carl Chinn was researching the phenomenon of Birmingham's notorious Peaky Blinders years before writer and director Stephen Knight turned their story into a hit TV drama. Now, to coincide with the release of his book "Peaky Blinders: The ...
08.22.2019 "THIS IS DEPRESSION" Adrian Goldberg meets Denise Harrison who wrote the script for the award winning short film This Is Depression, based on her own experience of alcoholism, depression, mental illness - and recovery.
07.24.2019 WENDY MITCHELL ON DEMENTIA Wendy Mitchell talks about her book Somebody I Used to Know in which she describes the experience of being diagnosed with dementia at the age of 58.
07.08.2019 LABOUR ANTI SEMITISM with Ian Austin MP MP Ian Austin explains why he quit the UK Labour Party on the grounds of anti Semitism.
06.12.2019 WHAT IS #EVERYDAYLOOKISM? Professor Heather Widdows talks about her book Perfect Me and the campaign it has inspired called #Everydaylookism
05.13.2019 ANDY LYONS: 33 YEARS OF WHEN SATURDAY COMES Andy Lyons has been running When Saturday Comes, "the half decent football magazine" for 33 years.
03.27.2019 BODY MOD Meet the supporters of Body Modification practitioner Brendan "Mac" McCarthy aka Dr Evil - given a jail sentence of 40 months for GBH. He detached the ear of one client, removed a nipple from another and split the tongue of ...
01.21.2019 VIV ALBERTINE Adrian Goldberg meets punk pioneer Viv Albertine, former Slits guitarist and author of two books - most recently To Throw Away Unopened.
12.11.2018 "I LOST MY VOICE FOR 9 MONTHS - YEARS AFTER MOM'S ABUSE" Nikki Holden lost her voice for 9 months - years after being psychologically abused by her Mum. There was nothing physically wrong with her, but she suffered from a rare mental illness known as Psychogenic Aphonia which left her with ...
10.08.2018 CATHY TYSON Actress Cathy Tyson talks about appearing in a World Premiere of Rebus: Long Shadows at Birmingham Rep before heading out on a national UK tour. She reflects on being a single mom, the perils of finding early fame alongside Bob ...
09.19.2018 "I'VE HAD DEATH THREATS FOR MY ART" - POSTER PROVOCATEUR FOKA WOLF Foka Wolf is the name of an anonymous street artist/provocateur whose works have earned him the nickname (in my house anyway) "the Brummie Banksy" - even though his identity remains a closely guarded secret. His posters which mostly appear in ...
09.12.2018 DOTUN ADEBAYO - THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED "YARDIE" Broadcaster Dotun Adebayo talks about discovering cult crime novel "Yardie" by Victor Headley, which he published through his fledgling X Press imprint. The book, which forms part of a trilogy (along with "Excess" and "Yush") was a milestone in black ...
03.28.2018 CATH LLOYD ON "WHEN DAD BECAME JOAN" Cath Lloyd talks about her book, "When Dad Became Joan" recounting how at the age of 23 she discovered her father was seeking gender re-assignment.
03.16.2018 JIM CRACE ON HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL Award winning author Jim Crace explains where his inspiration to become a writer came from - and discusses the idea that "everyone has a book in them", including some handy tips on writing that novel.
02.13.2018 Jonny Gould - "Clearing My Name After False Scandal Link" Sky News reviewer and one-time Smooth Radio and Talksport presenter Jonny Gould reveals his anguish at being falsely linked to the Presidents Club scandal - in which female waiting staff were groped and propositoned by some male guests at a ...
01.26.2018 MOHAMMED ALI ON BIRMINGHAM'S CURRY PIONEERS Mohammed Ali is a renowned aerosol artist but in late 2017/early 2018 he became a curator - staging an exhibition called Knights Of The Raj at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery dedicated to Birmingham's curry pioneers of the 60's and ...

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BREXIT, BRITISHNESS, AND EMPIRE

GOLDBERG INVESTIGATES: CELTIC BOYS CLUB SCANDAL

GOLDBERG INVESTIGATES: HSBC BOUNCEBACK LOANS Pt 2

GOLDBERG INVESTIGATES HSBC AND BUSINESS BOUNCE BACK LOANS

MY FEARS FOR FOREIGN AID: ANDREW MITCHELL MP

George Soros by Emily Tamkin

SEAN FOLEY: THEATRE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS

CAROL SHANAHAN: HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS - WITH ZERO QUALIFICATIONS

"GET KNOCKED DOWN 7 TIMES, GET UP 8": LINDA AITCHISON

Dating Dad

ROCHDALE AND RIOTS: NAZIR AFZAL PT 2

"YOU'LL NEVER GET JUSTICE" - NAZIR AFZAL PT 1

Lucy Goes Dating

TIGER QUEENS

THE RAMONAS

DAVID KEENAN

Bev Bevan In Conversation

BRUCE DAISLEY: LIFE AFTER TWITTER

Insomnia with Samantha Harvey, author of The Shapeless Unease

GISELA STUART: MY BREXIT JOURNEY

PEAKY BLINDERS: THE REAL STORY (LIVE) WITH CARL CHINN

NO SLEEP PODCAST: DAVID CUMMINGS

"Rocketman and me" Nadia Sohawan's story

Instagram Influencers: Theresa Gromski and Lisa Piddington

SIMON WOLSTENCROFT: Me, Morrissey, and Mark E Smith

Mal Young on TV

Angus Loughran: How To Be A Sports Broadcaster

Goldberg Investigates...Verastar

Pat Murphy (Live)

Jonathan Pie

"I WAS AN OPIOID ADDICT"

Anna Calvi: The Music Of Peaky Blinders

"REES MOGG MONSTERED ME" - A WHISTLEBLOWER'S STORY

Katharine Birbalsingh - The Contrarian Head

"THE REAL PEAKY BLINDERS" WITH CARL CHINN

"THIS IS DEPRESSION"

WENDY MITCHELL ON DEMENTIA

LABOUR ANTI SEMITISM with Ian Austin MP

WHAT IS #EVERYDAYLOOKISM?

ANDY LYONS: 33 YEARS OF WHEN SATURDAY COMES

BODY MOD

VIV ALBERTINE

"I LOST MY VOICE FOR 9 MONTHS - YEARS AFTER MOM'S ABUSE"

CATHY TYSON

"I'VE HAD DEATH THREATS FOR MY ART" - POSTER PROVOCATEUR FOKA WOLF

DOTUN ADEBAYO - THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED "YARDIE"

CATH LLOYD ON "WHEN DAD BECAME JOAN"

JIM CRACE ON HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL

Jonny Gould - "Clearing My Name After False Scandal Link"

MOHAMMED ALI ON BIRMINGHAM'S CURRY PIONEERS

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