Byline Podcast

Byline Podcast episodes:

• 05.31.2024

  War On Democracy: The US Far Right

  Adrian Goldberg talks to investigative journalist Mike Wendling about his new book Day of Reckoning: How the Far Right Declared War on Democracy. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio...

  
• 05.27.2024

  Putin - And the Impossible Price of Peace

  How serious is Russia about peace in Ukraine; and what price would the Ukrainian people be willing to pay to end the invasion of their sovereign territory?   Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times reporter Zarina Zabrisky, who in the last week...

  
• 05.23.2024

  Election 24: Will 'The Sun' Shine On Starmer?

  Will Rupert Murdoch's 'Sun' newspaper give its backing to Rish Sunak's Labour Party? Adrian Goldberg talks to Brian Cathcart former professor of journalism at Kingston University and one of the founders of the Hacked Off campaign, and Byline Times political editor...

  
• 05.21.2024

  What The Heck Is Byline Audio

  Adrian Goldberg delves into the new world of Byline Audio, with Peter Jukes, Joanna Scanlan, Otto English, John Mitchinson. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Learn more...

  
• 05.17.2024

  'Draconian and Dangerous'

  "Extreme protest groups" should be subject to strict new laws according to the government’s independent advisor on political violence Lord Walney. This would include organisations like Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action whose members are willing to break the...

  
• 05.14.2024

  Georgia Protests: An Explainer

  The former Soviet state of Georgia has been rocked by protests in the capital Tbilisi over a proposed law which critics say is a cover for increasing Russia’s hold on the country.   Russia already occupies around 20% of Georgian territory following...

  
• 05.13.2024

  Natalie Elphicke, Labour and The Press

  Natalie Elphicke is the one time Tory MP who crossed the floor of the House of Commons recently to join the backbenches on Keir Starmer’s side, prompting more than a few raised eyebrows among her new colleagues.   The Dover MP was...

  
• 05.09.2024

  Rafah Attack: US Pauses Israel Bomb Exports

  Does the US decision to pause a bomb shipment to Israel because of concerns over its incursion into Rafah mark a U-turn in Washington's stance on the war in Gaza? A US spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Israel...

  
• 05.06.2024

  Labour Holds London, Gains West Midlands

  In this second podcast about England's local election results Adrian Goldberg reflects on success for Labour in the mayoral elections. They held London despite some forecasts to the contrary and secured the West Midlands, where Richard Parker won the vote...

  
• 05.06.2024

  Tories Walloped But Gaza Drains Labour

  Adrian Goldberg assesses England's local election results with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and former Labour councillor Shaista Aziz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  
• 05.03.2024

  Tories Walloped But Gaza Drains Labour

  Adrian Goldberg assesses England's local election results with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and former Labour councillor Shaista Aziz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  
• 05.03.2024

  A SLAPP In The Face For Free Speech

  We mark Press Freedom Day by celebrating the Anti-Slapp campaign, which is aimed at protecting journalists who want to expose wrongdoing. A SLAPP is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – a legal case brought, usually by the rich and powerful...

  
• 05.02.2024

  A SLAPP In The Face For Free Speech

  We mark Press Freedom Day by celebrating the Anti-Slapp campaign, which is aimed at protecting journalists who want to expose wrongdoing. A SLAPP is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – a legal case brought, usually by the rich and powerful...

  
• 04.30.2024

  How The Far Right Exploits Abuse

  Andrew Kersley and Hardeep Matharu explore how ow the far right exploits victims of child sexual exploitation as featured in the latest print edition of Byline Times. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.   Funded by subscriptions to the...

  
• 04.30.2024

  "Cruel Measures" - Rwanda, Small Boats and Migration

  After five more people died in the Channel attempting to cross to the UK – one of them a seven year old girl – Adrian Goldberg asks if the government’s Rwanda scheme is a humane response, and whether it will...

  
• 04.30.2024

  Angela Rayner, Mark Menzies - A Tale of Two "Scandals'

  Two MP's, Angela Rayner and Mark Menzies are embroiled in what the tabloids like to call a 'scandal'. Both deny any wrong doing. But what unites these stories - and what divides them? Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times political editor Adam...

  
• 04.30.2024

  Goldberg Investigates: IPP Jail Sentences

  Adrian Goldberg investigates Imprisonment for Public Protection jail sentences and the licensing conditions that are attached to them. He's joined by Ishuba Salmon, who was spent 17 years in jail on IPP sentences; Emma McClure from SL5 legal who represented Matthew...

  
• 04.30.2024

  How Brexit 'Wrecked The Stock Market'

  "How Brexit Wrecked The Stock Market" is the startling title of new blog by Simon Nixon, one time chief leader writer for the Times and former chief European commentator on the Wall Street journal. His Substack "The Wealth of Nations"...

  
• 04.27.2024

  How The Far Right Exploits Abuse

  Andrew Kersley and Hardeep Matharu explore how ow the far right exploits victims of child sexual exploitation as featured in the latest print edition of Byline Times. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.   Funded by subscriptions...

  
• 04.24.2024

  "Cruel Measures" - Rwanda, Small Boats and Migration

  After five more people died in the Channel attempting to cross to the UK – one of them a seven year old girl – Adrian Goldberg asks if the government’s Rwanda scheme is a humane response, and whether it will...

  
• 04.20.2024

  Angela Rayner, Mark Menzies - A Tale of Two 'Scandals'

  Two MP's, Angela Rayner and Mark Menzies are embroiled in what the tabloids like to call a 'scandal'. Both deny any wrong doing. But what unites these stories - and what divides them? Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times political editor Adam...

  
• 04.18.2024

  Goldberg Investigates: IPP Jail Sentences

  Adrian Goldberg investigates Imprisonment for Public Protection jail sentences and the licensing conditions that are attached to them. He's join by Ishuba Salmon, who was spent 17 years in jail on IPP sentences; Emma McClure from SL5 legal who represented Matthew...

  
• 04.13.2024

  How Brexit 'Wrecked The Stock Market'

  "How Brexit Wrecked The Stock Market" is the startling title of new blog by Simon Nixon, one time chief leader writer for the Times and former chief European commentator on the Wall Street journal. His Substack "The Wealth of Nations"...

  
• 04.09.2024

  Kids Care Home Kerching!

  Amalfi Midco - parent company of the UK’s largest children's care Home provider Care Tech – has published annual accounts showing that it charged local authorities £575 million but spent £136 million of that on what it describes as ‘financial expenses’.   This...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Will Hutton: 'This Time No Mistakes'

  Former "Observer" Editor in Chief Will Hutton talks to Adrian Goldberg about his new book "This Time No Mistakes - How To Remake Britain" (Bloomsbury) which calls for an alliance on the progressive left. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and...

  
• 03.30.2024

  "Not In Our Name": Jews Speak Out on Gaza

  Adrian Goldberg hears from UK-based Jews saying “not in my name” in reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza. This time – the Jews saying “not in my name” in reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza. Emily Hilton is the UK...

  
• 03.27.2024

  Affluence and Effluence: England's Failing Water System

  New official figures have revealed record sewage spills in in England’s rivers and seas…3.6 million hours of waste dumped in 2023 compared to 1.75 million hours the year before.   Sewage works are sometimes overloaded during heavy downpours meaning waste sometimes legally...

  
• 03.22.2024

  Poor Show: Britain's Rising Levels Of Poverty

  New UK government figures have revealed the sharpest increase in absolute poverty in the UK for more than 30 years.   According to official statistics, 600,000 extra people came into this category last year. Rising energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...

  
• 03.19.2024

  Tragedy Chanting - And The 'Othering' Of Liverpool

  Adrian Goldberg explores the wider meaning of 'tragedy chanting' aimed at supporters of Liverpool FC. He's joined by writer Tony Evans, who survived the the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.   Funded by subscriptions to...

  
• 03.17.2024

  Ukraine Dispatch: A Near Miss In Kherson.

  The apartment where Byline Times correspondent Zarina Zabrisky and war photographer Paul Conroy are living in Kherson has come under attack from Russian rockets. Adrian Goldberg gets their responses to a lucky miss. There's also an update on Odessa from...

  
• 03.13.2024

  "Vulture Capitalism"

  Adrian Goldberg interviews Grace Blakeley about her new book 'Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom". (Bloomsbury)  Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.   Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.   Made by We Bring Audio for...

  
• 03.08.2024

  The Bannonisation of British Politics

  Steve Bannon – former Chief strategist to Donald Trump - recently shared a platform with Liz Truss in which he called Tommy Robinson a 'hero'. Truss appeared to agree.   This was at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland and in...

  
• 03.03.2024

  "NHS privatisation is bad for your health"

  New findings from a team at Oxford University suggest that privatisation bad for your health.     Researchers looked at 13 long-term studies from well-off countries including the UK to examine what happened ‘before’ and ‘after’ public health provision was outsourced.    Their conclusion: Increases in...

  
• 03.01.2024

  Small Earthquake in Rochdale; George Galloway's by election victory

  George Galloway has won victory in the traditionally safe Labour seat of Rochdale by election, after standing on a platform opposing Keir Starmer's stance on Gaza.  Does Gallwoway’s victory - as he suggests - reflect a shift in the tectonic plates...

  
• 02.26.2024

  On Mainstreaming Islamophobia

  Has Islamophobia been mainstreamed? It certainly looks like it. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman recently wrote in the Telegraph that Islamists are “bullying Britain into submission", while ex Tory party Chairman Lee Anderson told GB News that Islamists had "got...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Ukraine Full Scale Invasion: 2nd Anniversary Special

  This is special episode to mark the second anniversary of invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia had already annexed Crimea in 2014, and separatists backed by Moscow also sparked fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas region in the same year. The world...

  
• 02.23.2024

  Why Is It So Hard To Call For A Gaza Ceasefire?

  Tens of thousands of Palestinians – many of them non combatants - have been killed since October 7th when Hamas launched a series of co-ordinated incursions into Israel. 1200 Israelis – most of them civilians - were slaughtered - and more...

  
• 02.21.2024

  Citizen's Assemblies: Restoring A Democratic Deficit

  Are Citizens Assemblies the way to make up the so-called "democratic deficit" which leaves many people estranged from parliament? Sue Gray the former senior civil servant who reported on Partygate during Boris Johnson’s time as Prime Minister seems to think so....

  
• 02.16.2024

  Tories Trounced Twice: Sunak's By Election Blues

  As the Tories are trounced in two by elections is there any way back for Rishi Sunak? Labour overturned Peter Bone’s 18,000 majority in the Northamptonshire seat of Wellingborough – a “catastrophically bad” defeat according to Gavin Barwell, an ex Conservative...

  
• 02.15.2024

  Votewatch: Protecting Democracy

  Introducing Vote Watch, a new Byline Times campaign to ensure that the upcoming UK general election is both free and fair. We want to hold political parties of all stripes to account by making sure that rules around voting and donations...

  
• 02.10.2024

  Sunak's Trans Gaffe; Starmer's Green U Turn

  The two likeliest contenders to be the next UK Prime Minister have both come under pressure in recent days... PM Rishi Sunak mocked Kier Starmer's stance on trans women, even though the mother of murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was in...

  
• 02.08.2024

  Towards A Palestinian State

  Foreign secretary Lord Cameron has said rather than waiting for a successful outcome of peace talks in the Middle East the UK would consider the idea of Palestinian state during negotiations. It’s a subtle but important shift in emphasis in...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Chained By Debt

  Twenty five years after an amazing demonstration of people power in Birmingham which led to the cancellation of billions of dollars worth of debt in the developing world, Adrian Goldberg asks - is it time for a repeat performance? Adrian hears...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Sunak v Starmer

  Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov assesses how the two likeliest rivals to become PM are measuring up in the polls. Produced and presented in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.   Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.   Made by We Bring Audio for...

  
• 01.24.2024

  Is The UK Sliding Into War?

  Is Britain sliding to war in the Middle East?  The RAF has once again taken part in US led attacks on military sites in Yemen from where Houthi fighters have been targeting cargo vessels in the Red Sea - one of...

  
• 01.19.2024

  "Doctors On The Cheap?"

  Is the NHS putting patients at risk by expanding the role of medical professionals who aren’t qualified as doctors?  Physician Associates have been around in the Health Service for a couple of decades now and there are plans to more than...

  
• 01.16.2024

  James O'Brien Interview

  Adrian Goldberg interviews best selling author and LBC radio host James O'Brien about his latest book, 'How They Broke Britain'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.   Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.   Made by We Bring Audio for Byline...

  
• 01.11.2024

  Inside Gaza's Al Aqsa Hospital

  Adrian Goldberg gets a view from inside Gaza’s Al Aqsa Hospital which is caught in the crossfire of war. British surgeon Dr Nick Maynard has just returned to the UK after spending two weeks as clinical lead at the hospital for...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Austerity Kills; A Matter of Life and Death

  This time – shocking new evidence that austerity kills, featuring Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who leads the Institute for Health Equity at University College, London. Tough constraints on public spending were imposed by the coalition government in 2010 in...

  
• 01.03.2024

  Piers Morgan and the Press 'Protection Racket'

  The phone hacking scandal was part of the origin story of Byline Times, prompting founding editor Peter Jukes to switch careers from playwriting to journalism. In the latest episode of the Byline Times podcast he joins Adrian Goldberg and Byline Times...