Why hasn't FIFA President Gianni Infantino stepped down after the row over his plan to sell off some World Cup marketing and ticketing rights? Adrian Goldberg hears from Nick McGeehan, founder of sports and human rights pressure group Fair Square.

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Is the west suffering from too much empathy? The argument has been advanced by Gad Saad in his New York Times best seller Suicidal

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Adrian Goldberg discusses the 'wave' of 50,000 migrants that appeared recently in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, in North Africa, which prompted claims of an 'invasion' by the far-right on both sides of the Atlantic. He's joined by Stephen Zunes a professor of politics and director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, whose most recent book, coauthored with Jacob Mundy, is Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution 

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Adrian Goldberg hears from Dr James Smith, deputy director of the humanitarian policy and practice programme at UCL, London. Dr Smith is volunteering in Al Mawasi – a coastal region of Gaza – which has become homes to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the conflict with Israel; and where people are waiting anxiously to see if a ‘peace plan’ announced last week by President Trump will become a reality.

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Having promised to end 'forever wars,' is US president Donald Trump now at risk of becoming embroiled in one in Iran? Adrian Goldberg hears from

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What will the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham do differently to Keir Starmer? Can he really get the economy growing in a way that eluded his predecessor…? Is his dream of reindustrialisation a reality?

Adrian Goldberg discusses Burnham's big questions with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and David Bailey, an industrial strategy expert a professor at Birmingham Business School.

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Adrian Goldberg hears from Enda O'Doherty, author of The Dark Side Of France, which traces the history of the French far right.

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In this episode, Adrian Goldberg hears from Ukrainians left in limbo after fleeing Putin’s persecution. Following Russia’s full scale invasion in 2022 the UK – like many other European countries – opened its arms to those displaced by the fighting and more than 200,000 live here now.

But unlike refugees from other countries, Ukrainians don’t have a pathway to permanent residence in Britain. The're expected to head back home whenever the conflict ends, despite having built newlives here.

In the meantime, rules around visas and qualifications mean they are being denied jobs and educational opportunities. There are stories of doctors working as cleaners.

Adrian hears from Natalia Kogut who fled Ukraine with her two children and Professor Sara Jones at Birmingham University, who has been

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Adrian Goldberg talks to ITV's Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt about the dire state of Britain's social housing stock. Dan is the author of "Left To Rot - How Governments Have Betrayed Us And How We Fix It" is out now via Bristol University Press.

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Andy Burnham discusses his political beliefs and the events that shaped them in this in depth interview with Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu, recorded in July 2025 at the Byline Festival, Keele University.

At the time, Burnham was Mayor of Greater Manchester and had no inkling that withing 12 months he'd become PM. The result is an unusually revealing conversation.

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