Adrian Goldberg discusses Westminster's sexual misconduct scandals with Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and Political Correspondent Adam Bienkov. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 04, 2022•27 min
After the right to abortion in the United States was overturned by the Supreme Court, Adrian Goldberg explores the appetite among Conservative MPs for turning back the clock on women's rights in the UK with Byline Times Political and Westminster Editor Adam Bienkov, and European and Social Affairs reporter Sian Norris. This podcast is funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more abo...
Jul 01, 2022•22 min
The US Congressional Panel investigating the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol building has heard sensational evidence that then President Trump sought to join the riot, and had to be restrained by secret service agents. According to Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Trump threw his lunch against the wall in frustration, while Meadows appeared unbothered by the looming threat. of violence. Trump has said her claims are "fake" and "fraudulent". Adrian Goldb...
Jun 29, 2022•24 min
Adrian Goldberg's discusses the history of "attack journalism" and the demonisation of Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT rail Union, with Dr Bethany Usher, a former tabloid journalist and now an academic at Newcastle University. Bethany is the author of Journalim and Celebrity. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2022•29 min
Perspectives on the UK's biggest rail strike for 30 years with Ellie Mae O'Hagan from the left leaning think tank Class; Ashok Kumar an Associate Professor in the Business School at Birkbeck University; and Sandy James, a commuter from Bradford. Produced and presented in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 21, 2022•31 min
Zarina Zabrisky reports from Odessa about a night at the opera - a symbol of Ukraine's defiance against Russia. But as Adrian Goldberg hears, there are other, potentially dangerous, developments including a blockade by Lithuania of Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave in Eastern Europe. Lithuania says it's only enforcing EU sanctions, but Moscow regards the move as provocative. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscribers to Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Jun 21, 2022•30 min
Adrian Goldberg investigates "Carriegate" or the story that disappeared…and asks what it might tell us about British media today. He's joined by Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes and Byline Times Westminster and Political correspondent Adam Bienkov. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 20, 2022•21 min
The latest evidence from the January 6th Congressional Hearings has led one Republican member of the panel Adam Kinzinger to accuse former President Donald Trump of "seditious conspiracy". Trump, who denies any wrongdoing, has described the hearings as a "kangaroo court". Adrian Goldberg hears commentary from Heidi Siegmund Cudma, from the Radicalized podcast. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast on @bylineradi...
Jun 20, 2022•32 min
Reaction to the UK's decision to approve the deportation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States with Labour MP Richard Burgon. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times podcast. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 18, 2022•28 min
OK, so this episode has an unwieldy title, but it joins the dots between Brexit, the Northern Ireland Protocol, the government's unsuccessful plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, and it's subsequent threat to quit the European Convention on Human Rights. Adrian Goldberg hears from Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and John Kyle, an Ulster Unionist Party councillor in Belfast. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally br...
Jun 16, 2022•52 min
In what is being hailed as a victory for free speech, investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr has successfully defended a libel case against prominent Brexiter Aaron Banks Cadwalladr raised questions in a Ted Talk and a tweet about the relationship between millionaire businessman Banks and the Russian state. Had she lost, the investigative journalist would have faced financial ruin, but in the High Court Mrs Justice Steyn ruled that Cadwalladr had “reasonable grounds to believe that her inten...
Jun 13, 2022•25 min
Adrian Goldberg hears from Heidi Siegmund Cuda, who has been covering the US Senate Hearing into the January 6th Insurrection for Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded bu subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 12, 2022•58 min
The French government and police are blaming Liverpool fans for disorder at this season's European Cup Final, which held up kick off by 36 minutes. Football's European governing body UEFA also pointed an accusing finger at Reds' supporters, but hundreds of supporters testimonies tell a different story - one of official incompetence and poor communication which could have ended in tragedy. Adrian Goldberg hears from Liverpool fan John Marquis who was at the match, and Professor Phil Scraton, Prof...
Jun 10, 2022•44 min
Reaction to the vote of confidence in Boris Johnson with Adam Bienkov and Sam Bright from Byline Times, and economist Jeeven Sandher from Kings College London. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 6 June 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min
The Byline Times podcast can reveal that children are being charged more than £1,000 to register their right to become British citizens - even though the cost of administering their applications costs just £416. Although these are kids are born in the UK and their status isn't disputed, they still have to go through a costly - and alienating - registration process. Adrian Goldberg hears from Susan, who faces paying the fee for her three youngsters; along with Solange Valdez Symonds from the Proj...
Jun 04, 2022•27 min
The government's passion for imperial nostalgia has led to ministerial backing for the promotion of traditional weights and measures; pounds and ounces rather than kilograms, feet and inches rather than metres. Adrian Goldberg hears from James Vincent, author of Beyond Measure, and Otto English, who wrote Fake History: Ten Great Lies And How They Shaped The World. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast @bylinerad...
May 30, 2022•31 min
The latest from Kyiv on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with Inna Sovsun, an opposition MP in the Ukrainian parliament. Inna was previously a Deputy Minister for Education and Science and is now Deputy leader of the centrist Holos or Voice Party. Produced and presented by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 28, 2022•25 min
Adrian Goldberg discusses the latest figures on asylum seekers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 27, 2022•27 min
Reaction to "Sue Gray Day" - the publication of a report into lockdown parties at Downing Street - with Peter Jukes and Otto English. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 25/5/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 25, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Caroline Dennett worked as a consultant for energy giant Shell for 11 years, but has now severed ties with the company, accusing it of paying lip service to climate change. She tells Adrian Goldberg that it's a financial and personal wrench - but says the stakes for the planet are too high to continue. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 24/5/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
May 25, 2022•34 min
Hardeep Matharu (Byline Times Editor) and Adam Bienkov (Byline Times Political Editor) debate the the latest revelations in Partygate with Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 24, 2022•15 min
A story you won't hear anywhere else. The Byline Times reveals how newspapers owned by billionaires were bailed out by the government during the pandemic - and the price they extracted. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg with Byline Times Chief Investigations Editor Sam Bright, and Brian Cathcart, Professor of Journalism at Kingston University. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 19/5...
May 20, 2022•39 min
Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced that "unrestricted" stop and search will become a permanent feature of the policing landscape - albeit when they fear their "may" be a threat of serious violence, and then only for 24 or 48 hours, depending on the circumstances. Given that people from minority ethnic backgrounds are already disproportionately targeted by Stop and Search, what impact will this this have on community relations? Host Adrian Goldberg hears from Michael Bankole, an expert in r...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min
With the Governor or the Bank Of England predicting an "apocalypse" of food price inflation, Adrian Goldberg explores what the government is doing to help the poorest members of society. With guests Leanne, Imran Hussain from Action For Children and Byline Times Chief Social Affairs reporter Sian Norris. In response to the issues raised in the podcast, a government spokesperson said: “We are committed to ending poverty and the latest figures show there were half a million fewer children in absol...
May 17, 2022•25 min
A deep dive into the Queen's Speech to open a new session of parliament, with Byline Times Political and Westminster editor Adam Bienkov, and Jun Pang, Policy and Campaigns Officer at Liberty. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 10/5/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
May 11, 2022•58 min
Home Secretary Priti Patel plans to 'process' some asylum seekers to the UK thousands of miles away in Rwanda. Ministers say the scheme is designed to act as a deterrent, and break the stranglehold of people traffickers who endanger migrants lives with risk channel crossings. That's disputed by our guests on this episode where Adrian Goldberg hears from immigration lawyer Jan Doerfel and Holly Hudson, an activist with Green New Deal Rising who recently disrupted one of Ms Patel's speeches in pro...
May 09, 2022•37 min
Adrian Goldberg discusses the draft US Supreme Court recommendation to overturn the right to abortion with Dr Sonia Adesara, an expert on reproductive rights and Byline Times Social Affairs reporter Sian Norris. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 3 May, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 3 min
After the gongs were handed out at the Bad Press Awards as part of the 2022 Byline Festival, Adrian Goldberg gathered together some of those involved in the event, to discuss the state of modern journalism. Under the shadow of the Westway, Adrian spoke to BAFTA award winning actress Joanna Scanlon; Peter York, writer of the Official Sloane Ranger Handbook and creator of the Modern Review; Alastair Morgan, long time campaigner on behalf of his murdered brother Daniel Morgan; compere Jonathan Pie ...
May 02, 2022•44 min
The passage of two parliamentary bills in the same week has led many government critics to complain that Britain is sliding towards authoritarianism. Adrian Goldberg discusses the idea with Lib Dem peer Lord Rennard and Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 28/4/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about yo...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Imran Ahmed from the Center for Countering Digital Hate and Peter Jukes, executive editor of Byline Times, discuss the takeover of Twitter by "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (First broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 26 April, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 20 min