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 that he died "as a result of a severe respiratory condition caused due to prolonged exposure to mould in his home environment" That set Byline Times’ own Sian Norris on a mission to establish how many others could be at risk, and her findings - though in...
Jan 23, 2023•23 min
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 say about monarchy and the media? Adrian Goldberg is joined by journalist and comedian Ava Vidal, journalist, US based royal commentator RS Locke and media pundit Mic Wright. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subsc...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min
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 action pending by junior doctors. Ambulance response times are the worst on record; more than half of patients attending A&E departments are waiting four hours or more to be seen – another historical low – and although waiting lists for routine surgery have impr...
Jan 16, 2023•30 min
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 8 January, 2023 - hence the slightly 'lo-fi' quality. Produced in Birmingham 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 megaph...
Jan 09, 2023•44 min
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 away from the kind mass public disruption that made their name in the first place. XR came to prominence after blockading major sites in London during 2018 and 2019, but have, arguably, now been eclipsed by other direct action groups such as Just Stop Oil and Insula...
Jan 04, 2023•35 min
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 first aired @bylineradio on 18 December 2022. The broadcast was via Twitter Spaces, so the quality might be rather lo-fi in parts. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Hosted on ...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 29 min
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. 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
Dec 30, 2022•32 min
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 Mic Wright. This episode was first aired @bylineradio on 14 December 2022. The recording was via Twitter Spaces, so the quality might be rather lo-fi in parts. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Bylin...
Dec 28, 2022•57 min
Zarina Zabrisky reports on Christmas in Ukraine after a tumultuous year of resistance to Putin's aggression. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. 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
Dec 22, 2022•29 min
is it time to tune out of Spotify? Spotify is regarded as indispensable to many musicians with emerging artists often regarding it as valuable source of exposure - but it’s also been accused of being tightfisted when it comes to awarding royalties. Last year it paid out more than $7bn US – around £5.7 bn – with more than 1,000 artists earning in excess of $1million each. Sounds impressive doesn’t it? But more than half that $7billion – $4 billion - went to major record labels. There’ve also been...
Dec 20, 2022•30 min
Adrian Goldberg reviews The Week In Politics with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Andrew Gimson, contributing editor to Conservative Home and author of Boris Johnson, The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10. Produced in Birmingham 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
Dec 16, 2022•34 min
Members of the RMT union have brought trains to a virtual standstill in many parts of the UK, but even without that few people would deny that the network is in a mess, with frequent delays and cancellations. Despite that, a poorly performing rail operator like Avanti West Coast could afford to pay shareholders £11.5m dividends according to their last accounts. Adrian Goldberg hears from Tom Haines Doran author of Derailed: How to fix Britain's broken railways Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Go...
Dec 15, 2022•31 min
What exactly is Elon Musk up to with Twitter? Since buying the social media platform for $44billion dollars in October, the US billionaire has given an amnesty to users who’d previously been banned; he’s overseen the departure of thousands of staff; he’s dissolved the Trust and Safety Council; and he’s abandoned Twitter’s Covid disinformation policy. He tweeted that "the bird has been freed" but there's evidence that it's advertisers and users who've taken flight. Adrian Goldberg hears from Heid...
Dec 14, 2022•27 min
This time Harry, Meghan, The Monarchy and the Media …like every other commentator at the point at which this podcast is being recorded we haven’t actually seen the Netflix series about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle but we have witnessed the ferocious howls of outrage from the tabloids who the Duke and Duchess of Sussex clearly have in their sights. Adrian Goldberg gets reaction from US-based freelance writer and royal commentator RS Locke; plus UK comedian and journalist Avva Vidal. Produced in...
Dec 07, 2022•30 min
Zarina Zabrisky reports from Mykloaiv on Vladimir Putin's 'Kholodomor' - the Russian President’s attempt to freeze Ukraine into submission. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Based on a report at bylinesupplement.com Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. 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
Dec 06, 2022•24 min
Shamima Begum – the so called Isis bride who quit her home in East London to join the Islamic State group at the age of 15 - is appealing at a Special Immigration Appeals tribunal against the decision to deprive her of British citizenship in 2019 by the then Home Secretary Savjid Javid. In the meantime, the 23-year old is living in a refugee camp in northern Syria. MI5 and the Home Office believe she remains a threat to national security, but Rabina Khan - journalist, former Special advisor to t...
Dec 04, 2022•21 min
This time we’re delving deep into a brilliant Byline Times exclusive revealing that a businessman with ties to Roman Abramovich and two other sanctioned Russian oligarchs had close contact with senior MP’s and peers in the Houses of Parliament. Sergey Bratukhin, known in the West as Sergey Young, was one of the founding members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Longevity, chaired by Conservative MP Damian Green. Adrian Goldberg hears from Iain Campbell - the journalist who broke the story ...
Dec 03, 2022•20 min
Adrian Goldberg discusses disturbing new figures uncovered by Byline Times which reveal that more than 1,000 people a year are being raped or sexually assaulted on NHS premises …this can include wards, other patient areas, staff room, car parks etc. We hear from Byline Times Chief Social Affairs Reporter Sian Norris, who broke the story, and Daisy Cooper MP, the Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson who’s calling for an urgent government response to what she describes as “horrifying” statistics. ...
Nov 30, 2022•21 min
Adrian Goldberg hears from Dr Ying Miao, a senior lecturer in politics at Aston University, about the underlying reasons for China's recent protests. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. 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
Nov 29, 2022•32 min
Adrian Goldberg reflects on The Week in Politics with Amelia Womack, former deputy leader of the Green Party and Sam Bright, Byline Times investigations editor. They discuss Cop 27, onshore wind farms, the PPE scandal and migration figures. Produced in Birmingham 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
Nov 25, 2022•35 min
Russia's retreat from the city of Kherson has been followed by an aerial bombardment of major Ukrainian cities targeting their energy infrastructure, and causing widespread power cuts. As Adrian Goldberg hears from Zarina Zabrisky (who somehow managed to online in Odessa) President Putin is also squeezing the gas supply to Moldova, a neighbouring country which is pro EU. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See ...
Nov 23, 2022•23 min
Why has one of the most significant moments in modern British life – the decision to leave the EU – become almost unmentionable our political discourse? Adrian Goldberg hears from Chris Grey, the author of ‘Brexit Unfolded’. Chris writes the ‘Brexit & Beyond’ blog and is also Emeritus Professor of Business and Management Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Nov 22, 2022•23 min
The men’s football World Cup is taking place in Qatar, which has been widely condemned for its treatment of migrant workers and LGBT people. But is the West guilty of hypocrisy? Dr David Wearing joins Adrian Goldberg and shares an important story about how the UK, US and other powers helped create and sustain this oil and gas state. David is an expert in UK-Gulf relations and author of Anglo Arabia: Why Gulf Wealth Matters to Britain Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Fu...
Nov 20, 2022•23 min
This week Adrian Goldberg discusses Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement (aka The Budget), the return of Donald Trump, the travails of Twitter and the World Cup in Qatar. He's joined by Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Heidi Siegmund Cuda from the Radicalized Pod Getting reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement and Donald Trump’s return… Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. L...
Nov 18, 2022•31 min
Adrian Goldberg gets reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement…a budget which the Chancellor says promises sustainability, growth and public services. in his words, it's designed to counter “a recession made by Russia with a recovery made in Britain…” His opposite number Rachel Reeves for Labour condemned what she called his "Bobby Ewing strategy” which conveniently forgets that the Conservatives have been in power for the last dozen years. It hadn’t been a dream she said but “the everyday nigh...
Nov 18, 2022•39 min
Prices have gone up 11.1% in the year to October with basics like milk, pasta and butter driving the rising cost of living. Who’s to blame? And what can we do about it? Adrian Goldberg hears from Lucy Antal from Feedback, a campaign group that seeks to improve food security and organises mass public feasts using food that would otherwise have gone to waste; plus James Meadway, a former Treasury official and now the director of the Progressive Economy Forum Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldbe...
Nov 16, 2022•23 min
The UK government has signed a new deal with France to reduce the number of asylum seekers and refugees crossing the Channel in small boats. More than 40,000 would be migrants have arrived in Britain so far this year, including 1,800 this weekend alone. The deal will see the UK’s annual payment to France rise from £55million to £63milion, helping the French authorities to increase the number of officers patrolling the coast 300 – a rise of around 40%. British officers will also be stationed in F...
Nov 15, 2022•30 min
Adrian Goldberg reflects on seven days when former Health Secretary Matt Hancock entered the creepy crawly world of the 'I’m A Celebrity' jungle and tarantula loving minister Gavin Williamson found that victims of bullying bite back in the Westminster jungle. It was also the week when the Bank Of England warned that the UK was entering the longest recession this century, and nurses voted to strike. Meanwhile in the US, voters went to the polls for the mid term elections. We hear from Sam Bright,...
Nov 12, 2022•32 min
Twitter's former European Vice President Bruce Daisley reflects on the company's takeover by Elon Musk, the difficulty of moderating social media platforms, and the challenge to democracy when diverse voices are frightened off by trolls. Bruce also talks about his book 'Fortitude - Unlocking The Secrets Of Inner Strength'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn mor...
Nov 10, 2022•30 min
Civil rights activist Peter Tatchell talks to Adrian Goldberg about his protests in Qatar ahead of the World Cup, and reveals how his stance on trans rights has cost him friendships. There's also a new documentary on Netflix, called 'Hating Peter Tatchell', chronicling the highlights of his career as a protestor. Produced in Birmingham 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. Vi...
Nov 08, 2022•30 min
