Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show

Giorgia Meloni is the brink of becoming Italy's first female prime minister - and leader of its most right wing government since the days of Mussolini. Adrian Goldberg hears from David Broder author of “Mussolini’s Grandchildren – Fascism in Contemporary Italy” Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times podcast.

As the Labour party gathers for its Annual Conference in Liverpool, Adrian Goldberg hears a warning from Keir Starmer’s former Strategic Campaigns Adviser Simon Fletcher that the party can’t just assume it will win the next election be default.   Writing on bylinetimes.com Simon – who also worked for Jeremy Corbyn and Ed Miliband – says that “a strategy based on caution is a big risk". He's joined in conversation with Byline Times Political Editor Adam Bienkov. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Reaction to Kwasi Karteng’s fiscal statement, his first as Chancellor in Liz Truss’s new government. Was it a budget for the rich? Adrian Goldberg hears from Sam Bright from Byline Times and author of Fortress London: Why We Need to Save The Country From Its Capital; plus Jeevun Sandher head of economics at the New Economics Foundation, and NEF, and Dr Jo Michell, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of the West of England. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.  

Adrian Goldberg investigates the government's flagship 'Homes For Ukraine' resettlement scheme, six months after its introduction. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

After an eruption of violence between Hindus and Muslims on the streets of Leicester, how much of the tension and rivalry has been imported from nationalists in India? Adrian Goldberg hears from Shockat Adam who grew up in the area where disturbances happened and is now a community activist with MEND – Muslim Engagement and Development. He believes the fires are being stoked by Hindutva – Hindu nationalism based on the sub continent. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. 

The place was Youngstown Ohio; the event a Save America Rally; the gesture baffling. As former President Donald Trump listed what he regards as the foreign policy failures of his successor Joe Biden against a background of doomy music and warnings of World War 3 Trump’s supporters raised their right arms in gesture that looked disturbingly like a fascist salute. It wasn’t quite the full Sieg Heil, because those who took part extended their index fingers as well as their arms, but parallels with old Leni Riefenstahl propaganda movies filmed at Nazi rallies were are as terrifying as they are unavoidable.   There are, it seems, a significant number of Americans willing to embrace the idea of unquestioning obedience to an authoritarian figure which to the rest of us seems pretty close to fascism.   In this episode Adrian Goldberg explores the cult of Trump with Heidi Cuda from the Radicalized Pod   Byline Radio and the Byline Times podcast are funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times, our brilliant monthly newspaper…it has the best of our online articles and plenty or material that is exclusive to the print edition. First broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.  

Should the new King Charles pay inheritance tax? The Duchy of Lancaster, which will be passed down to him from his mum, Queen Elizabeth II, is worth an estimated £652m. Normally someone of Charles' wealth would have to pay 40% of that to HMRC, but he’s the beneficiary of an exclusion introduced by then PM John Major in 1993 which makes the monarchy exempt Host Adrian Goldberg hears from two top guests: Stephanie Brobbey, founder and Chief Exec of the Good Ancestor Movement, which supports wealthy individuals to redistribute their cash in a socially conscious way... And Symon Hill, who was arrested in Oxford after shouting “who elected him?” at the proclamation of Charles accession to the throne. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg hears from Nafeez Ahmed and Peter Jukes about American “dark money” and its links to new Prime Minister Liz Truss’s Cabinet. You can read the full article here. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.  

Can you respectfully mourn the passing of the Queen whilst still opposing the institution she represented?   These are questions posed by the reaction of the police in different parts of the UK to those who wanted to counter the Royalist narrative being pumped out by most mainstream media. A woman was arrested for holding up an anti monarchist in Edinburgh during the Royal Proclamation; likewise and man in Oxford.   Adrian Goldberg hears from barrister Paul Powlesland, who was threatened with arrest outside Parliament after holding up a blank sign in protest at the accession of Charles III. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times

We seem to be at a turning point in Ukraine’s resistance, as Russian troops are forced to flee from dozens of towns and villages outside Kharkiv in the north east of the country – including Kupiansk, an important railway hub and one of Russia’s key supply routes to the east.    There are suggestions that the invading forces were outwitted. Russia redeployed troops to Kherson in the south of the country where Ukraine launched another recent offensive…leaving them stretched and vulnerable to swift counter-attacks in the north.   Adrian Goldberg gets a view of life inside Ukraine from Zarina Zabrisky from Odessa, who has been to the site of the Chernobyl reactor and marks our card about Zaporozhia nuclear plant. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg talks to Dr Yuri Felsh-tinsky who wrote Blowing Up Russia: Terror From Within - a book which alleged that a series of apartment block bombings in Russia in 1999 were false flag attacks engineered by the security services.   At the time, the bombings – which killed 307 people - were blamed on Islamist terrorists and were used by Vladimir Putin to strengthen his grip on power,   Dr Felsh-tinsky’s book was co written with former KGB and FSB Colonel Alexander Litvinenko – who was poisoned in London in 2006 in what is widely thought to have been a revenge killing by the Russian state approved by Putin.   We can now reveal that the serialisation of Blowing Up Russia in the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was sanctioned by former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg hears details of a disturbing investigation into the UK’s proposed deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda – a policy heartily endorsed by incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss who has said that she will support and extend the scheme to other countries.   The Byline Intelligence Team (BITE) has unearthed details of a previously unreported second deadly protest in Rwanda involving refugees and local security forces. Our reporting team has also discovered that a monitoring committee designed to oversee the treatment of deportees hadn’t been established before the first planned flight out in June. You can read all four of their reports at bylinetimes.com   Adrian hears from one of the BITE reporters, Sian Norris, and Matilda Bryce from Freedom From Torture, which has provided evidence to the High Court for a Judicial Review into the scheme. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times

In this episode, Adrian Goldberg hears listeners hopes and fears about the arrival of Liz Truss as Prime Minister.  Truss arrives in the midst of a cost of living crisis that’s destined to get worse, with industrial unrest growing, the NHS in crisis, the ongoing fallout from Brexit, and with international tensions rising after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. If it’s a mess, it’s one she has helped create having held Cabinet positions since 2014, most recently serving as Johnson’s Foreign Secretary. Will her arrival at No.10 do anything to improve things? Adrian hears from Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu, Westminster correspondent Adam Bienkov, and Jeevun Sandher, an economist at Kings College, London. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Boris Johnson’s was the Prime Minister who promised to get Brexit done, who oversaw the UK’s response to Covid and who promised a levelling up agenda.  He was also forced to stand down in disgrace, laid low by a series of scandals that pointed to his dishonesty and lack of judgement. Otto English - whose best selling book Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped The World included a chapter dedicated to Boris’s porkies - analyses his legacy. Produced and presented by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

This time we return to the subject of Boris Johnson’s attendance at a party in Italy in 2018 at a castle owned by newspaper proprietor Evgeny Lebdev, son of former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev. At the time Johnson was Foreign Secretary, before becoming PM in 2019. Evgeny - who owns The Independent and the Evening Standard - became a life peer in 2020 despite reports of concerns by the security services.Lebedev insists he is not a security risk. That hasn't stopped Labour MP Matt Western asking questions about the affair, and he now claims he’s been the victim of a co-ordinated attempt to silence him. Presenter Adrian Goldberg hears from Matt and Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov, who has been pursuing Tory links to Russian oligarchs for several years. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

In the latest episode, we hear a stark warning that escalating energy prices will lead to a ‘humanitarian crisis’ in the UK.   A new report by two leading experts suggests that thousands of lives will be lost and the development of millions of children blighted as a result of fuel poverty, triggered by rising energy prices. The grim prediction comes from Professor Sir Michael Marmot from UCL in London with Professor Ian Sinha, a consultant at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool. Sir Michael shares the key findings with Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.  

Adrian Goldberg discusses the tragedy of Pakistan’s floods which have killed more than 1100 people and left a third of the country under water. Un Sec General Antonio Guterres described it as a “monsoon on steroids” as he launched a campaign to raise 160million US dollars to provide help for the those affected. We hear from Asad Rehman, co-founder of the Climate Justice Coalition who has spent years raising the issue of Pakistan's vulnerability to climate change, and Heidi Chow, director of the charity Debt Justice. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. First broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

This time it’s the Crosby Show…as we examine the influence of political strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, advisor to David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson.   Australian Crosby – sometimes known as the 'Wizard of Oz' - is credited with founding the “dead cat” strategy, which involves creating a diversion if your favoured candidate is coming under intense pressure.   It’s a tactic which has arguably defined Boris Johnson’s tenure in Downing Street... Max Colbert who has written about Crosby for Byline Times joins Adrian Goldberg in conversation. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.  

An episode marking Ukrainian Independence Day, discovering the nation's history and finding out what the future holds following Russia’s invasion.   Adrian Goldberg hears from Denys Ghaza a Ukrainian Youth Delegate to the UN, and Zarina Zabrisky who has been covering the Russian invasion from inside Ukraine for Byline Times and the Euromaidan News Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

In this episode, Adrian Goldberg is joined from Kyiv by Zarina Zabrisky who tells us more about the context surrounding the brutal murder of the daughter of Alexander Dugin – the man dubbed “Putin’s brain” and the architect of many of his key policies.   Darya Dugina was blown up a car 30 miles outside Moscow. Was the real target her father?   Alexander Dugin doesn’t hold a government position but he is seen as the architect of latter-day Russian nationalism promoting the idea that the country should expand to follow in the footsteps of the old Russian empire and the Soviet Union – hence the invasion of Ukraine which has already been blamed for the killing by Kremlin sources. Darya echoed Alexander's belief in the development of a Eurasian Empire, and had been sanctioned by the US and UK for spreading disinformation.   Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Original broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

Health bosses are warning of a "public health emergency" and a rise in excess winter deaths unless the government takes action to help people deal with rising energy prices. The NHS Confederation which represents health service managers in England, Wales and Norther Ireland says that with annual energy bills going up to £3,600 a year October – before increasing again in April - more people will be forced to choose between heating and eating. They say this will lead to more illness and – quotes – intolerable pressure on front line NHS staff. Adrian Goldberg hears from Dr Sonia Adesara, a GP in London and Byline Times Chief social affairs reporter Sian Norris. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

Zarina Zabrisky reports on what is potentially the deadliest point of conflict in the Russia/Ukraine war – the Zaporizhzia nuclear plant in Enerhodar in south eastern Ukraine…   Both countries have accused the other of shelling the nuclear plant which is the largest in Europe…Ukraine’s President Zelensky has warned that Russian troops who use the Zaporizhzia as cover to attack Ukrainian towns and cities will be targeted.   The G7 group of countries has called on Russia to withdraw to avoid creating a nuclear catastrophe. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio  

Byline Times Political Editor Adam Bienkov discusses the Tory leadership contest with Adrian Goldberg. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

A report by Amnesty International has been denounced as "Russian propaganda" by the organisation's Ukrainian chief, who has since quit. Hear why with journalist Tom Mutch who talks to Adrian Goldberg from Kyiv. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

England is facing the prospect of an official drought – millions of people have had hosepipe bans – but 2.4 billion litres of water are wasted in England every day thanks to leaky pipes.   Figures obtained by the Lib Dems show that in the last two years executives at water and sewage companies paid themselves more than £27m in bonuses, benefits and other incentives – and overall gave themselves £48million in pay. In Scotland and Wales though, water is run on a non profit basis.    Adrian Goldberg hears from Martin Lines an arable farmer in Cambridgeshire and UK Chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network and Cat Hobbs from the pressure group We Own It. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces

Far right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay more than $49million dollars – around £40 million pounds – in damages after his repeated claims that the Sandy Hook School massacre in 2012 was a hoax.  He claimed the incident was fabricated to increase support for gun control.   26 people were killed in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut – 20 of them children; Jones has now acknowledged that the tragedy was real, but how was he allowed to flourish unchecked for so long and build a fortune based on his Infowars brand which – ironically – was source of huge MISinformation.   Adrian Goldberg hears from Michael Edison Hayden, an investigator with the globally respected Southern Poverty Law Centre, based in Alabama and Heidi Siegmund Cuda from the Radicalised Pod. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg gets the latest update on Russia's invasion of Ukraine from Zarina Zabrisky, who has been to the site of a massacre in Bucha, as well Irpin and Hostomel, and other areas close to the capital Kyiv. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

Adrian Goldberg hears details of a new study which shows that the public spending gap between London and the north of England has grown, despite government promises to 'level up' the regions. His guests are Amreen Qureshi from IPPR North, the think tank which conducted the research; and Sam Bright from Byline Times, author of 'Fortress London; Why We Need To Save The Country From Its Capital'. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

Adrian Goldberg is joined by Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes to discuss the race to become next Conservative Party leader - and therefore the UK's next Prime Minister - following a televised debate between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss on BBC1. They are joined by a cast of (mostly) excellent callers discussing (amongst other things) the economy, LGBTQ rights, sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, freeports and Scottish independence. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

To what extent are problems for holidaymakers at Britain's borders due to Brexit? Adrian Goldberg investigates with Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg discusses the Week In Politics with Byline Times co founder Peter Jukes, and editor Hardeep Matharu. They discuss Boris Johnson's final PMQ's, the Tory leadership race and the Forde Report into allegations of internal sabotage within the Labour Party. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

Author and journalist Zarina Zabrisky gives Adrian Goldberg an eyewitness account of life in Odessa, the strategically important Ukrainian city under attack from invading Russian forces. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party, talks to Adrian Goldberg about discovering that her effigy was being hung and burnt at a Loyalist bonfire. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.  

As the UK - along with much of western Europe - swelters in record breaking temperatures, are our politicians finally ready to embrace the realities of the climate emergency? Adrian Goldberg is joined by Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell; and Cam Walker, Campaigns Co-Ordinator for Friends of the Earth in Australia and a volunteer firefighter who challenges bush fires. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio)

Adrian Goldberg discusses the week in politics with SNP MP John Nicolson. Includes debate about the Tory leadership contest, IndyRef 2, and climate change. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline TImes. Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @byline radio

At a bonfire in Carrickfergus, effigies of three female politicians were hung from a bonfire were children were playing and crowds cheered as they were burned.  One of the three – Naomi Long leader of the non sectarian Alliance party – said she felt physically sick after seeing pictures of the fire. Sinn Fein politician Gary McCleave said his youngsters asked why daddy is on a bonfire after his poster was placed ready for burning in Belfast. John Kyle is councillor in the working class Titanic district on Belfast City Council and, while fiercely condemning these incidents, offers a moderate Unionist perspective. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

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The Tory leadership contest will decide the UK's next PM. Adrian Goldberg discusses the runners and riders with Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and Westminster Correspondent Adam Bienkov. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio)

In her latest update on the January 6th riot hearings Heidi Siegmund Cuda (from the Radicalized Pod) gives Adrian Goldberg the lowdown on claims that Donald Trump 'set the date' for the January 6 riot in Washington DC. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

A leak of 124,000 emails has thrown light on the business practices of the 'ride hailing app' Uber and the venture capitalists who've supported their attempts to disrupt the taxi business across the world. Adrian Goldberg discusses the key issues with Dalia Gebrial from the LSE, who has researched Uber and the gig economy. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.

In the dying days of his Premiership, Boris Johnson has admitted that he did meet former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev in Italy during his time as Foreign Secretary without his security detail or any other government officials. It happened weeks after former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had been poisoned by intelligence officers from Moscow to the streets of Salisbury in Wiltshir. Adrian Goldberg asks Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes and Westminster correspondent Adam Bienkov what Johnson's admission means. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Former Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss a remarkable week in politics which saw the resignation of Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer cleared over 'Beergate'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio)

Adrian Goldberg discuss Boris Johnson's drawn out resignation with a host of Byline Times luminaries including co-founder Peter Jukes abd editor Hardeep Matharu, plus Sam Bright, Sian Norris, Paul Mason. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio)

Adrian Goldberg discusses the resignations of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s inconsistent account of the appointment of Chris Pincher as Assistant Chief Whip…Pincher has now stepped down after a drunken assault, but it turns out that Johnson had previously been warned about his behaviour. His guests are Byline Times Westminster editor Adam Bienkov, and LSE economist Jeevun Sandher. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces)

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.

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.

Adrian Goldberg gets an update on the Ukraine War from Zarina Zabrisky, reporting from Odessa. She explains the strategic importance of Mykolyayiv, a city targeted by Russia, and Snake Island, which has been recaptured by the Ukrainians. The Byline Times podcast is funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio)

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. Trump has said her claims are "fake" and "fraudulent". Adrian Goldberg gets the details from US based political commentator Heidi Siegmund Cuda, a Byline Times contributor who also appears on the Radicalized podcast. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg discusses the latest developments in US politics including the overturning of Roe vs Wade, and the evidence against Donald Trump at the January 6 Congressional Hearing, with Heidi Siegemund Cuda from the Radicalized podcast and Sian Norris from Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Six years after the EU Referendum, Adrian Goldberg assesses the economic and electoral impact of Brexit, with Sam Bright - Investigations Editor of Byline Times - and Tony Sampson, as associate professor in Economics Department at LSE. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.