Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show

Hosted by Adrian Goldberg, with Peter Jukes and Idrees Ahmad. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

Adrian Goldberg gets reaction to the Autumn Statement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak with guests Robert Palmer from Tax Justice UK; Jeevun Sandher, an economist at Kings College London; and Otto English from Byline Times. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

What's wrong with the UK's hugely controversial Nationality and Borders Bill? Host Adrian Goldberg investigates with Sonya Sceats, CEO of Freedom From Torture; Mike Galsworthy, founder of the Bylines Network; and Lou Calvey from Refugee Action.

From Byline Radio, 21 March 2022 Author Alex Renton discuss a "half arsed" apology by the Sunday Times about Jeremy Clarkson article which critics say amounts to "slavery denialism". PLUS Conservative MP Damien Collins on the need for a football regulator. AND the latest on Ukraine with Denys Ghanza in Kyiv and Byline Times Investigations editor Sam Bright. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

This is the full episode of Byline Radio for 18 March 2022. Adrian. Goldberg hears about the Child Q Scandal from Alba Kapoor of the Runnymede Trust and Alva Vidal, comedian, journalist and activist. PLUS Adam Bienkov, Byline Times political correspondent on the P&O Ferries story and Egveny Lebedev story.

Former Labour MP Ian Lucas joins Adrian Goldberg to talk about why the government ignored calls to investigate Russian interference in British politics. His book Digital Gangsters is out now. PLUS Emily Griffith from Action On Armed Violence discusses the killing of civilians in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition. And Alba Kapoor from the Runnymede Trust on government plans to reduced what it calls race 'disparities'.

Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu explores links between Vladimir Putin, Russian oligarchs and Boris Johnson. Plus Asad Rehman from War On Want on the UK's hypocrisy in seeking an oil deal with Saudi Arabia. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

As the UK seeks alternative oil and gas supplies in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, host Adrian Goldberg asks if we should be weaning ourselves off fossil fuels altogether. Guests include Tessa Khan from Uplift; former MP turned eco activist Alan Simpson; and Zoe Cohen and Claudia from Just Stop Oil.

This is an unedited recording of "What The Papers Don't Say" broadcast @bylineradio on Twitter Spaces on Monday 14/3/22 Adrian Goldberg hears about the UK government's plans to house Ukrainian refugees from Louise Calvey, Head of Services and Safeguarding at Refugee Action. Plus - should Andrew Neil apologise to Carole Cadwalladr for calling her a "mad cat woman". Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

This is the episode of Byline Radio from Friday, 11 March 2022. To listen live follow @bylineradio on Twitter where the show is live from noon, Monday to Friday. Guests include Kieran Maguire, a football finance expert from Liverpool University and Luke Hildyard, Director of the High Pay think tank. Plus Denys Ghanza in Kyiv; and Stephen Colegrave on the Byline Festival. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

From Byline Radio 10/3/22. To listen to Byline Radio, follow @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces. In this episode Adrian Goldberg hears from Peter Jukes, executive editor of Byline Times. Plus Professor Rupert Read, who was "cancelled" by Nick Ferrari on LBC. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by Byline Times subscriptions and memberships.

Adrian Goldberg investigates how rape victims and survivors are being failed on both sides of the Anglo/Scottish border. In England and Wales, an official report has found that rape victims are continually and systematically being failed by the criminal justice system with long delays between reporting a case and a prosecution. Adrian discusses this with Byline Times Chief Social and European Affairs Reporter Sian Norris with Hera Hussein, founder of Chayn, which supports survivors of gender based violence around the world. Meanwhile in Scotland, there are calls to change a legal provision which campaigners say requires a ridiculously high threshold of evidence, allowing 90% of alleged rapists to walk away without being prosecuted. Adrian hears from Emma Bryson of Speak Out Survivors. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

After President Putin’s version of 'nasty neighbours' - invading the country next door on the ludicrous pretext that he was seeking the “demilitarisation and denazification” of Ukraine - we explore the personal and political aspects of the conflict.  The personal account comes from Denys Ganzha, a 22 year old, currently dodging Russian bombs just outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, while the political aspect is provided by Bella Sankey from Detention Action, who discusses the UK's response to Ukraine's refugee crisis. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.  

What next for Britain's largest and most powerful police force the Met, following the resignation of Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick? Amid allegations of racism, misogyny, homophobia and institutional corruption among its officers, Adrian Goldberg talks to people at the heart of three of the Met's most prominent recent failures; Koshka Duff, John Pape, and Debbie from Sisters Uncut. Don't forget to follow @bylineradio on Twitter for What The Papers DON'T Say, on Monday and Thursday at noon Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg talks to Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes about a new book of selected Byline Times writings called "Wokelore": Boris Johnson's Culture War And Other Stories. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

With UK energy prices set to increase by 54% is it time to think again and put re-nationalisation on the table? Adrian Goldberg gets both sides of the story from Cat Hobbs, founder and director of We Own It and Professor Michael Pollitt from the Cambridge University Judge Business School Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey EWhite. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

This week, Putin, Ukraine and Londongrad… Adrian Goldberg explores why the UK plays such an important role in supporting the Russian leader – and what he hopes to achieve by amassing troops on the Ukrainian border…   We hear from Russian born journalist and writer Zarina Zabrisky; Bill Browder head of the Magnitsky Justice Campaign who fell foul of Putin after challenging corruption in Russia: and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake who has challenged the government over lax financial regulations that have allowed oligarchs to wash "dirty money" through the UK’s financial system aka the "London Laundromat": Produced in Birmingham UK, by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

After Partygate, the scandal that has jeopardised Boris Johnson's Premiership, Adrian Goldberg asks do we need Leveson 2 - an investigation into links between the press, the police and politicians. This was originally proposed by High Court Judge Sir Brian Leveson at the conclusion of his Inquiry into press ethics in. 2012, but was scrapped by then PM Theresa May in 2018. Adrian hears from Peter Jukes, executive editor of Byline Times, former Times night editor Katherine O'Donnell, and campaigner Alastair Morgan, who fights for justice on behalf of his murdered brother Daniel. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White

Sean Binder shares the story of his trial at the hands of the Greek government for no greater crime, he says, than helping refugees arrive safely on the island of Lesvos, where he worked as a volunteer for a search and rescue charity. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

Adrian Goldberg talks to author and historian James Hawes about the Rise of English Nationalism and what he regards as the inevitable demise of the UK. James' book The Shortest History of England is available now from Old Street Publishing. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

What would the UK be like if Prime Minister Boris Johnson was brought down by his own party…a prospect that seems increasingly likely? In this week's episode we examine that question and do more crystal ball gazing into 2022 with Byline Times Editor Hardeep Matharu and Byline Times co-founder and Executive Editor Peter Jukes. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.  

Adrian Goldberg scrolls through a year's worth of Byline Times podcasts to create a profile of Boris Johnson. Contributors include journalist Peter Oborne; Richard Beard, author of Sad Little Men; writer Otto English; haulier Laura Salt; Dr Cathy Gardner; Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell; Bekki Ashmore from Plan International UK. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg

Adrian Goldberg scrolls through a year's worth of Byline Times podcasts to create a profile of Boris Johnson. Contributors include journalist Peter Oborne; Richard Beard, author of Sad Little Men; writer Otto English; haulier Laura Salt; Dr Cathy Gardner; Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell; Bekki Ashmore from Plan International UK. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg

Adrian Goldberg talks to Chris Thomas of the IPPR and Sian Norris of Byline Times about the long term impact of Austerity on the NHS and Children's Services. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

A look at the Nationality and Borders Bill with Steve Valdez Symonds from Amnesty, Maddie Harris of the Rights For Humans Network and Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu. Presented by Adrian Goldberg, produced in Birmingham by Adrian and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper.

Barrister Michael Mansfield QC tells Adrian Goldberg that Boris Johnson and other senior politicians could be prosecuted for Misconduct In Public Office over their handling of the Coronavirus pandemic. Mr Mansfield was speaking as he launched the Final Report of the People's Covid Inquiry. Adrian also hears from Dr Tony O'Sullivan co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public who commissioned the Inquiry. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

The wealth and power of Britain's public schools go under the microscope in this edition of the Byline Times podcast, presented by Adrian Goldberg. We hear from Iain Overton, leader of the Byline Intelligence Team about the huge growth in assets of these elite educational establishments; and Richard Beard, author of Sad Little Men: Private Schools And The Ruin of England. Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

More than four years after the Grenfell Tower Tragedy in which 72 people died, victims' families are still awaiting justice. A Public Inquiry into the West London high rise fire won't issue its final report until 2022 - although the conclusions of Phase 1 were damning about the cladding materials used on the block and the failure to adhere to building regulations. In the meantime, journalist Richard Norton Taylor has written a play based on the evidence given to the Inquiry so far. He talks to presenter Adrian Goldberg, along with Justice 4 Grenfell campaigner Yvette Williams who witnessed the fire. What does Grenfell tell us about the UK today. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

We live in a supposedly equal society but the gender pay gap is currently 8% in favour of men; there’s plenty of evidence showing that government Austerity measures disproportionately affected women; while the debate around the murder of Sarah Everard highlighted how harassment, abuse and violence have become normalised - so do we need a Womens’ Bill Of Rights?  It’s 35 years since the UK ratified CEDAW -United Nations Convention on the Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women – which sets out a comprehensive framework for tackling gender inequality. But critics say that because it’s never been embedded in a law – unlike the European Convention on Human Rights - it’s an inefficient tool for challenging l government decisions which disproportionately affect women and girls. With Dr Jocelynne Scott, President of CEDAW In Law, and Sian Norris, Chief European and Social Affairs Correspondent for Byline Times. We also hear from Shirley, who didn't wish to use her surname. With thanks to Joanne Welch. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.    

Adrian Goldberg investigates one of the great scandals of our time – the health inequalities that mean a man living in central Blackpool can expect to die 27 years earlier than his counterpart in an affluent district of London...   That stark figure – from research by Imperial College in London – showed that, life expectancy for women fell in almost one in five communities in England in the decade before the pandemic…whilst researchers at York University’s Centre For Health Economics found that cuts led to 57,000 deaths more than would otherwise have been expected in the four years after Austerity was implemented in 2010 by the coalition government.   Adrian is joined by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director of the Institute of Health Equity at University College London and Byline Times writer Sam Bright whose book Fortress London, Why We Need To save The Country From Its Capital is available now on pre order. Produced by in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper

Facebook is facing tough questions from legislators on both sides of the Atlantic, following the leaking of documents by whistleblowing former employee Frances Haugen - by Kyle Taylor has spent years highlighting why the social media giant is problematic. He's Campaign Director of pressure group The REAL Facebook Oversight Board, and wrote The Little Black Book Of Data And Democracy. Presented by Adrian Goldberg; produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

Will the UN’s climate change conference in Glasgow – Cop 26 - be a cop out? Prime Ministers and Presidents from around the world will strut their stuff and talk a good game around Net Zero, but what action do we need to really grapple with what is an existential crisis for the millions of people -often in the Global South - who face the prospect of floods, droughts, rising sea levels and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns?     Adrian Goldberg meets two radical thinkers; Silvia Pastorelli, is a Climate and Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace’s European Unit in Brussels which is co-ordinating an EU wide petition to ban all fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship, and Adam Ramsay editor of the UK based Open Democracy website who has written extensively about climate change.  Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Will the UN’s climate change conference in Glasgow – Cop 26 - be a cop out? Prime Ministers and Presidents from around the world will strut their stuff and talk a good game around Net Zero, but what action do we need to really grapple with what is an existential crisis for the millions of people -often in the Global South - who face the prospect of floods, droughts, rising sea levels and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns?     Adrian Goldberg meets two radical thinkers; Silvia Pastorelli, is a Climate and Energy Campaigner at Greenpeace’s European Unit in Brussels which is co-ordinating an EU wide petition to ban all fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship, and Adam Ramsay editor of the UK based Open Democracy website who has written extensively about climate change.  Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Thought provoking views on slavery and colonialism with Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland's first black Professor, in conversation with Adrian Goldberg. After emigrating from Jamaica at the age of 15 and encountering racism in the British school system, Sir Geoff became a research scientist and discovered a method of speeding up the process of turning barley into malt – saving the brewing industry untold millions of pounds.   He has also written about the legacy of slavery in his book The Enlightenment Abolished; Citizens of Britishness – and revealed that his own ancestors were bought and sold. He's also had one of Scotland's most prominent landmarks in his sights – the Melville Monument in Edinburgh’s New Town erected in honour of Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville, who successfully argued for the gradual – rather than immediate – abolition of slavery. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell discusses his relationship with Boris Johnson and the British Establishment after a career spanning the Whips Office, being Secretary of State for International Development - and a crisis that signalled the end of his ministerial career. Andrew also discusses Britain's role in Yemen and the value of a free press. His autobiography Beyond A Fringe - Confessions Of A Former Establishment Lackey is published by BiteBack. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Byline Times writer Nafeez Ahmed has been calculating the number of civilians who died in the War On Terror that followed the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers. His conclusion is that 6 million people died, either directly or indirectly in countries as various as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. In this episode you can hear how he arrives at this starling conclusion - and what he makes of George W. Bush's insistence that he "did the right thing." Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News was Donald Trump's favoured TV channel - not least because Fox anchors shamelessly fawned over him, both during his time as a Republican candidate, then during his Presidency. But did the line between journalism and propaganda go too far? And what role did Fox have to play in the insurrection of January 6 2021, when a mob attacked the Capitol in Washington D.C. claiming that the election had been stolen? Adrian Goldberg talks to Sarah Ferguson, who recently presented "Fox And The Big Lie", a two part documentary for Australia's ABC network. She interviewed company 'insiders' who witnessed the developing relationship between Trump, Fox, and Murdoch. We also hear from Byline Times co-founder Peter Jukes about the prospects for Murdoch's proposed new UK channel Talk TV which has hired Piers Morgan as its star presenter. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

As the UK government is forced to contemplate a fourth Covid lockdown, we return to one of the unresolved issues of the first one in back in March 2020…the question of why so many patients were discharged from hospital and released back into care homes without being tested for the virus?   Dr Cathy Gardner, whose father had dementia, died in care during the first Covid wave. She now wants to hold the government to account in court. You can support her crowdfunder here. We also hear from Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Deputy Chair of the cross party Public Accounts Committee and Conservative MP for the Cotswolds.  Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.  

Who are the Conservative party donors? And what do they want? Iain Overton and Sian Norris share their investigation with BITE - the Byline Intelligence Team - at the Byline Times. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

As the world marks the 20th anniversary of 9/1 – and the US retreats from Afghanistan which it invaded as a result - we hear from one man caught up in the War In Terror. Moazzam Begg who was held at Guantanamo Bay reflects on the lessons the West needs to learn and shares his story of detention without trial and being tortured. The Byline Times podcast is funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper and website. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Presented by Adrian Goldberg.

After last week's episode examining why so many environmentalists oppose HS2, this time we hear from Steve Caudwell or Greens For HS2. We're also joined by Lord Tony Berkeley, who believes parliament has been misled over the cost of HS2. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

The HS2 Rail project has the official support of every mainstream political party in England and Wales bar one - The Green Party. It's also inspired a wave of non aligned environmental groups to set up protest camps along the route. That's some going for a scheme touted as part of the solution to meeting the UK government's zero net carbon commitment. So why do so many people who would broadly identify as 'green' stand against a rail network designed to take hundreds of thousands of cars and lorries off the road? Adrian Goldberg meets campaigners Victoria and Charlotte, who are concerned about the devastation wrought on a Warwickshire woodland by HS2. He also talks to Natalie Bennett who represents the Green Party in the House of Lords, and hears from Byline Times writer Stephen Delahunty. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.

Adrian Goldberg interviews Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network; Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, in a conversation that encompasses US politics, Brexit and the NHS. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Anne was previously interviewed at Byline Times by Heidi Sigmund Cuda.

This week, two nations in crisis - Afghanistan and Belarus. Afghanistan is in turmoil following Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops - we hear from Chris Alexander, a former Canadian Ambassador to the country, who lays the blame for the Talbian's resurgence at the door of neighbouring Pakistan. Plus exiled Belarusian journalist Hannah Liubokova on her country's continued repression at the hands of President Alexander Kukashenko. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

Changes to the law that would put investigative journalists on a par with foreign spies? Demands for photo ID at the ballot box? Adrian Goldberg explores Britain's Authoritarian Creep in company of Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu, Meirion Jones, Investigations Editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Jess Garland from the Electoral Reform Society. Listen to Authoritarian Creep Part One here Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

Boris Johnson's mantra en route to election victory in 2019 was 'getting Brexit done'. But now that we've left the EU, is the UK getting 'done' by Brexit? Adrian Goldberg assembles a cast of hauliers, an expert in food distribution and Byline Times Chief Politics and Investigations Reporter Sam Bright. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

It might seem counter intuitive at a time when millions of people can’t get a foot on the housing ladder - or afford a decent place to rent - but this week the Byline Times podcast assembles evidence to suggest that too many houses are being built in England. The government has set a target of 300,000 new homes a year which could result in the creation of ghost estates - not to mention the despoilation of beautiful countryside. New house building is one of the shibboleths of the modern Conservative party - and its supporters in the media, who are obsessed with first time buyers and rising house prices. But concern over planning reforms that would make it easier to build on green belt land were also widely cited as a reason for the Tories defeat in recent the Chesham and Amersham by election. We hear from Byline Times writer Julian Mercer; environmental campaigner Merle Gering; Rugby Borough councillor Maggie O' Rourke; and economist Ian Mulheirn. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper.

This week, a climate change special.  After a “heat dome” engulfed parts of Canada and the United States, there can be little doubt that a climate crisis upon us.  We get a first hand account from Professor Kritstie Ebie, who lives in Seattle and teaches in the Center For Health and Global Environment at the University of Washington. PLUS an in depth conversation with "recovering politician and lapsed economist" Alan Simpson, a former Labour MP who has advised John McDonnell on climate policy. Alan lives in his own custom made "eco house" after reclaiming a derelict lace mill in Nottingham

Barrister Jolyon Maugham has become the scourge of government by using the law to challenge ministers' decisions. His crowd funded Good Law Project initially raised issues around Brexit, and has since succeeded in exposing the sleaze and cronyism surrounding PPE contracts. He talks to Adrian about how his life and career have been transformed since he first came to prominence helping wealthy people avoid paying tax. Before that, Byline Times Executive Editor Peter Jukes reflect on a rarity for the Boris Johnson government - a Cabinet Minister losing their post, in this instance Matt Hancock. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Are disadvantaged white children doing poorly at school because teachers might sometimes talk about "white privilege"? According to MP's on the Education Select Committee, the answer is "yes", although Byline Times writer Sian Norris suggests a few alternative reasons - such as poverty, austerity and funding cuts. PLUS Otto English talk about his new book "Fake History - Ten Great Lies That Shaped The World" and reflects on the contribution made by Boris Johnson to creating a myth around Winston Churchill. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.