Byline Podcast
Adrian Goldberg explores the latest political stories from Westminster and the world.
Episodes
September 6, 2024 • 30 mins
The final report into the Grenfell Tragedy revealed that all 72 deaths were avoidable. Successive governments ignored warnings about the safety of tower block cladding, while the Department for Communities and Local government had embraced deregulation that weakened protections for residents.
This comes after the Hillsborough Tragedy, the infected blood scandal, Windrush, and the the Post Office Horizon fiasco, which all led to of...
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September 4, 2024 • 27 mins
Laila Mickelwait tells Adrian Goldberg how her campaign against sex trafficking and child abuse led to the world's most popular porn site Pornhub taking down more than 80% of its content. Laila's book 'Takedown' is available now.
Produced in Birmingham for Byline Audio by Adrian Goldberg.
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August 31, 2024 • 30 mins
Adrian Goldberg meets barrister Christian Weaver, the face of 'The Law in 60 Seconds’ on You Tube. Christian has a new book out called ‘Your Right To Protest. Understand It. Use It’, a guide to making your voice heard without breaking the law.
Christian was the barrister in the case of Awaab Ishak, the two year old boy who died as the result of a mould infestation at his family’s council flat in Rochdale…a case which led to a cha...
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August 27, 2024 • 22 mins
Adrian Goldberg discusses Sir Keir Starmer's 'Things Can Only Get Worse (In The Short Term)' speech with Byline Times chief reporter Josiah Mortimer and Danisha Kazi, head of economics at Positive Money.
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August 23, 2024 • 27 mins
New Transport Secretary Louse Haigh has announced that local councils will be given back the right to select 20 mph zones and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, after the previous Conservative government threatened to give that power to the Department for Transport.
Adrian Goldberg discusses the implications with Jon Burke, who introduced LTNs in the London borough of Hackney, and Izzy Romilly from the climate action charity Possible.
Pr...
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August 20, 2024 • 27 mins
Adrian Goldberg talks to Zarina Zabrisky and Peter Jukes in Odesa about Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia, which has turned the tables on President Putin.
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August 11, 2024 • 21 mins
Adrian Goldberg talks to political satirist and comedian Matt Forde at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg for Byline Audio.
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August 6, 2024 • 22 mins
Zarina Zabrisky, reporting from Kherson in Ukraine, tells Adrian Goldberg how drones, once used to for surveillance, are now being used to hunt down and target civilians in Ukraine.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White for Byline Audio.
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August 3, 2024 • 28 mins
Adrian Goldberg gets out and about to the Cotswolds with Corinne Fowler, author of "Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain" and Professor of Colonialism and Heritage at Leicester University.
They visit Sezincote, a remarkable country house that - unusually - gives a visual nod to the Imperial plunder which helped fund its construction. Corinne explains that although much of our rural landscape was fashioned by ...
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July 31, 2024 • 22 mins
Adrian Goldberg gets reaction to the Southport riots with Joe Mulhall, director of research at Hope Not Hate, the anti fascist organisation, and Dr Bethany Usher author of 'Journalism And Crime' and senior lecturer in journalism at Newcastle University.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg for Byline Audio.
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July 31, 2024 • 28 mins
Adrian Goldberg presents an alternative perspective on the Paris Olympics, with French journalist Jade Lindgaard, author of 'Paris 2024: Une Ville Face a la Violence Olympique' and Andrew Simms, from Cool Down, The Sport For Climate Network whose book Sporting Tales is out now.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White for Byline Audio.
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July 29, 2024 • 21 mins
Rachel Reeves has told the House of Commons in her first major speech as Chancellor that the Conservatives covered up the full extent of the UK’s budget deficit and that since taking office, Labour has discovered a £22 billion black hole in the nation’s finances. She says some unfunded projects will be scrapped altogether, including a road tunnel under Stonehenge; while millions of pensioners will miss out on winter fuel payments ...
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July 26, 2024 • 23 mins
Adrian Goldberg talks to Jen Stout, author of 'Night Train To Odesa - Covering The Cost of Russia's War'
Recorded at the Byline Festival in Dartington. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Phil Driscoll. Brought to you by Byline Audio.
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July 23, 2024 • 29 mins
Former Washington based UK diplomat Alex Hall Hall gives her assessment of Kamala Harris's presidential chances following Joe Biden's decision to stand down. Alex, now a writer for Byline Times and co host of the Disorder podcast, talks to Adrian Goldberg.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg for Byline Audio.
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July 21, 2024 • 27 mins
Chris Packham - environmentalist, broadcaster and activist - gives his verdict on the convictions of five non-violent Just Stop Oil protestors who have collectively been sentenced to 21 years in jail.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg for Byline Audio.
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July 17, 2024 • 32 mins
Th e latest figures show that 7.6 million people have been waiting more than a year for hospital treatment and new Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said the NHS is 'broken'. He’s launched a 'warts and all' investigation headed up by Lord Ara Darzi – an independent peer and surgeon…
As we’ve discussed numerous times on this podcast, the funding provided for the Health Service by the Conservative government since 2010 has fallen ...
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July 15, 2024 • 21 mins
Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar talk to Adrian Goldberg about their latest release for Byline Books, The Little Black Book Of The Populist Right.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Brought to you by Byline Audio.
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July 12, 2024 • 26 mins
What are the potential consequences of a second Trump presidency? Adrian Goldberg to Jay Rosen, professor of politics at New York University.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Phil Driscoll. Brought to you by Byline Audio.
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July 9, 2024 • 24 mins
Should Joe Biden stay as the Democrat’s presidential candidate? Or should he go - leaving the way open for Kamala Harris to stand for the White House?
Several senior Democrats have suggested he should step down following a stumbling appearance on a recent TV head to head with Donald Trump, but Biden himself insists that he’s the man for the job and he’s carrying on.
Is that the right decision? Adrian Goldberg aught up with US ...
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July 7, 2024 • 18 mins
Former BBC and LBC presenter Sangita Myska tells Adrian Goldberg why many voters from minority ethnic backgrounds have reservations about Keir Starmer.
Edited by Phil Driscoll. Recorded at the Byline Festival at Dartington Hall, Devon.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Phil Driscoll for Byline Audio
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