Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show

Bruce Daisley was Twitter's European Vice President until he quit in early 2020 because he wanted to join the fight against climate change. He shares his amazing life story which took him from a Birmingham council house to the pinnacle of social media, and reflects both on his best-selling book "The Joy Of Work" and successful podcast "Eat Sleep Work Repeat." There's also the crucial question of "...

A conversation with author Samantha Harvey, whose book The Shapeless Unease is a literary interpretation her year of not sleeping well - and often not sleeping at all. This is a chat for anyone who has experienced insomnia.

How did a German born MP who'd represented Labour in the UK parliament for 20 years come to lead the EU Leave campaign alongside Conservatives Boris Johnson and Michael Gove? Gisela Stuart talks me through her political journey - and her hopes for the UK after Brexit.

Historian Professor Carl Chinn shares the true secrets of the Peaky Blinders who inspired Stephen Knight's hit international TV show. Carl's research is featured in his book, Peaky Blinders: The Real Story a Sunday Times best seller.

David Cummings turned his hobby into a career when no one else seemed interested in curating the horror stories submitted to a thread on the Reddit website. His No Sleep podcast is now the most successful horror fiction podcast in the world.

Nadia Sohawan is a dancer, choreographer and - amongst other things - a fire eater. She worked on double Golden Globe winner Rocket Man, was also involved with The Olympic opening ceremony at London 2012 and recently assisted Ricky Gervais with dance moves for After Life. Her story is a tribute to the many unheralded but often hugely talented people behind hit movies and TV shows.

Theresa Gromski and Lisa Piddington from Birmingham, UK discuss why they started posting pictures of their houses on Instagram and offer tips to other would be home decor influencers.

Drummer Simon Wolstencroft has a great rock n roll story to tell. He turned down the chance to be in The Smiths; made 11 albums with Mark E Smith and The Fall; and later appeared on Top Of The Pops with his old schoolmate Ian Brown of Stone Roses. Oh yeah, and he hid his heroin addiction from friends and colleagues for 20 years. (Recorded at Joshua Brooks bar, in Manchester)

Mal Young worked his way up from being an extra on Brookside to producing the top US soap, The Young And The Restless. His remarkable career path has taken him to the BBC where he oversaw big hits like Eastenders and launched Holby City.

Great stories from the life and times of sports commentator Angus Loughran (aka "Statto" from Fantasy Football) as he offers tips on how to become a sports broadcaster.

Goldberg Investigates Verastar, a utilities company who provide telecoms and other services to small and medium businesses in the UK.

Broadcaster Pat Murphy was the guest when Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show went live for the first time on 26 September 2019, at the Glee Club in Birmingham. Pat has been a member of the BBC's much loved Test Match Special Team, and is a veteran of 18 overseas England cricket tours. He's also a regular reporter on 5 Live's Sports Report covering the Midlands. He's got great stories about the likes of I...

Tom Walker is the creator of the satirical TV reporter Jonathan Pie, who over the last four years has become an authentic internet sensation, with more than half a million You Tube followers. His targets include Boris Johnson, Donald Trump - and Guardian reading liberals obsessed with identity politics. The interview took place on the day that Johnson was told by the UK Supreme Court that he had i...

Academic scientist Dr James Brown explains how he became addicted to a popular opioid painkiller for 22 years - and offers suggestions as to how others can avoid the same fate.

Anna Calvi talks about the music of hit TV series Peaky Blinders and writing the score for Season 5.

In September 2019 Dr David Nicholl, a consultant neurologist from Birmingham, found himself in the eye of a parliamentary storm after leaking details of Operation Yellow Hammer, the UK government's planing strategy for a "No Deal" Brexit. The leader of the House of Commons and arch-Brexiteer Jacob Rees Mogg, compared him to discredited anti vaccination campaigner Andrew Wakefield - an allegation w...

Katharine Birbalsingh is one of Britain's most controversial teachers. In 2010 she told the Conservative Party conference that the education system was broken. As a result she lost her job as a Deputy Head, but in 2014 she opened the Michaela Free School in London. By emphasising discipline and the learning of facts, Michaela is seen as the antidote to "progressive" teaching methods. She was named...

Social historian Carl Chinn was researching the phenomenon of Birmingham's notorious Peaky Blinders years before writer and director Stephen Knight turned their story into a hit TV drama. Now, to coincide with the release of his book "Peaky Blinders: The Real Story" Carl shares some of the background to these much feared thugs.

Adrian Goldberg meets Denise Harrison who wrote the script for the award winning short film This Is Depression, based on her own experience of alcoholism, depression, mental illness - and recovery.

Wendy Mitchell talks about her book Somebody I Used to Know in which she describes the experience of being diagnosed with dementia at the age of 58.

MP Ian Austin explains why he quit the UK Labour Party on the grounds of anti Semitism.

Professor Heather Widdows talks about her book Perfect Me and the campaign it has inspired called #Everydaylookism

Andy Lyons has been running When Saturday Comes, "the half decent football magazine" for 33 years.

Meet the supporters of Body Modification practitioner Brendan "Mac" McCarthy aka Dr Evil - given a jail sentence of 40 months for GBH. He detached the ear of one client, removed a nipple from another and split the tongue of a third. All the customers asked for the procedures and none complained to the police. His conviction was seen as a test case for Body Modification in the UK. Thanks to Peter C...

Adrian Goldberg meets punk pioneer Viv Albertine, former Slits guitarist and author of two books - most recently To Throw Away Unopened.