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 j...

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 Econo...

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 – Hin...

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...

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 gu...

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; likew...

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...

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, &...

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...

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 hel...

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 dedicat...

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 servic...

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...

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 yea...

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...

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....

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 po...

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...

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...

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 themselv...