Byline Times Podcast

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...

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 and...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

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 £4...

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 ac...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

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'. Fun...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 @byli...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

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.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Birmi...

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

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 po...

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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....

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 the company's 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...

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...

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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Birmin...

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...

Adrian Goldberg's discusses the history of "attack journalism" and the demonisation of Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT rail Union, with Dr Bethany Usher, a former tabloid journalist and now an academic at Newcastle University. Bethany is the author of Journalim and Celebrity. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast...