Byline Times Podcast

Imran Ahmed from the Center for Countering Digital Hate and Peter Jukes, executive editor of Byline Times, discuss the takeover of Twitter by "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (First broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 26 April, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Niall Couper, CEO of football pressure group Fair Game tells Adrian Goldberg why the sport needs an independent regulator - without delay. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 25 April 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad ch...

Zarina Zabrisky reports from Odessa, where Russian forces killed eight civilians, including a three month old baby, in a missile attack on an apartment block. All this on the weekend of "Greek Easter", one of the holiest days in the Orthodox calendar. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 24 A...

Byline Times Investigations Editor Sam Bright assesses whether Boris Johnson can survive an Inquiry by the Commons' Privileges Committee into whether he misled parliament over 'Partygate'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times (Originally broadcast on @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 22 April 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

The latest on the war in Ukraine with novelist and journalist Zarina Zabrisky. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 20 April 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lib Dem peer Lord Chris Rennard tells Adrian Goldberg why he's amongst those in the House of Lords leading opposition to the government's Elections Bill. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Supported 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

Host Adrian Goldberg gets reaction to the UK's new plan to process asylum applications offshore in Rwanda. Guests include Lou Calvey from Refugee Action; Zoe Gardener from the Joint Council For The Welfare Of Immigrants; and Sian Norris from Byline Times. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @b...

Reaction to the fines issued to Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak for breaking their own lockdown rules at the height of the Covid pandemic - aka Partygate. Adrian Goldberg hears from Safiah Ngah whose father Zahari Ngah died from Coronavirus; and Sam Bright, Byline Times investigations editor. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast...

Host Adrian Goldberg and Byline Times Investigations Editor Sam Bright examine revelations about the "non dom" tax status of businesswoman Akshata Murthy, wife of Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. (First broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 7 April, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

As the UK launches its new energy security strategy, Adrian Goldberg hears from climate change lawyer Tessa Khan and Jonathan Atkinson, Director of People Powered Retrofit . Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. 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

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a "now or never" report, challenging world governments to rapidly move away from fossil fuel or risk environmental catastrophe. Adrian Goldberg discusses the report with Asad Rehma, Director of War On Want, plus Zak and Claudia from Stop Oil Now. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times....

Chaitanya Kumar, Head of Environment and Green Transition at the New Economics Foundation, tells Adrian Goldberg what's at stake when the new IPCC Climate Report is published. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (First broadcast on Byline Radio on 4 April 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

In February 2022, the Westminster government declared Covid 19 "Freedom Day", removing the requirement for people to wear masks in public, and self isolate even if they were positive. Now, UK Covid rates have reached record levels but free testing has been removed for most people in England, reflecting ministers' desire to "live with" Covid 19. But what are the long term consequences for public he...

From Byline Radio on Twitter Spaces, Wednesday 30 March. (Follow @bylineradio) Sam Bright explains the history of the PPE scandal to host Adrian Goldberg. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. 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

From Byline Radio on Twitter Spaces, 29/3/22 (Follow @bylineradio) Did Boris Johnson mislead parliament over parties in Downing Street and other government buildings during Covid lockdown? It looks ever more likely after 20 retrospective fines were issued by the Met. Adrian Goldberg assesses what this means for the PM, along with Byline Times Political and Westminster Correspondent Adam Bienkov, a...

From Byline Radio, 28 March 2022 In August 2021, Katie Tarrant revealed in Byline Times that asylum seekers were have their phones confiscated by UK Border Officials. Although the the Home Office insisted that the practice was within the law, it has now been forced to acknowledge that blanket confiscation of phones is illegal. Katie reacts to the news, along with Byline Times Investigations Editor...

First broadcast on Byline Radio via Twitter Spaces on Sunday, 27 March 2022. In the aftermath of protests against a Royal visit to the Caribbean by Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Adrian Goldberg explores the position of the monarchy in the UK's former Empire, and asks if reparations are due to the descendants of enslaved Africans forced to work on plantations in the West Indies. Made...

From Byline Radio 25/3/22 Whether it's the threat of reversing Roe vs Wade and curtailing abortion rights in the States; or denying girls a secondary education in Afghanistan, it seems women's hard won rights are coming under attack around the world. Host Adrian Goldberg discusses this ":Handmaid's Tale" scenario with Sian Norris from BylineTimes who also been investigating (along with colleague S...

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

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

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 Ava Vidal, comedian, journalist and activist. PLUS Adam Bienkov, Byline Times political correspondent on the P&O Ferries story and Egveny Lebedev story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices....

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

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

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...

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 Goldbe...