Byline Times Podcast

Adrian Goldberg investigates how rape victims and survivors are being failed on both sides of the Anglo/Scottish border. In England and Wales, an official report has found that rape victims are continually and systematically being failed by the criminal justice system with long delays between reporting a case and a prosecution. Adrian discusses this with Byline Times Chief Social and European Affa...

After President Putin’s version of 'nasty neighbours' - invading the country next door on the ludicrous pretext that he was seeking the “demilitarisation and denazification” of Ukraine - we explore the personal and political aspects of the conflict.  The personal account comes from Denys Ganzha, a 22 year old, currently dodging Russian bombs just outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, while the po...

What next for Britain's largest and most powerful police force the Met, following the resignation of Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick? Amid allegations of racism, misogyny, homophobia and institutional corruption among its officers, Adrian Goldberg talks to people at the heart of three of the Met's most prominent recent failures; Koshka Duff, John Pape, and Debbie from Sisters Uncut. Don't forget t...

Adrian Goldberg talks to Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes about a new book of selected Byline Times writings called "Wokelore": Boris Johnson's Culture War And Other Stories. Produced 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

With UK energy prices set to increase by 54% is it time to think again and put re-nationalisation on the table? Adrian Goldberg gets both sides of the story from Cat Hobbs, founder and director of We Own It and Professor Michael Pollitt from the Cambridge University Judge Business School Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey EWhite. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. H...

After Partygate, the scandal that has jeopardised Boris Johnson's Premiership, Adrian Goldberg asks do we need Leveson 2 - an investigation into links between the press, the police and politicians. This was originally proposed by High Court Judge Sir Brian Leveson at the conclusion of his Inquiry into press ethics in. 2012, but was scrapped by then PM Theresa May in 2018. Adrian hears from Peter J...

Adrian Goldberg talks to author and historian James Hawes about the Rise of English Nationalism and what he regards as the inevitable demise of the UK. James' book The Shortest History of England is available now from Old Street Publishing. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Adrian Goldberg talks to Chris Thomas of the IPPR and Sian Norris of Byline Times about the long term impact of Austerity on the NHS and Children's Services. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. 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

A look at the Nationality and Borders Bill with Steve Valdez Symonds from Amnesty, Maddie Harris of the Humans for Rights Network and Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu. Presented by Adrian Goldberg, produced in Birmingham by Adrian and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices...

Barrister Michael Mansfield QC tells Adrian Goldberg that Boris Johnson and other senior politicians could be prosecuted for Misconduct In Public Office over their handling of the Coronavirus pandemic. Mr Mansfield was speaking as he launched the Final Report of the People's Covid Inquiry. Adrian also hears from Dr Tony O'Sullivan co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public who commissioned the Inquiry. Funde...

Adrian Goldberg investigates one of the great scandals of our time – the health inequalities that mean a man living in central Blackpool can expect to die 27 years earlier than his counterpart in an affluent district of London...   That stark figure – from research by Imperial College in London – showed that, life expectancy for women fell in almost one in five communities in England in the decade...

Facebook is facing tough questions from legislators on both sides of the Atlantic, following the leaking of documents by whistleblowing former employee Frances Haugen - by Kyle Taylor has spent years highlighting why the social media giant is problematic. He's Campaign Director of pressure group The REAL Facebook Oversight Board, and wrote The Little Black Book Of Data And Democracy. Presented by...

Will the UN’s climate change conference in Glasgow – Cop 26 - be a cop out? Prime Ministers and Presidents from around the world will strut their stuff and talk a good game around Net Zero, but what action do we need to really grapple with what is an existential crisis for the millions of people -often in the Global South - who face the prospect of floods, droughts, rising sea levels and increasin...

Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell discusses his relationship with Boris Johnson and the British Establishment after a career spanning the Whips Office, being Secretary of State for International Development - and a crisis that signalled the end of his ministerial career. Andrew also discusses Britain's role in Yemen and the value of a free press. His autobiography Beyond A Fringe - Confessions Of A...

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News was Donald Trump's favoured TV channel - not least because Fox anchors shamelessly fawned over him, both during his time as a Republican candidate, then during his Presidency. But did the line between journalism and propaganda go too far? And what role did Fox have to play in the insurrection of January 6 2021, when a mob attacked the Capitol in Washington D.C. claiming t...

As the UK government is forced to contemplate a fourth Covid lockdown, we return to one of the unresolved issues of the first one in back in March 2020…the question of why so many patients were discharged from hospital and released back into care homes without being tested for the virus?   Dr Cathy Gardner, whose father had dementia, died in care during the first Covid wave. She now wants to hold...

Who are the Conservative party's elite donors? And what do they want? Iain Overton and Sian Norris share their investigation with BITE - the Byline Intelligence Team - at the Byline Times. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced 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 yo...

As the world marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 – and the US retreats from Afghanistan which it invaded as a result - we hear from one man caught up in the War In Terror. Moazzam Begg who was held at Guantanamo Bay reflects on the lessons the West needs to learn and shares his story of detention without trial and being tortured. The Byline Times podcast is funded by subscriptions to the Byline Tim...

After last week's episode examining why so many environmentalists oppose HS2, this time we hear from Steve Caudwell or Greens For HS2. We're also joined by Lord Tony Berkeley, who believes parliament has been misled over the cost of HS2. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast....

The HS2 Rail project has the official support of every mainstream political party in England and Wales bar one - The Green Party. It's also inspired a wave of non aligned environmental groups to set up protest camps along the route. That's some going for a scheme touted as part of the solution to meeting the UK government's zero net carbon commitment. So why do so many people who would broadly ide...

Adrian Goldberg interviews Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network; Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, in a conversation that encompasses US politics, Brexit and the NHS. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Anne was previously interviewed at Byline Times by Heidi Sigmund Cuda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

This week, two nations in crisis - Afghanistan and Belarus. Afghanistan is in turmoil following Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops - we hear from Chris Alexander, a former Canadian Ambassador to the country, who lays the blame for the Talbian's resurgence at the door of neighbouring Pakistan. Plus exiled Belarusian journalist Hannah Liubokova on her country's continued repression at the hands...

Boris Johnson's mantra en route to election victory in 2019 was 'getting Brexit done'. But now that we've left the EU, is the UK getting 'done' by Brexit? Adrian Goldberg assembles a cast of hauliers, an expert in food distribution and Byline Times Chief Politics and Investigations Reporter Sam Bright. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

After an eight year inquiry, the Independent Panel in the death of Daniel Morgan has finally reported - and their conclusion is damning. Panel Chair Baroness Nuala O'Loan concludes that the Metropolitan Police - Britain's most powerful police force - is "institutionally corrupt". Daniel Morgan was the victim of brutal murder in 1987 which remains unsolved. There's more background on the case here...

Ahead of Euro 2021 England football manager Gareth Southgate has pledged that his team with continue taking the knee in protest at racism - even though some of his own supporters have booed the gesture. Adrian Goldberg discusses the history and meaning of taking a knee with former West Bromwich Albion player Brendon Batson - one a trio of players at the club who broke through in the late 1970s to...