Byline Times Podcast
344 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -As the name might suggest, the Byline Times podcast is the podcast of the Byline Times - telling you what the papers DON'T say. The Byline Times is available free online, but it's even better in print where your subscription pays for the journalism.
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How The Far Right Exploits Abuse
April 27, 2024 05:02 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBAndrew Kersley and Hardeep Matharu explore how ow the far right exploits victims of child sexual exploitation as featured in the latest print edition of Byline Times. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Cruel Measures" - Rwanda, Small Boats and Migration
April 24, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes - 31 MBAfter five more people died in the Channel attempting to cross to the UK – one of them a seven year old girl – Adrian Goldberg asks if the government’s Rwanda scheme is a humane response, and whether it will be effective. Rishi Sunak made it an article of faith to push the Rwanda Bill through parliament despite previous objections by the European Court of Human Rights . Migrants who arrive in the UK by boat will henceforth risk being sent to the East African state to have their asylu...
Angela Rayner, Mark Menzies - A Tale of Two 'Scandals'
April 20, 2024 07:51 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBTwo MP's, Angela Rayner and Mark Menzies are embroiled in what the tabloids like to call a 'scandal'. Both deny any wrong doing. But what unites these stories - and what divides them? Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and John McTernan, Tony Blair’s director of political operations at Downing Street between 2005 and 2007. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audi...
Goldberg Investigates: IPP Jail Sentences
April 18, 2024 04:31 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBAdrian Goldberg investigates Imprisonment for Public Protection jail sentences and the licensing conditions that are attached to them. He's join by Ishuba Salmon, who was spent 17 years in jail on IPP sentences; Emma McClure from SL5 legal who represented Matthew Price; and Donna Mooney from campaign group UngrIPP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How Brexit 'Wrecked The Stock Market'
April 13, 2024 06:35 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MB"How Brexit Wrecked The Stock Market" is the startling title of new blog by Simon Nixon, one time chief leader writer for the Times and former chief European commentator on the Wall Street journal. His Substack "The Wealth of Nations" is a must read for anyone interested in the workings of the UK economy. Simon is not kneejerk 'Remoaner'. He has recently been critical of the workings of the EU single market, for example, and his analysis of the impact of Brexit on the City of London i...
Kids Care Home Kerching!
April 09, 2024 20:12 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBAmalfi Midco - parent company of the UK’s largest children's care Home provider Care Tech – has published annual accounts showing that it charged local authorities £575 million but spent £136 million of that on what it describes as ‘financial expenses’. This means at more than £1 in every £5 provided by Councils for looked after youngsters goes to servicing debts, and other finance charges. Adrian Goldberh talks to Martin Barrow, a journalist specialising in the care system, and Caro...
Will Hutton: 'This Time No Mistakes'
April 04, 2024 05:45 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MBFormer "Observer" Editor in Chief Will Hutton talks to Adrian Goldberg about his new book "This Time No Mistakes - How To Remake Britain" (Bloomsbury) which calls for an alliance on the progressive left. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Not In Our Name": Jews Speak Out on Gaza
March 30, 2024 21:43 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBAdrian Goldberg hears from UK-based Jews saying “not in my name” in reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza. This time – the Jews saying “not in my name” in reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza. Emily Hilton is the UK Director of Diapora Alliance and co founder of Na'aamod: British Jews Against Occupation. Uri Agnon is an Israeli theatre maker and activist, originally from Jerusalem, now living in London. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions ...
"Not In Our Name"": Jews Speak Out on Gaza
March 30, 2024 21:43 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBAdrian Goldberg hears from UK-based Jews saying “not in my name” in reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza. This time – the Jews saying “not in my name” in reaction to Israel’s attack on Gaza. Emily Hilton is the UK Director of Diapora Alliance and co founder of Na'aamod: British Jews Against Occupation. Uri Agnon is an Israeli theatre maker and activist, originally from Jerusalem, now living in London. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions ...
Affluence and Effluence: England's Failing Water System
March 27, 2024 15:00 - 18 minutes - 206 MBNew official figures have revealed record sewage spills in in England’s rivers and seas…3.6 million hours of waste dumped in 2023 compared to 1.75 million hours the year before. Sewage works are sometimes overloaded during heavy downpours meaning waste sometimes legally flows out untreated but these occasions should be kept to a minimum. This all begs questions about the regulation our privatised water companies who paid out £1.4 billion to shareholders last year, but are now seeking...
Affluence and Effluence: England's Failing Water Sysem
March 27, 2024 15:00 - 18 minutes - 206 MBNew official figures have revealed record sewage spills in in England’s rivers and seas…3.6 million hours of waste dumped in 2023 compared to 1.75 million hours the year before. Sewage works are sometimes overloaded during heavy downpours meaning waste sometimes legally flows out untreated but these occasions should be kept to a minimum. This all begs questions about the regulation our privatised water companies who paid out £1.4 billion to shareholders last year, but are now seeking...
Poor Show: Britain's Rising Levels Of Poverty
March 22, 2024 14:52 - 25 minutes - 276 MBNew UK government figures have revealed the sharpest increase in absolute poverty in the UK for more than 30 years. According to official statistics, 600,000 extra people came into this category last year. Rising energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are partly to blame, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation the trend has been getting worse for decades. Their most recent report published in January outlined how current level...
Tragedy Chanting - And The 'Othering' Of Liverpool
March 19, 2024 06:07 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBAdrian Goldberg explores the wider meaning of 'tragedy chanting' aimed at supporters of Liverpool FC. He's joined by writer Tony Evans, who survived the the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ukraine Dispatch: A Near Miss In Kherson.
March 17, 2024 08:13 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBThe apartment where Byline Times correspondent Zarina Zabrisky and war photographer Paul Conroy are living in Kherson has come under attack from Russian rockets. Adrian Goldberg gets their responses to a lucky miss. There's also an update on Odessa from Zarina while Paul assesses the state of international backing for Ukraine. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hoste...
"Vulture Capitalism"
March 13, 2024 07:03 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBAdrian Goldberg interviews Grace Blakeley about her new book 'Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts and the Death of Freedom". (Bloomsbury) Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Bannonisation of British Politics
March 08, 2024 00:22 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBSteve Bannon – former Chief strategist to Donald Trump - recently shared a platform with Liz Truss in which he called Tommy Robinson a 'hero'. Truss appeared to agree. This was at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland and in an article you can read now at Byline Times.com Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes has sounded a warning about the emergence of a darker, dangerous form of right wing conservatism. He shares his thoughts with Adrian Goldberg. Produced in...
"NHS privatisation is bad for your health"
March 03, 2024 20:28 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBNew findings from a team at Oxford University suggest that privatisation bad for your health. Researchers looked at 13 long-term studies from well-off countries including the UK to examine what happened ‘before’ and ‘after’ public health provision was outsourced. Their conclusion: Increases in privatisation generally corresponded with worse quality of care. Adrian Goldberg talks to one of the researchers Ben Goodair, and Cat Hobbs, Director of the campaign group We Own It. P...
Small Earthquake in Rochdale; George Galloway's by election victory
March 01, 2024 10:53 - 18 minutes - 25.6 MBGeorge Galloway has won victory in the traditionally safe Labour seat of Rochdale by election, after standing on a platform opposing Keir Starmer's stance on Gaza. Does Gallwoway’s victory - as he suggests - reflect a shift in the tectonic plates of British politics? Or is it just a one off caused in part at least by Labour decision to disown its own candidate Azhar Ali after made anti semitic remarks. Adrian Goldberg talks to Jon Tonge is a professor of politics at Liverpool Universi...
On Mainstreaming Islamophobia
February 26, 2024 23:19 - 26 minutes - 36.7 MBHas Islamophobia been mainstreamed? It certainly looks like it. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman recently wrote in the Telegraph that Islamists are “bullying Britain into submission", while ex Tory party Chairman Lee Anderson told GB News that Islamists had "got control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Tory MP Paul Scully has also weighed in claimed that Tower Hamlets in London and Sparkhill in Birmingham which both have large Muslim populations are no go areas. Adrian Goldberg hea...
Ukraine Full Scale Invasion: 2nd Anniversary Special
February 23, 2024 23:28 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBThis is special episode to mark the second anniversary of invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Russia had already annexed Crimea in 2014, and separatists backed by Moscow also sparked fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas region in the same year. The world mostly looked the other way, until Russia launched a full scale invasion of its neighbour two years ago on the false pretext that it was seeking to deNazify Ukraine. Since then more than 42,000 Ukrainian troops are thought to have been killed and 11,000...
Why Is It So Hard To Call For A Gaza Ceasefire?
February 23, 2024 15:45 - 22 minutes - 31 MBTens of thousands of Palestinians – many of them non combatants - have been killed since October 7th when Hamas launched a series of co-ordinated incursions into Israel. 1200 Israelis – most of them civilians - were slaughtered - and more than 100 hostages taken at the time are still in captivity. Israel’s response – designed it says to free the hostages and destroy Hamas – has led to the deaths of more than 29,000 people. 85% of the population of Gaza has been displaced. Critics like South...
Citizen's Assemblies: Restoring A Democratic Deficit
February 21, 2024 11:55 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBAre Citizens Assemblies the way to make up the so-called "democratic deficit" which leaves many people estranged from parliament? Sue Gray the former senior civil servant who reported on Partygate during Boris Johnson’s time as Prime Minister seems to think so. In her first interview as chief of staff to Keir Starmer, she revealed that plans are being drawn up to bypass Whitehall and involve the public directly in decision making. Citizens assembles are credited with building consensus in ...
Tories Trounced Twice: Sunak's By Election Blues
February 16, 2024 15:24 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBAs the Tories are trounced in two by elections is there any way back for Rishi Sunak? Labour overturned Peter Bone’s 18,000 majority in the Northamptonshire seat of Wellingborough – a “catastrophically bad” defeat according to Gavin Barwell, an ex Conservative MP and Theresa May’s former chief of staff. Labour also overcame an 11,000 majority in Kingswood in South Gloucesteshire. This is obviously great news for Keir Starmer; but Reform UK, the party that grew from the ashes of UKIP came ...
Votewatch: Protecting Democracy
February 15, 2024 08:42 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBIntroducing Vote Watch, a new Byline Times campaign to ensure that the upcoming UK general election is both free and fair. We want to hold political parties of all stripes to account by making sure that rules around voting and donations are observed; and to identify those trying to unduly influence the outcome of the ballot, whether through bots on social media, artificial intelligence or supposed grass roots campaigns that are in fact a front for one undeclared interest or another. It'...
Sunak's Trans Gaffe; Starmer's Green U Turn
February 10, 2024 06:40 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBThe two likeliest contenders to be the next UK Prime Minister have both come under pressure in recent days... PM Rishi Sunak mocked Kier Starmer's stance on trans women, even though the mother of murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was in the Visitors Gallery of the House of Commons; meanwhile Starmer himself, the Leader of the Opposition, has been criticised for u-turning on Labour's Green Prosperity Plan. Byline Times Political Editor Adam Bienkov assesses the performance of two l...
Towards A Palestinian State
February 08, 2024 10:36 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBForeign secretary Lord Cameron has said rather than waiting for a successful outcome of peace talks in the Middle East the UK would consider the idea of Palestinian state during negotiations. It’s a subtle but important shift in emphasis in the government's position – the idea, said Cameron, is to give the Palestinian people “a political horizon”. In other words, a route to statehood a without having to resort to violence. The initiative been welcomed by the Palestinian mission in London,...
Chained By Debt
February 02, 2024 11:02 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBTwenty five years after an amazing demonstration of people power in Birmingham which led to the cancellation of billions of dollars worth of debt in the developing world, Adrian Goldberg asks - is it time for a repeat performance? Adrian hears from Ruth Stephens who devised a Human Chain which attracted 70,000 participants at a G8 summit in 1998, attended by Tony Blair and President Clinton. Plus Heidi Chow from Debt Justice and Precious Kalombwana in Zambia. Produced in Birmingham by...
Sunak v Starmer
January 26, 2024 19:27 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBByline Times political editor Adam Bienkov assesses how the two likeliest rivals to become PM are measuring up in the polls. Produced and presented in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is The UK Sliding Into War?
January 24, 2024 08:42 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBIs Britain sliding to war in the Middle East? The RAF has once again taken part in US led attacks on military sites in Yemen from where Houthi fighters have been targeting cargo vessels in the Red Sea - one of the world’s most important commercial shipping routes. This followed similar action on the 11 January. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insists the UK’s military action amounts to nothing more than self defence; and that its unconnected to the conflict between Israel and Gaza. But is tha...
"Doctors On The Cheap?"
January 19, 2024 13:29 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBIs the NHS putting patients at risk by expanding the role of medical professionals who aren’t qualified as doctors? Physician Associates have been around in the Health Service for a couple of decades now and there are plans to more than double their numbers in an attempt to plug gaps in the workforce. They don’t have a medical degrees and while they must complete a two year training course, there are concerns that physician associates don’t meet the ‘gold standard’ of a qualified medic....
James O'Brien Interview
January 16, 2024 13:17 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBAdrian Goldberg interviews best selling author and LBC radio host James O'Brien about his latest book, 'How They Broke Britain'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Inside Gaza's Al Aqsa Hospital
January 11, 2024 09:13 - 24 minutes - 34 MBAdrian Goldberg gets a view from inside Gaza’s Al Aqsa Hospital which is caught in the crossfire of war. British surgeon Dr Nick Maynard has just returned to the UK after spending two weeks as clinical lead at the hospital for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians. MAP is helping victims of Israel's bombardment of Gaza, which followed the massacre and hostage taking of Israelis by Hamas on October 7. The death toll on both sides is grim. 1,200 Israelis died on October 7; 23,000 Pale...
Austerity Kills; A Matter of Life and Death
January 10, 2024 08:50 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBThis time – shocking new evidence that austerity kills, featuring Professor Sir Michael Marmot, who leads the Institute for Health Equity at University College, London. Tough constraints on public spending were imposed by the coalition government in 2010 in the wake of the banking crisis, and continued for the rest of the decade. The IHE found that between 2011 and 2019 more than a million people in England had shorter lives than those who lived in the most affluent areas; and fewer year...
Piers Morgan and the Press 'Protection Racket'
January 03, 2024 10:24 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBThe phone hacking scandal was part of the origin story of Byline Times, prompting founding editor Peter Jukes to switch careers from playwriting to journalism. In the latest episode of the Byline Times podcast he joins Adrian Goldberg and Byline Times Chief Reporter Josiah Mortimer to reflect on Prince Harry's recent court victory against Mirror Group Newspapers. In his verdict, the judge Mr Justice Fancourt, described phone hacking across the Mirror group as "widespread and habitual". ...
Michelle Mone, PPE, and Covid Bungs
December 27, 2023 16:36 - 17 minutes - 23.7 MBThis time, a look in the Byline Times "year view mirror" as we explore the latest aspects the perennially unravelling Covid scandal. These include the belated admission by Baroness Michelle Mone that her family trust was a beneficiary of PPE Medpro, a company which provided millions of pounds worth of unusable protective equipment to the NHS. Adrian Goldberg is joined by Peter Jukes, executive editor of Byline Times, and Josiah Mortimer, chief reporter of Byline Times. Produced in Birmi...
The Great Post Office Scandal: The Unanswered Questions
December 19, 2023 19:06 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBInvestigative journalist Nick Wallis Shares insights from his book, The Great Post Office Scandal. Nick will be on tour in the UK during 2024, sharing his story. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Conflict in Kherson...and Russia's Hybrid Warfare
December 12, 2023 22:51 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MBThis time, Adrian Goldberg hears from Kherson, on the front line of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. His guests are photo journalist Paul Conroy, and Zarina Zabrisky, an expert in the Kremlin's hybrid warfare. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Migration: Rhetoric vs Reality
December 05, 2023 10:39 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBThe government has made a shibboleth of cutting down the numbers of people coming into the UK. As far back as 2010 the then Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to reduce net migration below 100,000 but that target has never been met - not even during the pandemic. Recently updated figures from the Office of National Statistics showed that last year net migration reached a record 745,000. The gap between rhetoric and reality could hardly be more stark. Now Home Secretary James Cleverley h...
Artificial Intelligence - Friend or Foe?
November 27, 2023 13:41 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBWhat is Artificial Intelligence? And is it our our friend or foe? Elon Musk recently claimed that AI would eliminate the need for human jobs in the future; which is great if you’re a billionaire like him, but doesn’t explain how the rest of us would earn enough to live. This poses big questions about who controls the technology – and what their plans are for the rest of us. Will AI liberate us from the drudgery of boring admin jobs – or become a tool to control us? There are even doom...
Palantir and the NHS
November 22, 2023 10:37 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBUS data firm Palantir Technologies Inc has won a £480 million contract (along with professional services firm Accenture) to handle the new Federated Data Platform for the Health Service. On the face of it this looks like a positive for patients. The new Platform is designed to facilitate information sharing among hospital trusts and other parts of the NHS, enabling them to communicate more efficiently. No more having to repeat your past medical history every time you see a doctor. But Pala...
Return Of The Cam
November 13, 2023 21:34 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBUnelected Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has given the plum job of Foreign Secretary to the equally unelected former PM David Cameron, who has been fast tracked into the House Of Lords after giving up his parliamentary seat. Adrian Goldberg gets reaction from Jessie Joe Jacobs, Director of the Democracy Network, a group representing 800+ organisations seeking to renew UK politics and David Wearing, a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Sussex and an expert on UK foreign rel...
Spotify Discord: Big Tech vs Small Independents?
November 13, 2023 15:15 - 26 minutes - 37 MBStreaming giant Spotify is coming in for flak over proposals to cut revenue for small independent artists. The idea is that Is that tracks which would otherwise account for the lowest 0.5% of royalty payments will be demonetised. Adrian Goldberg hears from Skepwax Records co-founder Amelia Fletcher who has played in a host of well loved indie bands including Talulah Gosh and Heavenly. Amelia is also an economics Professor with expertise in competition policy at UAE. Adrian also hears ...
Sportwashing...And Then Some
November 08, 2023 20:38 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBAs the UK government announces plans for an independent football regulator, how well governed and regulated is sport internationally? In this episode we look specifically at how Saudi Arabia is extending its global geopolitical reach through football, golf, F1 and esports, despite its well documented human rights abuses. The repressive regime of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - or MBS - has effectively been guaranteed the right to host the 2034 soccer World Cup after its only riva...
Ukraine War Diary
November 05, 2023 17:31 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBByline Times contributor Zarina Zabrisky presents her Ukraine war diary - a series of dispatches from Kherson and beyond. There's an account of life under fire in Kherson with war photographer Paul Conroy. Zarina also discusses Russia’s nuclear blackmail and meets Yaroslava Antipina aka @strategywoman – a Ukrainian using the power of social media to show the beauty of her war torn country. There are reflections, too, on the rise of anti-semitism in Russia in the wake of the fig...
A Royal Exclusive as Byline Times Hits The News Stands
October 31, 2023 20:14 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBAfter four years, the Byline Times has finally hit the UK's news stands and has secured an exclusive royal story to mark its arrival. Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and executive editor Peter Jukes explain why it's so important to extend the availability of the newspaper, while talking us through the connections between King Charles, Dan Wootton, Prince Harry and press freedom. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline ...
"Violence Breeds Violence"
October 23, 2023 16:07 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBAdrian Goldberg hears from UK medics calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel has launched the onslaught in the territory, in retaliation for horrific attacks by Hamas in which more than 1400 people were killed. More than 200 hostages were taken. More than 4300 people have since died in Gaza, many of them civilians, as a result of aerial strikes, which are thought to be the prelude of a ground invasion. Humanitarian Aid has been allowed into the territory after several days of si...
Israel and Gaza: One Man's Quest For Peace
October 20, 2023 15:52 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBAdrian Goldberg talks to Udi Goren, whose cousin Tal Haimi was kidnapped by Hamas after a terrorist attack on the kibbutz where he lived on the day the war broke out. Hamas committed terrible atrocities, including the slaughter of unarmed young people attending a music festival; but more than 3,700 people have died as a result of Israel’s retaliation. Palestinians argue the bombing and siege of Gaza is a war crime, because it is a collective punishment upon a civilian population. Produ...
Care Leavers Homeless Crisis
October 18, 2023 06:10 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBThis time…new figures showing a sharp rise in the number of care leavers facing homelessness. The figures come from the government’s annual Statutory Homelessness in England report They show that 3,710 care leavers were either homeless or under threat of homelessness for the year 2022/23. That represents a rise of 33 per cent since 2018. To find out what lies behind the statistics and what we need to do about it, Adrian Goldberg is joined by Sophie Shasby, a recent care leaver; Ka...
Brexit's Blurred Lines
October 13, 2023 07:17 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBAlexandra Hall Hall is the 'undiplomatic diplomat.' She was Britain’s Ambassador to Georgia, and later lead envoy for Brexit at the British embassy in Washington but she quit that joh in 2019 in protest at having to be the bearer of messages that she says were untrue. Alex tells Adrian Goldberg that she thinks Brexit is only half the story. Democracy itself at risk, she warns; and not only in the UK. Produced by me Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham. A We Bring audio p...
Kherson: The Destruction Of A City
October 03, 2023 07:01 - 20 minutes - 27.5 MBAdrian Goldberg hears about the destruction of the Ukrainian city of Khersona city from Zarina Zabrisky, one of only two foreign journalists in the area, alongside war photograoher Paul Conroy. You can also hear Zarina on the Russia Ukraine War News podcast. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.