Episodes
HEALTH INEQUALITY - A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
November 03, 2021 22:32 - 35 minutesAdrian 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 before the pandemic…whilst researchers at York University’s Centre For Health Economics found th...
THE TROUBLE WITH FACEBOOK
October 28, 2021 15:22 - 42 minutesFacebook 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 Adrian Goldberg; produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Hosted on Acast....
COP 26 - OR COP OUT?
October 20, 2021 22:38 - 35 minutesWill 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 increasingly unpredictable weather patterns? Adrian Goldberg meets two radical thinkers; Silvia Pasto...
SIR GEOFF PALMER
October 13, 2021 12:01 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBThought provoking views on slavery and colonialism with Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland's first black Professor, in conversation with Adrian Goldberg. After emigrating from Jamaica at the age of 15 and encountering racism in the British school system, Sir Geoff became a research scientist and discovered a method of speeding up the process of turning barley into malt – saving the brewing industry untold millions of pounds. He has also written about the legacy of slavery in his book The Enligh...
BORIS, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ME
October 06, 2021 20:49 - 43 minutesConservative 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 Former Establishment Lackey is published by BiteBack. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in...
HOW MANY DIED IN THE WAR ON TERROR?
September 29, 2021 20:25 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBByline Times writer Nafeez Ahmed has been calculating the number of civilians who died in the War On Terror that followed the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers. His conclusion is that 6 million people died, either directly or indirectly in countries as various as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. In this episode you can hear how he arrives at this starling conclusion - and what he makes of George W. Bush's insistence that he "did the right thing." Presented by Adrian Goldberg. ...
TRUMP, MURDOCH, FOX NEWS AND THE BIG LIE
September 22, 2021 20:16 - 48 minutesRupert 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 that the election had been stolen? Adrian Goldberg talks to Sarah Ferguson, who recently present...
COVID DEATHS IN CARE HOMES
September 15, 2021 22:17 - 35 minutesAs 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 the government to account in court. You can support her crowdfunder here. We also hear from Sir ...
DEMOCRACY FOR SALE? INVESTIGATING THE TORY DONORS
September 08, 2021 12:10 - 36 minutesWho 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9/11, AFGHANISTAN AND THE WAR ON TERROR
September 01, 2021 21:27 - 47 minutesAs 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 Times newspaper and website. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Presented b...
HS2 - RETURN JOURNEY
August 25, 2021 21:51 - 46 minutesAfter 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.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
WHY GREENS OPPOSE HS2
August 18, 2021 21:48 - 37 minutesThe 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 identify as 'green' stand against a rail network designed to take hundreds of thousands of cars and...
DARK MONEY: US POLITICS, BREXIT AND THE NHS
August 11, 2021 21:12 - 38 minutesAdrian 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 for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AFGHAN CRISIS
August 04, 2021 20:27 - 46 minutesThis 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 of President Alexander Kukashenko. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birm...
AUTHORITARIAN CREEP - PART TWO
July 28, 2021 22:42 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBChanges to the law that would put investigative journalists on a par with foreign spies? Demands for photo ID at the ballot box? Adrian Goldberg explores Britain's Authoritarian Creep in company of Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu, Meirion Jones, Investigations Editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Jess Garland from the Electoral Reform Society. Listen to Authoritarian Creep Part One here Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Go...
GETTING BREXIT DONE - OR GETTING 'DONE' BY BREXIT?
July 21, 2021 18:51 - 35 minutesBoris 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/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ARE WE BUILDING TOO MANY HOUSES?
July 15, 2021 07:52 - 42 minutes - 44.9 MBIt might seem counter intuitive at a time when millions of people can’t get a foot on the housing ladder - or afford a decent place to rent - but this week the Byline Times podcast assembles evidence to suggest that too many houses are being built in England. The government has set a target of 300,000 new homes a year which could result in the creation of ghost estates - not to mention the despoilation of beautiful countryside. New house building is one of the shibboleths of the modern Con...
CLIMATE CRISIS SPECIAL
July 07, 2021 22:24 - 48 minutes - 60 MBThis week, a climate change special. After a “heat dome” engulfed parts of Canada and the United States, there can be little doubt that a climate crisis upon us. We get a first hand account from Professor Kritstie Ebie, who lives in Seattle and teaches in the Center For Health and Global Environment at the University of Washington. PLUS an in depth conversation with "recovering politician and lapsed economist" Alan Simpson, a former Labour MP who has advised John McDonnell on climate pol...
JOLYON MAUGHAM: GOOD LAW PROJECT
June 30, 2021 19:45 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBBarrister Jolyon Maugham has become the scourge of government by using the law to challenge ministers' decisions. His crowd funded Good Law Project initially raised issues around Brexit, and has since succeeded in exposing the sleaze and cronyism surrounding PPE contracts. He talks to Adrian about how his life and career have been transformed since he first came to prominence helping wealthy people avoid paying tax. Before that, Byline Times Executive Editor Peter Jukes reflect on a rarit...
JOHNSON, CHURCHILL AND FAKE HISTORY
June 23, 2021 21:40 - 50 minutes - 49.7 MBAre disadvantaged white children doing poorly at school because teachers might sometimes talk about "white privilege"? According to MP's on the Education Select Committee, the answer is "yes", although Byline Times writer Sian Norris suggests a few alternative reasons - such as poverty, austerity and funding cuts. PLUS Otto English talk about his new book "Fake History - Ten Great Lies That Shaped The World" and reflects on the contribution made by Boris Johnson to creating a myth around W...
"INSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION" AT THE MET
June 17, 2021 10:20 - 48 minutesAfter 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 and an in depth interview with his brother Alastair Morganwho has led the campaign for justice ...
EURO 2021: ENGLAND TAKING THE KNEE
June 09, 2021 21:28 - 49 minutesAhead 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 challenge racism - and Andrew Spence, producer of the award winning Coming In From The Cold podc...
"MY ANCESTORS WERE SLAVE OWNERS"
June 02, 2021 21:29 - 47 minutesAdrian Goldberg interviews journalist Alex Renton, author of "Blood Legacy: Reckoning With A Family's Story Of Slavery", which details his ancestors' history of enslaving people from Africa on sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean. We also hear contributions from Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu; Professor Kehinde Andrews, author of The New Age Of Empire; and Sathnam Sanghera who wrote Empireland. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the...
DOMINIC CUMMINGS: BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
May 27, 2021 07:10 - 1 hour"On the day" reaction from Byline TV to Dominic Cummings astonishing attack on his former colleagues at two parliamentary hearings. The Prime Minister’s Former Chief Advisor told MP’s that tens of thousands of people had died unnecessarily because of the government’s mishandling of the pandemic and that Boris Johnson was unfit to lead the country. Older people he, said were discharged from hospital into care homes without being tested for Covid allowing the virus to spread. He also said Healt...
ALASTAIR MORGAN: 34 YEARS FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE
May 26, 2021 21:22 - 30 minutesAlastair Morgan has been fighting for 34 years to get justice for his brother Daniel who was murdered in a South London pub car park in 1987. The latest setback in his quest was the decision by Home Secretary Priti Patel to delay publication of the findings of an Independent Panel into the killing and the subsequent investigations. No one has been convicted in relation to Daniel's death, and the story sounds like a real life Line Of Duty (which actually namechecked the case in its most recen...
THE DANIEL MORGAN MURDER
May 20, 2021 13:19 - 28 minutesThis is a special bonus edition of the podcast – looking at the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan in 1987, and the extraordinary decision by Home Secretary Priti Patel to delay publication of an independent report about the botched investigation into his death. It’s a story that combines vicious crime, murky politics and media corruption. Byline Times co-founder Peter Jukes made a hugely successful Untold Podcast series about the case and has also written a book about it with Dani...
WHAT IS ZIONISM?
May 19, 2021 22:16 - 38 minutesIn the wake of a new surge of violence involving Israelis and Palestinian Arabs, we explore Zionism - the ideology that led to the creation of the state of Israel, and how provides it with ideological sustenance. Podcast host Adrian Goldberg talks to Dov Waxman, author of "The Israeli Palestinian Conflict - What Everyone Needs To Know." Dov is also the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Presented by Adrian Goldbe...
CORONAVIRUS: SIR DAVID KING
May 17, 2021 10:03 - 35 minutesIn a bonus episode of the Byline Times podcast, Sam Bright from Byline TV interviews the UK's former Chief Scientific Advisor Sir David King about the Coronavirus pandemic. Sir David is Chair of Independent SAGE, a group of scientists offering independent dent advice to the government and the public about Covid 19. Watch more from Sam at Byline TV Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
ELECTION REFLECTION
May 12, 2021 21:34 - 48 minutes - 43.1 MBAdrian Goldberg reflects on three aspects of recent elections across Britain. He talks to Amelia Womack, deputy leader of the Green Party about how they can build on a successful night in the local elections in England to become a force in Westminster. Peter Geoghan, author of Democracy For Sale, reflects on the influence of "dark money" in the Scottish parliamentary elections. Lauren White, editor of NE Beep in Gateshead and Steve Evans, a councillor in Wolverhampton assess Labour's de...
COMPLICIT IN DEATH: FOREIGN AID CUTS
May 05, 2021 21:05 - 39 minutesSavage cuts to the UK's Overseas Aid Budget are discussed by former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell MP and Bekky Ashmore from charity Plan International UK. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
DAVID BADDIEL; JEWS DON'T COUNT
April 28, 2021 21:40 - 47 minutesThis week, podcast host Adrian Goldberg is joined by comedian and best-selling author David Baddiel who discusses his latest book Jews Don't Count - a polemic about the racism that too many people who regard themselves as "progressives" fail to see. Plus Byline Times co founder Peter Jukes on the Mexican Stand Off between Dominic Cummings and Fleet Street newspaper bosses. Presented by Adrian Goldberg Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
DEREK CHAUVIN CONVICTION
April 21, 2021 22:17 - 48 minutesAnother triple header from the Byline Times Podcast. 1). Derek Chauvin's conviction for murdering George Floyd discussed with Kehinde Andrews, Professor of Black Studies at Birmingham City University. 2). Man Made Famine in Ethiopia. We hear from Leandra, who was forced to flee Ethiopia for the safety of the UK at the age of 5, about the return of famine to her native country. This time, starvation is a weapon of war being used by the Army against the people of Tigray. Plus human rights cam...
THE (FAR) RIGHT STUFF
April 14, 2021 21:21 - 46 minutesIs the Conservative party drifting from the centre right to the far right of the political spectrum? In this episode we hear from Byline Times writer Sian Norris about the Tory MP's sitting on a group at the Council of Europe alongside parties who, is some cases, flirt with fascism. That's followed by Nafeez Ahmed and Peter Oborne who discuss recent the recent appointment of officials to counter extremism bodies who have both associated with groups and individuals regarded as Islamophobic....
HAS THE BEEB LOST ITS BOTTLE?
April 07, 2021 21:25 - 47 minutesHas the BBC lost its "bottle" - or appetite for confrontation - with government? The Corporation's former Baghdad Bureau Chief Patrick Howse thinks so after witnessing their lack of appetite for Jennifer Arcuri's revelations about her four year affair with Boris Johnson when he was London Mayor. Was there a conflict of interest between Johnson's role and Arcuri receiving more than £100,000 of taxpayers cash and attending trade missions with him? He discusses the episode with Byline Times e...
£3BILLION CRONY CONTRACTS
March 31, 2021 21:14 - 49 minutesWe've got three terrific items for you on this week's Byline Times podcast... 1). Byline Times reporter Sam Bright on the £3bn in Covid-related contracts awarded to firms with links to the Conservative Party. 2) Two grieving mums from Essex, Melanie Leahy and Lisa Bates explain why they are calling for a Public Inquiry into the deaths of their children (WARNING: THIS STORY HAS CONTENT WHICH MIGHT UPSET SOME LISTENERS). Follow their campaign here. 3). Former Chief Crown Prosecutor for NW Engla...
AUTHORITARIAN CREEP
March 24, 2021 22:36 - 51 minutesCritics are warning that two new bills being piloted through parliament betray an authoritarian streak at the heart of government. One restricts the rights of protestors; the other provides a new legal framework for undercover police and security officers. We hear from Clare Farrell, one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion, Byline Times writer Sian Norris, Labour MP Richard Burgon and Mike Schwarz, a solicitor with Hodge, Jones & Allen. PLUS Michael Mansfield discusses the People's ...
THE FEMINIST FIGHTBACK
March 18, 2021 01:08 - 48 minutesIn this episode we hear from Byline Times writer Sian Norris and former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England Nazir Afzal react to the murder of Sarah Everard and the vigil on Clapham Common which was marred by police violence. Where does toxic masculinity come from? And how can we eradicate it? Plus an exclusive interview with anti trafficking activist Laila Mickelwait about her campaign against Pornhub which has reached the Canadian parliament. And we hear calls for the introducti...
ROYALS, RACISM AND THE TABLOIDS
March 10, 2021 14:07 - 46 minutesAfter Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spoke to Oprah Winfrey, two mighty institutions faced allegations of racism - the Royal Family and the British tabloid press. Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and Marverine Cole (broadcaster, academic) give their reaction. PLUS - a different take on the monarchy with Phil Miller from Declassified UK about the Royals' many meetings with Middle Eastern dictators who have brutally suppressed the Arab Spring. Byline Times reporter Sian Norris also invest...
THE LONG SHADOW OF EMPIRE
March 04, 2021 00:07 - 45 minutesThis week we examine The Long Shadow of Empire in the company of Sathnam Sanghera (author of Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain) Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and Professor Kehinde Andrews (author of The New Age Of Empire). Plus Fire And Rehire - the erosion of workers' rights during the pandemic with Claire Breeze from Unison, and Tim Sharp from the TUC. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Made in Birmingham for Byline Times by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acas...
THE PRIVATISED PANDEMIC
February 24, 2021 23:42 - 43 minutes - 36.6 MBProfit making firms, aided by the government, have seized the opportunity given them by Coronavirus to create a "privatised pandemic" in which billions of pounds have been spent on outsourcing. But to what effect? Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times Investigations Editor Sam Bright, Mary Fitzgerald from Open Democracy, and Pascale Robinson from We Own It. For Open Democracy's legal crowd funder, click here. Plus Sweden's Covid Refugees. How Anders Tegnell's Herd Immunity experiment ha...
THE WAR ON THE "WOKE"
February 18, 2021 00:21 - 52 minutes - 44.7 MBA epic edition in which presenter Adrian Goldberg takes us through the UK government's War On The "Woke". It's a story which encompasses Free Speech Champions on campus, a row over the National Trust and Britain's colonial legacy, as well as the media narrative surrounding child sexual abuse and Muslim "grooming gangs". Our distinguished cast list includes Bylines Times reporter Nafeez Ahmed, Bylines Times editor Hardeep Matharu, Leicester University academic Dr Corinne Fowler, UCL's Dr El...
THE PINOCCHIO PM
February 10, 2021 22:41 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBVeteran political journalist Peter Oborne joins Adrian Goldberg to talk about his new book, The Assault On Truth, in which he tackles head on Boris Johnson, the "Pinocchio PM". Plus Byline Times co-founder Peter Jukes and investigative reporter discuss Rupert Murdoch's meetings with the PM and senior ministers, even though what they discussed hasn't be shared with the public. Your subscription to Byline Times funds our website, monthly newspaper, Byline TV - and this podcast. Thank you. ...
NAZIR AFZAL'S COVID CAMPAIGN
February 03, 2021 23:28 - 46 minutesNazir Afzal, the tenacious Crown prosecutor credited with bringing perpetrators of child abuse to justice in Rochdale, shares the story of his Coronavirus crowdfunding campaign exclusively with the Byline Times podcast. He wants to hold ministers to account for their failures during the pandemic. PLUS The War on Democracy - is the government blocking legitimate journalistic enquiry? With Mary Fitzgerald who is campaigning to save and strengthen Freedom of Information laws, Sam Bright from B...
"WE SHOULD BE COVID VACCINE PRIORITY"
January 28, 2021 00:30 - 36 minutes - 31.8 MBAs the roll out of the Coronavirus vaccination programme gathers pace, campaigners are calling for all people with a Learning Disability to be given priority for the jab. Figures show that people with LD are six times more likely to die from Covid 19 than the general population. We hear from Ciara Lawrence and Harry Roache who both have mild Learning Disabilities, Byline Times writer Saba Salman, Mencap CEO Edel Harris, and Gary Bourlet, founder of Learning Disability England. This week's...
BREXIT BETRAYAL
January 21, 2021 11:39 - 46 minutesBoris Johnson's Brexit withdrawal deal was heralded by the PM as "a present to the nation" but for many it's an unwanted gift - including some of those who were keen to leave the EU, including the Scottish Fishing Federation and Who Roger Daltrey, who have discovered that instead of leaving behind that infamous Brussels "red tape" we are now being wrapped up in more of it than ever. Byline Times writer Mike Buckley talks to one Scottish exporter who can't even sell his goods to Northern Irel...
TRUMP'S NEW CIVIL WAR
January 13, 2021 22:48 - 34 minutesDonald Trump has become the first US President to be impeached for a second time but Byline Times global correspondent CJ Werleman believes he'll be remembered for something else - inciting a new American civil war. CJ correctly predicted that Donald Trump would try to "steal" the US election and in this wide ranging interview - which also encompasses the Q Anon conspiracy theory - he makes a chilling assessment of the aftermath of the storming of the US Capitol. We also hear from Byline Tim...
COVID DENIERS AND LOCKDOWN SCEPTICS
January 06, 2021 22:32 - 44 minutesDespite the scale of the Coronavirus pandemic, Covid "deniers" and "lockdown sceptics" enjoy significant access to the airwaves in newspapers, on TV and radio, and on social media. Professor David Oliver, a hospital doctor for 30 years argues that these critics are :"gaslighting" members of the medical profession, who witness the terrible impact of the virus on a daily basis. He's no government mouthpiece, and identifies areas where he believes significant errors have been made in official ...
PICK OF THE YEAR
December 31, 2020 01:31 - 40 minutes - 34.7 MBByline Times podcast editor Adrian Goldberg makes a personal selection of highlights from 2020. Produced and presented in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Subscribe here to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SWEDEN'S COVID CRISIS
December 24, 2020 01:59 - 46 minutesSweden's laissez fair response to the Coronavirus crisis has won plaudits from populists in the US and UK, but its death rate from the pandemic is four times greater than in neighbouring Denmark, Norway and Finland combined. In this episode Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times writer Kelly Bjorklund about her investigation into guidelines that recommended palliative end of life care rather than potential life saving hospital treatment for residents of residential care homes. We also hear fro...
UNIVERSITIES CHALLENGED
December 17, 2020 01:49 - 27 minutes - 26 MBAre Britain's universities doing enough to help disadvantaged students get a top class degree? Not according to Dr Suriyah Bi, who argues that Covid 19 has added further obstacles to the goal of securing wider access to higher education. Dr Bi, who grew up in inner city Birmingham draws on her own personal experience as well as research carried out for the Equality Act Review. She is joined by recent graduate Alisa Anwar who reflects on her experience as part of the "Covid Cohort" who grad...