BYLINE TIMES PODCAST

Is Birmingham the UK's most ungovernable city? And what does the recent election tell is about politics in this country more widely? In the recent elections, when the entire Council was up, Labour lost control, winning just 17 seats of the 101 seats; Reform emerged as the largest party with 23 with the Greens coming second with 19 seats…   So no party has a majority; Reform has acknowledged that it won't find enough coalition partners; Labour has said it wants time to reflect on the result and rebuild trust with voters, making a partnership between The Greens,Lib Dems and a block of mostly pro Gaza independents the likeliest coalition to run Britain's biggest local authority.   It sounds like a recipe for chaos in a city where bin workers have been on strike for more than a year…   Adrian Goldberg hears from Mike Olley a former Labour councillor who runs the Midlands Grit substack and Corinne Fowler, a newly elected Green councillor in the city…   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg hears an exclusive report from US conspiracy theory expert Mike Wendling about the number of Jan 6th rioters who were pardoned by Trump, only to offend again. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In conjunction with the Taxcast Podcast, we look at the world of private equity and how it extracts value from the UK economy. Adrian Goldberg is joined by Hettie O' Brien, author of ⁠The Asset Class ⁠ which investigates 'how private equity turned capitalism against itself.' Plus Alex Cobham from the ⁠Tax Justice Network ⁠and Naomi Fowler from the ⁠Taxcast ⁠podcast. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg, Naomi Fowler and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

London Mayor Sadiq Khan talks to Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov in an exclusive interview, recorded before the local council elections. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Sean Byrne-Roberts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author James Hawes - who's bestseller 'The Shortest History Of Ireland' is out now - discusses the rise of nationalism in the UK, with Plaid Cymru the SNP achieving success in the recent elections. James - who has previously written 'The Shortest History...' of both England and Germany - tells Adrian Goldberg how the United Kingdom was created, and why its future is uncertain. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg assesses the election results in England, Scotand and Wales with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Assa Samake Roman, a freelance journalist and columnist for The National. Recorded live on Substack - with apologies for occasional issues with audio quality.   Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg talks to Peter Oborne, author of 'The Fate Of Abraham: What The West Gets Wrong About Islam'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg is joined by former UK diplomat Alex Hall Hall to discuss Kings Charles' visit to the United States, and how a Supreme Court decision will allow 'gerrymandering' in Congressional elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg talks to former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett (aka Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle) about her new book, Green Thinking. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg debates the Prime Minister's future with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov. Recorded on Substack. Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg and Byline Times editor in chief Hardeep Matharu reflect on the importance of human connection in the age of apps, AI and remote working.   Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Byline Times Investigations Editor Nafeez Ahmed tells Adrian Goldberg why the Iran War isn't a re-run of the 1970s oil crisis, but rather a harbinger of energy crises to come - precipitating a collapse in society, unless bold decisions are taken now. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses Viktor Orban's electoral defeat in Hungary and what it means for Trumpists and populists around the globe, with Dr Georgios Samaras, an expert on European politics at the School for Government and the Policy Institute in London. Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg talks to Alex Hall Hall - former UK ambassador to Georgia and a British diplomat in Washington DC - about the Iran War ceasefire. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the rise of the populist right with Labour MP Liam Byrne and David Edgar. Liam served in the Blair and Brown government's and is now Chair of the Commons Business and Trade Select Committee, has just published his book ‘Why Populists Are Winning: and How to Beat Them'. David's “Little Black Book of the Populist Right: What it is, why it's on the march and how to stop it” written with John Bloomfield has just been republished in an updated edition via Byline Books. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK government has temporarily blocked political donations by cryptocurrency and capped donations by UK citizens living overseas at £100,000 following recommendations by senior civil servant Philip Rycroft. Rycroft was commissioned to carry out an independent report after Reform UK MP Nathan Gill was convicted of accepting bribes to promote Russian interests. Adrian Goldberg analyses the world of political influence with Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes and cheif report Josiah Mortimer. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the giovernment's 40% cut in overseas aid with Green Party MP Ellie Chowns and Gideon Rabinowitz, Director of Policy and Advocacy at BOND, a UK-based network for international development NGOs . Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times editor in chief Hardeep Matharu and Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes about Donald Trump's war in Iran; they examine the chaos, confusion and the cost. Plus - the Byline Times seventh anniversary and Paul Conroy RIP. Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former West Midlands Mayor Andy Street is proposing an alternative to the populist drift of Conservatism. Along with ex Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson, he has launched Prosper a campaign group aimed at the UK's politically homeless centre and centre-right voters. Andy tells Adrian Goldberg why the Conservatives need to shift to the middle ground. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the so-called 'special relationship' between the UK and US with Scott Lucas, professor of US and international politics at UCD Clinton in Dublin and founder of EA World. Would it be more accurate, they wonder, to call it a 'coercive relationship'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nafeez Ahmed explains how a 30 year-old plan to redraw the Middle East drawn up by US NeoCons is now playing out in Iran. Adrian Goldberg asks the questions. Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the war on Iran waged by the USA and Israel with Scott Lucas, professor of US and international politics at UCD Clinton in Dublin and editor of the EA World View. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Green Party pulled off a stunning victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, deposing Labour who trailed in third place, with Reform UK 2nd. Adrian Goldberg discusses the result with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov. Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg talks to Zarina Zabrisky, who has covered Russia's war in Ukraine from Odessa, Kiev and the frontline in Kherson, where she identified the ‘human safari' drone warfare on civilians being waged by Putin's troops. Sergiy Kashylov, a Ukrainian exiled in the UK also joins the conversation. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg talks to award winning author Daniel Rachel about his book 'This Ain' Rock n Roll - Pop Music, The Swastika and the Third Reich." Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the Epstein Files with Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and executive editor Peter Jukes to mark the latest print edition of the the paper. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the High Court's judgement that proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group is "unlawful" and disproportionate. Membership or support for PA nevertheless remains illegal pending the outcome of an appeal by the Home Secretary. Produced in Birmingham UK, by Adrian Goldberg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a story reflective of our times, Steve Scherer lost his job as International Bureau Chief with Reuters News Agency in Ottawa and has been forced to take a job as an Uber driver to make ends meet. As Steve tells Adrian Goldberg, the experience has made him more appreciative of migrants in the US, who rely on his services to get them to work. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg hears from Lord Steve McCabe, who was inside Sir Keir Starmer's crucial Parliamentary Labour Party meeting, where he saved his skin as PM. They are joined by Sebastian Salek, a Labour councillor fo Waltham Forest. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberd surveys the fallout of the Mandelson/Epstein affair with Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes and political editor Adam Bienkov. This is an edited version of a live broadcast on the Byline Supplement Substack. Produced in Birmingham UK, by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg hears from Phil Burton-Cartledge, a political author and academic who is representative of what appears to be a rising trend - Your Party members who have quit to join the Greens. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our latest Westminster review, Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov tells Adrian Goldberg that Sir Keir Starmer has blundered by failing to bring Great Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham into his inner circle. PLUS debate on Reform UK's succession of former Tory MPs and new recruits and a challenge to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch from the left of her party, with the creation of the pressure group Prosper. Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the reverberations continue in Minneapolis, following Alex Pretti's death at the hands of ICE agents, Adrian Goldberg hears from Jacob Thomas, a resident of the city, and a US Army veteran who now acts as Communications Director for pro-democracy group Common Defense. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota with Naveed Shah, a US Army veteran who served in the Iraq war and is Political Director at Common Defense, a veteran-led grassroots movement dedicated to protecting democracy and combating authoritarianism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg explores the Post Office Horizon scandal with Richard Brooks of Private Eye, whose book Post Mortem is out now. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses Donald Trump's threat to annexe Greenland. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former UK ambassador and diplomat Alex Hall Hall tells Adrian Goldberg what's it's been like to live as a new US citizen in Donald Trump's United States. Produced in Birmingham UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg gets insight on the protests in Iran from activist and journalist Daniela Sepehri and Scott Lucas, Professor of US and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College, Dublin and both Founder and Editor of EA WorldView. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg is joined by Sofie Pultz, a Dane based in the UK, to discuss Donald Trump's threat to Greenland. Sophie is a researcher in the International Policy team at the IPPR thinktank. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the US invasion of Venezuela with Scott Lucas, Professor of US and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin and both Founder and Editor of EA WorldView. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founder of the Whizz Kidz Wheelchair Charity Mike Dickson offers tips on 'How To Be. a Better Human", based on his book of the same name which is available now via Byline Books. Presented by Adrian Goldberg; Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Byline Times editor in chief Hardeep Matharu and executive editor Peter Jukes join Adrian Goldberg to look beyond the doom loop - as per the latest Byline Times print edition - as they explore their highlights and lowlights of 2025. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Byline Times Investigations Editor Nafeez Ahmed discusses the United States new National Security Strategy with Adrian Goldberg. Nafeez' book, 'Alt Reich - The Network War To Destroy The West From Within' is available now via Byline Books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the world wakes up to Russia's hybrid war on the West, Heidi Siegmund Coda explains to Adrian Goldberg, how it has impacted Donald Trump and the United States. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's not all about Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana - Adrian Goldberg hears from two ordinary members of Your Party, Jed Thomas a 26-year old political novice from Hertfordshire and 77-year old veteran campaigner Alan Story from The Left Lane substack. Away from the rows and factionalism, what do they want from the new left wing movement? Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes offers Adrian Goldberg a begiiner's guide to Russian influence on UK politics, including the Scottish independence referendum, Brexit and more. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Mansfield KC tells Adrian Goldberg why he believes there's scope for the criminal prosecution of ministers for their handling of the Covid 19 pandemic. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses whether tactical voting or even a 'progressive partnership' of parties on the centre and left of UK politics could frustrate Nigel Farage's hopes of becoming PM, despite Reform's lead in the polls. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans for asylum seekers to the UK with Dr Sohail Jannesari, a migration and mental health researcher at King's College London, and Lauren Starkey, an independent social worker specialising in working with refugee children and young people. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg is joined by economist Professor Branko Milanovic to talk about his new book The Great Global Transformation - National Market Liberalism In A Multipolar World. They discuss the rise of China and other countries in Asia as a result of neo-liberalism - and the populist backlash in the West that has ensued. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg explores what some observers are describing as an 'existential crisis' for the BBC, following its apology for editing a speech by Donald Trump on Jan 6, 2021. Trump is threatening to sue for $1bn and there are fears that a journalistic mistake is being used to by its enemies to force the Beeb to compromise its editorial integrity. Adrian is joined by former BBC journalist Patrick Howse and Byline Times Political Editor Adam Bienkov. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices