Podcast appearances and mentions of ian birrell

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean, former Conservative MP Jessica Harrington, free markets campaigner Aman Bhogal and foreign affairs journalist Ian Birrell.

Did Trump just cave?Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Lib Dem MP Bobby Dean, former Conservative MP Jessica Harrington, free markets campaigner Aman Bhogal and foreign affairs journalist Ian Birrell.

Ian Birrell is a renowned British journalist, columnist, and foreign correspondent, known for his work on global conflicts, social justice, and political reform. In this episode, we discuss the failures of the prison system, whether it's true purpose is punishment or rehabilitation, and how countries like Norway and Texas are tackling recidivism with innovative approaches. We also get into Bitcoin's role in empowering activists, the impact of social media on political tribalism, and Elon Musk's controversial approach to free speech as well as the rise of political extremism, the decline of critical thinking, and the challenges of addressing the war on drugs and reforming criminal justice systems.  

Iain Dale is joined on Cross Question by economist and author Grace Blakeley, Labour MP Dame Angela Eagle, investigative journalist and former speechwriter for David Cameron Ian Birrell and Conservative MP Alexander Stafford.

"Bitcoin certainly seems to offer something positive in societies scarred by autocracy, colonialism, military coups and woeful governance — as seen with those computers in a concrete shed in rural Malawi turning water into streams of cash to fund electricity."*****On this Bitcoin Out Loud episode, Walker reads The African village mining Bitcoin by Ian Birrell*****Go to bitbox.swiss/walker and use promo code WALKER for 5% off the Bitbox02 Bitcoin-only hardware wallet.*****Ian Birrell on X: https://twitter.com/ianbirrellThe African village mining Bitcoin: https://unherd.com/2024/01/the-african-village-mining-bitcoin/*****WALKER'S LINKS:FOLLOW ON NOSTR: https://primal.net/walkerNpub: npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4uFOLLOW ON TWITTER:https://twitter.com/walkeramericahttps://twitter.com/titcoinpodcastWATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@walkeramericaWATCH ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/user/WalkerAmericaBITCOIN PODCAST WEBSITE: https://bitcoinpodcast.net

In today's episode Ian Birrell speaks about billionaires and how they pretend to have morals to avoid paying tax, in an UnHerd exclusive article titled Sam Bankman-Fried's elitist altruism.

In today's episode, Ian Birrell writes about Britain's psychiatric nightmare and whether anything has changed since the days of grim asylums, in an exclusive UnHerd analysis titled Inside Britain's psychiatric nightmare.

Andrew Pierce speaks to Ian Birrell in Ukraine about efforts to help refugees and what they feel about NASO, and speaks to Craig Mackinlay MP, Chair of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, about why he is calling for Boris Johnson to reverse plans to end fracking. Plus, the shocking statistics about how much food British families waste every week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Pierce speaks to Tony Lloyd, Ukraine APPG Vice Chair & Labour MP for Rochdale about the UK's sanctions on Russia, and to the Daily Mail's correspondent in Kyiv, Ian Birrell as Ukraine prepares for war. Plus has the rising cost of living hit pocket money too? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded on Sunday 16thJanuary, 2022: Disability. In this episode of the 90 Minutes with Neville Southall podcast, Neville explores the challenges and opportunities found in the lives of people living with disabilities – and hears impassioned and illuminating testimonies from his three guests. He speaks to Steve Johnson, a former World Amputee Footballer of the Year, who is the disability manager for Everton FC. Steve recalls the day he lost a leg in an accident when playing football and explains how sport helped bring a fresh focus to his life as well as his work ensuring access to football for others through Everton In The Community. The importance of providing sport for people with disabilities is underlined by another guest, Dawn Rozzell-Howens. Her father, Dave, created the disability programme for British Gymnastics and at Spartac Gym Club in Ormskirk they offer opportunities for gymnasts with disabilities – including Dawn's son Sam, who has Down Syndrome. Neville also hears from journalist and campaigner Ian Birrell who cites cases involving the abusive incarceration of people with autism as he highlights the lack of care and attention given in our society to people with disabilities.

Knowing how COVID-19 emerged is critical for informing global strategies to prevent future outbreaks. But the story of how it originated can differ wildly depending on who you ask. In this special episode of This Study Shows, our hosts Mary-Ann Ochota and Danielle George, explore what the biggest science story of recent years can teach us about how science communication operates in society. Joining the discussion are Dr Benhur Lee, Professor of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York; journalist Ian Birrell; psychologist Professor Karen Douglas; and Yanzhong Huang, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Flooding chaos, Cross Question and your adoption stories. Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening is Conservative member of the London Assembly Shaun Bailey, journalist Ian Birrell, Director of UK in A Changing Europe Anand Menon and Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Sal Brinton.

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Conservative member of the London Assembly Shaun Bailey, journalist Ian Birrell, Director of UK in A Changing Europe Anand Menon and Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Sal Brinton.

A group of news outlets from countries around the world have banded together to expose the alleged use of a phone hacking tool to spy on leading journalists, politicians and human rights activists. How do you pull off a series of global scoops like this? Also in the programme, the role professional fact checkers now play in journalism. Guests: Laurent Richard, Founder of Forbidden Stories, Paul Lewis, Head of Investigations at The Guardian, Claire Milne, Acting Editor of Full Fact, and Ian Birrell, Contributing Editor of The Mail on Sunday

It's the first Sunday in Advent and once lock down is lifted Christmas carols will be allowed to be sung outside in all three tiers. Stuart Barr Conductor and founder of "Out to Perform" talks about the value of live outdoor music during the pandemic and beyond. Front pages around the world reacted to the death of Diego Maradona with the headlines such as “God is Dead” and “heavenly”. To those in his native Argentina, he is a deified persona for the miracles he worked on the football field. Although off the pitch he was no saint. Jimmy Burns, author of “The Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona”, explores this paradox and what makes Maradona such a remarkable figure for so many. The Archbishop of Canterbury has described the decision to cut the UK’s overseas aid budget as “shameful and wrong”. But what is our moral obligation to the poorest people of the world? Director of CAFOD, Christine Allen, and foreign correspondent, Ian Birrell, discuss this with William Crawley. Producers: Carmel Lonergan Louise Clarke-Rowbotham Editor Amanda Hancox

Adam Boulton and guests assess the Chancellor's Spending Review with a particular focus on the decision to cut the international budget from 0.7 to 0.5 percent.The move breaks a Conservative manifesto commitment and causes the Prime Minister some political discomfort with the threat of a backbench rebellion.And what of the Brexit endgame? No mention of the 'B' word in Rishi Sunak's statement but plenty of discussion among the panel as they ponder what this week's events mean for 'Global Britain.'Joining Adam this week are:Contributing editor at The Mail on Sunday and former speech writer for David Cameron, Ian Birrell; the author of 'Deepfakes' Nina Schick and Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig

The Chancellor’s spending review this week has thrown up competing moral visions for Britain’s place in a post-Covid, post-Brexit world. On the one hand, there will be a boost in defence spending on drones and cyberwarfare; on the other, speculation about the UK’s foreign aid commitment has prompted ex-prime ministers, charities and religious leaders to speak out against any proposed cuts to the aid budget. Symbolically, if not practically, defence spending and overseas aid are seen to be in competition since they are both projections of global Britain. If so, how can we assess their competing moral worth? Is using taxpayers’ money for defence any morally better or worse than for foreign aid? One worldview contends that prioritising investment in defence is jingoistic and problematic, while funding international development is benign and benevolent. Others, meanwhile, consider there to be a greater moral obligation towards those closer to home in response to changing threats from malicious regimes, and question whether the distribution of public funds in the form of overseas aid is incorruptible. Or are the two sectors inextricably linked? Some see international development almost as a branch of national security, exercising soft power and helping to shore up unstable states, while others point out the role of the armed forces in peacekeeping, delivering humanitarian aid and combatting the drugs trade. Both military personnel and aid charities are guided by a moral code and, in both cases, include individuals who have fallen short of that code. When it comes to the daily motivations of human beings on the ground, is the ethos of the armed forces any different to the ethos of international aid workers? With Dr Sabina Alkire, Ian Birrell, Prof Michael Clarke and Dr Sam Perlo-Freeman. Producer: Dan Tierney.

Ian Birrell is a contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, has a weekly column in the i newspaper, and has written for a number of publications, including The Times, The Washington Post, the Daily Mail, and the Guardian. Over the course of his career, he has reported for more than 60 countries worldwide. In this episode, he shares what he knows about the origins of COVID-19 and the COVID-19 situation in general. Press play to learn: Who China's ‘Bat Woman' is and the significance of her role in the information and theories surrounding COVID-19 What characteristics of the virus are unusual What evidence suggests that COVID-19 did not originate from a wet market in China as we've been told Like most of us, Birrell began hearing about COVID-19 around February when stories began breaking in the media about a potential Chinese cover-up regarding the virus. Considering it a “potential” pandemic at the time, Birrell focused his investigative research on these allegations, including one which placed the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with China in cover-up efforts. He wrote a couple of pieces covering evidence which suggests that the infectious virus broke out earlier than claimed, and that the wet market theory of origin might not be true. Birrell explains what's wrong with the wet market theory of origin, citing the original Lancet paper on the wet market which showed that the very first cases identified were not linked to the wet market, a report in the South China Morning Post showing cases going back to mid-November which were not linked to the market, and several early investigative journalists who published articles which have since been censored and removed from most social media websites. In particular, Birrell discusses evidence which suggests that Chinese officials knew by mid-December that human-to-human transmission was possible, and that the entire genetic code of the virus had been sequenced by January 2nd. That genetic sequencing data—data that would have allowed for earlier research on an effective treatment or a vaccine—was not shared until more than a week later, when it was posted on a public access site by an Australian scientist on behalf of a Shanghai professor, who had his lab shut down just two days later. Birrell also discusses the potential of a laboratory leak of the virus, unusual characteristics of the virus, how different nations have responded to the virus, and the need to be wary of vested interests in journalism and science pushing particular narratives about what's going on.   Learn more at http://www.ianbirrell.com/about-me/ and find Birrell on Twitter at @ianbirrell. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Freddie Sayers talks to Ian Birrell about his latest piece for UnHerd, "China is not the hero in this darkest hour". Read the full article here: https://unherd.com/2020/03/china-is-not-the-hero-in-this-darkest-hour/

Simon Walters and Amanda Platell get two very different perspectives on the 'super recogniser' who stepped down this week over controversial posts, with Toby Young convinced he has been thrown to the wolves, and former speechwriter Ian Birrell believing it's right he was shown the door at No. 10. Plus, is the government's new immigration policy dog-whistle racism - or a way to (finally) deliver on the promises of Brexit?

Can a grand vision of 4,000 free public gyms overcome inequality and fight Brazil’s health crisis? Catherine de Lange reports. Written by Catherine de Lange, read by Pip Mayo, produced by Barry J Gibb For more stories and to read the text original, visit mosaicscience.com If you liked this story, we recommend listening to City Cycling: Health Versus Hazard by Ian Birrell, also available as a podcast. Subscribe to our podcast:  iTunes itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosai…id964928211?mt=2  RSS mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss

It’s episode 26 of the Challenging Behaviours Podcast, the podcast that aims to challenge behaviours towards disability in society today. In this episode journalist Ian Birrell talks to Jack and Tom on skype about the work he has done shedding light on the horrendous treatment of people with autism and learning disabilities face in Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs.*) This is a problem than needs to be known, so please please do share this episode around, or some of Ian’s articles, or just tell people about the barbaric nature of what is going on right on our doorstep. You can find Ian’s work in the I paper, the Mail on Sunday and on www.ianbirrell.com. You can get in touch with us on twitter @challengingpod Jack @waspskillbears Tom @rapidrhino123 or give us an email on challengingbehaviourspodcast@gmail.com Please do give this episode a review and a star rating as it will help to spread this story around to those who may have no idea this sort of thing goes on. Let’s help to get the voices of those trapped in these awful conditions heard. *Assessment and treatment units are designed to be short-term secure placements for people with learning disabilities to receive treatment before moving back into the community.

Calories consumed minus calories burned: it’s the simple formula for weight loss or gain. But dieters often find that it doesn’t work. Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley of Gastropod investigate. Written by Cynthia Graber, read by Charlotte Hussey, produced by Graihagh Jackson. For more stories and to read the original text, visit mosaicscience.com If you liked this story, we recommend The fat city that declared war on obesity, by Ian Birrell, also available as a podcast. 

Oklahoma has lost a million pounds of fat. Ian Birrell asks how – and whether declaring ‘war on obesity’ can really change a city’s infrastructure and encourage healthy living. Written by Ian Birrell, read by Kirsten Irving, produced by Barry J Gibb If you liked this story, we recommend listening to Brazil's billion dollar gym experiment by Ian Birrell, also available as a podcast. 

When doctors in rural Italy began to see a surge in cancer cases, they were baffled. Then they made the link with industrial waste being dumped by local crime syndicates. Ian Birrell learns about the tragic consequences.  Written by Ian Birrell Read by Michael Regnier Produced by Graihagh Jackson Subscribe to our podcast: Apple Podcasts itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mosai…id964928211?mt=2 RSS mosaicscience.libsyn.com/rss If you liked this story, we recommend 'Brazil's cancer curse' by Sue Armstrong, also available as a podcast. 

Ian Birrell is, in his own words, a reporter, columnist, campaigner, co-founder of @africaexpress  citizen of the world and a bit more besides. He is also a former deputy editor of the Independent and worked as a speechwriter for David Cameron during the 2010 election campaign. Andrew Boff is the Conservative Group Leader in the Greater London Assembly. He is a serial contender for the London Mayoral elections having stood for the Conservative nomination in 2000, 2004 and 2008 coming second on two occasions. 

An international perspective on reporting and government. We're joined by a columnist and foreign correspondent during his recent trip to Kettering, Ohio. Ian Birrell a contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday and writer for several papers in London, England talked about his work as an international reporter and adviser for speech writing and crisis management. This episode was guest hosted by Stacy Schweikhart.

This June, Kings Place launches The Politics Festival – a weekend of pro-politics talks, debates, discussions and plenty of politics-related entertainment. The Festival's producer Zoë Jeyes talks to journalists and political commentators Steve Richards and Ian Birrell about some of the big topics and speakers featured this year. 23 – 25 June kingsplace.co.uk/tpf

Episode 7 of Stop and Search! So what do you think... are drugs a political issue? Does it matter if you're on the left or right of the political spectrum? Joining us to give some insight - and to take a pin to the Westminster bubble - we have: - Ian Birrell, journalist for publications such as the Daily Mail and iNews, former deputy editor for the Independent, and speech writer for David Cameron during the 2010 election campaign. - Dr Julian Huppert, Lib Dem MP for Cambridge (2010-2015) and was the most senior scientist among his peers in the House of Commons. - Ian Dunt, journalist, broadcaster, editor of Politics.co.uk. Does your opinion of drugs correspond to your political persuasion? What can we do to bring about awareness to the demographics that are hard to reach? What really goes on behind closed doors within the Houses of Parliament? We really do have a very interesting chat on a great many issues. This podcast is particularly revealing... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is nostalgia for an idea of the NHS is inhibiting clear-eyed debate? Samira Ahmed is joined by columnist Ian Birrell and campaigning GP Jonathon Tomlinson to discuss. Alexandra Harris reviews an exhibition of Paul Nash's work at the Pallant House Gallery. Geneticist and writer Adam Rutherford discusses his latest exploration of the origin and future of life. And the television commissioner and producer John Yorke, whose work includes Life on Mars, Shameless and EastEnders, explores television and storytelling.

Mark Coles profiles the controversial Conservative MP Nadine Dorries, who has been suspended from her party for taking part in the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here".Dorries - a self-proclaimed council estate Scouser not afraid of speaking her mind - left school with few qualifications but went on to become a hospital nurse before setting up a successful company providing childcare services to working parents. Then she astonished her mother by entering politics.In the House of Commons Dorries has clashed with the Opposition and many within her own party over the issues of abortion and sex education. She has sparred with David Cameron, who she regards as a "posh boy", and been criticised - even by those who like her - of being too outspoken. According to Ian Birrell, a former Cameron speechwriter, the celebrity jungle will make or break Dorries. "She'll either do very very well at getting across the fact she is unusual for a politician," he says, "or she will rub everyone up the wrong way and be ejected within about 20 seconds. She will be a great success or a great failure - which I think is possibly the story of Nadine.".