Adrian Goldberg explores the latest political stories from Westminster and the world.
Episodes
Hegseth: The Case Against
Adrian Goldberg discusses the attempted impeachment of the US Secretary of State For War with Professor Scott Lucas, at the Clinton Institute, University College, Dublin.Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Israel and The US: Is It Over?
Has Republican defeat in the mid-terms destroyed the consensus over US support for Israel? Adrian Goldberg talks to Sarah Jaffe, author of From The Ashes and Necessary Trouble, Americans In Revolt.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham, UK.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump Trumped In Mid Terms
Adrian Goldberg assesses the Democrats emphatic victory in the US mid terms with Alex Hall Hall, a former UK diplomat turned political commentator.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Time To Abolish Westminster???
Adrian Goldberg explores Adam Ramsay's new book 'Abolish Westminster' with the author. 'Abolish Westminster' is published, appropriately enough, on November 5, the anniversary of Guy Fawkes' attempt to blow up parliament.
Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and HarveyvWhite.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Great Replacement Hoax
Adrian Goldberg hears about a three-year, far-right influence campaign aimed at stirring up anti-Muslim hatred in Europe by amplifying the Great Replacement Theory – the idea that Muslims are stealthily seeking to replace white Europeans in
their homelands. Anti migrant sentiment was also promoted…
Facebook,Tik Tok, you tube, Google ads and X are all implicated – with the operation seemin
China Vs Joshua Wong
Whatever happened to Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong, who was featured in the hit Netflix doc, 'Teenager vs Superpower'?
In this special edition of the podcast, Andrew Duncan shares Joshua's back story with Adrian Goldberg. To watch an exclusive video update, head over now to Byline Times TV.
Podcast produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about
Trump, Putin and the Mid Terms
Adrian Goldberg talks to former UK diplomat Alex Hall Hall about President Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin and the forthcoming US mid term elections.
Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Reform Racism Exposed
Adrian Goldberg discusses ITV's undercover investigation of Reform UK, which uncovered racism among candidates and councillors, with Byline Times Investigations editor, Nafeez Ahmed.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"My Dad Died Because Of Facebook"
Adrian Goldberg is joined by Abrham Meareg, whose father was murdered in Ethiopia after disinformation was posted on Facebook. We also hear from Martha Dark at Foxglove, which is supporting Abrahm in a legal case against Facebook's owners, Meta.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Russia's Brexit Meddling "Proven" Says PM
Russia DID interfere in the 2016 EU referendum, according to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Adrian Goldberg hears from Byline Times editor Peter Jukes who has been making this case for the best part of a decade.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No Hiding Place For War Crimes - The Reckoning Project Pt 3
In partnership with The Reckoning Project, we look at how war crimes can be pursued across borders. With Janine Di Giovanni. Introduced by Adrian Goldberg for Byline Times.
For TRP: Produced by Aliide Naylor with Charles Bell Media.
For Byline Times Podcast: Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"My Son Was Murdered - But I Want To Abolish Death Penalty"
In the wake of Christa Pike's botched execution in Tennessee, Adrian Goldberg hears from Revd. Dr. Crystal Walker about her murdered son Edward. She explains why, despite his killing, she is opposed to the death penalty."
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
China's African Empire - with Paul Kenyon
The age of imperialism is officially over, with UK and European nations no longer ruling Africa, but in his new book, 'China's African Empire - The Country That Captured A Continent', Paul Kenyon traces how the world's rising superpower has replaced them.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Propaganda As A War Crime: The Reckoning Project Pt 2
Janine di Giovanni explores the pursuit of justice for victims of war crimes in a special mini-series created by The Reckoning Project, with Byline Times. This time - Propaganda as a War Crime with Peter Pomerantsev.
For TRP: Produced by Aliide Naylor with Charles Bell Media.
For Byline Times Podcast: Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho
Andy Burnham's 'Honest Gov' Speech
It wasn't so much ‘honest guv’ as 'honest gov' when Andy Burnham spoke at The Labour Party conference in Liverpool. The PM pledged to say the things politicians usually avoid - namely deindustrialisation, deregulation, privatisation, austerity and Brexit were all 'named and shamed'. The headlines were the scrapping of the existing triple lock system for
pensions, with the savings used to fun
The State of Manchester City
Adrian Goldberg and Dr Jan Zglinski from the LSE explore the geopolitics of the Premier League's case against Manchester City amid reports that the club has been found guilty of 144 breaches of financial rules. City denies any wrongdoing.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Reckoning Project: Part One
Janine di Giovanni explores the world of justice for victims of war crimes in a special mini-series created by The Reckoning Project, with Byline Times. This first episode traces a path from Slobodan Milosevic to Vladmir Putin.
For TRP: Produced by Charles Bell Media with Aliide Naylor.
For Byline Times Podcast: Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. V
The Reckoning Project Introduction - Janine di Giovanni
Adrian Goldberg talks to acclaimed war reporter Janine Di Giovanni about The Reckoning Project - the first part of a forthcoming series in conjunction with the Byline Times Podcast.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The UK "Is a hostage to the bankers"
Andy Burnham’s government should throw off the shackles of the international money markets and look at alternative ways of funding public investment, argues Jamie Driscoll, former Labour Mayor for the North of Tyne region.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Artificial Intelligence: Taming 'Killer' Tech
Adrian Goldberg talks to Kyle Taylor, author of 'The Little Black Book Of Artificial Intelligence' about warnings that AI could wipe out the internet and even destroy humankind.
Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(Not So) Nice n' Sleazy; Farage and Reform
Adrian Goldberg discusses Reform UK's growing reputation for sleaze with Peter Jukes, founder and executive editor of the Byline Times, in the light of revelations made by an undercover Channel 4 documentary.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Unhappy At Holyrood
Has Scotland's parliament lost sight of the consensual model of politics on which it was founded? Exit interviews with outgoing members at Holyrood reveal a mood of frustration and disappointment according to research carried out by the IPPR think tank . Adrian Goldberg hears from Dave Hawkey, a senior research fellow at IPPR Scotland, and Paul Sweeney, Scottish Labour and Co-Op MSP for the Glasgo
The Resistible Rise of The AfD
After the resounding victory of the far-right Alternative fur Deutschland in regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Adrian Goldberg hears from Dr. Jan Eichhorn who born in the East German region and has polled voters there. Dr Eichorn s senior lecturer in social policy at the University of Edinburgh.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad ch
UK Car Industry - Battle For Survival
With news that Jaguar Land Rover is laying off 4,000 workers, is there a future for the UK car industry? Adrian Goldberg talks to Professor David Bailey from Birmingham Business School.
Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andy Burnham's Jailbreak: Solving Prison Overcrowding
Adrian Goldberg discusses Prime Minister Andy Burnham's options to solve prison overcrowding with Jodie Anderson a former criminal
barrister and currently a senior caseworker at the charity INQUEST, which
works with the families of those who die in custody.
Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho
Paul Mason: Is Communism Dead?
Adrian Goldberg talks to Paul Mason about the future of communism, based on his book 'Reds: A Global History Of Communism.'
Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Trump's Economic War On Canada
Adrian Goldberg dicusses President Trump's latest tariffs on Canada with Siobhan Vipond, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour
Congress which represents more than 3 million workers
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Arday and the Alt Reich
In light of the tragic death of black Cambridge University professor Jason Arday, and the media frenzy that preceded it, Adrian Goldberg revisits an interview with Byline Times Investigations editor Nafeez Ahmed, about the far-right network which promotes the idea of white superiority. Nafeez's book, 'Alt Reich, The Nework War Against The West' is available now from Byline Books.
Produced in Birm
Zack Polanski 'The Green Socialist'
Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Warfield about his new biography of Green Party leader Zack Polanski - 'Zack Polanski, The Green Socialist' -which is published in September by Pluto. Russell worked on Polanski’s leadership campaign in 2025 and was previously an active member of the Greens.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visi
Infantino's 'Kick Back Hat Trick'
Why hasn't FIFA President Gianni Infantino stepped down after the row over his plan to sell off some World Cup marketing and ticketing rights? Adrian Goldberg hears from Nick McGeehan, founder of sports and human rights pressure group Fair Square.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why We Need More Empathy - Not Less
Is the west suffering from too much empathy? The argument has been advanced by Gad Saad in his New York Times best seller Suicidal
Empathy: Dying to Be Kind , where he argues that excessive empathy from
the political left is leading society down a self destructive path. But there is another perspective which argues that we need more empathy not less. Adrian Goldberg hears from Vaughan Smith - a
Ceuta: What really happened
Adrian Goldberg discusses the 'wave' of 50,000 migrants that appeared recently in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, in North Africa, which prompted claims of an 'invasion' by the far-right on both sides of the Atlantic. He's joined by Stephen Zunes a professor of politics and director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, whose most recent book, coauthored with Jacob Mundy, i
Gaza: "Nowhere Is Safe"
Adrian Goldberg hears from Dr James Smith, deputy director of the humanitarian policy and practice programme at UCL, London. Dr Smith is volunteering in Al Mawasi – a coastal region of Gaza – which has become homes to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the conflict with Israel; and where people are waiting anxiously to see if a ‘peace plan’ announced last week by President Trump wi
Trump's 'Forever War' In Iran
Having promised to end 'forever wars,' is US president Donald Trump now at risk of becoming embroiled in one in Iran? Adrian Goldberg hears from
Scott Lucas is professor of international politics at the Clinton Institute, University College, Dublin.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Burnham's Burning Questions
What will the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham do differently to Keir Starmer? Can he really get the economy growing in a way that eluded his predecessor…? Is his dream of reindustrialisation a reality?
Adrian Goldberg discusses Burnham's big questions with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and David Bailey, an industrial strategy expert a professor at Birmingham Business School.
Pro
France And The Far Right
Adrian Goldberg hears from Enda O'Doherty, author of The Dark Side Of France, which traces the history of the French far right.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Putin Persecution Leaves Ukrainians In Limbo
In this episode, Adrian Goldberg hears from Ukrainians left in limbo after fleeing Putin’s persecution. Following Russia’s full scale invasion in 2022 the UK – like many other European countries – opened its arms to those displaced by the fighting and more than 200,000 live here now.
But unlike refugees from other countries, Ukrainians don’t have a pathway to permanent residence in Brit
Burnham's Priority "Must Be Council Housing"
Adrian Goldberg talks to ITV's Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt about the dire state of Britain's social housing stock. Dan is the author of "Left To Rot - How Governments Have Betrayed Us And How We Fix It" is out now via Bristol University Press.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andy Burnham: In His Own Words
Andy Burnham discusses his political beliefs and the events that shaped them in this in depth interview with Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu, recorded in July 2025 at the Byline Festival, Keele University.
At the time, Burnham was Mayor of Greater Manchester and had no inkling that withing 12 months he'd become PM. The result is an unusually revealing conversation.
Video - Sean Byrne Rober
James Orr: Reform's Cambridge Kingmaker
Adrian Goldberg highlights a brilliant Byline Times investigation by Nafeez Ahmed and Peter Jukes which exposes the links between Cambridge University, Reform UK and the Trump-supporting US tech billionaire Peter Thiel…
The individual who connects all three is James Orr – who is both
an associate professor of Divinity at Cambridge AND Head of Policy at Reform. He’s been described as Nigel Farage’
Farage Does A Trump
Adrian Goldberg and Byline Times Political Editor Adam Bienkov discuss Nigel Farage's decision to resign from parliament and force a by-election of his own Clacton seat.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Under Fire In Kherson: Ukraine War Latest
Adrian Goldberg discusses Russia's latest onslaught on Ukraine with Byline Times correspondent Zarina Zabrisky, who is based in Kherson. As you will hear, Zarina recorded the interview as nearby buildings came under attack.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The State of America: Happy Birthday USA
Adrian Goldberg marks the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence with Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes; Alexandra Hall Hall, a former British diplomat who is now a US citizen: Heidi Siegmund Cuda, the Emmy award winning investigative journalist; and Scott Lucas a professor of international politics at the Clinton Institute, at UCD Dublin…
Produced in Birmingham by Ad
Manchesterism vs Thatcherism
Can Andy Burnham's desire for more devolved government in the UK i.e. 'Manchesterism' undo the damage caused by Thatcherism? Adrian Goldberg talks to Leeds-based Tom Forth, an industrial strategist, app designer and co-founder of tech company Data City.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Tom
Forth, an industrial strategist, an app designer and co-founder of Data
The Bulls******s Of Brexit
Adrian Goldberg exposes the bullshitters of Brext with author Otto English and Simon Duncan from the Ealing Distillery, makers of Ealing Gin.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham, UK
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Starmer Out, Burnham In - What Next?
Adrian Goldberg discusses Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as PM and his probable replacement by Andy Burnham. His guests are Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov, Dr Sarah Longlands, chief executive of Centre for Local Economies and Chris Hayes from the think tank Common Wealth which is said to have Burnham's ear.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg./
Learn more about your ad choice
Andy Burnham: Forged In Football
Adrian Goldberg discusses the extent to which the identity and political views of Andy Burnham - hotly tipped to be the next PM - have been shaped by his association with football. There are contributions from Dave Boyle, who worked with Burnham at Supporters Direct, a government funded body designed to encourage fan ownership, and Graham Ennis, a fellow Evertonian, who ran the fanzine 'When Skies
Hope Beats Hate: Burnham's By Election Victory
Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov talks to polling expert Peter Kellner about Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election.
Hosted and produced by Adrian Goldberg.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Women, Wealth And Power - with Victoria Bateman
Adrian Goldberg talks to Victoria Bateman, author of Women, Wealth And Power - a revisionist history which provides evidence that, contrary to popular perception, women have been key generators of wealth for millennia. The book is published in paperback on July 2, 2026 in the UK.
Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm
Albania's Flamingo Revolution - And The Trump Connection.
Albania has witnessed nightly demonstrations against the development of a luxury resort on the unspoilt Sezan Island by – amongst others - Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in law Jared Kushner.
Protestors have gathering nightly in the capital Tirana to the
oppose the plan, which threatens to disrupt a key habitat for migratory birds, endangered species such as Mediterranean monk seals,
World Cup 2026: Time To Tackle FIFA
Marking the start of World Cup 2026, Adrian Goldberg talks to Nick McGeehan, director of Fair Square, about their campaign to remove FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How AI is becoming an election issue
Artificial Intelligence will shape our all lives for better or for ill for years to come…and now there's growing evidence that it's starting to influence how people vote.
New research by think tank Diffusion ahead of next week’s Makerfield by election suggests that four out of five voters say they don’t trust the government to effectively control the companies making AI.
Lead author Daniel St
How The Far Right Is Exploiting Henry Nowak's Murder
The tragic murder of student Henry Nowak in Southampton last year has been seized upon as a cause celebre by the far right – even though Henry's father Mark said he didn’t want the incident to be used to create further hatred, division or tension. Police handcuffed Henry as he lay dying, following false claims by his killer Vickram Digwa that he had been the victim of a racist attack.
Amid c
"The Two Party System Is Dead - Time For Electoral Reform."
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has put the idea of electoral reform back on the agenda during the course of the Makerfield by election. Burnham has said that if he returns to Westminster and becomes Labour leader, he’ll put changes to the voting system future manifesto. The former Health Secretary has doesn’t back proportional representation; instead he favours a method known as the supplem
"Let's Stop Trump Bullying Cuba"
As the United States tightens its economic stranglehold and threatens to invade the Carribean island, Adrian Goldberg hears from Rob Miller, director of the UK-based Cuba Solidarity Campaign.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham, UK.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is Birmingham 'Ungovernable?' And What Does It Say About The Rest Of The UK?
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 tha
Jan 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump - But Convicted Again!
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
The Finance Curse: How Private Equity Upended Capitalism
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
Sadiq Khan - talks Starmer, Trump and Islamphobia
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
Is The UK Heading For Divorce?
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 Ad
Election Special: Labour Pains, Turquoise Tide, Nats Bite
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
What The West Gets Wrong About Iran
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
The King's Visit - And The Erosion of US Democracy
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
Natalie Bennett: Green Thinking
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
How long can Keir Starmer survive as PM?
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
The Human Factor in the age of AI, Apps and Tech
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
The Iran War - And Why The World Has Reached Fossil Fuel Tipping Point
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
Viktor Orban's defeat - and what comes next for the far right
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
Trump and Iran: "Where's The Adult In The Room?"
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
GB News, Matt Goodwin and the rise of the Populist Right
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”
Crypto, Foreign Donations - and the Threat to Democracy
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 worl
"Unbelievable" Aid Cuts "Will Cost Lives"
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
Trump's War: Chaos, Confusion And Cost
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
Andy Street: The Conservative Alternative
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
Trump, Starmer and the Coercive Relationship
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
Trump, Iran and the 30 Year Plan
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
"It's Illegal" - Trump's War On Iran
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
Greens Gatecrash Gorton and Denton
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
Ukraine: Four Years After
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 megaph
Daniel Rachel: Rock Music, The Swastika and Nazism
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
