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More than 7 million patients are on waiting lists for non emergency operations – the highest number since record began 16 years ago. The government’s solution involves telling GP’s to give a range of options to anyone referred for treatment. Choices might include travelling further for healthcare or going private - but is this the only way forward?…

John Sweeney discuss his new movie for Byline TV, 'Eastern Front - Terror and Torture in Ukraine'.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring Audio for Byline Times.Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show által

Adrian Goldberg hears from Gail Bradbrook - co-founder of Extinction Rebellion and its offshoot Money Rebellion - about the wave disruptive actions against banks and financial institutions accused of funding the climate crisis.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Made by We Bring A…

Rishi Sunak has pledged more help for Ukraine as President Zelenksy visits the UK. But can President Putin be defeated? Adrian Goldberg hears from Zarina Zabrisky who has spent the last year covering the war from Odessa.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.Made by We Bring Audio for …

This is the story of an Oxford University institution known as the Bullingdon Club, and its influence on the UK government. Bullingdon alumni included Boris Johnson, David Cameron, and George Osborne – so to what extent have its values and connections come to define Britain since 2010?Adrian Goldberg hears from Sam Bright whose book Bullingdon Club…

When mundane traffic calming measures become a magnet for outlandish conspiracy theories, you know you’re living in truly bizarre times – but that’s precisely where we are now with Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (aka LTNs) and 15 Minute Cities.Adrian Goldberg talks to Otto English.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by su…

The author of an acclaimed new book about Britain’s most prominent gender identity clinic has told Byline she regards her work as an investigation into flawed healthcare – not an attack on Trans rights.‘Time To Think’ by Hannah Barnes delves deep into the closure of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in London.Adrian Goldberg hears Hann…

Adrian Goldberg explores the White Paper on the governance of football with Daniel Storey of the I newspaper; and Niall Couper CEO of Fair Game.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show által

This time Adrian Goldberg reflects on Newcastle United’s hopes of winning their first major domestic trophy in 68 years when they play Manchester United in the Carabao Cup Final. The Geordies – or the Toon as their known to their fans – have had a dramatic upturn in their fortunes since being bought by the Saudi Public Investment Fund in October 20…

This time we're fusing the personal and the political with Inna Sovsun Deputy Leader of Ukraine's opposition Holos Party.Inna, the former Deputy Minister of Education and Science, joins Adrian Goldberg from Kyiv.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.…

Adrian Goldberg marks the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with Zarina Zabrisky, a correspondent for the Byline Times in Kyiv and Denys Ghanza, a member of President Zelensky’s Youth Advisory Council.First broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradioProduced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Ti…

Knowsley is the suburb of Merseyside where a recent anti refugee protest turned into a riot outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. Amid violent scenes a police van was set on fire and 15 arrests made. This follows the firebombing last October of a processing centre for migrants in Dover. Back in 2016, the MP Jo Cox was murdered by Thomas Mair to a…

In the first of a series of interviews with England's directly elected Mayors, Adrian Goldberg meets Steve Rotherham - Mayor of the Liverpool City Region.They discuss Jeremy Corbyn (for whom Rotherham was a parliamentary aide) as well as levelling up and devolution for the English regions.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.F…

The government has reneged on three promises it made to post-war migrants from the Caribbean - the so-called Windrush generation named after the first boat from the West Indies to arrive in 1948 when the so called 'Mother Country' was desperate for labour. Many of these hard working people and their decendants fell foul of the government’s “hostile…

Families of victims killed in the Northern Ireland conflict are warning that a proposed murder amnesty is being driven by the British state’s desire to cover up its own historical misdemeanours. The plan to end prosecutions for deaths, torture and other serious crimes related to The Troubles was announced by Boris Johnson in the run up to the 2019 …

President Putin invaded Ukraine nearly 12 months ago, causing death and destruction to his neighbour, but the Byline Times has been reporting for years about a broader conflict inspired by The Kremlin – an information war designed to undermine democracy. Adrian Goldberg hears more from Kier Giles, author of Russia’s War On Everybody; Byline Times e…

Mould and damp have long been a concern for many social housing tenants, and the death two-year old Awaab Ishak in Rochdale provided incontrovertible evidence (if any were needed) that it could be fatal.The toddler's inquest ruled last November that he died "as a result of a severe respiratory condition caused due to prolonged exposure to mould in …

Prince Harry’s book Spare has sold 1.4 million copies across all formats in the UK, the United States and Canada – so what does it tell us about the UK and our place in the world? And what does it say about monarchy and the media? Adrian Goldberg is joined by journalist and comedian Ava Vidal, journalist, US based royal commentator RS Locke and med…

The latest Byline Times podcast explores the crisis in the NHS and the factors which lie behind it. We’ve got a Health Service which (in England at least) is riven by industrial disputes, involving nurses and ambulance drivers - with action pending by junior doctors. Ambulance response times are the worst on record; more than half of patients atten…

Adrian Goldberg hosts a discussion about The Week In Politics including the UK government's strike busting plans, Joe Biden and the classified documents and more Our guests this time Adam Bienkov, Byline Times Political editor and Heidi Cuda from the Radicalized Pod – you can read much more from Adam and Heidi on our newest platform bylinesupplemen…

Two years after the January 6 assault on the Capitol in Washington DC, hundreds of right wing followers of the former Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro launched an attempted coup in their country’s capital Brasilia, vandalising the Presidential Palace, Congress buildings and the Supreme Court. Order now seems to have been restored, but the paralle…

Adrian Goldberg gets instant reaction to ITV's 'Harry: The Interview' with US based royal commentator RS Locke, comedian and journalist Ava Vidal and media pundit Mic Wright.This is an edited version of a broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 8 January, 2023Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Time…

What’s next for Extinction Rebellion? The environmental protest group sent out a press release at the start of the year headlined “We Quit” – which might lead you think that, well, they were giving up. Not quite…but they are shifting away from the kind mass public disruption that made their name in the first. XR came to prominence after blockading …

In this episode of the Byline Times podcast, Adrian Goldberg discusses Episodes 4-6 (ie Volume Two) of the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary series.Adrian's guests are US-based royal commentator RS Locke and media pundit Mic Wright.This episode was first aired @bylineradio on 18 December 2022.The broadcast was via Twitter Spaces, so the quality …

Trump, Truss and Twitter - we review The Year In Politics on both sides of the Atlantic with Byline Times editor Adam Bienkov and Heidi Siegmund from the Radicalized Pod. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show által

Trump, Truss and Twitter - we review The Year In Politics on both sides of the Atlantic with Byline Times editor Adam Bienkov and Heidi Siegmund from the Radicalized Pod. Hosted by Adrian Goldberg.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show által

In this episode of the Byline Times podcast, Adrian Goldberg discusses Episodes 1-3 (ie Volume One) of the Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary series.Adrian's guests are comedian and journalist Ava Vidal; US-based royal commentator RS Locke; and media pundit Mic Wright.This episode was first aired @bylineradio on 14 December 2022. The recording wa…

Zarina Zabrisky reports on Christmas in Ukraine after a tumultuous year of resistance to Putin's aggression.Hosted by Adrian Goldberg.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show által

is it time to tune out of Spotify? Spotify is regarded as indispensable to many musicians with emerging artists often regarding it as valuable source of exposure - but it’s also been accused of being tightfisted when it comes to awarding royalties. Last year it paid out more than $7bn US – around £5.7 bn – with more than 1,000 artists earning in ex…

Adrian Goldberg reviews The Week In Politics with Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Andrew Gimson, contributing editor to Conservative Home and author of Boris Johnson, The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.…

Members of the RMT union have brought trains to a virtual standstill in many parts of the UK, but even without that few people would deny that the network is in a mess, with frequent delays and cancellations.Despite that, a poorly performing rail operator like Avanti West Coast could afford to pay shareholders £11.5m dividends according to their la…

What exactly is Elon Musk up to with Twitter? Since buying the social media platform for $44billion dollars in October, the US billionaire has given an amnesty to users who’d previously been banned; he’s overseen the departure of thousands of staff; he’s dissolved the Trust and Safety Council; and he’s abandoned Twitter’s Covid disinformation polic…

This time Harry, Meghan, The Monarchy and the Media …like every other commentator at the point at which this podcast is being recorded we haven’t actually seen the Netflix series about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle but we have witnessed the ferocious howls of outrage from the tabloids who the Duke and Duchess of Sussex clearly have in their sights…

This time Harry, Meghan, The Monarchy and the Media …like every other commentator at the point at which this podcast is being recorded we haven’t actually seen the Netflix series about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle but we have witnessed the ferocious howls of outrage from the tabloids who the Duke and Duchess of Sussex clearly have in their sights…

Zarina Zabrisky reports from Mykloaiv on Vladimir Putin's 'Kholodomor' - the Russian President’s attempt to freeze Ukraine into submission.Hosted by Adrian Goldberg.Based on a report at bylinesupplement.com Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.…

Adrian Goldberg is joined from the United States by Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works – The Politics of Us And Them. The book, which was first published in 2018, has become increasingly relevant following Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans to stand again for President.In a wide ranging conversation, which we are making available fir…

Shamima Begum – the so called Isis bride who quit her home in East London to join the Islamic State group at the age of 15 - is appealing at a Special Immigration Appeals tribunal against the decision to deprive her of British citizenship in 2019 by the then Home Secretary Savjid Javid. In the meantime, the 23-year old is living in a refugee camp i…

This time we’re delving deep into a brilliant Byline Times exclusive revealing that a businessman with ties to Roman Abramovich and two other sanctioned Russian oligarchs had close contact with senior MP’s and peers in the Houses of Parliament. Sergey Bratukhin, known in the West as Sergey Young, was one of the founding members of the All Party Par…

Adrian Goldberg discusses disturbing new figures uncovered by Byline Times which reveal that more than 1,000 people a year are being raped or sexually assaulted on NHS premises …this can include wards, other patient areas, staff room, car parks etc.We hear from Byline Times Chief Social Affairs Reporter Sian Norris, who broke the story, and Daisy C…

Adrian Goldberg hears from Dr Ying Miao, a senior lecturer in politics at Aston University, about the underlying reasons for China's recent protests. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show által

Adrian Goldberg seeks the context of the remarkable protests in China…triggered by anger over the country’s Covid lockdown measuresHe's joined by William Hurst, Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development and Deputy Director of the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscription…

Adrian Goldberg reflects on The Week in Politics with Amelia Womack, former deputy leader of the Green Party and Sam Bright, Byline Times investigations editor.They discuss Cop 27, onshore wind farms, the PPE scandal and migration figures.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times.…

Russia's retreat from the city of Kherson has been followed by an aerial bombardment of major Ukrainian cities targeting their energy infrastructure, and causing widespread power cuts.As Adrian Goldberg hears from Zarina Zabrisky (who somehow managed to online in Odessa) President Putin is also squeezing the gas supply to Moldova, a neighbouring co…

Why has one of the most significant moments in modern British life – the decision to leave the EU – become almost unmentionable our political discourse? Adrian Goldberg hears from Chris Grey, the author of ‘Brexit Unfolded’. Chris writes the ‘Brexit & Beyond’ blog and is also Emeritus Professor of Business and Management Studies at Royal Holloway, …

The men’s football World Cup is taking place in Qatar, which has been widely condemned for its treatment of migrant workers and LGBT people. But is the West guilty of hypocrisy? Dr David Wearing joins Adrian Goldberg and shares an important story about how the UK, US and other powers helped create and sustain this oil and gas state. David is an exp…

This week Adrian Goldberg discusses Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement (aka The Budget), the return of Donald Trump and the World Cup in Qatar.He's joined by Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Heidi Siegmund Cuda from the Radicalized Pod Getting reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement and Donald Trump’s return…Produced in Birmingham by A…

Adrian Goldberg gets reaction to Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement…a budget which the Chancellor says promises sustainability, growth and public services. in his words, it's designed to counter “a recession made by Russia with a recovery made in Britain…” His opposite number Rachel Reeves for Labour condemned what she called his "Bobby Ewing strategy”…

Prices have gone up 11.1% in the year to October with basics like milk, pasta and butter driving the rising cost of living. Who’s to blame? And what can we do about it? Adrian Goldberg hears from Lucy Antal from Feedback, a campaign group that seeks to improve food security and organises mass public feasts using food that would otherwise have gone …

The UK government has signed a new deal with France to reduce the number of asylum seekers and refugees crossing the Channel in small boats. More than 40,000 would be migrants have arrived in Britain so far this year, including 1,800 this weekend alone. The deal will see the UK’s annual payment to France rise from £55million to £63milion, helping t…

Adrian Goldberg reflects on seven days when former Health Secretary Matt Hancock entered the creepy crawly world of the 'I’m A Celebrity' jungle and tarantula loving minister Gavin Williamson found that victims of bullying bite back in the Westminster jungle. It was also the week when the Bank Of England warned that the UK was entering the longest …