Byline Times Podcast

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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 fund a National Care System, and electoral reform. Adrian Goldberg discusses the speech with Byline Times Political editor Adam Bienkov and Chief Reporter Josiah Mortimer. Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

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 Glasgow Region. Produced in Birmingham, UK by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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/adchoices

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

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

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 Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 war correspondent and one of the founders of London’s Frontline Club - whose new book The Extraction Pattern stands as a rebuttal of Gad Saad. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, is Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution  Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 will become a reality.   Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham, UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg gets an update on the Ukraine War from Zarina Zabrisky, reporting from Odessa. She explains the strategic importance of Mykolyayiv, a city targeted by Russia, and Snake Island, which has been recaptured by the Ukrainians. The Byline Times podcast is funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An update on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with Denys Ghanza, a Ukrainian youth delegate to the UN, and Zarina Zabrisky who has been writing about the war for Byline Times. They both affirm the will of Ukrainians to continue fighting rather than commit to a ceasefire which would involve conceding any part of the nation's territory. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces and 22/5/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Ahead of the run-off for the presidential election in France, UK-based French journalist Philippe Auclair explains the ascent of Marine Le Pen, challenger to the incumbent Emmanuel Macron. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 20 April 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Powerful testimony about Russian war crimes from inside Ukraine with opposition MP Inna Sovsun; plus Peter Jukes from Byline Times. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Made in Birmingham by by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast as Byline Radio 5 April, 2022) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hosted by Adrian Goldberg, with Peter Jukes and Idrees Ahmad. 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

From Byline Radio, 21 March 2022 Author Alex Renton discuss a "half arsed" apology by the Sunday Times about Jeremy Clarkson article which critics say amounts to "slavery denialism" (starts at 54.05) PLUS Conservative MP Damien Collins on the need for a football regulator (starts at 26.48) AND the latest on Ukraine with Denys Ghanza in Kyiv and Byline Times Investigations editor 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

Former Labour MP Ian Lucas joins Adrian Goldberg to talk about why the government ignored calls to investigate Russian interference in British politics. His book Digital Gangsters is out now. PLUS Emily Griffith from Action On Armed Violence discusses the killing of civilians in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition. And Alba Kapoor from the Runnymede Trust on government plans to reduced what it calls race 'disparities'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Byline Radio 10/3/22. To listen to Byline Radio, follow @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces. In this episode Adrian Goldberg hears from Peter Jukes, executive editor of Byline Times. Plus Professor Rupert Read, who was "cancelled" by Nick Ferrari on LBC. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by Byline Times subscriptions and memberships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Putin, Ukraine and Londongrad… Adrian Goldberg explores why the UK plays such an important role in supporting the Russian leader – and what he hopes to achieve by amassing troops on the Ukrainian border…   We hear from Russian born journalist and writer Zarina Zabrisky; Bill Browder head of the Magnitsky Justice Campaign who fell foul of Putin after challenging corruption in Russia: and Conservative MP Kevin Hollinrake who has challenged the government over lax financial regulations that have allowed oligarchs to wash "dirty money" through the UK’s financial system aka the "London Laundromat": Produced in Birmingham UK, 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

Sean Binder shares the story of his trial at the hands of the Greek government for no greater crime, he says, than helping refugees arrive safely on the island of Lesvos, where he worked as a volunteer for a search and rescue charity. Sean Binder's legal fundraising campaign is here. This podcast is funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Produced 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

What would the UK be like if Prime Minister Boris Johnson was brought down by his own party…a prospect that seems increasingly likely? In this week's episode we examine that question and do more crystal ball gazing into 2022 with Byline Times Editor Hardeep Matharu and Byline Times co-founder and Executive Editor Peter Jukes. 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

Adrian Goldberg scrolls through a year's worth of Byline Times podcasts to create a profile of Boris Johnson. Contributors include journalist Peter Oborne; Richard Beard, author of Sad Little Men; writer Otto English; haulier Laura Salt; Dr Cathy Gardner; Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell; Bekki Ashmore from Plan International UK. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wealth and power of Britain's public schools go under the microscope in this edition of the Byline Times podcast, presented by Adrian Goldberg. We hear from Iain Overton, leader of the Byline Intelligence Team about the huge growth in assets of these elite educational establishments; and Richard Beard, author of Sad Little Men: Private Schools And The Ruin of England. Produced in Birmingham UK 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

We live in a supposedly equal society but the gender pay gap is currently 8% in favour of men; there’s plenty of evidence showing that government Austerity measures disproportionately affected women; while the debate around the murder of Sarah Everard highlighted how harassment, abuse and violence have become normalised - so do we need a Womens’ Bill Of Rights?  It’s 35 years since the UK ratified CEDAW -United Nations Convention on the Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women – which sets out a comprehensive framework for tackling gender inequality. But critics say that because it’s never been embedded in a law – unlike the European Convention on Human Rights - it’s an inefficient tool for challenging l government decisions which disproportionately affect women and girls. With Dr Jocelynne Scott, President of CEDAW In Law, and Sian Norris, Chief European and Social Affairs Correspondent for Byline Times. We also hear from Shirley, who didn't wish to use her surname. With thanks to Joanne Welch. 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

Thought 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 Enlightenment Abolished; Citizens of Britishness – and revealed that his own ancestors were bought and sold. He's also had one of Scotland's most prominent landmarks in his sights – the Melville Monument in Edinburgh’s New Town erected in honour of Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville, who successfully argued for the gradual – rather than immediate – abolition of slavery. 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

Byline 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. 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

Changes 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 Goldberg and Harvey White. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It 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 Conservative party - and its supporters in the media, who are obsessed with first time buyers and rising house prices. But concern over planning reforms that would make it easier to build on green belt land were also widely cited as a reason for the Tories defeat in recent the Chesham and Amersham by election. We hear from Byline Times writer Julian Mercer; environmental campaigner Merle Gering; Rugby Borough councillor Maggie O' Rourke; and economist Ian Mulheirn. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This 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 policy. Alan lives in his own custom made "eco house" after reclaiming a derelict lace mill in Nottingham. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscribers to the Byline Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian 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 defeat in the Hartlepool by-election and the loss of Councils in traditional strongholds Sheffield and Durham. Presented by Adrian Goldberg. 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

Profit 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 has forced Keith Begg and Alyssa Bittner to quit the country they loved. Made in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. 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

As 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 other story focusses on the plight of the 3 million self employed people excluded from the government's Coronavirus support schemes and features Byline Times writer Mike Buckley and Keith Webb from Forgotten Limited. Presented and Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Byline 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are 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 graduated in 2020. Plus the Bye Bye Brexiters - Byline Times editor Peter Jukes reflects on the Leave campaigners who want Britain to leave the EU, but don't quite love the UK enough to permanently live here, Funded by subscribers to the Byline Times. More details at Bylinetimes.com Produced and presented in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NHS staff who wanted to blow the whistle on poor practice among their colleagues were promised a new deal in 2015 when Sir Robert Francis recommended the creation of the National Guardians Office, which encouraged the "freedom to speak up." This followed scandals at Stafford Hospital and Gosport War Memorial Hospital where concerns raised by workers were ignored - with deadly consequences. Despite the optimism created by the arrival of the NGO, Health Service staff who speak out in public still risk being victimised as Stephen Colegrave has revealed in a series of articles for Byline Times. In this episode presenter Adrian Goldberg explores why the system isn't working with Stephen, former NHS whistleblower David Drew, and Michelle Russell, a nurse who hasn't worked for 5 years after reporting an assault by a co-worker. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sweden's controversial "relaxed" approach towards Coronavirus has found a growing number of advocates in the UK, drawn to its emphasis on keeping society - and the economy - moving, rather than embracing lockdowns. In this episode we explore the impact of the approach pioneered by the country's chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell with Dr Deepti Gurdasani - an epidemiologist at Queen Mary University of London. We also hear disturbing claims that voices of opposition to Tegnell are being silenced within Sweden, with Stockholm resident Keith Begg, founder of Media Watchdogs Of Sweden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the death of George Floyd in the United States, the Black Lives Matter movement became a global phenomenon - and Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu responded by commissioning a new strand called Our Lives Matter, which gives a platform in the newspaper and on the website to writers of colour. In this episode of the podcast, Hardeep discusses the need for diversity in the media with Prithvi Khilosia, one of the writers who has featured in the series. Prithvi describes the challenges faced by the children of migrants from South Asia, when they think of a career in the creative arts or journalism. You can follow Hardeep on Twiiter @Hardeep_Matharu; Pruthvi is @khilosiapruthvia Produced and presented by Adrian Goldberg (@goldbergradio) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What exactly is the Byline Times? What does it stand for? How is it funded? Co-founder and Executive Editor Peter Jukes explains. Plus the strange case of Wigan Athletic. Presented and Produced by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 first to Supplement subscribers, Jason talks to Adrian about Brexit, the UK’s inglorious fascist past, the role of the media, and how authoritarianism on the left differs from that on the right. 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

Adrian Goldberg seeks the context of the remarkable protests in China…triggered by anger over the country’s Covid lockdown measures He'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 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

Elon Musk’s $44bn Twitter takeover has pleased Donald Trump – delighted he said that the social media company is in now what he describes as “safe hands” but it hasn’t pleased every Twitter user. The hashtag “delete” has been trending reflecting the fact that many people are now threatening to leave the site.   Referencing Twitter’s logo, Musk has said “the bird is freed” but does that mean that we can expect to see a rise in hate speech and far right politics?   Adrian Goldberg hears from Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate and Heidi Siegmund Cuda from the Radicalized Pod. 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

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverley has said that football supporters heading to Qatar for the men’s football World Cup should be respectful to the host nation and be willing to make compromises.   But how can you respect a nation which has built a tournament off the back of exploited migrant workers; and where people who are LGBT have to compromise their core identity?   Adrian Goldberg hears from Amnesty International's Felix Jakens and and Sarah Robinson, a member of Proud Baggies comprised of LGBT supporters from Championship team West Bromwich Albion. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. 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

In conversation with Adrian Goldberg, Nafeez Ahmed explores the ideas circulating amongst some senior Conservatives including Prime Minister Liz Truss. Nafeez identifies how Charles Murray, who promotes what Nafeez describes as "scientific racism", has been allowed a platform within the Tory mainstream. Murray argues that some groups in society fare less well than others because they are genetically inferior to others - which leads him to radical economic prescriptions. There's no suggestion that Truss herself or any of her ministers believes in or promotes eugenics, but some of the government’s thinking appears to be influenced by his work. 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

Adrian Goldberg hears details of a disturbing investigation into the UK’s proposed deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda – a policy heartily endorsed by incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss who has said that she will support and extend the scheme to other countries.   The Byline Intelligence Team (BITE) has unearthed details of a previously unreported second deadly protest in Rwanda involving refugees and local security forces. Our reporting team has also discovered that a monitoring committee designed to oversee the treatment of deportees hadn’t been established before the first planned flight out in June. You can read all four of their reports at bylinetimes.com   Adrian hears from one of the BITE reporters, Sian Norris, and Matilda Bryce from Freedom From Torture, which has provided evidence to the High Court for a Judicial Review into the scheme. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. 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

In this episode, Adrian Goldberg hears listeners hopes and fears about the arrival of Liz Truss as Prime Minister.  Truss arrives in the midst of a cost of living crisis that’s destined to get worse, with industrial unrest growing, the NHS in crisis, the ongoing fallout from Brexit, and with international tensions rising after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. If it’s a mess, it’s one she has helped create having held Cabinet positions since 2014, most recently serving as Johnson’s Foreign Secretary. Will her arrival at No.10 do anything to improve things? Adrian hears from Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu, Westminster correspondent Adam Bienkov, and Jeevun Sandher, an economist at Kings College, London. 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

Adrian Goldberg discuss Boris Johnson's drawn out resignation with a host of Byline Times luminaries including co-founder Peter Jukes abd editor Hardeep Matharu, plus Sam Bright, Sian Norris, Paul Mason. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. (Originally broadcast via Twitter Spaces @bylineradio) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg discusses the latest developments in US politics including the overturning of Roe vs Wade, and the evidence against Donald Trump at the January 6 Congressional Hearing, with Heidi Siegemund Cuda from the Radicalized podcast and Sian Norris from Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. 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

Six years after the EU Referendum, Adrian Goldberg assesses the economic and electoral impact of Brexit, with Sam Bright - Investigations Editor of Byline Times - and Thomas Sampson, as associate professor in Economics Department at LSE. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. 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

Ahead of the TUC's "We Demand Better" march and rally in London, Adrian Goldberg talks to the organisation's Policy Officer Sian Elliott about workers' rights, the minimum wage and a four day week. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reaction to the High Court's decision to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda. Adrian Goldberg talks to Zoe Gardner from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and Steve Crawshaw of Freedom From Torture. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 10/6/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Johnny Depp's defamation suit against his former wife Amber Heard led to the award of $15million in damages to the 'Pirates of the Carribean' star - but at what cost to survivors of domestic abuse? Adrian Goldberg talks to Hera Hussain from Chayn, a charity which combats gender-based violence and Sian Norris from Byline Times. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. (Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces on 2/6/22) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 Britain: The Ransacking Of A Nation can be pre-ordered now from Byline Books and publisher John Mitchinson who was a member of the Bullingdon Club.  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

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 bylinesupplement.com   That’s our Substack which has great additional content – check it out.  Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.   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

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 parallels with the attempt to overthrow Joe Biden’s election are more than co incidental. Bolsonaro was an ally of Donald Trump – like him a nationalist populist - and Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has called those who sought to unseat the democratically elected government of President Lula “freedom fighters”. Adrian Goldberg hears from Rodrigo Nunes, a Brazilian political analyst from the Catholic University of Rio and author of a recent book on Bolsonarismo  Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.   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

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. Produced by Adrian Goldberg in Birmingham.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Britain. The're expected to head back home whenever the conflict ends, despite having built newlives here.   In the meantime, rules around visas and qualifications mean they are being denied jobs and educational opportunities. There are stories of doctors working as cleaners.   Adrian hears from Natalia Kogut who fled Ukraine with her two children and Professor Sara Jones at Birmingham University, who has been researching the plight of Ukrainians in the UK. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 Roberts. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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’s kingmaker. Orr runs a postgraduate compound in Cambridge , which has hosted various controversial figures including Peter Thiel himself, his protégé, US vice-president JD Vance, Dutch anti-Islam campaigner Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Canadian anti woke activist Jordan Peterson.  Nafeez and Peter raise serious questions about student safeguarding, the funding of Orr’s operation and, ultimately, foreign influence in UK politics. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White In Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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 Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 City, a tech company based in Leeds.   Tom Forth, an industrial strategist, an app designer and co-founder of Data City, a tech company based in Leeds.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 Are Grey'. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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/adchoices

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, sea turtles and, yes, flamingos.   Adrian Goldberg analyses the protests with Gezim Alpion, a sociologist from Birmingham University and Scott Lucas – professor of US and international politics at the Clinton Institute, University College, Dublin    Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham, UK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 Stone shares his findings with Adrian Goldberg. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 claims of 'two tier policing', Stephen Yaxley Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) spoke at a protest this week in which 11 officers were injured. Nigel Farage called for ‘pure cold rage’ in response to Henry’s death. Adrian Goldberg hears from Tippa Napthali who fought for years to secure justice on behalf of his cousin Mikey Powell - who suffocated in a police van in Birmingham 2003 - and Kojo Kyerewaa, national organiser for Black Lives Matter UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 supplementary vote… Adrian Goldberg hears from from Alex Sobel, MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, who has called on the government set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform; and Darren Hughes, Chief exec of the Electoral Reform Society…   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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