Byline Podcast

Adrian Goldberg talks about the early weeks of Donald Trump's second coming as US President.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian Goldberg talks Putin, Big Tech and Defending Democracy with Jana Zikmundova, Belgium’s ambassador to Ukraine between 2011 and 2014, and now an activist with the NGO Defend Democracy. Jana grew up in Czechoslovakia, and as a 12 year old, saw Russian tanks invade her homeland.Produced in Brmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Byline Times co founder Peter Jukes and Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu chart changes in the media landscape from Murdoch to Musk.Introduced by Adrian Goldberg. Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Phil Driscoll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there no end in sight for the London’s title as the libel capital of the world? Adrian Goldberg hears from Peter Geoghean who runs the Democracy for Sale substack about 'the craziest defamation case' he’s ever worked on. It’s ended with Solicitors Regulation Authority deciding to take no action a law firm who pursued the investigative website Bellingcat on behalf of a sanctioned Russian warlord. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We mark Press Freedom Day by celebrating the Anti-Slapp campaign, which is aimed at protecting journalists who want to expose wrongdoing.A SLAPP is a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation – a legal case brought, usually by the rich and powerful to intimidate those who want to question their behaviour into silence. Famous examples include the fomerChelsea owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich who took action against Catherine Belton and her publisher Harper Collins over claims made in Belton’s book ‘Putin’s People’: and attempts by lawyers working for the then Chancellor Nadim Zahawi to gag tax lawyer and journalist Dan Neidle who’d been investigating his.finances. Adrian Goldberg hears from Susan Coughtrie, co chair of the Anti Slapp coalition and  Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana, CEO of the press regulator Impress.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time, the chance for a long listen, with Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu and Byline times co-founder Peter Jukes, reflecting on the inauguration of Donald Trump and the farewell address of Joe Biden, the outgoing US president. Biden warned of the dangers of a 'tech industrial complex' taking over the States.Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Phil Driscoll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rupert Murdoch has been shamed after his News Group Newspapers admitted to illegal activity for the first time as it settled a phone hacking case brought by Prince Harry.NGN made a “full and unequivocal” apology to the Prince after acknowledging that private investigators employed by The Sun used unlawful methods to gather information about him.NGN also said sorry for its intrusion into the private life of Harry’s mum, Diana Princess of Wales and is thought to have paid in the region of £10 million pounds to settle the case.They also settled with former Labour Deputy leader Tom Watson.Byline Podcast editor talks to investigative journalist Dan Evans, who in a previous journalistic life, worked for the News Of The World. Dan is a phone hacking whistleblower and has given evidence in the litigation against NGN.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, Adrian Goldberg discusses the prospects for peace in the Middle East, with Hannah Weisfeld, director of Yachad, a British-Jewish organisation which promotes a negotiated settlement to the conflict.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Bienkov, political editor for Byline Times, dives into Elon Musk's surprising influence on UK politics. He discusses how Musk's tweets have shifted the political landscape, particularly affecting the Labour and Conservative parties. The conversation highlights the complexities of media manipulation, the rise of Islamophobia, and the dangers of misinformation. Bienkov critiques the inflammatory rhetoric used by politicians, stressing its impact on societal cohesion and the urgent need for better online discourse.

Adrian Goldberg talks to Steve Lacey, once of Conservative Friends of Russia, and Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes about their contribution to the hit podcast 'Sergei and the Westminster Spy Ring' - with specific reference to how the Kremlin used British influencers to gain insights into the new world of the blogosphere in the 2010s.Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White in Birmingham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices