Byline Podcast

A report by Amnesty International has been denounced as "Russian propaganda" by the organisation's Ukrainian chief, who has since quit. Hear why with journalist Tom Mutch who talks to Adrian Goldberg from Kyiv.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

England is facing the prospect of an official drought – millions of people have had hosepipe bans – but 2.4 billion litres of water are wasted in England every day thanks to leaky pipes. Figures obtained by the Lib Dems show that in the last two years executives at water and sewage companies paid themselves more than £27m in bonuses, benefits and other incentives – and overall gave themselves £48million in pay. In Scotland and Wales though, water is run on a non profit basis.  Adrian Goldberg hears from Martin Lines an arable farmer in Cambridgeshire and UK Chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network and Cat Hobbs from the pressure group We Own It.Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Originally broadcast @bylineradio via Twitter Spaces Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Far right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay more than $49million dollars – around £40 million pounds – in damages after his repeated claims that the Sandy Hook School massacre in 2012 was a hoax.  He claimed the incident was fabricated to increase support for gun control. 26 people were killed in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut – 20 of them children; Jones has now acknowledged that the tragedy was real, but how was he allowed to flourish unchecked for so long and build a fortune based on his Infowars brand which – ironically – was source of huge MISinformation. Adrian Goldberg hears from Michael Edison Hayden, an investigator with the globally respected Southern Poverty Law Centre, based in Alabama and Heidi Siegmund Cuda from the Radicalised Pod.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 gets the latest update on Russia's invasion of Ukraine from Zarina Zabrisky, who has been to the site of a massacre in Bucha, as well Irpin and Hostomel, and other areas close to the capital Kyiv.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.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 hears details of a new study which shows that the public spending gap between London and the north of England has grown, despite government promises to 'level up' the regions.His guests are Amreen Qureshi from IPPR North, the think tank which conducted the research; and Sam Bright from Byline Times, author of 'Fortress London; Why We Need To Save The Country From Its Capital'.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.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

To what extent are problems for holidaymakers at Britain's borders due to Brexit? Adrian Goldberg investigates with Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent.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

Adrian Goldberg discusses the Week In Politics with Byline Times co founder Peter Jukes, and editor Hardeep Matharu. They discuss Boris Johnson's final PMQ's, the Tory leadership race and the Forde Report into allegations of internal sabotage within the Labour Party.Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.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

Author and journalist Zarina Zabrisky gives Adrian Goldberg an eyewitness account of life in Odessa, the strategically important Ukrainian city under attack from invading Russian forces.Produced by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to the Byline Times newspaper.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

Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Naomi Long, the leader of the Alliance Party, talks to Adrian Goldberg about discovering that her effigy was being hung and burnt at a Loyalist bonfire.Produced 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 UK - along with much of western Europe - swelters in record breaking temperatures, are our politicians finally ready to embrace the realities of the climate emergency?Adrian Goldberg is joined by Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell; and Cam Walker, Campaigns Co-Ordinator for Friends of the Earth in Australia and a volunteer firefighter who challenges bush fires.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.(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