Byline Podcast

The HS2 Rail project has the official support of every mainstream political party in England and Wales bar one - The Green Party. It's also inspired a wave of non aligned environmental groups to set up protest camps along the route.That's some going for a scheme touted as part of the solution to meeting the UK government's zero net carbon commitment.So why do so many people who would broadly identify as 'green' stand against a rail network designed to take hundreds of thousands of cars and lorries off the road?Adrian Goldberg meets campaigners Victoria and Charlotte, who are concerned about the devastation wrought on a Warwickshire woodland by HS2. He also talks to Natalie Bennett who represents the Green Party in the House of Lords, and hears from Byline Times writer Stephen Delahunty.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 interviews Anne Nelson, author of Shadow Network; Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right, in a conversation that encompasses US politics, Brexit and the NHS.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.Anne was previously interviewed at Byline Times by Heidi Sigmund Cuda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, two nations in crisis - Afghanistan and Belarus.Afghanistan is in turmoil following Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops - we hear from Chris Alexander, a former Canadian Ambassador to the country, who lays the blame for the Talbian's resurgence at the door of neighbouring Pakistan.Plus exiled Belarusian journalist Hannah Liubokova on her country's continued repression at the hands of President Alexander Kukashenko.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

Boris Johnson's mantra en route to election victory in 2019 was 'getting Brexit done'. But now that we've left the EU, is the UK getting 'done' by Brexit?Adrian Goldberg assembles a cast of hauliers, an expert in food distribution and Byline Times Chief Politics and Investigations Reporter 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

After an eight year inquiry, the Independent Panel in the death of Daniel Morgan has finally reported - and their conclusion is damning. Panel Chair Baroness Nuala O'Loan concludes that the Metropolitan Police - Britain's most powerful police force - is "institutionally corrupt".Daniel Morgan was the victim of brutal murder in 1987 which remains unsolved. There's more background on the case here and an in depth interview with his brother Alastair Morganwho has led the campaign for justice here. This episode from Byline TV contains "instant reaction" to the Report with Alastair, his partner Kirsteen Knight, Byline Times co founder Peter Jukes, and Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu. Subscribe to Byline TV here.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

Ahead of Euro 2021 England football manager Gareth Southgate has pledged that his team with continue taking the knee in protest at racism - even though some of his own supporters have booed the gesture. Adrian Goldberg discusses the history and meaning of taking a knee with former West Bromwich Albion player Brendon Batson - one a trio of players at the club who broke through in the late 1970s to challenge racism - and Andrew Spence, producer of the award winning Coming In From The Cold podcast, which detailed the history of black footballers in England.Plus journalist and writer Edward Lucas on Russia's cyber warfare against the West.Funded by subscriptions to 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

Adrian Goldberg interviews journalist Alex Renton, author of "Blood Legacy: Reckoning With A Family's Story Of Slavery", which details his ancestors' history of enslaving people from Africa on sugar cane plantations in the Caribbean.We also hear contributions from Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu; Professor Kehinde Andrews, author of The New Age Of Empire; and Sathnam Sanghera who wrote Empireland.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

"On the day" reaction from Byline TV to Dominic Cummings astonishing attack on his former colleagues at two parliamentary hearings. The Prime Minister’s Former Chief Advisor told MP’s that tens of thousands of people had died unnecessarily because of the government’s mishandling of the pandemic and that Boris Johnson was unfit to lead the country. Older people he, said were discharged from hospital into care homes without being tested for Covid allowing the virus to spread. He also said Health Secretary Matt Hancock should have been sacked for repeated lying. Cummings assault supports the criticisms of Johnson and the government made in the Byline Times and on this podcast over many months.What you’re going to hear is analysis with Byline Times co-founder Peter Jukes, editor Hardeep Matharu, Chief Politics and Investigations reporter Sam Bright and Labour MP Dawn Butler.Presented and produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.The Byline Times podcast is 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

Alastair Morgan has been fighting for 34 years to get justice for his brother Daniel who was murdered in a South London pub car park in 1987. The latest setback in his quest was the decision by Home Secretary Priti Patel to delay publication of the findings of an Independent Panel into the killing and the subsequent investigations.No one has been convicted in relation to Daniel's death, and the story sounds like a real life Line Of Duty (which actually namechecked the case in its most recent series). There's evidence of police corruption, links to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, and a sub plot involving politicians such as Patel - who was a guest at Murdoch's wedding to Jerry Hall. In this in depth interview Alastair revisits key themes of the story, and explains the toll it has taken on Daniel's surviving family members.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

This is a special bonus edition of the podcast – looking at the murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan in 1987, and the extraordinary decision by Home Secretary Priti Patel to delay publication of an independent report about the botched investigation into his death. It’s a story that combines vicious crime, murky politics and media corruption.Byline Times co-founder Peter Jukes made a hugely successful Untold Podcast series about the case and has also written a book about it with Daniel’s brother Alistair. I spoke to him about the latest twist in this sorry tale along with Byline Times editor Hardeep Matharu who sees a disturbing pattern in the delayed publication.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