Adrian Goldberg discusses Labour's proposed welfare cuts with Byline Times Political Editor Adam Bienkov and Tom Pollard, head of social policy at the New Economics Foundation. Tom is a former senior mental health policy advisor to the DWP, and is a part time mental health social worker.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.
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22:33
Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain
Liverpool was once the UK's primary port of Empire but has now outlived its original purpose and like many post industrial towns in the UK is struggling for a new identity. Adrian Goldberg talks to Sam Wetherell about his new history, 'Liverpool And The Unmaking of Britain' which offers a perspective on the city as a symbol of both obsolescence and regeneration. Sam's book is a kind of love letter, exploring how Merseyside was abandoned by the capital – and by capital - when it was deemed surplus to requirements. And never mind the people left behind....
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.
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21:09
Kherson, Kursk and Krasnov
Adrian Goldberg hears from Zarina Zabrisky, a Byline Times reporter on the frontline of Ukraine's defence against Russian aggression in Kherson.
Zarina details the impact of the withdrawal of US intelligence, especially in the Kursk region, parts of which Ukraine had seized in a counter offensive; and she also tells us about claims made by former KGB agent that Donald Trump was recruited as a Russian spy in 1987.
Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.
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27:41
Donald Trump's Theatre of Cruelty
President Trump's treatment of his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy is increasingly looking less like international diploamacy and more like performative cruelty. But why? Adrrian Goldberg introduces a conversation between Byline Times Executive Editor Peter Jukes and Editor in Chief Hardeep Matharu.
Produced by Adrian Goldberg, Harvey White and Phil Driscoll.
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49:44
Starmer and Trump - A Special Relationship?
Can UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer really be the bridge across the Atlantic to Donald Trump, an American president seemingly hell bent on destroying the NATO alliance…?
Adrian Goldberg discusses whether the two leaders have a special relationship - and whether that can help Ukraine - with former UK diplomat Alex Hall Hall.
Produced in Birmingham UK, by Adrian Goldberg.
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