Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show

Sep 14 2023 360 ep. 35 mins 36
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Adrian Goldberg's Talk Show. Does what it says on the tin.

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Voter ID: Democracy Under Pressure

Sep 14 2023 23 mins  
Most people in the UK would take pride in the fact that whatever your political persuasion you can take part in free and fair elections. But two new reports suggest that this right isn’t always all it seems.   The Electoral Commission – the government’s own watchdog – has warned that hundreds of thousands of people could be excluded from voting the next time the c

Pitch Battle - Saudi Sportswashing and Newcastle United

Sep 08 2023 27 mins  
  On the weekend that this podcast is released, Saudi Arabia will be playing two international football matches at Newcastle United’s St James Park, against Costa Rica and South Korea - but the results won’t really matter, and not just because the games are friendlies.   Critics say that whatever the final scores, the despotic regime of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salma

ULEZ Expansion

Aug 28 2023 25 mins  
London is about to have the world’s largest pollution charging area, as the capital’s outer suburbs are added to the inner city Ultra Low Emission Zone - ULEZ. Drivers of vehicles that don’t meet emissions standards will be charged £12.50 a day – with motorists facing the threat of a £180 fine if they don’t comply.   ULEZ expansion was widely regarded as a key fact

The Life And Death Of Yevgeny Prigozhin

Aug 24 2023 26 mins  
The life and death of Yevgeny Prigozhin tells us much about modern Russia. After spending years in prison, he launched a business career in St Petersburg in the 1990s, supported by former KGB agent Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin became the figurehead of the Wagner mercenary group, whose troops supported the regular Russian army in Ukraine before launching a short-lived rebellion ag

Detained - For Helping Migrants In Distress

Aug 23 2023 19 mins  
Adrian Goldberg hears from Nathan Akehurst a British volunteer, working on a search and rescue boat in the Mediterranean. The vessel - the Sea Eye IV - has been impounded by the Italian authorities after saving 114 migrants who'd been drifting for days without food, fuel, and water.    Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.   Funded by subscripti

From Trump to "Woke"

Aug 06 2023 31 mins  
Adrian Goldberg hears from former US congressman Joe Walsh, once a member of the low tax, socially conservative Tea Party faction of the Republican party, who supported Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016. Joe has since been on a remarkable political journey that led him to challenging Trump for the 2020 presidential nomination. He now calls himself 'woke' and is on a mi

Ukraine's 'Silent Genocide'

Aug 02 2023 22 mins  
Adrian Goldberg hears from Byline Times writer Iain Overton, freshly returned from Ukraine, about how Russia’s invasion has led to a plummeting birth rate. This is perhaps understandable at a time of war, but many Ukrainians see it in the context of attempts to downplay their culture, destroy their history and erase their language. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. &nbs

Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse

Jul 26 2023 29 mins  
Journalist Daniel Knowles talks about his new book 'Carmageddon - How Cars Make Life Worse and What To Do About It'.   Daniel tells Adrian Goldberg that, “car manufacturers are really not much different to the oil industry or big tobacco”.    He explores the racialised road building helped segregate the US, discusses how UK cities were rebuilt around after the Se

Fair Game Football

Jul 20 2023 28 mins  
As we stand on the brink of a new football season, is there an alternative to the global financial and political interests now dominating the national sport?   There are clubs like Newcastle United which are owned by the oil state of Saudi Arabia – keen to greenwash its reputation and desperate to promote its sporting credentials rather than discuss its human rights abuses.

Heatvwaves, Damp Squibs and the Climate Crisis

Jul 18 2023 24 mins  
As Mediterranean countries grapple with an unprecedented heatwave, the UK is dealing with April showers in July. It seems that we’re now starting to experience the extreme andf unpredictable weather, climate scientists have long predicted. Is it too late to act – and what can we as individuals do.   Adrian Goldberg is joined by Erika Coppola, a climate scientists