The News Agents

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  • Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall – three of the UK’s top journalists – host an award-winning daily news podcast: The News Agents. They’re not just here to tell you what's happening, but why. Expect astute analysis and explanation of the day's news – and a healthy dose of scepticism and the ability to laugh at it all when needed. Episodes are available every weekday afternoon. You can listen to The News Agents on Alexa, just say "Alexa ask Global Player to play The News Agents" The News Agents is a Global Player Original podcast. For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
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Episodes
  • Peter Mandelson on Elon Musk, free speech, and his next big job

    Peter Mandelson on Elon Musk, free speech, and his next big job
    Nov 15 2024

    An ever present figure in British politics since the 1980s, Lord Peter Mandelson isn't done yet. He's hoping to become the next chancellor of Oxford University, but his name's also been brought up in the conversation about who should become Britain's ambassador to the US under Donald Trump.

    Lewis spent the morning with him in Oxford, for a conversation about higher education, culture wars, how Labour should engage with the new American administration - and why Elon Musk is too big for Keir Starmer to ignore.

    Editor: Tom Hughes

    Executive Producer: Louis Degenhardt

    Producer: Natalie Indge

    Digital Editor: Michaela Walters

    Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

    Video Production: Rory Symon, Shane Fennelly & Arvind Badewal

    Digital Journalists: Michael Baggs & Jacob Paul

    You can watch Lewis's special report on the abortion crisis in Florida here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5BCL0ocFE

    Don’t forget you can also subscribe to our other News Agents podcasts via the link below:

    https://linktr.ee/thenewsagents

    The News Agents USA now have merch! Click here to buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents-usa

    You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents"

    The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/
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    41 mins
  • Could an alleged sex trafficker become America’s next Attorney General?

    Could an alleged sex trafficker become America’s next Attorney General?
    Nov 14 2024

    Donald Trump’s latest cabinet picks are actually laugh out loud hilarious. Unless, of course, you are American. In which case they are a signal that he doesn’t give two hoots about the rule of law or US security. Today we talk through the ethics of appointing Matt Gaetz and the persuasions of Tulsi Gabbard.

    And, we speak exclusively to Steve Hilton, former Downing Street advisor to David Cameron who is now behind Donald Trump and seriously considering a run for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s old job - Governor of California.

    Editor: Tom Hughes

    Executive Producer: Louis Degenhardt

    Producer: Natalie Indge

    Digital Editor: Michaela Walters

    Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

    Video Production: Rory Symon, Shane Fennelly & Arvind Badewal

    Digital Journalists: Michael Baggs & Jacob Paul

    You can watch Lewis's special report on the abortion crisis in Florida here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5BCL0ocFE

    Don’t forget you can also subscribe to our other News Agents podcasts via the link below:

    https://linktr.ee/thenewsagents

    The News Agents USA now have merch! Click here to buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents-usa

    You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents"

    The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/
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    31 mins
  • Has Elon Musk changed the media forever?

    Has Elon Musk changed the media forever?
    Nov 13 2024

    Elon Musk is the world's richest man, owner of the biggest media platform and the new President's latest bed fellow. Is X now an arm of the US government? And what’s happening to the podcast space in America? Why can’t centrists find the influence that the Right wields there?

    Later, Estonia's Foreign Minister tells us that British NATO troops in his country can be deployed within days to fight Putin. They’re both dreading and expecting an invasion.

    Editor: Tom Hughes

    Executive Producer: Louis Degenhardt

    Producer: Natalie Indge

    Digital Editor: Michaela Walters

    Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

    Video Production: Rory Symon, Shane Fennelly & Arvind Badewal

    Digital Journalists: Michael Baggs & Jacob Paul

    You can watch Lewis's special report on the abortion crisis in Florida here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5BCL0ocFE

    Don’t forget you can also subscribe to our other News Agents podcasts via the link below:

    https://linktr.ee/thenewsagents

    The News Agents USA now have merch! Click here to buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents-usa

    You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents"

    The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/
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    36 mins

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Great

I really value that the journalists are stating their own views without needing to toe any particular line.

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Love their humour !

3 very thoughtful compassionate journalists with a lovely relaxed style. Unbiased take on current news and political events.

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Well informed

Excellent pod cast, listening to one about Donald Trump, amusing and educational, listen to Newsagents regularly

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refreshingly excellent journalism

look forward to every podcast. BBC, you really missed a trick with this trio. in depth news with never the term "sorry, we have finish there. we have run out of time" onwards and upwards you three musketeers !

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Listening from Ireland

Listening from Ireland and have a great interest in UK politics. This podcast is superb

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What Newsnight used to feel like

Back in the late 80s and 90s, I'd get my news from Newsnight. Paxman's legendary interviews, Kirsty Wark trying to control Tom Paulin and Germaine Greer on the Newsnight Review. It was the fun side of the intellectual establishment. Since Maitlis and Goodall got edged out, it's been a poodle of the administration, and it's been necessary to look online for anything like independent news coverage (God forbid one look to ITV or Beeb 1; that's past praying for). But thank Heaven for the merry trio of Goodall, Maitlis & Sopel. Their coverage is a little left-leaning, within very controlled parameters - that alone makes them a breath of fresh air (and God knows the right never control the parameters within which their news partisans operate - GB Froth, anyone?) Their coverage is broad but never shallow, their access is exceptional for online news. And I'm guessing all their regular listeners find the badinage a cheesy pleasure. Since discovering the News Agents, I can go to bed a full hour earlier, because I don't need to wait up to be disappointed by Newsnight's tapioca pudding, but can think and chuckle on my commute every morning instead. God bless these merry folks.

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Analysis worth listening to.

I got out of the habit of watching the news during Covid and never went back. Lots of daily news doesn’t interest me anymore. However, the in-depth analysis provided by ‘The News Agents’ is worthy of my attention. The presenters compliment each other well. Emily was my favourite presenter on Newsnight, back when I watched it.
The same goes for the US version.

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very good

i really enjoy this podcast, interesting and plain speaking daily news and political analysis.

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Thoughtful and interesting analysis of the news

Very enjoyable podcast, the interaction between the three presenters is both informative and entertaining. Emily's grilling of one of the "New Conservatives" is a personal fav ("You picked radishes for four months, why'd you leave?"), also interesting to discover the pea picking and hair sweeping/washing hidden skills.
Stones in the pea bag, for shame.........

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Flashes of greatness undermined by smugness and bias

This is an uneven podcast, which is frustrating as the hosts are individually talented and collectively capable of something greater than the sum of its parts. So what goes wrong? A default soft left worldview, banal choice of topic and guests, far too much ex BBC chat, and a dangerous lack of perspective on many issues - the coverage of Huw Edwards was a travesty. Fine, he’s Sopel’s mate. But couldn’t Emily or Lewis have been more forensic in their scrutiny of Edwards’ misdemeanours?

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