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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  • Are we reaching an end-game between Russia and Ukraine?

    Are we reaching an end-game between Russia and Ukraine?
    Sep 20 2024

    Tickets are now on sale for The News Agents 'live on stage' at The Royal Albert Hall on Sunday December 1st . Buy yours from Global Player at the link below.

    https://articles.globalplayer.com/2GXq4afyiJDx1xqP7ZMiP9ZVkWQ

    On today's show Jon asks whether we're edging closer to the end of the war in Ukraine. Two and a half years on from Russia's invasion, President Zelenskyy is confident he now has a plan for victory. But how realistic is this? What might a peace deal look like? And how will the outcome of the US Presidential election affect it?

    To answer all these questions and more, Jon is joined in the studio by journalist and bestselling author Mark Urban, an expert in diplomacy and conflict.

    Editor: Tom Hughes

    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

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

    https://linktr.ee/thenewsagents

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

    And you can grab your News Agents merch, including t-shirts, hoodies and water bottles at the link below.

    https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents

    The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/
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    26 mins
  • Has Starmer got a sleaze problem?

    Has Starmer got a sleaze problem?
    Sep 19 2024

    Just two months on from the landslide general election and Starmer is having to field questions about the 100k worth of freebies he's received since 2019 and why his chief of staff, Sue Gray, is being paid more than the PM.

    The story it tells is of frantic briefing around the PM by disgruntled special advisors. Is this a problem he has to fix? Or can he ignore it? And can he withstand accusations of 'sleaze' after labelling the Tories with that for so long? We talk to the Starmer's chief of staff before Sue Gray - Sam White.

    And Aggie Chambre, LBC's political correspondent reveals to us the new rules for MPs at Labour conference.

    Tickets for The News Agents live on stage at The Royal Albert Hall go on sale Friday morning from 10am on global player.

    https://articles.globalplayer.com/2GXq4afyiJDx1xqP7ZMiP9ZVkWQ

    Editor: Tom Hughes

    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

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

    https://linktr.ee/thenewsagents

    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/

    https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents
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    40 mins
  • Are the attacks on Hezbollah a breach of international law?

    Are the attacks on Hezbollah a breach of international law?
    Sep 18 2024

    The attacks on Hezbollah operatives were as audacious as they were incredible. Yesterday, targeting four thousand potential terrorists remotely through their pagers. And further attacks today using handheld radios.

    But when the dust has settled, how will the world view this move? Was it justifiable? Or a breach of international law? What are the ethics of targeting so large a group? And was it a breach of Lebanese sovereignty?

    Jon and Emily talk to former Newsnight defence editor Mark Urban, and Professor of International Law, Philippe Sands.

    Tickets to see the News Agents Live on Stage at the Royal Albert Hall go on sale this Friday, September 20th. They will be available via Global Player at the link below.

    https://articles.globalplayer.com/2GXq4afyiJDx1xqP7ZMiP9ZVkWQ

    Editor: Tom Hughes

    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

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

    https://linktr.ee/thenewsagents

    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/

    https://store.global.com/collections/the-news-agents
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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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