The News Agents

The News Agents

Podcast | United Kingdom | Centre-Left
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42KuWz/

UK political news podcast with Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, and Lewis Goodall. Making sense of the news.

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💼 Business
January 18, 2026

Introducing: Explosive Lies

Here's a new podcast you might like - this is episode 1 of Explosive Lies. All episodes are available now on Global Player, or search for 'Explosive Lies' wherever you get your podcasts. Jim McCormick was a cocky English salesman with an outrageous claim: a black plastic gadget that could sniff out bombs using “electromagnetic energy.” The science was pure fiction. But in the panic after 9/11, governments bought the lie - paying up to $60,000 for a device that started life as a $20 novelty go...

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🎭 Culture
January 17, 2026

AFCON Final: what's the impact of the diaspora? - The Sports Agents

Hosts Morocco face Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final on Sunday. At this AFCON almost 40% of players were born outside Africa, like the face of the tournament Ashraf Hakimi. So where should teams be putting their money - improving recruitment from the diaspora or investing more at home? What needs to change to attract these players? And can Sadio Mane and Senegal stop the powerhouse of Morocco from winning their first AFCON in 50 years? Gabby and Mark are joined by former Prem...

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🏛️ Politics
January 17, 2026

The man the BBC censored for calling Trump corrupt

Just a few months ago, historian and author Rutger Bregman found himself at the centre of a very British controversy. He had been asked to deliver a BBC Reith lecture. His theme was the decadence of the political elite and in his lecture, he made a throw away line about President Trump. But when the lecture was broadcast, that critical line had been taken out. What followed was a row about censorship, media power and truth. This Friday, Rutger Bregman joins Lewis in the studio to talk about t...

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🏛️ Politics
January 16, 2026

Mehdi Hasan on America's 'Neo-Fascism'

We are barely a week into 2026, and already Donald Trump has toppled the president of Venezuela, threatened a NATO ally, labelled a protestor killed by ICE as a "professional agitator", and insisted his own morality is the only check on his otherwise total power. It appears that America's president is entering the second year of his term more aggressively, more defiantly, and more viciously. What does that mean for the US, and the wider world? And when Trump dismisses legal constraints, threa...

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🏛️ Politics
January 16, 2026

Does Keir Starmer have the courage to stand up to Elon Musk?

Is the government about to stand up to Elon Musk? That now seems possible. Downing Street said today that they would support action from Ofcom - the media regulator - against his platforms if they deemed it necessary. Ofcom has announced that it has launched an investigation into Musk's X platform over its AI tool Grok being used to create non-consensual sexualised images of women and children. Ministers have said they expect action within days. After unveiling the lowest homicide figures in ...

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🏛️ Politics
January 16, 2026

Kemi puts the knife in first: Has sacking Jenrick made her stronger?

The politician who once complained of not seeing enough "white faces" in Birmingham probably had a very white one himself this morning. Robert Jenrick's apparent imminent plot to defect to Reform was left in tatters when his party leader Kemi Badenoch uncovered the plan, sacked him and booted him out of the party, and announced it to the world on a polished video clip. What happens now to the shadow justice secretary - as was - and to both the Tory party and Reform? Emily and Lewis speak to t...

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🌍 Geopolitics
January 15, 2026

Should Donald Trump 'Make Iran Great Again'?

"Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS. . HELP IS ON ITS WAY. MIGA." It was a characteristically Trumpian post from the American president on Truth Social (where else?) today which led to more fevered speculation that the US might be about to step in to topple the Iranian regime. Protests across Iran are into their third week, and evidence of the slaughter of Iranian civilians is becoming clearer and clearer. One Iranian official told Reuters that some 2,000 protesto...

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🏛️ Politics
January 15, 2026

Is ICE acting like America's 'Gestapo'?

The images coming out of Minneapolis since the killing of Renee Good are nothing short of dystopian. Day after day, Minnesotans dragged from their vehicles, off the streets, and out of their houses. Often, seemingly, for the crime of nothing other than their ethnicity. Donald Trump took to Truth Social yesterday to tell Minnesota: "THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!". ICE and the Department of Homeland Security are flooding the streets with personnel. Joe Rogan has compared their t...

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