Episodios

  • Live Q&A: Reform surge, Starmer's successor and reporting from nightclubs
    May 16 2025

    Jon and Lewis are back for a second News Agents live Q&A taking your questions.

    In the week of the PM's "island of strangers" speech, they discuss why some voters feel "hoodwinked" by Keir Starmer's government, who in Labour ranks is in prime position to succeed him when the moment arrives, and whether the media is responsible for the spike in Reform's poll numbers - or if liberals need to figure out a better way to take the fight to the populist right. They also reveal the weirdest places they have been sent on assignment...

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    42 m
  • Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
    May 16 2025

    Two big exclusive interviews this week on The Sports Agents...

    The new face of rugby, Henry Pollock, joined us in the studio. With two tries from one England cap, and now a Lions call up - this 20-year-old is on a rapid rise, and he’s using that fame to make rugby cool again with his try celebrations. (03:45)

    Gabby and Mark also sat down with Bournemouth manager, Andoni Iraola. Under his guidance the club could qualify for Europe for the first time ever, and he and his players, like Dean Huijsen, are catching the eyes of Real Madrid! (12:15)

    Got a question for The Sports Agents - email us at thesportsagents@global.com

    New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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    24 m
  • Rupert Lowe - in his own words: “Farage, bullying and grooming gangs”
    May 15 2025

    MP Rupert Lowe was kicked out of the Reform party earlier this year after a very public spat with Nigel Farage. He claims “lawfare“ and says Farage was trying to jail a political opponent. Reform say he was dropped for his behaviour after bullying allegations came to light.

    Yesterday the CPS announced no further action would be taken against Lowe, concluding that there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.

    We speak to him on today’s episode about bullying, grooming, and the accusation that Farage was trying to get him locked up.

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    40 m
  • Sex trafficking and freak offs: Diddy on trial
    May 14 2025

    Sean Combs, P Diddy and Puff Daddy - the names are as numerous as the allegations. The hip hop star is standing trial for sex trafficking and racketeering in a legal suit that’s captured America. On today's show we bring you everything you need to know about the biggest trial since Weinstein.

    Later, we ask whether Keir Starmer is now treating Reform as the main party of opposition.

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

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    33 m
  • Is Starmer using the language of Enoch Powell?
    May 13 2025

    In the 24 hours since giving his hard hitting speech on immigration, Keir Starmer and his cabinet have faced accusations his language was channeling that of the far right 1960s politician Enoch Powell. He of the 'River of Blood' speech, in 1968.

    We talk to Lord Alf Dubs, the child refugee and moral conscience of the nation, about how he sees the Prime Minister's language. And why the words matter.

    Later, Christiane Amanpour launches her new global podcast 'The Ex Files' with her Ex Husband, Jamie Rubin, a former State department diplomatic.

    You can listen to The Ex Files here: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42L2sj/

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

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    40 m
  • Keir Starmer: the immigration experiment is over
    May 12 2025

    Keir Starmer, sounding in tone closer to Nigel Farage than previous Labour prime ministers, has called immigration a failed lab experiment and decreed it’s time to take back control. Introducing the government's immigration white paper, the PM says that high net migration has done "incalculable damage" to the country. It’s language that suggests he has been spooked by Reform's recent successes. But language, he presumes, voters now want to hear from their leader. Is he right? And what happens to our most vulnerable if we don’t have NHS staff and care home workers to fill the job gaps no one here is taking?

    But we start with an extraordinary interview with Victor Orban's right hand man. In the week where Zelesnkyy and Putin could meet in Istanbul for a potentially crucial moment in attempts to bring the Ukraine war to an end, why is Hungary at odds with the rest of the EU over Russia? Why have Hungary and Ukraine accused each other of spying over the weekend? And is Starmer's language on immigration now mirroring Orban's a decade earlier?

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

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    43 m
  • Tina Brown on truth, Trump and the future of journalism
    May 9 2025

    For half a century, Tina Brown has been a titan of journalism both here in the UK and in America. Editor of Tatler at just 25, she continued to take on Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, moving now into the digital age of journalism. Through the Reagan era to Trump, Tina Brown has seen it all.

    This Friday, Lewis is joined by Tina in the studio to talk about her vast career, Trump's drive for payback, and the future of journalism in the digital age.

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

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    51 m
  • Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
    May 9 2025

    This week on The Sports Agents...

    After two dramatic Champions League semi-finals we caught up with European Football Journalist Guillem Balagué (03:45).

    World number one tennis player, Jannik Sinner, returned from a three-month doping ban this week. His lawyer Jamie Singer came into the studio (12:15).

    With young superstars lighting up sport recently like Lamine Yamal and Luke Littler, we spoke to skateboarder Sky Brown, who became Britain's youngest Olympic medallist aged 13 (16:15).

    The new snooker world champion Zhao Xintong just came back from a 20-month ban for being party to match fixing. To find out more Jeremy Wilson, Chief Sports Reporter for The Telegraph, joined us (20:45).

    Got a question for The Sports Agents - email us at thesportsagents@global.com

    New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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    25 m
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