The News Agents

By: Global
  • Summary

  • 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
  • Weekend Edition - The Sports Agents
    Oct 5 2024

    This week on The Sports Agents,

    Gabby & Mark asked former Chelsea talisman Frank Lampard for his thoughts on their current one - Cole Palmer - but is he the best player in the Premier League right now?

    Plus, Sam Burgess was among our guests as we explored whether the only way to save Rugby was to reunite the two codes!

    And after Liverpool's Ibrahima Konate questioned why he hadn't received the Player of the Match award last weekend, we explained how (and who) actually decides...

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

    New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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    24 mins
  • Strangeland: Jon Sopel on how Britain stopped making sense
    Oct 4 2024

    After eight years as North America Editor Jon returned home to the UK, but things weren't quite as he had left them.

    In his book, Strangeland, Jon recounts what it was like in the US, looking back to the UK - and the strange feeling when he returned home to realise that either Britain had changed, or he had. Lewis sits down with Jon to discuss just how much the British political landscape has changed over the past 10 years.

    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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    36 mins
  • Why is Labour being so weird?
    Oct 3 2024

    The Labour freebies story “broke“ over a month ago. Yet last night whilst Keir Starmer was meeting with Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels he found himself fielding questions about what free stuff he was handing back after agreeing to repay 6k.

    Why is Labour being so weird about this? Does it tell us something more about labours naïveté? Or perhaps their unreadiness for government? Or is the media environment just a whole lot more complicated since they were last in power.

    Later, new documents have been released overnight in the US claiming Trump “resorted to crime" in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Will this change the Supreme Court view that he’s “immune from prosecution?”

    And lastly, the Chagos Islands - Where are they and what’s going on?

    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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    33 mins

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Great podcast

Very topical, daily news from the UK. As an American who lived abroad in the UK in the 90s I love it! And with our countries still tightly connected in this global world the news agents commentary is very much appreciated!

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