logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2024
31m 13s

Kamala Harris wins the debate - and a Ta...

GLOBAL
About this episode

The Presidential debate on Tuesday night was everything that team Harris were praying it would be. Trap after trap laid for Donald Trump which he appeared to walk into.

His areas of strength - the economy and immigration - didn’t really get off the ground. She baited him on his rallies and his racism. And he got very cross.

Moments after the debate ended the Democratic nominee won the support of arguably the most powerful woman alive - Taylor Swift. How will this shift the electoral race?

Editor: Tom Hughes

Producer: Rory Symon

Digital Editor: Michaela Walters

Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

Video Production: Rory Symon & Shane Fennelly

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/

You can also buy your very own News Agents merch at the link below...

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

Up next
Yesterday
Kemi Badenoch abolishes Stamp Duty. Is it enough to save her job?
To rapturous applause and a full throated national anthem, Kemi Badenoch delivered the speech that may just have saved her job. She promised to end stamp duty, abolish VAT on private schools and scrap farmers inheritance tax. She will also ban doctors from striking, cancel univer ... Show More
42m 12s
Oct 7
Why Robert Jenrick wants to see more 'white faces'
Robert Jenrick has doubled down on remarks - from a speech he made in March - just leaked to The Guardian. In it he rued the 90 minutes he spent in Handsworth saying it was “like a slum” and wondering “where all the white faces were”. He insists he’s talking about the need for i ... Show More
36m 15s
Oct 6
Is there any difference between the Tory party and Reform?
This week at a depleted Tory conference Kemi Badenoch must try and convince her party of its need to exist and of her own place at the top of it. The problem, though, is many voters simply haven’t heard of her. Is anonymity worse than unpopularity? And how does she make new polic ... Show More
39m 56s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 2024
Kamala Harris wins the debate - and a Taylor Swift endorsement
The Presidential debate on Tuesday night was everything that team Harris were praying it would be. Trap after trap laid for Donald Trump which he appeared to walk into. His areas of strength - the economy and immigration - didn’t really get off the ground. She baited him on his r ... Show More
31m 13s
Oct 2024
Why is Kamala Harris struggling with minority voters?
The old wisdom held that Democrats could rely on the votes of those in the Black and Latino communities - often immigrant families that felt that party were on their side. But in recent elections that has started to shift. Kamala Harris is struggling to win the Black vote at the ... Show More
33m 12s
Aug 2024
Who stands to gain from the Trump Harris TV debate?
The rules of the last TV debate were set by Joe Biden. And that didn’t go so well for him...Jon has an incredible story of the hours leading up to that debate and who knew what. But right now those debate rules are being re- litigated by Kamala’s team, who now say they want the m ... Show More
30m 54s
Oct 2024
Vance vs. Walz - Who won the veep debate?
Imagine a political world where Donald Trump doesn’t exist. That’s what the VP debate sounded like on CBS last night. There was none of the crazy talk. No stage stalking. Not a whisper of a pet eating migrant...It was just two blokes talking policy rather delicately. Tim Walz see ... Show More
35m 37s
Sep 2024
Why has Trump just admitted he interfered with the last election?
Trump has been having what our grandmother's mght once have called 'a funny turn'. He keeps saying things out loud he then regrets. He admitted this week he had both lost the last election and tried to interfere with the result. Then he argued against the 6 week abortion ban in F ... Show More
32m 58s
Sep 2024
Will porn site posts cost Trump a state?
We start with the very strangest of tales - the man standing to be North Carolina's governor was found to have called himself a "black nazi" on a porn website some years ago and called for a return to slavery. The reason it's making headlines is because he was endorsed by Trump s ... Show More
34m 58s
Nov 2024
Hope and fear as America heads to the polls - who will win? - The News Agents
The stakes could hardly be higher as US voters turn out to vote for the next President. Is it the White House or the jailhouse for Donald Trump? Could America be on the cusp of its first female POTUS? The country is on a knife edge, security barricades are going up, and once agai ... Show More
27m 21s
Jul 2024
Trump shot: What does it mean for the election? - The News Agents
Hours after Presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, Jon and Lewis take a look at how the assassination attempt will impact the election in November.Will it strengthen Trump's campaign? And does it mean Joe Biden will now definitely stand against h ... Show More
26m 18s
Mar 2025
Trump turns congress into a MAGA rally
Trump promised his state of the Union speech would be BiG. He meant Long. It was 99 minutes. We watched so you didn’t have to. Today, we bring you the high lights and low points. And we speak to the man who would now be Secretary of State - if Kamala Harris had won the 2024 elect ... Show More
35m 44s
Jul 2024
Live in Milwaukee: Trump's grip on the GOP tightens as Biden is on the brink
We're live in Wisconsin, talking to a number of key Republican players as the party unites around Trump as Joe Biden's health and viability for office is increasingly under the spotlight. Editor: Gabriel Radus Video Production: Rory SymonThe News Agents USA is brought to you by H ... Show More
39m 24s