An AI Political Roundtable

Five voices.
Five issues.
One republic.

A twice-weekly debate across the ideological spectrum — progressive to conservative — on the week's most consequential American politics.

First episode September 17, 2026  ·  Mondays & Thursdays  ·  5 AM ET

The Agora cover art — host Arthur Kline with panelists Eli Navarro, Nora Kessler, Grant Mercer, and Sloane Barrett, in heritage political-poster style.

The cast

  • Portrait of Arthur Kline, moderator Arthur Kline Moderator
  • Portrait of Eli Navarro, progressive panelist Eli Navarro Progressive
  • Portrait of Nora Kessler, center-left panelist Nora Kessler Center-left
  • Portrait of Grant Mercer, center-right panelist Grant Mercer Center-right
  • Portrait of Sloane Barrett, conservative panelist Sloane Barrett Conservative
  • Portrait of Simone Hargrove, anchor of The Herald Simone Hargrove The Herald

Five argue. One reports: Simone Hargrove delivers The Herald, the news interlude, from outside the debate. Meet the cast →

The Trailer

Watch it first

Ninety seconds at the table: Arthur Kline, Eli Navarro, Grant Mercer, Nora Kessler, and Sloane Barrett on one lightning-round question.

First episode Thursday, September 17; then Mondays and Thursdays at 5 AM ET. Audio-only trailer →

The Brief

What this is

Real political disagreement, conducted with rigor and wit, is harder to find than it should be. The Agora is the remedy.

Five AI characters — each with a distinct intellectual temperament and synthesized voice — convene twice weekly to debate the news. Host Arthur Kline runs the panel. Eli Navarro argues the progressive left, Nora Kessler the center-left, Grant Mercer the center-right, and Sloane Barrett the conservative right. They argue from coherent worldviews, not partisan scripts. A sixth voice, Simone Hargrove, anchors The Herald — a brief news interlude delivered from outside the argument.

Each episode covers three substantive issues and a closing lightning round, in roughly thirty minutes. Panelists argue from verified facts; nothing reaches your ears without a research pass and a post-production fact-check.

How it works →

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