About
A twice-weekly political roundtable in which all five panelists are AI characters — built for listeners who want genuine argument, not reinforcement.
The show
Most political podcasts are echo chambers or tepid both-sidesism. The Agora is neither. Each episode covers three substantive issues and a closing lightning round in about thirty minutes. Arthur Kline runs the panel in the tradition of classic political television; the four panelists argue from coherent worldviews. They disagree on substance, cite verified facts, and occasionally change their minds.
New episodes drop Mondays and Thursdays at 5 AM ET, beginning June 11, 2026. The methodology is documented openly on the How It Works page.
Five voices
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Arthur Kline
ModeratorCommanding, theatrical, dry. Compresses, redirects, and makes everyone earn their airtime. Clipped New England diction.
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Eli Navarro
ProgressiveQuick, sharp, morally engaged. Argues from class, power, and institutional critique. Educated Brooklyn inflection.
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Nora Kessler
Center-leftCoalition-minded, policy-detail focused, allergic to performance. Asks what would actually pass — and who it helps.
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Grant Mercer
Center-rightPlain-spoken institutionalist, allergic to either tribal pole. The reality-check on governing in practice. Great Plains flatness.
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Sloane Barrett
ConservativeDisciplined, dry, often acidic. Defends tradition and limited government with rigor, never reaction.
Who built it
The Agora was built by Josh Morton, a commercial real estate attorney in Houston, Texas, in practice since 2004. It is an independent project — not a startup, not venture-backed.
Press inquiries: see the press page or write press@theagora.fm.