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, The Herald’s news interlude, and two closing lightning rounds, 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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