{"podcast":{"title":"The News Agents","slug":"the-news-agents-5644592","podcast_index_feed_id":5644592,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-news-agents/","website_url":"https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/58f6e4cb-452b-498a-aa9f-f2712f51923b/BwI612Bfc8clOS-joY07s7rz.jpg","author":"Global","episode_count":1172,"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: GlobalStudiosSales@global.com You can visit our website here https://www.thenewsagents.co.uk/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T04:19:35.907561+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592"},"episode":{"title":"Spygate 2.0: Should Play-Off Final be CANCELLED? - The Sports Agents","slug":"spygate-2-0-should-play-off-final-be-cancelled-the-sports-agents","published_at":"2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/spygate-2-0-should-play-off-final-be-cancelled-the-sports-agents","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592","url":"https://the-sports-agents.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://dax.captivate.fm/16e28ce5-fc42-4328-b70a-292a010d1172/21-05-encoded.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=7772fc46-ea54-4d40-88c5-4fb111af73a8&aw_0_1st.episodeid=29d72adc-8b45-40ed-a19f-ec1156df6fa3&played_on=c49390b9-6909-4cd3-a974-e270cf686f27","summary":"Southampton's failed attempt to appeal their expulsion from the final for spying means that it will be Middlesbrough heading to Wembley to take on Hull in football’s richest game. Espionage that could ‘cost’ upwards of £200 million … normally a story for Ian Fleming but in an end of the season that keeps on giving, this is the tale of the Championship play offs. But what is the legality surrounding the decision? Is Tonda Eckart's sacking inevitable? and is there a case for the final to be voided and Hull to go up automatically? Gabby is joined by Former Saints midfielder & EFL TV presenter David Prutton and top sports lawyer Tom Murray to debate the ramifications. 📩 Got a question? Send it here: https://forms.gle/9SBbW1SYWqXLKnRT7 💭 Tell us your thoughts in our listener survey: https://forms.gle/YMUvajQktqBuimgh6 🖥️ Watch our full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsAgentsPod 📱Follow us on socials: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesportsagents Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thesportsagents/ X - https://x.com/sportsagentspod 📥 Email: thesportsagents@global.com Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides Producers: George Sexton-Kerr Video Producer: Samuel Trudgill Social Media Editor: Jasmine Wissart Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global You can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say \"Alexa, ask Global Player to play The Sports Agents\". 👕 The Sports Agents have merch! You can buy yours now: https://store.global.com/collections/the-sports-agents","meta_description":"Southampton's failed attempt to appeal their expulsion from the final for spying means that it will be Middlesbrough heading to Wembley to take on Hull in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1703,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-news-agents-5644592/episodes/spygate-2-0-should-play-off-final-be-cancelled-the-sports-agents/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-news-agents-5644592/spygate-2-0-should-play-off-final-be-cancelled-the-sports-agents.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}