Press

The Pitch

In brief

A twice-weekly AI-generated political roundtable. A moderator and four commentators — progressive to conservative — debate three issues and a lightning round in roughly thirty minutes. Every episode is grounded in verified facts before the panel speaks and fact-checked again after. The full approach is on the How It Works page.

Built by Josh Morton, a commercial real estate attorney in Houston, Texas. An independent project — not a startup, not venture-backed.

Audio

Trailer & sample episode

• Trailer 90-second introduction to the show and the cast. Coming soon
• Sample episode A complete, representative episode. Download →

Documents

Press materials

• One-page brief ~430 words. The 90-second read. PDF →
• Full press kit Positioning, panel bios, pull-quotes, creator background. PDF →
• How The Agora Works Methodology, in full. Read → PDF →

Imagery

Visual assets

Heritage political-poster illustration. Muted red, navy, and cream. Available for editorial use, attribution requested.

• Cover artFive-character composition, with wordmark. High-resolution PNG. Download →
• Character portraitsAll six cast members, plus cover and wordmark. ZIP. Download →
• Show wordmark"THE AGORA," navy serif. PNG. Download →

The Cast

At a glance

Arthur Kline — Moderator. Commanding, theatrical, dry. Clipped New England diction.

Eli Navarro — Progressive. Quick, morally engaged. Brooklyn inflection.

Nora Kessler — Center-left. Coalition-minded, policy-focused, allergic to performance. Bay Area intonation.

Grant Mercer — Center-right. Plain-spoken institutionalist. Great Plains flatness.

Sloane Barrett — Conservative. Disciplined, dry, rigorous — never reactionary. Texas drawl.

Simone Hargrove — The Herald. Solo news interlude; never debates. Composed, editorially neutral. Chicago cadence.

Get in Touch

Contact

Available for interviews and technical walkthroughs. Replies typically within 24 hours during the U.S. workday.