The Two Matts
Join The New World's Matt Kelly and Matt d'Ancona plus occasional guests for weekly chat on politics and media with a side of cultural stuff. A podcast in the spirit of the award-winning New World newspaper - irreverent, witty, surprising, argumentative ... and annoying all the right people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes (1225)
This week's Two Matts Q&A: Is charisma now a political party in its own right?
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Is the Mamdani moment as big as it seems?
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Reeves flunks it
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Is it time for Keir Starmer to finally smell the rose...
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The Autocrats … Trump and Xi kiss and make up (for now)
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Rock bottom (maybe?) for Labour - where next?
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Are we giving Nigel Farage too much airtime?
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Cops have no business policing the offensive
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National disgrace: Where Andrew and the grooming gangs meet
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Q&A: Israel and Palestine… the gloves come off
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The Power Broker: Inside Paul Marshall’s extraordinary network of right-wing inf...
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Trump’s day of days in the Middle East: It’s a win… take it
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Q&A: Is Donald Trump actually the right man at the right time?
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Why we are addicted to everything everywhere - with Joe Woof
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How do we deal with Islamism in the UK?
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: The case for Keir Starmer
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Michelle Mones and moans and moans - but she got her just deserts
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LIVE… from Liverpool! Did Keir pull it off?
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Q&A: Is Andy Burnham being unrealistic?
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“Donald Trump is an idiot” … discuss
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Exploring the world of far-right misogyny - with Cynthia Miller-Idriss
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: What does it mean to be British today?
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From Trump to Charlie Kirk to Tommy Robinson - making sense of a whirlwind
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The Traitor’s Circle: the price of standing up against evil
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Do we support Palestine Action?
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The killing of Charlie Kirk and the fall of Peter Mandelson
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If Labour don’t rescind Palestine Action ban, here’s their nightmare scenario
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Q&A: Why didn’t Nigel Farage go back to school with the rest of class?
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Angela Rayner, Take 2. She should go.
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How much does the Daily Mail hate Angela Rayner?
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Q&A: Should Tony Blair be getting involved in Gaza?
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Did Artificial Intelligence kill Adam Raine?
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Farage, migrants and racism … it’s complicated
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From the archive – Zbig: the man who shaped the world
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From the archive: How to grow your moral ambition, with Rutger Bregman
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From the archive: Everything humans need to know about Artificial Intelligence -...
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Q&A: Can sport ever be apolitical?
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With Sonia Sodha on the NHS trans case that will test the law
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Gary Lineker speaks out about Gaza, the BBC and the Daily Mail
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Are we finally getting bolder over Gaza?
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Rise of the far right and the resurrection of Jeremy Corbyn
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The real crime is how Labour let Farage control the narrative
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Why do Reform get such disproportionate airtime?
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The greatest scandal of our times?
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The BBC on trial
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Is it a genocide or not?
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Tax the (VERY) rich!!
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Special guest Tom Baldwin: Can Keir turn a bad start around?
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Should we admire Keir Starmer's willingness to back d...
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What really makes humans tick? And what’s going on in Number 10?
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