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)
Meanwhile in Gaza… Have we lost our moral compass?
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Could Just Stop Oil now be considered terrorists?
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Keir Starmer in big trouble at home
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Trump drags the world to the edge of reality
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This week's Two Matts Q&A: Are we witnessing the early stages of a global war?
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The week the world holds its breath
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The genius of myth-busting ... with Helen Lewis
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Q&A: Is the Trump-Musk rift far from amusing?
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The extraordinary science of creativity with Marcus du Sautoy
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Down and out in the manosphere - with James Bloodworth
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Is the Brexit argument now behind us?
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The New European becomes The New World - with Alastair Campbell
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Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Putin?
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Rwanda 2.0, communications failures and Jane Austen accents
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What were Musk and Trump smoking?
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What the tragedy in Liverpool tells us about Britain
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The Daily Mail, wisdom and nostalgia for the Tories
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Chemical castration and the government’s prison plan … is it nuts?
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Brexit is dead. Long live the future
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The big PR debate, Labour comms and Green populism
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Blessed are the jet-givers: St Donald goes to Qatar
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Mr Starmer’s strange island of strangers
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Q&A: Rip-off train fares, vile Andrea Jenkyns and bye bye Weightwatchers
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The problem with this Labour government is…
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Zbig: the man who shaped the world
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Disaster prepping, taxing sugar and enough of Tony Blair already
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Election special - Be clear, Keir: You’re failing
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The murder of Virgina Giuffre and Trump’s 100 days
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Q&A: Does Keir Starmer possess a moral compass?
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The truth about Pope Francis … and your reaction to our trans debate
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How to grow your moral ambition, with Rutger Bregman
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Q&A: why can’t we go to the bleedin’ shop today?
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Supreme sense? The aftermath of the trans rights ruling
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But what is Britain anyway?
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Starmer v Chamberlain and The Stones v The Beatles … fight, fight, fight!
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Trump blinks – but don’t relax yet!
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From the horse’s mouth - Behind the scenes with one of the world’s great diploma...
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Q&A: When will Starmer and Reeves wake up to Europe?
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Trump’s tariffs: It’s the end of the world as we know it!
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The Ballad of John and Paul … plus The End for Marine Le Pen?
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Q&A: Does journalism get any better than Adrian Chiles on toilet rolls?
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The failure of Rachel Reeves + the choreography of fascism
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Yes, they are incompetent. Yes, they HATE Europe
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Q&A: Should the French take back the Statue of Liberty?
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Reform’s falling apart - and the best book we’ve read in ages
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Gaza, Columbia and the Copium epidemic
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Q&A: Is this America’s Brexit moment?
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Has Starmer become the PM we need?
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Liverpool and the unmaking of Britain
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Q&A: State Visit? Suits you sir!
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