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)
Q&A: More on MAID, Godwin's Law & Paddington's Passport
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Trump versus Starmer, Starmer versus slavery reparations
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Jon Sopel on Britain, America… and the future of journalism
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Q&A: Kamala, Climate, and Compulsory Fun? 👻
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To kill or not to kill… is assisted suicide in the UK really a good idea?
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Who really controls Britain?
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Q&A: Disappointing Keir, Tory freebies and a bit of drumming
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LIVE FROM BERLIN! Germany’s woes and Johnson’s lies
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An unbelievable year of horror after October 7… is there any hope?
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Q&A: Lucy Letby, Proporational representation and Wernham Hogg
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One month to doomsday
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Tearing into the Tories: like shooting fish in a barrel
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Q&A: These are the best impressions you'll hear all year
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Alarm in Lebanon: Why the conflict in the Middle East is escalating
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Do Labour REALLY understand what’s at stake here?
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Q&A: Where's The Hope? And Should We Feel Icky?
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John Major is 100% right about Brexit
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Trump assassination attempt, Lib Dem’s Brexit strategy and Starmer’s wardrobe
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Q&A: The Govt's GoFundMe, Dogs vs Pigs & Intelligent Swearing
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Fixing the NHS will take more than cliches
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Keir Starmer is needlessly fuelling resentment
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Q&A: Licensing Reporters, Migrant Tragedies, and Christmas Cheer
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From a bonfire of red tape to Grenfell: a case study in societal failure
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Far right rises in Germany - but not as much as Oasis ticket prices
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Q&A Smoking Outside, Printing Money and booking Kemi
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Adam Boulton on why politicians need to be braver. Yes, Keir… that’s you.
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Q&A: From Milton Keynes to Keynesian Economics
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Who’s a proper Charlie then?
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Charlie Mullins: Brexit, Business and Nigel Farage
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Remembering 2012: when Britain seemed a lot less depressed
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Q&A: Is JD Vance a Democratic Plant?
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Hey Nigel, if you don’t like this… sue us
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Now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Tory deficit
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Q&A: Michelle Obama for President and what is 'Brat'?
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The Anne Applebaum Interview
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You blew it, Biden
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Q&A: Could the EU join the UK? Plus Trump Conspiracy Theories
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Has Starmer done enough?
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“The shot heard round the world”
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Q&A: Brexit, Starmer, and Football Fever
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Is Joe Biden now the most dangerous man in America?
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The UK's Administrator In Chief is off to a flyer
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What a night! What a win! What now?
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At last … the election run-in - with special guest Tom Baldwin
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Q&A: Will Starmer recruit Campbell and the cost of Brexit
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Good chaps, bad chaps - how British politics went bent
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Farage V Johnson and the Daily Mail
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Q&A: Could cultural activism kill the arts and do we need electoral reform?
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Rosie Holt MP laughs in the face of Tory electoral collapse
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