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The Two Matts - Podcast

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.

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Politics News Commentary Government News
Update frequency
every 2 days
Average duration
47 minutes
Episodes
561
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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Q&A: Does Owen Jones Deserve Better?

Q&A: Does Owen Jones Deserve Better?

The Matts discuss Owen Jones resigning from the Labour Party, ponder the need for an upper chamber in the UK parliament, debate the influence of unions, Donald Trump's latest rhetoric and briefly tou…
00:37:11  |   Sun 24 Mar 2024
Is Rachel Reeves right that Blair was wrong?

Is Rachel Reeves right that Blair was wrong?

Rachel Reeves speech on the future of the economy is dense with ideas that will affect all our futures under a Labour government. What did she mean and why does it matter? The Two Matts do the deep d…

00:51:55  |   Fri 22 Mar 2024
Q&A: Extremist Definitions and Global Interventions

Q&A: Extremist Definitions and Global Interventions

Did Deggsy do well for Liverpool? Why is no one intervening in Gaza? Can you ban “extremism”? And is Fargo better than the Big Lebowski? The Two Matts take the big questions of our times head on

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00:26:08  |   Sun 17 Mar 2024

"Extreme theories about Princess  Kate"

The inside track on how Princess Kate and the Royal press offices messed up so badly … and how some of the most famous photographs ever were faked. But first … another week of shambolic governance co…

00:41:42  |   Fri 15 Mar 2024
Q&A: GB News, Rough Sleeping & UPFs

Q&A: GB News, Rough Sleeping & UPFs

Are ultra-processed foods the new cigarettes? Is there a solution to rough-sleeping? And should the fact GBNews lost £75m last year cheer us up .. or scare us even more? All this and more on the Two …
00:23:50  |   Sun 10 Mar 2024

"Live... From New York!"

Join us for our first transatlantic podcast as Matt D’Ancona in Manhattan and Matt Kelly in London dissect the extraordinary events of this week’s Super Tuesday and what it all means for the seemingl…

00:40:49  |   Fri 08 Mar 2024
Q&A: Mob Rule, Ofcom and Tucker or George for a beer?

Q&A: Mob Rule, Ofcom and Tucker or George for a beer?

Beer with Tucker Carlson or George Galloway? Mob rule; Lee Anderson and Liz Truss v Rishi Sunak; and is Ofcom doing a great job regulating GBNews … (take a wild guess).

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00:24:11  |   Sun 03 Mar 2024

"The Man Who Knows Keir Starmer Best"

In conversation with the Two Matts, the man who knows Keir Starmer better than most - his biographer Tom Baldwin sheds light on a complex politician and what we might expect from him as PM - includin…
00:41:45  |   Fri 01 Mar 2024
Q&A: Liz Truss, wealth taxes & garbage food

Q&A: Liz Truss, wealth taxes & garbage food

Garbage “food”, Liz Truss and the deep state; anti-semitism; and “legitimate concerns about racism” - all explored

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00:23:02  |   Sun 25 Feb 2024

"The Poison Of Putin"

Remember the war in Ukraine? The one that used to be front page news every day for a while? It’s TWO years since Putin launched his full scale invasion and after a brief period of delusional confiden…

00:53:06  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
Q&A: Scornful Headlines, Beveridge Report and IDK

Q&A: Scornful Headlines, Beveridge Report and IDK

Why are politicians terrified of the Daily Mail? Should Labour pin their colours to the proportional representation mast? Is Jez Butterworth a genius? And what’s the secret to effective communication…

00:30:38  |   Sun 18 Feb 2024

"Labour's Forever War"

Unravelling and deciphering the chaos within Labour’s response to anti-semitism - the eternal conflict simmering, and now once more raging, within the party’s ranks. What does it mean for Starmer’s m…

00:49:28  |   Fri 16 Feb 2024
Q&A: Diagnosing Fox, The US and Israel & more impressions

Q&A: Diagnosing Fox, The US and Israel & more impressions

Were we too hard on Laurence Fox? Why does the US back Israel? And is it segue or segway? All these and more on our soaraway Sunday Q&A episode.

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00:22:35  |   Sun 11 Feb 2024

"Can We Count On Keir?

What is it about Keir Starmer and pledges … his latest u-turn is a big one: the central plank of his economic reboot of Britain’s economy into a global green leader. Where does it leave him in terms …

00:47:51  |   Fri 09 Feb 2024
Q&A: Excess Deaths, Instagram Harm and Computer Brains

Q&A: Excess Deaths, Instagram Harm and Computer Brains

The brass neck of The New European; why are tens of thousands of people dying before their time in the UK; shouldn’t we stop Instagram harming our children; and what superpower would the Two Matts li…

00:27:25  |   Sun 04 Feb 2024

"Laurence Fox Off"

If Laurence Fox is just the monkey, then who is the organ grinder and why is he pumping millions into causes and individuals so conspicuously damaging Britain? The 2 Matts ask some uncomfortable ques…

00:43:09  |   Fri 02 Feb 2024
Q&A: Northern Ireland, National Trust and Lefties

Q&A: Northern Ireland, National Trust and Lefties

This week the Two Matts tackle division in Ireland, independence in Scotland and personal abuse from Julia in south London.

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00:18:29  |   Sun 28 Jan 2024

"Germany Fighting Fascism"

When more than a million people came out in cities across Germany to protest against the far right AfD party, it was an indication of how perilous that nation’s political situation has become. New Eu…

00:51:35  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
The Matts Recommend: Disorder

The Matts Recommend: Disorder

A little bonus episode of a podcast we like: the Disorder podcast, by friend of the pod Jason Pack (alongside former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall), tackles the big question of how the world …

00:18:22  |   Wed 24 Jan 2024
Q&A: SNP, Subpostmasters, and Centre-Right Podcasts

Q&A: SNP, Subpostmasters, and Centre-Right Podcasts

The Matts discuss Scottish National Party's political strategies, ponder the what-if scenario of a centrist incursion oining the Tory party and delve into data protection issues. Plus: some podcast p…
00:18:56  |   Sun 21 Jan 2024
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