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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- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 561
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
The PM who trapped herself
Steve Richards from the Rock & Roll Politics podcast joins the team to explain why Liz Truss may not get any of her radical agenda through the Commons. Plus, how to tell if you’re part of the Anti-Gr…
01:07:32 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
Tragicomic Trussonomics
In this week’s new-format episode, there’s a deep-dive into the economy’s deep-dive as former Financial Times editor Lionel Barber tells Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss where they went wrong. And Steve …
01:00:17 |
Thu 29 Sep 2022
Europe is running out of water; plus Labour and Brexit
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey asks whether the ongoing droughts in continental Europe are the new normal. The New European writer Clár Ní Chonghaile shares worrying predictions of what …
00:48:07 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
A Royal Special: Why I'm forever linked to King Charles
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey dissects the week in politics as normal service is paused after the death of Queen Elizabeth II and, it seems, abnormal service resumes as bankers come out…
00:46:38 |
Thu 15 Sep 2022
What's next for Brits in Europe?
In this week’s episode, host Eleanor Longman-Rood discusses Liz Truss's first week at Number 10. Is it out with the old and in with the new or more new leadership, same old failings? She then hears l…
00:44:48 |
Thu 08 Sep 2022
The last days of Boris Johnson
In this week’s episode, Matt Withers hears listeners' thoughts on which fictional characters could get a seat in Liz Truss' cabinet. Steve Anglesey talks to New European editor-at-large Alastair Camp…
00:27:08 |
Thu 01 Sep 2022
The fall of Kabul, one year on
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey revels in the fact that there are just 10 days left of Boris Johnson as prime minister, but despairs in the fact that Liz Truss will likely be succeeding h…
00:53:37 |
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Is the storm of Britain's civil disobedience coming?
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey discusses the country's rising political tensions as Britain's rising temperatures appear to be halted for now before hearing listeners' suggestions on wha…
00:34:23 |
Thu 18 Aug 2022
Six ways to avert economic catastrophe (before it's too late)
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey discusses the upcoming choice, not between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, but between heating or eating as the cost-of-living crisis worsens. On a lighter note…
00:41:00 |
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Liz Truss's U-turns, predicting elections and Rishi's lies
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey has Tory leadership race fever. He begins by discussing Liz Truss's disappearing policies and Rishi Sunak's disappearing chances of success before hearing …
00:35:19 |
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Sunak v Truss, 2012 remembered and car-free cities
In this week’s episode, Steve Anglesey is joined by The New European journalist Suna Erdem to discuss the Conservative leadership race, whether we should be nostalgic for the 2012 Olympic opening cer…
00:49:22 |
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Life in a climate of fear
In this week’s episode, Eleanor Longman-Rood and Matt Withers hear readers' thoughts on what jobs Boris Johnson could do next now he's finally leaving Downing Street. They are joined by journalist Cl…
00:35:30 |
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Boris Johnson’s resignation: What's next?
In this week’s episode, The New European journalist Eleanor Longman-Rood steps in while our editor and host Steve Anglesey is away. She discusses Boris Johnson's resignation and the events that led u…
00:40:01 |
Thu 07 Jul 2022
Why is Britain in a self-harm recession?
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey begins by talking about Nigel Farage's GB news show (but don't let that put you off), before hearing listeners' thoughts on which politicians would headlin…
00:43:22 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
The sixth anniversary special: Brexit and its dossier of disasters
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey hears how listeners would ruin a film or song title by adding the word Brexit. Then, The New European journalist Clár Ní Chonghaile joins the podcast to di…
00:51:00 |
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Boris Johnson is waging a phoney war on Europe - to save his own skin
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey hears what our listeners' will be doing to mark 23rd June, six years since the Brexit referendum took place. Then journalist and author John Kampfner joins…
00:35:46 |
Thu 16 Jun 2022
Is it time for a career move for Boris Johnson?
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey hears listeners' suggestions on what Boris Johnson's next job should be, considering 148 of his own MPs don't think he should be in the one he's in now. Th…
00:39:24 |
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Has Boris Johnson survived the Sue Gray report? And, what to look out for from the Cannes Film Festival
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey discusses if Boris Johnson has managed to escape unscathed from the Sue Gray report before hearing listeners' suggestions on what famous book title best su…
00:49:06 |
Thu 26 May 2022
How Brexit is destroying the Falklands
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey ponders what Boris Johnson’s mood is like after the Met announced they've finished issuing partygate fines. He then hears listeners’ suggestions on what po…
00:39:36 |
Thu 19 May 2022
Is Europe lagging behind on drugs?
In this week’s episode, host Steve Anglesey tackles Michael Gove's bizarre BBC interview before hearing listeners' thoughts on which politicians they would like to see in Doctor Who and in which role…
00:40:04 |
Thu 12 May 2022
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