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The Two Matts

The Two Matts

The New World

696 episodesEN

Show overview

The Two Matts has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 696 episodes, alongside 6 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 550 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 37 min and 56 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 92 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 143 episodes published. Published by The New World.

Episodes
696
Running
2017–2026 · 9y
Median length
46 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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.

Latest Episodes

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A disaster for the Green Party

Oct 8, 202654 min

The Two Matts Q&A: On The New World at 500 and the Burnham bounce

Oct 3, 202643 min

48 hours after THAT speech… how many marks out of 10?

Oct 1, 202657 min

The Two Matts Q&A: Ketamine epidemic and trouble in Narnia

Sep 26, 202655 min

A lot of Andy Burnham and a bit of Hitler

Sep 24, 202653 min

The Two Matts Q&A: What is it crypto billionaires love so much about Nigel Farage?

Sep 19, 202642 min

Is AI really coming to eat us all... and how do we stop it?

Sep 17, 202654 min

The Two Matts Q&A: Can’t we have welfare AND defence?

Sep 12, 202655 min

An historic shift in UK foreign policy towards Israel. Now what?

Sep 10, 202657 min

The Two Matts Q&A: Is Farage finished? And where are all the women?

Sep 5, 202651 min

REDS - the best political book of the year? With Paul Mason

Sep 3, 202647 min

The Two Matts Q&A: Harry and Meghan, Dolly Parton… and blockbuster books

Aug 29, 202638 min

Andy Burnham’s first big test is around the corner

Aug 27, 202644 min

The Two Matts Q&A: is the Kelly Plan dead? And TURN OFF YOUR BLOODY SPEAKER PHONE!

Aug 22, 202645 min

2026: the year the climate crisis came home

Aug 18, 202647 min

The Two Matts Q&A: On the death of Jason Arday

Aug 15, 202624 min

Andy Burnham vs Geoffrey Howe... and a side order of Jason Arday

Aug 13, 202657 min

The Two Matts Q&A: Is Andy Burnham a hot dad, and eff off Gianni Infantino

Aug 1, 202645 min

Burnham’s flying start... but is he also fibbing?

Jul 30, 202649 min

The Two Matts Q&A: Why tell ourselves lies about prison time? And what do we miss about the 70s?

Jul 25, 202638 min
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