The Two Matts
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The Two Matts Q&A: is the Kelly Plan dead? And TURN OFF YOUR BLOODY SPEAKER PHONE!
2026: the year the climate crisis came home
The Two Matts Q&A: On the death of Jason Arday
Andy Burnham vs Geoffrey Howe... and a side order of Jason Arday
The Two Matts Q&A: Is Andy Burnham a hot dad, and eff off Gianni Infantino
Burnham’s flying start... but is he also fibbing?
The Two Matts Q&A: Why tell ourselves lies about prison time? And what do we miss about the 70s?
What is it about the prospect of a Reform government they don’t get?
The Two Matts Q&A: Will Self on football and audiobook recommendations
It’s not coming home after all
The Two Matts Q&A: Does Andy Burnham live rent-free in Farage’s head?
Have you been Touching Grass? You should be
SPECIAL: Farage fighting for his political life
The Two Matts Q&A: Hydration Break sponsored by Powerade!*
Why place matters so much to Andy Burnham
The Two Matts Q&A: Burnham’s to-do list and the shameless Brexit villains
Andy Burnham’s first six months
POD SPECIAL: It’s the end of the Keir show… now what?
The Two Matts Q&A: Where is Burnham weak? And is America humiliated?
Game on… Burnham wins; now get on with it Labour
A history of Brexit in 256 disasters
The Two Matts Q&A: Do you really want your country back?
Farewell David Hockney … and farewell Keir Starmer too?
Britain is in grave danger of disintegrating
The Two Matts Q&A: Will Starmer survive, and has the Pope got it right on AI?
Nigel Farage gaslights the nation
The Two Matts Q&A: What hope for the next generation and how does Farage get away with it?
The Two Matts Q&A: A media scandal and a dementia hero
Britain is failing the next generation. With Peter Hyman and Shuab Gamote
SPECIAL with Misan Harriman: Under attack from the UK’s right wing press
The Two Matts Q&A: Farage and the five million plus Palestine Action trial scandal
SPECIAL EDITION: The most consequential by-election ever…
AND... THEY’RE OFF!
The Two Matts Q&A: Starmer timetable, a Telegraph smear and love for David Attenborough
Election Special: Who will save Britain from Reform now?
Special: Exploring the Ghosts of Iron Mountain with Phil Tinline
The Two Matts Q&A: Kings good, zoos bad
The Starmer Conundrum… with special guest Tom Baldwin
“A KNIFE THROUGH MY SOUL"... pod special on Morgan McSweeney
The Two Matts Q&A: How to pay for the NHS and will robots rule?
Should he stay or should he go now?
Is a brave new world possible? With John Kampfner
The Two Matts Q&A: The fall of Orbán, Corbyn and Kanye West
A New Hope from Hungary
The Two Matts Q&A: Royal visit to the US, Roger Daltrey’s opinions and Italy’s football team
DARK SIDE OF THE MATTS: A spectacular row erupts over NASA’s moonshot
EThe Matts fall out spectacularly and unexpectedly over NASA’s moon shot, Artemis 2. How is this even possible, you ask? They’re not even sure… but the topic quickly descends into a brutal space war of words. In part two, common ground is regained as they analyse the latest Trump position on Iran and ask whether this war is going to push the UK back into the arms of the EU faster than anyone could have hoped.Produced by Matt WithersOFFER: Get The New World for just £1 for the first month. Head to https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/2matts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Two Matts Q&A: Are we journalists or activists?
The Matts answer your questions in their regular Sunday Q&A show, including whether their mission to see Reform fail is blinding them to the full picture, how the war in Iran is going for Donald Trump, whether Scotland’s MSPs can hack it, whether we have a problem in discussing Muslim culture in the UK and if The Repair Shop was right to cancel Bob Monkhouse. Enjoy!Produced by Matt WithersOFFER: Get The New World for just £1 for the first month. Head to https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/2matts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Here’s how the UK joins the EU and sooner than you think
EThe Matts open with a war update - the signals from Washington point to an escalation which will be devastating for the world, yet the off-ramp (as it apparently must be called) is difficult to divine. In part two they discuss what seems to be an inevitable movement towards rejoining the EU. Labour are headed towards the position already fully asserted by the Greens and Lib Dems - that Brexit was a catastrophe and needs to be undone. The Matts argue it’s not a case of Rejoin - but Join. Joining what, though? That’s the interesting, most challenging question in European politics today. Enjoy!Produced by Matt WithersOFFER: Get The New World for just £1 for the first month. Head to https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/2matts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast special: THIS WAR IS NOT REAL
EThe Matts explore how French philosopher Jean Baudrillard was right about the nature of warfare in the 21st century - especially when applied to the unprecedented chaos unfolding in the Middle East. It is, we hope, a thought-provoking conversation which tries to make some sense of what seems utterly senseless. Also - the Matts react to the bombing of Jewish ambulances in North London and ask: why is nobody stating categorically that this is terrorism? Finally, they ask you, dear listener, to do something you almost certainly hadn’t been planning on doing - watch GB News. Why? Tune in and find out! Enjoy!Produced by Matt WithersOFFER: Get The New World for just £1 for the first month. Head to https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/2matts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Two Matts Q&A: On Trump, GB News, Tony Blair… and playing the drums
The Matts answer listeners' questions including whether or not Donald Trump has lost control of the war in Iran, why the BBC isn't covering The New World’s GB News investigation, how Tony Blair can still believe war in Iraq was right, whether we have learned nothing from Covid, if Angela Rayner is the next PM and how to keep sane in a world of dreadful news. Enjoy!Produced by Matt WithersOFFER: Get The New World for just £1 for the first month. Head to https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/2matts/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.