The Two Matts

The New World

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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The Two Matts

Episodes (628)

Yesterday Who’s winning the Iran War... and how can you tell?
Monday Trump’s War: The man with no plan bombs Iran
Sunday This week's Two Matts Q&A: Deference, Piers Morgan deepfake and Tracey Emin

The Two Matts

Mar 5, 2026
39 minutes
35 MB

The Matts unpick the events of the past week and are intrigued by the internal Labour Party politics that created a sense of chaos around the UK’s response to the war. They are also staggered - and not a little bit ashamed - of the UK’s humiliating lack of preparedness for events that were wholly foreseeable. Has this all just confirmed what many suspected - that these isles are wholly ill-equipped to defend themselves? And what role will China play as what was billed as a four- or five-day conflict now looks to be a much longer-term affa...

The Two Matts

Who’s winning the Iran War... and how can you tell?

The New World

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