Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
This week's Two Matts Q&A: Why do Reform get such disproportionate airtime?
Today on The Two Matts podcast Matthew d'Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss why it is the BBC gives Reform such disproportionate airtime, what on earth “useful” informa…
Published on 1 month ago
The greatest scandal of our times?
The Matts explore the various extraordinary facets of the super injunction following the accidental leak of thousands of Afghans who helped Britain and now face retribution from the Taliban. In its s…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The BBC on trial
It’s all about the UK’s public broadcaster today - The BBC. It’s had a shocker of a week, mitigated only by Gary O’Donoghue’s spellbinding interview with Donald Trump, which the Matts discuss in the …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
This week's Two Matts Q&A: Is it a genocide or not?
Today on The Two Matts podcast Matthew d'Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss whether it is time to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, the launch of Best Star…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Tax the (VERY) rich!!
The Matts discuss the options available to Starmer and Reeves given they seem determined not to raise income tax, VAT and national insurance. Could taxing the enormously wealthy be an election winner…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Special guest Tom Baldwin: Can Keir turn a bad start around?
The Matts are joined by New World contributing editor Tom Baldwin - author of Keir Starmer The Biography - for an honesty session. Where has Labour gone wrong in its poor first year and is Keir Starm…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This week's Two Matts Q&A: Should we admire Keir Starmer's willingness to back down?
Today on The Two Matts podcast, Matthew d'Ancona and Matt Kelly again respond to your queries. They discuss whether Keir Starmer’s willingness to back down and listen is actually something to be admi…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
What really makes humans tick? And what’s going on in Number 10?
The Matts are joined by Jonathan Goodman, author of Invisible Rivals, a fascinating book about what really makes the world go round and its consequences for religion, politics and media. It’s a revel…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Meanwhile in Gaza… Have we lost our moral compass?
The Matts reflect on the prospect of famine in Gaza while the UK media obsesses on the antics of a rapper on a Glastonbury stage. Why is the crisis facing hundreds of thousands of children relegated …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
This week's Two Matts Q&A: Could Just Stop Oil now be considered terrorists?
The Matts again respond to your queries. They discuss whether the government’s Palestine Action decision means Just Stop Oil could now be considered terrorists, if AI could actually be the populists’…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago