# Podcast special: THIS WAR IS NOT REAL Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331/podcast-special-this-war-is-not-real Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331/podcast-special-this-war-is-not-real.md Podcast: [The Two Matts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331) Published: 2026-03-24T11:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-new-european-podcast/episodes/podcast-special-this-war-is-not-real Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/648c40140701dc00113b4626/e/69c274f462f6c66afe03ce1f/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-matts-1119331/episodes/podcast-special-this-war-is-not-real Duration seconds: 2870 ## Resource The 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 Withers OFFER:  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. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-matts-1119331/episodes/podcast-special-this-war-is-not-real/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331/podcast-special-this-war-is-not-real.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.