{"podcast":{"title":"The Two Matts","slug":"the-two-matts-1119331","podcast_index_feed_id":1119331,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/648c40140701dc00113b4626","website_url":"https://www.thenewworld.co.uk","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/648c40140701dc00113b4626/1770294289897-5eaff282-7ad4-42d1-879f-aac66a205a2c.jpeg","author":"The New World","episode_count":676,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:17:21.288305+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331"},"episode":{"title":"It’s not coming home after all","slug":"it-s-not-coming-home-after-all","published_at":"2026-07-16T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331/it-s-not-coming-home-after-all","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-new-european-podcast/episodes/its-not-coming-home-after-all","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/648c40140701dc00113b4626/e/6a58bb39cebd1afd44b9d562/media.mp3","summary":"The Matts reflect on England’s World Cup tournament (and listeners from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be delighted to know it’s not a sea of self-pitying Anglophilia) and what lessons we can learn from Argentina’s late comeback about the prevailing DNA of institutions. Also - what should we expect from Andy Burnham as he comes into power? First as Labour leader and then, on Monday, as PM. No, he won’t have the artificial boost of a World Cup win to provide him with national momentum, but perhaps that’s no bad thing as he wrestles with the stark reality of a Britain stuck in a rut. Finally, following the horrific murder of Ann Widdecombe, is it time for political figures in the UK to have personal security as standard? 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.","meta_description":"The Matts reflect on England’s World Cup tournament (and listeners from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be delighted to know it’s not a sea of s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2921,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-matts-1119331/episodes/it-s-not-coming-home-after-all/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-matts-1119331/it-s-not-coming-home-after-all.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}