Heroes, villains and clowns of 2024
The Two Matts
The New World
4.4 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The Matts reflect on the momentous year that is drawing to a close. Who made them cheer? Who made them boo? Who made them fall about laughing? It’s all here. Some of the names won’t come as a shock .. but there are a plenty of surprises. How does the Matts list of heroes, villains and clowns compare to yours? Only one way to find out … enjoy!
Content warning: references to rape
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| 1:04.2 | verdicts that came today. So just in case you are listening to this with young kids in the car, |
| 1:10.0 | don't. Hello and happy Thursday. |
| 1:11.9 | Happy Thursday. |
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| 1:16.5 | It is. |
| 1:17.4 | Wonderful. |
| 1:17.8 | And this is our, this is my favorite podcast of the year. |
| 1:21.9 | It's the pre-festive. |
| 1:23.9 | It's our roundup, isn't it? It's our Dada, do-da-da-d-d-lid-d-d-d-d-d-d-bo, |
| 1:28.3 | Roundup. |
| 1:29.3 | Last year we did heroes and villains, but we're adding a third category. |
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