Episodes
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Join a sleep deprived John and Olly for their morning after judgement on the election.
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Bonus trailer, with an exciting announcement for the Heaton Podcast.
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Missing episodes?
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Listen to Olly try and discuss the Corn Laws and Prime Minister Robert Peel, and listen to John try an hijack it into a discussion on Benjamin Disraeli. After the ideological split over this issue the Tories were out of power for a long time…
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Student take over the Heaton Podcast for a Napoleon episode.
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John and Olly provided some incisive and off beat election coverage.
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John and Olly talk about the D-Day landings. This is then followed by two pupils interviewing a Normandy veteran.
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Listen to Olly talk about the Anzio landings of January 1944. After a little bit of election analysis of course.
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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Join John and Olly as they take you through the day that the President was shot.
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Former BBC correspondent and Radio 4 Today presenter Matthew Price recounts with Simon and John some of the major stories he has covered while working as a reporter in America, Europe and the Middle East as well as offering incisive insight into the current geopolitical situation.
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No President has ever faced the challenges that President Lincoln has. Here we trace his journey from being nominated as leader of the Republican Party to entering the White House.
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Simon joins John and Olly to take them through what he thinks are the greatest Welsh people across History, Politcs the Arts and some other categories.
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What went wrong for Britain in the War of Independence? Examining the reasons for Britain's defeat.
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John and Olly continue the story of the American War of Independence. They look at the intial battles and early years of the conflict.
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John and Olly chart the route from the French Indian War to the Boston Tea Party in the emergence of America.
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John and Olly get to interview David Reynolds - one of Britain's foremost historians - on the topic of Winston Churchill. David's book is called 'Mirrors of Greatness' and considers Churchill's relationships with other leaders across his life.
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Olly interviews John about the life of Henry Kissinger.
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Take a break from your family festivites and join John for his most excellent interview with Professor Juliet John. She is world renowned expert on Charles Dickens, from the University of London.
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Join John and Olly for a chat at school before Christmas, including their recommended reading, before Noah and Owen interview the former Master of the Domincan Order of Britain. He has a hopeful message for us all!
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The Heaton Podcast is joined by Old Warwickian Oli Dugmore. Oli is now editor of the Politics Joe website, where he hosts his own podcast as well as presenting a radio show on LBC.
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John and Olly discuss the Yorkist rule of Edward IV, Edward V and then Richard III. They are also joined by Simon to dicuss Wales's role in the dynatic conflict.
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