Episodes

  • VE Day: The War Ends in Europe
    May 24 2025

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    John and Olly reflect on the last year of the Second World War in Europe. Olly shares a personal anecdote as to hwo the war ended on the Western Front.

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    47 mins
  • Reform's Rise: Reaction to the Council Elections
    May 9 2025

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    The Heaton Podcast Returns! Listen to John and Olly provide their political analysis on what has happened in UK politics.

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    59 mins
  • An Ecounter with the House of Lords
    Apr 29 2025

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    An encounter with the House of Lords. Produced for Lower Sixth revision purposes.

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    44 mins
  • An Encounter with Admiral Lord Nelson
    Mar 17 2025

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    John and Olly welcome the Nelson Society to the podcast. We hear the life and stories from one of England's great heroes. Horatio Lord Nelson, victor of the Nile and Trafalgar. One of our most enjoyable podacast.

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    50 mins
  • Rise of the Hard Right
    Mar 11 2025

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    John and Olly try to explain and understand the growing threat from the hard right.

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    43 mins
  • Arab Israeli Conflict Part 1: the Six Day War of 1967
    Feb 19 2025

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    John and Olly talk about the Six Day War of 1967 in which Israel overwhelms its Arabs neighbours. Excellent GCSE revision, but intersting to listen to as well!

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    47 mins
  • Amazing Grace: John Newton and Slavery
    Feb 6 2025

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    Using the song Amazing Grace as a way to examine slavery. The sins of one man, his story of redemption and the good that he carried out at the end of his life. Can one man be redeemed. Can Britain be redeemed for its past sins.

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    46 mins
  • Encounter: The Birdman of Auschwitz (draft)
    Jan 28 2025

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    The Birdman of Auschwitz is a Encounter episode where John gives us a unique window onto the historical catastrophe of the Holocaust.

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    41 mins