The Heaton Podcast
1) VE Day: The War Ends in Europe
Send us a text 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.
2) Reform's Rise: Reaction to the Council Elections
Send us a text The Heaton Podcast Returns! Listen to John and Olly provide their political analysis on what has happened in UK politics.
3) An Ecounter with the House of Lords
Send us a text An encounter with the House of Lords. Produced for Lower Sixth revision purposes.
4) An Encounter with Admiral Lord Nelson
Send us a text 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 o...Show More
5) Rise of the Hard Right
Send us a text John and Olly try to explain and understand the growing threat from the hard right.
6) Arab Israeli Conflict Part 1: the Six Day War of 1967
Send us a text 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!
7) Amazing Grace: John Newton and Slavery
Send us a text 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. ...Show More
8) Encounter: The Birdman of Auschwitz (draft)
Send us a textThe Birdman of Auschwitz is a Encounter episode where John gives us a unique window onto the historical catastrophe of the Holocaust.
9) BONUS: An Encounter with British Army in the Middle East
Send us a textFrom November 2024, John and Olly have one of their most brilliant encounters with General Sir Simon Mayall who discusses the Middle East with incredible breadth and depth of knowledge w...Show More
10) The Charge of the Light Brigade
Send us a textJoin John and Olly for an engaging chat about the Crimean war of the 1850s and the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade. Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the va...Show More