The Heaton Podcast

Oliver O'Brien & John Jefferies

A discussion of History and Politics from teachers at Warwick School. We aim to produce a podcast once a fortnight during term time. Topics will tend towards the last 200 years, but we will sometimes go back further into History.

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111 episodes
Updated July 11

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July 11 · 1 hr 16 min
Turning Points of The Second World War & JJ Reflections
Send us Fan Mail John leads the Heaton Podcast in its first ever live episode - in this episode John and Olly consider what the turning points of the Second World War. But, of real interest in this episode are JJ's reflections on his career at the end.
July 10 · 10 min
JJ Hot Take: An Encounter with an Encounter with Andy Burnham
Send us Fan Mail A brief bonus episode in which OW Danny Rogers tells us about his encounter with Andy Burnham.
June 29 · 38 min
Falklands Encounter with Chris Howe MBE
Send us Fan Mail An encounter with the Falklands. Listen here to Chris Howe, MBE, who served on HMS Coventry in the Falklands War. He has a first rate story to tell.
June 25 · 48 min
John Major Part 2
Send us Fan Mail John and Olly meet to discuss the Premiership of John Major after 1992.
June 24 · 34 min
JJ Hot Take: Keir Starmer Resigns
Send us Fan Mail Listen to John and Olly give their opinion on the Burnham heist. How has Andy Burnham, someone not even in Parliament when he started, managed to topple the Prime Minister??
June 12 · 23 min
Emergency Broadcast: Starmer in Trouble!
Send us Fan Mail Join John and Olly as they chat about the PM's latest set of ministerial resignations.
May 27 · 48 min
An Encounter with Britain's Nuclear Bomb: Operation Grapple
Send us Fan Mail John has an outstanding story to tell here. He and Mr. Hadley interview Derek Woolf. He was an RAF medic present at the nuclear tests, by Britain, in the South Pacific in the 1950s
May 22 · 36 min
John Major as Prime Minister
Send us Fan Mail John and Olly have a retro burst with looking at the 1990s Prime Minister of Britain - John Major. Was he as boring as he has been remembered?
May 8 · 54 min
Richard II
Send us Fan Mail Join John and Olly at Warwick. First they make an amble around the cricket pitch haveing a natter, before John leads them in a discussion about Richard II as king.
April 23 · 48 min
Welington as a politician.
Send us Fan Mail We are back! John and Olly finally complete their triology on the Duke of Wellington. Listen in for some current politcal disocurse as well.
February 5 · 6 min
Prime Minister in Crisis : The JJ Hot take
Send us Fan Mail Crisis in Westminster. Will Epstein bring down the PM. Listen to what JJ has to say...
January 20 · 40 min
January - Trying to make sense of Trump
Send us Fan Mail John and Olly join together at the start of term in January and try to make sense of Trump.
Nov 9, 2025 · 57 min
The Battle of Waterloo: Wellington the General
Send us Fan Mail In the second part of our Duke of Wellington podcast, John and Olly take you on a tour of the battlefield of Waterloo.
Oct 14, 2025 · 41 min
Wellington to Waterloo
Send us Fan Mail Join John and Olly as they discuss Wellington's life up to the battle of Waterloo.
Sep 30, 2025 · 41 min
We're Back! Catch up and Duke of Wellington
Send us Fan Mail Join JJ and OROB for their catch up on all things Politics, before they introduce their next topic. The Duke of Wellington!
May 24, 2025 · 47 min
VE Day: The War Ends in Europe
Send us Fan Mail 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.
May 9, 2025 · 58 min
Reform's Rise: Reaction to the Council Elections
Send us Fan Mail The Heaton Podcast Returns! Listen to John and Olly provide their political analysis on what has happened in UK politics.
Apr 29, 2025 · 44 min
An Ecounter with the House of Lords
Send us Fan Mail An encounter with the House of Lords. Produced for Lower Sixth revision purposes.
Mar 17, 2025 · 49 min
An Encounter with Admiral Lord Nelson
Send us Fan Mail 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.
Mar 11, 2025 · 43 min
Rise of the Hard Right
Send us Fan Mail John and Olly try to explain and understand the growing threat from the hard right.