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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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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.
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.
What went wrong for Britain in the War of Independence? Examining the reasons for Britain's defeat.
John and Olly continue the story of the American War of Independence. They look at the intial battles and early years of the conflict.
John and Olly chart the route from the French Indian War to the Boston Tea Party in the emergence of America.
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.
Olly interviews John about the life of Henry Kissinger.
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.
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!
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.
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.
John and Olly are on location. Join them as they journey around Warwick Castle and talk more about the Wars of the Roses. The chaos of Towton, the reign of Edward IV and the climax of Tewkesbury.
John and Olly delve into the Wars of the Roses on this episode. Tracing the origins of the conflict they talk about the early stages of the war through the prism of the experience of one of the main protagonists - Richard Duke of York.
As another war enrupts in the Middle East, John and Olly chart the origins of the current problems in Gaza.
Listen to this fascinating interview with Gareth Russell as he takes us into life in the Tudor court, focusing on Henry VIII's fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
Warwick School students, Noah and Kane, interview a group of Ukrainian teachers. The most powerful and moving podcast yet.
Join the team as they look back at the world in 1973. Both in Britain, America and the economic shocks of the time.
Discover Eighteenth Century Ireland as Patrick Stiven takes us on a journey to explain what Ireland was like in the 1800s and what this means for Ireland now.
Barry Goldwater was the Republican nominee who lost the 1964 presidential election. Despite being heavily beaten, his influence reshaped the Republican Party, paving the way for Ronald Reagan, and maybe even Donald Trump.
John is joining by Mr. Bennett and the two of them interview Sam Fowles about the state of British Democracy. Are our freedoms under threat?
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