Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators

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Tim
 Feb 5, 2021
An excellent introduction to the 55 British PMs. I enjoy every episode. The guests so far lean towards soft Tory/classical liberal, and the non-chronological ordering can make it hard to place the PMs if you don't already have an overview.

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Season One of ‘The Presidents & Prime Ministers brought to life all 55 of Britain's Prime Ministers through interviews with the authors of all 55 essays in Iain Dale’s book The Prime Ministers: Three Hundred Years of History. From the obscure 18th-century figures like the Earl of Shelburne and Henry Pelham to 20th-century titans like Churchill and Thatcher, these podcasts provide a much-needed reminder about their motivations, failures and achievements. Season Two, gives the same treatment to the 45 US Presidents from George Washington through to Joe Biden, with each episode featuring an interview with the author of the essay about a President in Iain Dale’s book ‘The Presidents’. Season Three contained interviews about the various and varied Irish Taoisigh, whilst the new Season 4 takes you through England and the UK's many Kings and Queens, as featured in Iain's book Kings and Queens: 1200 Years of English and British Monarchs. Season 5 looks at the life of 64 Dictators. Buy signed copies of ‘The Prime Ministers’, ‘The Presidents’ and 'Kings and Queens' & 'Dictators' at http://www.politicos.co.uk.

Episode Date
229. Sir Keir Starmer – Labour (2024-)
Dec 22, 2025
228. Napoleon III – France (1852-70)
Dec 15, 2025
227. Liz Truss – 2022-22
Dec 08, 2025
226. Simon Harris – Ireland (2024-25)
Dec 01, 2025
225. Bashar Al-Assad – Syria (2000-24)
Nov 24, 2025
224. Josef Stalin - Soviet Union (1924-53)
Nov 03, 2025
223. Hendrik Verwoerd - South Africa (1958-1966)
Oct 27, 2025
222. Napoleon Bonaparte – France (1799-1814, 1815)
Oct 20, 2025
221. Isaias Afwerki – Eritrea (1991-)
Sep 29, 2025
220. Saddam Hussein – Iraq (1979-2003)
Sep 24, 2025
219. Genghis Khan – Mongolia (1206-1227)
Sep 08, 2025
218. Lee Quan Yew – Singapore (1959-90)
Sep 01, 2025
217. Mohammed bin Salman – Saudi Arabia (2017-)
Aug 25, 2025
216. Enver Hoxha – Albania (1941-85)
Aug 18, 2025
215. Benito Mussolini – Italy (1922-43)
Aug 11, 2025
214. Walter Ulbricht – East Germany (1950-71)
Aug 04, 2025
213. Alexander the Great – Macedonia (346BC-323BC)
Jul 28, 2025
212. Hugo Chavez – Venezuela (1999-2013)
Jul 21, 2025
211. Mao Zedong – China (1943-76)
Jul 14, 2025
210. Joseph-Désiré Mobutu – Congo (later Zaire) (1971-97)
Jul 07, 2025
209. Augusto Pinochet – Chile (1973-90)
Jun 30, 2025
208. Alfredo Stroessner – Paraquay (1954-89)
Jun 23, 2025
207. János Kádár – Hungary (1955-88)
Jun 16, 2025
206. Tito – Yugoslavia (1945-80)
Jun 09, 2025
205. Wu Zetian – China (690-705)
Jun 02, 2025
204. Nicolae Ceaușescu – Romania (1965-89)
May 26, 2025
203. Slobodan Milošević – Yugoslavia, then Serbia (1989-97, 1997-2000)
May 19, 2025
202. Adolf Hitler – Germany (1933-45)
May 12, 2025
201. Hafez Al-Assad – Syria (1970-2000)
May 05, 2025
200. Vladimir Putin – Russia (2000-)
Apr 28, 2025
199. Manuel Noriega – Panama (1983-89)
Apr 21, 2025
198. Muammar Gaddafi – Libya (1969-2011)
Apr 14, 2025
197. Juan Peron – Argentina (1946-55, 1973-74)
Apr 07, 2025
196. Julius Caesar – Rome (64-44BC)
Mar 31, 2025
195. Ferdinand Marcos – The Philippines, (1965-86)
Mar 24, 2025
194. Simón Bolívar– Greater Columbia (1819-30)
Mar 17, 2025
193. Pisistratus – Athens (561 BC, 559–556 BC, 546–527 BC)
Mar 10, 2025
192. Xi Jinping – China, (2012-)
Mar 03, 2025
191. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar – Portugal, (1932-68)
Feb 24, 2025
190. Francisco Franco – Spain (1936-75)
Feb 17, 2025
189. Idi Amin – Uganda, 1971-79
Feb 10, 2025
188. Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Feb 03, 2025
187. Anne (1702-14)
Jan 27, 2025
186. William IV (1830-37)
Jan 20, 2025
185. Mary I (1553-58)
Jan 13, 2025
184. Matilda (1141-1141)
Jan 06, 2025
183. Henry II (1154-89)
Dec 30, 2024
182. Charles III (2022 - )
Dec 23, 2024
181. Henry IV (1399-1413)
Dec 16, 2024
180. Richard I (1187-1199)
Dec 09, 2024
179. William II (1087-1100)
Dec 02, 2024
178. George III (1760-1820)
Nov 25, 2024
177. Aethelstan (924-939)
Nov 18, 2024
176. Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
Nov 11, 2024
175. Edgar II (1066-1066)
Nov 04, 2024
174. Edgar I (959-975)
Oct 28, 2024
173. Richard II (1377-99)
Oct 21, 2024
172. King Harold (1066-1066)
Oct 07, 2024
171. George IV (1820 - 1830)
Sep 30, 2024
170. Edmund Ironside (1016-1016)
Sep 23, 2024
169. Harold Harefoot (1035-40)
Sep 16, 2024
168. Aethelred the Unready (978-1013, 1014-16)
Sep 09, 2024
167. Richard Cromwell (1658-59)
Sep 02, 2024
166. Louis (1216)
Aug 26, 2024
165. James II (1685-1688)
Aug 19, 2024
164. James I (1603 - 1625)
Aug 12, 2024
163. King Edward I (1272-1307)
Jul 29, 2024
162. Aelfweard (924-924)
Jul 22, 2024
161. Edmund (939-940)
Jul 15, 2024
160. Henry V (1413-1422)
Jul 08, 2024
159. Sweyn Forkbeard (1013-1013)
Jul 01, 2024
158. Edward VI (1547-53)
Jun 24, 2024
157. Edward the Elder (899-924)
Jun 17, 2024
156. Edward VII (1901-10)
Jun 10, 2024
155. George VI (1936-52)
Jun 03, 2024
154. Lady Jane Grey (1553)
May 27, 2024
153. Eadred (946-55)
May 20, 2024
152. Henry III (1216-72)
May 13, 2024
151. Edward III (1327-77)
May 06, 2024
150. George II (1727-60)
Apr 29, 2024
149. King Charles I (1625-49)
Apr 22, 2024
148. King Stephen (1135-54)
Apr 15, 2024
147. Harthacnut (1040-42)
Apr 08, 2024
146. Canute (1016-1035)
Apr 01, 2024
145. Charles II (1660-85)
Mar 25, 2024
144. Edward II (1307-1327)
Mar 18, 2024
143. Henry VII (1457-1509)
Mar 11, 2024
142. George I (1714-27)
Mar 04, 2024
141. John (1199-1216)
Feb 26, 2024
140. Alfred the Great (871-899)
Feb 19, 2024
139. Edward V (1483)
Feb 12, 2024
138. William the Conqueror (1066-1087)
Feb 05, 2024
137. Oliver Cromwell (1653-58)
Jan 29, 2024
136. Henry VI (1421-1471)
Jan 22, 2024
135. Henry VIII (1509-47)
Jan 15, 2024
134. Eadwig (955-959)
Jan 08, 2024
133. Edward IV (1461-70, 1470-83)
Jan 01, 2024
132. Victoria (1837-1901)
Dec 25, 2023
131. William III & Mary II (1689 - 1702)
Dec 18, 2023
130. Edward the Martyr (975-978)
Dec 11, 2023
129. Richard III (1483-1485)
Dec 04, 2023
128. Edward VIII (January 1936-December 1936)
Nov 27, 2023
127. Henry I (1100-1135)
Nov 20, 2023
126. Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)
Nov 13, 2023
125. George V (1910-36)
Nov 06, 2023
Coming soon: Kings and Queens
Sep 29, 2023
Micheál Martin
Jul 11, 2023
Leo Varadkar
Jun 28, 2023
Enda Kenny
Jun 21, 2023
Brian Cowen
Jun 14, 2023
Bertie Ahern
Jun 07, 2023
John Bruton
May 31, 2023
Albert Reynolds
May 27, 2023
Garret Fitzgerald
May 17, 2023
Charles Haughey
May 10, 2023
Liam Cosgrave
May 03, 2023
Jack Lynch
Apr 26, 2023
Sean Lemass
Apr 21, 2023
John Costello
Apr 14, 2023
Eamon de Valera
Apr 05, 2023
W T Cosgrave
Mar 30, 2023
Series 3 – The Irish Taoisigh
Nov 22, 2022
Joe Biden
Nov 07, 2022
Introducing: Sweeney Talks
Nov 03, 2022
George Washington
Oct 31, 2022
Harry S. Truman
Oct 24, 2022
Andrew Johnson
Oct 13, 2022
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oct 03, 2022
John Quincy Adams
Sep 26, 2022
Donald Trump
Sep 20, 2022
John F. Kennedy
Sep 12, 2022
Bonus : The Queen & The Presidents
Sep 09, 2022
Rutherford B. Hayes
Aug 01, 2022
Abraham Lincoln
Jul 25, 2022
Barack Obama
Jul 18, 2022
Grover Cleveland
Jul 11, 2022
Calvin Coolidge
Jul 04, 2022
Woodrow Wilson
Jun 27, 2022
Herbert Hoover
Jun 20, 2022
James Buchanan
Jun 13, 2022
Benjamin Harrison
Jun 06, 2022
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
May 30, 2022
Millard Fillmore
May 23, 2022
James Garfield
May 16, 2022
Richard Nixon
May 09, 2022
Gerald Ford
May 02, 2022
Zachary Taylor
Apr 25, 2022
James Madison
Apr 18, 2022
Warren G. Harding
Apr 11, 2022
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Apr 04, 2022
John Adams
Mar 28, 2022
Bill Clinton
Mar 21, 2022
Chester A. Arthur
Mar 14, 2022
Franklin Pierce
Mar 07, 2022
James Monroe
Feb 28, 2022
George W Bush
Feb 21, 2022
Ulysses S. Grant
Feb 14, 2022
Thomas Jefferson
Feb 07, 2022
James K. Polk
Jan 31, 2022
Theodore Roosevelt
Jan 24, 2022
George H W Bush
Jan 17, 2022
William Howard Taft
Jan 10, 2022
William McKinley
Jan 03, 2022
John Tyler
Dec 27, 2021
William Henry Harrison
Dec 20, 2021
Martin Van Buren
Dec 13, 2021
Andrew Jackson
Dec 06, 2021
Ronald Reagan
Nov 29, 2021
Jimmy Carter
Nov 22, 2021
Introducing 'The Presidents'
Nov 17, 2021
Boris Johnson
Nov 15, 2021
Viscount Palmerston
Nov 08, 2021
Stanley Baldwin
Nov 01, 2021
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Oct 25, 2021
Earl Grey
Oct 18, 2021
Margaret Thatcher
Oct 11, 2021
George Canning
Oct 04, 2021
Earl of Rosebery
Sep 27, 2021
Bonus: Steve Richards on the ‘Nearly Prime Ministers’
Sep 24, 2021
John Major
Sep 20, 2021
Duke of Devonshire
Sep 13, 2021
Harold Wilson
Sep 06, 2021
Tony Blair
Aug 30, 2021
Earl of Shelburne
Aug 23, 2021
Henry Pelham
Aug 16, 2021
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
Aug 09, 2021
Edward Heath
Aug 02, 2021
Ramsay MacDonald
Jul 26, 2021
Marquess of Rockingham
Jul 19, 2021
David Cameron
Jul 12, 2021
Earl of Aberdeen
Jul 05, 2021
Viscount Goderich
Jun 28, 2021
Duke Of Grafton
Jun 24, 2021
H H Asquith
Jun 14, 2021
Duke of Newcastle
Jun 07, 2021
Sir Anthony Eden
May 31, 2021
Lord Grenville
May 24, 2021
Arthur Balfour
May 17, 2021
Marquess of Salisbury
May 10, 2021
Harold Macmillan
May 04, 2021
300 years of the office of Prime Minister
Apr 26, 2021
Sir Robert Peel
Apr 19, 2021
Duke of Portland
Apr 12, 2021
Lord North
Apr 05, 2021
BONUS Sir Anthony Seldon & Mark Garnett
Apr 02, 2021
George Grenville
Mar 29, 2021
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
Mar 22, 2021
David Lloyd George
Mar 15, 2021
Benjamin Disraeli
Mar 08, 2021
Gordon Brown
Mar 01, 2021
The Earl of Bute
Feb 22, 2021
Spencer Perceval
Feb 15, 2021
Viscount Melbourne
Feb 08, 2021
Clement Attlee
Feb 01, 2021
Neville Chamberlain
Jan 25, 2021
William Pitt the Younger
Jan 18, 2021
Andrew Bonar Law
Jan 11, 2021
The Earl of Liverpool
Jan 04, 2021
Lord John Russell
Dec 21, 2020
Winston Churchill
Dec 14, 2020
Henry Addington
Dec 07, 2020
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Nov 30, 2020
Theresa May
Nov 23, 2020
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Nov 16, 2020
Sir Robert Walpole
Nov 09, 2020
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Nov 02, 2020
Leonard James Callaghan
Oct 26, 2020
William Ewart Gladstone
Oct 19, 2020
The Prime Ministers -The Trailer
Oct 07, 2020