Explore every episode of the podcast Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| 180. Richard I (1187-1199) | 09 Dec 2024 | 00:38:52 | |
Iain Dale talks to award winning historian Dan Jones about the reign of Richard the Lionheart. Dan’s new biography of Henry V is out now! | |||
| 179. William II (1087-1100) | 02 Dec 2024 | 00:31:11 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian Emma Mason about the life of William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror. | |||
| 170. Edmund Ironside (1016-1016) | 23 Sep 2024 | 00:33:57 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian Paula Lofting about the 221 day long reign of Edmund Ironside | |||
| Lyndon Baines Johnson | 04 Apr 2022 | 00:57:54 | |
Iain Dale talks to former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and LBJ obsessive about the life and career of Lyndon Baines Johnson, who served as US president from 1963-1969. | |||
| John Adams | 28 Mar 2022 | 00:39:40 | |
Iain Dale talks to American author and strategist Daniel Forrester about the life and presidency of one of the Founding Fathers, John Adams, who served as America’s second president from 1797-1801 | |||
| Bill Clinton | 21 Mar 2022 | 00:49:30 | |
Iain Dale talks to former Treasury adviser and broadcaster Poppy Trowbridge about the life and presidency of William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton, who was president from 1993-2001. | |||
| Chester A. Arthur | 14 Mar 2022 | 00:36:56 | |
Iain Dale interviews broadcaster and journalist Sue Cameron about the life and presidency of Chester A. Arthur who served as America’s 21st president from 1881-1885. | |||
| Franklin Pierce | 07 Mar 2022 | 00:29:15 | |
Iain Dale talks to former Obama strategist Karin Robinson about the life of Franklin Pierce, America’s fourteenth president, who served from 1853-1857 | |||
| James Monroe | 28 Feb 2022 | 00:42:12 | |
Iain Dale talks to former Conservative MP Brooks Newmark about the life and presidency of James Monroe, who was America’s 5th president. He served for two terms from 1817-25. | |||
| George W Bush | 21 Feb 2022 | 00:40:50 | |
Iain Dale talks to former British Ambassador to Washington Sir Christopher Meyer about the life and presidency of President George W Bush, who was president from 2001-2009 | |||
| Ulysses S. Grant | 14 Feb 2022 | 00:34:24 | |
Iain Dale talks to playwright and author Bonnie Greer about the life of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S Grant (1869-1877) | |||
| Thomas Jefferson | 07 Feb 2022 | 01:22:40 | |
Iain Dale talks to American political historian Alvin S. Felzenberg about the life and presidency of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson served from 1801-1809 as America’s third president. | |||
| James K. Polk | 31 Jan 2022 | 00:31:57 | |
Iain Dale talks to Professor Brian Klaas about the life and presidency of President James K. Polk, who served for one term from 1845-1849. | |||
| 169. Harold Harefoot (1035-40) | 16 Sep 2024 | 00:13:39 | |
Iain Dale talks to Emily Fox about the brief reign of Harold Harefoot. | |||
| Theodore Roosevelt | 24 Jan 2022 | 00:41:12 | |
Iain Dale talks to Damian Collins MP about Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the USA who was in office from September 1901 through to March 1909. | |||
| George H W Bush | 17 Jan 2022 | 00:40:01 | |
Iain Dale talks to Colleen Graffy about the presidency of the 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, who was President from 1989-1993. | |||
| William Howard Taft | 10 Jan 2022 | 00:28:24 | |
Iain Dale talks the political historian Lord Philip Norton about the life of William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, 1909-1913. | |||
| William McKinley | 03 Jan 2022 | 00:29:00 | |
Iain Dale interviews biographer and historian David Torrance about the life and Presidency of William McKinley who served as President from 1897-1901. | |||
| John Tyler | 27 Dec 2021 | 00:23:46 | |
Iain Dale talks to veteran political journalist Peter Riddell about the life and Presidency of John Tyler, who served as President from 1841-1845. | |||
| William Henry Harrison | 20 Dec 2021 | 00:19:25 | |
Iain Dale talks to Emma Burnell about William Henry Harrison, America’s ninth President, who only served as President for one month, between March and April 1841. | |||
| Martin Van Buren | 13 Dec 2021 | 00:36:34 | |
Iain Dale interviews broadcaster and podcaster Roifield Brown about the life and Presidency of Martin Van Buren who served as President from 1837-1841. | |||
| Andrew Jackson | 06 Dec 2021 | 00:46:59 | |
Iain Dale talks to LBC US Correspondent Simon Marks about the life of Andrew Jackson. 7th President of the United States, 1829-1837. | |||
| Ronald Reagan | 29 Nov 2021 | 00:48:47 | |
iain Dale talks to Professor Simon Heffer about the life and presidency of Ronald Reagan, America’s 40th President. He served two terms, from 1981-1989 | |||
| Jimmy Carter | 22 Nov 2021 | 00:49:33 | |
Iain Dale talks to former British Foreign Secretary David Owen, now Lord Owen about the life and career of America’s 39th President, who served for one term from 1977 to 1981. | |||
| 168. Aethelred the Unready (978-1013, 1014-16) | 09 Sep 2024 | 00:22:42 | |
I discuss the rather unsuccessful reign(s) of the king who had an unfortunate epithet added to his name with the New Statesman’s Harry Lambert. | |||
| Introducing 'The Presidents' | 17 Nov 2021 | 00:03:24 | |
As the Prime Ministers conclude, the podcast moves into season 2 with The US Presidents.
The introduction includes audio from every US President since the very first recording of Grover Cleveland (1885–1889, 1893–1897) Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893) William McKinley (1897–1901) Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) William Howard Taft (1909–1913) Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) Warren G. Harding (1921–1923) Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929) Herbert Hoover (1929–1933) Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) Richard Nixon (1969–1974) Gerald Ford (1974–1977) Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) Bill Clinton (1993–2001)George W. Bush (2001–2009) Barack Obama (2009–2017) Donald Trump (2017–2021) Joe Biden (2021–) | |||
| Boris Johnson | 15 Nov 2021 | 00:53:02 | |
Nigel Fletcher talks to Iain Dale about the political career and premiership (so far!) of Boris Johnson. | |||
| Viscount Palmerston | 08 Nov 2021 | 01:08:16 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian David Brown about the life of Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston, who served as Prime Minister from 1855-1858 and 1859-1865. | |||
| Stanley Baldwin | 01 Nov 2021 | 01:23:04 | |
Iain Dale talks to political historian and biographer John Barnes about the life and premierships of Stanley Baldwin who served as Prime Minister from 1923-24, 1924-29 and 1936-37 | |||
| Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 25 Oct 2021 | 00:39:01 | |
Iain Dale talks to political historian David Dutton about the life and short Premiership of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who served for just under a year as Prime Minister from October 1963 | |||
| Earl Grey | 18 Oct 2021 | 00:30:17 | |
Iain Dale talks to political historian Professor Gerry Hassan about the life and premiership of Earl Grey, Charles Grey, who was Prime Minister from 1830-34, and oversaw the introduction of the 1832 Reform Act and the 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act. | |||
| Margaret Thatcher | 11 Oct 2021 | 01:35:03 | |
Iain Dale talks to political journalist and biographer Julia Langdon about the life and career of Margaret Thatcher. She was, of course Britain’s first woman prime minister, and she served as Britain’s prime minister for 11 years, from May 1979 to November 1990. | |||
| George Canning | 04 Oct 2021 | 00:30:50 | |
Iain Dale talks to Theo Barclay about the life and career of George Canning, who is our shortest serving Prime Minister, having chalked up a premiership lasting only 3 months in 1827. | |||
| Earl of Rosebery | 27 Sep 2021 | 00:46:34 | |
Iain Dale talks to social commentator, biographer and historian Leo McKinstry about the life and premiership of Archibald Primrose, better known as the fifth Earl of Rosebery, who served for only fifteen months as Prime Minister from March 1894 to June 1895. | |||
| Bonus: Steve Richards on the ‘Nearly Prime Ministers’ | 24 Sep 2021 | 01:01:09 | |
Iain Dale talks to Steve Richards about his book THE PRIME MINISTERS WE NEVER HAD: SUCCESS & FAILURE FROM BITLER TO CORBYN which features chapters on 11 politicians who didn’t quite make it to Number 10 – Rab Butler, Roy Jenkins, Barbara Castle, Denis Healey, Neil Kinnock, Michael Heseltine, Michael Portillo, Ken Clarke, David & Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn. | |||
| 167. Richard Cromwell (1658-59) | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:38:59 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian Kirsteen Mackenzie about the life of the largely forgotten son of Oliver Cromwell, who succeeded his father as Lord Protector, but ruled for only nine months. | |||
| John Major | 20 Sep 2021 | 01:20:17 | |
Iain talks to biographer, journalist and historian Julian Glover about the life and career of John Major, who served for six and a half years as Prime Minister from November 1990 to May 1997. | |||
| Duke of Devonshire | 13 Sep 2021 | 00:22:29 | |
Iain Dale talks to Elaine Chalus, Professor British History at the University of Liverpool about the life and premiership of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire who was Britain’s fifth Prime Minister but whose period in office was one of the shortest - only seven months from November 1756 to June 1757. | |||
| Harold Wilson | 06 Sep 2021 | 01:02:22 | |
Iain Dale talks to Labour politician Nick Thomas-Symonds about the life and career of Harold Wilson who served as Prime Minister from 1964-70 and 1974-76. | |||
| Tony Blair | 30 Aug 2021 | 00:55:41 | |
Iain Dale talks to Lord (Andrew) Adonis about the life and Premiership of Tony Blair, who served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007. | |||
| Earl of Shelburne | 23 Aug 2021 | 00:31:07 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian Dr Nigel Aston about the life and rather short premiership of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. He was Britain’s 12th prime minister, who served for eight months from 1782 to 1783. | |||
| Henry Pelham | 16 Aug 2021 | 00:26:29 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian Stuart Handley about the life and premiership of Henry Pelham, who was Britain’s second Prime Minister and served from 1743 to 1754. | |||
| Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington | 09 Aug 2021 | 00:25:11 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian Robin Eagles about the short-lived premiership of the Earl of Wilmington, who served as Prime Minister from February 1742 to July 1743. | |||
| Edward Heath | 02 Aug 2021 | 00:38:01 | |
Iain Dale talks to public affairs consultant Wilf Weeks about the life and premiership of Edward Heath, who served as Prime Minister from June 1970 to February 1974. | |||
| Ramsay MacDonald | 26 Jul 2021 | 01:03:40 | |
Iain Dale talks to author and historian Robert Waller and the life and Premierships of Labour’s first Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald. He served as Prime Minister for 9 months in 1924, then from 1929 to 1931 as leader of a minority Labour government, and then from 1931 to 1935 as Prime Minister of a National government. | |||
| Marquess of Rockingham | 19 Jul 2021 | 00:26:18 | |
Iain Dale talks to historian and Conservative MP Jesse Norman about the life and premierships of Charles Watson-Wentworth who served twice as prime minister, from 1765-66 and for three months in 1782. | |||
| 166. Louis (1216) | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:26:05 | |
Iain Dale talks to Catherine Hanley about the life and disputed reign of King Louis in 1216. | |||
| David Cameron | 12 Jul 2021 | 00:44:39 | |
Iain Dale talks to Sky News presenter Adam Boulton about the premiership of David Cameron, who served as prime minister from 2010-16. | |||
| Earl of Aberdeen | 05 Jul 2021 | 00:44:21 | |
Iain Dale talks to Jon Parry, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, about the life and political career of George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen who served as Prime Minister from December 1852 to January 1855. | |||
| Viscount Goderich | 28 Jun 2021 | 00:26:47 | |
Iain Dale talks to Professor Gordon Pentland about the life and career of Viscount Goderich who served as Prime Minister for nearly five months from August 1827 to January 1828. | |||