Cooper Talks

Tobias Samuel Cooper

A series of episodes to help develop an awareness and understanding of major issues in History and Politics across the USA, UK, Europe and global politics and ideologies; everything for the A Level History, Politics, GCSE History and just those with a curiosity and interest.

  1. UK Politics: Party Systems

    05/12/2023

    UK Politics: Party Systems

    A look at how we catorgorise UK politicsl parties and what a Party system is and how we could approach an essay defining the type of party system that best describes the UK.

    41 min

  2. 01/05/2023

    The Cold War: The Collapse of the Warsaw Pact

    In this episode I look at the events in Eastern Europe in 1988-89 that resulted from Gorbachev's New Thinking and how they would lead to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and freedom and political changes that would effectively end the Cold War in Europe.

    33 min

  3. 28/04/2023

    The Cold War: Gorbachev and the ending of the Cold War

    A look at Gorbachev and his New Thinking, including rhe impact it had on the Soviet Union, the Warsaw Pact and the Cold War with America.

    33 min

  4. 26/04/2023

    The Cold War: Changing leaders 1980-85

    A look at the period 1980-85 and the changing leadership in the USSR

    11 min

  5. 26/04/2023

    The Cold War: Reagan and the Second Cold War

    Looking at Reagan’s more aggressive stance and the beginning of a more aggressive period in the Cold War after Detente.

    25 min

  6. 23/04/2023

    The Cold War: Solidarity

    A look at the rise of Solidarity in Poland in the ewrly 1980s, consdering its importance for the rest of the Cold War

    20 min

  7. 23/03/2023

    The Cold War: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

    An episode looking at the wvents around the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Sometimes described as the USSR’s Vietnam, it ended detente and drained the USSR leading to the eventual collapse of Communism in Europe.

    27 min

  8. 19/03/2023

    The Cold War: Detente

    A look at what detente was and why it happened. Its a vague idea thet reflects a concept more than an wvwnt but I’ll be looking at the impact it had on the Cold War, the key events within it and touch in its ending

    36 min
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A series of episodes to help develop an awareness and understanding of major issues in History and Politics across the USA, UK, Europe and global politics and ideologies; everything for the A Level History, Politics, GCSE History and just those with a curiosity and interest.

Information

  • Creator
    Tobias Samuel Cooper
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2023
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Tobias Samuel Cooper
  • Show Website
    Cooper Talks