Jam 1st

By Robert J Irwin & Garth Shephard

Political podcasting from Cornwall, UK. We say:

Democracy is not a spectator sport!

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The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.

Jam 1st episodes:

April 24, 2026 Retail, shoplifting and the Squeezed Middle
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Garth interviews a senior retail manager about how supermarket shopping habits are changing as price rises take hold on most of us.
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19min
March 30, 2026 Iran War! What is it good for? Absolutely no clue....
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Garth and Robert muse on the Iran War. What is Trump's objective? Has he got stuck in a quagmire? What will this do the world's economy?
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17min
March 01, 2026 What the Gorton and Denton bi-election says about UK politics
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A grassroots win by the Green Party against oligarch politics? Garth and Robert discuss.
We also talk about Council elections in Cornwall. Who is winning and why?
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21min
February 21, 2026Liberalism - why we need it!
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In this episode, Robert examines the intellectual argument for liberalism:
its tenets,
its history,
what it has done for ordinary folk,
and how it can resist the current rise of populist oligarchical authoritarianism
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20min
February 14, 2026 Strengthening democratic institutions
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Garth interviews Christine Leisner about her work to build the institutions which underpin democracy in many nations round the world.
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23min
February 08, 2026 Populism - the rise of Reform in Cornwall
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It's time Garth and I spoke about Reform. Why have they done well in Cornwall Council elections? What do they plan to to on a national level regarding migrants? Do recent developments in American politics - with DOGE and ICE - hold a clue?
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15min
February 03, 2026 Populism - an introduction
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A three-minute explainer on what populism means in our politics. Can it affect Cornwall?
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4min
January 27, 2026 In the DOGE house - could it happen in UK?
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Garth has some old mates from His Majesty's Civil Service. Given what Musk's DOGE did to their American counterparts, we wonder if it could happen in UK too.
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5min
January 02, 2026 Welcome to 2026!
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Happy New Year! here is our roundup of 2025 - in macrocosm of world politics, and in microcosm how this is reflected in Cornwall's politics.
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13min
December 14, 2025 Christmas wishes from Garth and Robert
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Garth and Robert discuss what Cornwall Council owes, and how it might be paid back - and in macrocosm what the UK owes in government debt, how we came to owe it, and what can be done about that,
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25min

FAQs about Jam 1st:

How many episodes does Jam 1st have?

The podcast currently has 34 episodes available.