Jam 1st

Jam 1st

By Robert J Irwin & Garth ShephardSociety & CultureNewsPolitics
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Jam 1st episodes

  • The artist's duty to resist fascism

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    Garth continues his interview with Sarah from NYC, and speaks with an American tech expert about the pervasive role of social media.

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    11 min
  • Losing democracy? USA and UK

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    Garth interviews a citizen of New York City concerning President Trump's anti-democracy tactics - and sounds a warning.  Could it happen here?

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    12 min
  • Michael Bunney - community in Cornwall

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    Respected Cornish historian and community leader Michael Bunney talks to Robert about what makes Cornwall unique - and how community engagement is the key to resisting divisive voices.

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    17 min
  • Young people and democracy - by Tod (age 13)

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    Garth's impressive young friend Tod explains why and how young people should get involved in participatory democracy.


    Jam 1st thanks Tod for his fine contribution to our podcast, and hope that he will return in future!

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    4 min
  • Inward migration to the UK. Too much? Not enough? Why?

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    Robert attempts to tease out the strands of this knotty issue.

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    12 min
  • Trump - an American view

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    Garth explains his American wife's view on Trump, and sounds a warning.

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    4 min
  • Free speech in the UK?

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    What is free speech?  Where are its limits?  Should its expression have legal consequences?  If yes, why?

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    4 min
  • Democracy - not a spectator sport!

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    Garth and Robert talk more of the distorting power of wealth, and the effect of disinformation by media which is bought and paid for.

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    6 min
  • Wealth

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    Garth and Robert discuss the distorting effect of extreme wealth on our democracy and freedom.

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    13 min
  • Introduction to Jam 1st

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    Robert & Garth state their manifesto:  politics is NOT a spectator sport!

    Garth and Robert live in Cornwall, UK.  They want you to think about protecting your democracy - in Cornwall, in UK, across the world - before it is too late.

    Feedback can be sent to www.jam1st.co.uk.  Just click on the podcast you want to feed back to and find the link.

    2 min

About Jam 1st

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Political podcasting from Cornwall, UK.    We say:


Democracy is not a spectator sport!

 

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