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The FourFiftyOne
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We are The FourFiftyOne, a podcast for the Resistance. Our hosts are Summer Brennan, Jesse Hirsch, and Jonathan Mann, two journalists and a musician discussing what it means to be an American in the age of Trump."The FourFiftyOne" takes its name from the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, set in a dystopian America where books are outlawed and any that are found are burned. The book's name comes from the assumed temperature at which paper will burst into flame.
Episodes
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Don't Call it Goodbye
It has been roughly 300 years since our last podcast and for that we apologize. Summer has been working in Paris, Jonathan has a new child, and Jesse has been taking a long nap. This is an apology and explanation episode, for our die-hard listeners and friends. Consider it an indefinite…
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Cocaine in the Cough Syrup
This week your hosts ask existential questions about the 451's purpose in a broad media landscape (spoiler: not a breaking news podcast!). They also discuss infighting on the left, how to pronounce covfefe (it's cuv-feffay, trust us), redistricting North Carolina, "theory" vs. "conspiracy…
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Consider the Lobster
This week your hosts marvel at the sheer enormity of news and information we're all contending with right now. They dive into climate, Chaffetz, Comey, our dwindling ability to process new information, and...lobsters. Plus Jonathan gives us some hopeful things to focus on!
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Boiling a Frog
The 451 is back! And it feels so good. This week -- with the help of new producer Hank -- your hosts discuss new babies, whether there is such a thing as the ~Final Trump Straw~, Handmaid's Tale, our 100 days of tears, Macron's election, Medicare for all, and so much more.
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Flip a Congressman
In this special short episode, Jesse interviews James Thompson, a civil rights attorney and decorated war veteran. Thompson is the Democratic candidate running for Congress in a special election on Tuesday, April 11th, in Kansas. Thompson once seemed like a long shot (his district went for Trump…
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Meanwhile, In Our Parallel Reality
This week our hosts talk about the monster Mike Cernovich, flipping Congressional districts, finding ways to channel our scattered political energies, and Summer's exciting book project. They also want everyone to know that Jonathan's soon-to-arrive baby will likely put the podcast on a hiatus...
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Climate Change Says What?
Climate change. Have you thought about it today? How about yesterday? How about tomorrow? Not to put too fine a point on it, but what's your plan? This week, your hosts discuss climate change stories in the news (and more importantly, the lack of them), Summer's Twitter polling, Jesse's…
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Baby On the Window Ledge
This week, it's just your folksy, friendly hosts, sitting around and talking the talk. Summer, Jonathan and Jesse got together during the snowstorm to record their thoughts about affordable health care, the welfare state, the Overton window, and switching Trump and Clinton's genders. A special...
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Praise for a Drunk 10-Year-Old
This week on The 451, your hosts aren't ashamed that they skipped out on the Congressional Address. That speech is still a good lead-in to talking about punditry, the old Malaysian Airlines 24/7 news cycle, Twitter conspiracies and uh, Russia. Their guest is the estimable Janai Nelson, associate...
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Sovietology
This week on The 451, your hosts mull over how happy they should feel about Flynn's departure, panicking about rumors, enacting change on the micro level, and Trump's gastrointestinal health. Their guest is conservative professor, author and expert on Russia/nuclear proliferation, Tom Nichols....
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Democracy In A Hot Car
This week on The 451, Jonathan and Summer talk about work/life/activism balance, Sessions and DeVos, and the current status of the Muslim ban. Jesse shows up in time to chat about hopes and fears, including nuclear meltdown and the prospect of a Koch-backed move to amend the Constitution. Also:...
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The More You Know
This week on The 451, your hosts record their show at 7:30 am, and aren't trying to brag or anything, but check out how coherent they are! Our discussion centers around unlikely pockets of resistance, cabinet nominees and Supreme Court concessions, the Muslim ban, and what it means to be an...
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Love and Hope
Trump is now the President. It happened, and on the heels of the ever-so-empowering Women's March, your 451 hosts are figuring out how to deal. This may not be the most hopeful episode you've heard, but hey. Sometimes we all just need to navigate unpleasant truths together. Luckily this week we...
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Hard To Say Goodbye
This week on The FourFiftyOne we come to grips with a hard truth: Tomorrow is the inauguration of that guy, and it seems to really be happening. Still, the future is unwritten and giving up isn't an option. Our guest this week is the outspoken Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who is boycotting...
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Thor's Day Debut (Mini Episode Update)
Welcome to The 451's first "minisode", as we transition our weekly release day from Mondays to Thursdays. This week Jesse, Jonathan and Summer each give their favorite lists of resistance actions, talk about how hard it is to use words, and they kick off The Official 451 Book Club. (Don't shop at...
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Never Give Up, Never Surrender
This week on The 451, hosts Summer, Jonathan and Jesse kibitz about locking down your cybersecurity, saving Congressional ethics, the ACA, jerks on Twitter, and Jesse's houseboat dreams. They also take a pause to remember that Republicans are human beings who might hold the door open or let you...
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Naming Names
So 2016 is over, and your podcast hosts have hope for the new year; hope that there won't be mutually assured nuclear destruction in 2017, hope that there won't be Muslim internment camps, and hope that...our future selves won't look back at 2016 and think, "That year was pretty decent by...
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Saving Artax
So, how 'bout them politics goin' on? This week, hosts Summer, Jesse and Jonathan discuss the electoral college vote, the abnormality of Trump, and the case for hope. Authoritarian scholar Dr. Sarah Kendzior joins to talk about the dangers of rising autocracy, and California Congressman Eric...
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Here We Go
What is 'the Resistance?' What does it mean to resist in the age of Trump and what are we resisting? In our first episode, hosts Summer, Jesse and Jonathan discuss what's happened in America since the presidential election, our worst fears and greatest hopes, and what we might be facing next.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We are The FourFiftyOne, a podcast for the Resistance. Our hosts are Summer Brennan, Jesse Hirsch, and Jonathan Mann, two journalists and a musician discussing what it means to be an American in the age of Trump."The FourFiftyOne" takes its name from the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, set in a dystopian America where books are outlawed and any that are found are burned. The book's name comes from the assumed temperature at which paper will burst into flame.
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