The FourFiftyOne
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The FourFiftyOne
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...
Recent Episodes
19 episodes
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...
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 d...
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...
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...
Flip a Congressman
In this special short episode, Jesse interviews James Thompson, a civil rights attorney and decorated war veteran. Thompson is the Democratic candidat...
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,...
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? Thi...
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...
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 abo...
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 le...
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 s...
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 discuss...
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 m...
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...
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 gi...
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 Tw...
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...
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 t...
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,...