fahrenheit451

• The life and work of Ray Bradbury
• The reasons this novel has been banned over the years
• Did Bradbury believe that censorship was a big issue?
• The differences between the book and movie
• The cast of the 2018 film: Michael B. Jordan (Guy Montag,) Michael Shannon (Captain Beatty,) Sofia Boutella (Clarisse,) Khandi Alexander (Toni Morrison,) Lilly Singh (Raven,) Martin Donovan (Commissioner Nyari,) Andy McQueen (Gustavo,) Dylan Taylor (Douglas,) Grace Lynn Kung (Chairman Mao,) Keir Dullea (Historian,) and Cindy Katz as Yuxie.

• Bradbury speaks to what the book is really about (Big hint: Kill your television!)
• Tim Robbins reads Fahrenheit 451 for Aubile (2018)
• Fahrenheit 451 (2018 trailer)
• “I want it to burn”
• Music: Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales

To recap: The dictionary says there are two types of dystopian society, i.e. one in which there is great suffering or injustice:

1) Totalitarian - With a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

2) Apocalyptic - In which an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale has taken place.

If you thought last week’s episode was bleak, brace yourself for something truly, downright awful this week.

And thus draws to a shuddering close, the somewhat chaotic year 2022. Looking out on the new year to come, to quote John & Yoko: “Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear.”
 
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The dictionary says there are two types of dystopian society, i.e. one in which there is great suffering or injustice:

1) Totalitarian - With a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

2) Apocalyptic - In which an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale has taken place.

The jury’s out on which we’d prefer to live in, but suffice it to say that both types enflame the imaginations of film-makers on a regular basis. And so, in this penultimate episode of 2022, we crack open a tall, frosty can of utter despair, abject misery, and really bad vibes as we haul ass up the mighty River Dystopia without so much as a used Canadian Tire paddle and what remains of our wits to guide us. (Sorry, got carried away there.)

BONUS: Dave reaches out to results-driven folks everywhere by sharing his suggestion for a New Year's resolution going forward. Don't push back, double down, or hop on a call until you've tried it.

All that gifting aside, we wish our listeners none of the above, but rather oodles of peace, love, health, and harmony this holiday season. Part Two'll be a-waitin' on the other side…
 
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Twenty years after September 11, 2001, we look back at where America began spiritually and where it is today. 

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12

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We're finishing Fahrenheit 451 and discussing the movie today! Honestly, they changed a lot for the movie, but it felt like it modernized it a bit. Plus, it added some actual character development that was truly lacking in the book itself. Up next, we will be reading Little Women, so be sure to read that before next week!

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Dystopian fiction has become a popular subgenre of sci-fi in its own right, but the earliest dystopian novels shared some unique elements in common, inverting the standard tropes of the hero's journey. In this episode, we explore what has made these stories so enduring.

Book recommendation: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
My essay on the inverted hero's journey.
Link to the Heroine's journey.
Link to O'Brien's speech.

This episode focuses on religion and ideology. Often we're taught to avoid two topics: religion and politics. However, can we discuss religion and ideology, at the right time and place, with civility and respect? In this episode, terrorism specialist Phil Gurski discusses this sensitive topic of religion with tact and diplomacy. 

As Phil Gurski says, most people, religious or not, are kind and helpful. A very small percentage go down the "dark path" to inflict heavenly "wrath" on unbelievers, to the point of engaging in terrorism.

Religion often has moderates and sometimes extremists. Conservative and liberals. People who view their sacred writings metaphorically or literally. Groups and individuals who try to spread their religion as much as possible, others who don't. We live in a world of multiple religions and beliefs. Somehow, some way, we have to get along . . .

Join us at Multi-Hazards as we explore religion, how it affects society, and how we all can work together.

Also, be sure to check out the Study Guide for the program!  Click on the top left where it says "Pdf" above the date!  https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/can-religion-sometimes-be-a-hazard-interview-with-phil-gurski

Phil Gurski's Bio

Phil Gurski is the President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting Ltd. and Programme Director for the Security, Economics and Technology (SET) hub at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI). He worked as a senior strategic analyst at CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) from 2001-2015, specialising in violent Islamist-inspired homegrown terrorism and radicalisation.

From 1983 to 2001 he was employed as a senior multilingual analyst at Communications Security Establishment (CSE – Canada’s signals intelligence agency), specialising in the Middle East. He also served as senior special advisor in the National Security Directorate at Public Safety Canada from 2013, focusing on community outreach and training on radicalisation to violence, until his retirement from the civil service in May 2015, and as consultant for the Ontario Provincial Police’s Anti-Terrorism Section (PATS) from May to October 2015. He was the Director of Security and Intelligence at the SecDev Group from June 2018 to July 2019.

Mr. Gurski has presented on violent Islamist-inspired and other forms of terrorism and radicalisation across Canada and around the world. He is the author of “The Threat from Within: Recognizing Al Qaeda-inspired Radicalization and Terrorism in the West” (Rowman and Littlefield 2015) “Western Foreign Fighters: the threat to homeland and international security” (Rowman and Littlefield 2017), "The Lesser Jihads: taking the Islamist fight to the world" (Rowman and Littlefield 2017), "An End to the ‘War on Terrorism’" and When Religion Kills: how extremist justify violence through faith (Lynne Rienner 2019).

Mr. Gurski regularly blogs and podcasts on terrorism ("An Intelligent Look at Terrorism" – available on his website: www.borealisthreatandrisk.com) and tweets on the subject at the Twitter handle @borealissaves.

He is an associate fellow at the International Centre for Counter Terrorism (ICCT) in the Netherlands, a digital fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies at Concordia University, a member of the board at the National Capital Branch of the CIC (Canadian International Council) and an affiliate of the Canadian network for research on Terrorism Security and Society (TSAS). Mr. Gurski is a regular commentator on terrorism and radicalisation for a wide variety of Canadian and international media. He is fluently trilingual in English, French and Spanish.

Episode Summary

McConnell Center Director Dr. Gary L. Gregg II invites you to participate in our summer 2020 digital book club. He is joined by a few special guests who will be leading webinars at the end of each month, to introduce you to the book they’ll be covering in the series. Vist mcconnellcenter.org or the links below to register!

Scheduled Webinars

"Why We Need 'Walden' Right Now"

May 28, 6 pm ET, Zoom

Led by John Kleber, PhD, a celebrated Kentucky historian and professor emeritus of history from Morehead State University. Henry David Thoreau's "Walden, or Life in the Woods," is a reflection on living in simple surroundings, with themes of solitude and social distancing that are relevant to today's global pandemic.

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"Why Read Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' in 2020"

June 30, 6 pm ET, Zoom

Led by Amy Sturgis, PhD, an adjunct history professor at Lenoir-Rhyne University who specializes in the intellectual history of science fiction and fantasy. This year marks the centennial of Bradbury's birth, who was born Aug. 22, 1920.

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"Why You Should Start Reading Wendell Berry in 2020"

July 28, 6 pm ET, Zoom

Led by Gary Gregg, PhD, McConnell Center Director, and GlyptusAnn Grider Jones, McConnell Center coordinator. They consider Berry's "Hannah Coulter" and Berry's long-standing concerns with the modern economy, the disruption of modern society to traditional economies, the production of food and living at a humane scale, which are relevant to today's global pandemic.

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Fahrenheit 451, ce roman de Ray Bradburry, devenu un film sous la caméra de François Truffaut, est une fiction futuriste où l’obsession du pouvoir est de bruler les livres, comme si les livres étaient la plus grande menace pour la société, une fiction où les gens prennent des risques insensés pour trouver des livres, les lire, les cacher.

Lire c'est résister

This week in film, join Nick & Midwest Matt as they discuss Fahrenheit 451 (2018) and Escape Plan (2013).

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