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Big Structural Violence: This week we did a round-up of some recent articles on racism and COVID19. These articles help us think through the big structural violence and class struggle embedded within capitalism. It's a bleak topic, but an important one! Intro Music by Amarya by The Magnificast

54 min listen

Rejoicing!: This week on The Magnificast we're getting back to our roots by reading a big philosophy book. We read Bruno Latour's book Rejoicing: The Torment of Religious Speech. It's a neat book that elaborates on the difficulty of expressing authentic religious bel by The Magnificast

57 min listen

Left-Wing Nationalism: In the past month or so, we've talked a lot about nationalism and Christianity, but what if there's actually a nationalism that is good? It's hard to believe, but in this episode, we turn to leftist Christian movements that grappled with nationalism and p by The Magnificast

65 min listen

Class Reduction is Bad: Last week on the show, we talked a lot about class and why we need to know about it. This week, we're talking about the shortcomings of ONLY talking about class. We're bringing you an episode full of ideas to complicate vulgar marxism and class reduction. by The Magnificast

54 min listen

Christian Order and Racial Order w/ Amaryah Shaye Armstrong: This week on The Magnificast, Matt and Dean talk with Amaryah Shaye Armstrong about her new piece in The Bias (read it here: https://christiansocialism.com/cedric-robinson-racial-order-christianity-socialism/). In this episode, Amaryah helps us apply Cedr by The Magnificast

64 min listen

Commodity Fetishism and Idolatry: How does money work? If you tithe, will you get more money? What's a commodity? Why is a holographic Charizard worth so much? These questions and more will be answered in this week's episode of The Magnificast. This week, we're tackling the political econ by The Magnificast

64 min listen

Psalty about voting: Dean and Matt were formed in the crucible of the evangelical counterculture of the Bush years and this has broken their brains significantly. In this episode, they talk through some of the radical Christian takes on voting from Christian anarchism and the by The Magnificast

51 min listen

Colombia & Liberation Theology w/ Héctor Acero Ferrer: Over the past few weeks, we've been talking a lot about liberation theology and Latin America. So, this week, we decided to keep that theme rolling by talking to our friend Héctor Acero Ferrer about liberation theology, his experience growing up in Colomb by The Magnificast

59 min listen

Saintly Statues and Marxist History: Over the past few weeks, we've seen activists tear down statues of confederate statues, that's pretty cool. But, they've also torn down a statue of a saint, is that cool? It is! In this episode, Matt and Dean talk about the current discourse around statue by The Magnificast

57 min listen

?Fratelli Tutti, what a wonderful phrase?: You know we've got to talk about Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti! This week, we talk through some of the themes of the encyclica like fraternity, immigration, neoliberalism, populism, and more. Get at this good pope news. Intro Music by The Magnificast

65 min listen

Christofascism: When there's an attempted coup, what can you do but make a podcast about it? This week, we're bringing you some takes on the religious angles on this week's insurrection at the US Capitol. We give some special attention to Dorothee Sölle's framework of Ch by The Magnificast

61 min listen

An Episode for your Atheist Communist Mom: Not too long ago, we made the case for why Christians should be socialists. This time, we're looking at the question from another angle and making the case why Socialists should make room for Christians in socialist movements. Intro Music by Amaryah A by The Magnificast

61 min listen

Political Economy and Christian Rhetoric: Christians have a peculiar way of talking about politics--liberal evangelicals especially! In this episode, we take a closer look at the vague political rhetoric of the evangelical left and talk about the ways Marxist political analysis functions as a too by The Magnificast

69 min listen

Stop talking about the religious left: I regret to inform you, the religious left discourse is back. Does the religious left exist? Yes, but it's different than the hot takes the religious left journalists have been giving on twitter. Listen to our own hot takes! Intro Music by Amaryah Arm by The Magnificast

49 min listen

But, what if we, Christians, are the imperialists?: Last week we made the case for Christian anti-imperialism, but maybe we're getting too far ahead of ourselves! Christians can and have been anti-imperialists, but for most of history Christianity has been an imperializing force. Intro Music by Amarya by The Magnificast

52 min listen

Christian Anti-Imperialism: Welcome to the Magnificast National Convention! In this episode, we elect a new presidential nominee for The Magnificast Party, we talk about anti-imperialism, colonialism, structural adjustment programs, and more! Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong by The Magnificast

56 min listen

The Desacralization of Marxism: We've been struggling to answer the question: What does Christianity contribute to Marxism or socialism? This week, we read The Desacralization of Marxism within Latin American Liberation Theology by Otto Axel Maduro Lang to get another perspective. Liber by The Magnificast

58 min listen

What comes first? Politics or religion?: What should come first for Christians? Politics or religion? Is there a truly biblical politics out there that transcends all politics? Or do we have to craft our politics and religion together? To get into these big questions, Matt and Dean read Juan Seg by The Magnificast

50 min listen

The Secular: Over the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about atheism, Marxism, and how revolutionary kinds of Christianity challenge some of the assumptions on the left. This week we thought we’d take a look at conversations around the secular, secularism, and secul by The Magnificast

62 min listen

The Socialist Ideal: It's time to get back to the heart of socialism. This week we're having a socialist revival by reading John Bellamy Foster's essay The Socialist Ideal from the Monthly Review (read it here! https://monthlyreview.org/2020/09/01/the-renewal-of-the-socialist by The Magnificast

58 min listen

Pandemics & Socialism: This week on The Magnificast Matt and Dean talk about Mike Davis' book The Monster at our Door and do a bit of a round up regarding what's going on with regard to the COVID19 pandemic. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon by The Magnificast

61 min listen

A Very Moody May Day: In past eps, we've talked about a lot of the cool leftist Christians involved in the Haymarket riot and the gilded age labor movement, but what about the shitty Christians? This week, we're bringing you a wild story about how Dwight L Moody massively prof by The Magnificast

56 min listen

St. Oscar Romero, Unions, and Politics: This week on the show, Matt and Dean read Oscar Romero's Voice of the Voiceless and talk about some of his big ideas regarding unions and political parties. You can get the book here: https://www.orbisbooks.com/voice-of-the-voiceless.html Intro Music by by The Magnificast

67 min listen

Dependency Theory: Last week we chatted about development and liberation, this week we're introducing another big idea in that conversation: dependency theory. Dependency theory has fallen out of style lately, but it's still a useful idea for thinking about the relationship by The Magnificast

53 min listen

Qanon w/ Hollis Phelps: Have you been wondering what's been going on with all these spooky conspiracy theories that your parents have been posting about on facebook? This week we're bringing you the scoop on Qanon and its connections to evangelicalism through an interview with H by The Magnificast

58 min listen

Motherhood and Radical Parenting Under Late Capitalism: Anastasiya and Speranza, a Russian immigrant mother and a Montanan mother respectively, join Breht to discuss the trials and tribulations of being mothers and parents in a capitalist society. Topics include how to be a radical parent, paternity leave... by Revolutionary Left Radio

104 min listen

The Gospel Coalition Labor Round up: It seems like everyone is a labor reporter these days, even folks at the Gospel Coalition. Though, rather than talking about strikes and wages, they're talking about how to fire someone like Jesus would. In this episode, Matt and Dean investigate the ways by The Magnificast

64 min listen

Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church w/ Olga Segura: This week the Magnifiboys are joined by journalist Olga Segura (@OlgaMSegura) a reporter at The National Catholic Reporter and author of the forthcoming book The Birth of A Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church. In this episode, we talk abo by The Magnificast

55 min listen

Beyond The Tryptamine Palace | James Oroc ~ ATTMind 77: Journalist, photographer, and artist James Oroc was born in the small South Pacific nation of Aotearoa. Since 1998 he has been pursuing and reporting on the cutting edge of extreme sports in more than 40 countries around the globe, his work appearing... by Adventures Through The Mind

64 min listen

Libruhl Freedom: WHAT DOES JK ROWLING HAVE IN COMMON WITH THE IWW? Well, basically nothing, but they both were really invested in the fight for free speech, though for wildly different reasons. In this week's episode we're talking about the illiberal left, cancel culture, by The Magnificast

58 min listen

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