Folks, we're back. As a disclaimer, the first 6 or so minutes of the podcast is Dean giving an update on his second trip to the bone church in Rome. So, if you're not an enjoyer of bones and crypts smash that fast forward button! After that we talk about John Pavlovitz, Christianity, liberalism, and what it is liberals even want out of their politics. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-...
Nov 27, 2024•54 min•Ep. 416
While Dean is traveling, enjoy this episode from 2021! When it comes to Christianity and politics everyone loves to talk about the "political imaginary." This week we're going to talk through the political imaginary and what it's all about! To do that, we read a really fascinating article called Bhima Koregaon and the “Powers of the Other Shore by Saroj Giri you can read the article here: https://monthlyreview.org/2021/10/01/bhima-koregaon-and-the-powers-of-the-other-shore/ Intro Music by Amarya...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 415
Folks, the US election just wrapped and we're here to report that we've got four more years of crab season. There's no escaping it! In this episode, we snap our claws, blow some bubbles, and scuttle around while we chat about the election results and all of the stuff we're not looking forward to. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues Support The Magnificast on Patreon http://patreon....
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 414
It's Election Day, so we're giving you an old episode. We hope everyone has fun out there. Liberation theology is cool! But, what about theology done from inside revolutionary contexts like Cuba? This week we're discussing Cuban theologian Sergio Arce Martinez and his book The Church and Socialism. You can check out his book here on archive.org. What's interesting about Arce's work is that rather than theology as a critique of capitalism, you get theology as a constructive project of what Christ...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 413
This week on the pod, we're remembering Liberation Theologian, Gustavo Gutiérrez, by chatting about his life and his work. In the episode, we talk about his impact on Catholicism and just why he was controversial. Then, we talk about Gutiérrez' thoughts on poverty and solidarity Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues Support The Magnificast on Patreon http://patreon.com/themagnificast...
Oct 29, 2024•55 min•Ep. 412
Matt and Dean spent some time in Rome last week and this week we're reflecting on our trip to the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Capuchins, a church with a crypt full of the skeletons of 3,000+ Capuchin monks in it. In the episode we reflect on the bones, death, Jean Bone-drillard, how weird tourism is, and what's going on in the gift shop. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified...
Oct 22, 2024•51 min•Ep. 411
This past week, friend of the pod, Greg Hillis passed away. Greg was a great scholar and wrote a fantastic book on Thomas Merton called Man of Dialogue: Thomas Merton's Catholic Vision. Back in 2019 we talked with him about his book. Tune in and celebrate Greg with us. You can get Greg's book here: https://litpress.org/Products/8460/Man-of-Dialogue?srsltid=AfmBOopqHnBJy3UDYkI9esGMSr8Wp5uait3kASHrrUddqZT2S-RtmPJF Read America's obituary of Greg here: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/10/...
Oct 15, 2024•52 min•Ep. 410
This week, Matt and Dean are geographically together in Scotland. To mark the occasion, they finally get to the bottom of what happens to your body when you're resurrected. Get excited to find out what happens. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themagnificast *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.com/people/themagnif...
Oct 08, 2024•37 min•Ep. 409
This week, Dean is preparing for his big European adventure, so we're taking it easy with another episode of the Magnificast Lockin. If you don't know, the magnificast lockin takes place in an alternate reality, where we're your youth pastors and we're answering pressing spiritual questions. We also talk a bit about climate change and the ghosts of popes past.
Sep 24, 2024•44 min•Ep. 408
It's crab season, folks. We're here giving your our crabbiest takes about Christians for Kamala and the ways evangelicals and mainline Christians are engaging with the presidential election. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themagnificast *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.com/people/themagnificast/...
Sep 17, 2024•56 min•Ep. 407
Dean is traveling this week, so here's one more from the archive. Dean should be back next week and we'll get things back on track. Since we talked with Richard Gilman-Opalsky a few weeks ago, we've focused a bit on the idea of morality and communism as a relationship between people. To keep riding that theme, we talked with Taylor Genovese about his essay The Necessity of Communist Morality! You can find Taylor's article here: https://www.peacelandbread.com/post/the-necessity-of-communist-moral...
Sep 10, 2024•57 min•Ep. 406
Matt and Dean are traveling this week, so here's another one from the archives! It's time for the second installment of our Monopoly Capital series. In this episode, we talk about the ways monopoly capital reabsorbs all of the surplus it produces in some incredibly frustrating ways! Here's the MR article we mentioned in the show: https://monthlyreview.org/2016/07/01/surplus-absorption-and-waste-in-neoliberal-monopoly-capitalism/
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 405
Dean and Matt are traveling this week, so in lieu of a new episode, here's an older episode where we, once again, learn basic economics. Karl Marx is great, but a few things have changed since he wrote capital. Instead of corporations competing against one another, global corporations have gained monopoly power and are able to set prices with little to no competition. In this episode, we're jumping into Paul Baran & Paul Sweezy's Monopoly Capital! Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music...
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 404
In this episode, we're talking about capitalist growth again and why it's fundamental to capitalism and why it doesn't help anyone but the moth wealthy! Here's the book we were talking about throughout the episode:What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism: A Citizen’s Guide to Capitalism and the Environment by Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster https://monthlyreview.org/product/what_every_environmentalist_needs_to_know_about_capitalism/ Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro m...
Aug 27, 2024•59 min•Ep. 403
Do you like stories about people who fearlessly speak truth to power? Of course you do. This week, Matt and Dean talk to Marcus Rediker about his book The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. You can get the book here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-fearless-benjamin-lay-the-quaker-dwarf-who-became-the-first-revolutionary-abolitionist-with-a-new-preface/9780807060988 Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://thei...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 402
This week we're joined by Tad Delay to talk about his new book The Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change. In the episode, we talk with Tad about climate denial, liberalism, psychoanalysis, and why there's still hope! You can find Tad's book on Verso . Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.co m/themagnificast...
Aug 13, 2024•54 min•Ep. 401
This week we're joined by Andrew Krinks to talk about his new book White Property, Black Tresspass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization. It's a really cool book that explores the links between a carceral society, religion, and capitalism. You can preorder Andrew's book from NYU Press . Use NYUAU30 at checkout for 30% off. Find more from Andrew at andrewkrinks.com , on X @andrewkrinks and BlueSky @andrewkrinks.bsky.social. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro mu...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 400
Welcome to Magnificast classic™ where we give you an old episode because we were traveling or something. Last week we chatted about the IMF and development. Here's an older episode where we discuss something similar. Within the orbit of liberation, there's a closely related term that we've never really talked about on the podcast before: development. What does it mean to be a "developing country?" What is that development toward? To get to the bottom of it, we read a chapter from Gustavo Gutiérr...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 399
We all know the IMF and the World Bank are evil and stupid organizations, but have you ever wondered how they work? In this episode, we get into the weeds about the IMF and World Bank with the help of Éric Toussaint's book, Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.co m/themag...
Jul 23, 2024•56 min•Ep. 398
This week on the show, we're talking about recent political turmoil, psychoanalysis, and why evangelicals do the things they do. Support Jeremy, from theillogicalspoon: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jeremys-journey-to-recovery?attribution_id=sl:c5d42218-652b-43c2-9e7b-8138f758f1bb&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=facebook Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-...
Jul 16, 2024•59 min•Ep. 397
This week we're joined by Lydia Wylie-Kellermann, author of the recently published book: This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of Climate Collapse. It's a great book about climate change, kids, and community. Get it now at the link below! https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506495125/This-Sweet-Earth
Jul 09, 2024•49 min•Ep. 396
Folks, this week we got a chance to chat with William Gibson on the Student Christian Movement UK podcast. In the episode, we chat about solidarity, faith and action, and voting. Find more from the SCM podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5K5WY43VsMDucQPJftwZVA?si=5a09edf02d78410e Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.co m/themagni...
Jul 03, 2024•41 min•Ep. 395
Liberation theology is cool! But, what about theology done from inside revolutionary contexts like Cuba? This week we're discussing Cuban theologian Sergio Arce Martinez and his book The Church and Socialism. You can check out his book here on archive.org. What's interesting about Arce's work is that rather than theology as a critique of capitalism, you get theology as a constructive project of what Christians should do in a socialist society. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by thei...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 394
This week, we're talking about the recent news about Cornerstone University's decision to shutter all of their humanities departments and Christian higher education as a site of ideological reproduction. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themagnificast *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.com/people/themagnificast/...
Jun 25, 2024•55 min•Ep. 393
With the recent passing of Jürgen Moltmann, we thought it would be worth chatting about some of his thoughts about the Christian-Marxist dialogue. In this episode, we talk about Jürgen Moltmann, Christian freedom, and what freedom movements have to say to one another. Check out the book here: https://archive.org/details/religionrevoluti0000molt/mode/1up Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technifie...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 392
This week on the show, we're talking about a really neat book called Revolutionary Forgiveness: Feminist Reflections on Nicaragua by the Amanecida Collective. The book is a reflection on 13 theologians who took a number of trips to Nicaragua in the early 80's. The book highlights a lot of interesting interactions between Christianity and politics during the Nicaraguan Revolution. Find the book here: https://wipfandstock.com/9781666719802/revolutionary-forgiveness/ Intro Music by Amaryah Armstron...
Jun 10, 2024•59 min•Ep. 391
Folks, The new Magnificast late night talk show is back with another round of headlines, current events, and rambling takes about democracy. This week we're talking about the conviction of Donald Trump, Global Elections, What's happening in the UK Labour party, and Cuba news. Tune in! Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themag...
Jun 03, 2024•59 min•Ep. 390
This week, we're coming up for air and talking about some of the big trends in Christianity with regards to its declining membership and closing churches. Listen in and hear our takes on what it all means for Christians on the left. Here are the links we mentioned in the show https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/transgender-people-are-loved-by-god-and-welcome-in-the-church https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/21/majority-of-people-in-scotland-do-not-b...
May 28, 2024•51 min•Ep. 389
We've got another cool interview from the archive this week! 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 about the silence and sometimes antagonism of the Catholic Hierarchy with regards to Black Lives Matter and how Black Catholic Lay people have responded to the movement. Intro Music by Am...
May 18, 2024•55 min•Ep. 388
Folks, we're Ireland pilled. This week we dive into Ireland and how liberation theology shows up in the 20th century struggles. As it turns out, it's complicated! Throughout the episode we talk about the history of Ireland, the troubles, Liberation theology and reconciliation. Here are the books we talk about in this episode. https://archive.org/details/bwb_T2-DWJ-929 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-ecclesiastical-history/article/abs/catholic-church-and-the-northern-ireland-tr...
May 14, 2024•53 min•Ep. 387
