The Magnificast

This week on the show, we're talking with Lydia Wylie-Kellerman about her new book The Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids For A Just World. Maybe you have kids, maybe you don't, maybe you just know some kids––either way this episode is for you. Lydia has so much wisdom and powerful intuitions about family and community life and you need to hear them. Pick up Lydia's book here: https://www.broadleafb...

Things happen so much. Too much some might say. Just the same, it's important to know what's happening outside of the US and Canada. To help us learn more about the world and what solidarity looks like, we brought back Jim Hodgson to talk about the ongoing wave of protests in Haiti with a special eye toward the historical context behind it all. You can find Jim's recent writing here: https://unwra...

We've mentioned the Christians for National Liberation and the ongoing struggle in the Philippines before on the podcast, but this time we've got some great guests who actually know what they're talking about. This week we're talking with Ariel, a doctoral student from the University of Toronto, studying the Christians for National Liberation and also Pastor Jeanelle Ablola, a United Methodist pas...

LITERALLY* millions of emails have been pouring in with listeners asking, "Matt and Dean, what episode of your podcast should I have my very conservative Christian Uncle Jerry listen to?" Well, dear listener, here it is. This is the intro episode to why Christianity and socialism make a whole heck of a lot of sense together that even your Uncle Jerry can listen to. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong...

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 patriotism in ways that will probably make Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp....

Have you heard about the cool new Liberation Theology podcast on the block? No? Well, let us tell you! This week, we're joined by David Inczauskis SJ, the host of The Liberation Theology Podcast. Give David a follow on twitter @LibTheoJesuit and check out his pod! Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-...

This week, Matt and Dean talk with Josiah Daniels about his essay Because we Dared to Exist: After Generations of Racist Trauma Black Gun Ownership is on the Rise. In the episode, we talk through Josiah's work and zero in on some big distinctions about violence, pacifism, sexy pacifism, and why violence is bad. Read Josiah's article here: https://religiondispatches.org/because-we-dared-to-exist-af...

Before the election, we talked a lot about how to think about electoral politics, but just because the election is over doesn't mean we should stop thinking about it. In this episode, we're talking about liberal Christian nationalism and adding some nuance to the advantages and disadvantages of a Biden presidency. Also, here's the article about the PRO act we mentioned on the show https://brandonm...

This week on The Magnificast we've got Connor Lewis, one of the Strikewave crew to talk to us about labor, unions, politics, and Catholocism. You're not going to want to miss this good union content! Also, check out the links below to check out the books and articles we mentioned in the show. thestrikewave.com Mindy Isser - The Union Members Who Voted for Trump Have to Be Organized—Not Ignored htt...

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-morality Intro Music by Amaryah Arms...

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 Christofascism You can find the articles we talked about here: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2021/01/06/us-capitol-trump-riot-ra...

We all know and hate the COVID-19 pandemic, but what do we do about it? There's a vaccine on the horizon, but what kind of systemic steps might we take to write the massive inequalities that COVID has revealed? This week, we take a look at some of the platforms and campaigns that advocate for a "Just recovery" from our own Christian-Marxist perspective. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music...

The most famous Christian leftist podcast meets the most famous Christian leftist youtube: Damon Garcia. Damon has been making rad Christian leftist content on youtube for a long time and we finally have him on the podcast! In this episode, we talk with Damon about Christmas, Christianity and the left, and youtube. Don't sleep on this episode! You can find all of Damon's stuff here youtube.com/Dam...

Back in 2018, we made this special episode with Hannah Shanks about Mary, materiality and bodies. It's a rad episode! To celebrate Christmas we're bumping this classic episode to the top of the list! Mary did you know that your baby boy would be the king of kings? Yeah, she knew. In this extra credit episode of the Magnificast, Matt talks with Hannah Shanks author of This Is My Body: Embracing the...

"Love is a power, and for that reason we cannot sequester it from all politics or keep it trapped in theological and mystical privacy. Love is not a neutral power that agrees with everything. But love lives precariously in a world that vacillates between not knowing what it is and subjecting it to the values of capital." This week, Matt and Dean talk with Richard Gilman-Opalsky about his new book...

Our official Latin America correspondent, Jim Hodgson, is back to talk with us about the recent elections in Venezuela, what they mean, and anti-imperialism. 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 Me...

Sarah Ngu is back! 🎉🎉🎉 It's been a while, but we've got Sarah back on the show to talk about some of her recent articles, Forefront Church in Brooklyn and the DSA's Religious Socialism Committee. Here are all of the things we referenced with Sarah in the episode: https://therevealer.org/the-secret-life-of-my-communist-great-aunt-a-hagiography/ https://faithandleadership.com/sarah-ngu-why-pastor...

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. If you want to know how capitalism works you also need some way of understanding intersection modes of oppression. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstr...

The bourgeoisie, the proletariat, the lumpen, what does all of this mean!? This week we're getting into it and talking about class and the problems that Christians have with thinking about class. 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....

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 then see where those takes are at in 2020. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.co...

This election season has been particularly terrible, so we brought in Tad Delay to explain why it's so awful. In this episode, we talk about Tad's work on psychoanalysis, Marxism, and fascism as it relates to the 2020 election. Get Tad's book here: https://wipfandstock.com/against.html Find Tad's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tad-delay/id1472068137 Intro Music by Amaryah Arms...

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 Colombia, and the ongoing Minga Indígena movement in Colombia. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogical...

As you might remember, late in 2019 there was a monumentally terrible coup against Bolivia's extremely good president Evo Morales. Despite the coup conspirator's best efforts, elections were held and the Bolivian people re-instated MAS through the election of Luis Arceo. To help us learn more about the situation, we've got Jim Hodgson the official Magnificast Latin America correspondent back on to...

This is an episode we did with Revolutionary Left Radio, but we figured it was worth sharing here too! In this episode Matt Bernico and Dean Dettloff from The Magnificast podcast join Breht to discuss the history and ideology of Liberation Theology. Check out Dean's course that he is currently teaching on liberation theology HERE Follow The Magnificast on Twitter HERE Please Support Rev Left Radio...

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 Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues *Support The...