The Magnificast

Pastor and socialist John Thornton Jr. is the first Magnifiguest of 2018! We talk about slogans for the new year, being a socialist in church, debt, pastoral work, and how if folks want to get young p...

12 Jan 20181h 22min

In this episode, Matt and Dean talk about Cornel West's essay Religion and the Left and figure out if religious is too idealistic for Marxist Materialism.

5 Jan 20181h 6min

Ho ho ho, it's The Magnificast Christmas special! in this episode, Matt and Dean discuss Christmas presents, Nicaragua, Ernesto Cardenal, reading the gospel alongside peasants and why it's important t...

29 Dec 20171h 7min

For weeks, Matt and Dean have been promising an episode on anarchism and now, with the help of Katherine, from Friendly Anarchism, we're delivering! In this episode, we discuss Anarchism, Democracy, D...

22 Dec 20171h 7min

Human Nature, Dignity, Freedom: these are all right wing buzzwords, but what do they actually mean? In this episode, Matt and Dean talk about these ideas from a Marxist and Christian perspective Intro...

15 Dec 201749min

You know what sucks? Corporate media and the suppression of leftist ideas. You know what's awesome? Brett O'Shea from The Revolutionary Left Radio (@revleftradio). In this episode, we talk with Brett ...

8 Dec 20171h 9min

If you're tired of hearing us talk about Christians for Socialism then sorry we're not sorry that we're still on it this week. We're working on getting the rights to digitize and distribute some of th...

1 Dec 201756min

Churches are supposed to be places of community, hospitality, and refuge, but what about when they're not? Many denominations and congregations routinely exclude LGBTQ people and that totally sucks. I...

22 Nov 20171h 12min