The Magnificast

Do you feel like everything about Christmas is too commercial? Are you wondering what the real reason for the season is? Well, it's capitalism. This week we talk about Jean Baudrillard's The Consumer Society and whether or not Tim Allen wore Santa's underwear. Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon

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 Messiness of Faith and Motherhood (https://www.amazon.com/This-Body-Embracing-Messiness-Motherhood/dp/1935205285)about Mary, The Magnificat, Advent and revolution!

This week on the Magnificast we talk about President, Priest, and liberation theologian Jean-Bertrand Aristide. We also get philanthropic with the Matt & Dean Memorial Scholarship. Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon

This week we talk about Grace Hutchins journey from missionary to Bolshevik! We also do a segment about Comrade School Bus a great communist spin on the magic school bus. Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon

We talk about a lot of cool historical Christian leftists on this podcast, but this week we're talking with some cool contemporary Christian leftists: The Friendly Fire Collective! Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon

This week on The Magnificast we revisit the topic of violence! In this episode, you can hear us talk about Christian hang ups about violence, pacifism, we say "nuance" like a million times, Deans cat being noisy in the background, and Matt keep bringing up The Americans. Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon

This week on the Magnificast we celebrate All Saints Day and talk about some of the leftist Christians who give us permission to be both committed to leftists struggles and faithful Christians. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro Music by theillogicalspoon

If you’ve been paying attention to the news cycle over the past few weeks, you know that there’s been a lot happening. Fascism in Brazil, anti-semitism, bombs in the mail and the US Army coming to the border to confront refugees. In all of that, there was also some important and troubling stuff from the Prez about possible changes to Title IX that would narrowly define an individual’s gender. While all of this stuff is important, we don’t want the impending danger for transpeople to get lost in the mix. So, in light of all that, this week we’re talking with Blaire Bohlen, a talented artist and all around great person who identifies as trans non-binary. Blaire has had a pretty wild journey through Christianity, especially after being fired from the campus ministry organization InterVarsity for being bi in 2015, leading them to have some really interesting and helpful insights on the damaging pathologies within Christianity and evangelicalism especially. Blaire is also involved in a neat thing called the Reformation Project, which according to its website "is a Bible-based, Christian grassroots organization that works to promote inclusion of LGBTQ people by reforming church teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity. Our vision is of a global church that fully affirms LGBTQ people.” They do grassroots organizing and education and have a ton of great resources. Check out Blaire's artwork and other shenanigans at blarecreative.info. For real, check it out. It's Very Good. Also find Blaire on twitter @blaire_bohlen. Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon.

Hey did you know Kim Il-Sung taught Sunday School at a Methodist church once? Or that his parents were Christians? Or that his uncle was a Presbyterian pastor who served in the revolutionary government? Well thanks to a new article by Dae Young Ryu called "Kim Il-Sung and Christianity in North Korea," now you can learn all about that and the changing shape of Christianity in the DPRK. The article appears in the Journal of Church and State, and was just published this month! Also in this episode: Matt remembers smuggling Bibles into North Korea at church camp, and it turns out American imperialism is still Very Bad. Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon.

ok, so I can't promise that this episode is as fun to listen to as it was to record, but we're allowed a bad ep every once and while right? In this episode of The Magnificast Matt and Dean talk about socialist realism, kitsch, and the aestheticization of politics in the work of Jon Mcnaughton.