The Magnificast

The big news lately is that we're still ecologically doomed by capitalism. We got bummed about that so we decided to read Michael Löwy's book Ecosocialism to get some ideas about how to comport ourselves. We also looked to Leonardo Boff for a little inspiration and get a little theological (sorry) at the end. Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Paul Virilio, a Christian anarchist, architect, urbanist, philosopher, and peace activist, died this year on September 10th. We're both really influenced by Virilio, and we've talked about him in the past on the show, so we thought we'd do a retrospective on some of his major themes to say goodbye to a radical Christian comrade. Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillalogicalspoon

Last week we heard an interview with Damian Costello and Basil Brave Heart on Nicholas Black Elk. This week we're talking to Damian himself about his book Black Elk: Colonialism And Lakota Catholicism. We talk through some of the finer points of Damian's book, discuss colonialism, post-colonialism, and the agency of the colonized. Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong outro music by theillogicalspoon

Damian Costello, author of Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism, has gifted us with a neat interview with Lakota elder Basil Brave Heart. This episode features an interview with Basil over the Catholocism of Nicholas Black Elk. You can get Damien's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Elk-Colonialism-Catholicism-Culture/dp/1570755809/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537551433&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=Damien+Costello+black+elk You can get Basil Brave Heart's book here: https://birchbarkbooks.com/all-online-titles/the-spiritual-journey-of-a-brave-heart intro music: Amaryah Armstrong outro music: theillogicalspoon

this week you get two episodes! we put in a little bit of extra work to give you a double episode! A few episodes back, we talked with Jared Ware about Christians involved in prison abolition--we specifically we wondering about any hot takes from prison chaplains, but that was something he was aware of. We went down to the hot take mine and talked with an actual prison chaplain and got her opinion on incarceration. Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro music by theillogicalspoon

Do you like learning? Of course, you do! In this episode we talk through Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In this episode we get into some big ideas like pedagogy, revolutionary leadership, matt gets cranky about some stuff, and we learn the true name of Ty Pennington! Move that bus! It's the Magnificast! Intro music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro Music by theillogicalspoon

The usual deal on The Magnificast is to read a leftist Christian or a leftist who has something constructive to say about Christianity. This week, however, we're reading something really critical of Christianity. This week we're reading Mikhail Bakunin's God and the State! intro music by Amaryah Armstrong outro music by theillogicalspoon

Following up on last week's episode about Angela Davis's book "Are Prisons Obsolete?" we decided to talk to Jared Ware, a freelance journalist and prison abolitionist covering the prison strike going on right now. Jared is also co-host of the podcast Millennials Are Killing Capitalism (there's a great episode there on the prison strike as well) and a producer for the Beyond Prisons podcast. You can follow him @jaybeware on twitter. For more information and updates on the strike, visit https://incarceratedworkers.org/campaigns/prison-strike-2018. Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

In case you haven't heard, there's a massive prison strike going on in the US and in Canada from August 21 to September 9. Prisoners are striking with a list of ten demands (those demands and more info are available here: https://incarceratedworkers.org/campaigns/prison-strike-2018). This week we decided to look at prison abolition with the help of Angela Davis, a former prisoner herself. Her book "Are Prisons Obsolete" is a really accessible and forceful presentation of the history of prisons and their internal conditions, as well as what it would mean to think about alternatives. Solidarity to prisoners! Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon.

Greetings from the past! Dean's on vacation this week, so here's an episode we recorded a few weeks ago. In this episode, Matt and Dean read through Marx's The Critique of the Gotha Program. Hold on to your butts for some more Marxism 101! Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong Outro Music by theillogicalspoon