The Magnificast
By The Magnificast
A weekly podcast about Christianity and leftist politics. The Magnificast is hosted by Dean Dettloff and Matt Bernico. Each week's episode focuses on a unique or under-realized aspect of territory between Christianity and politics that no one taught you about in sunday school.
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The Gauntlet of Goofs
This week, we're easing back into podcasting after taking a bit of a hiatus. So, we're getting back into the swing of things with some of our favorite goofs. Don't worry; next week, we'll be back with something a bit more substantive. Als… -
Magnificast Classic: James Connolly w/ Brett O'Shea
Podcasts are hard for busy and successful people like us. We're away travelling this week and next. But, we'll be back with fresh content later this month.This time, Brett O'Shea from Rev Left Radio is joining us to talk about ever… -
Magnificast Classic: God Isn't an Investment Capitalist (that's right it's parable of the talents time)
Podcasts are hard for busy and successful people like us. We're away travelling this week and next. But, we'll be back with fresh content later this month.We're still out here doing this Bible study, and this time we're doing a cla… -
Magnificast classic: The CIA & Liberation Theology
This week, Matt is away travelling, so we're giving you a spicy episode from the vault! Theology? Yeah, it's boring. Liberation theology? It's DANGEROUS--well, at least according to the CIA! This week we take a look at a few right … -
Paul and Economics
Last week, we hit you with the first half of Richard Horsley's book, You Shall Not Bow Down and Serve Them, and this week, we have part two on Paul and his economic message. Intro Music by Amaryah ArmstrongOutro music by the… -
Jesus and economics
This week, we're back to reading books! We've got some hot takes about the economic message of the Gospels that you didn't learn about in church from Richard Horsley's book You Shall Not Bow Down and Serve Them. We'll be back with the sec… -
2Joe2Biden
It's an election year, which means that every person you know will tell you what they think about voting. We're no different. In this episode, we're talking about Joe Biden, the SOTU, Palestine, and the uncommitted vote. Intro:… -
Katmandean
You might have noticed that the podcast feed has been empty for a few weeks. Dean has been travelling the world and went all the way to Nepal to the World Social Forum to rub elbows with liberation theologians and activists. This week, De… -
Magnificast Classic: Love and Communism w/ Richard Gilman Opalsky
Happy Valentines Day/Ash Wednesday. Here's a classic ep to help us think about love. "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… -
Magnificast Classic: He Gets Us w/ Josiah Daniels
Dean is halfway around the world at the World Social Forum talking liberation theology, so this week we're bringing you one from the archives. This conversation still seems timely given the new round of He Gets Us ads at the super bowl.