

The Magnificast
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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Apr 1, 2026 • 1h 13min
It's all horses
We're finally to the weird stuff in Revelation! This week, we've got creatures with weird faces, horsemen, cataclysms, and more! Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000richOr get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/Pre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Mar 24, 2026 • 1h 5min
Becoming a spicy Christian
This week on the pod, we're reading Pablo Richard's commentary on John of Patmos' letters to the churches in revelation. We talk about symbolism, anti-semitism, the phrase "Luke-warm christian," and the anti-imperialist nature of within Revelation. Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000richor get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/Pre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Mar 17, 2026 • 56min
The Beginning and End of Revelation
Folks, we're back this week reading the second chapter of Pablo Richard's book Apocalypse: A People's Commentary on the book of Revelation. In this episode, we talk about the verses the frame the book.You can read the Richard's book yourself here: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000richPre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Mar 10, 2026 • 1h 2min
Magnificast Classic: Toward a Philosophy of Photography
Hey Folks, we've got a classic episode for you this week, but next week we'll be back with some apocalyptic podcasting! Something cool about having a podcast is that you can talk about whatever you'd like and no one can stop you. This week, we're doing just that. We've both gotten really interested in photography as a hobby and practice, so we're talking about Vilém Flusser's Toward a Philosophy of Photography and also some ideas about how it relates to the photographs of Mev Puleo, a photographer who was involved in liberation theology.You can find Mev Puleo's book The Struggle is one here: https://archive.org/details/struggleisonevoi0000pule/mode/2upIntro 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 Merch* https://www.redbubble.com/people/themagnificast

Mar 4, 2026 • 48min
The imaginary apocalypse
This week, Dean's back from Assisi and has a bone update, we talk about the devil's super powers, and the imaginary geography of the apocalypse. Read the articles we talked about in this episode:https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-forhttps://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-modernities/christian-zionism-apocalyptic-gaza/Pre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Feb 24, 2026 • 1h 1min
Magnificast classic: The Dialogue between the Popes and Cuba
Hey folks, Dean is traveling for work this week and is going to see St. Francis' bones on display in Italy (this is not a joke), so this week we're reposting some classic Cuba content from 2022! It's the last week of Advent! We made it. We're rounding out our series on Cuba with some extremely niche content about Papal visits and Cuba. This is some really in the weeds content, but it shows a real interesting interchange between the Cuban revolution and religion. There's a dialectic at play here that is worth paying attention to! Here was the book we mentioned from Fidel on the podcast: https://archive.org/details/capitalismincris00cast/page/36/mode/2upYou can find all of JPII's addresses in Cuba here: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/travels/1998/travels/documents/trav_cuba-1998.htmlGet our Cuba Zine 👉 bit.ly/cubazineSupport us on patreon 👉 www.patreon.com/themagnificast

Feb 17, 2026 • 55min
Electricity and Cuba
This week on the show, we're talking about the ongoing crisis the United States is imposing on Cuba. The US has threatened tariffs on any country supplying Cuba with Oil. Listen in to our ep about the situation, electricity in Cuba, and Christian solidarity.Get The Low-Carbon Contradiction here: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-low-carbon-contradiction/paperGet our zine about Christian solidarity with Cuba here: https://themagnificast.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/christian-solidarity-with-cuba.pdfPre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Feb 10, 2026 • 54min
Apocalypse now
Over the last few weeks, we've been talking about Revelation and it's apocalypticism. But what is apocalypticism? In this episode we read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse and learn all about it! Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000richor get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/Pre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Feb 3, 2026 • 1h 1min
Revelation: justice and judgement
This week we read Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza's book Revelation: Justice and Judgement. Throughout the episode, we talk about liberation theology and the book of Revelation, exegesis, and ways of reading Revelation. Also, please note that we recorded this via zoom and it gets crunchy sometimes. Sorry in advance.Read the book we talked about here: https://archive.org/details/bookofrevelation0000schuPre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Jan 27, 2026 • 56min
Nothing Will Save Us w/ David C. L. Driedger
This week on the show we're joined by Mennonite pastor David C. L. Driedger to talk about his new book Nothing Will Save Us: A Theology of Immeasurable Life. We talk 2010s theology blogs, Canada, Thomas Muntzer, and how to deal with Christianity being so complicated.#Pre-order our bookhttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/pre-order-now-enough-is-enough-degrowth-capitalism-and-liberation-theology/Get our Winstanley Zinehttps://themagnificast.wordpress.com/zines/Join our patreonhttp://patreon.com/themagnificastMusic by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon


