The Magnificast

In this episode, Matt and Dean talk with Matt Sitman of Commonweal Magazine about his recent essay "Against Moral Austerity: On the Need for a Christian Left." The conversation outlines the failure of the Democratic party to engage politics morally and what the left could gain from using moral language.

Matt and Dean talk with Daniel Camacho about evangelicalism and the legacy of the Christian left.

Dean is back! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJtx9xQQEx4) In this episode, Matt and Dean talk with Drew Van't Land about his trip to the Socialism 2017 conference in Chicago. The three discuss Christianity, socialism, race, class and socializing daycare.

Dean is still on vacation, so Zach Dimiele steps in as a guest co-host. Matt and Zach discuss Leonardo Boff's Ecclesiogenesis and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's integral role in the history of the church.

Dean's away on vacation, so John Brittingham is filling in as a co-host. Matt and John have a very Foucaultian conversation about the disciplinary structures of Christian summer camps.

In this episode, Matt and Dean do some 101 level socialism and Christianity talk. There is a history of folks on the left and right that assume Christianity and socialism are antithetical, but in this episode Matt and Dean disprove this garbage take through the immortal science of historical materialism.

We regret to inform you Matt and Dean are at it again! In this episode of The Magnificast, Derek Ford joins the discussion again and they explore Lenin's essays on the communist party and religion alongside Herbert McCabe's essay on Christian Love and Class Struggle.

In this episode, we talk about the participation of Christians in the Communist Party of the Philippines and chat about revolutionary violence.