The Magnificast

Latest Episodes:

Magnificast classic: Monopoly Capital Part 1 Sep 03, 2024

Show notes

Dean and Matt are traveling this week, so in lieu of a new episode, here's an older episode where we, once again, learn basic economics.

Karl Marx is great, but a few things have changed since he wrote capital. Instead of corporations competing against one another, global corporations have gained monopoly power and are able to set prices with little to no competition. In this episode, we're jumping into Paul Baran & Paul Sweezy's Monopoly Capital!

Intro 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/

Capitalist growth Aug 27, 2024

Show notes

In this episode, we're talking about capitalist growth again and why it's fundamental to capitalism and why it doesn't help anyone but the moth wealthy!

Here's the book we were talking about throughout the episode:What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism: A Citizen’s Guide to Capitalism and the Environment by Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster https://monthlyreview.org/product/what_every_environmentalist_needs_to_know_about_capitalism/

Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong
Outro music by theillogicalspoon https://theillalogicalspoon.bandcamp.com/track/hoods-up-the-low-down-technified-blues
*Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.com/themagnificast

Magnificast Classic: The Fearless Benjamin Lay w/ Marcus Rediker Aug 20, 2024

Show notes

Do you like stories about people who fearlessly speak truth to power? Of course you do. This week, Matt and Dean talk to Marcus Rediker about his book The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist. You can get the book here: https://bookshop.org/books/the-fearless-benjamin-lay-the-quaker-dwarf-who-became-the-first-revolutionary-abolitionist-with-a-new-preface/9780807060988

Intro 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/

The Future of Denial w/ Tad Delay Aug 13, 2024

Show notes

This week we're joined by Tad Delay to talk about his new book The Future of Denial: The Ideologies of Climate Change. In the episode, we talk with Tad about climate denial, liberalism, psychoanalysis, and why there's still hope!

You can find Tad's book on Verso.

White Property, Black Trespass Aug 06, 2024

Show notes

This week we're joined by Andrew Krinks to talk about his new book White Property, Black Tresspass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization. It's a really cool book that explores the links between a carceral society, religion, and capitalism.

You can preorder Andrew's book from NYU Press. Use NYUAU30 at checkout for 30% off.

Find more from Andrew at andrewkrinks.com, on X @andrewkrinks and BlueSky @andrewkrinks.bsky.social.

Magnificast classic: Development & Liberation Aug 01, 2024

Show notes

Welcome to Magnificast classic™ where we give you an old episode because we were traveling or something. Last week we chatted about the IMF and development. Here's an older episode where we discuss something similar.

Within the orbit of liberation, there's a closely related term that we've never really talked about on the podcast before: development. What does it mean to be a "developing country?" What is that development toward? To get to the bottom of it, we read a chapter from Gustavo Gutiérrez's A Theology of Liberation to understand why we need liberation, not development.

How does the IMF and World Bank work? Jul 23, 2024

Show notes

We all know the IMF and the World Bank are evil and stupid organizations, but have you ever wondered how they work? In this episode, we get into the weeds about the IMF and World Bank with the help of Éric Toussaint's book, Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank: Sixty Questions, Sixty Answers.

Do not match my Jesus freak Jul 16, 2024

Show notes

This week on the show, we're talking about recent political turmoil, psychoanalysis, and why evangelicals do the things they do.

Support Jeremy, from theillogicalspoon: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jeremys-journey-to-recovery?attribution_id=sl:c5d42218-652b-43c2-9e7b-8138f758f1bb&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=facebook

This Sweet Earth w/ Lydia Wylie-Kellermann Jul 09, 2024

Show notes

This week we're joined by Lydia Wylie-Kellermann, author of the recently published book: This Sweet Earth: Walking with Our Children in the Age of Climate Collapse. It's a great book about climate change, kids, and community. Get it now at the link below!

https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506495125/This-Sweet-Earth

Magnificast Crossover: Christian leftist politics on the SCM podcast Jul 03, 2024

Show notes

Folks, this week we got a chance to chat with William Gibson on the Student Christian Movement UK podcast. In the episode, we chat about solidarity, faith and action, and voting.

Find more from the SCM podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5K5WY43VsMDucQPJftwZVA?si=5a09edf02d78410e

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected