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The Magnificast — Religion & Spirituality
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.

Latest Episodes:

Pope news: SSPX Jul 07, 2026

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This week on the Magnificast we're reading reddit questions, talking about demons, fallen angels, SSPX, and Pope Michael.

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Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

Liberation for the Earth with Anupama Ranawana Jun 23, 2026

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This week, we're chatting with Anupama Ranawana, author of the book Liberation for the Earth: Climate, Race and Cross from SCM press. In the episode, we talk about Tissa Balasuriya, global solidarity and Scottish politics.

Buy Anu's book: https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334061267/liberation-for-the-earth

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George Washingteen Jun 16, 2026

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In this episode, for whatever reason, we decided to talk about upcoming Christian movie releases, fascism, competing nationalisms, Scottish football, and more!

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Dear God, showtimes in my area now? Jun 09, 2026

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This week, we're LOCKING IN and answering some important and thoughtful questions from reddit. We also talk about a Scottish Island called Eigg, and a non-Scottish Island called Cuba.

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MAGNIFICA-ST HUMANITAS Jun 02, 2026

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This week we're talking about the new papal encyclical MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS. In the episode, we talk about where this falls within Catholic Social teaching, AI, the rhetoric of the encyclical, just war theory, and turning off email.

Read the encyclical here: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html

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Trans life and the Catholic Church with Dr. Nicolete Burbach May 19, 2026

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This week on the show, we've got Dr. Nicolete Burbach to talk about her work on Catholicism and the trans experience. Throughout the episode, we talk about the popes, gender ideology, Christian unity and being trans within the church.

Find all of the essays and books we talked about here: https://linktr.ee/nicoleteburbach

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Enough is more than enough May 12, 2026

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You're never going to believe this, but our book is published and out in the world. Listen along as we chat about why we wrote this book and take a peak behind the curtain of how we wrote it!

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The final pablo May 05, 2026

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We've done it folks, We've finished Pablo Richard's book on Revelation. Tune in this week and listen to the exciting conclusion of Revelation!

Here's the book about Zapatista women we mention: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Compa%C3%B1eras.html?id=1gcDBAAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y

Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich

Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/

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The Lamb and his smoking hot wife (the church) Apr 28, 2026

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We're back with that revelation's content that you crave! This week, we're talking about beasts, harlots, and more

Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich

Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/

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Beastie boyz Apr 14, 2026

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This week we've got a war in heaven, the angel being defeated, beasts rising from the earth and the sea! You're not going to want to miss all of these biblical cryptids! In this episode, we're talking about Revelation 12:1-15:4, idolatry, and imperialism. Listen before the world ends!

Read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich

Or get it from wipf and stock: https://wipfandstock.com/9781606081594/apocalypse/

Pre-order our book
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Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon

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