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Magnificast Classic: The Public Work of Christmas w/ Pamela Klassen Dec 23, 2022

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Back in 2019, we published this episode with Pamela Klassen about her book: The Public Work of Christmas. It's still a banger! Listen in! Ho Ho Ho, we're back with more Christmas content for all you Whos down in Whoville. This week, we talked with Pamela Klassen, a professor in the study of religion at the University of Toronto. She edited a rad collection of essays called The Public Work of Christmas and we're excited to talk with her and figure out what Christmas is all about! You can check out a preview of her book here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Public_Work_of_Christmas/7FWXDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Music from NAVIDAD EN LIBERTAD ~ Carlos Mejia Godoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DGwBQzsW4Q *Support The Magnificast on Patreon* http://patreon.com/themagnificast *Get Magnificast Merch* https://www.redbubble.com/people/themagnificast/og-shop?asc=u

Magnificast Classic: Mary Knew W/ Hannah Shanks Dec 23, 2022

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Back in 2018, we made this special episode with Hannah Shanks about Mary, materiality and bodies. It's a rad episode! To celebrate Christmas we're bumping this classic episode to the top of the list! Mary did you know that your baby boy would be the king of kings? Yeah, she knew. In this extra credit episode of the Magnificast, Matt talks with Hannah Shanks author of This Is My Body: Embracing the Messiness of Faith and Motherhood (https://www.amazon.com/This-Body-Embracing-Messiness-Motherhood/dp/1935205285)about Mary, The Magnificat, Advent and revolution!

The Dialogue between the Popes and Cuba Dec 17, 2022

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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/2up You 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.html Get our Cuba Zine 👉 bit.ly/cubazine Support us on patreon 👉 www.patreon.com/themagnificast

Exporting the Revolution Dec 10, 2022

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We've spent a lot of time talking about all of the ways the US is bad, but in this episode, we're going to stop and talk about all the ways the Cuban revolution is good. Literacy, healthcare, global solidarity, and more! Cuba has it all folks. Tune in and listen along with us about the ways we talk about Cuba and what it would mean to be in solidarity with the Cuban people. Here are the books we talked about: https://www.dukeupress.edu/exporting-revolution Also, Get the new Magnificast Cuba Zine at 👉 bit.ly/cubazine 👈 ALSO, get Geez magazine here: geezmagazine.org

Top 5 U.S. Covert Ops in Cuba Dec 03, 2022

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The United States has meddled in Cuba through clandestine and covert ops for years. They've carried out so many wild missions it's hard to even talk about them all in an hour-long podcast, so we made a list of the 5 wildest covert ops the US has carried out in Cuba. These ops range from goofy to downright evil. But, these stories are important because the main conceit of the US blockade on Cuba is that they're a state sponsor of terrorism. But, these stories show the opposite. It's the US who uses the tools of terrorism to harass and destabilize Cuba. Here are the books we talked about in this episode https://www.plutobooks.com/9781783710942/voices-from-the-other-side/ https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745340265/manufacturing-the-enemy/ Also, Get the new Magnificast Cuba Zine at 👉 bit.ly/cubazine 👈

All I Want For Christmas is For Cuba to be Free Nov 26, 2022

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It's advent season, but how can we feel excited about the coming birth of Jesus when the United States continues to carry out sanctions and an illegal blockade against the Cuban people? So, throughout this advent season, we're going to focus on stories about Cuba. We're kicking the series off with an episode about the weird narrative about religious freedom that the US pushes. The big weird document we keep talking about in this episode is called Constitutional Reform and Religious Freedom in Cuba written by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. You can find it here 👇 https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-07/2022%20Constitutional%20Reform%20and%20Religious%20Freedom%20in%20Cuba.pdf ALSO, Get the new Magnificast Cuba Zine at 👉 bit.ly/cubazine 👈

Primitive Accumulation Nov 19, 2022

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Ok, so we know that rich people get rich by exploiting workers, but how does this whole capitalist system get kicked off in the first place? How did the commons become privately owned? In this episode, we answer all o these questions and more! 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

Molecular Revolution Nov 12, 2022

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Big revolutions? In this economy? How about a lot of very small revolutions? This week on the 'cast we read Antonio Negri & Felix Guattari's Communists Like Us: New Lines of Alliance, New Spaces of Liberty and talk a little bit about left-communism, post-Marxism and molecular revolutions! Read the book for free here: https://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=45 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

The Lula Election Round-Up Nov 06, 2022

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This past week, Lula won a historic victory for the left and for Brazil when he defeated Bolsonaro! In light of the big victory, we decided to do a round-up of articles about the victory and reflect on what it all means. We also pay some special attention to Lula's thoughts on religion and, because this is The Magnificast, we throw a weird French philosopher in the mix too. Here are the articles we talked about 📕Lula’s Victory Is a Testament to Solidarity - Jeremy Corban https://jacobin.com/2022/11/lula-brazil-president-victory-solidarity-left-workers-party 📕Earth’s future depends on the Amazon. This month, it’s up for a vote. https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/2022/9/29/23373427/amazon-rainforest-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-lula-deforestation 📕Haitian peasants declare support for Lula’s candidacy for president of Brazil - Jackson Jean Peoples dispatch https://mst.org.br/2022/10/28/haitian-peasants-declare-support-for-lulas-candidacy-for-president-of-brazil/ 📕LULA AND THE HUNGER FOR BEAUTY: FREI BETTO https://leonardoboff.org/2022/11/01/lula-e-a-fome-de-belezafrei-betto/ 📕LULA’S VICTORY SPEECH https://www.brasilwire.com/lulas-victory-speech-30-10-2022/ 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

Hallowage Labor and Capital Oct 30, 2022

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It's important to analyze the story we tell about capitalism. In light of Halloween, it's important to recognize the story of capitalism as a horror story. So, in this episode, we talk through the specifics of how wage labor works and how capitalism is a vampire. Here's what we read in this episode Wage Labor and Capital - https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/ Capital Vol 1. Ch 10 The Woking Day - https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch10.htm 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

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