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Magnificast Classic: The Religious Exemption Accountability Project W/ Erin Green Oct 24, 2022

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Hey Folks, we've both been pretty busy this week and we need a minute to catch our breath! Here's a Magnificast Classic episode with Erin Green about her work with REAP. It's a really cool episode and unique project, so give it a listen if you haven't already! Christian universities have a long history of creating the institutional levers and buttons by which they can harass and discriminate against their LGBTQ+ students. But, that's not the end of the story! A new project is engaging with these universities and organizing LGBTQ+ students on their campuses to start fighting back! This week, we talked with Erin Green, an organizer, with REAP (Religious Exemption Accountability Project) about how they're pushing back against discriminatory practices within Christian higher ed. Find out more about REAP here: www.thereap.org Follow Erin on twitter here: twitter.com/ErinGreenbean 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

Base Communities in El Salvador Oct 15, 2022

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This week on the pod we've got Laurel Marshall Potter, a PhD student from Boston College who is currently living in El Salvador, to research the current status of Ecclesial Base Communities (or CEBs). You can read Laurel's work on CEBs here: https://brill.com/view/journals/ecso/18/2/article-p198_005.xml 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 Imperial Mode of Living Oct 08, 2022

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A lot of moral questions revolve around doing or not doing something, but what if the biggest moral problems were actually about the very way we live our lives? Driving, smartphones, food production, etc. are all far more political than most people realize. In this episode, we talk through the book The Imperial Mode of Living by Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen. Get the book here if you want: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3691-the-imperial-mode-of-living 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

Cuba's Family Code w/ Jim Hodgson Sep 29, 2022

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This week, we're joined by Jim Hodgson, the Magnificast correspondent on Latin America. Jim has a long history of working with Christian solidarity organizations, like the United Church of Canada, on projects around building Christian solidarity in Latin America. This week, he's back with us to talk about the recent referendum in Cuba on the Family Code. Throughout the conversation, Jim gives us lots of helpful context on the referendum itself, the ways Christians were involved in promoting the referendum, and on the movement for LGBTQ rights in Latin America. You can find more from Jim here: https://unwrappingdevelopment.ca/ 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

Climate, Colonialism, and Solidarity Sep 24, 2022

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We all know that humans are causing climate change, but in this episode, we're talking about which humans are responsible specifically! throughout this episode, we talk about climate change, colonialism, and solidarity.

Here are some articles we referenced in the episode!
Jason Hickel - Quantifying national responsibility for climate breakdown
Will the People with Guns Allow Our Planet to Breathe
Climate Change: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
China’s Emissions Are Made in America

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The God Who Riots w/ Damon Garcia Sep 17, 2022

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Jesus is a lot of things to a lot of people, but if you take the gospel seriously, you've got to admit that, if nothing else, Jesus is radical. He's flipping tables, sending the rich away empty, healing the sick, feeding the hungry, and casting out demons! Jesus is as radical as it gets. Yet, a lot of Christians don't see it that way. To get to the bottom of it, this week, we talked with Damon Garcia about his new book, The God Who Riots.

Get the book here: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/productgroup/2050/The-God-Who-Riots

The Rich Man and Lazarus Sep 10, 2022

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Folks, on this podcast, we love the parables. This week we're talking about Luke 16:19 the Rich man and Lazarus. In the conversation, we talk about the historical context of the parable, the trope of class inversion, and just why the rich man was hell in the first place. In this episode, here are the books we talk about William Herzog - Parables as Subversive Speech Ernesto Cardenal - The Gospel in Solentiame 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

Free Jessica Reznicek Sep 03, 2022

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Jessica Reznicek is a Catholic Worker and water defender who sabotaged the Dakota Access Pipeline and was sentenced to prison time for in 2019. Jessica's story is really fascinating, and her sentencing is strikingly unjust! Listen in as Alex from the Support Jessica Reznicek campaign tells us Jessica's story and explains its significance! Find out more here: http://supportjessicareznicek.com/ 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

Student Debt Jubilee Aug 27, 2022

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This week Joe Biden enacted a pretty significant policy around forgiving student debt. You know we love talking about debt on this show, so this week we're getting into it about the weird rhetoric around debt and why Christians ought to be on the side of jubilee! 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

Bringing Degrowth to Church Part 2 Aug 20, 2022

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Last week we got really hung up talking about the specifics of growth that we didn't have much time to get into more of the specifics about degrowth. This week we're back with some more about defining degrowth and what degrowth means for anti-imperialism. You can check out the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3989-the-future-is-degrowth 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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