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The World Communion of Reformed Churches w/ William Gibson Nov 18, 2025

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Dean's away at COP, so it's time to talk about protestantism. This week, on the pod, we've got William Gibson to talk about the the World Communion of Reformed Churches, Christian unity, union organizing, anti-fascism, and more!

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Magnificast classic: Laudate Deum, Daniel, the Pope is back with a new apostolic exhortation. Nov 11, 2025

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Dean is away at COP, so you're getting a classic ep this week. But, don't worry! we'll have something new next week.
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Folks, we’re back at it. Last week, we refreshed our memories about the Pope’s climate encyclical Laudato Si and how it connected with things like degrowth and dependency theory. But this week, we’re back with some breaking news. The Vatican has released Francis’ most recent apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, and we will talk through it.

Last time, we pulled out some of Francis’ thoughts around dependency and the economy, and in this Laudate Deum, he’s back with a lot of similar themes, but this time, he’s way more cranky about it all––which makes sense given that Laudato Si came out eight years ago and things have only gotten worse.

So, in this episode, we will talk through Laudate Deum and see what’s changed and what’s stayed the same in those eight years.

COP of Capitulation Nov 04, 2025

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It's that time of the year again, folks. Halloween is over, Christmas hasn't yet begun, it's time for COP. The 30th conference of parties is about to kick off in Brazil. Dean is heading down there to check it out, but for now, we're going to talk about what to expect.

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The Triumph of Liberation Theology Oct 29, 2025

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There's a new papal exhortation out there folks: Dilexi Te or "I have loved you" and you better believe we're talking about it! In this episode, we talk about the big ideas behind Pope Leo's first exhortation and how it relates to liberation theology.

Read Dilexi Te here: http://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20251004-dilexi-te.html
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Why is no one talking about how dark Frightfest at 6 Flags has become? Oct 21, 2025

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Folks, we're locked in, answering the internet's most pressing Christian questions and talking about GAFCON and Canadian politics.

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Magnificast classic: Peace on the Korean Peninsula w/ Patti Talbot Oct 14, 2025

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Life has once again gotten in the way of the pod, but we've got a good classic episode for you!

Some of our best episodes have been talking about solidarity with Jim Hodgson, well this time around we've got one of Jim's incredible colleagues, Patti Talbot, to talk about peace and solidarity movements that focus on the Korean Peninsula. Northeast Asia is a complicated place, but this interview gives some good handles for thinking about a very complex situation!

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Heavenly middle managers Oct 07, 2025

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This week we've got reddit questions, new events, and old events.

Here are the things we talked about in this episode!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/archbishop-of-canterbury-sarah-mullally-change
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Geddes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianfranco_Sanguinetti

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Plastic bones Sep 23, 2025

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Bad news folks, just like Jimmy Kimmel and Steven Colbert, the president has cancelled us, but not to worry, we're coming at you from the depths of the magnificent family life center with all of the reddit questions you can handle and some takes about current events.

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Socialism and Communes Sep 17, 2025

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We were chatting last week about monasticism and the commons, this week, we're diving into a bit about communes and socialism guided by a recent issue of the Monthly Review.

Read the articles from Chris Gilbert here: https://monthlyreview.org/articles/socialist-communes-and-anti-imperialism-the-marxist-approach/

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Commons and monasticism Sep 09, 2025

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Capitalism: we hate it. It's taking over every section of life and commodifying the things we need to live. A lot of socialists talk about reviving and reclaiming the commons, and that sounds good to us, but what kind of institutions would we need to manage those commons?

Don't worry, some economists have some ideas: monasticism.

Read the article we're talking about in the show: https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/HistoriaIndustrial/article/view/40930/40628

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