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Cuba update w/ Jim Hodgson Jan 21, 2025

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This week, we chatted with a friend of the show, Jim Hodgson, about Biden removing Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Unfortunately, since we recorded this Trump has rescinded that decision and we're right back where we started. It's still a worthwhile conversation!

Get more from Jim at his blog: https://unwrappingdevelopment.ca/

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Spongebob Economics Jan 14, 2025

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Last week we talked about the GDP and growth and that was fun. But, this week, we're taking things a bit further by talking about monopoly capitalism, monopsony, and the financialization of capitalism.

If you want to learn more about finance then look no further:
https://monthlyreview.org/2010/10/01/the-financialization-of-accumulation/

https://monthlyreview.org/2010/10/01/the-great-financial-crisis-three-years-on/

GDeanP Jan 07, 2025

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Capitalism can't work unless it's growing. How do economists measure capitalist growth? Through the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The GDP is a magical number that goes up and down, but do you know how it's calculated? Well, tune in and learn all about the GDP and why it sucks!

Liminal lockin Dec 31, 2024

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In the weird liminal space between Christmas and New Year's, your favorite leftist youth pastors are locking you in to talk about feeling bad for the devil, dinosaurs, bones, magic portals, and AI.

Magic doors and debt forgiveness Dec 24, 2024

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The Pope is opening the magic doors for the year of Jubilee! In this episode, we're talking about the 2025 year of Jubilee in the Catholic church. Of course, we're talking about the weird Catholic stuff in this episode, but we're also talking about the material side of the Jubilee and the campaign to forgive and restructure debt throughout the world.

Josiah Daniels in Palestine Dec 17, 2024

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This week, we chat with, friend of the pod and Sojourners editor, Josiah Daniels about his recent trip to Palestine with Sabeel. Listen in as we talk about Palestinian resistance, liberation theology, and what it's like to be an American in Palestine at this moment in history.

Read Josiah's piece about his trip in Sojourners.

Social Murder Dec 10, 2024

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The last few weeks have been an advent calendar of wild stuff happening. This week, we're reflecting on the latest bit of news and discourse about the murder of the United Healthcare CEO and talking about how liberation theology helps us orient ourselves stopping and organizing against social murder.

Multilateralism from below Dec 03, 2024

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The rules-based international order is rigged in favor or the United States and other global north countries and it's only going to get worse. In this episode, we talk about the failures of liberalism and multilateralism during the Biden presidency and talk about the future of what solidarity looks like under new right-wing governments.

In this episode, we reference Pope Francis' Laudate Deum (https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html) and Jon Sobrino's Theology of Christian Solidarity (https://archive.org/details/theologyofchrist0000sobr)

What do liberals even want? Nov 27, 2024

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Folks, we're back. As a disclaimer, the first 6 or so minutes of the podcast is Dean giving an update on his second trip to the bone church in Rome. So, if you're not an enjoyer of bones and crypts smash that fast forward button! After that we talk about John Pavlovitz, Christianity, liberalism, and what it is liberals even want out of their politics.

Magnificast classic: Powers of the Other Shore Nov 20, 2024

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While Dean is traveling, enjoy this episode from 2021!

When it comes to Christianity and politics everyone loves to talk about the "political imaginary." This week we're going to talk through the political imaginary and what it's all about! To do that, we read a really fascinating article called Bhima Koregaon and the “Powers of the Other Shore by Saroj Giri you can read the article here: https://monthlyreview.org/2021/10/01/bhima-koregaon-and-the-powers-of-the-other-shore/

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