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| God's judgement, but it's good. | 21 Oct 2026 | 01:03:03 | |
This week, we're wrapping up Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In this episode, we talk about a Christian theory of history, violence, and more! Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Stop slandering the horses 🐎 🐎 🐎 🐎 | 12 Oct 2026 | 00:57:30 | |
This week, we're chatting about the horseman AND the horses of the apocalypse and the dragon with ch 3-4 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Scrolls! | 08 Oct 2026 | 00:54:11 | |
We're back to the Scrolls in revelation with ch 2 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Peace and revolt | 22 Sep 2026 | 00:53:16 | |
We're back with chapter 1 of Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In the episode, we talk about revolt, state oppression, and peace. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| All God's Truths, All God's Goofs | 15 Sep 2026 | 00:54:56 | |
We're locking in this week to talk about humour in the bible, how tall the giants in the bible were, God watching deadpool and, of course, our favourite economic paradoxes. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| It's giving apocalypse | 08 Sep 2026 | 00:51:37 | |
This week on the pod, we're pausing our Revelation reading plan for some current revelatory news, we're surpassing 1.5C of warming! Read the UN EP report with us. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Comfort and Protest | 31 Aug 2026 | 00:51:53 | |
We're back on our apocalyptic kick with Allan Boesak's Comfort and protest : reflections on the Apocalypse of John of Patmos. In the episode, we talk about Boesak's life, South African apartheid, Christianity and the state, and the specicifity of revelation to oppressed communities. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Crossover Episode: The Regrettable Century talks Enough Is Enough | 27 Aug 2026 | 01:46:39 | |
You want more book content? Hopefully you said yes because that's what this is. Thanks to the good folks at The Regrettable Century for a fun chat. Be sure to check out the rest of their episodes! | |||
| Washingteen II | 18 Aug 2026 | 01:03:27 | |
This episode, has got it all: reddit questions, a Young Washington review, Pope hat news, and Christians organising against green capitalism. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| That free spirit keeps on moving | 11 Aug 2026 | 01:02:53 | |
This week, we're exploring Marguerite Porete a bit further with Simon Critchley's book Faith of the Faithless. In the episode, we dive deeper into Porete and how she thinks you can align your soul with God and become free. We talk about what this means for political theology and what we think about it. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| The Movement of the Free Spirit | 05 Aug 2026 | 01:02:31 | |
With the recent passing of Raoul Vaneigem, we're spending this episode talking about his book the Movement of the Free Spirit. It's a weird book about a heretical trend in medieval Christianity that pointed people toward freedom rather than repression. But, to be honest, it's a pretty mixed bag! Check out the book over here on Archive.org Also, read some other Vaneigem content here Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Magnificast Lock In: Miraculous fish supper | 28 Jul 2026 | 00:49:43 | |
In this episode, we're locking in, talking about our favourite miracles, the devil and his body, climate denial, the North Sea, and fascists. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Life is useless | 22 Jul 2026 | 00:51:51 | |
In a world where the IMF has said the entire stock of whales are worth 1 trillion dollars and biological offsets equivocate one threatened environment for another, Christianity can help us think of life as worthless and beyond value altogether. We've got a new episode where we're talking about the valuation of life and how we can reframe the way we think about value altogether. To get there, we're chatting through a big philosophical idea about the valuation of life and ecology. In the episode we talk about Marika Rose's Theology for the End of the World, Phillippe Maia's Trading Future, and a bunch of other weird philosophy guys. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Pope news: SSPX | 07 Jul 2026 | 00:56:27 | |
This week on the Magnificast we're reading reddit questions, talking about demons, fallen angels, SSPX, and Pope Michael. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Liberation for the Earth with Anupama Ranawana | 23 Jun 2026 | 01:20:49 | |
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 Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| George Washingteen | 16 Jun 2026 | 00:59:25 | |
In this episode, for whatever reason, we decided to talk about upcoming Christian movie releases, fascism, competing nationalisms, Scottish football, and more! Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Dear God, showtimes in my area now? | 09 Jun 2026 | 00:56:17 | |
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. Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| MAGNIFICA-ST HUMANITAS | 02 Jun 2026 | 01:33:03 | |
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 Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Trans life and the Catholic Church with Dr. Nicolete Burbach | 19 May 2026 | 00:59:43 | |
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 Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Enough is more than enough | 12 May 2026 | 00:58:19 | |
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! Order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| The final pablo | 05 May 2026 | 01:13:51 | |
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/ Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| The Lamb and his smoking hot wife (the church) | 28 Apr 2026 | 01:02:27 | |
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/ Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Beastie boyz | 14 Apr 2026 | 01:01:45 | |
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 Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| The Angelic End-times Ska Band | 07 Apr 2026 | 01:10:43 | |
This week we're talking about Revelation 8:2-11:19; 15:5-16:21 and exploring the trumpets and bowls of God's wrath. In the episode, we talk about symbolism, political pessimism, left behind, and resentment. 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 Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| It's all horses | 01 Apr 2026 | 01:12:37 | |
We're finally to the weird stuff in Revelation! This week, we've got creatures with weird faces, horsemen, cataclysms, 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/ Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Becoming a spicy Christian | 24 Mar 2026 | 01:05:13 | |
This week on the pod, we're reading Pablo Richard's commentary on John of Patmos' letters to the churches in revelation. We talk about symbolism, anti-semitism, the phrase "Luke-warm christian," and the anti-imperialist nature of within Revelation. 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 Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| The Beginning and End of Revelation | 17 Mar 2026 | 00:55:45 | |
Folks, we're back this week reading the second chapter of Pablo Richard's book Apocalypse: A People's Commentary on the book of Revelation. In this episode, we talk about the verses the frame the book. You can read the Richard's book yourself here: https://archive.org/details/apocalypsepeople0000rich Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Magnificast Classic: Toward a Philosophy of Photography | 10 Mar 2026 | 01:01:31 | |
Hey Folks, we've got a classic episode for you this week, but next week we'll be back with some apocalyptic podcasting! Something cool about having a podcast is that you can talk about whatever you'd like and no one can stop you. This week, we're doing just that. We've both gotten really interested in photography as a hobby and practice, so we're talking about Vilém Flusser's Toward a Philosophy of Photography and also some ideas about how it relates to the photographs of Mev Puleo, a photographer who was involved in liberation theology. You can find Mev Puleo's book The Struggle is one here: https://archive.org/details/struggleisonevoi0000pule/mode/2up Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong | |||
| The imaginary apocalypse | 04 Mar 2026 | 00:48:21 | |
This week, Dean's back from Assisi and has a bone update, we talk about the devil's super powers, and the imaginary geography of the apocalypse. Read the articles we talked about in this episode: Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Magnificast classic: The Dialogue between the Popes and Cuba | 24 Feb 2026 | 01:00:30 | |
Hey folks, Dean is traveling for work this week and is going to see St. Francis' bones on display in Italy (this is not a joke), so this week we're reposting some classic Cuba content from 2022! 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 Get our Cuba Zine 👉 bit.ly/cubazine | |||
| Electricity and Cuba | 17 Feb 2026 | 00:55:27 | |
This week on the show, we're talking about the ongoing crisis the United States is imposing on Cuba. The US has threatened tariffs on any country supplying Cuba with Oil. Listen in to our ep about the situation, electricity in Cuba, and Christian solidarity.
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| Apocalypse now | 10 Feb 2026 | 00:54:25 | |
Over the last few weeks, we've been talking about Revelation and it's apocalypticism. But what is apocalypticism? In this episode we read Pablo Richard's Apocalypse and learn all about it! 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 Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Revelation: justice and judgement | 03 Feb 2026 | 01:01:15 | |
This week we read Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza's book Revelation: Justice and Judgement. Throughout the episode, we talk about liberation theology and the book of Revelation, exegesis, and ways of reading Revelation. Also, please note that we recorded this via zoom and it gets crunchy sometimes. Sorry in advance. Read the book we talked about here: https://archive.org/details/bookofrevelation0000schu Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Nothing Will Save Us w/ David C. L. Driedger | 27 Jan 2026 | 00:55:50 | |
This week on the show we're joined by Mennonite pastor David C. L. Driedger to talk about his new book Nothing Will Save Us: A Theology of Immeasurable Life. We talk 2010s theology blogs, Canada, Thomas Muntzer, and how to deal with Christianity being so complicated.# Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon Music by Amaryah Armstrong and theillalogicalspoon | |||
| Locked in for the end of the world | 20 Jan 2026 | 00:58:30 | |
This week, we're locked in and taking some hot reddit questions about revelation. We also talk about The Traitors and the highland clearances, Venezuela, Baudrillardian imperialism, and more! Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| The World is Always Ending | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:55:42 | |
It's 2026 and if you're watching the news, you can see that the United States is doing an apocalypse speedrun. Our new years resolution is to get really into the book of Revelation and maybe learn something about it. We'll get to the liberation theology contetn on Revelation later, but for now we're easing our way in. Here's Timothy Beal's The Book of Revelation: a Biography: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691145839/the-book-of-revelation Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| Magnificast Classic: Chavismo, Venezuela, and Building Dual Power w/ George Ciccariello-Maher | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:45:26 | |
The new year is off to a rough start! Check out this extremely old, ancient even, episode we did George Ciccariello-Maher. We'll be back next week with new content! In this episode, Dean and Matt interview George Ciccariello-Maher about Chavismo, Venezuela, dual power, the communes, Maduro and the ways Christianity might have informed Hugo Chavez' political imagination. | |||
| Magnificast Classic: Understanding Venezuela w/ Jim Hodgson | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:56:41 | |
Need some context for the ongoing situation in Venezuela? listen to this episode with Jim Hodgson when the US staged a coup back in 2019 In light of the ongoing coup in Venezuela, this week Matt and Dean talk with Jim Hodgson. Hodgson is the Program Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean for the United Church of Canada and was an observer of the recent elections in Venezuela. Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong | |||
| Christianity on the spectrum | 30 Dec 2025 | 01:05:48 | |
This week, on the pod, we have Jon from the Christianity on the Spectrum podcast to talk about his research on ASD and Christianity, deconstruction, RFK Jr and the autism wars. Lots of great stuff in this episode! You can find Jon's podcast here: https://christianityonthespectrum.podbean.com/ Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| St. Michael's special stuff | 23 Dec 2025 | 01:02:03 | |
It's almost Christmas. Deck the halls, ask Mary if she knew, and get ready to drink the water from Santa's bones! We're still deep in the Christmas spirit. In this episdoe, we're answering reddit questions and talking about relics. We'll be back with your normal Magnificast content next week. Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| St. Nick's leaky bones | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:50:11 | |
It's the advent season, but we're ready for Christmas! In this episode, we talk through some reddit questions, theorize heaven, talk about unions, and dive into the Santa lore. Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| Baptisms to cool down from the climate emergency | 09 Dec 2025 | 00:55:59 | |
We're back with a lock-in episode where we're answering reddit questions and talking about current events! Here are the links we talked about on the pod Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| COP30 report back | 02 Dec 2025 | 00:54:26 | |
Dean is back from COP30 and he's going to tell you all about it. Learn what was accomplished, what wasn't, and what Christians were doing down in Brazil! Read the Boff blog on COP30: https://aterraeredonda.com.br/o-sonho-de-chico-mendes/ Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| The World Communion of Reformed Churches w/ William Gibson | 18 Nov 2025 | 00:58:34 | |
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! Follow William on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@williamgibsongla Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| Magnificast classic: Laudate Deum, Daniel, the Pope is back with a new apostolic exhortation. | 11 Nov 2025 | 00:59:44 | |
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. 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 | 04 Nov 2025 | 00:54:19 | |
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. Read the Michael Löwy blog: https://leonardoboff.org/2025/10/28/cop30-adaptacao-ou-prevencao/ Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| The Triumph of Liberation Theology | 29 Oct 2025 | 00:59:49 | |
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 Pre-order our book Get our Winstanley Zine Join our patreon | |||
| Why is no one talking about how dark Frightfest at 6 Flags has become? | 21 Oct 2025 | 00:54:33 | |
Folks, we're locked in, answering the internet's most pressing Christian questions and talking about GAFCON and Canadian politics. 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
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| Magnificast classic: Peace on the Korean Peninsula w/ Patti Talbot | 14 Oct 2025 | 01:03:23 | |
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! Intro Music by Amaryah Armstrong | |||
| Heavenly middle managers | 07 Oct 2025 | 00:47:53 | |
This week we've got reddit questions, new events, and old events. Here are the things we talked about in this episode!
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