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Ep.74 - Mary Magdalene, Christian Communism & Radical Love (feat. Dr. Fran Lock)

June 18, 2025 • Adam Spiers & Ben Molyneux-Hetherington • Season 6 • Episode 74

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Ben and Adam sit down with poet and Culture Matters editor Fran Lock to talk about her new poetry collection Love Is Stronger Than Death: Mary Magdalene and the Insurrection of Jesus. They talk Christian communism, doubt as an ethical practice, Mary Magdalene’s overlooked radical role, and what Christ and Huey Newton have in common. Plus: football and Palestine solidarity; Saint of the Week Thomas Hagerty.

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