On Culture

I talk with my friend Susan James about culture, cultural differences, curiosity, humility, and time zones. Susan is a counselor who encounters all sorts of cultures in her office (and outside of it, as she will relate). For more background, please read the written piece ( Everything is Different Here ) on The Embassy - theembassy.substack.com Grace & Peace - Mike Get full access to The Embassy at...

I am flying solo on this one - for a number of reasons, but mostly my travel over the last month has been extensive and I just haven’t had time to schedule someone to record with me as I usually do. Partly because of that, I spend most of this podcast reading the piece (in The Embassy) it is based on (last week’s piece - The Sixth Commandment and Justice ). These dispatches from The Embassy usuall...

Let’s say you have to remove a fence post. Who do you ask? Let’s say a co-worker asks you about Christian Tarot Cards. Who do you trust? We say we have rejected authority - but have we? Is it even possible? Mike Sherman talks with Chad Myers about what a healthy relationship to authority (and truth and trust) might look like. The resource for On Culture episodes, as always, is the corresponding di...

The Shadows of Tradition Welcome to On Culture - the podcast of The Embassy Mike and his brother Greg talk about traditions of their childhood and adulthood - and the role tradition does play, for good or for ill. The show notes consist of the dispatch from The Embassy called The Shadows of Tradition - find it (and subscribe) at theembassy.substack.com Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy....

Today Matters Welcome to On Culture - the podcast of The Embassy Mike and Drew talk about the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, the multiverse, and the idea that today matters. And some of the implications of the idea that today doesn’t really matter - even if that is what we may want to believe. The show notes consist of the dispatch from The Embassy called Today Matters - find it (and sub...

Where Have All the Zombies Gone? Welcome to On Culture - the podcast of The Embassy This week’s episode features Mike and Kurt and we talk about Zombies and other Apocalyptic culture, along with our pandemic, our story and how it ends - and upending our comfortable equilibrium. The show notes consist of the dispatch from The Embassy called Where Have All the Zombies Gone? - find it (and subscribe)...

Blade Runner 2022 Welcome to On Culture - the podcast of The Embassy This week’s episode features Mike and Chad and Chris and we apply our natural intelligence to the topic of artificial intelligence - but mostly to what it means to be human. We have just a few words on Roe as it relates to this discussion. The show notes consist of the dispatch from The Embassy called Blade Runner 2022 - find it...

You Are Not Being Replaced Welcome to On Culture - the podcast of The Embassy This week’s episode features Mike and Chad try to understand what may be behind some of the mass shootings we have experienced. This episode is a companion to You Are Not Being Replaced from The Embassy ( theembassy.substack.com ) - those companion pieces serve as the show notes. Get full access to The Embassy at theemba...

Mike is joined by Brad Aslin and they definitively address the controversy of Johnny and Amber along with every other social media controversy. The companion piece on The Embassy (The Truth about Johnny and Amber) serves as the show notes for this podcast. If you haven’t yet, check us out at The Embassy - theembassy.substack.com . There will always be ample free content. Get full access to The Emb...

Mike talks with Brad Aslin about the growing trend of family estrangement, about boundaries and relationships with difficult people - and about honoring fathers and mothers when that is difficult. Check out the companion piece (Honoring Fathers and Mothers) from The Embassy - that piece will serve as the show notes. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

Mike and Chris Bantz talk about how we can avoid truth, our incentives for finding it and for not finding it, and our responsibility to it. The companion piece in The Embassy is here, check it out - those also serve as the show notes for this episode. Thanks for joining us! Love to have you onboard. If you have any questions about anything, send them to theembassy@substack.com - I would love to he...

All the Advantages are All the Disadvantages Welcome to On Culture - the podcast of The Embassy This week’s episode features Mike and his daughter Emily and son-in-law Drew discuss a man who married a fictional character and the movie Lars and the Real Girl. This episode is a companion to All the Advantages are All the Disadvantages from The Embassy ( theembassy.substack.com ) - those companion pi...

Mike Sherman is joined by Kyle Bradley to talk about creativity, how we view it in our culture, and how we, perhaps, should. We’ll visit some of the themes of this week’s The Embassy post - Survival is Insufficient. On Culture is always free and you can subscribe wherever you find podcasts. Search for On Culture and/or for Mike Sherman. Here it is on Spotify , here it is on Google podcasts , and h...

Welcome to On Culture - the podcast of The Embassy This week’s episode features Mike and his oldest son Evan discussing faith and airline seats. This episode is a companion to Please Return to Your Seat from The Embassy ( theembassy.substack.com ) - those companion pieces serve as the show notes. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

Here’s the latest On Culture episode. Mike talks with Brad Aslin about: * Generational views on war * Playing war, now and 50 years ago * What is the draw of war? What is behind the romanticism of war found in so many stories? * … and what does any of that have to do (even in our own hearts) with the culture wars being fought all around us? Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com...

Identity Mike Sherman is joined again by Chad Myers to talk about the role of identity - who we are and who we think we are and who we associate with and who we don’t - plays in our culture. Is who I am something different from who I present myself as? Or who I present myself as opposing? Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

The Big Story Mike Sherman is joined by Chad Myers in this inaugural episode of On Culture, the podcast for The Embassy. We will talk about the themes visited in the first post of The Embassy - The Big Story we are in. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

On Culture is the podcast for The Embassy - the substack newsletter exploring culture, and especially the intersection of culture and faith. This first episode introduces Mike Sherman, host of On Culture and the person behind The Embassy and Embassy Equipping - an organization dedicated to providing resources for those interested in integrating culture and faith, as well as growing in individual a...