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Mike Sherman - a podcast of The Embassy substack newsletter - theembassy.substack.com
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An Island of Faith, Humanity and Grace For Understanding Our Strange World. We will talk about culture - and the intersection of culture and faith. theembassy.substack.com

  1. May 16

    God as the Plot Twist

    Drew and I talk There Will Be Blood, Wake Up Dead Man, and Black Bag and what we see as a surprising trend in movies and culture - God as the plot twist. This podcast comes out of the latest article from The Embassy - We mention a few other movies that follow this trend, but forgot to mention Project Hail Mary, which has another surprising God conversation right in the middle. Our hero, Professor Ryland Grace (of all things), played by Ryan Gosling, asks the head of the project, Eva Stratt, if she believes in God. Stratt, depicted as hyper smart, hyper competent, and a fearless leader, answers, “it beats the alternative”. Well, there are better reasons, but that is still a surprising conversation right in the middle of a sci-fi movie. Thanks for listening! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    43 min

  2. Apr 28

    On Culture Live

    Trey Herweck and the people of Refuge Church in St. Charles hosted a live episode of On Culture. We talked about what On Culture is and what The Embassy is - then we talked about a lot of things we have talked about, and finished with a little bit on the latest piece: Thanks for listening, love to have you subscribe! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 5m

  3. Apr 11

    Fog of War

    Trey Herweck and I talk about living in a world without all the info. Based on this dispatch from The Embassy - As always - read the whole thing. Also - we invite you to an upcoming On Culture live event - Sunday, April 26 from 5pm to 7pm at Refuge Church in St. Charles MO. Love to see you there. There will be snacks and beverages available. We will have some audience interaction (not required, of course) along with our normal podcast banter. Love to see you there! Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    45 min

  4. Mar 21

    Following From Here

    View This episode features Trey Herweck, pastor of Refuge Church in St. Charles, MO and I together and in person talking about local following, local discipleship, local transformation. Along the way we talk about Lent, the Pope, the Olympic Hockey teams, John Piper, and a bunch of other things. Here is the dispatch from The Embassy that we are talking about - Read the whole piece and comment on this podcast! One more thing, Trey and I mentioned that we will be doing a live podcast event at Refuge Church in St. Charles, MO on Sunday, April 26. It will be in the evening, we’ll nail the time down soon. Hope to see you there! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    44 min

  5. Mar 8

    Early Winter

    Trey Herweck and I talk about winter, aging, school buses, snowballs, and memories. This episode comes out of a recent piece in The Embassy, called Early Winter - Read the whole thing! The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    40 min

  6. Jan 24

    Warm Individuals in Rugged Community

    Trey Herwick and I talk about what makes community necessary and what makes it difficult and how individuality and community can coexist Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    46 min

  7. 12/20/2025

    Seeing, Not Believing. Believing, Not Seeing.

    Trey Herweck and I talk about what is real - based on a recent dispatch from The Embassy - here is an excerpt: We live in a world where we, if we choose it, even if it is completely self-destructive, we can find some person or artificial companion to tell us what we want to hear, justify what we want to believe, live the way we want to live. But it isn’t real. We can’t escape reality without consequences. In attempting to do so, we embody the fool archetype in the biblical proverbs. Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes. Proverbs 27:20 There is no limiting principle once we exchange the truth for a lie and what is real for the artificial. What that implies for your choice of social media or news is up to you. And what that implies regarding AI companions or therapists I will also leave for you to decide. But try to find someone real. … Read the whole article here: The Embassy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    42 min
  8. The Resistance Will Not Be Instagramed

    12/06/2025

    The Resistance Will Not Be Instagramed

    Drew Wendt (from DoYouLikeApples) and I talk Revolution, Resistance, Instagram, One Battle After Another, Eddington and other movies - and, also, talk about living. Get full access to The Embassy at theembassy.substack.com/subscribe

    43 min
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An Island of Faith, Humanity and Grace For Understanding Our Strange World. We will talk about culture - and the intersection of culture and faith. theembassy.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Mike Sherman - a podcast of The Embassy substack newsletter - theembassy.substack.com
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mike Sherman
  • Show Website
    On Culture

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