Polyphonic: Mission After Empire
Artist
Missio Nexus
Description
Hosted by Imer Santiago, Polyphonic: Mission After Empire is an eight-episode narrative podcast exploring the complex relationship between Christian mission and empire. Through candid conversations with historians, missiologists, practitioners, and everyday voices, the show traces inherited legacies, blind spots, and the tensions between faith, culture, and power. Music is more than background—it’s metaphor, glue, and sometimes the argument. Polyphonic invites listeners to hear many voices, each with its own melody, and to wrestle honestly with what it means to move forward in mission today.
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Episodes
- Episode 8: Sinking Down
With voices like Greg Parsons, Sarah Breuel, and Brian Stanley, the series looks ahead—asking whether the missions movement can change without losing its soul, and whether we can learn to become bridges in a world that keeps shifting under our feet. - Episode 7: Practical Splinters
With questions raised by voices like Mekdes Haddis, Greg Parsons, and Harvey Kwiyani, this episode challenges easy answers and asks what “all hands on deck” could look like without repeating old patterns. - Episode 6: Anti-Babylon Ethos
With voices like Aaron Pierce and Aaron Renn, the episode asks a pressing question for modern missions: are we meant to protect cultures—or learn how to serve faithfully inside the mixing bowl? - Episode 5: And These Must Harmonize
With voices like Aaron Pierce and Aaron Renn, the episode asks a pressing question for modern missions: are we meant to protect cultures—or learn how to serve faithfully inside the mixing bowl? - Episode 4: Different Amalgams
With voices like Aaron Pierce and Aaron Renn, the episode asks a pressing question for modern missions: are we meant to protect cultures—or learn how to serve faithfully inside the mixing bowl? - Episode 3: Mixed Blessings
Imer begins the search for real voices, real tensions, and the grey area between hero worship and horror stories. He hears the unfiltered opinions of the locals and talks with an early mentor, revealing why this story is as personal as it is historical. - Episode 2: Man Has Dominated Man to His Harm
Imer follows the thread of memory and history, exploring the entanglement of church and empire, the Doctrine of Discovery, and the uneasy question of whether “mission” has always carried a shadow. - Episode 1: Donut Shop Conversations
Imer begins the search for real voices, real tensions, and the grey area between hero worship and horror stories. He hears the unfiltered opinions of the locals and talks with an early mentor, revealing why this story is as personal as it is historical.