Oops, Your Culture's Showing!

Oops, Your Culture's Showing!

Oops, Your Culture's Showing! ©2018: Dean Foster, Tom Peterson, and Torin Peterson

Episodes 87
Avg. Duration 44m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.2 (13)
Since Mar 2018
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Dean Foster, Tom Peterson, and Torin Peterson

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Recent Episodes

Look Both Ways! Special Reissue

Apr 23, 2026 38m

Whether you’re enjoying the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, or autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s a great time for an outdoor stroll – with ‘Oops, Your Culture’s Showing!’ playing in…

62: Talking Turkey…The Country (Part 1 of 2)

Mar 26, 2026 37m Transcript

Merriam-Webster defines “talking turkey” as “speaking frankly or bluntly”, but, honestly, where’s the fun in that…so instead, we’re talking about Turkey, the country, in this episode. Dean brings Tom…

Itching For Culture Content! Special Reissue

Feb 26, 2026 43m Transcript

If you find yourself itching to hear Dean and Tom this month, we’re happy to oblige: here is a special reissue of our January 2020 episode, “Which Body Part’s Itchy?”. There’s certainly no dry spell…

Mardi Gras Preview! Special Reissue

Jan 22, 2026 36m

With Mardi Gras 2026 right around the corner, sink your teeth into a special slice – erm, reissue – of our Mardi Gras-themed episode, “Culture’s Consequences: King Cake At Mardi Gras”, from February…

61: Havana New Year’s Eve: Rum, Rhumba, And Remembrance

Dec 30, 2025

Happy (almost) new year! In this episode, Dean remembers his experience of ‘rum, rhumba, and remembrance’ in Havana Cuba on a past New Year’s Eve. Tom and Torin join him on this (literally) timeless…

61: Havana New Year’s Eve: Rum, Rhumba, And Remembrance

Dec 29, 2025

Happy (almost) new year! In this episode, Dean remembers his experience of ‘rum, rhumba, and remembrance’ in Havana Cuba on a past New Year’s Eve. Tom and Torin join him on this (literally) timeless…

Not Being The Ugly (Fill In The Country Of Choice) Tourist! Special Reissue

Dec 25, 2025

Please enjoy this holiday-themed episode reissue from Boxing Day 2024, “How Not To Be The Ugly (Fill In The Country Of Choice) Tourist”, and have a happy end of 2025 & start of 2026! It’s a…

Serving “Holidays Of Gratitude”! Special Reissue

Nov 27, 2025 39m Transcript

Thanksgiving is back in the US, and so are we with a special reissue of our November 2022 episode, “Holidays of gratitude”! (And don’t forget: Dean’s newest book, “Business Beyond Borders: Stories,…

Idiots Still Talking Idioms! Special Reissue

Oct 23, 2025 35m

After recently exploring what certain words and phrases say about culture, we thought it time to re-explore what other certain phrases – idioms – say about – yes – culture! With that, enjoy this…

60: Dean Wrote A Book! & “Moore” Culture Lit (Part 2 of 2)

Sep 25, 2025 35m Transcript

We’re back for Part 2 and for our 60TH EPISODE! In this even more culture-lit-laden episode, Dean, Tom, and Torin resume poring over Christopher Moore’s book “The Untranslatables”, about terms…

59: Dean Wrote A Book! & “Moore” Culture Lit (Part 1 of 2)

Aug 28, 2025 39m Transcript

Dear listeners: As you’ve enjoyed nearly sixty episodes of Dean’s stories, tales, and lessons learned from working in a hundred cultures around the world (and if not, why are you here? this is what…

58: Gossip Gets Things Done?

Jul 24, 2025

Listen to this juicy rumor: In this episode, would you believe that Dean and Tom ‘spill the tea’ on the value and function of gossip and secrecy across cultures? From investigating the use of tsismis…

Deepest Apologies! Special Reissue

Jun 26, 2025 41m Transcript

While we’re sorry to possibly offend, we’re not at all sorry about reissuing our apologies-across-cultures episode, “Sorry?”, from June 2019. We hope that you enjoy it, and if you don’t, what else…

Back To Japan! Special Reissue

May 22, 2025 48m Transcript

Last month, Dean entered a ryokan in Japan, so this month he – and we – are re-entering the Japanese bathroom in the FIRST-EVER episode of the “Oops, Your Culture’s Showing!” podcast. Enjoy this…

57: Cherry Blossoms And Ikigai In Japan

Apr 24, 2025 29m

Happy spring! With cherry blossoms blooming all around, Dean and Tom float into an exploration of ikigai, a concept for finding happiness and purpose in everyday life, in Japanese culture. Along the…

56: A Toast To Speaking Across Cultures

Mar 27, 2025 39m Transcript

Clink clink! Dean and Tom would just like to take a moment (actually, several moments across this episode) to toast toasting and public speaking across cultures. After toasting all night long with a…

55: Canada Is Not The 51st State

Feb 27, 2025

O Canada! With all the recent talk of Canada being the 51st U.S. state – it’s not, and won’t be! – Dean and Tom venture into the vast expanse of cultural differences between Canadians and U.S.…

Say The Magic Word(s)! Special Reissue

Jan 23, 2025 1h 1m Transcript

Hoping a magic carpet ride whisks you away to a magical “far far away” place this week? Well, you’re in *luck*, because we’re reissuing our August 2019 episode, “Do You Believe In Magic?”, for that…

54: How Not To Be The Ugly (Fill In The Country of Choice) Tourist

Dec 26, 2024 40m Transcript

It’s a holiday-filled time of year and a heavy travel time across cultures, dear listeners; as such, we’ve been receiving your questions about how not to be the “ugly American (or fill in your…

53: Rehydration Salt Balls

Nov 28, 2024 43m Transcript

Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. listeners! In this episode, Dean and Tom thank local caregivers for helping Dean survive sudden maladies across three different continents. They also explore culture’s…

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