The world is louder than ever, and the expectations on men have never been more complex. But you aren't here to just 'get by.' You’re here to lead. Welcome to Straitup Legacy, I’m Michael Strait. This is the space where aspiring good men stop reacting to life and start designing it. We’re diving deep into the challenges we face—from the boardroom to the living room—to help you emerge empowered, authentic, and completely transformed. It’s time to become the man your family needs and the man you were meant to be. Let’s get started.
In this episode, I dive back into the power and importance of being present. We look at an aspect of all of our lives: fatherhood - whether you’re a father now, or if you will be one day, or even if you reflect back on your own childhood, father figures in our lives cast a big shadow in who we and who our children aspire to be - I know that how my father figures were shaped who I’ve become today - positively and not so positively. If you’re anything like me, there have been ...
30 Sept 2026
Living With All of Your Heart (Interview with Dr. Jesse Hanson)
In this episode I dive into my own past with Jesse Hanson on his show Lead With Heart. The show unpacks how our experiences plant the seeds of who we become later in life, how I harvested those experiences to better understand who I am and how I show up in the world. We dive into the transformational experiences that taught me to grow and evolve my understanding of my life and the world around me and in the present day, how all of my experiences have caused me to show up in the wo...
5 Sept 2026
Embrace the Whole F##kin Thing
We have been on this planet for millions and millions of years and based on science and research, there is a distinct possibility that we have lost touch with the essence of our humanity. What is it that makes us unique as a species from the other 8.7 million or so other species on the planet? One of the things that makes us unique is definitely our ability to have faith and belief in a higher power. Something that is bigger than us. Something that we believe is all kn...
19 Jul 2026
Unmasking Shame: Why Men Trade Authenticity for Approval
Today, we are pulling back the curtain on a silent epidemic that has been undermining the empowerment of men since the beginning of time and has worsened in today’s multi-media world. Look at how we praise men in our society. We celebrate the builders, the fixers, the high-achievers, and the men who get results at all costs. We are taught from a very young age that our value is entirely tied to what we can produce, what we can buy, and how well we protect our exterior image. I know for ...
16 Jun 2026
Why Peace Feels Boring
Most people have had some version of volatility in how they were raised and the environment that they grew up in. We are conditioned to perform - to be praised when we do things well and to be reprimanded or punished when we don’t. For a lot of people and most of you know the volatile childhood that I had, our version of love and what stable and safe looks like is some kind of intensity or emotional punch and as we’ve grown older, we’ve become conditioned to look for that in our l...
20 May 2026
Jerry from Ohio: The Richest Man in Scottsdale
One of the 5 pillars of this show is Radical Authenticity. To be authentic is underpinned by our ability to be present. For me to tune in to who I really am at my core I have needed to learn how to be present. If I’m not present then I’m getting triggered by the world around me and younger parts of me could be running the show of Michael leaving no room for me to show up as who I authentically am today -A 58 year old aspiring good human who has the scar tissue to know the ve...
3 May 2026
Beyond the Matrix: Reclaiming Your Soul in a World of Noise
We’re coming out of a pandemic that still leaves its’ imprint on what our lives and worlds look like, the middle east is erupting, we’ve had events that have caused us to question our trust for leaders around the world and inside all of it is what’s going on inside us - the pendulum of our masculine and feminine energies, which all of us have, throughout history have swung in polarized ways due to the actions and ways of beings of all the people that inhabit our beautiful planet. ...
17 Apr 2026
The Defensive Man: Why 'Being Right' Is Costing You Your Relationships
In the spirit of our growth as men, in this episode, I wanted to talk about some of the things that I’ve learned and also a theme that I’ve been hearing from different people in the latest chapter of my life. I started reflecting on my own life and how at different times I’ve reacted the same way. There have definitely been times in my life when people who cared about me were wanting to give me feedback for my own good and I shut down. Some younger part of me that wanted to ...
5 Apr 2026
Living With Presence in a Chaotic World (The "Disembodied" Problem)
We live in a world designed to keep us from the neck up. Between the screens, the data, and the constant digital noise, men are becoming 'floating heads'—detached from the very skin they live in. I know from this happening in my life and to me this detachment wasn't just a loss of feeling: it was a loss of power. When we lose touch with our somatic selves, we lose our intuition, we lose our ability to stay present with our families, and I know what’s true for me in those chapters of my ...
25 Mar 2026
Building the Village Before You Need It
Most of us plough through life as if it’s something that we have ‘to do’. And while we’re in the midst of all that we’re doing we forget how to 'be'. We forget who we’re aspiring to be.I’ve always subscribed to the philosophy that hidden inside life’s hardships there are gems. Precious little things that lie inside the hardest times and the hardest moments that we face as people…as humans.As I’m talking for this Podcast, I am recovering from cancer surgery just 4 days ago.&n...
1 Mar 2026
The Mask or the Man? Redefining Modern Male Leadership
With the recent world headlines, leaders around the world and their values and judgements have come into question leaving many of us wondering ‘have we placed our trust in the right people’? The Edelman Trust barometer, a long standing reliable source of how people are feeling about those we put our trust in to lead us, is at an all time low and worse, the Edelman Institute’s data shows that people are turning toward an insular way of life. A ‘Me vs We’ mentality. In recent world ...
22 Feb 2026
Plugged In, Checked Out: Why I Pulled the Plug on Social Media
We live in a world where the average person spends more than 40% of their waking lives connected to screens and the internet. In this episode we'll ponder on what the impact of this is to us as individuals and us as a society. Is the digital era costing us the vital time and space that we need to evolve as humans or is there a cost to it? Is there a cost to our children and their children?
3 Feb 2026
The 5 Pillars of a Life Worth Living
In this episode, I'll talk about the foundations that I work hard to live my life by. I'll talk about 5 tenets that a life worth living can be aspired toward. These are the foundation of this podcast and the qualities that I've witnessed in some of the greatest men I've met and been inspired by.
23 Jan 2026
Conquering the Male Loneliness Epidemic: One moment, one man at a time
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