Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Monthly archive November, 2016
Taiwan This Week: Rights and flights

Taiwan This Week: Rights and flights

Listen to the broadcast Friday November 25th, during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 15 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. In the first half of the show, we discuss the overnight collapse of TransAsia Airlines....Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Taiwan's take on Trump

Taiwan This Week: Taiwan’s take on Trump

Listen to the broadcast Friday November 11th, during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 15 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. With Donald Trump set to assume America’s top office, we invite on Michael O’Hanlon...Continue reading
KAS Opens New Sports Complex

KAS Opens New Sports Complex

Kaohsiung American School is officially opening their new sports complex today, marking another milestone in the southern Taiwan school’s goal of building an eco-friendly campus. This latest addition to the school facilities includes a 6-lane swimming pool with an adjustable bottom, tennis, basketball, volleyball courts, a dance studio, and a dining hall. In line with...Continue reading
PPAP Singer Pikotaro Coming to Taiwan

PPAP Singer Pikotaro Coming to Taiwan

Japanese comedian Pikotaro, who spawned the hit song “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” is visiting Taiwan for a flash performance. The 45-second-long “PPAP” song went viral after it was posted online in August this year. It hit number 77 on the U-S Billboard Hot 100, and was certified last month by the Guinness World Records as the “Shortest song...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Wei Jiade gives a fresh take

Taiwan Talk: Wei Jiade gives a fresh take

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! We speak with Italian expat Wei Jiade (韋佳德, aka Riccardo Moratto), who covers a lot of ground in Taiwan working as a TV Host and academic. His new Chinese language book “Mei Zai Pa”《沒在怕!》 draws on that broad perspective to...Continue reading
English in the News--Mother lode 主礦脈

English in the News–Mother lode 主礦脈

  mother lode 主礦脈,資源的源頭,大量而重要的部分 the place where the largest amount of gold, silver, etc., in a particular area can be found; a major or profitable source or supply Examples: 1) Cairn Energy recently struck the mother lode of oil fields in India. 2) New York City is a mother lode of actors. (BBC, 2016/11/01) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in October

Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in October

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! This week, we continue our new interview series for Taiwan Talk. Just to recap, Taipei Times Features Writer Han Cheung is exploring Taiwan history with his weekly column Taiwan in Time. Each Sunday, he takes on one event that occurred...Continue reading