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Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in September

Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in September

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
Taiwan Talk: A vegan's guide to Taiwan

Taiwan Talk: A vegan’s guide to Taiwan

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! In this episode, we speak to Jesse Duffield about his new Taiwan travel books aimed at helping vegan and vegetarian travelers stay well fed during their stay in Taiwan. The two guidebooks are titled Taipei in 4 days: a...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Surfing Taiwan

Taiwan Talk: Surfing Taiwan

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! This week, we speak with Brent Calkins, the founder of Taiwannasurf, a startup that will soon release a website and APP aimed at giving surfers everything they’ll need to hit the waves in Taiwan. Brent tells us why Taiwan is a good...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: See you at the protest

Taiwan This Week: See you at the protest

Listen to the broadcast Friday September 9th, 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. We discuss last weekend’s massive protest opposing proposals to scale back pension payments to public sector retirees...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Practicing Islam in Taiwan

Taiwan Talk: Practicing Islam in Taiwan

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! We bring on Amal Chao, a member of Taipei’s Muslim community and an attendee of the Taipei Grand Mosque, to give her perspective on ongoing government efforts to make Taiwan a more accommodating place to practice Islam. Recent...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in August

Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in August

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
Taiwan Talk: Wu Feng returns to talk travel

Taiwan Talk: Wu Feng returns to talk travel

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! Today on the show we speak with Taiwan based Turkish performer and travel host Wu Feng (aka 吳鳳 … aka Rifat Karlova) about his new travel book, “玩出台灣Way,” which draws on Wu’s extensive travel experiences in Taiwan to highlight...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Facing history with a video game

Taiwan Talk: Facing history with a video game

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! We speak to the creator of Detention, a forthcoming video  game from a Taipei based game developer that blends horror, folk culture and history to draw players into the experience of life in White Terror era Taiwan. Guest: Shuen-Ting “Coffee” Yao Learn...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in July

Taiwan Talk: Taiwan in Time in July

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
Taiwan This Week: Good to be thorough

Taiwan This Week: Good to be thorough

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 29th 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. On this show we discuss the Legislative Yuan’s marathon review session called to...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: "Those crazy Taiwanese animators"

Taiwan Talk: “Those crazy Taiwanese animators”

Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! On this week’s show, we speak with Michael Logan, the Content Director for International News at Next Animation Studio. For more than half a decade, his studio has been cranking out animated renderings of the news. Some of these animations offer a straight, by the numbers...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: I got a rock ...

Taiwan This Week: I got a rock …

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 15th 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. ICRT News and commentators look beneath the surface of the South China Sea...Continue reading