HereSay Episode 2: Coming Home
Listen This episode features four stories told throughout the year at Taipei Story Slam, all on the theme “coming home.” It broadcast November 13th, but you can still download the full episode here, or stream it on iTunes. We’re going to be running a new hour long episode of HereSay every Thursday night at 9...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: ICRT interviews mayoral candidates Jason Hu and Yang Chiu-hsing
Listen Episode Description This week we’re bringing you interviews from two mayoral races in Taiwan. First up Compass Magazine‘s Courtney Donovan Smith sits down with Taichung’s incumbent mayor, Jason Hu. A little later in the program ICRT’s Keith Menconi speaks with Minister without Portfolio Yang Chiu-hsing. Other places to listen You can stream episodes of this...Continue reading
HereSay Episode 1: On Thin Ice
Listen This episode features four stories told during the Taipei Story Slam event in May, all on the theme “on thin ice.” We aired this one November 6th. We’re going to be running a new hour long program every Thursday night at 9 PM this November. Episode two will air November 13th; the theme next...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Nine in One Elections Highlight – Taipei
Listen Episode Description This week we’re bringing you interviews from both Taipei mayoral Candidates, the KMT’s Sean Lien and independent candidate Ko Wen-je. We gave both candidates the chance to respond to the same set of questions on their plans to improve life for residents of Taiwan’s capital city. This episode is guest hosted by...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Touring the National Palace Museum in English
Listen Episode Description Last year more than four million people visited Taipei’s National Palace Museum, which houses one of the world’s largest collections of Chinese imperial artifacts. These visitors came from all over the world and to make the collection more accessible for foreign visitors the museum offers free tours in English. In this episode...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan’s Ambassador to the US Lyu-hsun Shen
Listen Episode Description As cross-strait ties progress, many are wondering what role the United States is going to play. In the end, how much can Taiwan look to its partner across the Pacific for support? Since taking up his new post in DC in April of this year, Taiwan’s Ambassador in the US Lyu-hsun Shen has been...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Learning the languages of Taiwan
Listen Episode Description On this episode we speak to the founder of Glossika, a Taiwan based company that develops audio study kits for languages from all over the world, and recently has set its sights squarely on the languages of Taiwan. Earlier this year it’s released a kit for studying Taiwanese, and now it’s working...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Taiwan’s first Literature Award for Migrants wraps up
Listen Episode Description On this episode, we speak to the organizer of the the Literature Award for Migrants, Chang Cheng, about the competition he organized to help gain exposure for the literary abilities of Taiwan’s Southeast Asian population. The award, which wrapped up last month, invited literary submissions in Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Tagalog. During our...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Diss RBL talks rap battles in Taiwan
Listen Episode Description On this episode of Taiwan Talk we speak to Canadian expat Dallas Waldie about the Mandarin rap battle league he founded here in Taiwan, Diss RBL. He tells us a bit about the form of rap battling the group is helping to popularize, and what rap battling looks like in Taiwan. During...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Michael Cannings on Taiwan Focused e-Publisher Camphor Press
Listen Episode Description On this episode of Taiwan Talk we speak to one of the co- founders of Camphor Press, a new digital publishing house based in Taipei that specializes on English Language books about Taiwan and it’s surroundings. The publisher was launched earlier this year, but it’s already built up a collection of non-fiction...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Brook Hall on performing and producing in Taiwan (8/4-5/2014)
Listen Episode Description In this interview we speak to an American expat who’s been working in Taiwan for more than ten years as a performer, director and producer; in the process he’s built up an impressive resume of film and stage work, and even launched his own production companies. Most recently he established the experimental...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Freezing the DPP’s Taiwan Independence Clause
Listen Episode Description Some members of the Democratic Progressive Party are making a push to freeze a portion of the party’s charter known as the Taiwan Independence Clause which calls for the establishment of a Republic of Taiwan. Supporters of the freeze say doing so could help the DPP’s chance to become the ruling party...Continue reading
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