Blog posts from the team at International Community Radio Taipei, Taiwan's only English radio station.
Taiwan This Week
Taiwan This Week: Political de-education

Taiwan This Week: Political de-education

Listen to the broadcast Friday March 3rd, 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 discuss this week’s top news including accusations of academic interference...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: One flu over the cuckoo's nest

Taiwan This Week: One flu over the cuckoo’s nest

Listen to the broadcast Friday February 24th, 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 latest bird flu news,...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: The Call

Taiwan This Week: The Call

Listen to the broadcast Friday December 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. On this week’s extra-long episode, former AIT Director Bill Stanton and current Taiwan based...Continue reading
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: Same-sex marriage just around the corner?

Taiwan This Week: Same-sex marriage just around the corner?

Listen to the broadcast Friday October 28th, 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 three separate proposals out this week to legalize same-sex marriage, we invite on...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 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 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
Taiwan This Week: Typhoon daze

Taiwan This Week: Typhoon daze

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 8th 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 cover the week’s top stories, including the Navy’s deadly missile launch accident, the...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Failure to communicate

Taiwan This Week: Failure to communicate

Listen to the broadcast Friday July 1st during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. The show begins about 20 minutes after the hour. Or, stream the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. ICRT News and guests discuss Beijing’s announcement that cross-strait communication has been suspended,...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: That escalated quickly!

Taiwan This Week: That escalated quickly!

Listen to the broadcast Friday June 17th during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. Or, listen to the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. We discuss the ongoing China Airlines strike, which has managed to attract activists of many stripes, the controversial transitional justice bill...Continue reading
Taiwan This Week: Travel plans

Taiwan This Week: Travel plans

Listen to the broadcast Friday June 17th during the 8 o’clock hour on ICRT FM 100, or stream the broadcast here. Or, listen to the extended podcast show on the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE. We discuss the week’s top political news including the Presidential Office’s decision to deny former President Ma Ying-jeou permission to...Continue reading