Latest Angela and annie Podcast Episodes
Dumplings for everyone
Hearts in Taiwan - January 21, 2023 18:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIn our Season 2 finale, Angela and Annie relive the best Taiwanese meal they ate this year, and discuss books that connect us with different parts of our Taiwanese, Chinese, and American heritage. We share our Spotify Wrapped and play a listener voicemail. Credits: “PUNCHLINE” and “LITTLE FIRE...
Taiwanese Home Cooking with Joy Huang
Hearts in Taiwan - August 24, 2022 00:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIn this episode, we get to know Joy Huang, one of the founders and moderators for the Taiwanese Home Cooking Facebook group. She started her food blog, The Cooking of Joy, because she was inspired to document her mom's Taiwanese dishes. This hobby continued to grow and now you can find her work ...
Learning our parents’ love languages through their stories
Hearts in Taiwan - August 04, 2022 23:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAngela’s mom shares a memory from her college days and Angela learns more about her mom as a person through this story. Let us know if you do a similar exercise recording the stories your parents tell you behind their old photos! Resources: Google PhotoScan app instagram.com/cutfruitcollectiv...
Taking back the narrative about Asian Americans (feat. Joanna Ho)
Hearts in Taiwan - July 10, 2022 18:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIn this episode, we examine the dark side of the model minority myth and the “tiger mom” stereotype. Joanna Ho’s first young adult novel, The Silence that Binds Us, is inspired by a real community’s anti-Asian reaction to teen suicides. Discussing the novel also compels Annie and Angela to get r...
Can you be Chinese and Taiwanese at the same time?
Hearts in Taiwan - June 23, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAbout 32% of people in Taiwan identify as both Taiwanese and Chinese, while diaspora from Taiwan in America tend to identify as solely one or the other. We talk about blending Chinese, Taiwanese, and American identity with Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu. Michelle and Albert moved back to their herit...
What does the Presbyterian Church mean to Taiwanese Christians?
Hearts in Taiwan - June 13, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThe mass shooting at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, CA has sparked conversation about the significance of the Presbyterian Church for many Taiwanese individuals. Annie and Angela interview Christine Lin, a lawyer and expert on the history and influence of the Presbyter...
Recognizing the struggle of the American Dream with Jane Kuo
Hearts in Taiwan - May 20, 2022 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThe Chinese name for America, 美国/美國/měiguó, translates to “Beautiful Country”. We talked with author Jane Kuo about her experience as a 1.5-generation immigrant bridging Chinese, Taiwanese, and American identity. Her family’s pursuit of the American Dream inspired her debut novel In the Beautifu...
Becoming Taiwanese: Identity formation with Evan Dawley
Hearts in Taiwan - May 04, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWho were the Taiwanese before they called themselves Taiwanese? In this episode, we’re going back to school for a crash course in history with Dr. Evan Dawley. We discuss identity on the island before the Japanese colonial period, the influences of Japanese colonizers and the Kuomintang-led Repu...
Inner critics: the secret to success or perpetual dissatisfaction?
Hearts in Taiwan - April 06, 2022 21:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWe hope that sharing this conversation helps anyone who has chased top grades, Instagram followers, performance ratings and promotions at work, or other external metrics of success. Taking and sharing personality tests teaches us new things about ourselves and each other. We discover that we ea...
Our first jobs in Silicon Valley
Hearts in Taiwan - March 17, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsInspired by our conversation with Carey Lai, hosts Angela and Annie share the rocky beginnings of starting their careers in the early ‘00s when nobody was hiring after the dot-com bubble burst. We also share a different way of looking at the career journey to get around leadership ceilings. Men...
Bringing Taiwanese values to entrepreneurship with Carey Lai
Hearts in Taiwan - March 11, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings“Budget Conscious | Authentic Relationships | Integrity”—these values distinguish Conductive Ventures from other venture capital firms that hold the keys to which startups get funding in Silicon Valley. Our guest Carey Lai shares how his story and shared values with co-founder Paul Yeh have shap...
Seeing Taiwan through our mothers’ eyes, featuring the creators of Amah Faraway
Hearts in Taiwan - February 13, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWhether you call your grandmother “amah”, “popo”, “waipo”, “nainai”, “mama”, “grandma”, or something else, she plays a key role in your connection to your heritage. Amah Faraway tells the story of how young Kylie transforms from feeling unsure and reluctant to embracing her grandmother and her h...
Reliving Loveboat with Abigail Hing Wen
Hearts in Taiwan - January 17, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHosts Annie Wang and Angela Yu kick off Season 2 with an interview of Abigail Hing Wen, author of New York Times bestseller Loveboat, Taipei which is currently being filmed in Taiwan starring Ashley Jiao, Ross Butler, Nico Hiraga, and Chelsea Zhang. The Young Adult novel’s sequel Loveboat Reunio...
Trailer: Hearts in Taiwan Season 2
Hearts in Taiwan - January 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsHearts in Taiwan podcast is back with a second season! Hosts Annie Wang and Angela Yu share what you can look forward to this year. Connect: instagram.com/heartsintaiwan facebook.com/heartsintaiwan heartsintaiwan.com Connect: instagram.com/heartsintaiwan facebook.com/heartsintaiwan bu...
Overthinking and overachieving: our Season 1 retrospective
Hearts in Taiwan - September 23, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWas it crazy for two women in their 40s with kids, full-time jobs, and no media experience to start a podcast during the pandemic? From our first emails in January, we never would have guessed that by September we’d be wrapping our first season with 18 episodes and hundreds of listeners. In this...
We earned an Asian A
Hearts in Taiwan - September 23, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWas it crazy for two women in their 40s with kids, full-time jobs, and no media experience to start a podcast during the pandemic? From our first emails in January, we never would have guessed that by September we’d be wrapping our first season with 18 episodes and hundreds of listeners. In this...
Raising the next generation
Hearts in Taiwan - September 09, 2021 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAs English-speaking parents living outside our heritage country, we discuss how we go about passing our culture on to our kids. From seeking out Mandarin Immersion schools and caregivers, cultivating our kids' palates to appreciate Taiwanese food, and planning to visit Taiwan regularly for famil...
Mock debate: Taiwanese independence
Hearts in Taiwan - September 07, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWhen we recorded our episode on politics in Taiwan, we practiced a mock debate to help us understand the viewpoints of the green and blue ends of the Taiwanese political spectrum. The issue in question: Should Taiwan formally declare independence from China in the next 12 months? Each of us was ...
50 shades of green (and blue)
Hearts in Taiwan - September 02, 2021 21:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsAnnie and Angela tackle a taboo topic: politics in Taiwan! From dark green to light green and light blue to dark blue, we attempt to understand why each party believes what they do, and relate our observations to American pop culture. Plus, Angela asks for your recommendations for earth-friendly...
Hearts (and ears) in Japan
Hearts in Taiwan - August 18, 2021 19:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsJapan has some of the more notable cultural influences on Taiwan due to its 50 year occupation of Taiwan from 1895 to 1945. We explore some of the marks that Japan has left and its unique approach to colonization of Taiwan. Annie's mom returns for a guest appearance. Sources The Empire of Jap...
Taiwanese by the numbers
Hearts in Taiwan - August 06, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsJust how big is the worldwide Taiwanese community anyway? We look at the numbers past and present that make up Taiwan and its diaspora, and discuss why it’s hard to track and measure the Taiwanese diaspora. The numbers surprise us and also leave us with some mysteries. Sources: UN world popula...
Twinkies and Bananas
Hearts in Taiwan - July 29, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsTwinkies and bananas - Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. This is how many second generation Asian Americans felt growing up. In the 80s and 90s, when we only saw white or Black representation in American media. We explore how this quest to assimilate drove our development as individual...
Made in Taiwan
Hearts in Taiwan - July 22, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThere are so many things that make Taiwan unique and exceptional. From policy making to manufacturing to transportation, and of course food, Taiwan has a lot to celebrate. Links: Taiwan Covid Relief (DM or email us with a photo of your donation receipt dated after July 22nd and we'll match your...
What does it mean to be Taiwanese?
Hearts in Taiwan - July 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsSimple question, hard to answer! Angela and Annie share their journeys exploring their identities with respect to Taiwan, and reflect on definitions contributed by a wide variety of Taiwanese individuals in America and Taiwan. We pitch each other some thought experiments that test our hypotheses...
Flavors of Taiwan
Hearts in Taiwan - July 01, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsEvery culture and region has its own unique flavors, dishes, and culinary history. Food brings people together and is a source of cultural pride - Taiwan is no exception. From beef noodle soup to boba, we celebrate the things that make Taiwanese food what it is today. Join us as we journey throu...
Massacres and Cover-ups, Part 2
Hearts in Taiwan - June 24, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIf you didn't know that the KMT government killed about 20,000 Taiwanese people in a one-month span in early 1947 and imprisoned about 140,000 more during the 40 years after, that's no accident. In Part 2 of a 2-part series, we share the way that the 228 Massacre and White Terror were handled si...
Massacres and Cover-ups, Part 1
Hearts in Taiwan - June 19, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsIf you didn’t know that the KMT government killed about 20,000 Taiwanese people in a one-month span in early 1947 and imprisoned about 140,000 more during the 40 years after, that’s no accident. In Part 1 of a 2-part series, we share what we’ve learned from our research about the 228 Massacre an...
Not Just Book Club: Stereotype-Smashing Musicians
Hearts in Taiwan - June 10, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWe've been inspired lately by musicians who are making waves in genres where Asians are vastly underrepresented. Angela unpacks what The Linda Lindas' punk performances mean to her, and Annie finds flow with rapper Alan Z. Featured: “Never Say Never” and “Missing You” by The Linda Lindas Spotif...
Wang or Wang?
Hearts in Taiwan - June 03, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsThis one is for everyone whose name is pronounced differently in America than it would be in your family’s original language. Angela and Annie discuss how even a simple name like Wang can be a hallmark of assimilation, a source of trauma, or an opportunity for reclaimed identity. Invitation: ...
Not Just Book Club: PEN15
Hearts in Taiwan - May 27, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratingsWe stan Maya and Anna of PEN15. In our second (Not Just) Book Club with Hearts in Taiwan, we unpack how one particular episode captures the experience of adolescence as an Asian American among mostly white peers in the '90s. Also, we read excerpts of the first reviews of this podcast. Links: PE...
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