Latest Taiwaneseentrepreneurship Podcast Episodes
Ep 287 | Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo: Taiwan Democracy Fighter Talks About Events Leading Up to the Kaohsiung Incident
Talking Taiwan - June 19, 2024 02:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEarlier this year when we were in Taiwan in January for the presidential election, I sat down to interview Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo, Ai Linda (艾琳達). Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/dr-linda-gail-arrigo-taiwan-democracy-fighter-talks-about-events-leading-up-to-the-kaohsiung-incident-ep...
Ep 286 | Bluebird Movement 3 Experts Discuss the Controversial Bills Leading to Protests at the Legislative Yuan
Talking Taiwan - June 04, 2024 15:19 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAfter fights broke out in Taiwan’s legislative yuan on May 17th sending several legislators to the hospital, the public gathered in protest outside of the legislative yuan. There have been over 30,000, 100,000 and 70,000 people gathered at three of the major protests which are being called the B...
Ep 285 | Passport to Taiwan 20th Anniversary Catching Up with Rapper Dwagie and Yun Hai Taiwanese Pantry
Talking Taiwan - June 02, 2024 08:16 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOn May 26th we stopped by the annual Passport to Taiwan in New York City’s Union Square Park and I caught up with a few of our past guests, Taiwanese hip hop and rap artist, Dwagie who performed at this year’s Passport to Taiwan, and Lisa Cheng Smith who was also there with her Yun Hai co-founde...
Ep 284 | Invisible Nation: Director Vanessa Hope Discusses her Documentary About Tsai Ing-Wen's Presidency
Talking Taiwan - May 29, 2024 08:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsVanessa Hope is the director of Invisible Nation, a documentary film that takes a look at the presidency of Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female president and events that happened during her tenure. We talked about what first brought Vanessa to Taiwan which meant that she was there in 1996 during...
Ep 283 | US Taiwan Watch: Think Tank Focused on the Relationship Between the United States and Taiwan
Talking Taiwan - May 24, 2024 06:27 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsLast year I spoke with Robin, Jerry and Peng-Hsuan about the U.S. Taiwan Watch after they organized a hackathon at the Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast that’s held annually around July 4th. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/us-taiwan-watch-think-tank-focused-on-the-relations...
Ep 282 | Isa Ho: Talks About her Career as a Photographer and her Westbeth Exhibit in NYC
Talking Taiwan - April 29, 2024 16:36 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIsa Ho is a photographer based in Taiwan. Last year I spoke with her about her photography and the Westbeth project, which consists of a series of photos and videos of artists who live at Westbeth Artists Housing, which is located in New York City’s West Village. Related Links: ...
Ep 281 | TH Schee: Lessons Taiwan has Learned from the Nantou and Hualien Earthquakes
Talking Taiwan - April 21, 2024 14:23 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOn April 3, 2024 at 7:58am (in Taiwan) an earthquake that’s been reported as measuring 7.2 and 7.4 hit Hualien which is located on Taiwan’s east coast. The last major earthquake of similar magnitude was 25 years ago on September 21st, 1999 in Nantou, which is located in central Taiwan. The earth...
Ep 280 | Wan-jen Lin: Architect of "Echo Across the Harbor" Largest Public Art Project in Taiwan
Talking Taiwan - March 28, 2024 22:48 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEarlier this year when we were in Taiwan, we traveled down to Kaohsiung where we met with Wan-jen Lin the architect who worked on Weiwuying (衛武營國家藝術文化中心), Kaohsiung’s performing arts center and the Echo Across the Harbor, which up to now is the largest public art project in Taiwan. Related Lin...
Ep 280 | Wan-jen Lin: Architect of "Echoes Across the Harbor" Largest Public Art Project in Taiwan
Talking Taiwan - March 28, 2024 22:48 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEarlier this year when we were in Taiwan, we traveled down to Kaohsiung where we met with Wan-jen Lin the architect who worked on Weiwuying (衛武營國家藝術文化中心), Kaohsiung’s performing arts center and the Echo Across the Harbor, which up to now is the largest public art project in Taiwan. Related Lin...
Ep 279 | Michelle Krusiec: Acclaimed Actor, Writer, and Director Talks about Dealing with Institutional Racism and her Sources of Inspiration
Talking Taiwan - March 21, 2024 17:22 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsLast September we had the pleasure of interviewing actor, writer and director Michelle Krusiec. Her IMDB page displays an impressive list of acting roles dating back to 1992. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/michelle-krusiec-acclaimed-actor-writer-and-director-talks-about-dealing-wi...
Ep 278 | FireEX 10th Anniversary of Sunflower Movement: Sam Yang Tells How "Island Sunrise" Became Its Anthem
Talking Taiwan - March 09, 2024 16:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTen years ago, on the night of March 18, 2014 students and activists broke into Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan in an effort to block the passage of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement, a trade agreement between Taiwan and China. The day before, on March 17, the Kuomintang (KMT) had attempted ...
Ep 277 | Remembering 228 Tragic Stories and the March Massacres
Talking Taiwan - February 28, 2024 21:57 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsRemembering 228. On this day, we remember February 28, 1947, a sad tragic date in Taiwan’s history that marks the murder of tens of thousands. Some estimates put the number as high as 28 30 thousand. Two years earlier, in 1945, the Chinese Nationalists or Kuomintang had fled from China to Taiw...
Ep 276 | Our Live Podcast Event @ Pic Collage: Highlights and Interesting Stories from 10 Guests in Taipei
Talking Taiwan - February 19, 2024 11:13 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOn January 25th we held the second in-person event during the Talking Taiwan Election Tour at the PicCollage office in Taipei thanks to John Fan, who was a guest on episode 179 of Taking Taiwan. Many of our past guests, friends and supporters were in attendance at the event, and what made the ev...
Ep 275 | Jiho Chang: His Thoughts about New Speaker of Legislative Yuan and Taiwan's Vice President-elect
Talking Taiwan - February 03, 2024 21:48 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhile in Taipei, we were able to meet up with Keelung City Councilor Jiho Chang who’s been a guest in episodes 149, 156 & 174. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/jiho-chang-his-thoughts-about-new-speaker-legislative-yuan-and-taians-vice-president-elect-ep-275 We spoke about the rece...
Ep 274 | Our Post Presidential Election Analysis 2024 in Taiwan with Courtney Donovan Smith
Talking Taiwan - February 01, 2024 00:31 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAs part of Talking Taiwan’s Election Tour, we spoke with Courtney Donovan Smith a week after Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections. Lai Ching-te of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected president with 40.05% of the vote. Hou Yu-ih the Kuomintang’s (KMT) presidential candidate ...
Ep 273 | Live Conversations with Our Past Guests at 4SC Crossfit in New Taipei City, Taiwan
Talking Taiwan - January 24, 2024 23:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDuring the Talking Taiwan Election Tour we planned to host two in-person events for our guests, supporters and friends. The first event was held on January 19th at 4SC CrossFit’s Xindian branch in New Taipei, thanks to T.H. Schee who’s been a guest on Talking Taiwan several times. Related Link...
EP 272 | Sean Su: Observations on Election Day 2024 from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Talking Taiwan - January 13, 2024 12:42 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTalking Taiwan is on an Election Tour and we traveled down to Kaohsiung where I cast my vote in Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election. Voting booths opened at 8am on January 13th and we spoke with Sean Su, midday on election day. He was also in Kaohsiung to cast his vote. Sean shared some of his o...
EP 271 | Background of Taiwan Presidential Candidates 2024: Political Analyst Courtney Donovan Smith's Rundown for Upcoming Election
Talking Taiwan - January 12, 2024 02:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTalking Taiwan is taking the show on the road back to Taiwan on the Talking Taiwan Election Tour and we traveled down to Taichung on January 7th to meet up in person with political commentator Courtney Donovan Smith, to do some pre-election coverage. We talked about the backgrounds of the three ...
Ep 270 | Taiwan Presidential Debate 2024: Political Analyst Courtney Donovan Smith's Insights on the Upcoming Election
Talking Taiwan - January 07, 2024 03:50 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOn December 30th there was a debate held between Taiwan’s three presidential candidates Lai Ching-te (賴清德), the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nominee Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), the Kuomintang (KMT) nominee and Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) nominee. The three candidates started wit...
Ep 269 | Talking Taiwan Award Winner Top 5 2023 End of Year Review
Talking Taiwan - January 01, 2024 04:17 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHere we are again… at the end of another year and we’re getting ready to reveal the top 5 Talking Taiwan episodes of 2023! Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/talking-taiwan-top-5-episodes-of-2023-end-of-year-review/ We want to take a moment to especially thank all those who have sup...
Ep 268 | Taiwan FactCheck Center: Discussing the Disinformation Related to Taiwan's 2024 Presidential Election
Talking Taiwan - December 30, 2023 23:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWith the presidential election in Taiwan fast approaching (on January 13, 2024). We thought it would be a good time to discuss disinformation related to Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election with Summer Chen, the Editor-in-Chief of Taiwan FactCheck Center and Wei-Ping Li, a research fellow at Taiw...
Ep 267 | Dr. Wei-Ping Li: How Taiwan's Media Environment has Changed from Martial Law Era to Present
Talking Taiwan - December 21, 2023 14:39 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThese days Taiwan is known to be the most free and democratic country in Asia, but it wasn’t always that way. It’s hard to imagine that Taiwan has had a very dark period of history during which there was massive censorship. At one time Taiwan had the longest period of martial law in the world at...
Ep 266 | The Apology Episode
Talking Taiwan - December 17, 2023 12:16 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOur deepest apologies. Listen to find out why. And looking ahead to 2024, we are making some changes.
Ep 265 | Dr. Foun-Chung Fan: The Quest to Get Out the Vote for Lai Ching-te for the Taiwan Presidential Election 2024
Talking Taiwan - December 14, 2023 11:50 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJanuary 13, 2024 is not just the date of Taiwan’s presidential election; seats for the Legislative Yuan will also be elected on that day. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/dr-foun-chung-fan-the-quest-to-get-out-the-vote-for-lai-chuing-te-for-the-taiwan-presidential-election-2024/...
Ep 264 | Hsin-Tai Wu: From Cardiovascular Surgeon to Joining the Taiwan State Building Party
Talking Taiwan - December 11, 2023 14:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMy guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Hsin-Tai Wu (吳欣岱), a member of the Taiwan Statebuilding party. We talked about how and why she went from being a cardiovascular surgeon to joining the Taiwan Statebuilding party and becoming a politician, the background and goals of the Taiwan Stat...
Ep 263 | Talking Taiwan Election Tour 2024: Taking the Show on the Road!
Talking Taiwan - December 06, 2023 09:56 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe’ve got some big news for you! Talking Taiwan is taking the show on the road, back to Taiwan. Kaju and I are planning to be back there during the upcoming presidential election on January 13th. We will be doing election coverage and in-person interviews with some of our most popular guests, ...
Ep 262 | Gao Yuan: Her Occidental Journey to Becoming a Photographer and Filmmaker
Talking Taiwan - December 02, 2023 10:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThis interview with photographer, filmmaker Gao Yuan was originally part of episode 260 about coincidences connected with the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house, Building 7B on New York’s Governors Island, which has affectionately come to be called the Taiwan house. The Taiwanese American...
Ep 261 | Abigail Hing Wen: NY Times Best Selling Author Launches New YA Book "Loveboat Forever"
Talking Taiwan - November 21, 2023 16:46 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAbigail Hing Wen was recently in New York for the launch of her latest YA book Loveboat Forever, the third book in her Loveboat trilogy. We caught up with her at her book launch and she stopped by our podcast studio for a quick visit. If you’re a long-time listener of Talking Taiwan ...
Ep 260 | Andrea Coronil and Gao Yuan: On Riding Waves, Tattoos, and Uncanny Connections to Taiwan House 7b
Talking Taiwan - November 13, 2023 22:49 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThis is an episode about coincidences connected with the Taiwanese American Arts Council’s house, building 7B on New York’s Governors Island, which has affectionately come to be called the Taiwan house. The Taiwanese American Arts Council was selected to be an organization in residence on Gover...
Ep 259 | Jilliyeah: Taiwanese Pop Singer at Passport to Taiwan
Talking Taiwan - November 03, 2023 22:43 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAs Kaju announced that I’d be interviewing Jilliyeah in the Talking Taiwan podcasting booth at Passport to Taiwan in New York City’s Union Square Park, he mentioned the memorable acceptance speech that Jilliyeah made at last year’s Grammy awards on behalf of the Taiwanese designers who won the B...
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