Ep 289 | Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo: The Kaohsiung Incident - The Watershed Moment That Led to Taiwan's Democratization Part 2

This is the second part of our interview with Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo, Ai Linda (艾琳達).
Earlier this year when we were in Taiwan in January for the presidential election, we sat
down to interview Linda about the era and events that precipitated the Kaohsiung
incident also known as the Formosa Incident, which is widely considered the watershed
moment in history that led to Taiwan's democratization. The Kaohsiung Incident
happened in December of 1979.

If you haven't had a chance to listen to the first part of this interview, you can go back to
episode 287 and give it a listen. By the way, that episode of Talking Taiwan, episode
287 got us shortlisted in the top 15 podcasts selected in the category of "Moment of
Visionary Leadership" for the 2024 International Women's Podcast Awards. This year
the IWPA had 700 submissions from over 33 different countries. Results were
announced in London on Wednesday, June 19th.

While we were not selected as the winning podcast in this category, we are deeply
honored to have our work recognized. Any increased visibility for Talking Taiwan also
means greater visibility for Taiwan.
In case you didn't know, Talking Taiwan is also on YouTube, and we did video record
my interview with Linda, so we do plan on releasing it on our YouTube channel, but
please be patient with us since we are only a two-person team.
We do have some interesting content on YouTube that's different from our podcast
episodes, so if you haven't already, we encourage you to look for Talking Taiwan on
YouTube and to subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@talkingtaiwan
Issues of Formosa Magazine

Photo Credit: Linda Gail Arrigo
The Kaohsiung Eight (from left to right):
Chang Chun-hung (張俊宏), Huang Hsin-chieh (黃信介), Chen Chu (陳菊), Yao Chia-
wen (姚嘉文), Shih Ming-teh (施明德), Annette Lu (呂秀蓮), Lin Hung-hsuan (林弘宣 ),
and Lin Yi-hsiung (林義雄)- not pictured

Photo Credit: Screenshot from Formosa Incident, Explained YouTube video from
Taiwan Explained by TaiwanPlus: https://youtu.be/2eaxPhA9RN8?si=_YF0brrtyjOwlu6D
International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Taiwan (ICDHRT)-
Lynn Miles' organization

Photo Credit: Linda Gail Arrigo

Linda Gail Arrigo (艾琳達) wearing the three-colored sash, and the three-colored
banners and signs of the dangwai (黨外) i.e. outside party or opposition.

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