Taiwan Brief – The KMT just got Chu'd up badly
KMT chair race ends, & the winner is off to an abysmal start, rejecting his own stances & issuing a direct insult to Taiwan’s voters. If this is a sign of things to come, he and the KMT are in serious...
29 Sep 202121min
Taiwan Brief – The critical KMT chair race, Part 5
The KMT chair race has been totally upended as Chang Ya-chung roars into contention! The KMT had their second debate, which was wild, unpredictable, chaotic, weird, informative, entertaining and downr...
24 Sep 202129min
Taiwan Headlines - Politicians and their handles
In a bit of a change of pace, in this episode we look into a lighter subject: The role of social media in local politics, and the amusing handles some politicians have taken.
14 Sep 202111min
Taiwan Brief – The critical KMT chair race, Part 4
Last show examined the KMT candidates, and this show looks at the state of the race, what polling shows, endorsements, hints of direction change and what might be key to winning--and who has the best ...
10 Sep 202121min
Taiwan Brief – The critical KMT chair race, Part 3
Part Three: We now know the candidates for KMT chair. To spare you the suffering, I watched both candidate registrations and presentations, the debate and scoured local media and their social media ac...
7 Sep 202114min
Taiwan Context w/Felicia Lin of Talking Taiwan
Felicia Lin is the Canadian/American-Taiwanese host of possibly the longest-running Taiwan-related podcast who has interviewed a powerful lineup of interesting people. She is also working on a biograp...
24 Aug 202137min
Radioactive Taiwan Part 1 (Now a Finalist for the People's Choice Podcast Awards!)
This is a part 1 of Radioactive Taiwan, a People's Choice Podcast Awards Finalist for 2021 (we may still win, who knows?). When President Jimmy Carter de-recognized Taiwan, the American military radi...
17 Aug 20216min
Taiwan Brief – The critical KMT chair race, Part 2
Part two: we look at three candidates rumoured to enter the race: Sean Lien, Dan Han Kuo-yu and Eric Chu. Also three other players who might join: Hau Lung-pin, Chou Hsi-wei and Ma Ying-jeou. And who ...
3 Aug 202118min
