Ep 282 | Isa Ho: Talks About her Career as a Photographer and her Westbeth Exhibit in NYC
Isa 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 Art...
29 Apr 202438min
Ep 281 | TH Schee: Lessons Taiwan has Learned from the Nantou and Hualien Earthquakes
On 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 w...
21 Apr 202450min
Ep 280 | Wan-jen Lin: Architect of "Echo Across the Harbor" Largest Public Art Project in Taiwan
Earlier 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 Ec...
28 Mars 20247min
Ep 279 | Michelle Krusiec: Acclaimed Actor, Writer, and Director Talks about Dealing with Institutional Racism and her Sources of Inspiration
Last 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://t...
21 Mars 202453min
Ep 278 | FireEX 10th Anniversary of Sunflower Movement: Sam Yang Tells How "Island's Sunrise" Became Its Anthem
Ten 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 agreeme...
9 Mars 20241h 23min
Ep 277 | Remembering 228 Tragic Stories and the March Massacres
Remembering 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. ...
28 Feb 202410min
Ep 276 | Our Live Podcast Event @ Pic Collage: Highlights and Interesting Stories from 10 Guests in Taipei
On 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 ...
19 Feb 202452min
Ep 275 | Jiho Chang: His Thoughts about New Speaker of Legislative Yuan and Taiwan's Vice President-elect
While 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-n...
3 Feb 20248min
