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Firelight Chats

Firelight Akademia

Firelight Chats is the flagship podcast experience from Firelight Akademia | 燃創啟發, focusing on super natural stories, magical discussions, and enlightening deep dives by the fireside. Firelight Chats is brought to you via the Spacelab Studio in Da’an, Taipei. Taiwan. Create. Connect. Communicate. Spark it up and become well lit.

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02:02:53

Firelight Chats Ep026 | Django Jamming w/Denis Chang

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2023/03/22

In this early morning episode of Firelight Chats, Denis Chang strummed his way to the Spacelab to jam with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. The trio improvise about everything from growing up in Canada, attending a French school, discovering music, learning about Django Reinhardt, becoming obsessed with gypsy jazz, training with Sinti in a caravan, language learning & acquisition, performing & teaching around the world, to philosophical questions about the importance of understanding culture when

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02:10:55

Firelight Chats Ep025 | Smile, Be Good, & Have a Nice...

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2023/03/16

In this good morning episode of Firelight Chats, Jason Cole Mager ruminated his way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about art and life. Recently married and smack dab in the middle of his first solo exhibition in Taiwan, the three take a tranquil time out together to ponder art, music, movies, money, masks, love, history, culture, NYC, family, education, politics, symbols, color, and memories. At the end of the episode, Kane engages Jason in a Firelightning round, which

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01:49:25

Firelight Chats Ep024 | Indri Calm Before the Storm...

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2023/03/07

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Indri Leonardi calmly stormed into the Spacelab on a glorious night to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about life, love, death, and everything betwixt and between. Laughing joyously throughout the episode over stories about Indonesia, language, ethnicity, religion, saving & spending money, graduate school, expensively honing her craft, crying through her Meisner class, dating apps, memorable swipes & secret gardens, financial planning, the importance of

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02:52:22

Firelight Chats Ep023 | Maoman’s Meandering Memory...

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2023/02/28

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Anthony van Dyck swung by the Spacelab to reminisce about his 34 years in Taiwan. With his Taiwanniversary FB post serving as the springboard, Anthony regaled Kane & Mocha with tales of yesteryear, including the English teaching & buxiban business, long work weeks, Taiwanese Chiayi gangsters, Taekwondo black belts, becoming involved with the famous Forumosa website before it was even called that, and images of trash heaps, stray dogs, serious pollution, taxi

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01:22:46

Firelight Chats Ep022 | Film, Fika, Frigg & Freyja...

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2023/02/21

In this evening episode of Firelight Chats, Susanne Palm smiled her way to the Spacelab to chat about the intersections of Sweden & Taiwan with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. Having first visited Taiwan in 1984, she shares some stories about her early days in Taiwan, her theatre and acting experiences, her favorite places & people, unfortunate events, coincidences and fate, earthquakes, and her transition from theatre to filmmaking, including her short films Love Ghost, Ghostlove,

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01:37:39

Firelight Chats Ep021 | If We Can Take the Heat...

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2023/02/14

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Jonathan Gropper hummered his way to the Spacelab to have a spicy chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. With his most recent article published by Commonwealth Magazine serving as the hot plate, they cooked up some frank & juicy food for thought about Taiwan, the Gold Card program, dating and honeymoon phases, culture & mindset, international aspirations, PR & marketing, government officials & ministries, big business, real estate, and whatever else looked

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01:33:21

Firelight Chats Ep020 | Rising Above & Beyond...

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2023/01/13

In this first episode of the 2023 Firelight Chats season, Cameron Bairstow swung up to the Spacelab from down under to join Kane & Mocha by the fireside. Cam shared his stories about playing for a top-25 American college basketball team, being drafted into the NBA by the Chicago Bulls, representing his home country of Australia in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics, and his new ventures into the sports agency world. Cam also shares some of his preliminary thoughts and takeaways of the Asian

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01:56:19

Firelight Chats Ep019 | The 3rd Happiest Day w/Emily...

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2022/10/21

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Emily Haver directed her way to the Spacelab to chat theatre and more with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. In their third attempt to record a podcast, they aim to make every happy moment count, covering everything from her childhood memories in the States, high school life in China, discovering Wong Kar-Wai, college life in Seattle & studying abroad in Chengdu, returning after graduation to study at a prestigious theatre academy in Shanghai, and comparing life in

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01:52:17

Firelight Chats Ep018 | From Blocking to Building...

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2022/10/14

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Ruby Wu drafted her way to the Spacelab to chat architecture and more with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. In this wide ranging chat, Ruby shares stories of her educational journey, from attending Fu-Hsin Trade and Arts School, studying abroad for a year in South Carolina during high school, experiencing a Chinese-themed American prom, soccer & bloody accidents, playfully cheating every once in while, nap time and culture shocks, getting accepted to her 2nd choice

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01:41:28

Firelight Chats Ep017 | International Alien Warlords...

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2022/09/29

In this late-night episode of Firelight Chats, Hanif Wang enters a secret portal to the Spacelab to laugh a lot out loud with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. In this wide-ranging chat, Hanif shares stories about being an alien, attending a Harry Potter-ish boarding school in Darjeeling, constantly trying to make his mom proud, being the son of a mysterious king who may or may not have had ties to a Muslim warlord, working as a DJ in Kathmandu, playing an important role in two well-known films in Nepal

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01:53:48

Firelight Chats Ep016 | Miraculous Artivism w/J...

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2022/09/20

In this episode of Firelight Chats, J Triangular rode the high speed rail directly to the Spacelab to chat art, music, film, love, family, education, activism, life, and death with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. Among many other things, Kane and J quickly connect on their mutual overlapping experiences in places (Colombia, Chile, Peru, Spain, Los Angeles, New York City, Taiwan, Korea, and more) and transcendent spaces (coffee and medicinal plants in Peru and Colombia). J also shares stories about her

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01:13:54

Firelight Chats Ep015 | Chinita’s Cubano w/Yi-Ping Lu

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2022/09/08

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Yi-Ping Lu danced her way to the Spacelab to chat cubanos and more with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. Yi-ping shares her stories about studying abroad in Missouri, Sweden, Washington state, and Virginia; her love of family, dancing, country music, and Latin culture; her Optional Practical Training (OPT) and food research time in Florida; her journey of running a F&B business in Taiwan; and her hopes and dreams for the future. A few days after recording the

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01:29:19

Firelight Chats Ep014 | Transformative Experiences...

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2022/09/02

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Michael McCreesh swung by the Spacelab to chat about travel, tourism, nature, and adventure with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. In this wide-ranging chat, Michael shares his stories about working for an eco-lodge in remote northwestern Australia, his favorite Parkbus destinations, the challenges and opportunities of living and working in Taiwan, his love of cycling and mountain biking, environmental policy, climate change, sustainable economic development, working

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01:37:12

Firelight Chats Ep013 | Crypto Surfing w/Alan Fai &...

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2022/08/27

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Alan Fai surfed into the Spacelab with mutual friend Alex Olin to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. Besides delving deep and wide into the crypto, blockchain, NFT, DeFi, and Web3 ocean, they also paddle through a range of topics including their favorite projects, "x to earn" games, scarcity and utility, Pokemon regrets, Ponzi schemes, biggest losses, highest highs, mitigating risk, the beauty of youth, blockchain startups, venture capital, and the upcoming

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01:47:02

Firelight Chats Ep012 | Never Stop Grinding w/Curtis...

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2022/08/20

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Curtis Bergh stopped by the Spacelab to chat about startups and much more with Kane and Mocha by the fireside. In addition to their deep grind into the startup ecosystems of Singapore and Taiwan, Curtis also shares his thoughts on everything from financing & fundraising, interesting founders and companies, the role of government, standouts in the ASEAN region, crypto and blockchain, key emerging industries, leadership, the importance of mindset, and getting back

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01:00:55

Firelight Chats Ep011 | Diversified Resilience...

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2022/08/05

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Marcin Jerzewski swung by the Spacelab to visit Kane & Mocha on the day after Nancy Pelosi’s departure from Taiwan. With time ticking before Marcin’s next appointment, they dive deep into the contours of the most recent cross-straight tensions vis-à-vis the larger geopolitical landscape. In this wide-ranging chat, Marcin also shares his thoughts about Taiwan’s democratic and military resilience, the current LGBTQIA+ situation, the importance of education, the need

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01:22:45

Firelight Chats Ep010 | Improving Through Life w/Liam...

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2022/07/28

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Liam Fanning swings by the Spacelab to chat poetic about theater and improv with Kane & Mocha by the sizzling summer fireside. Among other things, they talk about his life through the performing arts, his journey to Taiwan, his reflections on America, his thoughts on education, and his hopes for keeping English theater alive and thriving in Taiwan. Towards the end of the episode, Liam shares a tantalizing list of upcoming shows with the Formosa Improv Group, Stage

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01:45:03

Firelight Chats Ep009 | Third Culture Hoopin’ w/Jerry Ku

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2022/07/15

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Jerry Ku stops by the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha about growing up as a Taiwanese Third Culture Kid. Jerry shares stories about being tricked into moving to another world, assimilating & adjusting, language learning, Singaporean accents & education, representing Singapore in the World Inline Cup Hockey Championships, ambitious hoop dreams & facing the realities of adulting, eventually living his childhood dream & working for NBA China, Covid and cat

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01:31:59

Firelight Chats Ep008 | Sensei to Sensay w/Caren Chen

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2022/06/22

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Caren Chen stops by the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. As two passionate founders in the field of education, Caren and Kane dive head and heart first into the complex yet potentially transformational intersection of education, business, and technology. Caren also shares some personal stories about her early experiences with education; grappling with the notions of privilege, inequality, and responsibility; her father's cowboy immigrant

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01:37:36

Firelight Chats Ep007 | Rising Star Magician w/Chris...

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2022/06/09

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Chris Armsden stops by the Spacelab on a rainy day to chat about animation and movie making with Kane & Mocha by the fireside. They discuss the business of animation, the impacts of technological advancements, the importance of education and having the right mindset, creative freedom, searching for passion, traveling the world, and his dreams of creating something magical in Taiwan. Chris Armsden is an award-winning animation and visual effects professional who

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